Japanese game commercials: you watched it, you can't unwatch it

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Jun 16th 2006 at 5:00PM }

Over at the wonderfully named Bits & Bytes & Pixels & Sprites, a set of Japanese video game commercials has been assembled for your entertainment and inevitable, irreparable and incredible psychological breakdown. Repeat viewing is not advised, though we suspect that for several of you, the lure of seeing grown men dressed as enormous microphones or Segata Sanshiro hurling human missiles about will be too great to resist. It certainly was for us.

Our favorite commercial, one filled with painful foreign stereotypes and truly unnerving facial expressions, is embedded in the second part of the post.

[Thanks Dan!]

Tags: Commercials, Dance Dance Revolution, DanceDanceRevolution, Japanese, Mario Kart DS, MarioKartDs, Segata Sanshiro, SegataSanshiro

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Jun 16th 2006 5:12PM

Gotta love the "French" guy's emotional smile.

andre aka 40shots @ Jun 16th 2006 5:19PM

wow. this video realy got to my head.

n8dogg @ Jun 16th 2006 5:21PM

Who knew the Japanese could be so racist? >_

Sabre @ Jun 16th 2006 5:37PM

Wow...just wow. Those were awesome! Although that 3rd video (the Super Famicom Zelda one) scares me. lol

jchensor @ Jun 16th 2006 5:54PM

The one Japanese game commercial that I couldn't stop watching was the commercial to Chu Chu Rocket. There's something so disturbingly twisted, yet addictingly cute about the commercial. Thanks to the magic of YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2BxSGmbCBI

I can't stop watching it now even as I type this...

Sabre @ Jun 16th 2006 6:04PM

I just realized...anyone ever see that REALLY BAD music video Prince did for the first Batman movie? That Zelda commercial reminded me of that for some reason. lol

nanomess @ Jun 16th 2006 6:24PM

#3 I know exactly what you mean, I've watched that advert many a time b4 and its simply awesomely addictive. Hmm... actually I feel like play Chu Chu Rocket right now.

sev4 pri1 @ Jun 16th 2006 6:26PM

am I the only one that wants to see link and the princess kiss?

Sagan @ Jun 16th 2006 6:28PM

Hot Mario Bros. is sooo great :D.

I love them :).

Jacob @ Jun 16th 2006 6:44PM

This commercial was painful to watch. Almost made me vomit. Still I love Nintendo

Iruceon @ Jun 16th 2006 6:45PM

haha. i absolutely love the chu chu rocket and mario kart ds one.

B @ Jun 16th 2006 7:03PM

I love how the japanese make fun out of everything and everyone.

Tom B. @ Jun 16th 2006 7:47PM

Japanese guy with Texan drawl: "Aww naw, c'mon!"

Wow. Just wow.

Ritz @ Jun 16th 2006 7:59PM

Ritz @ Jun 16th 2006 8:04PM

Umm. Ok, it glitched. Let me repeat:

"I heart it.

Hot Mario Bros. ftw!!"

bladestar @ Jun 16th 2006 8:24PM

Now I understand why the Xbox 360 is not doing well is Japan! This ****ing people are weird; so, this is what it takes to convince Japanese people to buy a console or video game? Forget that! Microsoft will never be able to come up with a game commercial this stupid to convince Japan to buy a console. I mean; I heard that Japanese people were weird but I didn’t think it was this bad. Now, I don't even want the 360 to do well in Japan; this is an insult to the human race.

Shenny @ Jun 16th 2006 8:47PM

lol this is the nintendo "innovation" you'll get to play on the wii! Use the wii-mote to control a mouse through a maze while pink and purple fluff balls dance in the background to squeaky pop music and random battle cries! I think I'll stick to my generic shooter clone #173 and xbox live :p

Occationally there are a few fun and innovative stuff from nintendo like the brain training game and that lawyer and surgery game, but the vast majority are just disturbingly wrong

Carl Winslow @ Jun 16th 2006 8:53PM

Excellent nod to Futurama in the title of this post!

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Jun 16th 2006 9:07PM

Glad to see someone likes that show as much as I do. :)

I must agree with the sentiments regarding the Chu Chu Rocket commercial. The music seems to have taken permanent residence in my mind.

noob @ Jun 16th 2006 9:16PM

im pretty sure the DS commercial was the most hilarious thing ive seen in a long time.

Alkaiser @ Jun 16th 2006 9:19PM

DAMMIT! Why's everyone picking on Luigi?!

What makes it worse, is that's a comedy duo in Japan (all the Marios are played by Okamura) and the guy that plays Luigi, Yabei, is actually the one I find funnier.

Also, mad props for the Futurama reference.

TALES! OF! INTEREST!