Title | VOICEOVER CHAMPIONSIP |
Brand | SQUARE ENIX |
Product / Service | FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 GAME |
Category | A07. Best Use of Other Digital Platforms in a Promotional Campaign |
Entrant | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
Entrant Company: | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
Sales Promotion/Advertising Agency: | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
2nd Sales Promotion/Advertising Agency: | DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN |
Name | Company | Position |
---|---|---|
Naoya Hosokawa | Drill Inc. | Creative Director |
Ryohei Manabe | Dentsu Inc. | Planner |
Masakazu Ido | Dentsu Inc. | Copywriter |
Masashi Igarashi | Dentsu Inc. | Producer |
Satoshi Yamamoto | Dentsu Inc. | Account Supervisor |
Yoshie Takahata | Dentsu Inc. | Account Manager |
Katsunori Yasuhara | Dentsu Inc. | Planner |
Keisaku Ibuki | Drill Inc. | Planner |
Kazuto Nakamura | Wasa-Be | Producer |
Kazumasa Kobayashi | Wasa-Be | Producer |
Kota Endo | Engine Plus | Producer |
Daisuke Takehara | Engine Plus | Production Manager |
Kakuko Obinata | Square Enix Co./Ltd. | Advertiser's Supervisor |
The extreme realism and dramatic scripting of the Final Fantasy series had made some feel it was for maniacs only, and sales had plunged. To make the newest of the Final Fantasy series a major hit, we need to get the interest of casual game players.
Voice-over Championship can add gamer’s own fun voice-over to the game characters on the website. The winning voiceovers were featured in national TV commercial. This campaign succeeded in drawing the interest of casual players who never tried Final Fantasy series, collecting over 11,000 voiceovers from all around Japan.
・11,256 voiceovers were recorded! ・Bringing 582,436 casual gamers to the site! ・Achieved over 10 times the anticipated response! Eager fans greeted the release of the new game. In just one week, 472,000 copies were sold. This campaign rewrote the history for the Final Fantasy series.
We thought that the participatory campaign was the best way to captivate the hearts of many casual game players.