Top 25 Nintendo Gimmicks

June 19, 2009 | By: Chris Buffa

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We count down Mario and Co.'s greatest marketing ideas, even the ones they ripped off from other publishers.

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Nintendo fans have long endured a long list of "innovations" that the company either invented or borrowed. From developing an obsession to collecting other worldly creatures, to a board that calls us fat to rumbling our knuckles to the light gun, we present Nintendo's 25 greatest gimmicks.

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dontsellmysn at 2:40 pm on July 17th 2009

Man, you are ****ing retarded. Maybe 2 or 3 of these are gimmicks, and btw, sony had the rumble feature before nintendo dip****. Who the **** signs your paychecks? They need a bullet in the teeth. EVerything you write is BULL****

kiwisoup2000 at 1:14 am on July 17th 2009

This article=fail. Some of those are gimmicks, but the vast majority are called INNOVATIONS!

j3t3r2nyy at 8:03 am on June 24th 2009

isnt a gimmick an attachment to the system or controller???=/

krytensrevenge at 11:58 am on June 22nd 2009

The scan visor? The horse? *sighs* Do you even know what a gimmick is?

jameswells5467 at 5:12 pm on June 19th 2009

Hello? What about analog sticks?? What about shoulder buttons/triggers? What about the D-Pad? What about analog triggers? These are credited along with the cited rumble "gimmick" as Nintendo inventing the modern game controller. If rumble is a gimmick worthy of this article, so must these other then-riskyinnovations