Square Enix is trying to wring a few more sales out of PlayStation 5 re-release Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, and this billboard in Japan is certainly doing the trick. Spotted in Omotesando in Tokyo, it shows Red XIII atop Midgar’s skyline, before getting chased by a Shinra helicopter. He eventually falls into a pool of presents, before the promo is “closed” by the game’s logo.
This is all an optical illusion that probably requires an optimal viewing angle to sell the trick, but it genuinely looks like Red XIII is popping out of the screen from the perspective this has been filmed at. It’s super impressive, and we can definitely picture it capturing the attention of casual observers who happen to walk by.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has been hitting headlines again of late, partly because of its PC release, but also due to Square Enix’s decision to allow PS Plus owners to upgrade their copies of the PS4 game. All of this will presumably help to give the release one last push ahead of its sequel, which will hopefully be announced in the near future.
[source famitsu.com, via twitter.com, resetera.com]
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wow!! this is truly impressive 😲
It's stunning. Reminds me of the advertising boards near the old Sega headquarters at the junction of Earl's Court and Cromwell Rd (in London) where they used to place actors within the huge rigging. Sega often used it to market their games in spectacular ways.
Imagine if you looked down at the building it's mounted on and the door textures haven't loaded in.
Super cool looking, but I can't help but wonder how many accidents this billboard will cause.
@Jayslow no as many as the Wonderbra one from the 90s
@Jayslow It's in Omotesando, so probably not many
Genuinely awesome. Glasses-free 3D has always impressed me, even if it usually requires some positioning to get right.
That’s really cool
Not as good as Jaws 19 in Back To The Future II.
That's incredible! Also, poor Red-XIII.
Japan is so awesome man!! Need to see this place once in my life!
That's great! Surprised they used Red XIII though considering the amount of time he's in the game. I imagine Clouds buster sword or Barretts gun or Tifas... Fists would stick out the screen really well!
That's friggin amazing. I wonder how long it takes to get FF7 Part 2. Might take a while as FF 16 ain't even out yet but still can't wait for both of em.
@Ralizah This is just an optical illusion. It's a regular LED screen that displays content in such a way that it looks 3D from one vantage point. It looks less impressive from every other angle.
Wow!... They need to put this at Time Square.
That's so cool, I'd pull my car over for that
I would completely miss the green light with a beauty like this and piss off everyone behind me.
Amazing..gotta hand it to the japs as they really know how to do things large..you would never see this in england..
@Octane bah humbug young man..
Wooowww. That is the billboard to end all other billboards.
@Octane Not sure how that makes it any less impressive. All LCD "3D" is just a screen. Only someone has to design it, implement and pay for it. That's what makes it impressive. Its beyond the norm or regular advertising. Everything is pretty mundane if you break it down into the sum of its parts.
@Alan_cartridge_ I never said it wasn't impressive. I only said that this illusion works from one vantage point. If you look at it from any other angle, the image looks very distorted, and the 3D illusion is gone.
Looks amazing, I'm genuinely shocked Square poneyed up for it.
@JAMes-BroWWWn We're most likely gonna get FF7 Remake Part 2 a year or two after FF16 releases...sucks but that seems to be what's going on.
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