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90s and 00s era were pretty wild with advertising.
The 32x had some interesting ads:
French ad for the 32x:
SEGA did what Nintendidn't.
Or, I guess, Sega did what Nintendalsodid.
What Nintendidn't [yet], because that DS ad is a lot more recent and I don't remember Nintendo itself having anything quite that risque in the '90s.
This reply is offensive. We both went to all that work and you didn't even have the decency to say "What Nintendidn'tyetbecausethatDSadisalotmorerecentandidon'trememberNintendoutselfhavinganythingquitethatrisqueinthe'90s."
The French magazine ads for tech in the 1990s were absolutely wild
There's no way that's a real Nintendo ad.
I remember seeing it in Nintendo powers because that was the day I learned I was stupid
I think your response is deadpan, but just to be clear, there's no way that's real. I can be convinced by someone creating a properly faked Photoshop of it in a real magazine, however.