How in the heck does this colloquial japanese sentence make any sense grammatically?


I am aware that this is colloquial japanese, but the individual parts are
jumbled haphazardly to where I can't figure out how this is supposed to follow
even somewhat correct grammar. I got 2 translations from another source, but
the structure is what confuses me, I mean, the translations seem to take too
many liberties and stretches out the japanese too far.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtcZOQ_xj8&t=2m26s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtcZOQ_xj8&t=2m26s)

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> そうなんですよね。もちろん、あの、世界中からいろんなこう惜しむ反応が出るというのは「DS」・「Wii」はもちろんなんですけれども、その前のやっぱりロールプレイングゲームのマザー2とか
> そういうものの、やっぱり、すごいじゃないか、という岩田さんに対する思いがこういう惜しむ声にもつながっているような気がいたしましたけれどもね、はい。

1st translation I received from the forum of another website:

> Basically it's saying "I attribute the expression of regrets from all over
> the world to people's thoughts that he's done amazing works including not
> only DS and Wii, but also an older role playing game Mother 2"

2nd translation:

> That's right. Of course, umm, the condolences from around the world are of
> course from his work on the DS and the Wii, but also the role playing game
> Earthbound.I think that the expressions of condolence are connected to how
> people think how amazing Iwata's work on these things is.

My breakdown of this speech:

> Of course, there are various condolences from all over the world, such as
> for the "DS" and "Wii", but before that, the previous role-playing game
> Mother 2 and so on.

そういうもののやっぱり (google translate) After all such a thing After all of those
things

すごいじゃないか amazing!

岩田さんに対する思いがこういう惜しむ声にもつながっているような気がいたしましたけれどもね、はい。 I felt that the condolences
are connected to these kinds of fan's memories of Mr. Iwata.




The basic structure of the sentence is:

> 世界中から惜しむ反応が出るというのは、  
>  There are condolences from around the world, which means,  
>  岩田さんに対する思いが惜しむ声にもつながっている  
>  Thoughts toward Iwata-san have led to the condolences.  
>  ような気がいたしました。  
>  That's what I felt.

So I would parse it this way:

> 世界中からいろんなこう惜しむ反応が出るというのは、  
>  There are various condolences like this from around the world, which means,
>
>
> 【「DS」・「Wii」はもちろんなんですけれども、その前のやっぱりロールプレイングゲームのマザー2とかそういうものの、やっぱり、すごいじゃないか、という】岩田さんに対する思いが  
>  People's thoughts toward Mr. Iwata 【that not only DS and Wii, but also the
> previous role playing game Mother 2 or such things are, after all, amazing】
>
> こういう惜しむ声にもつながっている  
>  have led to these condolences.
>
> ような気がいたしました  
>  That's what I felt.

"「DS」・「Wii」はもちろんなんですけれども、その前のやっぱりロールプレイングゲームのマザー2とかそういうものの、やっぱり、すごいじゃないか" is
the content of the 思い.

So I think the 1st translation in your post ("I attribute the expression of
regrets from all over the world to people's thoughts that he's done amazing
works including not only DS and Wii, but also an older role playing game
Mother 2") is good.

Does this make sense to you?




The basic structure of the sentence is:

> 世界中から惜しむ反応が出るというのは、  
>  There are condolences from around the world, which means,  
>  岩田さんに対する思いが惜しむ声にもつながっている  
>  Thoughts toward Iwata-san have led to the condolences.  
>  ような気がいたしました。  
>  That's what I felt.

So I would parse it this way:

> 世界中からいろんなこう惜しむ反応が出るというのは、  
>  There are various condolences like this from around the world, which means,
>
>
> 【「DS」・「Wii」はもちろんなんですけれども、その前のやっぱりロールプレイングゲームのマザー2とかそういうものの、やっぱり、すごいじゃないか、という】岩田さんに対する思いが  
>  People's thoughts toward Mr. Iwata 【that not only DS and Wii, but also the
> previous role playing game Mother 2 or such things are, after all, amazing】
>
> こういう惜しむ声にもつながっている  
>  have led to these condolences.
>
> ような気がいたしました  
>  That's what I felt.

"「DS」・「Wii」はもちろんなんですけれども、その前のやっぱりロールプレイングゲームのマザー2とかそういうものの、やっぱり、すごいじゃないか" is
the content of the 思い.

So I think the 1st translation in your post ("I attribute the expression of
regrets from all over the world to people's thoughts that he's done amazing
works including not only DS and Wii, but also an older role playing game
Mother 2") is good.

Does this make sense to you?

