Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in September 1889 by Japanese entrepreneur Fusajiro Yamauchi, the company originally produced handmade Hanafuda playing cards and, by 1963, had tried several small niche services and eventually developed into a video game company in the 1970s. Supplemented since the 1980s by its major divisions Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, it ultimately became one of the most influential in the video game industry and one of Japan's most-valuable companies with a market value of over $37 billion in 2018. The company has created some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises of all time, such as Super Mario, Pokémon, Kirby, and The Legend of Zelda.[1]
Nintendo has had direct impacts on the history of Smosh. For example, the channel's first big success on YouTube, "Pokemon Theme Music Video", based on the opening intro of the anime series based on Nintendo's Pokémon franchise. Since then, Nintendo properties and products have been prominently included in many of Smosh's videos and other media. Major figures at Nintendo have appeared on Smosh, such as Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aimé, and the company has even sponsored two videos on Smosh Games.
List of videos sponsored by Nintendo[]
Smosh Games[]
| Video | Released |
|---|---|
| STRAWBURRY SMASH RUN (Smosh SMASH!) | July 11, 2015 |
| CO-OP CHAOS IN ZELDA TRI FORCE HEROES!! (Gametime w/ Smosh Games) | December 2, 2015 |
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- As mentioned above, "Pokemon Theme Music Video" features Ian and Anthony lip-syncing to the theme song of the Pokémon anime. The video was taken down by The Pokémon Company. Smosh would later release a satirical version of the theme song in the form of "Pokemon Theme Song REVENGE".
- "There Will Be Pokemon" is a satirical spoof of the 2007 Western drama film There Will Be Blood set in the world of Pokémon.
- Games satirized in If Video Games Were Real include Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Goldeneye 007, Mario Kart, Nintendo Labo, Pokémon Go, Star Fox, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Maker, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii Fit U, and Wii Sports.
- In "My Pet Pikachu", Ian and Anthony think of all the things they can do with their new pet Pikachu.
- "THE DITTO - Movie Trailer" is a satirical trailer for a hypothetical horror movie with the shapechanging Pokémon Ditto as the main antagonist.
- In "THE POKEMON MASTER!", Anthony makes it his life goal to catch all 151 Pokémon in Pokémon Blue Version.
- "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA RAP" is a music video about The Legend of Zelda.
- "STAR FOX TV SHOW!" is a satirical trailer for a hypothetical television series based on Star Fox.
- The series Pokemon in Real Life depicts Anthony's journey to become a real-life Pokémon master.
- "Wii U Sports is Awesome!" is a satirical commercial for Nintendo's then-new console, the Wii U.
- "REJECTED MARIO GAMES" featured a satirical list of clips of hypothetical Super Mario games that did not make the cut.
- We're in Super Mario is a miniseries that featured Ian and Anthony entering the worlds of various Super Mario platforming games.
- In "THE RAREST POKEMON CARD!", Ian and Anthony find a rare card from the Pokémon Trading Card Game at the garage sale of a man they were making fun of.
- In "ZELDA IN REAL LIFE!", Link has fallen into the real world and has a hard time adapting.
- In "I HAVE KIRBY POWERS!", Anthony gains the ability to inhale items and creatures and gain their powers and abilities, similar to Kirby.
- In "NEW POKEMON CROSSOVERS!", Ian and Anthony give the President of Pokémon America ideas on how to breathe new life into the Pokémon franchise.
- In "REAL MARIO LAVA FLOOR!", Ian and Anthony have to retrieve their copy of Super Mario World from across the room after contracting "Gameritis" and believing their floor is actually lava.
- "JURASSIC POKEMON" is a parody of Pokémon and Jurassic Park.
- In "JUST LIKE LINK", a fan of The Legend of Zelda gains an apparently real copy of the Master Sword and acts "just like Link".
- "SMASH RAP" is a music video about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
- Items from Nintendo games in Video Game Items in Real Life include the Bee Suit, Fire Flower, POW Block, Super Mushroom, and Warp Pipe from Super Mario; the Empty Bottle, Lens of Truth, andSheikah Slate from The Legend of Zelda; the Blaster from Metroid, and the Spiny Shell from Mario Kart.
- "HUMAN POKÉMON BATTLE (POKÉMEN)" parodies the Pokémon universe by replacing the Pokémon with humans.
- "LEAKED Legend of Zelda NETFLIX TRAILER" is a satirical trailer for the rumoured Netflix series based on The Legend of Zelda.
- MY POKEMON GO ADDICTION is one of the sketches on Smosh Live.
- "Pokemon Go Fight Caught on Camera!" depicts parodies reactions of fans of Pokémon Go while out in public.
- In "WHAT IF MARIO...?", Mario is placed in a variety of unfamiliar situations.
- "REJECTED ZELDA GAMES" features a satirical list of hypothetical rejected The Legend of Zelda games.
- In "SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY AS A HORROR MOVIE", Mario and Cappy possess various members of the Smosh Squad and goes on a killing spree.
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- The final episode of Button Bash featured Shigeru Miyamoto and Bill Trinen.
- Smosh SMASH! featured the Smosh Games Crew playing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
- Jovenshire and Mari interviewed Reggie Fils-Aimé in "SHOCKING LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD DETAILS (E3 Bonus)".
