Kamitaba Neruko Sets Nov. 17 Date for Postponed 3D Debut After Voice-Controlled Game Clear

SPECIALITE — Kamitaba Neruko of Specialite (0gJP 4th Generation) announced on Monday that the 3D debut that had been postponed will now take place on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. The date came at the end of a stream built around an action game played entirely by voice, which Kamitaba had said they would announce only after clearing it.

The game, recommended by their manager, has the player jump and move by making sounds such as short bursts of “ah” and “oh” into the microphone. Kamitaba opened by saying their voice had recovered well and that the stream was a way to show how far the throat had come. Several stages demanded long, held sounds, and a few tripped on judgments Kamitaba called questionable. The first run was cleared about 19 minutes in.

“I haven’t used my voice this much in a long time. It was good rehab.” — Kamitaba Neruko, after the final clear

Kamitaba then revealed the new date, saying the guests announced earlier were unchanged and that the debut falls close to their birthday. They added that the clear itself was the demonstration of how much the voice had returned.

With time to spare, Kamitaba played the game again in a series of different voices. An attempt at a motherly, big-sister voice did not work out, but a weak, feverish-sounding voice cleared the stages, and a lower register produced a third clear, at which point Kamitaba said they had ended up back at their usual voice. A fourth run, aimed at a quick finish, ended about 57 minutes in. Kamitaba closed by repeating the Nov. 17 date and said a collaboration stream with a ramen shop would follow at 9 p.m.

Chat greeted the date with a flood of celebration and congratulations, and the stream drew 17 Super Chats and Stickers, many of them congratulating Kamitaba on the 3D debut date and thanking the manager for the game suggestion.