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Leo Burnett unveils Nintendo ads.(European ad campaign)(International Pages)(Brief Article)

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| September 07, 2001 | White, Jeremy | COPYRIGHT 2001 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Leo Burnett is continuing its humorous creative theme for Nintendo with the launch of a pan-European campaign for Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Following its campaign to launch the Game Boy Advance console, the agency has unveiled a series of four TV spots to profile the new game that will be rolled out across Europe -- starting in the UK on 7 September.

The four 20-second ads feature four elderly people playing Mario Kart: Super Circuit against each other on linked Game Boy Advance consoles. Each execution aims to show the skulduggery and ugly tactics employed when four players compete. Each spot ends with the strapline: "Four players. No rules."

One spot shows four pensioners battling it out on the deck of a cruise ship. A deck hand in the background throws the ship's anchor overboard and as the rope speeds past the players' feet, one surreptitiously slips a loop over a rival's toes. The elderly player is ...

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