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[orochi91]

yes, even though it's a game about an American spaceship crashlanding on an alien planet, I still want British VA

Truth.

British VAs are more pleasant to the ears, and tend to give consistently better performances than American VAs.

Also, British accents seem appropriate in Fantasy/Sci-fi settings, after JP of course.

 

[Luigi87]

Definitely sucks for those who wanted it, and disappointing but not unexpected.
Myself it doesn't affect as I absolutely adored the English voice overs.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Xenoblade has one of few dubs I could stand, so I'm fine with that but Xenoblade X Chronicles bette rhave dual audio.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

One of my genuine fears is that Treehouse or even 8-4 will handle the XCX dub

yes, even though it's a game about an American spaceship crashlanding on an alien planet, I still want British VA

Fuck that. USA! USA!

 

[Htown]

I never even realized the Wii version even came with Japanese audio

 

[Shadow Ranger]

Did not care much for the dubs. Dunban is really good, though.

FFXII and Ni No Kuni are good dubs, in case people wondered...

 

[koutoru]

As others have said, this is not surprising. Especially since they are trying to downsize a game that has this much content into a single 3DS cart.

 

[Synless]

I never even realized the Wii version even came with Japanese audio

I didn't either, mind blown.

 

[Glass Rebel]

I thought that was an emulator bug as it handles the video mode changes differently to actual hardware but I'm interested in hearing otherwise.

Oh, I thought it ran at 25fps on original hardware as well. It's been a while though.

 

[Maintenance]

Do we know how big is the game so far? In blocks.

 

[Ansatz]

Well then I'm not buying the game.

 

[Orniletter]

I never even realized the Wii version even came with Japanese audio

I didn't either, mind blown.

Only the european version did.

 

[The Technomancer]

I never even realized the Wii version even came with Japanese audio

Yeah me neither

 

[Vampirolol]

So the PAL version will run even better than the Wii one?

 

[ghibli99]

I've somehow not played XBC yet, but something tells me I'm going to enjoy it way more on the N3DS. As I get older, I find it more difficult to sit in front of a TV playing long RPGs. Couldn't do it with P4, but played through P4G just fine. It's nice to just pick up and play a little bit, sleep it, and quickly continue later.

 

[Lagamorph]

Makes absolutely no difference.

Didn't even realise it was in the Wii version and I've got the European one.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Did not care much for the dubs. Dunban is really good, though.

FFXII and Ni No Kuni are good dubs, in case people wondered...

I would've preferred an adult female for Oliver to what we got. Amazing otherwise.

 

[Ridley327]

Only the european version did.

The US version has the Japanese audio, as well. Granted, it is essentially a duplicate of the PAL version, but those guys didn't get to have all the fun to themselves.

 

[Piccoro]

The Wii version had dual-audio? :O
Oh man, they really need to release this game on WiiU's eShop...

 

[Percy]

I'm not going to quote every disagreeing post, but you can't "lol nope" an opinion, and in my opinion the dub was just completely grating and most of the voices didn't fit the characters at all, Shulk especially... and if I can't stand listening to the main character's voice, then obviously we have a problem.

Admittedly, I changed over to the JP track after the first couple of hours and didn't change back, so it's certainly possible it could have gotten better as it went, but I would be very very surprised if this was the case.

I really did not care for that dub at all.

 

[evanmisha]

DLC please?

 

[Choppasmith]

Well then I'm not buying the game.

SO EDGY! If JP voices are THAT improtant to you, you can always pick up the Wii version. Xenoblade is too great a game to pass up for petty preferences.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Playing it on the Wii atm and thankful I didn't wait for the 3DS version now.

 

[Arxisz]

That's dissapointing but expected with the cart space. Hope they atleast offer it as an optional DLC.

 

[Son Of D]

The Wii version had a Japanese option?

 

[Fireblend]

I can't imagine this game without english voices and I haven't even played it.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I guess I missed Jenna Coleman as Melia since I switched before that. Whatever.

Only the european version did.

The USA version has Japanese VA so you aren't forced to listen to the wretched screeches of the Queen's thralls.

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

Slightly amateurish? Xenoblade? By Meyneth that's a bizarre opinion to have. I thought they nailed it.

I'm worried about X to be honest, given the incredibly different translations that NoA and NoE did on the E3 trailer. Even if we can't get British VA on X, I'd rather NoE did all of the translating work, if that's the route NoA is eyeing.

 

[Maintenance]

SO EDGY! If JP voices are THAT improtant to you, you can always pick up the Wii version. Xenoblade is too great a game to pass up for petty preferences.

That's not an option in many places. I would gladly play the Wii version, but who says I can find a copy here? It's impossible.

 

[Dunkley]

Big deal for me. Liked the great English dub but I loved the Japanese voicetrack. I can handle tho.

Is it 30fps? For Europeans that didn't bother with the framerate patch this might perform better than the PAL Wii version.

I tried googling this but only found Dolphin related stuff. Was Xenoblade capped at 25 on PAL consoles or something (at 480p)?

 

[akidnamededdy]

People expected it to be in there? Hahah.

I've started thiss game twice now and both times just stopped after three or four hours, just can't sit in front of a TV long enough anymore. Looking forward to this version, especially now that it seems it won't be as gimped as we thought.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

Still double dipping

 

[moeman]

Whats with this thing of adding a Japanese dub anyways?

Does Bayonetta 2, and Bayonetta 1 benefited in any way with the dub? is a dub necessary for DMC 4 SE?

Not saying to complain, its just seem like an additional cost, i imagine it must be very costly to do it, but the games were already accepted and sold well with the english dub, so it seems a little weird to do it now.

Aren't character action games voiced in English even in Japan? At least DMC3 was from what I remember.

I suppose certain people like to hear Japanese voice acting. I personally prefer English so I don't have to read subtitles but its never bad to have options.

 

[Ansatz]

SO EDGY! If JP voices are THAT improtant to you, you can always pick up the Wii version. Xenoblade is too great a game to pass up for petty preferences.

I have the Wii version. Would've liked to replay it on N3DS but I guess that isn't happening.

 

[Orniletter]

The US version has the Japanese audio, as well. Granted, it is essentially a duplicate of the PAL version, but those guys didn't get to have all the fun to themselves.

Well, fuck me, you are right ! I was under the impression that the US release came on a single layer DVD and omitted the japanese VO .

Maybe it was one of the other Operation Rainfall games I had in mind.

 

[L~A]

Really sad, but not suprising. At least, the full English dub is there, and it was pretty great so, for once, I don't mind.

 

[I Stalk Alone]

Why would you want to listen to bad actors in another language when you can listen to bad actors you can actually understand?

 

[Brofield]

This is a complete non-issue for me. Double dipping regardless.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I have the Wii version. Would've liked to replay it on N3DS but I guess that isn't happening.

not exactly convenient, but you could import a JP n3ds and the JP version of XB3D

or does the JP XB3D also have Eng VA too?

 

[Arxisz]

SO EDGY! If JP voices are THAT improtant to you, you can always pick up the Wii version. Xenoblade is too great a game to pass up for petty preferences.

I wouldn't call it petty necessarily. It can degrade the experience alot for some purists who prefer to play it in its original intended language but in this case since it has a decent dub it's not that bad but you can't claim good dubs are the norm with these type of games since more often than not they are bad, that's why some people would prefer these games to have dual audio as much as possible to be on the safe side.

 

[FryHole]

"Slightly amateurish" voice work? Good lord, Eurogamer, I am agog.

 

[massoluk]

Fuck, I'm stuck with Christian Bale Batman Riki

 

[rhandino]

I want to see the meltdowns when they announce that Xenoblade X will not have dual audio (The game is barely fitting the disc). Would be fun =/

Spoiler

Unless they include a 2d Disc with the Japanese dub or sell it as DLC.

 

[threelights]

The only character I didn't like the voice of was Shulk, but even then I got used to it.

The game is just fine without the JP VA.

 

[Zevenberge]

I was considering double-dipping (once I have a n3DS, that is...), but now... Sayounara, baka.

I've had too many jokers on my Wii playthrough already.

 

[shiyrley]

The English dub is perfect, so no real issue here :V

 

[Trigonometrize.]

SO EDGY! If JP voices are THAT improtant to you, you can always pick up the Wii version. Xenoblade is too great a game to pass up for petty preferences.

"EDGY" "petty"

Pretty mean.

 

[Dunkley]

I want to see the meltdowns when they announce that Xenoblade X will not have dual audio (The game is barely fitting the disc). Would be fun =/

Spoiler

Unless they include a 2d Disc with the Japanese dub or sell it as DLC.

If it's anything like XBC's dub then that's not really the worst thing that can happen to the Western release.

 

[Peltz]

I didn't even realize we got a confirmed release in NA. Where have I been?

When is it coming out?

 

[Parhelion69]

No japanese tracks? (loved the jp VA, the british ones sucked)

Preorder cancelled