Nintendo says: Wii Music beats playing in snow
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Dec 9th 2008 at 6:25PM }
In case you weren't clear about Nintendo's intentions for Wii Music, this should clarify things for you: a Japanese winter-themed commercial for Wii Music, almost two months after the game launched there. Pushing a game well past its initial release is becoming one of Nintendo's favorite tactics (just ask the UK). Is it working in this case? Sort of. Despite enduring a rocky start in Japan, Wii Music is still in the Media Create top 30 (27th this week), so it's not totally off the radar.
Two other things of note: having just celebrated its second birthday, Wii Sports is still 30th in the Japanese charts this week! And is that what Japanese snow is really like? Totally beats the brown/gray slush variant we get here in the UK.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hardy @ Dec 9th 2008 6:39PM
GOD I'm so sick of those perfect family commercials.
NO ONE would bother watching someone play half the games these ads show.
SoshiKitai @ Dec 9th 2008 7:54PM
1. There ARE families like that. And if it were any other kind of family, they wouldn't make a good commercial for what they're trying to convey.
2. ...I wish we had snow down here...
Alexander @ Dec 9th 2008 9:29PM
I disagree, playing in the snow is quite fun, I made a snowball 4 feet in diameter during my lunch break.