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Featured Nintendo projects
This week's top Nintendo projects, carefully handpicked by Visie's expert curators, showcase the best in style and innovation.
Nintendo · Now You’re Playing Together
Nintendo’s campaign, Now You’re Playing Together, focuses on the tactile and atmospheric experience of setting up their latest console hardware. The commercial captures a transition into immersive gameplay through a focus on hardware design and user interface interactions within a domestic space. The production utilizes low-key lighting and soft shadows to establish a cinematic aesthetic. The soundscape and musical direction for this spot were handled by Marmoset, further framing the console as the central element of the interactive experience.
Nintendo · School's Out
Nintendo’s School’s Out campaign for the video games sector captures the transition from structured classroom environments to recreational freedom. The live-action project utilizes a documentary-style approach, focusing on observational moments through clean, natural light to depict a shift in student atmosphere. Developed by agency Leo Burnett Chicago, the film transitions from bustling city exteriors into a detailed school setting. The production team, including IDENTITY, maintains a grounded aesthetic, utilizing nostalgic framing to define the narrative shift.
Nintendo · Spirit of Friendship (30s)
Nintendo's Spirit of Friendship (30s) presents a domestic scene centered on the shared experience of gaming. Set in a dimly lit bedroom filled with detailed props, the film captures four children engaged in play together. The production utilizes cinematic lighting to maintain warm indoor tones throughout the sequence. The spot relies on a live-action technique to ground the brand experience in an intimate, relatable environment.
Nintendo · Spirit of Friendship (60s)
Nintendo's 60s commercial, Spirit of Friendship, captures a collaborative gaming session among children in a domestic setting. The production focuses on shared social interaction, utilizing cinematic framing to emphasize the experience of play across console and handheld devices. Crafted by production house Wild Gift, the film leans into a warm aesthetic. The piece employs a live-action technique, utilizing a mix of ambient lamp light and natural light to establish an inviting, cozy atmosphere.
Nintendo · Run This House
Nintendo brings gaming into the arena with 'Run This House,' a commercial campaign showcasing the interactive potential of its active video game titles. The film moves between a tunnel entrance, a glowing sports field, and a tennis court to emphasize physical engagement with motion controls. Produced with creative direction from Deutsch LA, the spot utilizes live-action technique and drone footage to capture a high-energy atmosphere. The production features sound design and music curation by MAS-Music and Strategy to underscore the motion-heavy gameplay.
Nintendo · Bring x Nintendo
This commercial campaign for Nintendo, developed by the creative team at BRING: Universal Music for Brands, highlights a collaborative effort between musicians and creators within a recording studio setting. The production balances candid, behind-the-scenes interactions with active gameplay sequences. Utilizing live-action techniques and a warm color palette, the film captures a relaxed environment where professional studio equipment and gaming hardware intersect. The work focuses on the creative energy shared between individuals in a studio space.
Nintendo · Pokémon Sword & Shield
Nintendo's campaign for Pokémon Sword & Shield highlights the integration of portable gaming into everyday exploration. The project blends live-action technique with vibrant, animated sequences, showcasing the title's immersive gameplay within a rural village setting. Produced with creative from Leo Burnett, the spot captures characters navigating a scenic outdoor environment illuminated by natural light. The production features golden hour aesthetics and cinematic framing, with additional VFX from Framestore to bridge the gap between reality and the Pokémon world. Production services were managed by LS Productions.
Nintendo, Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards · Underground Club
Nintendo and Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards join forces in this commercial campaign titled Underground Club. The project highlights a playful atmosphere, bridging live-action performance with the distinct aesthetic of video gaming. Featuring a dynamic set design, the production transitions between a vibrant orange interior and a neon-lit subterranean club environment. The narrative leans into high-energy interactions, centered around a signature green pipe prop, while incorporating vivid lighting and digital gameplay elements. Post production and VFX were handled by STUCK IN MOTION.
Nintendo · Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom
Nintendo highlights the immersive appeal of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in this campaign video, which documents the shared and individual experiences of gamers. The project focuses on a montage of players across a variety of living rooms, bedrooms, and public spaces, capturing genuine reactions to the gameplay experience. Produced by Golden LA and agency Deutsch, the spot utilizes a clean, live-action technique to contrast warm interior settings with cooler lighting tones. The execution leans into the domestic reality of gaming, emphasizing the facial expressions and physical engagement of the players as they interact with their controllers and handheld devices.
Nintendo · Fossil Fighters Pre-Battle Speech
Nintendo's Fossil Fighters campaign features an epic confrontation between a young protagonist and a herd of CGI dinosaurs. Set against a vast, sun-drenched desert landscape, the spot blends live-action footage with immersive visual effects to bring the game's prehistoric world to life. The project was spearheaded by Goodby Silverstein & Partners, with production handled by Interrogate, LA. The cinematic action is bolstered by post-production and VFX work from MPC LA, utilizing natural light to frame the desert encounter.
Nintendo · "Style Savvy"
Nintendo brings a distinct narrative shift to its Style Savvy video game spot, bridging the gap between retail fashion and industrial scale. The commercial features a young girl transitioning from an intimate boutique setting into a sprawling, automated warehouse environment. Utilizing live-action technique, the production highlights a contrast between grounded character interactions and high-angle cinematography. The project explores a retail-meets-mechanical aesthetic, moving from warm dressing room interiors to the towering storage facility, with sound design provided by Perpetual Motion.
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