Nintendo will have its first Super Bowl ad this year for the Switch and Zelda

Video games are huge. The Super Bowl is huge. It’s pretty rare, though, that we see a video game commercial during the big game. It’s even rarer that it’s for something other than a mobile game. This year, though, console maker Nintendo is going all-in with the Nintendo Switch, dropping the first Super Bowl ad ever.

The 30-second spot “builds on the worldwide excitement for the new Nintendo Switch video game system and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game,” Nintendo said in an official press release. The ad will show off the dual nature of the system and put Breath of the Wild in particular on display.

There’s an extended cut, too

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