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INTEREST: Official Dream Club Video Promotes New Version With Foreigners




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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:31 am Reply with quote
It's only embarrassing when they're Westerners like you! Laughing
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RyanSaotome



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:53 am Reply with quote
I don't get what they're trying to go for with this ad... making fun of the people who play their games? Or making fun of foreigners who like their games?
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Annf



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:53 am Reply with quote
RyanSaotome wrote:
I don't get what they're trying to go for with this ad... making fun of the people who play their games? Or making fun of foreigners who like their games?

Self-deprecating humor is popular with Japanese otaku on the internet.

Beyond that, showing white guys excited for a gal-game is inherently funny because of the image mismatch of something that normally only a relatively small group of Japanese people are into. It's like why people find Old Grandma Hardcore amusing.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:24 pm Reply with quote
I could see foreign otaku like this for Idolmaster, but for Dream Club? Well, I guess anything is possible. Still, there's no denying that Dream C Club is pretty much the red-headed stepchild of these 3d anime-girls err, 'raising simulations' when compared to Love Plus and the aforementioned Idolmaster. All the im@s team would have to do is announce a Cinderella Girls game and the yen would just come pouring in. Hell, it probably is already pouring in with just the mobile game version. The video also really overestimates a foreign otaku's Japanese ability with the slang. Though I did find it funny how they managed to completely botch how the names Haruka and Asuka are enunciated.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:56 pm Reply with quote
What is this, I don't even



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Psycho_Despair



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:30 pm Reply with quote
Hmmmm, I remember seeing these girls in some doujinshi. Didn't think it was a game.

And my god this was just embarrassing to watch.
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Juno016



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:37 am Reply with quote
Megiddo wrote:
Though I did find it funny how they managed to completely botch how the names Haruka and Asuka are enunciated.


Forget that. They used the wrong kanji reading for Mt. Fuji. XDDD
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Jedi Master



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:53 pm Reply with quote
I needed a good laugh and this hit the spot. If the game were in English, I'd buy it.
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