Nintendo 64 TV Commercials (1996-2001) - NintendoComplete
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This is a compilation of N64 commercials that ran on American television between 1996 and 2001.
Man, remember how much Nintendo's ad campaign started looking like Sega's during later years of the 16-bit era? They certainly didn't stop there, either. Some of these are legit edgy in surprisingly ways, and all of them are hilariously dated thanks to their "attitude" and the way they strive for shock value. A couple of them actually succeed, too.
I'm personally a huge fan of the Blitz commercial that blasts an old lady through a grocery store display. And anyone else catch The Sherminator in the Yoshi's Story clip, the notices for Nintendo's AOL keyword, or the clip that Family Guy apparently referred to when thinking up ways to mess with Helen Keller?
Which campaign did you like better? "Change the system," or "Get N or get out"?
If you didn't live through the late 90s but are curious as to what things might've been like, this collection pretty much sums it up.
(Aside from a few clips I've had saved on an old hard drive for years, these were sourced from collections hosted at the Internet Archive.)
I've done collections similar to this one for NES and SNES commercials, too. If you'd like to see those, here are the links:
NES TV Commercials (1986-1994): • NES TV Commercials (19...
SNES TV Commercials (1991-1996): • SNES TV Commercials (1...
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Get N or get out.
I *_"got out"_* as a kid. I was a Sega fan back in the day. But, I still played a lot of Nintendo games, as well.
*_"Get N or Get Out!"_* sounds (to me, at least) kinda like Nintendo was saying, *_"If you can't handle the N64, then GTFO!"_*
*_"Change the System"_* sounds more like ( 😑 *_"Brave gamer, with that controller YOU hold in YOUR hand. You have the power to change not just the game itself..., but the SYSTEM."_* ). It's a better slogan.
Yup, the Nintendo 64's slogan.
I totally forgot about that tag line until this video lol thanks for the memories!
é Nintendo ou Nada.
What the fuck why
The Majora's Mask commercial was brutal...
Definitely the best one IMO.
The end of the world…
Feels oddly realistic. Yeah, that would probably be what the last few days on Earth are like.
Gave me chills.
5:21
I remember some of these growing up in the 90's. Sure brings back memories for me. How many of you feel the same way?
I do.
Ultra nostalgia
Don't get me wrong, the 90s were a great decade, I just didn't like the crazy censorship in cartoons and video games because many Americans got away with the wrong assumption which is what led to many things getting censored when localized in English back in the day. Princess Daisy didn't appear much in video games during the '90s because she looked too similar to Peach in her first appearance, many people didn't realize she was a different character in the first place. During the 90s' many people didn't know that Daisy and Peach are different characters only because their classic designs looked too similar to each other.
Same Here. Especially DK64, SM64, MK64, Kirby, & Hey You, Pikachu.
@@SKN64Productions Small dogs can be trained to play Hey You, Pikachu…
That Smash Bros. commercial is still my favorite Nintendo commercial ever made. Whoever created that was an advertising genius. Either that, or they just knew my secret desire of wanting to see Pikachu get abused, since I was working at a GameStop at the time in 1999, early in the Pokemon craze, and most of our sales and calls were about Pokemon goods.
I gave a trivia question based on the first commercial to a man doing anime convention game shows: "In a memorable commercial for Super Smash Brothers for the N64, who sang the opening song: the Beatles, the Rascals, or the Turtles?" (The Turtles, who did "Happy Together").
Even though I was super into *_Pokémon_* when it came out, its enormous popularity did annoy me all the time.
The thing that easily takes me back to that is the *_"South Park"_* episode with *_Chinpokomon_* ( *_"It's Super Toy No.1"_* ).
@@Dorian_Scott I happened to be taping South Park at that time, since I was working nights at GameStop. Let me tell you, that episode was the talk of the store when it aired, and I lent that tape out to so many of the other employees who were equally tired of the whole Pokemon craze by that point.
I like the one when Mario drinks milk
@@xrayvisi0ns I think that power up was actually supposed to be in the base game.
I thank you for allowing me to revisit 30 minutes of my childhood, the ones I remember the most were the _Perfect Dark_ , _Smash Bros._ and Mario milk commercials, but you also activated my brain cells with nostalgia with some other great ones, like _Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards_ .
There is a mod for Mario 64 that adds a milk power-up that makes him grow and plays the music from the commercial…
That smash bros commercial gets me everytime. I remember the first time i saw it. I was doing my homework in kitchen while my mom was watching tv. This commercial aired and i just heard my mom loud laughter and noticed it was a smash bros commercial
I quote that Mario milk commercial to this day. It had to have been my favorite commercial back then
The nostalgia of watching these commercials makes me even more proud to be a collector for the system. This is still my favorite console to play.
Growing up makes you realize how lucky you had it as a kid. I couldn’t imagine seeing me and three people excited for a Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64 or Turok 2 game session nowadays, but back then, those were the norm on the weekends.
Dude tell me about it. I remember when my friends would come over, and me and one of my friends were facing head to head in Pokemon Stadium. He was Mewtwo and I was Arcturo (the blue bird). I kept freezing him and he couldn't do anything, so out of frustration he shut the system off haha. Good times. 😂
This was such a special time as a 90's kid
Timestamps:
1. 0:02 - Super Smash Bros.
2. 0:32 - MarioKart 64⭐
3. 1:02 - Got Milk?
4. 1:33 - Player's Choice
5. 2:04 - Nintendo 64
6. 2:34 - Paperboy
7. 3:04 - Mario Tennis⭐
8. 3:19 - Mario Party⭐
9. 3:49 - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards⭐
10. 4:19 - Pokemon Snap⭐
11. 4:50 - Taco Bell
12. 5:21 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask⭐
13. 6:22 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
14. 6:53 - Castlevania 64
15. 7:09 - 1080 Snowboarding⭐
16. 7:39 - Body Harvest
17. 8:07 - Cruis'n World
18. 8:21 - Buck Bumble
19. 8:52 - Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics
20. 9:07 - WCW/NWO Revenge
21. 9:36 - Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
22. 9:49 - Top Gear Overdrive
23. 10:17 - Bomberman Hero
24. 10:31 - Vigilante 8
25. 11:01 - F-1 World Grand Prix
26. 11:15 - Forsaken
27. 11:45 - Major League Baseball featuring Ken Griffey Jr.
28. 12:14 - Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside
29. 12:45 - Pokemon Stadium⭐
30. 13:14 - Gauntlet Legends
31. 13:47 - Resident Evil 2
32. 14:18 - Ridge Racer 64⭐️
33. 14:33 - Hey You, Pikachu!
34. 15:03 - Donkey Kong 64
35. 15:34 - Mario Golf⭐
36. 15:49 - Mario Party 2⭐
37. 16:19 - Mickey's Speedway USA
38. 16:49 - Glover
39. 17:19 - Mario Party 3⭐
40. 17:50 - Another Nintendo 64
41. 18:21 - NFL Blitz 2000
42. 18:51 - Paper Mario⭐
43. 19:21 - Mortal Kombat 4
44. 19:51 - Pokemon Stadium 2⭐
45. 20:22 - Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
46. 20:52 - San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
47. 21:23 - Another Mario Party 3
48. 21:52 - South Park
49. 22:23 - StarFox 64⭐
50. 23:18 - Another Player's Choice
51. 23:54 - F-Zero X⭐
52. 24:25 - Yet Another Nintendo 64 (6 Colors)
53. 24:55 - Another Donkey Kong 64
54. 25:56 - Superman: The New Adventures
55. 26:26 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
56. 26:56 - Perfect Dark⭐️
57. 27:58 - Yoshi's Story⭐
58. 28:30 - Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
59. 29:00 - Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
60. 29:31- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time⭐
⭐= On Nintendo Switch Online (Total: 19)
Vigilante 8 2nd offense was so fun back in the day
I remeber sitting in homeroom at 13 years old and seeing the commerical for Super Smash Bros on Channel 1 News lol was so excited to see it in that environment.
Jesus channel 1 news. your bringing back those memories of middle school my dude lol
Ive had glimpses of these in my head forever! Thank you for the upload 🙏
That Smash bros. commercial is one of the greatest ads of all time, without question. It could've been an ad during the Super Bowl.
The guy at 11:08 was on an episode of The Office. When I saw him on there I was like "hey it's the car couch guy from that n64 commercial!" 😂
“Yes! Hornberger!” -30 Rock
1:25 Smash TV sound effect!
BIG MONEY! BIG PRIZES! I LOVE IT!
*_"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!"_*
@@Dorian_Scott "No way!"
Good memories! I had forgotten the Mario Party commercial where Mario gets arrested.
Or the one where a sneaky Plumbers Don't Wear Ties reference got thrown in.
Fun fact one of my college professors actually apart of the crew from the smash 64 commercial. He has a framed photo with everyone in the mascot suits. What a great picture
Wow, really? That is awesome
@@dannydunn802 yeah, he’s like the most interesting man in the world. He met Doug walker and Vince Gilligan at the same bar in Vegas. This man has infinite cool facts and stories
@@birdley Your professor's name isn't Tommy Tallarico by any chance, is it?
@@discountchocolate4577 wasn’t him. He was a freelance videographer. I believe he mainly worked post, he was on site for the shoot though which was pretty cool
Any one of these commercials probably cost more money time and effort than all the Switch commercials combined
these commercials are much more creative its a shame these are gone for good
(17:50) is the most nostalgic of them all. Exactly the commercial I was looking for… the floating screen showing vast genre of n64 games. I was in awe of that commercial. I wanted to see more. That’s very effective advertisement. Unfortunately this commercial didn’t air much, I believe I only saw it twice but loved it both times. “Man this thing goes on forever.” Yeah it had me as a 11 yr old.
These commercials just make me feel old! I love the N64 so much. Still is my number 1 favorite!❤️
I was born in 1999, but those commercials of 64 were awesome.
It really was big brother.
I was born in 1998.
I was only born in late December 3 1992! Then finally got a N64 for my 31st birthday this year in years! So glad I did!
Enjoyed these so much omg!
Remember watching these and enjoying life before it slipped away lol
Lol some of these early 00’s commercials would not fly today
How video game commercials SHOULD be made. The 90s was absolute perfection.
If you woke up Xmas day with one of these bad boys you were the happiest kid alive
God I miss commercials like these
The N64 had some much gems. Wow the nostalgia was awesome in this video
I didn’t even remember some of these until watching it and it was like my brain went back in
Time and rebooted this memory folder 😂😂
Crazy seeing Commercial with Goldeneye, NBA Courtside, and WCW World Tour since I use to have all 3 games back in 98
After Mario kicked Yoshi by the foot, it started a chain event of things from Melee Fox to Tabuu to Meta Knight to Bayonetta to Galeem and Dharkon to Hero to Byleth to Pyra
It has gone on for decades, but I hope it goes on forever haha
The Majora's mask commercial is all foreboding, epic, and mysterious, just for it to be rated E lol
Mario Got Milk commercial was the first n64 commercial I saw and that’s what led to the best childhood video game memories
"Wilst thou get the girl, or play like one?"
Love that OoT commercial! They sho0uld've never changed it, it was absolutely perfect!
They didn’t change it.
After watching this I really miss the 90s
@14:59 i have been saying that in that way for years! Didn't know it was a Hey You Pikachu commercial.
I miss the 90s 😭😭😭😭
It’s time to Get N or Get Out!
Soo nostalgic, the games were so well made in these years!
Video game companies that went out of business were in their prime in the 90s. Midway, Hudson Soft, THQ, lots of companies
The 90s were awesome
In Russia in 90's most kids didn't even know about N64. We played NES and Sega. Rich kids played SNES. I'm a little jealous.
I had and still have an SNES, and we weren’t rich back then, still aren’t 🤔
The 30 games that need to be released on the Nintendo 64 Classic Edition:
1. Super Mario 64
2. Mario Kart 64
3. Star Fox 64
4. WCW/nWo Revenge
5. Mario Tennis
6. Pokémon Stadium
7. Perfect Dark
8. Goldeneye 007
9. Mario Party 2
10. Yoshi’s Story
11. Super Smash Bros.
12. Diddy Kong Racing
13. Wave Race 64
14. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
15. Banjo-Kazooie
16. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
17. Cruis’n USA
18. Cruis’n World
19. Gauntlet Legends
20. Mortal Kombat Trilogy
21. 1080 Snowboarding
22. Snowboard Kids 2
23. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
25. WWF No Mercy
26. Banjo-Tooie
27. Donkey Kong 64
28. Paper Mario
29. Wetrix
30. Automobili Lamborghini
Fuck the N64 Mini, put that stuff on the Switch first.
no Paper Mario or Banjo Tooie? Wtf are you doing?!
What about Donkey Kong 64?
Back when video game commercials were fun to watch and talked a bit about ths game. Nowadays, they're just 2-bit movie trailers.
Majora's Mask is my current project.
Great commercial i miss these days.
RIP Yoshi in some of these commercials😭 Mario needs to stop abusing him😡
25 years of Nintendo 64 (1996-2021) 🎂
Bro the blockbuster colored-sticker printer for pokemon snap was brilliant. Great times using that
Are we not gonna talk about how Kobe Bryant was in a N64 ad?
👏
That wcw revenge commercial!! Nostalgia hellavu drug… I remember jumping up and down getting hype af telling my parents to buy me that game!! Got it for my birthday that month it came out
The best year for gaming as a kid!
I love this compilation.
I do too! Man, just imagine if they compiled all the compilations from NES, SNES, and N64 into one!
I somehow can't accept the fact that these were accepted to air and were actually shown on TV
And they’re Nintendo commercials too. They kick asphalt!
People weren't sensitive little cancel culture pu**ies. Unlike these days.
@@wasoncethere1228 most people were pussies when doom came out the Video games causes "violence" started to kick in
@@youraveragemorononyoutube4435 there was no call for it to be band.
@@wasoncethere1228 well of course there wasn’t who would buy all the instruments?
Hey Alex, I have some suggestions for future commercial compilations:
1: PlayStation Commercials
2: PlayStation 2 Commercials
3: Game Boy Advance Commercials
4: Nintendo DS Commercials
5: Gamecube Commercials
I love this era of gaming ✨🎮 🕹️📺 🔌 👾
Now this is MY Nintendo, not the modern day boring overly PC, family friendly times of Wii & Switch Nintendo. The late 90's to mid 00's were the greatest time for gaming.
Sigh. Where did the time go my friend?
Dude tell me about it! Man those were the days. Nintendo was actually cool lol.
There’s no such thing as “boring overly family friendly”. Also, I don’t recall the Wii and Switch eras being PC.
"GET N OR GET OUT!"
things nintendo would never say today: "it really kicks assbut"
A lot of Nintendo 64 games I never seen. What I don't like about most of these commercials is it isn't showing enough gameplay. Not sure if it attracts more sales back then but I guess it doesn't matter too much since super mario 64 was the start of a 3D revolution for gaming.
Watched this on what a lot of people mentioned is Nintendo 64 anniversary.
5:23 one of the best commercials. Surprised I don’t remember it
Most of these commercials likely aired on kids networks such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and the various Saturday Morning Blocks such as Fox Kids and Kids WB. Absolutely not Perfect Dark tho. I wonder what sort of networks that commercial aired on?
Edit: No seriously, I genuinely want to know.
Here because of Nintendo announcing the Nintendo 64- Nintendo Switch Online Service.
I'm really hoping we get most of the old library back over time! I realize I played most of these games shown as a kid, but never actually beat them and trying to go back to a 64 controller was actually torture after the rise of dual analog sticks lol
We need an N64 classic edition mini console asap
That would be so very nice sweet beautiful wonderful and awesome since authentic N64 cartridges are hard to get and find with repros spreading around especially online!
I wonder how many games would be on the N64 classic edition mini?
Long as Zelda ocarina of time majoras mask, Mario 64, Mario kart 64, Mario party 12&3, Dr Mario 64, starfox 64, super smash bros 64, donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong racing, paper Mario 64, yoshis story, Glover 64, Castlevania 64, wave racer 64, banjo kazooie/tooie, and 1080 snowboarding 64!
Those most good classic N64 games I will be so very much happy!
Funny, did anyone notice at 16:02 at the house party they are playing on a flat screen TV, which didn't exist in households at the time and the N64 isn't even designed to play on those screens without an upscaler/converter.
1:03 The best one by far
Holy crap dude! I remember those Pokemon Snap stations at Blockbuster! Damn man, time freaking flies!
26:57 oh man the future is going to be WILD
I used to always see that Mario 64 got milk commercial as a kid good times lol
The only ones you missed are Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Jet Force Gemini, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Pokemon Stadium 2, Pokemon Puzzle League, Bomberman 64, Rampage World Tour, Mischief Makers, Toy Story 2, and Spiderman (2000).
I remember these games too
Dope dude, thanks
Remember when game companies actually made games that were perfect and made to last forever without paid dlc? Legendary times 👍
Nintendo still does
The last commercial, which is Ocarina of Time, was the only one that was serious unlike the rest of the commercials which are wacky and bombastic.
Dude that commercial at 4:50 ended the day after I was born! I ended a contest by being born?!
No, you're not that important
@@jwr2904 It wasn't suppose to be important.
Oh my gosh why did they end of that after you were born bro
Bruh dat Pokemon Snap is some High Quality even for todays standard
The paperboy commercial was straight up animal cruelty if it wasn’t for paperboy that dog would’ve got hurt bad and that lady would’ve been arrested for animal abuse
Get N or Get Out tops!
6:55: Gordon Ramsay kitchen nightmares waterphone sound effect?
Thought that right away as well!
This is before kitchen nightmares so it would be the other way around
The N64 commercials don't really mean much anymore, because the games and the system itself are quite obsolete, but it is nice to look back at the old history of Nintendo's prime days with cheesy promotions. Most of the games here, I still own and beaten to this day.
Imagine watching the Superman 64 commercial and getting amped only to buy the game and get the garbage that we got 😅.
I was GOING to say that I wonder how kids feel about 09:30 when they find out that we used to be able to use our phone to call and order the WCW video game. But then I remembered that they can use their phones to order it too 😂😂
Thanks for this.
24:57 save the clock tower! Yup that’s it on the universal back lot
The Got Milk commercial inspired a young man from Pensacola to create a character that 13 year olds love.
Wow! The blockbuster machine for Pokemon snap! I bet that really sold it. This type of magic is non existent now. I get with Pokemon Go, but I think back then did as well Great to make games Alive.
I love the N64 But people say the Controllers don’t age well and they do have a Point because the joystick is pone to eroding and becoming loose and unresponsive
Yeah, the sticks on most of my N64 controllers are verging on death too.
I always hated the analog stick on the N64 controller. It really doesn't take long for it to be loose.
The quickest way to despise it entirely, is to play *_"Mario Party 2"_* (... The Japanese version). _Past Me_ still has painful memories of all of those minigames.
Yeah, people hated the analog stick. I have two controllers with broken ones.
And not to mention because of this they forced people to buy more controllers but they decided to sell replacement joysticks because of this but it’s difficult to do making that option unless you know what your doing completely pointless
@Vault Ceeper Well, there's a Retro Fighters N64 controller called the Brawler64 controller.
I got one of these in 2000 the games were pretty good
12:14 ohhh Kobe ! Cool !
Nintendo now be like: “Players choice? What’s that?”
im sorry, WHY DON'T THEY MAKE COMMERCIALS LIKE THIS ANYMORE???
Everyone’s too easily offended
Wow! That's Thomas Lennon from Reno 911 at 15:34. Crazy.
He was in a show called "The State" on MTV back then
@@jwr2904 I forgot I even left this comment a year ago, had to go back and rewatch. 👍
Que grande N64 los comercial buenos recuerdos siempre de la infancia muchas gracias ese video compilado saludos desde argentina
This is back when TV commercials were cool
Ughh it hurts soo much
Get N or get out.
That's a quite strong slogan.
I wasnt even born yet and I still like watching this stuf I'm just a sucker for anything retro gaming especially the early era of 3D (Born in 2000 I'm a gamecube generation kid)
No you're not, if anything you're Wii generation.
@@jwr2904you ain’t be serious dude. He says its a fan of retro games.
God I miss these unhinged commercials
0:03 Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Pikachu beat the sh!t out of each other
0:33 Gamers play Mario Kart 64 in a creepy carnival
1:03 Mario grows stronger bones due to kid’s skill issue
1:34 Footage of gun laws being broken
2:04 SMG4 Mario starts a political revolution that I can finally understand
2:35 Dog abuse gone wrong
3:05 Bowser destroys tennis player’s sweet ride
3:20 Mario gets arrested for hanging out with underage kids
3:50 Kirby becomes passable to have as a pet amoeba
4:20 The Australian wilderness but with Pokémon
4:51 Mario goes to Taco Bell and gets a Porsche
5:22 The events of Majora’s Mask are being planned by the US government
6:23 Police find a new method of chasing criminals
6:54 Sound effect gets used here that’s popular in modern society
7:10 Man plays snowboarding games in the middle of nowhere
7:40 Kid gets eaten by a giant fly
8:08 New revolutionary couch technology
8:22 The Itsy Bitsy Spider Buck Bumble Remix
8:53 Husband ignores Wife giving birth on the couch because of golf
9:08 Wrestling Video Game but it’s like a product commercial (I’m the Trash Man!)
9:37 Snowboarding on a ceiling fan is genius
9:50 Gamer speed running Overdrive
10:18 Bomberman commits Mass Genoc!de
10:32 The Magic School Bus gets real
11:02 That one gamer friend
11:15 ThE FuTuRe Is FoRsAkEn
11:45 Baseball Coach explains how players act on the field
12:15 News Sports but it’s for video games
12:46 Sports Fans but with Pokémon
13:15 What loneliness does to a person
13:48 Zombie Fever Dream
14:18 Nurse roasts kid for bad driving skills
14:34 Attention Seeking Bulldog
15:04 The DK Crew goes to war against the US Military
15:35 Donkey Kong sucks at golf (Remember the human characters?)
15:50 The entire neighborhood wants to play Mario Party 2
16:20 Mickey Mouse decides to enter the kart racing scene
16:50 Glover beats everyone up with his gigantic balls
17:20 Kid interrupts local funeral because he’s hungover
17:51 Gamers discover the meaning of life
18:21 Grandma goes to a hospital after her back gets broken due to a psychic tackle
18:51 Paper Mario but when everyone universally agreed it was good
19:22 Trailer for new Mortal Kombat Movie looking sick
19:52 Those backseat car kids everywhere else
20:22 2 gamers experience an identity crisis
20:52 Vehicular Manslaughter
21:23 When you’re the only one who didn’t go to the party last night
21:54 Eric Cartman gets his ass shoved into an N64 cartridge
22:24 Star Fox but in VR
23:19 Football Team and Coach get off to video games
23:55 What you wish Road signs actually said
24:26 Bikini people fight to the death in a gamer’s imagination
24:56 World War DK Part 2
25:57 Misleading Video Game Ad
26:27 SWAT Team plays Rainbow Six
26:57 2023 Expectations
27:59 Yoshi People
28:30 Western Showdown with Duke Nukem
29:01 3D Drug Trip
29:31 Monty Python and The Ocarina of Time
9:07 Wcw vs nwo revenge That game gives me nightmares when I saw the intro
12:45 Pokemon Stadium
19:51 Pokemon Stadium 2
The Pokemon N64 games cures my nightmares away about the intro scene from wcw vs nwo revenge
0:02 Super Smash Bros commercial
0:32 Mario Kart 64 Commercial
2:04 When Fans Have Enough About New Super Mario Bros Games.