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[Jonneh3003]

Jedward. Square Enix came to the conclusion that the best way to sell this franchise that has always struggled in the west is to use these guys

I personally couldn't bare these adverts and wanted these two as far away from Dragon Quest as possible but with 5.3 million copies being sold worldwide (as of 2011 http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-quest-ix-sales-top-53-million/1100-6304548/) it looks like square must have done something right...was it Jedward?

Just for reference here is one of their advertisements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJ-dRQxzG0

 

[King of Custard]

No

I'm also from the UK and I am thankfully unaware of these adverts.

 

[kswiston]

DQ8 and DQ9 basically sold the same amount in the west.

 

[purseowner]

Now there are two fragments of the forgotten past...

Yikes.

 

[kromeo]

The good sales of that game were all down to Jedward, there can be no other explanation

 

[Deleted member 20920]

Maybe they thought they had the right hairdo lol

 

[SenkiDala]

Never heard about them.

 

[APZonerunner]

It wasn't Square Enix, it was Nintendo, who published DQ9 (and all Nintendo-based DQs) in the West... and Nintendo UK used a lot of reality show celebrities etc in the DS era, so it really wasn't that unusual at the time.

 

[Aeana]

Nintendo used Seth Green in NA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjU4WZeaSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcL14iF6QAM

 

[NoKisum]

I'm guessing this was a UK thing?

Here in the states, we had Seth Green. Funny ads, but they didn't work either.

EDIT: Beaten like a slime

 

[Zee-Row]

They used Seth Green in the US version.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Now there are two fragments of the forgotten past...

Yikes.

 

[Soriku]

Any relation?

 

[Jonneh3003]

Nintendo used Seth Green in NA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjU4WZeaSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcL14iF6QAM

Ah I wish we had those, couldn't stand the Jedward ads.

 

[CalamityPixel]

You could say Square Enix were under PRESSURE

Spoiler

:^)

 

[pbayne]

Lol that Jedward star power.

Id chalk it down to how sustained Nintendo's advertising for the ds was for it more than any particular celebrity endorsement. For a time in the UK you couldn't go 10 minutes on tv before seeing an ad for either Layton, DQ9 or Brain Training.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

It's almost like they were trying to reach a bigger market than NeoGAF and actually ensure the next few games were worth localising... Huh...

 

[Dawg]

They look like they're about to come up with a new recipe

 

[jackal27]

I have NEVER heard of those U.K. ads. Oh man.

I remember thinking that the Seth Green ads were
pretty ok, because he's always had a reputation as a guy who would actually love a game like Dragon Quest. I mean look at his work on Robot Chicken.

I think that in the US Nintendo (for the most part) tries to work with people who actually enjoy their games.

 

[wolfhunter777]

No belalf of my country I would to apologise to all dragon quest fans.

 

[KelpPlankton]

well, they do look like Square-Enix characters I guess

this was a UK thing I'm gathering from the thread? because i don't think anyone outside of wherever these adverts were from knows who these people are

 

[kurahador]

What in the hell....

 

[show me your skeleton]

They look like they're about to come up with a new recipe

that's it!

 

[Eumi]

They look like they're about to come up with a new recipe

...fuck. That's strong.

 

[Soriku]

They look like they're about to come up with a new recipe

I could taste test...

 

[oti]

Never forget
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1047250

 

[120v]

lol i was unaware of the UK marketing push

stateside i thought it worked out okay. definitely a lot of newcomer fans with with VIII and IX, just a shame there was never another game to ride off that momentum. DQX was a massive blunder in that regard

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Who?

 

[rpmurphy]

They've got the hair to fit.

 

[kromeo]

well, they do look like Square-Enix characters I guess

this was a UK thing I'm gathering from the thread? because i don't think anyone outside of wherever these adverts were from knows who these people are

They're Irish, think they originally appeared on Britain's Got Talent or X factor or one of those shows

 

[nickgia]

I know who Ariana Grande is. No clue who real life Prompto is.

 

[kurahador]

They should get Justin Chatwin to promote DQXI.

 

[VegiHam]

Confession time: Jedward convinced me to get this game.

So I guess it kind of worked.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Confession time: Jedward convinced me to get this game.

So I guess it kind of worked.

You monster.

 

[PantsuJo]

Never heard about them.

Same

 

[Unreal Champ]

I forgot these guys existed. Wow

 

[pinkurocket]

GOT HER LIPSTICK ON HERE I COME DADADUM

I never saw those adverts but they're idols and reach an audience that wouldn't check out the game otherwise.

 

[Rad-]

Ah yes the duo that made the timeless classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXS7SLY6esY

 

[Tregard]

GOT HER LIPSTICK ON HERE I COME DADADUM.

Fantastic song

Jedward are fantastic and anyone in this thread who disagrees is uncultured swine

 

[Strangelove77]

Who the fuck are these things?
Must be a UK thing. You guys like the weirdest shit sometimes.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Never heard of these guys. They look like Eurovision singers.

Should have used Ariana Grande

 

[Vital Tundra]

I never understood why they didn't play to the strength of people loving DBZ in the west. Let people know who was involved with the art and people for sure would have bought it.

 

[Tregard]

Never heard of these guys. They look like Eurovision singers.

Should have used Ariana Grande

Funny you should say that

 

[PancakeAlmighty]

Its funny that Seth Green helped sell me on the game when I didnt even know that this was the marketing that occured in my own country.

Spoiler

Or maybe I blocked it out of my memory

 

[sixteen-bit]

Any relation?

 

[Diprosalic]

Never heard of these guys. They look like Eurovision singers.

Should have used Ariana Grande

Arianny who? Sounds like one of those teen-girls from Nickelodeon.