Considering most video game music that has vocals weren't licensed at that time, Atlus doesn't own the J-Pop singers much like how Sega doesn't own Crush 40.
Sonic: Touching is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOD!
The Japanese commercial features music by Hikaru Utada at the end; very brief but i recognized it immediately (love that album lol). EDIT: Is that her at the beginning of it? The logo blocks her face but her voice was recognizable.
All these new features (e.g. Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario as playable characters, 30 more stars, updated graphics, etc.), and the ONE thing that America decides to advertise (out of all things)... is the fucking Touch Screen controls, which anyone with an IQ over 1 never used at all.
If she didn't use that sensual "it's totally live" (you know what ad this is) kinda voice it probably would sound as sexual to touch your favorite characters
Wait what’s up with the multiplayer scenes in the Japanese commercial? I had this game and I swear you couldn’t play multiplayer outside of the minigames...
There’s actually multiplayer, but everyone is yoshi with the magic hats and it’s only certain stages with the objective of collecting the most stars before the time ends to win