
SEGA Japan has partnered with Google Japan on Super Monkey Ball and Bayonetta to bring themes for Google Chrome and released this video, which includes the Chrome logo in the Super Monkey Ball world.
You can also read all about it on Google Japan’s blog, although obviously you’ll need to be pretty fluent in Japanese.
Roughly translated (thanks to Babelfish), here’s what it says:
This day, new feature joins in Google Chrome which from the thinking that is announced in 2008 September from high speed we would like to offer operativity and simple [uebuekusupiriensu] to the web user. That is “stylish”. The artist theme due to Google Chrome of 100 kinds or more which the artist in the world designed colors the web experience of the user stylishly.
This time, Google from Japan directing to the world, as for the theme which is dispatched 14 works. Music and interactive art are created, the virtual pop star “Hatune [miku]” which was created by the artists in “TENORI-ON” and the world and the nonstop climax action “BAYONETTA” which freely used the Gothic art due to SEGA and so on, the Japanese work art and technology fused every one splendid just ones. When this day is entered, 13 artists who spend talent and the energy which become great are introduced. (Honorific title abbreviation, sequential different) shape section one flat, public it is good thickly, Yuki Nakano and Nisida Takamori, PansonWorks and HIFANA, the Ueda baron, Crypton Future Media, TBS, Good Smile Company and Toei Co., Ltd. animation, YAMAHA, corporation Sega, SONY [konpiyutaentateinmento]. Everyone, thank you for offering the truly splendid work. There is a video which introduces the artist theme of Google Chrome from SEGA and NINTEA. There please view by all means. (As for the video of SEGA from this. As for the video of NINTEA from this)
As for the user of Google Chrome of by all means, now directly experience new artist theme. Still as for the user which does not use Google Chrome high speed operativity and simple, downloading Google Chrome which adds “stylish” by all means, please enjoy.
If anyone has better translation than this, please leave it in the comments.
Posted by Kellie in
Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll on 3:25:39PM Oct 06, 2009
Comment # 1
I need the Bayonetta one and I need it now.
Posted by SonicTHP on October 6th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Comment # 2
It is really easy to implement just click on the picture on google site while using chrome and it updates it. I got Bayonetta on my google browser as I type this…!
Posted by DJ FOB FRESH on October 6th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Comment # 3
“As for the user of Google Chrome of by all means, now directly experience new artist theme. Still as for the user which does not use Google Chrome high speed operativity and simple, downloading Google Chrome which adds “stylish” by all means, please enjoy.”
Now all we need to do is translate it back to Japanese and then into English once more. This one could be good.
Posted by RubyEclipse on October 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Comment # 4
Why isn’t there a Google Chrome theme for the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog! ~n~
Posted by shadowlover on May 27th, 2010 at 10:09 pm