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Our totally normal Nintendo DS ad is ready to print, boss! (lemmy.world)
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[–] rslogix89@lemmy.world 50 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The 32x had some interesting ads:

French ad for the 32x:

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

SEGA did what Nintendidn't.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Or, I guess, Sega did what Nintendalsodid.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What Nintendidn't [yet], because that DS ad is a lot more recent and I don't remember Nintendo itself having anything quite that risque in the '90s.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

This reply is offensive. We both went to all that work and you didn't even have the decency to say "What Nintendidn'tyetbecausethatDSadisalotmorerecentandidon'trememberNintendoutselfhavinganythingquitethatrisqueinthe'90s."

[–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

The French magazine ads for tech in the 1990s were absolutely wild