I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. Normally you can kind of derive some semblance of understanding out of a commercial or television program just by watching it, but I have no clue what deep sea fishing and Dragon Quest IX have to do with each other. That being said, and to completely contradict my first two sentences, I think I've got a clear picture of what's going on here.
See the fisherman wants to catch some Poorly Dressed Japanese Men (PDJM) to take them home to be his slaves. Since the Japanese love Dragon Quest he uses it as bait. However, once he catches one the rest want it too and he has no idea how to handle five PDJM and so he runs away from the commercial. Things start getting crazy then. PDJM 1, who originally caught the game, swallows it and his life must be saved by the rest of the PDJM team. However, once that is done the Japanese's insatiable hunger for all things Dragon Quest takes over and they leave him on the deck alone and go off to play their DSi.
To summarize: The Japanese are crazy about Dragon Quest and it doesn't matter how insane the commercial for the game is, it's going to sell better than rice.
Matthew Razak is Destructoid's Associate editor and co-founder of film site Flixist. He began as community member "cowzilla" and was since sequestered to write brainy features material. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife.
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They actually have a law that states that DQ games must be released on sundays due to so many people not going to work/not going to school when DQ is released, DQ is HUGE in Japan, bigger than any other RPG franchise.
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4:00 PM on 06.21.2009
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Remember, Thou shall own at least 3 DS per soul in Japan.
They actually have a law that states that DQ games must be released on sundays due to so many people not going to work/not going to school when DQ is released, DQ is HUGE in Japan, bigger than any other RPG franchise.
For good reason, nothing makes grinding so much fun as DQ.
are they dressed that poorly?
I didnt think a video game reporter would care about such things.