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Mr Khan on 06 June 2009

Nintendo shouldn't do it, but Nintendo is finally giving Samus voice-work in Other M (and other characters had voices in MP3), so i don't know.



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izaaz101 on 06 June 2009
Orca_Azure said:

as long as Link only sticks to his grunts i'll be happy. The last "voice acting" the series had was with Navi...and that didn't turn out to well.

"HEY!" every few seconds was rather annoying.

I don't really have an opinion either way. I don't mind reading, and I wouldn't mind voice acting. But if it is decided that voice acting is added, I would want them to fo all the way - make Link talk too. And only 1 person knows the "right" way Link sounds - Miyamoto.



mike_intellivision on 06 June 2009

Voices should be optional. But they should be there. And they can be in a variety of languages -- including made-up ones. By the way, it should still have the words to read as well.

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Aaron11 on 06 June 2009

who cares if they speak or not? I mean there's too many stupid people these days. They need to learn how to read. And yes, it kinda would ruin the charm of the game.



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DrYon on 06 June 2009

I think it would work nicely if Link talks.



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wfz on 06 June 2009

There is already voice acting in Zelda, and I love it.

Midna is the most prominent example, and KotRL, Ezlo, and (slightly) ganondorf. Other characters also make grunts and other noises, and that's great.

I however would not like the characters to speak any known language. Their grumblings are perfect, imo. The best example of this is Midna, or WW Ganondorf.



appolose on 07 June 2009
Qumulox said:
The only voice acting I would like to hear in a Zelda game would be gibberish like in Okami. But that's barely voice acting.


I much prefer this, too.  One reason for this is that I've never heard any good voice acting in video games.  Ever.



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Undying on 07 June 2009
9Chiba said:

personally, i think there's a HUGE chance nintendo won't be able to do it right. the only companies cited for good voice acting usually focus on badass or satirical voices, which don't work with a sincere game like zelda. our image of zelda and co. will be completely botched if it's done incorrectly. even with technology today, i still vote for text (or at least billions invested into finding the perfect voices for the characters we've come to love over 20 years)

so... any thoughts? obviously link won't be given a voice, but will voice-acting enhance or ruin zelda games?

 

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9Chiba on 07 June 2009
Undying said:
9Chiba said:

personally, i think there's a HUGE chance nintendo won't be able to do it right. the only companies cited for good voice acting usually focus on badass or satirical voices, which don't work with a sincere game like zelda. our image of zelda and co. will be completely botched if it's done incorrectly. even with technology today, i still vote for text (or at least billions invested into finding the perfect voices for the characters we've come to love over 20 years)

so... any thoughts? obviously link won't be given a voice, but will voice-acting enhance or ruin zelda games?

 

Nintendo has enough money to high any celebrity.

thats true... i was surprised at the kind of people they hired to feature the DS (beyonce, nicole kidman, jamie lidell), but... celebrities dont always make the best voice actors (see kingdom hearts voice cast.)



Destroyer_of_knights on 07 June 2009

about fucking time, it'll take the zelda franchise from the stone ages to the modern age where voice acting like zelda is a must....now I don't care is link him self speaks, hell he can be born mute for all I care...however there is no excuse to make the world around him alive with voice acting.