In honor of the upcoming release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters next week, we present this episode dedicated to commercials to our favorite 8-bit and 16-bit systems.
NES Commercials
NES “Will You Be the One” with Rob and the Zapper (1985) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-CwI14vaL0
NES “You Are About to Come Face to Face” (1986) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gP1XYki8Ew
NES “Will You Be the One” Commercial with Super Mario (1986) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uSOESHNhHY
NES “What Will the Future Bring?” (1986) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMroWPYQD9A
The Legend of Zelda Rap Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c17DYpe1APU
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Z6PW9HhFY
Konami NES Commercial (1987) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_dNjJKsBOI
RBI Baseball from Tengen (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkv2Y_d_yA
NES Power Set with Power Pad (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXW5i1cjXY
Top Gun from Konami - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNtnyivyK-M
Anticipation Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXTqPKXi2o
Super Mario Bros. 2 Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-oxEaddsUY
Acclaim Remote Controller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cyZZIcdQCQ
Double Player System from Acclaim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWMwfJ5hEO4
Tetris from Nintendo (1989) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeQttn23Rk
Back to the Future from LJN (1989) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtdLs85J4k
Power Glove from Mattel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1IfM6nA6s
DuckTales from Capcom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zroYGD7iGV4
WWF WrestleMania from Acclaim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BOmloRumKI
WWF WrestleMania Challenge UK Commercial (Nintendo World News) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLEypfdVMT4
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSaHaIAYBgU
Supersonic The Joystick from Camerica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxPoD2V6B7U
Fester’s Quest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEOPztGblf4
Little Nemo the Dream Master from Capcom (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNoAujWCIPM
Bases Loaded II Second Season from Jaleco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqRR7eJSWxA
Super Mario Bros. 3 Commercial (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZex2enPtNs
StarTropics from Nintendo (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CE-pOTbrrA
Star Wars from JVC (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zetkiWhvi8c
Game Genie from Galoob - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wwXyKFeFA
Super NES Commercials
Toys R Us Super NES Commercial with Alan Kalter Voiceover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUpKdkZ6QZo
Super NES Commercial with Paul Rudd (1992) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSBFw93V3Rg
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Commercial (JPN) - https://youtu.be/cjpHzLYHkwA
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Commercial (US) - https://youtu.be/7yjfTQ009ms
F-Zero commercial - https://youtu.be/c_i2caefzJ0
Street Fighter 2 Turbo commercials (JPN) - https://youtu.be/zmc1p3e0hc8
The same (Edited for the US market) - https://youtu.be/Eg-VGKEPNMw
Super Mario Kart commercial - https://youtu.be/5Wxklxi1lGs
Super Mario All-Stars commercial - https://youtu.be/XSiciyc20Sc
Super NES/Pepsi commercial with Bo Jackson - https://youtu.be/DBwbQU_3My0
StarFox Commercial - https://youtu.be/8FTZD-lljaU
Super Scope 6 commercial - https://youtu.be/CtvFZhwoGCE
SNES Super Set Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8g9I3fHD8
Turbo Touch 360 Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOYmnTTwp8g
TMNT Tournament Fighters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMVyN6qQA7Y
Final Fantasy III commercial (or Final Fantasy VI if you want to get super official about it) - https://youtu.be/hk5RLCIhtMo
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball Commercial with Cito Gaston - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnFEBLSwHt8
Super Punch-Out!! Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4lkRbAyhMo
Troy Aikman NFL Football - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_eTdrhTSdM
Super Mario RPG Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOzVQUOgSnk
Yoshi’s Island Commercial -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFHUyqDBmZQ
SNES 1996 “Now $99” Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNPtCVzBNyQ
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