{"id":21595,"date":"2023-09-13T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=21595"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:11:03","slug":"20230913-21595","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230913-21595\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular cup noodle commercial revives Metal Gear Solid V\u2019s 9-year coma meme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nissin\u2019s latest commercial uses characters from <strong>Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain<\/strong> to reveal a \u201cshocking truth\u201d about one of their staple ramen products in meme format. The ad has both online users and even the game\u2019s creator, Hideo Kojima, amused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world-renowned instant noodle company Nissin posted a promotional video on its official X\/Twitter account, announcing the release of its new Premium Seafood Cup Noodles on September 11. The commercial reutilizes Phantom Pain\u2019s opening hospital scene, an iconic moment every player likely remembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3082\u3046\u4e00\u5ea6\u3001\u843d\u3061\u7740\u3044\u3066\u805e\u3044\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%89?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30e1\u30bf\u30eb\u30ae\u30a2\u30bd\u30ea\u30c3\u30c9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%89%B9%E4%B8%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u7279\u4e0a\u30ab\u30c3\u30d7\u30cc\u30fc\u30c9\u30eb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJ58pUInrl\">pic.twitter.com\/PJ58pUInrl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ab\u30c3\u30d7\u30cc\u30fc\u30c9\u30eb (@cupnoodle_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cupnoodle_jp\/status\/1701052945935052935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> Once again, please stay calm. #Metalgearsolid #Premiumnoodles<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Phantom Pain\u2019s memorable opening scene the protagonist, Venom Snake, awakens from his nine-year coma after the events of the previous game. Snake awakens to a doctor and nurse towering over him, and upon being informed of what had happened to him displays distress, to which the doctor hushes him to calm down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Nissin&#8217;s commercial, the doctor tells Snake to relax, as he reveals a shocking but common misconception about Nissin&#8217;s staple seafood-flavored noodles. The doctor states \u201cThe thing which you always believed was there, in truth, wasn\u2019t really there.\u201d Sharing the supposed secret, he tells Snake that the Nissin Seafood flavored cup noodles never actually contained shrimp, leading Snake to a panicked state. However, the doctor then delivers the reassuring news that Nissin\u2019s new product, the Premium Seafood cup noodles, does in fact contain shrimp. The advertisement\u2019s usage of the popular scene, albeit oddly morbid, was well received by Metal Gear Solid fans and cup noodle fans alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meme format (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220301-10149\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Related Article<\/a>), commonly referred to as the \u201cNine Years In a Coma\/Please Stay Calm and Listen meme,\u201d that went viral in Japan last year and was initially created to poke a bit of fun at the manga Hunter \u00d7 Hunter\u2019s lengthy hiatus, has once again been brought to life. In the original version of the meme, the OP uses Snake&#8217;s awakening from his nine-year coma to show that even such a long slumber wasn&#8217;t enough time for the manga to return. Soon enough everyone jumped on the trend, sharing their own memes about long waits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u826f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3001\u843d\u3061\u7740\u3044\u3066\u805e\u3044\u3066\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002<br>\u8cb4\u65b9\u304c\u7720\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3053\u306e4\u5e74\u9593\u3001HUNTER \u00d7 HUNTER\u306e\u9023\u8f09\u306f\u307e\u3060\u518d\u958b\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boaPpCmX0A\">pic.twitter.com\/boaPpCmX0A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u767d\u795e\u5929\u7a00@Create Berserker\ud83d\udc10\ud83e\udd8c\ud83e\udd92 (@Shirakami_Amaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shirakami_Amaki\/status\/1493861476964130816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> \u201cAre you okay? Try to relax. During the 4 years you\u2019ve been asleep Hunter x Hunter still hasn\u2019t resumed yet.\u201d<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The meme became so popular at the time that even Metal Gear Solid creator, Hideo Kojima, joined in on the fun. Kojima responded in his own post \u201cRecently, I&#8217;ve been receiving images of the hospital scene from the beginning of MGSV in Cyprus. I wondered why, and it turns out it&#8217;s because the 9-year coma has become an internet meme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, the meme is catching wind thanks to Nissin\u2019s Metal Gear Solid commercial. Additionally, Kojima once again acknowledged the reappearance of the meme, giving Nissin&#8217;s use of the scene the thumbs up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udf5c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmynpmUbtU\">https:\/\/t.co\/DmynpmUbtU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5c0f\u5cf6\u79c0\u592b (@Kojima_Hideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kojima_Hideo\/status\/1700068858332406042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nissin has long been known for their various unconventional commercials, and recently they\u2019ve been liberal with their use of popular memes and media (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230725-20270\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Related Article<\/a>) in their advertising. It will be interesting to see what kind of advertisement the instant noodle company has in store for us next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instant noodle company, Nissin, brings back Metal Gear Solid&#8217;s nine- year-coma meme in their latest commercial. 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