You may not know piggy Pugi or kitten Airuu, but those watching Japanese television do. They're the newest spokespersons spokesanimals for the Wii version of Monster Hunter G, a translation of a PS2 game. This duo has been tearing up the Japanese airwaves with their ugly dialect and cute face respectively, in promotion for Capcom's game, which was released there this month. It seems to take a cue from another animal commercial series in Japan, where mobile phone company SoftBank's face is a white dog named Otousan.
After the jump you'll find the three commercials that are currently airing, all starring the duo, with the cat wearing an acorn and the pig in stripes. Brilliance. My favorite is the third clip in the first video, where the two actually take paw to the Wii Classic controller. It seems that Airuu sucks at the game, but Pugi is pretty skilled. Watching the cat play is very similar to watching me play.
[Videos via JapanProbe]
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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1:40 PM on 04.23.2009
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Man, Japan gets all teh great commercials...I doubt the adverts here in the states(if they make any at all) will be even half as awesome.
480+ hours of Monster Hunter on PSP and I still can't get enough.
480+ hours!?!?