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ASA bans Nintendo TV ad
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ASA bans misleading ad, switching gameplay from TV to GamePad is not available in all games.
http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/articles/asa-bans-wii-u-tv-advert.asp
http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/articles/asa-bans-wii-u-tv-advert.asp
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the ad is giving a GENERAL description of the product
Lack of specifics, means customer can interpret in wrong ways = wrong ways = misleading.
Even if the customer might be considered foolish for thinking X, Y or Z.
The strange thing about the Wii U is that the two unique selling points directly contradict each other. Any game that supports asymmetric gameplay can't really support Off TV Play, due to the fact that asymmetric gameplay relies on the second screen showing something different to the main screen.
So, take Zombi U for example - the game increases tension by showing zombies approaching on the main screen, while you're struggling to unlock a door on the gamepad screen. Obviously, that requires both screens, and would be impossible to play without the TV.
Because that is a tagline and not an actual statement of what the system can do
They never made it clear that only select games are available for off TV play and for me at least this is a big deal as the HDTV is in the living room in my house so i can't play games whenever i want on it, in fact ZombieU is pretty much my least played game because of this
This is a classics case of two things i find wrong with the complaining/moaning culture we live in
1. if something gets so few complaints what is a stop it from being a rival company that complained, think about for the cost of one call sony or microsoft have just disrupted an ad campaign
2, you should be able to counter any complaint, if 1 person find it misleading but 10/100/1000s of people don't then there is no investigation, if 100 people find something offensive but 1000s don't then it has to be deemed not offensive
Zombi U, certain parts of Nintendoland, and one level in the Rayman Legends demo - everything else works with Off TV Play.