Will Xenoblade NTSC have the UK English voices?

#1 Posted by xyzygy (8608 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I think this would be kick ass. I have never played a JRPG with a cast of UK voice actors. I think it'll be very fresh to not hear the same old voice actors over and over again (Yuri Lowenthal, Liam O'Brian, the guy who does Fenris in DA2, the girl who does Estelle in Vesperia, etc) So it'll be nice. I am completely sick of North American voice actors, they are so recycled and lifeless now.

#2 Posted by TehFlan (1944 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

That's great, but the UK voice acting is supposedly terrible. That said, they'll probably use it.

#3 Posted by xyzygy (8608 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@TehFlan said:

That's great, but the UK voice acting is supposedly terrible. That said, they'll probably use it.

Oh that's too bad. Oh well I might have to go full Japanese/English Subs for this one.

#4 Edited by MooseyMcMan (8551 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Nintendo's not going to spend the money to re-dub the game.

The voice acting is mad-British though. I watched a couple hours of it online. Seemed fine to me.

Edit: HOWEVER, I feel I should add that if it was re-dubbed with only Nolan North...Xenoblade would be my game of the year 2012.

#5 Posted by LaserGreen (43 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I heard that the UK voice acting was actually quite good as far as JRPG's go.

#6 Posted by Cornman89 (1579 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Having put about 50 hours into the game, I can assure you the VO is not terrible.

#7 Posted by SuperWristBands (2029 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I don't much care for the English accent, I'd rather hear the over-played voice actors.

@xyzygy said:

the girl who does Estelle in Vesperia

Unless my memory and back-up super fast internet search is wrong... she isn't in much at all. I don't know if that search is right though... it says she does the voice of Chie in Persona 4 as well as Sakura in Street Fighter 4. None of which sound the same to me... but if it is true, then more power to her.

#8 Edited by MEATBALL (1958 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@LaserGreen said:

I heard that the UK voice acting was actually quite good as far as JRPG's go.

It's typically pretty damn great, I feel. This is an Aussie's perspective, however. The trailer that went up alongside the US release announcement definitely had the UK voice acting.

#9 Posted by SuperWristBands (2029 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@MooseyMcMan said:

Edit: HOWEVER, I feel I should add that if it was re-dubbed with only Nolan North...Xenoblade would be my game of the year 2012.

I feel as though this goes without saying for pretty much every game that has ever been made. Ever.

#10 Edited by Marz (5469 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@xyzygy said:

@TehFlan said:

That's great, but the UK voice acting is supposedly terrible. That said, they'll probably use it.

Oh that's too bad. Oh well I might have to go full Japanese/English Subs for this one.

it's totally fine the way it was dubbed. Unless you are very picky about your british accents... which most non british people won't be bothered by much.

#11 Edited by RuthLoose (506 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

This game is MAAAAAD British.

SPOILERS: This video is a play through of the game and features the very first 10 minutes of gameplay. The narrator here does a great job keeping later spoilers subdued in the event you are curious.

#12 Posted by CountMacula (231 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I'd very much doubt they'll re-dub it. Wasn't there an option to use the Japanese voices instead in the European release?

#13 Posted by Hailinel (18084 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@xyzygy said:

I think this would be kick ass. I have never played a JRPG with a cast of UK voice actors. I think it'll be very fresh to not hear the same old voice actors over and over again (Yuri Lowenthal, Liam O'Brian, the guy who does Fenris in DA2, the girl who does Estelle in Vesperia, etc) So it'll be nice. I am completely sick of North American voice actors, they are so recycled and lifeless now.

Nintendo has already confirmed that the U.S. release will essentially be the same as the European version in terms of the English localization, though I expect that they might change spellings to reflect American English.

#14 Posted by emem (1923 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@CountMacula said:

I'd very much doubt they'll re-dub it. Wasn't there an option to use the Japanese voices instead in the European release?

Yep, I'm playing with Japanese voices and English subtitles and it's great. I tried listening to the English voice actors, but gave up about 15 hours in, because their voices changed the whole atmosphere in such a way that it started to feel awkward... that's just me though.

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Xenoblade Chronicles is a 2010 RPG developed by Monolith Soft, exclusively on the Nintendo Wii. Two great civilizations that live on the vast bodies of slain deities have been at war for aeons, and now with the development of a dangerous superweapon, things are finally coming to a head.

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