Alright then. They got them from namco on the rebound after a failed attempt to purchase Namco because of the Japanese government.

This is welcome news, but I could still see localization for this game taking quite a while. The original Xenoblade Chronicles was released in Japan on 10 June 2010. It didn't see a western release until 19 August 2011 when it released in the EU (Nevermind the fact that it wasn't released in NA until 6 April 2012). My point is that this game will almost definitely be a Holiday 2015 release, and maybe even a Q1/Q2 2016 release in the West. I know that's not what people want to hear, but considering the history of the first game, it's a strong possibility.

Please have good VA, Please have good VA, Please have good VA

That doesn't make sense because XC wasn't even considered for localization until after the game was released due to Operation Rainfall, where as XCX was intended to be localized from the get-go and its announcement in the January 2013 Direct proves that. This means that localization has been going on for a while now, and it's highly unlikely this game will be pushed back an entire year compared to the Japanese release. It will release no later than the holiday of this year.

Agreed. French accents or GTFO.

Takahashi says it's because you touch yourself at night. Way to ruin it for everybody.

But the pool normally drawn from in the US for these projects is so bad...

I genuinely did not know that. Huh. What's the story behind it?

Nintendo was trying to purchase Namco. They had everything worked out to do so, but because that would give them a Monopoly, it was against the law and the government stepped in. So instead Namco decided to just give Nintendo Monolith Soft instead. 

From what I understand, Operation Rainfall was a movement to get it released in NA, not just localized to the West. I think they released XC with the intention of localizing it, which they did for EU, but Operation Rainfall began after it was released in EU. Could be wrong though...

Because medieval Englishman spoke modern English and not middle English? Anyway Shakespeare probably had a rhotic accent. Both Standard American English and Recieved Pronounciation are likely different from English spoken in Britain during the middle ages and up until the late 18th century.

Closer to reality than using a New Jersey accent though. And yes, of course it has changed. But at least if they use accents from European countries, it works with the image of .....you know.....Europe. 

But surely the British pool isn't much better. Honestly, only game I've played to completion with British accents was AC3 and The Last Story. The Last Story was alright, but they have the same problem as US. The male VAs are alright, but my goodness, it's rare to find female characters voiced well.