Japan Xbox launch pictures!! WOW!!

[XboxGamers]

Looks like a BIG SUCCESS Japan launch!!


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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates shakes hands with Atsushi Ishizaka of Kanagawa, Japan who was the first person in Japan to purchase the Xbox video game system, February 22, 2002 in Tokyo. Gates came to Tokyo to take promote the Xbox game system that went on sale for the first time in Japan February 22. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen

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[XboxGamers]

Got more: :eek:

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Morning Shinjuku -- It is being begun to move a town. The row report of the usual practice which does not go the salaried worker &OL who goes to a company to contemptuous glance if compelled.
Good morning. The day of Xbox on February 22 done at last. The miserable situation of Shinjuku of midnight is coverage group C (one person) representation 3 ‚­‚· CHU which takes charge of Shinjuku at 6:00 in the morning fresh in memory. Is the sequence of a row seen sure enough? Individually, it is ‚³ although not expected at all. Kana which will go also in a sauna early morning if ‚Ü and nobody are. I went out in ‚Á‚Ä and the light feeling. First of all, it went to the YODOBASHI camera and Sofmap of a west entrance.

[XboxGamers]

More here: :eek:

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February 22, Xbox sale that day. Shibuya TSUTAYA had already become a large crowd of people from early morning. The procession which surround Shibuya TSUTAYA with circumference is 300 or more persons. A numbered ticket is distributed from last night, if the countdown event by Microsoft is held, it is, and many mass communications and curious onlookers also gather. Remarkable climax was shown the whole place.
And when it turns around a little 6:00 a.m., chief [ the Microsoft chairman and ] software architect, Mr. Bill Gates, appears. The ring of mass communications was overcome by smiling expression, and it entered into TSUTAYA. Expectation of the user who has stood in a line grows.

And from 6:25, a countdown event starts still more. A specially built stage is established in the first floor of TSUTAYA, and Mr. り appears whether it is the true pan of Mr. Yasuhiko Akasaka who acts as a chairman, and talent in the place where about 100 general visitors came in. then, the culture convenience store club president, Mr. Muneaki Masuda, who manages TSUTAYA -- a stage -- going up -- "-- early in the morning -- since -- such many visitors -- gathering -- I have you -- thank you, it greeted as "

And when turning around 6:30, the special guest, Mr. Bill Gates, appears still more! When the visitor in the hall called as "Mr. Bill Gates" by all the members, it was led to the voice, and Mr. Bill Gates was being [ the thing ] exciting and waiting to appear and to be able to meet you towards the user who gathered "this morning with the steps carried out calmly. It rises early and greets as thank you." It said, "Xbox sale in Japan is the revolution of a video game, and it is such a historical day that you may call it the "mile stone" today."

Then, Mr. YOSHIKI of a musician is to a stage as one more person's guest. In the hall is the further climax to an appearance of "Xbox" and the special guest who is "X JAPAN" origin and who does not expect although it was the appearance which connects and comes out X. Mr. YOSHIKI comments about Xbox "Although played now, its recording does not progress and is troubled by favor." Moreover, it touched on that Xbox was 5.1ch surround correspondence, and the comment in character with [ saying "whether music is good" ] a musician were told.

If it continues, Mr. Bill Gates and Mr. YOSHIKI play a match against what in a game! It extracts by performing an EKISHI vision match in the race game "Project Gotham" of Microsoft, and the match of つ抜かれつ is developed. a result -- a slim margin -- Mr. Bill Gates -- winning -- Mr. YOSHIKI -- the valve of defeat by "whether you are a pro truly" Mr. Bill Gates was saying, "Since this game set favorite CD to BGM and played it, was [ possibly ] Mr. YOSHIKI good in playing covering its own CD?"

While carrying out so like this, the needle of a clock will approach still more in 7:00, and countdown will start. The Microsoft managing director, Mr. Hirohisa Oura, who was watching by the stage side till then, and Mr. Ata 親市, the representative director president, also go up to a stage, and they participate in countdown from 10 seconds before. And sale of Xbox began with the call of count zero. The ceremony that the visitor of the first person to arrive is handed in a Xbox main part from Mr. Bill Gates on a stage is also performed, and excitement in the hall is the climax. Moreover, the situation did not have few people who project also on the screen of the TSUTAYA-QFRONT building surface of a wall, stop a leg and are staring at it also in the passerby.

In addition, the user who became the first person to arrive purchases "Xbox Special Edition" and a "JSRF jet set radio future." He who is called a college student living in Yokohama is a thing that the numbered ticket was got from yesterday's 6:00 p.m. The question of a coverage group "after Xbox is announced, I am looking forward to it. It was said that the online network game which can play with the man in the world was expected."

This time, it has the influence which performed the promotion centering on Shibuya, and the reaction of the user in today's Shibuya TSUTAYA is very best. As long as this is seen, it is said that Xbox was able to have a good start. Anyway, new hard Xbox to which Microsoft raises and sends out the aggregate power. I want to also observe future promotion deployment and transition of the number of selling.

[XboxGamers]

More pictures!! :D

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[XboxGamers]

b]More pictures! It selling all over in Japan!![/b]

Thanks to Cool8man, hes on it! :D


A procession also to Ikebukuro! Signs that 700 or more persons purchased Xbox!!

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[thunderkiss2k1]

Well, it looks like all those who said that xbox would not do well in Japan were wrong. I have one quick question for those folks: How do you like your crow? With or without barbecue sauce? :)

[GokuX]

Yeah that's great and all, but what I really wanna know is where can I get one of those large green and black coats that Bill is wearing hehe.

[EthanQT]

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What are they supposed to be? Let me guess DOA3 in persons? LMAO :D :D :D

[LynxFX]

Looks like a good start, of course we won't know the success until a few months and if it keeps selling. Hopefully it will. Like the white box too. Wonder why they changed it for the Japan launch? Maybe to keep them seperated in the warehouses?

[DT21]

Sweet pics man, does anyone know which games were available at launch?

[DIGITAL]

those are great pics,im so happy about the launch ,if xbox can do good in japan,its gone go to number 1 ,

[Azazel]

Lynxfx, from what I read at consolewire they changed to a smoke grey color because they felt it fit better with the Japanese home.

[LynxFX]

Really? That's interesting. I wonder how many they will sell the first week.

[gula]

Originally posted by DT21
Sweet pics man, does anyone know which games were available at launch?

Yes, these 12 games:

• JSRF — Jet Set Radio Future™ (from Sega) is a graphical street-skating action-adventure game with the unique visual style of Japanese manga comics.

• GENMA ONIMUSHA™ (from Capcom) is a new interpretation of the war survival action series that garnered worldwide acclaim.

• SILENT HILL 2: Saigo no Uta (from Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo) is the hit adventure game that shook the world with its spine-tingling horror and real-world environment as can only be presented on Xbox.

• DOUBLE-S.T.E.A.L. (from Bunkasha) is a car action game modeled after the thrilling trademark car stunt scenes of Hong Kong cinema. (This title is also referred to as “WRECKLESS: The Yazuka Missions” as published by Activision Inc. in North America and Europe.)

• AIR FORCE DELTA II (from Konami) is an incredibly realistic 3-D shooting game that incorporates amazingly intense air battles using real-world fighter planes.

• HYPER SPORTS 2002 WINTER (from Konami) re-creates 10 sporting events in a realistic, easy-to-control manner. Gamers will appreciate the beautiful winter atmosphere and the attention to graphics, such as the view from the slopes, snow-capped mountains and skating rinks complete with reflections on the ice.

• ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding 2002 (from Konami) is a realistic snowboarding game modeled after the ESPN Winter X Games and based on comments and participation from world-class snowboarders.

• Nobunaga’s Ambition: Chronicles of Chaos (from Koei Corp.) is a historical simulation game in which powerful leaders do battle to become the victorious feudal lord who can bring warring factions together.

• Nezmix (from Microsoft) is a comical adventure in which players take on the role of a mouse that must recruit and lead a team of its fellow mice to defend their town against a band of enemy invaders.

• Tenku: Freestyle Snowboarding (from Microsoft) is a snowboarding game that focuses on freestyle riding, rather than traditional race-based games. (This title is also known as Amped™: Freestyle Snowboarding.)

• Project Gotham Racing™: World Street Racer (from Microsoft) features a unique Kudos System in which players earn rewards not only for being first at the finish line, but also for displaying skill, style and daring while driving.

• DEAD OR ALIVE 3 (from Tecmo) is the third title in Tecmo’s popular tournament fighting action game series.



Pretty much sucks they don't get Halo yet...



And about the Japanese launch:

WOOHOO!:D

[FuNkY mOnK]

I can’t wait to play halo with the Asians, by the way you didn’t mention halo? Are they getting halo? sorry my bad you did mention halo.

[GokuX]

Are those actually paid models? Or are they just some wacky Japanese teens dressing like their favorite characters?