That's especially sad, cause my perception is that AI users ALSO don't interact with established communities, since asking the AI for answers is less intimidating than meeting new people. The whole thing is just turbocharging social isolation.

The Japanese website section on battling Space Ninjas says "You'll traverse a complex, interwoven alternate dimension, engaging in a one-on-one battle of eat or be eaten against the Space Ninja, who wields a variety of weapons." I guess they each have their own (interdimensional) EMMI zones?

Yeah I was listening for that too, although I still wouldn't totally rule it out as Chozo since we might have only been hearing the unknown words

On the other hand, maybe now we get to learn how to speak Space Ninja