Sony has been releasing a series of new Japanese TV Ads for the The Last Guardian. One is released every day leading up to the launch of TLG this Tuesday December 6th. The entire series focuses on the experiences of gamers who have been waiting and anticipating the release of The Last Guardian for 7 years. They are short sweet and focus on a variety of different characters as well as alive reaction of fans to the rereveal of TLG at E3.
#1. Salaryman’s Episode
The First in the series focuses on a Japanese Salary(business)man gazing longingly at the posters for TLG with a release date in a storefront window and comments to a colleague about how he's been waiting 7 years for the game. His companion doesn't seem to get it and asks if he's not happy before leaving to answer a phonecall. It leaves off with the Salarayman mentioning how nostalgic everything feels.
#2. Game Jungle,
The second video takes place in a game store known as "Game Jungle" and has a manager asking his younger employee if he knows about a game called the Last Guardian while showing him a 2009 release schedule. His employee mentions they had heard about it but forgotten. They then receive a call for someone asking to preorder TLG which surprises him.
#3. Rereveal Reaction
The third video is pretty straight to the point and is of a group of people who are watching the Sony press conference from E3 2015 and slowly realizing what they're seeing is the Last Guardian being reshown for the first time in ages.
#4. What Did You Buy?
A husband returns home with a new purchase to which his wife asks what he bought and he tells her its a PS4. She responds that she thought he was done playing games and he tells he has been waiting 7 years to play this particular game. He then pulls out a PS2 copy of Ico and asks his wife if she remembers their wedding vows and recites,"Kono hito no te o hanasanai." to which she immediately continues,"Boku no tamashii-goto hanashite shimau ki ga surukara." which translates to: I will not let go of this person’s hand, because it would feel like separating from my soul from Ico. (Dualshockers clued me in to this one)
#5. Convenience Store
Two employees at a convenience store seem to be discussing TLG now that it has a cover on a magazine (Famitsu?). The female employee asks her coworker whats up and he responds that a game that was announced 7 years ago is coming out. He asks here if its ok to put the magazines in a place they will stand out and a customer enters and is shocked to see TLG on the cover of a magazine on the rack.
I really love these commercials as they acknowledge the long sometimes grueling wait for The Last Guardian and will continue to update the OP as new ones release.
#1. Salaryman’s Episode
The First in the series focuses on a Japanese Salary(business)man gazing longingly at the posters for TLG with a release date in a storefront window and comments to a colleague about how he's been waiting 7 years for the game. His companion doesn't seem to get it and asks if he's not happy before leaving to answer a phonecall. It leaves off with the Salarayman mentioning how nostalgic everything feels.
#2. Game Jungle,
The second video takes place in a game store known as "Game Jungle" and has a manager asking his younger employee if he knows about a game called the Last Guardian while showing him a 2009 release schedule. His employee mentions they had heard about it but forgotten. They then receive a call for someone asking to preorder TLG which surprises him.
#3. Rereveal Reaction
The third video is pretty straight to the point and is of a group of people who are watching the Sony press conference from E3 2015 and slowly realizing what they're seeing is the Last Guardian being reshown for the first time in ages.
#4. What Did You Buy?
A husband returns home with a new purchase to which his wife asks what he bought and he tells her its a PS4. She responds that she thought he was done playing games and he tells he has been waiting 7 years to play this particular game. He then pulls out a PS2 copy of Ico and asks his wife if she remembers their wedding vows and recites,"Kono hito no te o hanasanai." to which she immediately continues,"Boku no tamashii-goto hanashite shimau ki ga surukara." which translates to: I will not let go of this person’s hand, because it would feel like separating from my soul from Ico. (Dualshockers clued me in to this one)
#5. Convenience Store
Two employees at a convenience store seem to be discussing TLG now that it has a cover on a magazine (Famitsu?). The female employee asks her coworker whats up and he responds that a game that was announced 7 years ago is coming out. He asks here if its ok to put the magazines in a place they will stand out and a customer enters and is shocked to see TLG on the cover of a magazine on the rack.
I really love these commercials as they acknowledge the long sometimes grueling wait for The Last Guardian and will continue to update the OP as new ones release.
