Final Fantasy XIII NA,EU theme song VS Japan theme song

[lestatdark]

mibuokami said:

lestatdark said:
I don't want to make a confusion. I don't particulary care about the song "My hands", nor do I care about RnB, quite the contrary.

I just think it's a bit too much to allow your experience to be detracted by a single song in the game. I prefer the JP song to the NA/EU version, but I don't go as far as most do to claim that the entire game suffers in quality because of it.

Also, as a side note, why wasn't this same thing said about previous FF songs? After hearing the NA/EU song, it didn't strike me as it being so different from "Kiss me goodbye" or "Eyes on me". I've been a fan of the series since FFIV and have seen a fair share of complains, each time a new FF is released (fans can't never be satisfied, so it seems), but it's the first time they complain about a song and claim that it will ruin their experience.

Kiss me Goodbye was a quansy translation song. It was design, both in its English and Japanese version, for Final Fantasy XII and I think Angela Aki sang both version to boot. Eyes on me didn't even have a Japanese version, there was only the English version sang by Wong Faye, even in the original Japanese release.

This is the first time that Square has picked an existing song from a popular idol as a main FF theme, every single other major FF release had song that were written and composed by Square Enix for the game specifically.

Darth is correct, Echo WILL appeal to more people because it is more mainstream.

This doesn't mean I have to like it. I just really wish they'd include the original or even better, took the effort to translate the song and hire someone to sing it like they did with 1000 Words or Kiss me Goodbye and give that as an option.

I won't make or break the game, but its the little thing that gives you a sense of completion and remind you that SE still cares enough to give a bone to its grassroot supporter in the west.

I guess that won't ever happen again...

Look, I understand what you mean, if you look at my responses, I would too prefer that we would have the original or an option to get both songs instead of just the international version one, since i'm also not particulary fond of Leona Lewis songs or RnB songs for that matter.

I also understand that you might feel a bit betrayed at S-E actions, but us here in Europe have always been getting the short end of the stick when it comes S-E games. We always get the games last, we don't get most of the rare RPG's that come out only in Japan or America and we sometimes we get better versions true, but most of the time we get crappier versions (FFX horizontal bars of crap, I still remember thee)

I've been a grassroot supporter of S-E since Squaresoft and Enix days, and will continue to be so, they are just adapting with the times. A song like this will give a much deserves sales boost, even if us old fans don't particulary agree with it. I just want FF to be succesfull and for the entire quality of the game to be top notch like all Final Fantasy games are, so that's why i'm not letting this affect me, as it shouldn't affect any Final Fantasy fan :)