Sugar Promote Sega Superstars
Sugar Promote Sega Superstars
The names Jonumu, Sujin, Ayumi, and Hezun might be completely meaningless to people in the West, but in their native South Korea they are instantly recognized as the stars of pop band Sugar, who have now been chosen by Sega Japan to promote forthcoming Eye Toy game, Sega Superstars.
According to Watch Impress, the band will be appearing in a TV commercial for the game. Other promotional activities are also planned, but the exact details of these are unclear. The girls are no strangers to Sega gaming as the band was recently used to advertise competitions in Sega’s Japanese arcade centres.
Sega Superstars will launch in Japanese stores on November 11th for 7, 329 yen with an Eye Toy Camera or for 4,410 yen without. The game will be one player only, but will feature 12 mini-games.
Sega Europe recently sent a preview copy to several UK game magazines, many of which have printed pictures that confirm the presence of Super Sonic in the Sonic game (unfortunately, these pictures do not appear to be available online). According to SoE, the game will be available in Europe on the 31st of December. Sega America has the game set for an autumn release.
^ From left to right Sujin, Hesun, Jonumu and Ayumi
^ Sugar’s first single was released in March 2003
A full profile of the band can be found at Sega.co.jp.
According to Watch Impress, the band will be appearing in a TV commercial for the game. Other promotional activities are also planned, but the exact details of these are unclear. The girls are no strangers to Sega gaming as the band was recently used to advertise competitions in Sega’s Japanese arcade centres.
Sega Superstars will launch in Japanese stores on November 11th for 7, 329 yen with an Eye Toy Camera or for 4,410 yen without. The game will be one player only, but will feature 12 mini-games.
Sega Europe recently sent a preview copy to several UK game magazines, many of which have printed pictures that confirm the presence of Super Sonic in the Sonic game (unfortunately, these pictures do not appear to be available online). According to SoE, the game will be available in Europe on the 31st of December. Sega America has the game set for an autumn release.
^ From left to right Sujin, Hesun, Jonumu and Ayumi
^ Sugar’s first single was released in March 2003
A full profile of the band can be found at Sega.co.jp.
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According to Sega Europe's customer services the images have appeared in a variety of UK magazines. I know CVG definitely printed them (together with some images showing debug menus), but I'm not sure if the particular issue is on sale any more (I don't have a copy to scan).Rlan wrote:How do you know about these new images of SEGA Superstar in the UK? Which magazine?
Scan! Scan!
UK TV show Gamezville used the Sonic game for one of its 'Face Off' tournaments, and one of the contestants actually succeeded in collecting all 7 Emeralds, turning into Super Sonic. Unfortunately, by the time I found out about the show, I was unable to capture it.
Being korean, I'll say one thing, I KNOW Ayumi is a japanese name. I'm trying to make out the other three. It is possible they're a mix of korean and japanese girls, it has happen before. I should probably ask my sister, she knows a lot more about korean bands then I do.
EDIT: Got back from my sis and she informed me that it's an ALL korean band. Ayumi, from what she told me, is korean, but raised most of her life in Japan, probably the reason why she has a japanese names. The other three seem to have korean names (the sound like it to me).
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EDIT: Got back from my sis and she informed me that it's an ALL korean band. Ayumi, from what she told me, is korean, but raised most of her life in Japan, probably the reason why she has a japanese names. The other three seem to have korean names (the sound like it to me).
~Neo