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I have always admired Nintendo.
Since I was little I have always seen the Japanese brand as a synonym of quality gaming products and top entertainment.
This until today, when a friend sent me a Youtube link to the new advert for the next-generation console, the Nintendo Wii:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq71KsfnjSk
Erm … did I see something similar before?
(Hint: YES.)
Not commenting the fact that the Apple adverts are extremely funny and well elaborated while the Nintendo one only gives you a deep desire to shot the retarded blonde girl impersonating the Wii on the face, the true question is, why not creating something original?
Was it really necessary to recycle someone else’s ideas to this level and by doing so join the club of the copycat monkeys led by Microsoft?