Square Enix Taps Bon Jovi for Final Fantasy Commercial Song
The CM theme song for Crystal Bearers won't be JPOP.
2009年10月13日 12時52分に掲載, アヌープ＝ガンタヤット著
When you hear Square Enix talk about a tie-up song for one of its games, it usually accompanies some Japanese performer or band that people in the English speaking world might not be familiar with. Not so with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. Square Enix announced today that it will be tapping none other than Bon Jovi for the new Wii Crystal Chronicles game.
Commercials for the game will make use of We Weren't Born to Follow off the band's new The Circle album. The commercials will start appearing later this month.
The Circle is Bon Jovi's first new album in two and a half years and will see release in Japan in advance of the rest of the world on November 4 at ¥2,500 for a standard version and ¥3,900 for a CD+DVD limited edition. The We Weren't Born to Follow single will hit on October 21 at ¥500.
Bon Jovi will also be appearing in Japan from October 26 through October 30 to promote the album.
Photo: Kevin Westenberg
Reader Comments (showing 4 of 4)
GohanGVO @ 2009.10.13, 14:49
Never before has the response of "what the hell?" ever been so appropriate.
After listening to the song, I get how SE sees a thematic resemblance in the lyrics and this particular game.
I wonder if SE will advertise the game on TV in the US, and if it will use the same music.
yowvapa @ 2009.10.13, 15:13
This was unexpected news. Perhaps it would make sense to have a Bon Jovi song in this game because of the significate amont of Western-themed music (New Orleans jazz, Country-Western, etc.) in it.
anoop @ 2009.10.13, 15:33
'Never before has the response of "what the hell?" ever been so appropriate.'
"What the hell" is right. When I first saw the announcement, with Bon Jovi written in katakana, I entered the name into a search engine expecting to get some sort of Korean pop star.
Rockgamer @ 2009.10.13, 16:03
Man, I'm already sick of that song from the baseball commercials they keep using it in (not that it's a bad song, but they just play the commercial so much), so I hope they don't use it when advertising the game over here.