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vivster on 27 January 2014

Doesn't Link already have a terrible voice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dD5YHA_bc0



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Twilord on 27 January 2014

I still don't think Zelda should feature extensive voice acting...

Except maybe Morgan Freeman for Ganondorf. Pure evil with the voice of sex...



LemonSlice on 27 January 2014
vivster said:
Doesn't link already have a terrible voice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dD5YHA_bc0

I never noticed how video games sound so much like porn.



OdinHades on 27 January 2014

Give him a voice, give Players an option to turn it off. Everyone's happy. I still think the only reason why Link has no voice is because Nintendo is seriously greedy and just doesn't want to spend money on voice actors.



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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 27 January 2014
OdinHades said:
Give him a voice, give Players an option to turn it off. Everyone's happy. I still think the only reason why Link has no voice is because Nintendo is seriously greedy and just doesn't want to spend money on voice actors.


So you admit that spending money on voice actors would not even result in sales increasing to the point where hiring them is financially beneficial?

 

OT: No thanks. Link doesn't even have text dialogue at this point and hopefully it will remain that way.



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JinxRake on 27 January 2014

There are only two voice choices for Link.

Either:

OR



fleischr on 27 January 2014

I think Link is actually DEAF or hard of hearing. And doesn't speak because it sounds funny when does.
-explains his very short replies to questions
-strangely enough deaf folk do have a proclivity towards music
-explains why he seems to be an orphan
-explains why Navi WON'T SHUT UP



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torok on 27 January 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
If Nintendo decides to give link an official voice unlike that CDI garbage, it has to be perfect... Like literately, perfect... I mean, the amount of perfection that it has to have has to be half life 3 level or else the backlash, specially with the poor wiiU sales, is gonna be huge... They also have to make sure not to over do it like how Team Ninja did with Other M

Idk, I will shit my pants the day that link has a voice


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Super_Boom on 27 January 2014

Nobuyuki Hiyama. No need for dialogue, just battle cries is enough.

If it isn't obvious, I really really dislike the idea of voice acting in a Zelda game. To me, Zelda's always been more comparable to a book than a cinematic experience. If it's done well, I'd be more than happy to admit I was wrong, I just have extremely high standards, and, until recently, English voice acting in first-party Nintendo games has been pretty subpar.

If I had to choose though, I've had a funny headcanon in the last few console Zeldas of Link being voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. He does a lot of dubbed anime, and I've heard his voice in a few of the Tales of games. Guy from Tales of the Abyss is the first that comes to mind, though I'm sure he's done many more that I'm too lazy to look up.

Only if I had to choose though.



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Twilord on 27 January 2014

Can Sinead O'Connor's singing voice be Zelda's talking voice? That'd go nicely with Morgan Freeman for Ganondorf.