I'm skeptical. This feels a lot like a company-produced viral spot.

I love how the little sister joins in the fun as well. Merry Christmas! =)

I think this was on America's Funniest Home Videos or a similar show once. It's very cute and funny. My reaction was probably similar when me and my brother got an NES for Christmas.

The power of marketing on the young...

This is why we shouldn't be exposing kids to advertising like we are.

He looks like he might kill if someone tried to take it away from him in the middle of that clip... Scary.

Was anyone else rooting for that kid to accidently punch his sister in the face when he was pumping his fist up and down?

I had a comparable experience when I opened my SNES back when I was a nipper, but I don’t think I quite lost the plot to this extent. It’s true what they say though, just give a kid a box for Christmas, as they don’t seem care about what’s actually inside.

Does anyone know if he had a complete mental breakdown once he actually opened the box?

You people should relax. You've never seen a kid get excited over something before? Sure this is pretty over-the-top, but I'd say it's more in a funny way than anything.

I don't have any personal stories of being that excited to receive something, as I've never received a system (I've bought them all), but I'll probably be exactly like this kid when I pick up my Revolution after pre-ordering it. Watch out for me when I leave EBGames!!!

'I GOT A NINTENDO REVOLUTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!'

"Now we can rent games at Blockbuster!"
What a nifty use for an N64, JUST so you can rent games at Blockbuster.
Ahhh... good times, good times...

'I GOT A NINTENDO REVOLUTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

CRACK!!

I GOT YOUR REVOLUTION!!!
(RUNNING AWAY)

My grandmother once gave me a sweater for Christmas. Naturally, I was disappointed. Then I pulled the sweater out of the box and there was a copy of Hogan's Alley for the NES underneath. It remains the best damned sweater I've ever received.

Oh man, thats priceless. It reminded me of when me and the family got our first computer, back like almost 15 years ago. Me and the little sisters had been pestering Mom for months about how much it would help with school work, though I was thinking about all the cool games it would play.

So on Christmas Eve, we get a computer from my Grandmother. My family was never big on wrapping, so it was unwrapped. The way it was given was top notch though. My Grandmother came into the living room with her cane in one hand, and a box of floppy disks in the other, singing "Merry Christmas to you!" to the tune of Happy Birthday. Naturally we lost our minds that day, but Grammy's would soon follow.

"This is why we shouldn't be exposing kids to advertising like we are."

If my childhood is anything to go by, direct advertising (while effective) had nothing on word-of-mouth. It was all about my *friends* having an NES or not.

My best and worst memory of this sort would have to be when I prematurely stumbled upon the NES my parents had gotten me for Christmas and carelessly put in a bad hiding spot; I was terrified that if they knew I found it they would return it or something. Strange logic, when you're a kid.

My mom actually did return something I found for Christmas... I found the Saba (i think that's the name...) sword from Power Rangers. I flipped out. Mom found out I found out. She returned it. Unlucky.

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1725/jeez9tq.jpg

Wow. Scary, beyond scary.

It's crazy how much advertising sticks with kids. When one of my nephews was only 4 or 5, he spilled something by accident and cried out, "We need Oxi-Clean!"

That is not normal??? That's what I did when I opened my first NES, and then my SNES, and then my N64, Gamecube wasn't that much of a thriller, but will be when I get my revolution.

I remember My First Hardware: Nintendo. Around the time that Super Mario 2 was released, My father was so dead set against having a game system in the house. My mom worked for a video store, and someone was looking to sell one, and she got it. A fight broke out, and the next day, my dad gave in. It was funny, because at times, he was playing more then I was. I came with the Advantage, and not the Standard controllers, so 2 player games like Contra were always out of the Question. My Dad died quite recently, and he stated in the will that I was to get anything he had game related. He loved Mario, and Tetris the most, but what was funny was the rest: Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, and other titles that you would not consider a person my dads age and religion to play. We got the Genesis during the Sonic 2 and system revision. It was a rush to have, but I will always remember that 8-bit NES.

I remember when I got my first psx.... I almost pooped!

My mom had unpacked it, and placed it next to my tv for when I would come home from a vacation in Greece....
The sad thing is, that i didn't notice it for a couple of hours....

The reaction might be justified for a NES or an SNES, but for an N64?

The slo-mo almost made me poo my pants. Awesome!

Thank the Gods a video camera wasn't around when I opened my NES. I imagine my reaction wasn't too far off.

Think of all the embarrasing moments in everyone's life that are currently being uploaded to Google video as we speak... I can't wait.

I went crazy over getting a 32X back in '94.


Boy, was that a mistake!

That is almost how I reacted when my wife gave me a PSP for my birthday this year. Good times.

While I didn't flip out I was pretty damn excited when I got my Nintendo 64.

In my case the only "marketing" that Nintendo did was to have a kiosk set up at Blockbuster. Mario 64 sold itself. Plus if you'll remember the N64 was a pretty hot item the Christmas it came out, right under Tickle Me Elmo... I assume that's when this was but I guess that's not necessarily the case.

I was never surprised at getting a console. Maybe about my first Transformer though. =)

Actually, my best console present moment was waking up the day after the 360 launch to find the box on my floor and my girlfriend getting some well-deserved sleep from waiting in line all night. I still can't believe she did that for me.

Heh...that's cool. Just a natural reaction from a kid on Christmas morning. When I was a kid, I literally did a backflip when I walked into the room and saw that "Santa" had left me the Millenium Falcon. :)

Yeah, this was like 1980 and I was like 6. I'm old. :P

That kid is great. He could be the next Tom Cruise... "I can't be cool, I can't be laidback. I want to celebrate you. You're a very special system. I'm in love! Ow! Nintendo sixty-four! "

All good and well. But did anyone else feel sorry for the remote control car?

My parents have a tape of me doing this EXACT same thing upon getting Voltron when I was 6. They like to whip it out at holiday gatherings, etc. :)

I think I did the same thing when I was that kids age, except the console was the NES :) It was not the edition that came with the robot, but my parents did have enough smarts to include Zelda!

I believe I skipped dinner that year and played video games for the first time hehe.

That kid will line up for anything with Mario of Zelda on it for the rest of his life. Welcome to the Power of Nintendo. They hunt you when your small.

Brings back memories of when... i never got that excited for a console, when i got my SNES i didnt know what they were, then when i got my N64 i hadnt seen it before i was the first kid on the block with a N64(i was the only kid in the block)i remeber when the n64 only had 3 games, and when i got my ps2 i couldnt celebrate cuz i was just arrived from the hospital. but i sure have good momories with them and i miss my SNES :(, i do remeber getting the previously mentioned powerrangers sword that talked it was so cool :)

"The power of marketing on the young...

This is why we shouldn't be exposing kids to advertising like we are"

Ahhh....shutup! Go hang out with Joe Lieberman or something. The only thing "scarying" me is #1,3 and 4.
I remember not getting my Nintendo for christmas, all the presents were un-rapped and no NES. I was so dissapointed but like a good little kid I didnt show it. All I wanted was a Nintendo. Then my mom asked me to go get somthing for her out of the bathroom and BAM, there was a brand new Nintendo sittin on the floor. I was so excited, maby just as much as those kids.

haha classic. And true about the advert comment...it is scary but hey, N64 was the shit...

I love how he goes "OMG N64 remote controlled car!" and then just runs out of steam.

I did get slightly excited when my cousin first got a NES. Ok, who am I kidding? I would made this kid look classy and refined.

But I didn't get excited when I got any systems as I bought them all myself. Needless to say I had a huge smile on my face and an iron-grip on the bag as I brought each home from the store. Cept the retro ones I got on eBay. (thanx eBay)

I did however loose my mind (imagine retartding back to something pre-homo-erectus instantly) when I got a pair of rollerblades for Christmas once.

So much infact that I started to scream a plethora of four-letter words infront of my mother, grandmother, aunty, cousins and little sister. Needless to say the adults were less than bemused at my reaction and sent me on a very long time out. Nothing could take my smile away though.
Me and my cousins stil joke about those days often.

Thanx Joystiq, I'm smiling like a fool now.

:D

Why is it that every parent saved the NES for last?

If I had known that...

Hahaha that was great! I think I was almost like that when I got my Sega Master System and Double Dragon.

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You know what woud have been funnier? If the kid got a Jaguar, or a Virtual Boy, and reacted the same way. Or, he could have flipped out the same way when he opened up the remote control car.

I was waiting for him to look at the other presents and just be like "meh", and toss them aside.

"OMG!!!! A NINTENDO 64!!!!! ... wait a second. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GAMES!?

Onward to Blockbuster!"

Its better then a sweater! Say goodbye to what was that thing called again? Oh yea imagination........

How much sadistic can parents be?Mine sure were terrible.They did the frickin' Shitty Christmas Day joke to me,too ..and more than once.I remember almost 20 years ago when I was a little fart and totally crazy for the Masters of the Universe action figures..I woke up so pretty darn excited and found out they had bough me...a couple of t-shirts,sugar carbon and a freakin' leather belt.They were smiling as they gave me that pile of shit,and all of a sudden I started to cry like a fountain.
My dad went scared as heck and screwed up the gag,jumped off the sofa,opened the armoire in the liviung room and gave me the COMPLETE Masters collection.WOAAYYYYYY!

@Jonn.

Agreed. He totally jumps of the enthusisasm rollercoaster when opening the small one.

"NINTENDO 64 REmote controlled car... " and there's that slight hint of "Oh? Well, look at this. What the fuck is this? Did they really think this was necessary?" tinged into his voice.

Hahahaha

Ahhh... It's good to be a kid. It's a sad day when a kid can't get super excited about a videogame system anymore...

#1

Why would a company create a viral spot for Nintendo 64? When it came out online video was not a big thing either.

/me bites the bait.

GlitchCog, you effing troll. The N64 has some of the greatest games of all time, and I *still* play my N64 regularly... it sits right next to my GCN, XBox, and PS2.

Mario 64, Zelda: OOT, Wave Race, Excite Bike 64.... so many games that have, and will, stand the test of time.

Watching his sister get excited because he was flipping out was great. Reminds me of my siblings way-back-when. :-)

There was some "Expressions" or some lame writing class in middle school where we had to write about a sad part of our lives. All these kids wrote about uncles with cancer and all this really depressing stuff. And mine was about the wait from launch to Christmas time for my Nintendo 64. Just a page and a half about seeing the commercials and friends having them already, after 15 or so papers concerning family trauma and such. He paused for 10 seconds after reading it and said "...A-." I thought lightning was gonna strike me or something.

Nevermind any shortcoming of that system and it's library, it played Super Mario 64 so it was all worth it.

Remote control car? Get the kid a game, geez. I can imagine him going to blockbuster and all the copies of Mario were checked out.

What was funny to me was that his sister starts saying Nintendo before her brother. He hadn't even had it opened all the way.

Then the next present..."NINTENDO SIXTY-car? Remote controled car?" and his sister looks like she's dry humping the box.

That little girl was just trying to fit in though, she wasn't as excited as her brother. You can tell because part of her skirt thing comes off, she just turns away, acts like nothing is happening and says "Hey!" when her brother could have probably gotten his pants pulled down and wouldn't have noticed.

What cool parents. An N64 on Christmas while listening to Medeski, Martin and Wood. That's awesome.