Kamiya using subliminal messages to trick fans in buying Wonderful 101

mii-gamer:

Kamiya hosted the Wonderful 101 Nintendo Direct . Something that I noticed and most likely everyone else, was that he was spamming "Wonderful 101 will be available on August 23rd" or "Wonderful 101 will be available on September 15th" if you watched the American direct. It is obvious that Kamiya is using subliminal messages to get Nintendo fans and potential consumers to buy the game. Why else would he spam the release date? Unfortunately, it worked on me. Curse you Kamiya! You devious devil! Stop trolling us!

Check out his hilarious Iwata impersonation in the video.

[yugovega]

yep the messages are what will make people buy this. not the fact that it actually looks interesting and fun.

[Lovable]

Obviously.

[3-4-5]

Subliminal is something that isn't noticeable at all.

Why do people hire these 3rd grade level idiots to write their articles ?

If it's something we can hear him state obviously, then it's not subliminal.

[CaptainN]

LOL this game will be great..i personally was annoyed with the constant date being shown.....but whatever works !

[jc48573]

you can't blame Kamiya for doing so. He believes that consumers and even gamers tend to be forgetful. He is even disappointed with the fact that gamers don't even know which game is made by whom, which shows how little they care about developers.

[cleft5]

I just got a laugh at how many times they brought up the date.

[animegamingnerd]

after the direct and trailer this became a day 1 buy

[Parapraxis]

I just watched it...when does the game come out?

[animegamingnerd]

september 15th in north american and august 25th in europe i believe

[Parapraxis]

September 15th?

[deafdani]

Yeah, I was wondering that myself, they didn't make the release date clear. Like, at all.

:/

[Killzoner99]

It's pathetic and illegal that Nintendo has to resort to using subliminal messages to sell their games. This is an all time low. I'm going to contact the BBB and file a complaint and so should the rest of you.

[animegamingnerd]

wow that comment was pathetic

[_QQ_]

You forgot /s

[Neonridr]

you forgot the /s at the end of your little rant...

please don't tell me you were being serious.

[TripC50]

If you were not being sarcastic...Nobody likes you

[cleft5]

By the way genius, subliminal messaging doesn't work. Obviously the date was constantly being said to be funny. Kamiya whole approach for the Nintendo Direct was to be funny and he succeeded.

[BlackWolf]

Your comment is bad, and you should feel bad. Enough with the trolling.

[BullyMangler]

neh dont do that, then Nintendo can get in trouble. Then what of sony and microsoft? .. who will they copy then??

[TripC50]

Ha well I don't think it was subliminal. Nintendo Directs have segments and after each segment a date is announced. This Direct was about one game so my guess is the editing guy was like..."Um so I'm just gonna put the release date after each segment." And they just rolled with it.

[Concertoine]

Lol i thought kamiya was just trolling, and exagerating the nintendo direct formula.

[_QQ_]

He was, kamiya is always trolling.

[animegamingnerd]

he probably was trolling the dude dressed up like iwata does

[Neonridr]

DIRECTLY.... to you

[MiasmaDodo]

looks at Wonderful 101...(this is what Nintendo fans want?)

no wonder, nobodies buying this system.

[Parapraxis]

This game looks great, go away.

[MiasmaDodo]

geathjerks?
wonderful heroes?
rainbow colors?

ok...
I will def go away, this crowds not for me; I like girls and I am not 12

[Parapraxis]

I'm in my thirties and married, get a life kid.
Me and the wife will have a great time with this game.

[poopsack]

"and I am not 12"

not yet apparently.

[animegamingnerd]

@MiasmaDodo go back to cod you troll

[AWBrawler]

Somebody is not comfortable in their masculinity. Why is colorful characters a minus?

[chadboban]

Given that I'm hearing a lot of folks saying that they want this on their systems, I don't think Nintendo fans are the only ones that want this.

[MiasmaDodo]

@all the comment ppl

I was trolling from a bad morning. Didnt mean to take it out on N4g or W101 fans.

I still think the game looks lame. but I shouldnt have been so rude. apologies.

[zalanis]

I agree that the date was probably shown in a humourous fashion since a subbliminal message is supposed to b hidden. That date was sooooooo in plain sight. Craziest trailer too. The ending sealed it for me. Can't wait to see how story ends. Buiyng on day 1 for sure.

[deafdani]

The author of the articule obviously doesn't understand what "subliminal" means. Repeating a message plain and clear time and time again isn't subliminal at all, lol.

[PopRocks359]

I thought it was pretty obvious that the Direct was recorded in segments and that each segment ended with the release date.

Well, I guess according to the law of averages SOMEONE had to complain about it.

[deafdani]

Uh, what? I'm not complaining about the Direct at all, I thought it was killer, repeated release dates and everything (those bits made me chuckle, actually).

No, I was merely pointing out the inadequate use of a word by the article's author, that's all.

:/

[PopRocks359]

Oh no no no, I'm not saying YOU are the one complaining. I'm referring to the author in that regard. Sorry if it came off as if I was saying that about you. :(

[deafdani]

Lol, ok, gotcha. :P

[mii-gamer]

i know what subliminal means. I was joking around because i was in a good mood after the direct,so i reported on the news in a different way. Is my sense humor so out of touch? I had a guy call me a retard in the comment section? Next time I will be serous nelly. :(

[duducus]

And he just kept a straight face through the whole thing... lol

[solboogie]

This Direct was funny and really made me want the game more. Came home from work and oh shizzznit theres a demo. Downloaded it and haven't had a chance to play as my lil man is just loving this game! The visual are sick and the art style is tight! And from the looks on my sons face its tons of fun. I'll play tonight when he gets off.

[Jagsrock]

It wasn't(Buy Wonderful 101) even subliminal. It (Buy Wonderful 101)was completely obvious and(Buy Wonderful 101) used as an ending slide to each segment. Anyways the game(on September 15th)looks awesome.

[RFornillos4]

like most people are saying, it's not "subliminal" since it was shown directly.

i would say, although obviously it was shown in segments, i believe it was also intentional. the main reasoning is that with repetition, the suggested message is in a way implanted into our minds (i know there's a more technical term or statement for this, but i leave it to you guys to find out, coz personally i forgot).

i'd say after watching the direct, most of the viewers would now have that title and date "implanted" into our minds and will tend to NOT forget it.