Nintendo has released some rather unusual commercials in its time, but there's perhaps none stranger than one of the original Legend of Zelda ads, which stars a comedian in a dark cell ...

Now, in a recent Video Game History Hour podcast (via Time Extension), ex-Nintendo of America employee and "marketing mastermind" Gail Tilden shares details that shed some light on her mindset ...

The Legend of Zelda "I can't go through [with] this": The weirdest Zelda ad didn't get Nintendo's approval, but it probably happened anyway because the marketing execs were already on-site Open ...

As a result, some of the earliest video game companies—including some we now recognize as major industry players, like Nintendo ... Aspects of weird video game ads live on in antagonistic ...

(Also, Nintendo adopted the uncomfortable slogan “Touching is good” to promote its launch, complete with a series of bewilderingly horny ads ... DS was a place where weird ideas could thrive ...

Whimsy is Nintendo's calling card, and the Switch 2 is due for a dose of weirdness that I think might be around the corner. How weird will things get? We have no indication yet. But that's the ...

Nintendo is weird and I absolutely love it for that. In addition to releasing generation-defining games like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Odyssey, the company isn’t afraid to take ...

As such, Redditors have remembered the weirdest ads that ever made it to air, including those for portable toilets, shipping your pants and Skittles that get a little freaky.

How weird will things get? We have no indication yet. But that's the thing: weirdness is best when it's a surprise. And that's Nintendo's calling card, too. The collection of weird little ...