{"id":47496,"date":"2025-04-28T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47496"},"modified":"2025-04-28T17:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:22:05","slug":"masahiro-sakurai-erases-memory-of-nintendo-direct-narrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-erases-memory-of-nintendo-direct-narrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Masahiro Sakurai \u201cerases memory\u201d of Nintendo Direct narrator\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After voice actor and Nintendo Direct narrator Yuichi Nakamura failed to secure a Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nakamuraFF11\/status\/1915401879053615333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he jokingly announced that he would be cutting ties<\/a> with anyone who <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/switch-2s-cheaper-region-locked-version-is-overwhelmingly-popular-among-japans-2-2-million-pre-order-applicants-survey-suggests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won the MyNintendoStore lottery<\/a> and got to pre-order the console for themselves.\u00a0Unfortunately, game designer and director Masahiro Sakurai was able to get a Switch 2 pre-order of his own, prompting a chaotic exchange between the two \u2013\u00a0with Nakamura sulking and Sakurai coming up with a very realistic solution to the issue.\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\">\u65e9\u304f\u8a18\u61b6\u3092\u6d88\u3059\u5149\u3092\u5f53\u3066\u306a\u3044\u3068\u2026!<\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1915418955122135207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>I must quickly shine the light that will erase his memories!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"517\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47496-001.jpg\" alt=\"Men in Black\" class=\"wp-image-47499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47496-001.jpg 846w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47496-001-380x232.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47496-001-768x469.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The light Sakurai is referring to is none other than the one emitted by a Neuralyzer popularized by the Men in Black franchise. Neuralyzed people can have their memories erased and replaced with suggestive memories or commands. As Sakurai doesn\u2019t want Nakamura to cut ties with him for getting a Switch 2 pre-order, he proposes that he neuralyze him so they can continue their friendship.&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=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8xJdY8LCAp\">pic.twitter.com\/8xJdY8LCAp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1916449907117789273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The funniest part about all this is that Sakurai recently uploaded a follow-up post showing him neuralyzing Nakamura in real life with what looks like a karaoke microphone. Nakamura\u2019s open mouth and wide eyes help sell the joke, but the facade breaks when you realize Sakurai forgot to wear shades to protect himself from the neuralyzer\u2019s mind-wiping effects. Based on this oversight, perhaps Sakurai will forget about his Switch 2 pre-order and both of them will remain friends under the guise that they weren\u2019t able to secure <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/switch-2-demand-in-japan-has-greatly-exceeded-what-nintendo-was-prepared-for-according-to-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo\u2019s hard-to-snag console<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous Japanese narrator of Nintendo Directs, Yuichi Nakamura, has been sulking about losing the lottery for pre-ordering the Switch 2, leading to chaos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":47498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-47496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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