Nintendo Insider writes:
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Wii U advertisement, following a complaint that it is misleading consumers.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Oh wow, that is just not right. I mean should 3D Blu-ray players not advertise 3D because not all Blu-ray's are 3D, or just because it is a 3D Blu-ray player and 3D Blu-ray if you don't have a 3D TV it is not going to work...I could have probably thought of a better analogy, that was the first that came to mind.
no harm, no foul i guess
Does anybody know if they were fined?
There punishment was they had to live in a room of mii's for a week.
Companies will always try and get away with this, they go down to route of saying "oh we didn't not not mention it, so its okay right?" When they know the consumer will assume it will work on every game which is exactly what they want them to think without directly saying it.
Good move by the ASA to make sure that people who buy the Wii U buy on a more informed choice rather than a well made biased advert.