Retro Metroid TV Ads Redefine Cool
The above picture raises a valid question: Why does Samus need a ship when she can obviously ignite her very own mega-gas to rocket through the deep reaches of space? Maybe we’ll find out in Corruption. Anyway, hit the links below to check out Kotaku’s comparisons of US/Japanese commercials for the classic Metroid games. The Japanese ad for the NES original wins hands down — you will say ‘wow’ — but they’re all classic material.
N Rumas - March 7th, 2007 - 
Spence on March 7, 2007 at 9:46 am
They really should promot Corruption when it comes out.
The past two Prime games had zero marketing in Europe besides a couple of print adverts in lad’s mags.
If Halo can sell a system, Metroid with waggle should be able to.
Drew Kora on March 7, 2007 at 9:54 am
hahah. I love the Japanese one. “DEESK-a-SEESTEM”
Eddy on March 7, 2007 at 11:38 am
One of my favorite commercial of all time is the MP commercial by Alex Proyas (director of “the crowâ€)
http://www.animallogic.com/video/metroid_large.mov
The writing is beautiful, and its incredible how much of the game’s essence it captures in under a minute.
Another one that captivated me is http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=217&type=mov&pl=game
This one is all about the music, crank it up. (if anyone can tell me the name of this song, or where I can find it, they will be my hero of all time
Blauw on March 7, 2007 at 3:26 pm
I saw those ‘Metroid Prime’ and ‘Metroid Prime: Echoes’ commercials on Dutch tv a couple of times. Great stuff.
MIke on March 7, 2007 at 4:41 pm
The American super metroid commercial is the best!
Hurricanemario on March 7, 2007 at 5:24 pm
“mega-gas”
Whitemage on March 7, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Are we talking Retro as in old, or Retro the company? With the former, I think using the word “retro” doesn’t help the case.
shingo on March 8, 2007 at 2:24 am
She has a ship so you can save and recharge health…=)
EOM on March 15, 2007 at 8:49 am
poor killer. the game was too much for him.
kinda funny (24 megs).