Japanese Soul Sacrifice Commercial Shakes Its Maracas

Sony forgoes sanity for latest spot

by Sammy Barker Tue 12th Mar 2013

Sony is pushing PlayStation Vita exclusive Soul Sacrifice extremely hard in Japan. We’ve already seen a couple of the platform holder’s more conventional commercials for the Monster Hunter-esque title, but this one steps headfirst into nonsense territory. It shows a group of Japanese office workers going nuts in a restaurant. We’re not entirely sure that we understand the messaging, but, hey, it’s made us want to play the game more.

Update: As is rightly pointed out in the comments section below, this commercial actually features footage from various other games such as Toukiden, too. It's probably telling that we didn't spot that first time around.

[source psp2roundup.blogspot.co.uk]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Gemuarto
Tue 12th Mar 2013

It's not just about Soul Sacrifice, it''s about that you can play co-op hunting games on Vita. There where moments from Toukiden, PSO2(not sure) and Souls Sacrifice =)

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get2sammyb
Tue 12th Mar 2013

@Gemuarto I totally didn't notice that. You're right. I've updated the article to clarify. Although, I think this says more about the state of current Japanese games. Must everything look exactly the same as Monster Hunter? These three titles are indistinguishable.

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Gemuarto
Tue 12th Mar 2013

@ger2sammyb Sorry for pointing in the commets ＞＿＿＿＜　I just know japanese a little and noticed only because of that =).

In this ad, actions on the date are compared to actions in hunting games, Co-op play - guys praise each other(Toukiden). Concerted attack - singing karaoke together(PSO2). Defeat - girls went away after that karaoke singing(SS) =).

And yeah, you are right, they look all the same =(. I hope vita will get more fresh games that are not about hunting =). But at the same time, i really looking forward for Toukiden and Soul Sacrifice =). It is really fun to play those games on the go and with friends.