Yesterday saw Ben Stiller cosplaying as Kratos, but the advert specific to Japan for God of War Ragnarok is, well, quite a bit different. Instead of LeBron James and John Travolta, Japan has Mr Sato singing and dancing along to "Goddo Obu Woragnaroku no Uta". It's an utter delight and makes for essential viewing as we count down the days to the game's launch.
Mr Sato is at times equipped with the usual weapons you'd expect Kratos and Atreus to be using, like the Leviathan Axe and a bow and arrow. With the colourful backgrounds and jolly song striking a real contrast to the bloody action of the gameplay clips, it's a really fun watch. Just try and reach the end without smiling! What's Mr Sato actually singing? Who knows!
Of course, God of War Ragnarok's PS5, PS4 launch is exactly one week away now, and our PS5 review will be uploaded tomorrow. Where's your hype level at right now? Fit to burst? Let us know in the comments below.
[source youtube.com]
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It has more gameplay footage shown than the Ben Stiller ad yet somehow manages to be more confusing ๐
What did i just watch? God bless Japan
This is better than the American ad.
Are we back to the days of crazy PlayStation adverts? ๐
And people said the American ad didn't make sense.๐คฃ
I prefer the Ben Stiller one though personally.
Sony: look at me.
Japanese people: Yes, well who's hungry?
There's always something Imnotrightinthehead.com about Japan. And that's why I love Japan. Never been there myself but I'd really like to one day
Japanese culture sure can be hilarious. I often wonder if the hilarity is intentional, or its just because that's the way they like to do things. (?)
I want whatever the creator of this advert is smoking.
The Japanese are weird sometimes ๐ lol.
That's fantastic! Truly great fun...
Haha! What a very Japanese way of advertising a very Western product.
I like how the three guys dancing look like they literally were just pulled from a crowd and threw together that choreography with zero rehearsal. Iโve seen grade school productions with more polished performances. ๐
Absolute madness of a fever dream, what did I just watch. hahaha.
@LiamCroft I have so many questions... lol. Any added insight on:
Google wasn't much help.
@themightyant I'm afraid I couldn't get much out of the video description through Google Translate, everything I could find is in the article!
@LiamCroft Suspected as much. No worries. Will have to 100% the game and hope there's a Mr Sato Easter Egg info dump with accompanying theme tune
Enjoyed this - it made me smile!! ๐ธ Zillion times better, imo, than the American ad.
Well that was certainly something.
Also the YouTube comments are disabled๐
@themightyant Let's hope this is the song that plays over the credits
@Fight_Teza_Fight YouTube comments are always disabled on PlayStation Japan videos, as well as most other official Japanese gaming YouTube channels.
@TwoPieceTanookiSuit Didnโt know that. Thatโs an interesting decision.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Yeah, I'm guessing it's a cultural thing ๐
@Shepherd_Tallon
https://youtu.be/Q6p6I5IQ_-0
Japanese people are the greatest memelords.
@MUG3NHC I never saw that one before ๐๐๐
(Potentially NSFW, in case anyone wants to click on it ๐)
@Shepherd_Tallon
Mate, it's a classic:)
I feel dumber and proud for having watched this. Proud because the American ad isnโt quite this bad, although it is also really dumb. Is this marketed to kids under 8 or is this some odd Japanese joke Iโm not getting?
Lol this rules.
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Throw your axe, throw your axe
Shoot arrows, shoot arrows
Slice with blades, slice with blades
Dominate, Dominate
Throw your axe, throw your axe
Shoot arrows, shoot arrows
Slice with blades, slice with blades
KILL THEM ALL KILL THEM ALL
But listen to me carefully
Being a god is your destiny
But we can't just act bestially
Or it won't end majestically
BOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
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Learn how to kill all of your foes with Mr Sato?
I don't know what's going on, but I love it ๐
i watched this several hours ago they were awesome, still scratching my head lol
God bless JP game adverts.๐คฃ
Isnโt he a Joe Wicks type figure in Japan? So itโs a parody of one of his workouts for children?
Oh well, at least the adverts are still fun these days Many AAA games just recycle the same formula over and over again. ... run over there, climb there, jump, slash, duck, open loot etc etc etc What an era...
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