Nintendo Product Demo 94 Promotion VHS

[@ATXVisions]

I worked at a toys r us back room when this kit arrived. The guy who worked the security booth who manned the electronics kept the vest and wore it around during the holidays to do his ticket maintenance on the floor. They had us throw everything else away. I really wanted to work that booth.

[@spunkyd99]

"I'm hip. I'm cool. I'm now. I'm '90s". I love this tape.

[@Arena1999]

Jamie A. The actor probably had to do a few more takes before he could say that line without laughing his ass off.

[@ianswift3521]

I'm hip, I'm cool, I'm with the social programming ya'll. defund the police no justice no peace. black lives matter. slava ukraini. believe all women. no human is illegal. fight the patriarchy. protect LGBTQ+ communities. stop AAPI hate. ban all guns. legalize all drugs. end the racist failed cash bail prisons system. end the racist failed war on drugs ya'll! sparkle sparkle

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Im Hip! Im Cool!!!........im then.... 😢😭😢

[@dhoerst]

Gameboy only sold "over 12 million units' by the time this video rolled out in '94? That's...not a lot, and shows how much the industry has grown since then

[@penguinreloaded7756]

Pokemon gave the Gameboy wings.

[@longmirecorey]

The editing techniques used in this promo were widely used by MTV in 90’s. You know, the fast camera, sudden camera switches to random scenes of people doing strange things. We don’t see editing like this anymore

[@FantasyfootballRedd13]

And thank God for that 🤣

[@Jdo4031]

@@FantasyfootballRedd13 It got old real fast but they kept doing it.

[@mikestergos]

People jut don’t play it loud anymore.

[@joshpalmer7118]

Thank god 🤣

[@ianswift3521]

it's like Road Rules. or TRL with Carson Daly. actually maybe not so much carson daly he was later.

[@YaBoyBoogaLu]

"CD roms are slow. Cartridges are better" Words to die by

[@ianswift3521]

only then. even they admitted in these goofy promos that it was only "for now" as they knew technology would catch up and it did.

[@gamephreak5]

Nintendo wasn't wrong. The Sega CD was horrendous and awful due to 5 minute load times plus the games made for the Sega CD wasn't any different than the cheaper cartridge games already out. The only difference was the CD quality Red Book Audio that'd play alongside the game, but that only affected the music, not the sound. At the time this tape was made, cartridges WERE objectively better. The SNES's dominance in the market over the Genesis proved that. Even when the PSX and N64 were out, cartridges were still better for load times. Take Street Fighter Alpha for instance. The PSX and Saturn versions had 1-2 minute load times before fights, where as the SNES had only 5-10 seconds of loading before fights. Hiroshi Yamauchi was correct when he said "cartridges were better" when the N64 came out. The market and tech wasn't ready for CD rom technology yet and really needed another generation before CDs became the defacto gaming medium, but Sony and Sega forced it on us early and we took the bait, hook line and sinker because of the dazzling lights those companies dangled over us like infants with car keys. The files that took up the majority of CD ROM space on a 500MB disc were the useless, pointless FMV videos. The games themselves were never big enough to require 500MB of space and could've been put on a N64 cart. Maybe not a 24MB, but one of the later 32MB and 64MB carts would work, like what RE2 N64 proved. Oh, and btw, Nintendo hasn't died. Sony and Microsoft are close to dying off, though. Soon Nintendo will be the only original Video Game centric company to be left standing, if Sony and Microsoft don't crash the industry first...

[@Rountree1985]

@@gamephreak5Sony and Microsoft are nowhere near dying off, you sound like you’re out of touch with reality.

[@mudddge]

@@Rountree1985the mental gymnastics are incredible

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Fast forward 30 years later now cartridges are the better format to go with when it comes to more storage. Part of the reason why Sony and M$ are losing money these days because they foolish keep going with discs.

[@MisterN1]

They just don't make commercials as in your face and expressive anymore. Everything feels so sanitized and boring now. The 80s and 90s and even early 2000s commercials were pretty over the top. Memba pole position commercial for Atari? I memba. I wasn't even alive but damn it I feel envious of those that were alive to be greeted by these commercial gems.

[@kevinbaker1642]

well, now....we can't be offending anyone today, can we????

[@TOASTERBOI_2004]

I dunno why I keep watching these but I love when I randomly do

[@brokenoutline]

Sweet ass vest bro that backwards hat really makes the outfit

[@ianswift3521]

flat brim bros

[@GVGames1986]

Shame they stopped making these, they are so fun to watch back!

[@johnwayne7843]

CD ROM IS SLOOOOOOOOOW

[@Smordor_Stormcrow]

I love these videos more than I should

[@pittstone]

28:57 After he say'd Cd-Rom is slow. He got me.

[@jamieoiler5690]

shut up buddy

[@Lightblue2222]

Thanks for time stamp. I like when she asks about the 32 bit adapter. Hehe

[@evanwilliams8627]

I would give up almost everything to be able to travel back in time to 1994 and be an official “Nintendo Product Demonstrator” for a weekend.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

If Universal ever makes that Donkey Kong movie, Josh Wolf needs to do a voice for a character.

[@MentalLiberation]

And to think, the first time I saw Josh was on the Donkey Kong country video. He was as 90s as he was then, too. I'll take him over Pauly Shore...

[@antonioocanas491]

God... I definitely would kill anyone to get those items mentioned in this tape... Those DCK items are a wet dream.

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

4:08

[@yellowblanka6058]

Lol, I'm sure those are really the average customers/questions employees got vs. "Hey, what this Super Nantando thing? You got that new Donkey game?"

[@Shadow_Enz]

Nintendo of America was getting killed by Sega of America's brand recognition back then, as Nintendo was seen as the "little kid/baby" console, and the Genesis was the "cool/edgy" console (thanks to the Mortal Kombat blood code). No matter how hard Nintendo was trying, they weren't going to lose that reputation for the SNES lifecycle. Be sure to check out the 1996 "Change the System" N64 promo tape though! That's where Super Mario 64 was able to speak for itself.

[@Godlike_Virus]

Well...then Mortal Kombat II hit the SNES in it's full, complete g(L)ory and played/sounded bettee than the Genesis sadly, same with MK3 a year later in '95. 💀

[@SnowProblemo]

I was born at a weird time to be a gamer. I got my first NES in 1986, when I was 8, basically the year Nintendo revitalized the industry. By the time this promo video rolled out, I was not about the sit around and continue playing cartoon monkey games on a 16bit cartridge based system. I was 16 and ready for better graphics and tech. CD-ROM was the wave. I got a PS1 and never looked back. Sure I played a few Nintendo games along the way, but I always saw them as old/lacking technology. It's interesting to see my gen X think similarly but the gen born after us, millennials, have a stronger bond with Nintendo. To this day Nintendo is constantly behind in tech vs their competitors (poor hardware, lower resolution and frames). Obviously they did incredible with marketing (as seen in this video) and holding a loyal customer base. What makes them appealing to others is the ease of operating their systems/ controllers, plus memorable franchises. Anyone, including Grandma can pick up a Nintendo controller and be competent. I remember when Wii came out. People who hated gaming AND hated bowling picked that up, so they could play a bowling game at their home with friends. If you can combine 2 things that people don't like, and get them to buy it, you're a genius. Hats off to Japan for Nintendo and PS. With all that being said, I've also moved on from Playstation. PC is the gold standard in 2025. Best graphics, biggest gaming library, highest frame rates, most customization. Lately I've been playing on my handheld PC (Rog Ally) with XR glasses. Early tech at the time. I wonder what the gaming industry will be like in 2035.

[@roguetrader33]

No Diddy

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I wish I was around in the 90’s…Snes,beast wars,gameboy and tv dinners. What more could you ask for?

[@quezcatol]

I was a kid in the 90s and what I enjoyed the most was the gaming magazines and going into games "blind" youtube spoil every game now, back then we didnt know how it played until we played it. And so I literally bought 70% of my games based on 3-4 screenshots and some written stuff in a magaizine,

[@ianswift3521]

it wasn't that great bro. everyone was hyper aggressive and crazy and would get away with all kinds of terrible things.

[@KingGameZ43]

​@@ianswift3521that PFP fits you.

[@Godlike_Virus]

​@@ianswift3521 The 90's were better than what it is now, for damn sure. I'd rather live the upcoming 2024 like it was 1994 all over again willingly.

[@NintenPizza]

The 'early' 90's, up until the mid were amazing. Magical times to be a kid including the late 80's. Pop culture gradually went down the gutter at about 96 imo. Things slowly became more corporate, less imaginative, fashion and music went down hill etc. Late 80's & early 90's were peak pop culture for this dooder! :P The world was full of imagination, people were a lot more optimistic, fashion was bright and colourful(The neon colours, big ear rings & Big hair etc), synth pop was incredible, the commercials were so much fun and larger than life, the cartoons, movies, etc. Damn I wish i could blast back!

[@Ristofec]

“CDs are slooooow” 😂 and to this day Nintendo still hesitates using discs

[@ryanpascual9598]

Thank God for Nintendo Switch game cards

[@ianswift3521]

well, they went to discs for something like 16 years. when technology caught up. but then went back.

[@PumaM90]

27:00 my favorite Donkey Kong song.

[@Cuzjudd]

I want to call my band Demonstration Station

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

Not gonna lie I remember my uncle had this promo tape that I used to watch all the time.

[@facerip356]

I detected an Ace Ventura and a Pauly Shore impression in this video. The video from '93, the guy was doing a Wayne's World/ Bill and Ted impression. It's amazing what old, fat, corporate men think is "cool" and "hip" and will appeal to the kiddies. Out of touch, as usual. Carry on.

[@juicyfruit6311]

Thinking Dan Cortese/MTV sports.

[@NecroMoz]

This wasn’t for kids, it was for store owners and managers.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@NecroMoz Naw, this was for the teenagers/20-somethings working under those store managers.

[@ianswift3521]

it's definitely Weasel Pauly Shore + Wayne's World + Bill & Ted characterization combined into a caricature.

[@damin9913]

I miss the 90s atmosphere

[@DougUnfunny]

Wonder if Josh was terrified if the Chimp was going to rip his face off.

[@Jdo4031]

Is their a training video on making trainiing videos?

[@erichidalgo2155]

I love to seen my favorite 90's video tape. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

SO RADICAL DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheJoeDavis]

Nintendo was still pushing the NES in 94? Wow.

[@ianswift3521]

not really. they would say 'in limited quantities' and speak of it dismissively even then. they've always been about "buy our newest system!"

[@gregoryirwin263]

Kind of I bought one of the top loaders back in 94 I don't remember seeing any advertisements for it on television but they did have it in stock at toys r us and had some ads in store

[@Godlike_Virus]

Pretty much. The last NES game(s) came out as late as '95.

[@DannyGPro]

Yeah, Wario Woods was the last first party game released for NES in 94, then Lion King in 95

[@fringestream990]

Those Donkey Kong employee vests sell for about $500

[@thex9165]

UNBELIEABLE photorealistic

[@acid_8]

Imagine looking like 6:00, this is what their marketing wardrobe specialists came up with. Their sense for drip was as mercurial as a scat porn performer is pedantic.

[@P-C-Principle]

I think this looks more like an extended Donkey Kong advertisement

[@darthkahn45]

As sleazy and corporate as it was there was some truth in this. The Sega CD and the 32x were gimmicks that had very little in terms of legendary games that are still revered to this day. Sega could have been a harsh competitor but the start of all that junk addon hardware was the beginning of the end. Better tech is pointless without good games.

[@gamingguy9006]

Than the PS1 happened

[@kevinanderson2135]

I think the game gear not learning from turbo express and atari lynx was the beginning of the end.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Oh yeah, that's great for all what....10 games that used the Super Scope? Perhaps if they had produced a slightly larger Zapper type light-gun that was cheaper to produce it would have had more support than the ungainly Super Scope.

[@ianswift3521]

plus it went against their pathos of "we're concerned about violence in video games, here's a rocket launcher for your kid".

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

12:27 - Nintendo fighting back against the Sega Game Gear after all the mud Sega threw at them.

[@ianswift3521]

game gear was a joke. even as a 7 year old i knew how it ate batteries and was effectively worthless. weak stripped down games.

[@gamephreak5]

They didn't even need to fight back, Sega were shooting themselves in the foot constantly and being outgunned and outmatched by Nintendo over and over again.

[@gizaha]

28:13 barrel and rhino popup, beta version maybe?

[@crefelder1]

An ape is needed in every commercial.

[@antonioocanas491]

I bet that at the same time this tape was been playing those days and this guy doing this bla, bla, bla speech, Nintendo was already working on the Nintendo 64 and Miyamoto designing Mario 64...

[@mickyfitzy13]

Is this Mr Caffeine during those transitions?

[@Aaronnoraator]

I can't believe Diddy Kong is real

[@thaddeuschambers528]

It’s so cool

[@YB2324]

How would like to have this guys job

[@dw_drummer3828]

30:16 nice waynes world reference

[@araregoodguy]

"Rogue Space Robots" ..oookay then.

[@dw_drummer3828]

1:46 lol nice protester joke.

[@navysailor1980]

When the video games were fun, now all we see is COD, Modern Warfare and games where your hunting down and killing people.

[@JohnnyJohn116]

The vest 😂

[@cousinjimmydean4233]

00:45 holy smokes is that guy Mariano?

[@hyperpuppy2]

I don’t think Diddy is a competent employee.

[@DanTheMan33088]

Back when Nintendo actually cared about having powerful hardware. I really miss those days :(

[@jamieoiler5690]

they still do go away

[@jamieoiler5690]

@@NintendoDude888 get lost you know nothing about great things loser

[@gamingguy9006]

@@jamieoiler5690 haha!

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@jamieoiler5690 Only if you only play games on Nintendo hardware and are completely oblivious of the rest of the tech world.

[@JC20XX]

I'm happy they focus on the experience and accessibility instead.

[@Godlike_Virus]

I wonder if this Josh guy is around on social media anywhere. I'd follow and tell 'im how awesome these videos he did in the 90's were. And how they make me wanna go back and play the games he mentions in them again. 🤘❤️🤘 Also, next year will be Donkey Kong Country's 30th Anniversary. 🦍🍌

[@llumiinati]

you being sarcastic lol? hes a comedian, pretty famous on utube

[@Godlike_Virus]

@@llumiinati What's his name.

[@llumiinati]

@@Godlike_Virus Josh Wolf

[@Godlike_Virus]

@@llumiinati Sweet deal. And no, not being sarcastic, over all these years I never knew that was him, not I just looked up him. Funny comedian. 😆 Looks good for his age.

[@nooneofconcern172]

Is that Josh Wolf?

[@mudddge]

Yes

[@KendallTheHorrorExplorer]

Is that Josh Hopkins from Cougar Town? 🤔

[@purefoldnz3070]

whoooooooooa! Extreme!!

[@Beechgoose1]

Be great if someone popped up in the comments, who actually did a stint as a rep.

[@ianswift3521]

they're probably all dead now. these guys live fast die young.

[@aimwell8813]

16-bit CD-ROM didn't provide much to the gameplay, but 32-bit CD-ROM did.

[@ianswift3521]

LOL Live your truth sis. Anyone who has played PS1 games on a PS1 knows. And not a "PSOne". a PS1. ALL of them had horrible loading times through the end of the console's lifespan in 2000. Mortal Kombat Trilogy for PS1 = HORRENDOUS loads. NIGHTMARE CREATURES = again. those are just two easy examples off the top of my head. All those goofy quirky cutesie platformers that didn't know who they were catering to - kids or adults - also had obscene load times. But live your truth zoomer. you do you ya'll.

[@aimwell8813]

@ianswift3521 sorry. I haven't played much actual PS1. Do you mind if I edit this?

[@notafraid06]

Im glad affirmative action got that chap a job

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

They didn't let him clean up before going on camera after the 90's puked 🤢 all over poor guy

[@Didz]

23:02 POWER SWAP

[@GVGames1986]

Is what he says about cd-roms correct? They are slow? They seem to make these claims without much practical evidence to back it up. My recollection is that cd games were slow years ago but those issues were dealt with at some point.

[@james3727]

GV Games they’re obviously not slow. Nintendo fucked up on their disc system so rallied down hard on the speed benefit of cartridges. Ignoring the fact CD held more data, proper stereo music tracks and room for FMV’s. If cartridges were as amazing as they said they wouldn’t have switched to discs with the GC. Plus Nintendo loved cartridges as they had a thing where developers had to buy the cartridges from them so they made even more money, on top of publishers having to only make the game for Nintendo. Nintendo was a bit of a bullying monopoly back when it was Sega v Nintendo. They got too cocky and then the PlayStation knocked them off their throne.

[@jamieoiler5690]

lies

[@ianswift3521]

uh yes. they were slow loading. the load times on CD-based PS1 games took literally minutes to load up new levels, zones, and the game itself. As nintendo continuously said "FOR NOW". They knew technology would eventually catch up and that's why they in fact used discs for something like 16 years from gamecube through wii u.

[@allentoyokawa9068]

Donkey Kong is one of the best Japanese made games

[@gamephreak5]

Uh...you mean Western. Rare is a British company.

[@GreenHotDogz]

Planet "ZEEBS" lul

[@BrobraKai]

Isn’t that DJ Tanner’s boyfriend?

[@pseudonym3690]

26:56 Is that Courtney Cox?!

[@yellowblanka6058]

Lol, no amount of quick camera cuts, sound effects and cheesy jokes can make a tedious corporate training video for a soul-sucking job any more bearable.

[@KingGameZ43]

Nintendo basically gloating about how they broke SEGA's spirit. That's so Brutal lol

[@ianswift3521]

and then sega ended up joining forces with them later. i truly lost all respect for Sega after they failed with Dreamcast and joined the opposition.

[@KingGameZ43]

@@ianswift3521 cope

[@quezcatol]

In multiple videos of these 90´s videos nintendo rep keeps trashing CD roms ironically its what made playstation win the war and sell 3x as much consoles. Sure they "load" but you know what they also did? cost 1/10 in price for publisher back then AND had 10x the storage to fill with audio like real music, voices and CGI cutscenes.

[@gamephreak5]

Sony sucks, and so did the PS1. Barely any good games.

[@Melbester9]

@@gamephreak5 Bro the N64 didnt have many games because of the Cartridge vs CD format wars. Cartridges had less space and expensive & while CDs were cheaper & carried more storage. Most publishers and developer's left Nintendo to make games for Sony because CDs was easier and better alternative. There was way more games on PS1 than N64.

[@scottg4520]

This is way too edgy for modern times.

[@joshpalmer7118]

Terrible marketing. Cartridges died out and the cd discs prevailed 🤣

[@gamephreak5]

Nope. Cartridges never went out of style and stayed around for decades. CDs never dominated CRAP! Switch is far superior to any other gaming console.

[@hongpingmike]

Shazam... lmao

[@nicholashughes4342]

Miss the 90's, thanx for the memories,be blessed,saved all in Jesus shalom

[@Punkfilms4605]

This guys is the rip off of Pauly Shore

[@Ristofec]

*terrible voice over* “FINAL FANTASY 3”

[@AcornElectron]

Heh, and then PlayStation ate the market.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Until Pokémon happened

[@piratestation69]

I hated the 90's so much

[@RhythmGrizz]

What a hater

[@Fivehotdogsplease]

I wonder where these people are now?