▲ 593 ▼ Our totally normal Nintendo DS ad is ready to print, boss! (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) No way! Is that real? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fiat_lux@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) They also had an animal neglect version, but only the bondage ad was pulled in the UK. Late 90s advertising for games and consoles tried to be as edgy as possible when published in magazines targeted at male demographics. https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-when-nintendo-was-forced-to-pull-its-offensive-game-boy-advert permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Wow. I'm a male gamer but I don't think I'd want to be part of the demographic that ad is meant to appeal to. I wonder how different the history of gaming would be if they'd advertised to women too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) No way! Is that real? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fiat_lux@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) They also had an animal neglect version, but only the bondage ad was pulled in the UK. Late 90s advertising for games and consoles tried to be as edgy as possible when published in magazines targeted at male demographics. https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-when-nintendo-was-forced-to-pull-its-offensive-game-boy-advert permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Wow. I'm a male gamer but I don't think I'd want to be part of the demographic that ad is meant to appeal to. I wonder how different the history of gaming would be if they'd advertised to women too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) They also had an animal neglect version, but only the bondage ad was pulled in the UK. Late 90s advertising for games and consoles tried to be as edgy as possible when published in magazines targeted at male demographics. https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-when-nintendo-was-forced-to-pull-its-offensive-game-boy-advert permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Wow. I'm a male gamer but I don't think I'd want to be part of the demographic that ad is meant to appeal to. I wonder how different the history of gaming would be if they'd advertised to women too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Wow. I'm a male gamer but I don't think I'd want to be part of the demographic that ad is meant to appeal to. I wonder how different the history of gaming would be if they'd advertised to women too. permalink fedilink source parent
