You may have already heard about this YouTube video as its been viewed over 2,700,000 times since it was uploaded two weeks ago. It shows an ‘unsuspecting’ girlfriend being filmed by her boyfriend’s hidden camera while she tries to keep her hula hoop up on Wii Fit. The video was posted in response to a video “Wii Fit Hula Hoop makes you look stupid”.
The video is a great response to the negative video and will probably encourage a few guys to go out and buy their girlfriends the game – and the creator, Giovanny Gutierrez (who just happens be a Director for an Advertising agency in Florida) clearly knew that when he created it.
So, is the video a response to a secret brief from Nintendo? Many people in the industry suspect that it has to be, and I have to agree with them. According to Nintendo and Gutierrez it’s ’100% nothing to do with Nintendo” – although they wouldn’t admit it anyway would they?
And if it wasn’t a secret brief, Gutierrez must have known that his video would get his agency, Tinsley Advertising, some positive publicity. I’m sure they’re not going to be short of a few briefs for a while.
Watch the video and see what you think…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v31qxrXsxv0