Nintendo Media | DS & Tetris Get Major Pushes in Korea

By Adam Riley 18.07.2007 8

Following the recent wave of Mario Kart and WarioWare: Touched mania that hit South Korea, the latest title to reach those shores is Tetris DS, which launched on 7th July alongside two new system colours.

Of course Nintendo knows a hit when it sees one, and since the game sold over a million in Japan the company is pushing the classic puzzler very hard in South Korea it seems, with eight different TV adverts, alongside two general DS hardware adverts. An example of one advert can be seen below:

In order to check all the others out, please follow this link.

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Box art for Tetris DS
Developer

NSTC

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Puzzle

Players

2

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You think they could of used more than just Tetris, to promote the new colours.

From what i know there is fuck all of the big DS games out in Korea.

( Edited on 18.07.2007 21:51 by Co Chief Resident John Dorian )


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Mario Bros., Mario 64, Pok

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jesusraz said:
Mario Kart 64

World exclusive for the Koreans then eeh......Smilie

I am sure Nintendo are planning on releasing Brain Training and Nintendogs soon makes sense.


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the clich�. They were the statement and the definition."

Oops! Smilie

Anyway, nintendogs came out last month and Brain Training was a launch title alongside English Training.

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Korea is still busy with launch titles yet they already have the new colours!?

( Edited on 19.07.2007 11:04 by ZeroSimon )

Avoid Games Like the Plague, productivity++

It's crazy that they get them there above japan!. I want Nintendo to announce the other colours for europe and the U.S, it's high time they did. I want a Sky Blue DS badly[ so cute would be my 3rd,[not going pay aussie prices].

Nintendo are doing well with the marketing there, it seems the koreans cannot get enough of the DS, quite a contrast to how they once viewed and treated japanese products, once upon a time. Nintendo have engulfed that small market, they should move onto the next un-tapped market. {LS]Smilie

( Edited on 19.07.2007 12:02 by Linkyshinks )

You guys should follow that link and have a look on the second page there...adverts for the Hyundai Comboy and Super Comboy.

Yes, Hyundai (what we know as the Korean car company) distributed the NES and SNES there under the name 'Comboy' and 'Super Comboy'. Very funny old ads!

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jesusraz said:
You guys should follow that link and have a look on the second page there...adverts for the Hyundai Comboy and Super Comboy.Yes, Hyundai (what we know as the Korean car company) distributed the NES and SNES there under the name Comboy and Super Comboy. Very funny old ads!

Comboy Smilie, that may have something to do with the past anti japanese feeling that was "ONCE" present in Korea.

I doubt they will be permitted to change the name of the Wii there, once released .Smilie{LS]

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