FUN FACT about that Stormbreaker segment: In the novel, Alex used a Game Boy with the similar cartridges. Somehow, it's also capable of being a surveillance camera and microphone. This was a year before the GBA.
I read the first couple of the series, and completely forgot they existed until just now lol. Literally the only plot point I can remember from that entire series is him trying to escape in a trunk but getting found by a heartbeat sensor. Pretty sure the villain suicided at the end too.
This information actually makes it less corny. You could say Alex was always meant to use the latest Nintendo handheld as a spy device. Only makes sense that the film upgraded the Game Boy to a DS.
I was just about to comment this! I believe they even make the same Mario kart gag, only with super circuit instead! Also in one of the sequels (I think eagle strike) Alex is playing Mario kart 64. I guess they just really liked Mario kart huh?
I remember when I was in elementary school, there was a magazine that gave free issues to my school, and it had that ad in it. I actually cut it out in class and played with it. For some reason, some of the other kids found it hilarious. I kind of wish I still had that cut-out. It feels like something I would treasure now.
@@LamanKnight I am currently bagging all of my Nintendo Power, Car & Driver, Road & Track, Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines for when I am older
Imagine you’re just walking down the street minding your own business and suddenly a group of people in colour coded onesies with face paint just show up and start following you around
The GameCube had some really weird and crazy TV advertisements here in the states. Everyone who has seen them remembers the transparent Cube used in them. Probably the strangest of them was for Luigi's Mansion. But I really liked the "Nature Documentary" styled advertisement for the original Pikmin the best.
@@Alfonso162008 oh my God I thought that was just a joke, I can't believe this is a real thing. I'm glad this gave them an opportunity to use those mascot costumes some more.
Okay, true story here: When I was in my senior year of high school, I took an elective class called Mass Media. The final for the class was to split into teams and make a short film. One group of guys made this really good horror film about a haunted school. Then, a few years later, long after it had ended, I found out about that Eternal Darkness contest and watched some of the winning entries online. Imagine my shock to see that exact same story about a haunted school. Those guys in my class years prior had plagiarized the whole film.
My sister was 4 years older. I must have quoted her old exercise books a hundred times in my science class. It was ok though, cos Miss Turner was a fuckin twat
@@porridgeramen7220 No, they copied the story and dialogue. Or they simply used the original film. Either way, they copied it and didn't give credit or request permission from the original filmmaker. In case this is a genuine question, no, you can submit your own work to multiple competitions as long as it's clear that you made it and they don't think you're copying it from one of the others.
Are you sure about that? When did his farts become a canonical thing? Wario is a far more interesting character that got totally ruined by his gas. The gas itself is not the problem, the importance is, in my opinion.
I admit, that is earlier than I thought, but since Wario has been around since Super Mario Land II, which is a GB game rather than GBA, I'm still stubbornly going to claim his platformer life predates the farts by a long time.
In "Stormbreaker" the novel, I'm pretty sure it was a Gameboy, and the game was Bomberman, which was a little more on the nose for its intended gadget use.
To be fair, it had to compete with the PlayStation 2. This was still the time that parents didn't understand why that had to get a new device just to play more videogames, so the fact that they could at least get a relatively cheap DVD player out of it did wonders.
"Crowd farting" Damm I knew nintendo can be savage at times with everyone BUT GODDAMN THAT'S RUTHLESS, way ahead of its time before Mighty no.9 would sour everyone on crowdfunding campaigns to the masses
The Nintendo Gamecube and its collection of quality games sure was underappreciated back when it was on the market. The fact that today I found a copy of Paper Mario - The Thousand Year Door at a flee market and had to take a few seconds after getting told that this game sells for over 150 Euros in Europe contributes to that.
Nintendo's 90s ad campaigns were some of the worst I've ever seen. You think the crying PS3 baby was bad? wait till you see how Nintendo promoted Yoshi's Island. Even in the age of Ren & Stimpy and Garbage Pail Kids that was a little too gross.
Metroid Prime and Mario Sunshine: *Inspires a cult following and is a staple for a whole generation* Nintendo: Metroid Prime and Mario sunshine did not meet our expectations.
Wait Bruh Ok so let me get this straight... Selling the GameCube at a WAY lower price than usual didn't convince British people to buy it... Showcasing all the new Mario and Zelda games didn't convince them either... But someone dying their facial hair purple made them think "oop that's it that's the reason why I'm buying a GameCube"
The DS acts like a regular DS untill a special cartridge is inserted, so they would only have the smoke bomb cartridge (which only worked once if I recall correctly)
If anyone is wondering, the "Pikmin flower" does still exist, but it's now just known as 'bacopa cabana' or just simply bacopa (probably since the marketing is long since over and the general public wouldn't know what Pikmin is). Funnily enough, they come in white, pink (the species from Pikmin 2), and purple/blue (the species from Pikmin 3). You can somewhat easily find them at garden centers in late spring and early summer in small individual pots or as part of a bigger arrangement, like in hanging baskets. I make a point of getting one every year since they look very cute in my garden.
I find the airing of that gameshow style donkey konga commercial during the commercial braks for takeshi's castle to be quite interesting, since Craig charles (who was the led comentator on tc's english dub) was previously in a mario all stars promotional vhs.
I read the Stormbreaker novel when I was younger. In the book Alex is given a Game Boy and some game cartridges which function the same in the movie. In the book he gets rid of the Game Boy by putting Bomber Man in it and that turns it into to an explosive which destroys the villains getaway vehicle if I remember correctly.
It’s really funny that they brought up that Haylie Duff was in “Napoleon Dynamite”... one of her other dogs ran away (and was reportedly eaten by a bird of prey) while she was filming it. XD
Liam Robertson - Game History Guy I first heard about it from the DVD commentary, but here are a couple more. milwaukeerecord.com/film/efren-ramirez-napoleon-dynamite-riverside-screening-voting-pedro/ www.google.com/amp/s/ew.com/article/2014/11/11/napoleon-dynamite-reunion/%3famp=true
Yeah, there were black and silver GameCubes in 2002, by they were hard to find in Germany. Even my 17-year-old me didnt understand the colour selection. I am sure: A black oder silver marketed GameCube would have sold a couple million more consoles.
This video failed to mention that in the UK, two girl bands Girls Aloud and The Saturdays also promoted the DS and 3DS respectively. Girls Aloud played Mario Kart DS and the Saturdays promoted Nintendogs.
Hello! Liam here. I hope you enjoy this look at some obscure Nintendo marketing stunts. Be sure to check out more Game History Secrets if you do! :)
Very cool
@@KoroDog Thanks!
Every episode of this has been fantastic. I'll definitely be recommending this to a few people.
The Farts and Craps Show That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing it. I put my all into every episode.
FUN FACT about that Stormbreaker segment: In the novel, Alex used a Game Boy with the similar cartridges. Somehow, it's also capable of being a surveillance camera and microphone. This was a year before the GBA.
I read the first couple of the series, and completely forgot they existed until just now lol. Literally the only plot point I can remember from that entire series is him trying to escape in a trunk but getting found by a heartbeat sensor. Pretty sure the villain suicided at the end too.
This information actually makes it less corny. You could say Alex was always meant to use the latest Nintendo handheld as a spy device. Only makes sense that the film upgraded the Game Boy to a DS.
@@pivotguydc1149 Well, you could say it's the Gameboy Color, but it could be the GBA in question.
in the third book it's a gba with minish cap
I was just about to comment this! I believe they even make the same Mario kart gag, only with super circuit instead!
Also in one of the sequels (I think eagle strike) Alex is playing Mario kart 64. I guess they just really liked Mario kart huh?
The Paper Mario “Free Demo” is actually genius
I HAD IT! It was up on my wall like a poster for the longest time! It was great!
@@themagicalgamer yeah.....sheet of paper teasing you is great.
I have my own cutout of a goomba under my "princess is in another castle" poster on my wall
I remember when I was in elementary school, there was a magazine that gave free issues to my school, and it had that ad in it. I actually cut it out in class and played with it. For some reason, some of the other kids found it hilarious.
I kind of wish I still had that cut-out. It feels like something I would treasure now.
@@LamanKnight I am currently bagging all of my Nintendo Power, Car & Driver, Road & Track, Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines for when I am older
So... What you're saying is that Nintendo UK marketing team is batshit crazy?
Always have been. *gunshot*
just strike nintendo and marketing department out that sentence and we are good!
@@GinkgoPete fair point, my good sir
@@GinkgoPete nah replace that with US and we perfect
GamingNubs hmm...explain. I don’t remember any specific moments of weird marketing. I could be wrong, tho...
Imagine you’re just walking down the street minding your own business and suddenly a group of people in colour coded onesies with face paint just show up and start following you around
Imagine you’re just walking down the street minding your own business and suddenly your phone starts making Wario fart noises
The GameCube had some really weird and crazy TV advertisements here in the states. Everyone who has seen them remembers the transparent Cube used in them. Probably the strangest of them was for Luigi's Mansion. But I really liked the "Nature Documentary" styled advertisement for the original Pikmin the best.
I loved hearing that girl whispering "gamecube"
Nothing makes me wanna play Mario more than sexy models with mustaches.
Me either. Totally nice
Nothing like Ron Jeremy advertising Mario products, I know.
IKR soooooooooooo hot
Dude if she doesn't have a long stache then why bother?
Oh yeah, Ron is so hot~
Don't forget the time when Nintendo had a real life Super Smash Bros. match to promote Smash 64. I'm pretty sure the event was called Slamfest 99.
That was its name, indeed: lostmediawiki.com/Super_Smash_Bros._Slamfest_%2799_(lost_livestream_of_promotional_event;_1999)
Really interesting stuff.
@@Alfonso162008 oh my God I thought that was just a joke, I can't believe this is a real thing. I'm glad this gave them an opportunity to use those mascot costumes some more.
Therapist: Real life pikmin aren't real, they can't hurt you
Real Life pikmin: 4:37
Imagine going shopping and bumping into a group of them in the street
I wonder how many small children were terrified and scarred by them
@@harrypainter7472 Imagine them in the van shown, Saying hey kid... Want some free candy?
“A ringtone of Wario farting”
Yes, I’d love to have that play on my phone in public
12:05 >Through a partnership with the Weinstein company
Someone check on Peach
"A ringtone of Wario farting" so like...they fed Charles Martinet a bunch of bean burritos or something? Or did he have a fart double?
Oh how I miss Satoru Iwata.. he shall and is, missed... May he find peace in the afterlife...
"Mario Kart... is a game. We thought you might like it for the flight." xD
Man, I gotta see this movie. Seems cool!
Okay, true story here: When I was in my senior year of high school, I took an elective class called Mass Media. The final for the class was to split into teams and make a short film. One group of guys made this really good horror film about a haunted school. Then, a few years later, long after it had ended, I found out about that Eternal Darkness contest and watched some of the winning entries online. Imagine my shock to see that exact same story about a haunted school. Those guys in my class years prior had plagiarized the whole film.
Well, they successfully passed their exam then
Mass media is mostly full of lies :v
My sister was 4 years older. I must have quoted her old exercise books a hundred times in my science class. It was ok though, cos Miss Turner was a fuckin twat
Is it plagiarism is the people who made the film submit their own work they made a while back to another contest?
@@porridgeramen7220 No, they copied the story and dialogue. Or they simply used the original film. Either way, they copied it and didn't give credit or request permission from the original filmmaker.
In case this is a genuine question, no, you can submit your own work to multiple competitions as long as it's clear that you made it and they don't think you're copying it from one of the others.
@@dragonick2947 I see I see, my original understanding was that the same film had been uploaded to youtube by the original creators, for some reason.
I wish Nintendo would just let that farting part of Wario's character go, and focus more on the greedy platform king he used to be...
Dude they go bananas for fart jokes over there.
But it has been a part of his character almost as along as being a greedy platform king.
Are you sure about that? When did his farts become a canonical thing? Wario is a far more interesting character that got totally ruined by his gas. The gas itself is not the problem, the importance is, in my opinion.
@@Apophis324 Wario Land 4 and Warioware
I admit, that is earlier than I thought, but since Wario has been around since Super Mario Land II, which is a GB game rather than GBA, I'm still stubbornly going to claim his platformer life predates the farts by a long time.
In "Stormbreaker" the novel, I'm pretty sure it was a Gameboy, and the game was Bomberman, which was a little more on the nose for its intended gadget use.
The first thing that popped into my head when I read the title was "obey wario, destroy Mario."
Obey me wario, Mario Is the enemy Mario land 2
You want fun? Wario show you fun!
So … a plant is a rare gaming collectors item?
@Scott Stamp no they definitely do not, maybe seeds but they wouldn't be original. it's kind of like asking if any ancient egyptions exist lol
@@Blu-ray what makes you say that? They're perennials
@@SonofSethoitae Unfortunately this particular plant doesn't live very long.
I love how strange Nintendo was during the gamecube era
I miss this Nintendo.
11:48 "then famous British canines"
*_Gromit?_*
Seriously, Curse of the Were-Rabbit came out that same year, so don't tell me he wasn't considered "then famous"
That’s a good point.
It makes me wonder when Nintendo and Aardman really started to do collaborations
Always amazed me how the GameCube struggled with sales numbers the way it did. Such an underrated console!
It did okay in the end but definitely struggled over here in the UK. At least it outsold the Wii U!
It was their stubbornness, people preferred the PS2 and Xbox because they offered a lot of multimedia stuff that pushed those consoles sales
The ps2 could play DVDs out of the box, for a 15 year like me that was how I convinced my mother to buy one
@@dekugh64 Yeah. Not having a DVD player in it was probably a mistake. A lot of people wanted a DVD player back then so favoured the PS2 for that.
To be fair, it had to compete with the PlayStation 2. This was still the time that parents didn't understand why that had to get a new device just to play more videogames, so the fact that they could at least get a relatively cheap DVD player out of it did wonders.
"A ringtone of Wario farting."
What? lol
Okay the Game & Wario one is legit the best.
I love whoever came up with that idea.
I read the series Stormbreaker was based on. In the book it was a Game Boy and Bomberman was in fact, a bomb
I was gonna say the same thing! It made perfect sense to have it be a DS in the film
That pikmen thing seems like it could be a creepypasta
Genetically-modified plants? I don't see why.
Gabe Puratekuta the people in pikmen costumes, I should have clarified
Why has it taken me until today to realise that Des Lynam kinda looks like an old Mario?
6:28 Brain: "Does that say ''combination' or 'competition'?"
Mouth: "The combedition..."
I love that the Des Lynam stunt is included. To this day, I find it a bizarre tie-in
I love it. Feels like some strange proto meme idea and it's one of the only GameCube ads I actually remember.
I wasn’t expecting to see Stephen Fry encourage me to buy Mario Kart DS today but I’m very glad I did
That film contest sounds like a really cool idea, gotta say.
"Crowd farting" Damm I knew nintendo can be savage at times with everyone BUT GODDAMN THAT'S RUTHLESS, way ahead of its time before Mighty no.9 would sour everyone on crowdfunding campaigns to the masses
The Nintendo Gamecube and its collection of quality games sure was underappreciated back when it was on the market.
The fact that today I found a copy of Paper Mario - The Thousand Year Door at a flee market and had to take a few seconds after getting told that this game sells for over 150 Euros in Europe contributes to that.
Nintendo's 90s ad campaigns were some of the worst I've ever seen. You think the crying PS3 baby was bad? wait till you see how Nintendo promoted Yoshi's Island. Even in the age of Ren & Stimpy and Garbage Pail Kids that was a little too gross.
What'd they do?
@@mr.scarfy6851 you know that one scene from Monty Python's Meaning of Life?
@@mr.scarfy6851 A restaurant stuffed a fat guy until he literally burst.
1:41 this image is giving me PTSD from the collab between Sega and Hooters to promote Sonic Forces...
What
@@Sceww It was Japan-only.
"Partnership with the Weinstein company" oh god oh no
GinkgoPete mario gets metoo'd
@Michael Mathers Abusing your position of power is fine as long as the victims had a choice. Big brain.
@Michael Mathers Those are not mutually exclusive
Andy Williams _and_ George Harrison are mentioned in this video? 😱
Not the musicians? Oh, OK.
Metroid Prime and Mario Sunshine:
*Inspires a cult following and is a staple for a whole generation*
Nintendo:
Metroid Prime and Mario sunshine did not meet our expectations.
I can’t be the only one who hears “Saturn Valley” in the intro
Just realized it is Saturn Valley lmao
Things heard before a disaster: "Through a partnership with the Weinstein company"
Were those allegations public knowledge at that time, though?
1:33 GRANDDAD?! FLINTSTONES?! *Oh*
America: Meh, let's do a corny 90s advertisement..
UK: FUKIN' PIKMIN BLOKES IN A VAN!
6:40
Book of Mario: Thousands of Doors
Please let the time they sent out mannequin hands to random people in the mail to promote the DS's launch be in this video.
Sadly, no
8:24 Donkey Kong's Bіtch Road Trip lmfaooo
Wait
Bruh
Ok so let me get this straight...
Selling the GameCube at a WAY lower price than usual didn't convince British people to buy it...
Showcasing all the new Mario and Zelda games didn't convince them either...
But someone dying their facial hair purple made them think "oop that's it that's the reason why I'm buying a GameCube"
I watched that film as a kid. I've thought about that Mario Kart joke every day since.
4:54 Those pikmin cosplays look so cursed
This channel is sooooo good dude. Every single video is full of stuff I've never heard of before
7:24 from beatle, to Nintendo executive. Good for you George Harrison
LEEDS in the pikmin segment. Love it.
Nintendo of America: Bio-engineered flowers made to resemble those of creatures in the game.
Nintendo UK: *Clown Car*
8:17
Easy there with the hands DK she’s not Pauline.
13:10
*Turns high tech espionage DS into smoke bomb, then leaves it on the ground in an enemy facility for anyone to pick up.*
The DS acts like a regular DS untill a special cartridge is inserted, so they would only have the smoke bomb cartridge (which only worked once if I recall correctly)
I remember that Stormbreaker DS! Wow that was ages ago...
If anyone is wondering, the "Pikmin flower" does still exist, but it's now just known as 'bacopa cabana' or just simply bacopa (probably since the marketing is long since over and the general public wouldn't know what Pikmin is). Funnily enough, they come in white, pink (the species from Pikmin 2), and purple/blue (the species from Pikmin 3). You can somewhat easily find them at garden centers in late spring and early summer in small individual pots or as part of a bigger arrangement, like in hanging baskets. I make a point of getting one every year since they look very cute in my garden.
My favorite is when they gave away beer and condoms at E3 showing Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Yes, Nintendo gave away beer and condoms.
I find the airing of that gameshow style donkey konga commercial during the commercial braks for takeshi's castle to be quite interesting, since Craig charles (who was the led comentator on tc's english dub) was previously in a mario all stars promotional vhs.
Hahaha holy crap I remember that "free demo" Paper Mario thing. I was a 6th grader and thought it was hilarious.
Nintendo UK's Marketing Department were obviously smoking some good stuff during the Gamecube era.
I miss when Nintendo went insane like this
4:53 when you walk into the wrong neighborhood and have to play it cool to not get stabbed by the local gang
When I saw that “free demo” I looked up and saw that exact page on my brother’s bulletin board right in front of me
What about the whole “what would you do for Nintendo” GameCube competition
I read the Stormbreaker novel when I was younger. In the book Alex is given a Game Boy and some game cartridges which function the same in the movie. In the book he gets rid of the Game Boy by putting Bomber Man in it and that turns it into to an explosive which destroys the villains getaway vehicle if I remember correctly.
Okay but the idea of a movie where a game system is actually a multipurpose tool is low key hella interesting
Des Lynham what a legend
Holy crap, I actually remember those Paper Mario ads!
Same here. At least the first one, though.
It’s really funny that they brought up that Haylie Duff was in “Napoleon Dynamite”... one of her other dogs ran away (and was reportedly eaten by a bird of prey) while she was filming it. XD
Really? Is there a source for that?
Liam Robertson - Game History Guy I first heard about it from the DVD commentary, but here are a couple more.
milwaukeerecord.com/film/efren-ramirez-napoleon-dynamite-riverside-screening-voting-pedro/
www.google.com/amp/s/ew.com/article/2014/11/11/napoleon-dynamite-reunion/%3famp=true
I'm proud to say I Crowdfarted. I've got the downloaded button and everything.
Current one: Making Nintendo switches to impossible find in the quarantine
Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :)
Jsi borec.
I had to watch this video to genuinely see if that was the actual Des Lynam
6:15 I remembered being really freaked out by this short as a kid. Now I know the name of it.
12:04 "Through a partnership with..."
*oh gawd*
there were no unwanted incidents with the Pikmin role play right?
I'm sure there were.
wario land for wii had a personalized page on youtube, it doesn´t work anymore but it was awesome back then
I didn't know the Wii had Gameboy games in its virtual console.
@@GabePuratekuta i am sorry, i meant to say Wario land Shake it. that was for wii, not the original wario land
I only came here for Des... what a legend! Was thinking about him the other day, miss the guy
4:37
Rare picture of your sleep paralysis demons coming for a visit. Colorized.
It's confirmed. Paper Mario TTYD saves lives.
what fun facts these were a pleasure to hear about them especially since some of this marketing is quite crazy
Des Lynam AND Bill Oddie in one video? What an honour!
Does anyone else find it hilarious that Nintendo poked fun at crowdfunding?
14:28 ....Great, Just what I want to here when I wake up or getting a call.
Thank god the UK did that for pikmin 1 and not 2. Imagine if they tried cosplaying the white pikmin in public
I enjoy watching y'alls videos, very entertaining
Never thought I'd see Des Lynam, Bill Oddie and Schmeichel from Corrie in one of these videos!
I wasn't expecting one of the Goodies either.
13:10 Just noticed that's an American copy of Mario Kart DS. Weird for a movie set in the UK.
It was probably filmed before the UK launch of Mario Kart.
At this point you guys might as well change the channel name to DidYouKnowTendo?
A RINGTONE OF WARIO FARTING! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIIIIVVVEEEE
The fact that the purple mustache feels normal is weird
Dude we have to go to the nintendogs launch premiere THEY'RE BRINGING OUT DOG
Funny how it's a DS is the Stormbreaker movie. In the book it was a GBC
Im diggin that saturn valley intro
Ah yes, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, released in 2004... the last Paper Mario game we ever got :(, I miss that series dearly.
You haven't heard of Paper Mario: The Origami King?
I agree, I miss this series dearly. But I'm pretty sure the series died in 2007 with Super
HadouKeyblade and it’s all those assholes Tanabe and Miyamoto’s fault
Surprised there's no mention of bayometta 2
Yeah, there were black and silver GameCubes in 2002, by they were hard to find in Germany. Even my 17-year-old me didnt understand the colour selection. I am sure: A black oder silver marketed GameCube would have sold a couple million more consoles.
Well I mean in the book Stormbreaker Alex had an original GameBoy. I think they just wanted to update it for the modern age.
What is the intro track called? Where’s it from? I’ve heard it in a couple places but don’t know where it came from.
This video failed to mention that in the UK, two girl bands Girls Aloud and The Saturdays also promoted the DS and 3DS respectively.
Girls Aloud played Mario Kart DS and the Saturdays promoted Nintendogs.
You've heard of it and that's why I didn't mention it.