10 Worst Video Game Adverts Of All Time
1. SERIOUSLY??? - Kirby: Canvas Curse
When you look at a god-awful commercial, you need to remember it was reviewed and screen-tested before revealed to the public.
With that in mind, how did nobody at Nintendo think the commercial for Kirby: Canvas Curse would be an issue? In this advertisement, we see the adorable sentient balloon going about his day with a disembodied finger.
As a concept, that's fine (Bit weird though.) But unless the finger is displayed at a specific angle, it looks like Kirby is having fun with... a different organ of the human body. If Nintendo wish to maintain their family-friendly image, they should probably avoid having their mascots appear in promotions where it seems like they're playing with a schlong.
If you were wondering why there's a finger in this commercial to begin with, it's to emphasise how you need your digits to manoeuvre adorable hero around in Kirby: Canvas Curse, by using the Nintendo DS' touchscreen.
Oh, wait. You don't. The game requires a stylus to be used on the touchscreen, not your finger. If Kirby was chilling out in this commercial with a giant stylus, that would've made sense... I mean... it wouldn't, but it would be more acceptable than watching Kirby being pushed on a swing by something that resembles genitalia.
The whole situation is more inappropriate in Japan, since the game was retitled Touch! Kirby.
No, I don't think I will.