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Japanese Game Boy Launch Commercial #1 1989 

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STOP THE VIDEO PLAYER! READ THE DESCRIPTION FIRST!
Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the world premiere of the Game Boy, here is one of two of the original launch commercials for the legendary handheld in Japan.
The Game Boy was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, and was based on the Game & Watch, which he also designed. Successors included the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Game Boy Micro. They have sold 200.20 million units, and Nintendo continues to be the most successful manufacturer in handheld gaming, with the Nintendo DS (including Lite and DSi), and Nintendo 3DS (including XL and 2DS).
The world premiere of the Game Boy was on Friday April 21, 1989 in Japan. Four different games were also released on that day: Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball, and Yakuman. The handheld retailed for 12,500円 (about $94 in American money for 1989) and the launch titles each retailed for 2,600円 (about $20 in American money for 1989).
I love these two commercials. Simple, but they perfectly set the tone for the handheld's enduring legacy: A mobile NES/Famicom that you can take with you on a long adventure, with plenty of battery lifespan. And yes, those are three Australian young boys.
If anyone knows the names of the song/artist, and can properly translate what the announcer is saying, as well as the on-screen text, I will be eternally grateful.
(C) 1989 Nintendo

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Комментарии : 146   
@imgunagitusucka
@imgunagitusucka 10 лет назад
Holy cow...I'm the short kid in the green shirt, that was shot near the border of Queensland and the Northern Territory in Australia and haven't seen the final cut until just now!
@uchillama8189
@uchillama8189 9 лет назад
Do you know the other kids in the commercial?
@imgunagitusucka
@imgunagitusucka 9 лет назад
I remember the dark haired kid was Danny, but no we never saw each other again after the shoot.
@edfromchowderheads1312
@edfromchowderheads1312 7 лет назад
Reza Rekt I find it slightly hard to believe but at the same time I do kind of believe you
@_TheCoolCat
@_TheCoolCat 6 лет назад
What games did you play on the gameboy?
@theawesomegamerTheawesomedude
@theawesomegamerTheawesomedude 6 лет назад
+The Cool Cat super mario and golf
@BologneyT
@BologneyT 8 лет назад
Those kids are still out there to this day, lost in the deserts of Japan.
@VahanNisanian
@VahanNisanian 8 лет назад
+BologneyT Heh, good one.
@Paulygon
@Paulygon 4 года назад
One of them is actually in the comments section lol
@scottthewozfan6983
@scottthewozfan6983 Год назад
@@Paulygon They have free wifi in the japanese desert
@imgunagitusucka
@imgunagitusucka 10 лет назад
I don't think so, it was along time ago and I remember doing post production audio but it seems our voices were not used...we actually spent the better part of 4 weeks shooting in numerous loations around Queensland, knowing the commercials would never air in Australia. Were there more than two ads in this campaign?, because we shot ALOT of footage.
@VahanNisanian
@VahanNisanian 10 лет назад
I only found two commercials.
@imgunagitusucka
@imgunagitusucka 10 лет назад
***** Well, thanks for posting them...as I said I'd never actually seen the finished product, after the crew went back to Japan we never heard from them again...we did all get Gameboys with tetris and super mario bros., so we were happy. First in Oz!!!
@ralphdufort6539
@ralphdufort6539 9 лет назад
Nice Commercial japanese game boy What Song ? What Singer ? Michael bolton ?
@KevinArcade87
@KevinArcade87 8 лет назад
+Reza Rekt still have the gameboy?
@ralphdufort6539
@ralphdufort6539 8 лет назад
Cool
@spotanjo35
@spotanjo35 5 лет назад
Now it is 30th Anniversary! :)
@setsers1
@setsers1 2 года назад
Classic.☺️♥️
@thewhite1137
@thewhite1137 2 года назад
I still own it. bought in 1989. still working.
@mainstreetsaint36
@mainstreetsaint36 4 месяца назад
Those things were built to last.
@Unoriginal_Fox
@Unoriginal_Fox 7 месяцев назад
Oh look, another song I'll probably never find, no matter how hard I look.
@EnchantedSmellyWolf
@EnchantedSmellyWolf 3 месяца назад
I hate when people say that. Of course you won't find. Especially for jingle professionals who only make jingles for commercial. Gaah!
@anthonyxavier6300
@anthonyxavier6300 Месяц назад
I speak Japanese fluently and it's pretty much saying what you see. He's saying the gameboy comes with its exclusive super mario land. Baseball game with a cable you can play each other which it didn't existed on the original famicom. At the end he says as if we the viewer as one of the kids "I have friends who I can hang out with". And the words that pop ups says: With you, I can go anywhere. Love the commercial. I was probably the same age as those kids when they aired it but I didn't know that it was actually Australia. I thought that it was somewhere in the U.S.
@cxyyoutube5270
@cxyyoutube5270 3 года назад
And now we have the Switch Lite 30 years after the Game Boy came out
@briannasweatt2946
@briannasweatt2946 7 лет назад
0:06 This kid hasn't even put the game in yet and he's excited as fuck 😂
@imgunagitusucka
@imgunagitusucka 10 лет назад
Just read the description, so to correct you..we were (are) Australian, not American.
@VahanNisanian
@VahanNisanian 10 лет назад
Just curious. Are those actually your voices in the commercial?
@Suedeash
@Suedeash 3 года назад
I'm still trying to find this song. If anything takes you back to being a kid and sums up the Game Boy it's this song
@Fantom6400
@Fantom6400 9 лет назад
0:25 , On the bottom bar it says the RELEASE date, if I'm correct that was April 21, 1989.
@HighTen_Melanie
@HighTen_Melanie 6 лет назад
Rina Dergunova Yes the original Game Boy came out in 1989.
@mikerussell3144
@mikerussell3144 6 лет назад
Fantom XHIMT Friday April 21st 1989
@chariotgoblin8060
@chariotgoblin8060 5 лет назад
30 years ago!!!
@goiabexp
@goiabexp 5 лет назад
happy 30th, game boy.
@RichardHannay
@RichardHannay Месяц назад
Oh great, I’m now searching for the the song in this CM.
@gamephreak5
@gamephreak5 2 года назад
The music is most likely a Japanese pop singer that can sing good English. Nothing comes up for Huey Lewis or Michael Bolton.
@condor.67
@condor.67 2 года назад
or Joe Cocker
@Chocobo-vm9jj
@Chocobo-vm9jj 2 года назад
Does anyone know what this song is called? Its pretty good!
@gamemastermaarten
@gamemastermaarten 5 лет назад
I hope that April 21 2019 Gameboy has the 30th anniversary. Same as the 20th anniversary that I'm remember at my age 16
@Gameboy-Unboxings
@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 года назад
Unfortunately we got nothing for it.. ridiculous. I don't even care about the classic mini consoles because I enjoy playing and collecting real hardware but a Gameboy classic would be so fucking cool just to have....
@FatefulhylianZX
@FatefulhylianZX 3 года назад
Happy 30 anniversary Game boy!
@TomKiyosakiLong
@TomKiyosakiLong 4 года назад
The song title is not mentioned in Japanese. Only this sentence: 0:09 - 通信ケーブル (English = Game Link Cable)
@humanoidcorn4476
@humanoidcorn4476 Год назад
You copied the text from the screenshot of the video, didn't you?
@trongtanvuinstaarchivebonu4127
Please someone tell me which song is on this commercial! I’ve been finding it for almost 5 years and I still can’t find it!
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack 3 года назад
it's a huey lewis song
@horaciomilo4113
@horaciomilo4113 3 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack what's it called?
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 2 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack yeah, tell us. I already looked searching for love. Close, but not the one that plays here
@condor.67
@condor.67 2 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack lol I thought it was Joe Cocker, but it's none of them
@nuxtuxinc.9373
@nuxtuxinc.9373 6 лет назад
Song name? I can tell it's Michael Bolton, but I don't know which song..
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack 3 года назад
huey lewis
@gamephreak5
@gamephreak5 2 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack IT'S NOT HUEY LEWIS! It doesn't sound anything like him, this isn't the style of music he makes! Pick a different artist!
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 2 года назад
@@gamephreak5 back to the square one with the research then
@Ishida1694
@Ishida1694 Год назад
Are you high? This sounds SOOOOO much like Huey! Are you telling me you don't the The News can't make a slow jam? Hold the L. @@gamephreak5
@EnchantedSmellyWolf
@EnchantedSmellyWolf 3 месяца назад
​@@Ishida1694In the end it is just a jingle made for the commercial.
@RudyFernandezGaming
@RudyFernandezGaming 3 года назад
Searching for good times, how can I forgive you? When I’m alone, what can I do when I’m without you? Searching for good times, Keeping you happy, I’ll always be evening I’m with when you feel alone, I found her, I lost her, be wanted
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 2 года назад
Now when you mentioned that, could it be something lik that?
@Lightwaves7984
@Lightwaves7984 Год назад
heh, I just saw this ad today. I did a lot of hunting when I heard this song, seems no one still hasnt found it yet. It could be like a song I heard on time on a lg diswasher commercial a while back tried searching high and low and had to be prepared to accept it among others, was just a song made specifically for that ad. So most likely this one wont turn up.
@domeniqharris6174
@domeniqharris6174 4 года назад
what is the name of this song?
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 2 года назад
i have wild theory: The singer could be Curtis Stigers but it's like never before heard performance because he only started two years later
@tetsuyahayami7519
@tetsuyahayami7519 4 года назад
Can any please tell me the song and who sings it? Thanks guys!!!!!
@NoelComiX
@NoelComiX 2 года назад
Ive got a new video on it bro, still looking
@ralphdufort6539
@ralphdufort6539 9 лет назад
J'adore cette game boy :)
@dw9932
@dw9932 3 года назад
I'm getting mine restored and modded to have an ips screen kit in it due to the og screen dying completely
@sergioalbertoaldabadorante1398
What Music Is In Japanese Comercial Of Game Boy
@ralphdufort6539
@ralphdufort6539 9 лет назад
The. Song. Michael bolton ?
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack 3 года назад
huey lewis
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
Ok Huey Lewis
@gamephreak5
@gamephreak5 2 года назад
@@ralphdufort7815 IT'S NOT HUEY LEWIS! It doesn't sound a thing like him! Huey Lewis doesn't make music like this! PICK A DIFFERENT ARTIST!
@gamephreak5
@gamephreak5 2 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack It isn't Huey Lewis! It doesn't sound anything like him, and the song isn't his style! Pick another artist!
@michelebarbiero6621
@michelebarbiero6621 10 лет назад
Thx Wired Italia molto carino!!
@ralphdufort6539
@ralphdufort6539 9 лет назад
Japanese Game Boy Pub What song? What Singer? (Game Boy Pub japonaise Quel Chanson ? Quel Chanteur ?)
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
Huey Lewis
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
searching for good times. how can i forget these? when i'm alone, what can i do when i'm without you? searching for good times. keeping people happy. i'll always be jumping here upon when you feel alone. thy wonder, i wonder, we wonder
@RudyFernandezGaming
@RudyFernandezGaming 3 года назад
@@ralphdufort7815 Searching for good times, how can I forgive you? When I’m alone, what can I do when I’m without you? Searching for good times, Keeping you happy, I’ll always be evening I’m with when you feel alone, I found her, I lost her, be wanted
@user-vq6fd3bb6y
@user-vq6fd3bb6y 5 месяцев назад
People still trying to find that song
@Idkbutidk-u2t
@Idkbutidk-u2t Год назад
And back then we thought the graphics were awesome lol
@mainstreetsaint36
@mainstreetsaint36 Год назад
If any of those kids are still around, I'd like to ask a few questions.
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
Huey Lewis
@brauliomontoya1411
@brauliomontoya1411 2 года назад
Game Boy 90s
@cadmusquint3052
@cadmusquint3052 2 года назад
I don't know if you agree, but the singer sounds quite similar to the singer of 'Johnny/The Grass is Green'.
@RetroPlus
@RetroPlus 6 лет назад
You gotta love the Japanese.
@tangliteng6309
@tangliteng6309 3 года назад
I also want a game boy weni I was a kid
@YourBoiTLT
@YourBoiTLT Год назад
Toondles: whats is the song behind its Gameboy cormecial trainboy 57 57: i don't know toondles
@Unoriginal_Fox
@Unoriginal_Fox 3 месяца назад
Larry: why are you roleplaying in a RU-vid comment section
@NoelComiX
@NoelComiX 3 года назад
I just messaged Justin Whang to research this song lol.
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack
@DoctorEdgarMcQuack 2 года назад
follow up? did he read or reply back?
@NoelComiX
@NoelComiX 2 года назад
@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack sadly no. Posted on lost media wiki also
@adrianhodge9102
@adrianhodge9102 8 месяцев назад
Which movie or show this based on
@cysper479
@cysper479 5 лет назад
Song Name pls
@dreamlandnightmare
@dreamlandnightmare 4 года назад
Why Australians in a Japanese commercial?
@VahanNisanian
@VahanNisanian 4 года назад
Your guess is as good as mine.
@kenm2709
@kenm2709 3 года назад
The whole country was obsessed with the 1986 cult classic; stand by me, for several years.
@nobeac
@nobeac 3 года назад
Doesn't sound like Bolton more like a Kenny Rogers song, I have listened to a bunch of his tunes but haven't heard of this one don't think. Wonder if it was just done for the commercial it's self. Maybe Ill try and call Nintendo directly if anyone's still around there...
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
Huey Lewis
@nobeac
@nobeac 3 года назад
@@ralphdufort7815 ok? so what is the song title please?
@ralphdufort7815
@ralphdufort7815 3 года назад
Dont know
@nobeac
@nobeac 3 года назад
@@ralphdufort7815 Google searching on these lyrics and 3 or 4 music apps still can't pick it up. Assuming this is just a piece made for the commercial
@gamephreak5
@gamephreak5 2 года назад
@@ralphdufort7815 It'S NOT HUEY LEWIS NUMB NUTS! It doesn't sound a thing like him, plus none of his songs sound like this. He doesn't do these type of ballad songs. Pick another artist please! IT'S NOT HUEY LEWIS!
@pikabluebear9941
@pikabluebear9941 3 года назад
Vinny brought me here Also, what song?
@memestealer420
@memestealer420 3 года назад
Those kids are probably in they 40s now
@ranashahrouri306
@ranashahrouri306 3 года назад
My son like game boy
@steve5123456789
@steve5123456789 9 лет назад
What game are they playing?
@VahanNisanian
@VahanNisanian 9 лет назад
+steve5123456789 "Super Mario Land" and "Baseball".
@Naminski1a
@Naminski1a 5 лет назад
Nintendo Game Boy. Now you’re playing with power, portable power!
@Wempis007
@Wempis007 5 месяцев назад
What's going on in this сommercial?
@Unoriginal_Fox
@Unoriginal_Fox 3 месяца назад
Game Boy
@sylviaspencer2980
@sylviaspencer2980 4 года назад
@VahanNisanian I found lyrics and listened carefully hopefully it helps I want to know the singer as well sound like a good song to listen "searching for good times. how can i forget these? when i'm alone, what can i do when i'm without you? searching for good times. keeping people happy. i'll always be jumping here upon when you feel alone. thy wonder, i wonder, we wonder"
@Suedeash
@Suedeash 4 года назад
Someone mentioned Michael Bolton below and it sounds like him, but this is a weird song there's no record of it anywhere It fills me with nostalgia
@sylviaspencer2980
@sylviaspencer2980 4 года назад
@@Suedeash A family member said to me "it sounded exactly like Michael Bolton and The Song came one time on the radio station Boom 97.3 as someone requested last week" hopefully *knock on wood and fingers crossed* someone can help us get the song eventually sooner or rather than later :)
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 4 года назад
@@sylviaspencer2980 have you tried to look at the playlist or listen to that radio station? We now know this radio station plays the song so now we play the waiting game and eventually it plays again
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 4 года назад
@@sylviaspencer2980 I HAD AN IDEA. boom 97.3 has Twitter account. Why not we ask directly there with the provided clues?
@MrPhantaze
@MrPhantaze 4 года назад
Well, i tried and Boom says they don't play this particular song
@marcosaiyan
@marcosaiyan Год назад
And the movie the wizard
@AmasuOfficial
@AmasuOfficial 5 лет назад
Stand by me
@leon501001
@leon501001 5 лет назад
the song???
@TheAlexander1336
@TheAlexander1336 9 лет назад
can somebody translate what they're saying ?
@toadbart7945
@toadbart7945 4 года назад
floss
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