E3 2012: The Midnight Channel Returns In Persona 4 Arena

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I'm with ya, Jeff. That is not Yu Narakami!

Really, it seems like a no-brainer that they'd let you change his name. If they have to voice his title they should just say "boss" or something to that effect.

Da eff?

My heart says to rejoice, my brain say "firgg'n piss!"

@Lobster_Ear said:

They Spelled Charlie Tunoku wrong...

I'm told there are story reasons why everyone doesn't sound right, so relax everyone. I'm don't understand why people are mad about voice acting in a fighting game

@Rollout said:

This Kanji sounds to me like the bad bad bathhouse Kanji. Which is fine by me.

Indeed:

This Kanji sounds to me like the bad bad bathhouse Kanji. Which is fine by me.

@Phished0ne said:

HEY GUYS, KNOW WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A FIGHTING GAME IS?? VOICE ACTING.

LOL. Touche, sir. Two-Shay.

I think it's possible we all love these characters a little too much.

HEY GUYS, KNOW WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A FIGHTING GAME IS?? VOICE ACTING.

MAn, I really wanted to support Atlus with this game, but to me, the voice overs were a key point in P4, sorry Atlus. I still love you.

@Castermhief117 said:

@SpunkyHePanda said:

@Castermhief117 said:

All the voices changed! :( Except Naoto?

I think Chie and Teddie are the only ones with different voice actors.

Really? Chie and Teddie sound very different, but I swear the others sound a little different too.

SpunkyhePanda is correct. Only Chie and Teddy have new voice actors. The rest are all the same. Johnny Yong Bosch was just heard so little in the game as the main protagonist. He only occasionally said, "Persona" or "Zio".

I did a write up about the change in voice actors over on Anime Vice a few days ago. HERE The replacement for Chie, Erin Fitzgerald, has already done some voices in CATHERINE. The guy who's playing Teddy, Sam Riegel, was in the original PERSONA 4 as additional voices. He also has numerous credits in both ADR direction and script writing for anime. They both seem to be in pretty good hands.

Chie's original VA I don't think is active any more in voice acting. Teddy's replacement is a bit more confusing. Dave Wittenberg is still in anime and games. He's the voice of Kakashi in NARUTO.

Spoilers: most cartoon voice actors are twice the age of who they portray.

Also I agree with Jeff, I had this idea a couple months ago. Also this game looks awesome. I love the music stage.

Teddie's new voice is just awful... :(

It really saddens me to hear they're using this voice to re-record his lines in Golden. So depressing... Dave Wittenberg did such a great Teddie. It's such a hard role to pull off and not be purely annoying. This new guy... can't do it. :(

The fact that this was posted at midnight is really special to me makes me want to cry a little.

@ItBeStefYo said:

@AxleFGK: No way was that Kanji

Yes it was. That was Troy Baker putting on a flamboyant voice.

@Draxyle said:

They had better find a way to get him back for the Anime and The Golden, because that's almost a dealbreaker if they don't. I'm sad for Chie's loss as well, but it's not quite as jarring.

Nope. Teddie and Chie have been replaced in Golden as well.

And as of right now, we don't know if they will get anyone back for the anime.

Get hype bent.

@Curufinwe said:

@gbrading: If you haven't seen it yet, The P4 anime starts of slowly, but is extremely well done.

http://www.hulu.com/persona-4

Fuck you for linking that, Now I have to watch it.

@AxleFGK: No way was that Kanji

I think the new Chie voice is fine. Teddie is lesser but that's the reality of business sometimes.

The original English voice actor for Teddie was Teddie; seeing him replaced is painful. He was probably the best voiceactor of the entire bunch. They had better find a way to get him back for the Anime and The Golden, because that's almost a dealbreaker if they don't. I'm sad for Chie's loss as well, but it's not quite as jarring.

@TooWalrus said:

I am stupidly hyped for a game I probably won't even enjoy.

That about sums it up for me too. Hate fighting games, but I feel compelled to invest here.

@Castermhief117:

no they're all the same, except chie and teddie but chie sounds the same.

@TripMasterMunky said:

Can I unlock Ghoul or Creepy Raper Guy as playable characters?

Yeah they're on the disc but you gotta wait till the Vita version comes out to unlock.

Can I unlock Ghoul or Creepy Raper Guy as playable characters?

My only question is whether Funky Student, Drama Queen, or Ball-maniac Kou will be playable characters.

God I love this trailer so much.

@MikeGosot said:

@paulunga said:

@melodiousj said:

That's not my Chie. My Chie sounds like a 30 year old woman pretending to be a teenager.

I'm pretty sure the carnivore who's discarded womanhood (what a great line) is still spoken by a 30 year old woman.

Nope, she's 40 years old.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!

It's the most important detail of the game, dude!

@MikeGosot said:

@paulunga said:

@melodiousj said:

That's not my Chie. My Chie sounds like a 30 year old woman pretending to be a teenager.

I'm pretty sure the carnivore who's discarded womanhood (what a great line) is still spoken by a 30 year old woman.

Nope, she's 40 years old.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!

Ok, that was fantastic. I hope it plays more like Guilty Gear and less like BlazBlue, though. I felt like the characters in BlazBlue were all a bit more complicated than they had to be. Despite it having a really good tutorial mode, the only character I could really use was Tager by falling back on scrubby grappler tactics. Of course, that only took me so far (not very).

What the F are they even saying?!?! Too Japanese for its own good.

@Curufinwe said:

@gbrading: If you haven't seen it yet, The P4 anime starts of slowly, but is extremely well done.

http://www.hulu.com/persona-4

Are you kidding? They cover hours of gameplay (appr. 12 ER episodes) within the first episode. I thought it was too much, but it grew on me.

@melodiousj said:

That's not my Chie. My Chie sounds like a 30 year old woman pretending to be a teenager.

I'm pretty sure the carnivore who's discarded womanhood (what a great line) is still spoken by a 30 year old woman.

Damn, even though I watched them play the whole game I still want to go back and play it my way!

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

@melodiousj said:

That's not my Chie. My Chie sounds like a 30 year old woman pretending to be a teenager.

I'm pretty sure the carnivore who's discarded womanhood (what a great line) is still spoken by a 30 year old woman.

@FluxWaveZ said:

I don't understand how people are saying they don't sound the same. Other than Chie and Teddie (and Yu surprising me with his dialogue the first time I saw this trailer), they all sound pretty much the same to me.

Yosuke's dialogue during combat sounds like he's a bit snarkier, but that's about it.

That's because other then Chie and Teddie, they are all the same voice actors.

These people who are saying that Yosuke or Kanji sound different are just crazy.

That's not my Chie. My Chie sounds like a 30 year old woman pretending to be a teenager.

@gbrading: If you haven't seen it yet, The P4 anime starts of slowly, but is extremely well done.

http://www.hulu.com/persona-4

Did Jeff do an interview with Atlus at E3 about P4 Arena and P4 Golden? He should have.

Who the hell is Yu Narukami? Oh, it's Charlie Tunoku's secret identity, right. :P

ಠ_ಠ

Who is Yu? He looked alot like Charlie Tunoku. Pfft, silly japanese.

@Peanut: I don't really think I'm above everyone, I simply just think it's the better cast just as you probably think the English cast is superior. With everyone here complaining about the voices I thought it'd be funny to post.

Lighten up duder!

Taking a week off of work for this. 'Bout to take all these PSN scrubs to the god damn meat dimension.

Everytime I see Kanji BEATING THE SHIT out of Naoto I die a little inside...

"You need to eat more meat!"

Deep in the realms of romance!

This game looks not interesting. Maybe it'll be ok but I won't be playing it.

That one snippet of Chie actually sounded better than I thought it would, but Teddie reminds me of a q-tip made of sandpaper.

Yeah guys, I can't believe how much Jaheira's voice changed between Baldur's Gate 1 and 2!

Charlie should have a text box instead of a voice actor