{"id":852998,"date":"2025-06-03T00:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/nintendo-shares-a-vintage-snes-commercial-starring-paul-rudd-as-he-reprises-the-role-for-switch-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:12:36","slug":"nintendo-shares-a-vintage-snes-commercial-starring-paul-rudd-as-he-reprises-the-role-for-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/nintendo-shares-a-vintage-snes-commercial-starring-paul-rudd-as-he-reprises-the-role-for-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo shares a vintage SNES commercial starring Paul Rudd as he reprises the role for Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/about\/editors\/cheyenne-macdonald\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:author;slk:Cheyenne MacDonald;itc:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cheyenne MacDonald\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/25VCJEDlyhvGdlO1clrMig--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2023-09%2F04b773d0-5cbd-11ee-bbee-fb1bf060105b&#038;compress=1&#038;progressive=1&#038;quality=75&#038;client=hawkeye&#038;signature=0cbacc2ca3cac6650f7a242f12d6f4c7d37ff457\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nintendo surprised us with a little blast from the past this weekend, uploading a 34-year-old Super Nintendo commercial featuring Paul Rudd to its YouTube channel \u2014 and it\u2019s released a sequel for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-switch-2-updates-pre-order-date-price-games-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-143310081.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Nintendo Switch 2;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>. Rudd appears in the Switch 2 promo wearing the same outfit he wore back in 1991, but this time he\u2019s playing <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/mario-kart-world-hands-on-the-perfect-launch-game-for-the-switch-2-130003924.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mario Kart World;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><em>Mario Kart World<\/em><\/a> with some celebrity friends over the new <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/the-nintendo-switch-2-offers-built-in-voice-chat-and-screensharing-133334225.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:GameChat social feature;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">GameChat social feature<\/a>. It\u2019s a charming callback to the original SNES ad, which itself is deliciously \u201890s and a real treat to revisit in 2025. Commercials today just don\u2019t hit the same.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has steadily been drumming up the hype for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-price-new-switch-games-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-133105613.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Switch 2\u2019s arrival;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">the Switch 2\u2019s arrival<\/a> since the release details were announced at the beginning of April. The company recently held a livestream to share <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/mario-kart-world-direct-rewatch-nearly-17-minutes-of-switch-2-gameplay-184825781.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a more in-depth look at Mario Kart World;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">a more in-depth look at <em>Mario Kart World<\/em><\/a>, which launches on the same day as the new console, revealing some of the new courses, items and assistive features like Smart Steering. We\u2019ve still got some time to wait before it\u2019s all here, though. Pre-orders for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-open-thursday-in-the-us-starting-at-450-plus-everything-else-you-need-to-know-140931297.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Switch 2 open on April 24;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">the Switch 2 open on April 24<\/a>, and the console will be available starting June 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-shares-a-vintage-snes-commercial-starring-paul-rudd-as-he-reprises-the-role-for-switch-2-171316112.html?src=rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo surprised us with a little blast from the past this weekend, uploading a 34-year-old Super Nintendo commercial featuring Paul Rudd to its YouTube channel \u2014 and it\u2019s released a sequel for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38Bmhf2\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2. Rudd appears in the Switch 2 promo wearing the same outfit he wore back in 1991, but this time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":852999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2114,702,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-852998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nintendo","8":"category-shares","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}