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Aerys on 21 January 2017
pokoko said:
This is an odd thread. Watching people work so hard to discredit the opinions of others simply because they cannot bear to have the company they are loyal to being criticized can be a strange thing to observe from the outside.

The criticism seems very reasonable there, too, given that a lot of smaller companies have offered Japanese and English tracks on games. As so many people watch anime with subtitles, and the Japanese voice-over industry has so much top-level voice talent and direction, it's not hard to see where that preference comes from.

But, still, "no, you're wrong to have a preference, you can't question Nintendo!"

I mean, really?

Yeah, sure, 'console warz' and all that, but, come on, at least pick battles that make sense. This is a big AAA game that is going to make Nintendo millions and millions of dollars. Not offering an option that many others have included, and a lot of people enjoy, is certainly worthy of some criticism.

Thank you very much !

 

I always Watch animé/movies/series in their original version and WE are a lot to do thé same.

Especially in m'y country where voice acting is not taken seriously enough when it Comes to animés and games.

 

So for vidéo games with voices acting ( if you wanted to put voices acting in Zelda nintendo , at least do it well -_- ), its thé same, id never have played TLOU in french :s ( and now i learn Zelda voice is thé girl who Made Ellie voice too, it makes me even happier to have avoided this awful voice acting in TLOU) , at worse okay with English version if I cant get Japanese ( liké often un Japanese games but at least im not stuck with no choices ) Because Américans tend to take this more seriously, most of thé Time they have thé best dub with japaneses, like in this case.

 

So yeah ill still end UP playing this game since its Zelda but unless they fix that shit on a day One patch, I wont buy it day One and wont give Nintendo m'y Money since they force me to play their first party games with English subs to get English subs , à shame for one of theof bigger game 



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COKTOE on 21 January 2017

I buy lots of Japanese games on Vita and PS4. It's a nice option, and personally, I use Japanese VO with subtitles more often than not. Soul Sacrifice and Soul Sacrifice Delta asked players to pony-up.....$1.99 I believe....for the privilege. Ha! Luckily the English track was excellent.



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Aerys on 21 January 2017
COKTOE said:
I buy lots of Japanese games on Vita and PS4. It's a nice option, and personally, I use Japanese VO with subtitles more often than not. Soul Sacrifice and Soul Sacrifice Delta asked players to pony-up.....$1.99 I believe....for the privilege. Ha! Luckily the English track was excellent.

Soul Sacrifice English track is thé perfect example to show how Américans really take their job seriously no matter if its for a game and even à niche game.

Same for Persona 4G, thé English track is mindblowingly good, what an immersive expérience.



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Pavolink on 21 January 2017
shikamaru317 said:
pokoko said:
This is an odd thread. Watching people work so hard to discredit the opinions of others simply because they cannot bear to have the company they are loyal to being criticized can be a strange thing to observe from the outside.

The criticism seems very reasonable there, too, given that a lot of smaller companies have offered Japanese and English tracks on games. As so many people watch anime with subtitles, and the Japanese voice-over industry has so much top-level voice talent and direction, it's not hard to see where that preference comes from.

But, still, "no, you're wrong to have a preference, you can't question Nintendo!"

I mean, really?

Yeah, sure, 'console warz' and all that, but, come on, at least pick battles that make sense. This is a big AAA game that is going to make Nintendo millions and millions of dollars. Not offering an option that many others have included, and a lot of people enjoy, is certainly worthy of some criticism.

I whole heartedly agree. This whole "defend Nintendo to the death" thing is so strange to see. Sometimes companies need to change, and this diehard fanbase gives Nintendo an excuse to continue not changing. And don't get me wrong, it's not just Nintendo that needs to change, and it's not just Nintendo who has a diehard fanbase, some of the other fanbases are equally guilty of preventing needed change. 

Dual audio is just about the easiest thing to do, and most other Japanese gaming companies now offer it for their localized games that have multiple audio tracks. All of the subtitles and audio tracks exist, all it would take to implement dual audio is relatively few lines of code and an option to download the voice and subtitle packs for other languages (assuming they don't already come on the game card). 

Just as tiring as it is to read all the Nintendo apologists, it is also to read the heaters nitpicking for every detail. Not that I mean for this particular topic, but just as we see the "defend everything from Nintendo", we also see the "hate everything Nintendo do", and at this point it is unfair from you to just call one side.



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HandofPrometheus on 21 January 2017

English sounded way better in the trailer anyway, made it more tense and exciting. Don't know why people getting so butt hurt over VA.



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KLAMarine on 21 January 2017

petition for this: https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-add-japanese-voice-acting-in-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-western-release

It's not terribly popular, sadly.

For those adamant about getting Japanese VA in their game, look into emulation.

Hell, I may look into it. Looks neat.



Majin-Tenshinhan on 21 January 2017
Peh said:
Random_Matt said:

He/she said they preferred JP voice acting, and was dissapointed it wasn't included. And is the same for other repliers, again import it if people are that bothered. 

The audio tracks are included on all the gamecards of BOTW. But you cannot choose them ingame. You have to set the language of your OS to japanese if you want Jap VO, but text will also be in Kanji. Meaning: English Text and Jap VO is not possible.

So, importing them will have the same issue as being bought at home.

Are you absolutely sure this is how it works? I'm fluent in Japanaese so I don't mind Japanese text, but I don't want to buy the English version and then be crap out of luck because I can't get Japanese audio no matter how I do it.



Cloudman on 21 January 2017

It's not really that big a deal, but still sounds dumb. How hard could it be to have the audio and text be separate? Not thaaaat hard I imagine.



 

              

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Peh on 21 January 2017
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Peh said:

The audio tracks are included on all the gamecards of BOTW. But you cannot choose them ingame. You have to set the language of your OS to japanese if you want Jap VO, but text will also be in Kanji. Meaning: English Text and Jap VO is not possible.

So, importing them will have the same issue as being bought at home.

Are you absolutely sure this is how it works? I'm fluent in Japanaese so I don't mind Japanese text, but I don't want to buy the English version and then be crap out of luck because I can't get Japanese audio no matter how I do it.

Yes, this was confirmed by Aonuma.

http://nintendoeverything.com/aonuma-says-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-doesnt-have-an-option-for-dual-audio/

“In the case of the Nintendo Switch, if you change the language of the system, you can change the game to Japanese, but that will change everything to Japanese. Unfortunately, it is not possible to play with English text, for example, and Japanese voices.”

I still plan to take a language course for japanese, maybe sometime this year.



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Majin-Tenshinhan on 21 January 2017
Peh said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:

Are you absolutely sure this is how it works? I'm fluent in Japanaese so I don't mind Japanese text, but I don't want to buy the English version and then be crap out of luck because I can't get Japanese audio no matter how I do it.

Yes, this was confirmed by Aonuma.

http://nintendoeverything.com/aonuma-says-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-doesnt-have-an-option-for-dual-audio/

“In the case of the Nintendo Switch, if you change the language of the system, you can change the game to Japanese, but that will change everything to Japanese. Unfortunately, it is not possible to play with English text, for example, and Japanese voices.”

I still plan to take a language course for japanese, maybe sometime this year.

Nice, good luck :)

It just sounds so incredibly strange to me for the cartridge to have Japanese voices in it but not the option to enable them. It's very hard for me to believe even though he's outright stating it, still a bit skeptical about buying the EU version...