Utada Hikaru: Tetris Goddess
Japanese Pop Idol Utada Hikaru has long been associated with video games, especially since she has sung the chart-topping themes for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 (“Hikari” and “Sanctuary”, respectively). Now, she’s belting out the signature song for the Japanese TV ads for the Nintendo DS, “Easy Breezy”. 
However, one thing that most may not know about Utada’s closeness with games, is that not only is she involved in the Japanese RPG industry, but she is also a Tetris DS master.
Utada has already been featured in local Japanese shows for her mastery of the game. There have also been numerous occasions wherein she battled other celebrities on-air and trounced them squarely. Utada’s prowess in Tetris has been validated when she posted in her blog a shot of her high score, which was a whopping 99,999,999 – a feat that was completed after 16 or 17 hours of play.
Last August 12th though, fans in Tokyo were given the chance to go head-to-head with the idol/Tetris-goddess. Club Nintendo previously announced a raffle where 30 lucky people will get the chance to do Tetris-battle with Utada on the Nintendo DS, while 504 others will get a pair of tickets for Utada’s 2006 UNITED tour instead.
The result of the match? Utada-26, Everybody Else-4.
Via Excite
Japanese Pop Idol Utada Hikaru has long been associated with video games, especially since she has sung the chart-topping themes for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 (“Hikari” and “Sanctuary”, respectively). Now, she’s belting out the signature song for the Japanese TV ads for the Nintendo DS, “Easy Breezy”.
However, one thing that most may not know about Utada’s closeness with games, is that not only is she involved in the Japanese RPG industry, but she is also a Tetris DS master.
Utada has already been featured in local Japanese shows for her mastery of the game. There have also been numerous occasions wherein she battled other celebrities on-air and trounced them squarely. Utada’s prowess in Tetris has been validated when she posted in her blog a shot of her high score, which was a whopping 99,999,999 – a feat that was completed after 16 or 17 hours of play.
Last August 12th though, fans in Tokyo were given the chance to go head-to-head with the idol/Tetris-goddess. Club Nintendo previously announced a raffle where 30 lucky people will get the chance to do Tetris-battle with Utada on the Nintendo DS, while 504 others will get a pair of tickets for Utada’s 2006 UNITED tour instead.
The result of the match? Utada-26, Everybody Else-4.
Via Excite