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When Britney Spears Meets Japanese Hack-And-Slash

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After nearly a decade of trying, Microsoft still hasn't cracked the Japanese market with its Xbox consoles. We're not quite sure why, what with savvy cross-promotions like this!

This disc was a prize offered by Japanese magazine Famitsu back in 2002. It's a DVD combo, including a demo of From Software's hack-and-slash title Otogi, some trailers for the game and...two Britney Spears videos and some audio tracks.

What the hell does a Japanese hack-and-slash game have to do with Britney Spears, I hear you ask? Thank marketing for this one, as Britney's 2002 song "Overprotected" was, for some reason, used in Japanese commercials for the game.

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What kind of Xbox owner was being targeted by this? The affluent one, it seems, as the disc is currently listed at just under a grand on eBay, with the seller claiming a previous copy was sold in Japan for USD$2000. Sounds ridiculous, but then, it's a ridiculous item, and since only five were ever made that makes it worth something to someone.

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