Nintendo Needs to Make a Commercial Out of This

Word has quickly spread via every major gaming publication (as well as Yahoo) about the impromptu Wii Sports bowling tournament held by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office during their March raid on a convicted drug dealer’s house near Lakeland, Florida.  Florida’s News Channel 8 broke the story yesterday.

After obtaining a search warrant and crashing into drug dealer Michael Difalco’s house, Polk County Sheriff’s deputies began an on-the-spot Wii bowling session within a matter of 20 minutes, and the competition itself lasted well over an hour while deputies conducted a 9-hour raid.

The video itself – taken by Difalco’s wireless security camera – puts senior Wii bowling leagues to shame.  The officers not only stopped their on-the-job duties to throw curve balls against each other, but they jumped up and down with adolescent-like glee upon getting two strikes in a row.

So while a slue of commentators have shared their mixed thoughts ranging from roaring laughter to censure, I couldn’t help but think, “Why hasn’t Nintendo made a commercial out of this?”

Honestly, the entire event is so surreal and downright comical that it plays like something from a cartoon.  A very goofy, satirical, over-the-top cartoon….

It’s just too easy for Nintendo to do because the commercial needs almost no thought at this point.  Simply copy the Polk County Sheriff’s Office with little inspiration.

Start with a shaky, up-close camera shot of a SWAT team busting into a suspected criminal’s house, followed by a very quick sweep of the entire premises.  Then cut to a lone officer who, after being unable to locate the suspect, curiously picks up a nearby Wii remote and starts bowling.  Splice in a short clip of the entire SWAT team competing in a surprisingly energetic Wii Sports bowling tournament, and viola, instant commercial.  You can even end it with a nearly simultaneous (but unexpected) FBI raid with the FBI throwing down in a tennis tournament against the SWAT team.  Or, even better, have the unaware suspect walk in on the tournament and cut to the SWAT team arresting the criminal – after thoroughly trashing him in a game of Wii Sports boxing.

It’s not even that far fetched (as far as the possibility of Nintendo doing such a commercial – the Polk County Sheriff’s Office has already backed the veracity of such an incident occurring).  Don’t believe me?  Let’s take a look at the best Nintendo commercials so far to see if Nintendo would jump all over this.