{"id":32777,"date":"2024-06-20T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=32777"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:23:47","slug":"nintendo-direct-narrators-surprised-reactions-to-announced-games-has-people-thinking-nintendo-wiped-his-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-direct-narrators-surprised-reactions-to-announced-games-has-people-thinking-nintendo-wiped-his-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Direct narrator\u2019s \u201csurprised\u201d reactions to announced games have people thinking Nintendo wiped his memory\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite being a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GbpRqM9e7u4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the recent Nintendo Direct<\/a>, Japanese voice actor and narrator Yuichi Nakamura showed no less surprise to the games being announced than the many Nintendo fans who tuned in to the event on June 18, 2024. Nakamura, who is famous for voicing anime roles such as Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen and Bruno Bucciarati in Jojo\u2019s Bizzare Adventure, took to social media around the time that the Nintendo Direct aired to voice his excitement for the upcoming games. &nbsp;His over-the-top \u201csurprised\u201d reactions have drawn laughter and humorous conspiracy theories from users, &nbsp;<\/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\">\u305c\u305c\u305c\u305c\u308b\u3060\u3060\u3060\u2026\u2026\uff1f\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u4e2d\u6751\u60a0\u4e00 (@nakamuraFF11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nakamuraFF11\/status\/1803072281964683285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>Ze-Ze-Ze-Zelda-da-da-da?!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\">\u304b\u304b\u304b\u304b\u304b\u307e\u3044\u305f\u3061\u2026\u2026\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u4e2d\u6751\u60a0\u4e00 (@nakamuraFF11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nakamuraFF11\/status\/1803070253892509987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>\u201cKa-Ka-Ka-Ka-Kamaitachi\u2026!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\">\u307e\u307e\u307e\u307e\u307e\u30de\u30d6\u30ab\u30d7\u2026\u2026\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u4e2d\u6751\u60a0\u4e00 (@nakamuraFF11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nakamuraFF11\/status\/1803069655969325528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Marvel VS. Capcom\u2026!\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakamura\u2019s involvement in the 43-minute-long Nintendo Direct means that he was aware of the upcoming game announcements long before they were officially unveiled. Nevertheless, watching the Nintendo Direct alongside fans seems to have proved the upcoming games\u2019 existence for the narrator. While Nakamura\u2019s reactions led to comments stating that he was pretending not to know, others were glad to see the voice actor finally free from his confidentiality agreement and openly voicing his excitement. Some commenters even went so far as to create wild conspiracy theories, like there being a clone of Nakamura at Nintendo headquarters or that Nakamura\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ta_ku_2\/status\/1803077203841949827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memory was wiped using the company\u2019s advanced technology<\/a>.\u00a0<\/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\">\u4e88\u7d04\u3057\u3066\u304d\u305f\u305c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJpab08gz2\">pic.twitter.com\/aJpab08gz2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4e2d\u6751\u60a0\u4e00 (@nakamuraFF11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nakamuraFF11\/status\/1803087329600631229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation<\/strong>:<em> I\u2019ve made reservations!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his stuttered reactions, Nakamura shared two receipts: one for Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Collector\u2019s Edition and another for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake\u2019s Complete Set \u2013 both of which were announced at the Nintendo Direct he narrated. The Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Collector\u2019s Edition cost him 22,000 JPY (roughly 140 USD) while the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Complete Set put him back 20,770 JPY (132 USD). The standard versions of these games don\u2019t cost as much, but the receipts show just how dedicated Nakamura is to these franchises in particular. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Direct narrator&#8217;s over-the-top \u201csurprised\u201d reactions to new announcements have drawn humorous conspiracy theories from users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":32780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-32777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nintendo Direct narrator\u2019s \u201csurprised\u201d reactions to announced games have people thinking Nintendo wiped his memory\u00a0 - 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