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Koshi Inaba’s New Song To Be Featured in Olympus TV Commercial
Koshi Inaba News More solo news! Koshi Inaba’s new song 「oh my love」 will be featured in the new line of Olympus commercials. The commercial starring Japanese soccer player Keisuke Honda will advertise Olympus’ new mirrorless camera OM-D E-M10. The commercial is set to be on air Japan-wide from March 7th. More details on “oh my love” as well as the forthcoming new album will be revealed at a later date.
Update: The commercial is now live on YouTube! Check it out below.
B’z DLC Available Now for Rocksmith 2014 [UPDATED]
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It’s been a long time coming, but as we previously reported, B’z classic singles “girigiri chop“, “Easy Come, Easy Go!” and “juice” are all now available on the Xbox marketplace as downloadable content for guitar-learning video game Rocksmith 2014! The songs will also be downloadable shortly in the PlayStation Store and on Steam, so you won’t have to wait long. Hang in there!
Update: The DLC is now available on Steam and in the Playstation Store.
Ubisoft Japan has also posted a gameplay video for girigiri chop which you can check out below.
Rocksmith 2014 Released in Japan, Message from Tak Matsumoto and Special Campaign Announced
News Hey folks, it’s been a busy couple of weeks after getting back from my trip to Japan, but today is the time for some B’z updates! Rocksmith 2014 Edition was released in Japan on November 7th, 2013 and with it, a special message from Tak Matsumoto concerning the game was released.
What great times we live in! If Rocksmith had existed when I was just a young aspiring guitar player…I probably would have become an even better guitarist now. Be a guitar hero with Rocksmith!
Takahiro Matsumoto
To celebrate the release of the Japanese version of Rocksmith 2014, Ubisoft Japan is also conducting a special giveaway for Japanese players. They are giving away an Epiphone Tak Matsumoto Double Cutaway Standard Cherry which has been signed by Tak Matsumoto himself! The campaign runs until November 30th, 2013.
B’z To Be Featured in Guitar Video Game Rocksmith 2014, Also as Downloadable Content [UPDATED 8/29]
News [UPDATE 8/29]: CNET Japan is now reporting that three more B’z songs will be available as downloadable content. They are juice, Easy Come, Easy Go!, and girigiri chop.
[UPDATE 7/4]: Famitsu now also reports that Tak Matsumoto’s solo work “GO FURTHER” has also been announced to be part of Rocksmith 2014 Edition.
At their press conference yesterday for the E3 video game event, game publisher Ubisoft unveiled the next iteration in their Rocksmith franchise, which allows both prospective and experienced guitarists to learn and hone their skills on the instrument with the guitar of their choice. Among the announcements and demonstrations for the game, Ubisoft announced their first teaser of the tracklisting, and one addition particularly stands out: B’z — Ultra Soul. We presume this will be the English version released on the band’s debut English album last summer and performed as one of the staples during their ensuing North American tour. The English version can be purchased on iTunes along with the other four new English tracks here.
B’z are in good company, being joined by other rock heavy-hitters such as Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, and Oasis, with many, many more to come. The original Rocksmith game, available now, was released in 2011 for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The original game allowed users to expand their virtual library via downloadable content, so the opportunity for further B’z action to be featured in the game isn’t out of the question just yet.
Rocksmith 2014 Edition ships in October of this year and will be available for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.
Famitsu Finds Out How B’z Made It Onto Rocksmith 2014
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Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has interviewed Rocksmith 2014 Edition’s creative director, Paul Cross, to find out more about the reasons why B’z made it onto Rocksmith 2014. Their first question was why B’z was chosen to be included in the game. Paul Cross replied “That’s of course because they’re one of the greatest bands on the planet!”, which leads Famitsu to ask the next question: Have you known about B’z before? Paul had to admit that he had not known about B’z before. He says that one of Rocksmith’s Japanese producers introduced him to the band.
With Rocksmith’s 2014 edition, Ubisoft aims to have everyone around the world enjoy the game. Therefore, they decided to include songs from all over the world. Moving on, Famitsu wanted to know why “ultra soul” was specifically chosen for the game. Paul explained that he was discussing with Ubisoft’s team in Japan which B’z song they would choose for the game. “Of course a popular song is fine, too”, Paul says, “but we wanted to find a song that is on par with the songs we have released on the previous Rocksmith.”
Finally, the magazine wanted to know if there’s a possibility that Japan will get exclusive downloadable content with the latest B’z songs, which Paul denied by stating that if there’s going to be downloadable content, it’s going to be available world wide. Furthermore, Paul says it’s possible that more Japanese artists might be included in the game in the future.
Source: 『Rocksmith 2014 Edition』に堂々B’z参戦。いったいなんで！？ 開発者に独占直撃インタビュー！【E3 2013】
“Q&A” New Detective Conan Opening Theme Starting May 4
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And the tie-in madness continues! B’z has just announced that their new song “Q&A”—which is set to be released as part of the B’z The Best XXV 1999-2012 compilation—will be the new opening theme to the anime series “Detective Conan” starting May 4th. The band has supplied opening and ending themes as well as movie themes for Detective Conan in the past. The last opening theme B’z has supplied was “Don’t Wanna Lie” in 2011, which was also featured as the theme song for the Detective Conan movie that was released that year.
