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"Mario Madness" is the tagline on the front of this game's box in North America; "Mario Mania" is on the box in other regions.
What is Super Mario Bros. 2?
"Get N or get out."
What is the Nintendo 64?
"Touching is good."
What is the DS?
"See how it feels to feel what you see."
What is the Rumble Pak?
Nintendo turned up the volume on its marketing in the mid-'90s with this slogan; the final word was changed to "Proud" in support of the Seattle Pride Parade in 2018 and 2019.
What is "Play It Loud"?
Nintendo thought it could entice players to take a whiff of this terrestrial title by using foul scratch-and-sniff ads with taglines such as, "We're warning you. This game stinks."
What is EarthBound?
"Way more. Way beyond. Way preferred. Way cool."
What is the Super Nintendo?
"Keep it in your pants."
What is the Game Boy Pocket?
"Get a grip on the '90s."
What is the Power Glove?
Nintendo promoted these exclusive kiosks by holding a contest called "Take Your Best Shot" that sent the winner on an Australian safari.
What are Pokémon Snap Stations?
"When is 'too much' too much?" asked a TV ad that was censored after showing a man eating until he explodes as an analogy for Nintendo stuffing content into this egg-citing release.
What is Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island?
"Size does matter."
What is the GameCube?
"The second best thing to do in the dark."
What is the Game Boy Advance SP?
"They said reviving the video game market wasn't humanly possible. It wasn't."
What is R.O.B.?
This event was promoted in a commercial with the tagline, "Let's show Kong who's really king"—a reference to where the finale would be held.
What is PowerFest or the Nintendo World Championships?
A TV ad for this game asked, "Willst thou get the girl? Or play like one?"—other variations, including one for the later 3DS version, instead asked, "Willst thou soar? Or willst thou suck?"
What is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?
Nintendo's ad campaign featuring this system slogan won the 2008 Grand Effie Award for its marketing effectiveness.
What is "Wii would like to play"?
"Make it yours."
What is the Game Boy Micro?
An ad for this add-on pictured it inside of a prescription bottle along with the headline, "[System] tests positive for performance enhancers."
What is the Expansion Pak?
With releases such as Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, New Super Luigi U, and Dr. Luigi, this was dubbed the "Year of Luigi," though the event extended into the following year as well.
What is 2013?
Pokémon's tagline was changed from this phrase, seen and heard in early promotional material, to "Gotta catch 'em all!" since the former couldn't be trademarked.
What is "Catch 'em if you can!"?
Three of the phrases that have been added to the NES slogan, "Now you're playing with power," to advertise other products.
What are (any combination of three):
"Super power" (Super Nintendo)
"Portable power" (Game Boy)
"Body power" (Power Pad)
"Nintendo Power" (the magazine)
"...and bricks" (LEGO NES)
"Take a look inside."
What is the 3DS?
"Make fun of everyone" was the tagline in a commercial for these two related peripherals.
What are the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer?
In 2004, Nintendo of Canada released TV ads depicting its games as drugs and built a website to help addicts suffering from TMF, which stood for this, the campaign's slogan.
What is "Too Much Fun"?