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Aksys has no plans to dub BlazBlue Central Fiction [Petition Added to OP]
- Thread starter Busaiku
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TriggerShy
Member
English voices right? I'd go with Arakune and Bang.
Arakune is particularly at his best in gameplay for me, since you actually understand what he is saying. I really like how he sometimes has these moments of thoughtfulness in some of his intro quotes. I also find his insane rants funny.
I prefer Bang's old voice to his new one. He seemed a more over the top and dramatic. I personally had this theory that because Bang's would sometimes break, he was only pretending to have a overly heroic voice and actually had a really high voice.
Zambatoh
Member
Makoto and Kokanoe's english voice actor's are my favorites. Their delivery is just perfect for all those comedic scenes. Especially when paired with Tager's more serious performances.
cj_iwakura
Member
Mine have always been GIGANTIC TAGER, Ragna, Kokonoe(she nails the sarcastic bitch angle), Jin(every angle), Nine, Jubei, and Litchi(another every facet nailed voice).
Can't imagine Jubei being playable without his southern drawl.
Can't imagine Jubei being playable without his southern drawl.
Celcius
°Temp. member
ShadowSoldier89
Member
Cristina Vee's noel is basically why I care about voice acting these days
Mela Lee's rachel cracks me up in story mode
Seitz's ragna has always been great
Tager's voice is just so... fitting. Soft yet strong, smart and also a bit crazy. Hard to describe.
Bang's had two voice actors, and I found them both wonderfully over-the-top.
I'm warming up to the newer characters as I revisit the series. There's not anyone I can pinpoint and say they dropped the ball.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
so has anyone tried gematsu? Trying to think of outlets that might actually take the time to put something up for this
ShadowSoldier89
Member
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Mmm try kotaku,gematsu,silconera, dualshockers(definitely will if you can reach nelva). Not so sure about ign,gamespot and so on unless others pick it up
I sent in a tip to IGN the other day, but nothing came of it. Someone else might wish to try. I couldn't even find Gamestop's news tip contact info.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
kotaku has been ignoring this, I know a couple have tried. I sent a message to dualshockers just now
cj_iwakura
Member
They rarely cover 'news', just upcoming bits of interest.
tintin1029
Member
Every time I hear Makoto, I just begin to melt.
She's so perfect.
She's so perfect.
AWizardDidIt
Member
I have a hard time thinking of a bad performance from the english v/o cast.
New Bang kinda sucks. Carl and Celica are kind of annoying, but then so are their characters so I guess that actually works in their favor?
Everyone else is great.
New Bang kinda sucks. Carl and Celica are kind of annoying, but then so are their characters so I guess that actually works in their favor?
Everyone else is great.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
"The heavens, the earth, and a million squirrels call to me! Huh? What? They don't?"
ShadowSoldier89
Member
the only places really carrying/talking about it are here, reddit, gamefaqs, twitter, destructoid, and shoryuken. All n all pretty small in the grand scheme of things. Without getting places like gamespot, kotaku, and IGN to post something we are still doing quite well. If those places posted something it would probably get over 5k
That's pretty much it, and the case for any petition. 99% of the people who would sign it don't know the petition exists. In fact, at this point, I'd wager a good majority of Blazblue players aren't even AWARE that the English dub isn't there this time.
So the message is two-fold; let them know the English dub is absent, and then let them know a petition is up. It's tough to do that and get major exposure without at least one major gaming news outlet picking up on it.
But by all means, Kotaku. Create a whole topic just for this gif of a horse stuck in a ditch.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I had the exact same thought before ever reading your post...
cj_iwakura
Member
I hope people are bombarding their twitter. It's key.
It really is important they know. It's also important to know that if people DON'T buy the game at launch, they fully understand why and don't draw a "people don't like Blazblue" conclusion.
It's so important they are told clearly and loudly what the gamers want so there can be no confusion.
Celcius
°Temp. member
For anyone that doesn't have twitter, you can also contact them via email: http://www.aksysgames.com/contact/contact-sales/
*sends one*
*sends one*
cj_iwakura
Member
Also helpful. I think their silence at the moment is speaking volumes, though. Not to mention whatever behind-the-scenes shenanigans Seitz & co. might be up to.
I think I'm gonna take a page from Operation Rainfall's book and start posting updates with new strategies to get as much attention as possible.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I was debating creating a page of some sort, but I just don't have the free time atm
cj_iwakura
Member
It's all good, I can use twitter and the petition page pretty effectively. I'm sure others are putting in work, too, like many many videos in the wild.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
yea should be doable todayNearly 2900 signatures... I bet today is the day that we finally break 3k.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Stockholm syndrome.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
Its really sunk in at this point that the removal of the english voice acting truly kills this series for me. A series thats been one of my favorite since it first started.
In a way it feels dumb that the acting language alone has that big of an effect, and I'm sure many people would be quick to tell me that, but I dont care, thats just how it is.
I really hope this works out, but I don't have much faith still.
In a way it feels dumb that the acting language alone has that big of an effect, and I'm sure many people would be quick to tell me that, but I dont care, thats just how it is.
I really hope this works out, but I don't have much faith still.
It's been the version you've embraced for nearly 8 years now. There's nothing wrong with that.
It would be the same as Dragon Ball Z deciding to stop supporting an English dub and only releasing the series subtitled. Sure, some Japanese-language purists would be okay with it, but for many, those are THE voices they're familiar with and grew up with.
It's how I feel as a Gundam fan in English, with the English dub of the original '79 Gundam, then Z Gundam with the same cast, then Char's Counterattack with the same English cast and... ZZ Gundam is subtitled only. It's jarring as hell and it slams the breaks on the consistency the anime had in English up to that point.
Dialogue is a huge part of human behavior and interaction, and being able to clearly understand what is spoken to you or around you composes a great deal of our social experiences. That's a testament to good voice work, and a just how much audio and dialogue shape our enjoyment of the things and world around us.
ANN posted a story about the lack of dub, but the only mention of the petition is in the comments.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I clicked into the comments for that article feeling like this would bne the usual ANN comments about how dubs ruin anime and everyone who watches them is fucking things up (which as an aside theres some hilarious irony in anime fans trying to belittle other people considering how they are generally treated), but it was actually balanced the same way most places are. a few assholes, a few people saying its fine, and most people being disappointed
Celcius
°Temp. member
Only 16 more signatures to go for 3K: https://www.change.org/p/aksys-games-support-the-dub-for-blazblue-central-fiction
Z..
Member
When it comes to anime, I really couldn't care less as I'll always have the option to choose, but as far as video games are concerned, quite often you ARE fucking things up for everyone else when it comes to japanese games.
I'll skip horrendous stuff like Shenmue and just focus on competent efforts. It has never stopped being a nuisance putting up with english voices that feel completely out of place in MegaTen/Persona, Legend Of Heroes, Catherine, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade C X, etc... Even though I still love these games to the core, I would have replayed some of them many more times than I currently have if I didn't have to put up with dubs that despite functional feel completely dissonant with their respective games. Ni No Kuni would be my go to example, I suppose... the dub is great but I'll be damned if the original VAs don't do a much better job of making the characters feel like they belong in the game's world.
In some cases it's irrelevant, obviously (Dragon's Dogma comes to mind), but there's too many cases where it makes a difference and we just get shafted!
Maybe being from the places where these dubs are made doesn't allow you to notice just how much they change the experience because this is the way you've always known this type of product, but for someone who's used to the real deal it feels like nails on a chalkboard. Especially because much like AAA western games who pretty much all sound like they're going for the hollywood approach, most japanese titles end up getting stuck with dubs that ape the anime dub approach when it comes to tone, inflection and quirks regardless of whether or not it fits.
Again, dubs are always fine as an option... but it's infuriating that we end up getting deprived of the option to experience something as originally intended just to cater to a vocal minority hailing from a couple specific countries when both options can't be implemented.
Not the case here, though, so you have my full support and I already signed the petition, but you can't deny the fact that you are in fact fucking things up for some us.
cj_iwakura
Member
ShadowSoldier89
Member
is this dude for real?
cj_iwakura
Member
Who? Oh.
Yes...yes, he is.
Not even going to get started on his logic behind English voice acting being out of place in Xenoblade X when the hub is literally marked as a United States colony. Furthermore, it doesn't make much sense to apply such thinking to the Trails titles under The Legend of Heroes either based on its casts or settings.
He can apply that logic all he likes for things like SMT (minus Strange Journey, but that doesn't have voice acting anyway) and Persona, which are actually set in Japan. For Fire Emblem, plausible for a more heavily Japanese-influenced setting like with Fates, not so much with Awakening and the others before it. Catherine, it's whatever, given that (major SPOILERS)
it's set on an American space colony, IIRC, yet the architecture and habits/mannerisms exhibited by the cast tend to be very Japanese