>> I’m willing to bet the Japanese version sounds much more urgent and serious lol
You be the judge [0], in a US spec LHD Z31 no less.
There is a whole market for these kind of things, and Nissan Japan has been well aware of this. Check out the aftermarkets try at this anime sounding DASAI unit in an S15 [1].
Nissan JP took it even further when it announced its e-Power system and marketed a sort of anime waifu option as a co-pilot. I can't remember which it was, but it was really strange to see what was once a niche thing only geeks did in order to out-JDM/USDM each other on the internet or car meets to that.
Found it [0], in later videos from CES they mentioned it being linked to the metaverse; which honestly explains why this never took off as a feature.
Still, it's pretty interesting to see how quick Nissan were to spend resources on this when they realized there was a market for non-living based co-pilots. Dasai made one called Mochi [1] which you mount on your steering wheel which is a pretty innovative, low-tech alternative aimed at the tuner market.
It's kind of funny in a sad way, and know I'm going to sound old; but I'd rather spend money on defi gauges or tires to shred than these pointless gadgets as 50% of the time I ran mountain/track were in groups.
