The Legend of Zelda...'s commercials

posted by Tim on Sunday February 3, 2008

Filed under: Fresh from the Trophy Wife Game Room, Miscellaneous Jackassery

Even great video games can breed bad commercials. Case in point, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda.

Back in the day, ad executives really didn’t know how to market games. So they asked themselves, “Who likes games?” The answer, apparently, is cool kids in denim jackets and nerds from the 50’s.

Observe

The second Zelda commercial to air here in the US is amazing because of how little it actually has to do with the game. Basically, it’s as if someone was given a list of characters and the title. That person then called their friend who, “Always does HILARIOUS voices at parties,” and poof! This commercial was born.

Pea-Pea-Peahats!! What the fuck!?

No entry into a bad commercial contest is complete without a trip to the land of the rising sun and as far as bad Zelda commercials go, they refused to be out done. There’s so much right and SOOOO much wrong with this commercial all at the same time.

I Love Japan.