A new commercial promoting the release of BioShock in Japan on that other system is sweeping YouTube. The commercial features a little girl holding a fishbowl with a model of, what we assume is, the City of Rapture from the game submerged in water. It wouldn't be anything special if it weren't so creepy. The little girl, the background, the music and the voice who whispers something all send chills down our spine. Strange marketing from other countries is strange, we suppose. Oh, top it all off the commercial ends with the girl dropping the bowl, spilling water everywhere! We don't know what the Japanese voice says to her but we venture a guess it was something like, "Simon Says" or "Be a creepy jerk."
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 6:39PM (Unverified) said
Very creepy I must agree with you. Ha poor little beta fish.
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 6:48PM (Unverified) said
funny it only has PlayStation 3 on the top ;p...
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 7:00PM (Unverified) said
Goes hand-in-hand with that original video promoting the release of the PS3, the one where it was like floating in a white room of nothingness....if anyone recalls....
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 7:20PM SanFranJunglist said
As soon as my wife gets home I'll ask her what it says.
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 7:36PM SanFranJunglist said
It says something like:
"In the city at the bottom of the sea, Rapture. Everything is in her hands."
"In the city at the bottom of the sea, Rapture. Everything is in her hands."
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 8:05PM (Unverified) said
I guess the narrator says "everything is in this girl's hands". Before that he said some things did I didn't get, but I dare to say they're therms related to the game...
Posted: Dec 31st 2008 8:06PM MyAbsolution said
if you really think about it;
this commercial sucks.
this commercial sucks.
Posted: Jan 1st 2009 12:57AM yo Naturale said
This commercial gave me a hankering to go watch 'Rumble Fish' again.
Posted: Jan 1st 2009 1:55AM The MARIO said
that was a waste of 15 seconds!!!
Posted: Jan 1st 2009 12:37PM (Unverified) said
That wasn't creepy. It was more like crappy.
Posted: Jan 1st 2009 11:27PM (Unverified) said
That commercial was almost as bad as the game. Bioshock was a huge let down, I don't plan on getting the next one and will urge others to do the same.
Posted: Jan 2nd 2009 10:50AM (Unverified) said
I have to respectfully disagree with you there Alien Lord. I thought it was one of the better games that I've played. I do play a fair amount of games from all genre's though. I suppose if you were looking for a shooter only, this wouldn't have been such a great game. The game is definately much more than just a shooter. What didn't you like about this game??
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