Topic: No Japanese Voices on Western FF XIII Xbox360 Version? (Read 272 times)

ONI5 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:10:00 PM »

This game needs to have a 'Hard Drive Required' sticker on it. Then we wouldn't have to worry about this. They have to cut it out because the game has to run on HDD-Less systems.

sabbath_dude · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:34:00 PM »

QUOTE(Strikerzex911 @ May 12 2009, 08:16 PM)

Fuck japanese voices, this is America.

I'm in America?

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echto · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:57:00 PM »

I'm still trying to figure out why I need to press 1 for English when I call my health care provider here in the states.

0794 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »

its amazing how many times the obvious answer is just completely ignored...

very few people in the world outside of japan would actually care if the voices were included on the disc.

stevenalvarado · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:43:00 PM »

damn! and I was wondering about spanish voices...

come on men japanese rocks. haven´t you heard the devil in ninja gaiden before fighting like hundreds of foes? anyone remember that part?

that devil´s japanese voice was soooo cool.

HotKnife420 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2009, 09:29:00 PM »

QUOTE(g8crapachino @ May 12 2009, 10:29 PM)

There are a few ways they could work this...put the English voices on the US release, the Japanese voices on the Japanese release, then don't region lock the game. Those that really want the other voices could always import it.

What about the text? The Japanese version will be on shelves before it's translated, more than likely, so importing the japanese version would force you to have Japanese text, as well.

Personally, I'm all for keeping the Japanese voices. I've always been somewhat of an anime fan, so I usually prefer subs + original voices.

As someone else pointed out earlier, the biggest reason for Japanese voices is that voice talent usually sucks when it comes to American [versions of] games (What happened to you, Working Designes?).

Perhaps it has something to do with most of our good actors fetching such a high price, that the only talent they can afford is the talentless kind. Of course, bad translating/localizing can kill a script as well, but usually the biggest problem with NA voices is that everyone's so bland, emotionless, and sound nowhere near how they look. Kinda makes you think the programmers themselves are also the VA team...

tristanx · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2009, 09:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(echto @ May 12 2009, 04:49 PM)

I'm still trying to figure out why I need to press 1 for English when I call my health care provider here in the states.

ditto

except i would like it if they had a option for jive

commandersafi · « **Reply #22 on:** May 12, 2009, 10:48:00 PM »

QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ May 12 2009, 05:01 PM)

If they do, i *may* have to consider getting it on the PS3 (yuk - no achievements).

You do know the PS3 has achievements, right?....They just call them trophies instead. Exact same concept.

Personally I want to be able to play the game in japanese. I dont care if its given on a second disk or as downloadable content as long as i can play in japanese i'll be happy

Mhawk134 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:44:00 AM »

Does this really matter voices cannot be that big make it DLC free or not I do not care because I won't stress over having a language that I can't understand anyway.

Hawk

MaxEgg · « **Reply #24 on:** May 13, 2009, 05:28:00 AM »

XBL DLC ?

Why not take advantage of x-box live's ability to give it to the people who want it and not put it on the disc so they people who don't care don't have to worry about it?

Or just multiple discs like star ocean or lost oddysey?

tom_mandory · « **Reply #25 on:** May 13, 2009, 07:03:00 AM »

QUOTE(Strikerzex911 @ May 13 2009, 04:46 AM)

Fuck japanese voices, this is America.

when will you clowns realise that the usa makes up 4% of the global population. at best, you are barely significant.

This issue is not new on the xbox360. Other japanese games released in the western world have not had japanese soundtracks. And I have refused to play them. Yankee voices over japanese characters is just plain wrong. The tone is wrong, the translation is wrong and the emotion is wrong.

Vejita · « **Reply #26 on:** May 13, 2009, 08:50:00 AM »

QUOTE(Strikerzex911 @ May 12 2009, 06:16 PM)

Fuck japanese voices, this is America.

Wake up, narrow-minded inbred, not everyone is American

Obveron · « **Reply #27 on:** May 13, 2009, 10:47:00 AM »

I would prefer Japanese voices with English subtitles. Unless ofcourse, they redo the animations so the lips move with the English voices, and they get decent english voice actors.

I prefer all my Japanese Anime and Chinese Kung-fu movies in their original language with English Subtitles. I know i'm not alone.
Same goes with foreign games.

You ever listen to the English voices in SF4 or SC4? They're terrible! Japanese all the way!

Maturion · « **Reply #28 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:08:00 PM »

We don't need Japanese voices. Although German is my mother tongue I am happy with English voices.

Japanese sounds strange to my ears.

Reaper527 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:19:00 PM »

QUOTE(commandersafi @ May 12 2009, 11:40 PM)

You do know the PS3 has achievements, right?....They just call them trophies instead. Exact same concept.

the trophies don't have the cool webapi that allows us to have gamercard sites like the 360 does though, does it? i was under the impression the trophies where more of a closed system. (i could be completely wrong, don't take what i said as fact)

don't get me wrong, the 360 achievements aren't as open as i would like. you could do some COOL stuff with that kind of information if ms would open up the api to regular users.

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