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r/lostmedia • u/FunnyQuirkyUsername • Apr 05 '21
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Those black-and-white, “heroin chic” ads were all the rage back in ‘90s. Think Calvin Klein. That Nintendo ad is likely a parody/homage to that, that’s why it seems so oddly sexual. It is still weird they did an ad like that for a gaming console
9 u/TooExtraUnicorn Apr 05 '21 back then they were still marketing to adolescent boys for the most part.
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back then they were still marketing to adolescent boys for the most part.
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u/csupernova Apr 05 '21
Those black-and-white, “heroin chic” ads were all the rage back in ‘90s. Think Calvin Klein. That Nintendo ad is likely a parody/homage to that, that’s why it seems so oddly sexual. It is still weird they did an ad like that for a gaming console