The Japanese churn out some amazing videogames - and in their spare time they make some wacky commercials too. I stumbled upon the site sega-16.com while wandering the internet, and most importantly THIS PAGE, which features a selection of Sega Megadrive adverts from the days of yore. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the Japanese ones - and some of them have to be seen to be believed.
While some are just tacky products of their (early nineties) time, others are grade-A comedy classics; check out the promo for the 'Sushi Tetris' puzzler Puyo Puyo (pictured above) - why is there a chef peering in through their living room window? Be sure to have a look at the Columns ad too, which features a man skydiving from a plane in his underpants. What this has to do with a 'match the crystals' puzzle game is a complete and utter mystery...
Enjoy.
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I've just watched the advert for the Sega Megadrive, where the then cutting-edge console is introduced to the unsuspecting public by a Spock-haired man floating above the surface of the moon. Visual Shock! Speed Shock! Sound Shock!
Awsoma power!