Creepy, mysterious timer counts down on PlayStation Japan

Posted Apr 15, 2008 at 1:38PM by QJ Staff Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Sony

Mysterious countdown timer appers on Playstation Japan - Image 1

An ominous timer has appeared on the Japan Playstation website. The timer is counting down the hours to something that is little less than 60 hours away. Tick tock, tick tock. What could it be counting down to?

The backdrop of the timer shows what seems to be a pool of blood. Either that or cranberry juice. If you have your speakers on you'll also hear some creepy audio, like rain, thunder, muffled whispers, and distant screams.

I think it's fair to say that it's not cranberry juice. If you listen closely you can also hear that the voices are talking in English (AndyD421 has even provided a partial transcript in the comments below), which could mean that this "something" that's happening in 60 hours will happen internationally.

Also superimposed on the pool of blood is the Japanese character "SA." Will Sadako suddenly leap out from our screens? Probably not. Well, whatever the timer is counting down to, we'll know in less than 60 hours.

Via PlayStation Japan

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Comments

# good god — Guest 2008-04-15 08:36

that's one freaky timer. freaky freaky freaky. *shudder*

the first thing that came into my head tho is Heavy Rain. oh please please please let it be something pertaining to Heavy Rain. we've hardly heard anything about it! i'm actually willing (and oh so HOPING) to bet that it's Heavy Rain... maybe news about the game or some such.

i mean... there's rain sounding in the background. then there's blood. and it looks oh so thriller-y and suspense-y... and if you listen to the voices, they actually sound like they're cursing.

all of these details in the counter/timer page kinda fit with the "casting" trailer they put out and the poster they published (the one that had "The Origami Killer" as a subtitle to Heavy Rain)... man, i'm sooo dying to hear anything about that game that i'm practically trying to put so much meaning into this. hahahaha!

the only thing that's telling me that this is NOT Heavy Rain is that it's in the PS Japan website. and the game is being developed by Quantic Dream... a Europe-based studio (France, to be specific).... so...

*shrug*

it's anyone's guess, really. but those are my two cents... heavy rain heavy rain heavy raaaiiiiiin.... *crosses fingers*

# YAKUZA! — jbwzrd213 2008-04-15 08:39

Nah, just a guess. I have no idea.

It's most likely some horror game being released in Japan.

# ? — NarooN 2008-04-15 08:53

Silent Hill 5 anyone?

# found your answer — flammingcowz 2008-04-15 08:56

if you take off the nt/ from the URL

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/nt/

and translate the page

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/

(http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/nt/%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff)

you will see that this text below links to

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/nt/

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# add on — flammingcowz 2008-04-15 08:57

http://www.dokodemoissyo.com

thats the site it links to

# YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THEY SAY! ITS IN ENGLISH! — AndyD421 2008-04-15 09:02

This is as much as I could make out

M: Ughh, that dont look right,what is that?

F: Its what weve been looking for....

M: Man, thats some *****ed up *****! This is a killer!

M: Shh, quiet!They'll hear you.

M: Hey Look, someone is trying to stop him..

I did miss most of the female vocals... any one want to help fill it in?

# too — whitelightnig 2008-04-15 09:23

at the very end, the male says something about calling the cops.

you're right. the female voice is too hard to hear

# also.. — whitelightnig 2008-04-15 09:25

the female voice is in Japanese. at least, the first one is. we need someone who can speak that..

# good job AndyD421! — Guest 2008-04-15 09:36

all the more now it sounds like Heavy Rain... especially considering the Origami Killer subtitle... maaaan... wish we could just fastforward to when the counter hits zero...

pretty good ears you got. the dialogue you have up there's pretty solid. ;-)

and hahaha! turns out i'm not the only one who thinks they're actually cursing in the voice overs. and yeah, the female voice is kinda hard to pick up... is she speaking japanese? hard to tell... maybe... maybe not...

# I know what the timer is for! — akadewboy 2008-04-15 09:39

It's obvious, they've kidnapped Dark Alex and it's a countdown until they execute him.

# some more i heard? — Noobicious 2008-04-15 09:49

it's creepy!!

but it seems like after the female says "It's what we've been looking for" she also says "but what is it doing?"

# heheh — dark420bishop 2008-04-15 10:18

sweet

# Heavy Rain — dastinger 2008-04-15 10:21

My first thought was Heavy Rain too! I don't know if it's because I'm waiting for news about the game since the first day I watched the trailer or if it was just a feeling...but, please, let it be Heavy Rain

akadewboy LOL...they wouldn't execute him..they would want him to worth for them...probably better =X

# in the end — Rockhead321 2008-04-15 10:46

in the end he says that guy is in deep ***** we gotta call the cops

# forbidden siren — yostane 2008-04-15 10:52

just wait and see

# to add on — Rockhead321 2008-04-15 10:56

before the male says "hey look there's someone trying to stop him" u hear in the background "we're supposed to ***** him up what the hell r u doing?"

# haha — lilbazpsp 2008-04-15 11:03

i hope not,

but it isn't immpossible lol:D

# Sony could be a bunch of stoners — Rental_Ninja 2008-04-15 11:24

If I did my math correctly the timer ends on 4/20. Though Id deff love to hear some more stuff about heavy rain.

# lol — Dayo6 2008-04-15 12:06

I am scared now lol

Plz let it not b aliens!!!

ps these japanese ppl who made this r weird...

# creepy — Dremth 2008-04-15 12:14

i think it's creepy but also funny that they are cursing. i bet people in japan have no idea what they're saying

# lol — Dremth 2008-04-15 12:16

lol

# oh hey — Dremth 2008-04-15 12:23

my brother said it must be for some game called Nor Tor.

He said they're making a new one, nor tor 2. he said it's some really bloody game in japan

and if you look at the link:

"http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/nt/"

/title/ N T /

nt + nor tor?

# twist? — Noobicious 2008-04-15 12:26

lending on 4/20? it might be about weed...bloody weed...? lol

# horrible math — Foolmonkey 2008-04-15 13:00

todays the 15th. 53 hours from now is the 17th at 11pm

# From what i can tell — wolf3ax 2008-04-15 13:22

From what i can tell this is exactly what they say

M:UGh, That dont look right, what is that?

F:Did you see thatjsut now, its like it was looking for something, what are they doing? That doesnt look like anything ive ever-

M:shh

SCREAMS

M:Man/Da** this is some F***'d up s***, they could have killed her.

F:(not super sure) Oh look, oh no, omg, I cant watch this

M:Shh, quiet, there he is.

F:NO! They're gonna kill her too!

M:S***, we've got to do something

F:(cant tell)

Voice in backround: Your gonna F**** him up, what the h*** are you doing!

M: Look, someone's trying to stop him...

V.I.B:Oh s***

M:..That guys in deep S***, we've got to goto the cops

F:(not sure) I'm not ready captain.

# meant to... — wolf3ax 2008-04-15 13:32

I had meant to reply to this but i posted my transcript down at the bottom, check it

# none — 99yenshop 2008-04-15 14:30

siren 3, the bottom right text is the japanese character "sa"

# From Japan — w0rmh01e 2008-04-15 14:34

It's Siren 3. That huge Hiragana is 'sa', which is the first letter of Japanese writing of the word 'Siren'.

I don't know whether the horror game series are brought overseas or not, but Siren & Siren 2 are fairly popular here in Japan.

# makes — wolf3ax 2008-04-15 14:42

Makes quite a bit of sence, being the cover for the first siren on the ps2 had the same griany bloody look as this timer does.

# Oh wow do i feel dumb — Rental_Ninja 2008-04-15 15:38

For some reason i was using 12 hours for each day. I need to give myself a break or something. And on that note. The 17th is thursday. PSN update. Maybe a demo or a video will be released on the store.

# it should be possible — rpgpro001 2008-04-15 17:15

i can hear about the same as AndyD421, it sounds like the girl says "did you see that just now, it's what we've been looking for, what do you think they are doing?" Anyway, i'm not that good with audio, but if you recorded the video, couldn't someone use a program such as Cubase and mute the rain and only leave audio?

# it should be possible — Cool Dude 2k 2008-04-15 18:54

I was able to extract the mp3 sound out of the flash file.

I used Audacity to edit mp3 file.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d+FPOWB7OP

# Hmm — tobyo1 2008-04-15 19:50

Isn't this slightly obvious. Our long wait is over. Welcome to my HOME *cough* everyone!

# HOME — tobyo1 2008-04-15 19:53

Oh sorrry, I forgot. HOME DOESN'T EXIST.

# Very interesting — Churro 2008-04-15 21:06

I really like how they tried to make it creepy and mysterious, but I'm wondering if this will also be done on the american site, we would all find it funny I suppose. :)

It would have been cool if it was done internationally , with the same timer at the same time.

# Also, — JaXeRiR 2008-04-16 00:47

the male says "shh, we got to do something!" and then the female says "let's run" or something and someone screams "what the hell are you doing?" in the background.

# Yep — JaXeRiR 2008-04-16 00:54

It's Forbidden Siren 3.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=369768

# my recording — Bolec 2008-04-16 01:41

Nothing special, I just reduced the noise, now it is easier to hear what are those people saying. Download from there -> http://www.4shared.com/file/44287122/1c6a1376/psj.html

# hahahaha — spicyhamster 2008-04-16 06:55

lmfao thats great

# I Bet its a new.... — xche78x 2008-04-16 07:38

Pipo Saru Game!

Ape Escape for you non japanese people.

# .. — AustinQPT 2008-04-16 11:28

It took me to http://www.Treasuretrooper.com/jointtnow

# i leaning — Quixand 2008-04-16 11:54

towards Super Rub A Dub with blood instead of water and cursing ducks.

# clever — iamback(unregistered) 2008-04-16 14:50

That's a clever way to link people to your GPT site...

But, www.swatcash.com/admin is so much better. They actually pay really high amounts, and I've even gotten me a PSP! Sorry for being off topic.

Anyhow, I think that this might be that resident evil PSP game that we've all been waiting for!

# oh noes! — iamback(unregistered) 2008-04-16 14:52

We gotta save him!

# shameless plugs — Mr Toasty 2008-04-17 07:21

All of you. Go die in a fire.

# well... — EricDraven 2008-04-17 18:10

The timer just ended and I've refreshed the page... to no avail...

Anyone get any idea?

# oh... thanks anyway guys... — EricDraven 2008-04-17 18:11

It's Siren.

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