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I hope you enjoyed learning about it, if you didn't then I am sorry to curse you with this knowledge.
It will haunt you either way, like it does for me.
It will haunt you either way, like it does for me.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I hope you enjoyed learning about it, if you didn't then I am sorry to curse you with this knowledge.
It will haunt you either way, like it does for me.
It will haunt you either way, like it does for me.
Nintendo refuses to even glance at Play It Loud for longer than 5 seconds though and for good reason but I adore this era of Nintendo for how weirdly dumb it was. It's almost adorable sometimes, a company trying to be "cool" when they could have very well just rode on the general audience stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nintendo refuses to even glance at Play It Loud for longer than 5 seconds though and for good reason but I adore this era of Nintendo for how weirdly dumb it was. It's almost adorable sometimes, a company trying to be "cool" when they could have very well just rode on the general audience stuff.
Once 2001 rolled around, a lot of what remained of Play It Loud had died and whatever the 2000's brought was not PIL but rather just the early 2000's being weird.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Once 2001 rolled around, a lot of what remained of Play It Loud had died and whatever the 2000's brought was not PIL but rather just the early 2000's being weird.
The Ultra 64 was gonna be a thing soon. Play It Loud basically ended once the N64 hit the US market. It's tone did remain though in Nintendo's marketing for awhile.
The "Change The System"/"Get N or Get Out" era is kinda a toned down ver of Play It Loud. You can even say it was Play It Loud 2.
The "Change The System"/"Get N or Get Out" era is kinda a toned down ver of Play It Loud. You can even say it was Play It Loud 2.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Ultra 64 was gonna be a thing soon. Play It Loud basically ended once the N64 hit the US market. It's tone did remain though in Nintendo's marketing for awhile.
The "Change The System"/"Get N or Get Out" era is kinda a toned down ver of Play It Loud. You can even say it was Play It Loud 2.
The "Change The System"/"Get N or Get Out" era is kinda a toned down ver of Play It Loud. You can even say it was Play It Loud 2.
Now everything you have seen, remains thruout 1995. This is Nintendo now, nothing else about it, its PLAY IT LOUD EVERYWHERE and LOTS OF DONKEY KONG COUNTRY. But it had to end eventually.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Now everything you have seen, remains thruout 1995. This is Nintendo now, nothing else about it, its PLAY IT LOUD EVERYWHERE and LOTS OF DONKEY KONG COUNTRY. But it had to end eventually.
This issue would show the unprepared American children the first real full dive into Play It Loud and how it styled worked and looked. Hey, here's how you can Play It Loud yourself! A step-by-step guide on it.
Lot's of DK, they loved that monkey.
Lot's of DK, they loved that monkey.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This issue would show the unprepared American children the first real full dive into Play It Loud and how it styled worked and looked. Hey, here's how you can Play It Loud yourself! A step-by-step guide on it.
Lot's of DK, they loved that monkey.
Lot's of DK, they loved that monkey.
And then a surprisingly nice visual change for the mag, a nice shoutout to Rareware for making it possible.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
And then a surprisingly nice visual change for the mag, a nice shoutout to Rareware for making it possible.
So it's 1995 finally and NP just got a visual upgrade. You are instantly greeted with this, because I don't know why things needed to be gross.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So it's 1995 finally and NP just got a visual upgrade. You are instantly greeted with this, because I don't know why things needed to be gross.
Now is the time that you've all been waiting for. The moment of truth.
Play It Loud, in all it's glory. You have to watch it for the full effect to really understand it. Truly a work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArj...
Play It Loud, in all it's glory. You have to watch it for the full effect to really understand it. Truly a work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArj...
Nintendo - Play It Loud Commercial
YouTube video by 8bitfirstold
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Now is the time that you've all been waiting for. The moment of truth.
Play It Loud, in all it's glory. You have to watch it for the full effect to really understand it. Truly a work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArj...
Play It Loud, in all it's glory. You have to watch it for the full effect to really understand it. Truly a work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArj...
Despite all this marketing, NP was still using a lot of stuff from how the mag looked in the 80's as well. Nothing was seriously set in stone. The only time you'd ever really see the Play It Loud stuff in NP was at the beginning of the mag and well. they were kinda. you know. something.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Despite all this marketing, NP was still using a lot of stuff from how the mag looked in the 80's as well. Nothing was seriously set in stone. The only time you'd ever really see the Play It Loud stuff in NP was at the beginning of the mag and well. they were kinda. you know. something.
Of course, this is still a slow burn up until 1995. They had been using Play It Loud in TV ads but it wasn't exactly the biggest thing yet.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of course, this is still a slow burn up until 1995. They had been using Play It Loud in TV ads but it wasn't exactly the biggest thing yet.
There is no shortage of how much DKC and it's sequels would pop up in relation to Play It Loud.
This was their golden goose and honestly it was something worth bragging about. They would market the pre-rendered 3D graphics to its extreme as the biggest deal ever.
youtu.be/bmMObjpGRAQ?...
This was their golden goose and honestly it was something worth bragging about. They would market the pre-rendered 3D graphics to its extreme as the biggest deal ever.
youtu.be/bmMObjpGRAQ?...
Donkey Kong Country - SNES Commercial US (1)
YouTube video by TheRareWhere
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There is no shortage of how much DKC and it's sequels would pop up in relation to Play It Loud.
This was their golden goose and honestly it was something worth bragging about. They would market the pre-rendered 3D graphics to its extreme as the biggest deal ever.
youtu.be/bmMObjpGRAQ?...
This was their golden goose and honestly it was something worth bragging about. They would market the pre-rendered 3D graphics to its extreme as the biggest deal ever.
youtu.be/bmMObjpGRAQ?...
But then, there was the holy grail for them. The game to put SEGA and anyone else to shame. The game they loved to drag out as much as possible.
Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong Country.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
But then, there was the holy grail for them. The game to put SEGA and anyone else to shame. The game they loved to drag out as much as possible.
Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong Country.
The Genesis ver had all the blood and gore of the arcade game (behind a cheat sadly but it was still there). Issue 64 (Sep 1994) had MK2 on the cover and all screenshots had some blood in them. I do not think it won people over though.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Genesis ver had all the blood and gore of the arcade game (behind a cheat sadly but it was still there). Issue 64 (Sep 1994) had MK2 on the cover and all screenshots had some blood in them. I do not think it won people over though.
They were trying very hard to appeal to a mature audience, a good example was MK2 being on the SNES. Prior to Play It Loud, SEGA really put the hurt on Nintendo because the SNES ver of MK1 just had sweat instead of all the gore it was known for.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They were trying very hard to appeal to a mature audience, a good example was MK2 being on the SNES. Prior to Play It Loud, SEGA really put the hurt on Nintendo because the SNES ver of MK1 just had sweat instead of all the gore it was known for.
Of course, Play It Loud wouldn't kick off up until '95. But there was also another thing going on at the time that makes me believe that Play It Loud was also made for another reason.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of course, Play It Loud wouldn't kick off up until '95. But there was also another thing going on at the time that makes me believe that Play It Loud was also made for another reason.
Issue 062 would be the first issue to use "Play It Loud" as a term. A foundation was forming, although it looked very messy.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Issue 062 would be the first issue to use "Play It Loud" as a term. A foundation was forming, although it looked very messy.
So Play It Loud was slowly being formed. It was a very slow process though.
The first attempts of Play It Loud started in '94. Not loud enough in my opinion.
The first attempts of Play It Loud started in '94. Not loud enough in my opinion.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So Play It Loud was slowly being formed. It was a very slow process though.
The first attempts of Play It Loud started in '94. Not loud enough in my opinion.
The first attempts of Play It Loud started in '94. Not loud enough in my opinion.
They hated you because you didn't have BLAST PROCESSING... whatever that was.
So after a few years of this shit Nintendo thought it was about time to do what everyone else was doing: being bold and brash. Thats what the kids want!
So after a few years of this shit Nintendo thought it was about time to do what everyone else was doing: being bold and brash. Thats what the kids want!
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They hated you because you didn't have BLAST PROCESSING... whatever that was.
So after a few years of this shit Nintendo thought it was about time to do what everyone else was doing: being bold and brash. Thats what the kids want!
So after a few years of this shit Nintendo thought it was about time to do what everyone else was doing: being bold and brash. Thats what the kids want!
This is as far as they went for awhile. "Sure, just make some stoner be the representation of SEGA". It was pretty lame. On SEGA's end though, Nintendo was being framed as the company for little bitches. If you had a SNES and not Genesis well sorry to say but SEGA saw you as just a fucking weenie.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is as far as they went for awhile. "Sure, just make some stoner be the representation of SEGA". It was pretty lame. On SEGA's end though, Nintendo was being framed as the company for little bitches. If you had a SNES and not Genesis well sorry to say but SEGA saw you as just a fucking weenie.
Nintendo was doing the "Now You're Playing With Super Power"/"The Best Play Here" marketing and their attacks back at SEGA were kinda meh.
youtu.be/s9QbRRwe_fE?...
(I have skipped ahead to a particular ad for Super Mario All-Stars)
youtu.be/s9QbRRwe_fE?...
(I have skipped ahead to a particular ad for Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario All-Stars - Commercials collection
YouTube video by vini64
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nintendo was doing the "Now You're Playing With Super Power"/"The Best Play Here" marketing and their attacks back at SEGA were kinda meh.
youtu.be/s9QbRRwe_fE?...
(I have skipped ahead to a particular ad for Super Mario All-Stars)
youtu.be/s9QbRRwe_fE?...
(I have skipped ahead to a particular ad for Super Mario All-Stars)
But nobody ever mentions how much of an impact it had. I'm not saying that SEGA changed the 90s by being a lil dickish, that was already happening with marketing in the US, but it def started a trend for game marketing that lasted a very long time and Nintendo just kinda ignored it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
But nobody ever mentions how much of an impact it had. I'm not saying that SEGA changed the 90s by being a lil dickish, that was already happening with marketing in the US, but it def started a trend for game marketing that lasted a very long time and Nintendo just kinda ignored it.
Nintendo though was very hesitant on it for years while SEGA just loved to take the piss out of them.
I'm sure you know about the "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ad slogan, it's the one everyone loves to mention when talking about the 90s console wars.
I'm sure you know about the "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ad slogan, it's the one everyone loves to mention when talking about the 90s console wars.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nintendo though was very hesitant on it for years while SEGA just loved to take the piss out of them.
I'm sure you know about the "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ad slogan, it's the one everyone loves to mention when talking about the 90s console wars.
I'm sure you know about the "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ad slogan, it's the one everyone loves to mention when talking about the 90s console wars.
The long answer starts in the early 90's, the SNES had just came out and SEGA already had the Genesis out for well abt two years at this point. Now, on the Japan side of things both of these companies did not duke it out as much as their American counterparts did, or at least in marketing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The long answer starts in the early 90's, the SNES had just came out and SEGA already had the Genesis out for well abt two years at this point. Now, on the Japan side of things both of these companies did not duke it out as much as their American counterparts did, or at least in marketing.
I'm sure you know SEGA was being very ballsy back in the day with making fun of Nintendo and giving them a hard time because they manly focused on a general audience. However, that's not exactly the full picture here as there was a lot of build up to this.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm sure you know SEGA was being very ballsy back in the day with making fun of Nintendo and giving them a hard time because they manly focused on a general audience. However, that's not exactly the full picture here as there was a lot of build up to this.