Random: "This Is Not What We Were Expecting" - Ex-Nintendo Employee Shares The Story Behind Zelda's Early TV Ads

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A curious detail for the fans of the franchise! News comes after the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, along with a new Switch Lite. After explaining why they didn’t use the word Triforce, as well as its official location on the timeline, we must now go back to the beginnings of the franchise. We’re talking about the first franchise commercial for North America: One of the strangest ads showed comedian John Kassir screaming names…

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Random: "This Is Not What We Were Expecting" - Ex-Nintendo Employee Shares The Story Behind Zelda's Early TV Ads

"Tektites! Pe-pe-peahats!".The latest episode of the Video Game History Hour (the Video Game History Foundation's podcast) has just been released, and it's a good one, featuring an interview with the "marketing mastermind" Gail Tilden (who you may also know as the founding editor of Nintendo Power).The interview was originally recorded in front of an audience at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo back in August 2024, and is described by the VGHF …