Was kept to a minimum. And if I remember correctly, Samus didn't say a word except the death scream, which is ok in my book.
Samus opened her mouth in Other M non stop.
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Should Zelda Wii U get Voice Acting?
- Thread starter Mysterious
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Was kept to a minimum. And if I remember correctly, Samus didn't say a word except the death scream, which is ok in my book.
Samus opened her mouth in Other M non stop.
Yes, it needs voice-acting. They can keep Link a mute, but the npc's need voices. Having text-boxes fill up half of the screen all the time just doesn't hold up anymore in 2014 and diverts your attention away from what is actually going on. Voice-acting should be standard for big AAA 3D productions unless there is an artistic decision to not have it.
At the very least they should speak in a made-up language ( not complete gibberish, it would need some structure and consistency ) with subtitles. But please, don't let me sit through boxes of text again.
At the very least they should speak in a made-up language ( not complete gibberish, it would need some structure and consistency ) with subtitles. But please, don't let me sit through boxes of text again.
ThatStupidLion
Member
make link a silent hero. npcs and narrators must have full audio though.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
I don't care either way. Link shouldn't talk though.
When was the last time you sat down and said "Damn, that game had some fine voice acting"?
Was it a Naughty Dog game? Did it also have full motion capture and an insane budget?
Now think at all the JRPGs that have terrible VO. Imagine that on Zelda, and that's where I'm coming from.
That's my problem.
Was it a Naughty Dog game? Did it also have full motion capture and an insane budget?
Now think at all the JRPGs that have terrible VO. Imagine that on Zelda, and that's where I'm coming from.
That's my problem.
But he has SO much to say! They should just give him Knack's voice and call it a day.
DanteSparda504
Banned
I feel like it's time. We're at a point now where voice acting is very well done and I think it could be a huge change for Zelda to get it to that next level.
Just do it right. Don't bring in the recognizable Nolan Norths or Troy Bakers. Get some unknowns to do it. And none of the weird vouces. Like the gibberish Beedle speaks in Wind Waker, don't do any voices anywhere close to that. It was great then, but Zelda needs some truly great voice work.
Just do it right. Don't bring in the recognizable Nolan Norths or Troy Bakers. Get some unknowns to do it. And none of the weird vouces. Like the gibberish Beedle speaks in Wind Waker, don't do any voices anywhere close to that. It was great then, but Zelda needs some truly great voice work.
CaptainGyro
Banned
Voice acting all the way, Link included. It won't ruin anything, people have already heard his voice before in the hyaaahs and grunts etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLtLbiQBe8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLtLbiQBe8s
Word.
Or he can have one sentence, spoke at the very end of the game, perferably before fighting Ganon.
But yes, full voice acting for everyone else, Link is silent entire game.
Or this. That is actually kinda cool.
DanteSparda504
Banned
I'd have faith that Nintendo could do VA right. They are all about quality in their games. I could really see it being done really well.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Do people seriously read that slowly? Text boxes are universally speedier to get through than voice acting to the point where I cut off dialogue in voice-acted games all the time, even when I like the performances. If anything, what Zelda needs most is an option for flexible scrolling speeds.
If the people clamouring for voice acting as though it were some kind of progressive modern staple are doing so because they find reading text boxes to be so unnatural as to be distracting, I consider that Argument Number One in favour of text boxes.
The solution isn't more voice acting. The solution is less writing.
How has it ever encouraged you to bring the characters to life yourself?
My memory is hazy but I'm pretty sure there is a constraint to how fast you can advance text boxes in Zelda, and it's pretty slow.
What excuse could there possibly be for Nintendo, the single wealthiest video game company in the world, to cut corners and cheap out on a mainline entry in one of their biggest franchises?
Mysterious
Banned
Outside of Samus Aran, what were the VA issues in Other M? And what about Prime 3?
Star Fox/F-Zero haven't gotten new releases since the early 00s. Things have changed now. I really like how Kid Icarus and Uncharted makes me relate to the characters.
Can you imagine if Uncharted 3 had text boxes? What if Kid Icarus Uprising had no dialog? It would destroy their amazing atmospheres.
This thread was made after re-watching Kid Icarus Uprising cutscenes.
This was a Nintendo game. No it did not have full motion capture.
...argument number one would be...spite?
Current VA is Takashi Ōhara
His list of credits can be found here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=47668
EDIT: there are 2 current VAs for Link at the moment. The second is Mitsuki Saiga who voiced Link from Link Between Worlds.
Credits can also be found here http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=411
There's like a big Inazuma 11 connection with the current VAs.
Alex_Mexico
Member
As long as they don't half ass it Zelda needs voice acting pronto. Link can remain silent for all I care but the rest of the characters need voice acting. There should be no excuse.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
No, literacy.
I don't personally need voice acting, but Kid Icarus proved to me that they can do it, and the wider gaming audience will absolutely expect an open-world, HD, RPG adventure to have voice acting. If Zelda is to remain relevant then they have to compete on these kinds of things.
Where I'm different from most is that whether the dialogue is voice acted or not, I'd actually like to see Link talk for once. He's not a substitute for me, he's not a blank slate. He hasn't been since Wind Waker. WW Link had his own (adorable) personality and was clearly his own character. A couple of lines here or there where appropriate won't kill him.
They just need some writing and acting professionals to be involved so that we never, ever, ever (never) end up with anOther M.
Where I'm different from most is that whether the dialogue is voice acted or not, I'd actually like to see Link talk for once. He's not a substitute for me, he's not a blank slate. He hasn't been since Wind Waker. WW Link had his own (adorable) personality and was clearly his own character. A couple of lines here or there where appropriate won't kill him.
They just need some writing and acting professionals to be involved so that we never, ever, ever (never) end up with anOther M.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yes
WrenchNinja
Member
This is amusing considering the text boxes in Skyward Sword were slow as hell and timed to character lip flaps and animations as if they were speaking.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Zelda doesn't need voice acting for the same reason that movies are not inherently superior to books. I don't give a shit that you don't know how to read.
Id say yes, mainly so that we can hopefully do away with all the text window prompts that come up in a zelda game. But have subtitles and a history of all dialog that you could access in case you missed some important info.
having to cycle through so many pop up windows is begining to take me out of the experience, would be nice to have dialog done in a more natural and organic way. Where you could even leave or do other stuff around the character while they are talking, and not be locked in a coversation with them.
NPC could even say stuff to you without even actively starting a conversation with them.
In this case, i could maybe see Link still possible having no voice acting, and just text prompts if you have to choose a reply or something.
having to cycle through so many pop up windows is begining to take me out of the experience, would be nice to have dialog done in a more natural and organic way. Where you could even leave or do other stuff around the character while they are talking, and not be locked in a coversation with them.
NPC could even say stuff to you without even actively starting a conversation with them.
In this case, i could maybe see Link still possible having no voice acting, and just text prompts if you have to choose a reply or something.
Dragonborn
Member
No, I prefer just reading the text. I feel it'd loose some of the charm (not that I wouldn't still play it)
Mysterious
Banned
I feel like I'm listening to a Link sex tape...
Captain Chaos
Member
Link speaks in Wind Waker
"Come on"
"Come on"
It's distracting from the actual 'action', obviously. Nothing to do with how literate someone is, or how much they like to read. How insulting. Look, if you have voice acting you can have an action scene with dialogue. If you don't, you can't, because people would have to be reading boxes while the action was happening.
In Skyward Sword you were meant to look at Link and Zelda's faces to get an impression of their emotion. Their lips were flapping, but you had to read text instead. It's unnatural. I love text based games, I love to read, but they either need to go full 'A Link Between Worlds' and end the quasi-'filmic' cutscene direction, or they need to add voices to said cutscenes.
This. 100% this, I will accept nothing else.
Neff
Member
Because I hear them speak in a voice I've created, rather than someone else's.
And I would agree with this, if Zelda ever went in the direction of just completely isolating Link and having everything else conveyed to you through everything that goes on in the game's world, including having non-speaking creatures and other things teach you what you need to do by action (a la Super Metroid's friendly critters), instead of exposition via text given by a sign or by a NPC.
But so long as Zelda is likely going to continue in the venue of giving Link a supporting cast of "speaking" characters? They might as well give at least them voices. It just seems like a waste to limit the likes of Ganon and Ghirahim to villainous chuckles and the like, when they could be doing even more to give them that extra bit of "gravitas" on screen.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Do it like DQ8, Hero is silent while the rest talk.
Green Mamba
Member
If they want to keep pushing the cinematic angle that Skyward Sword was then they absolutely need to.
Skyward Sword felt really off in its cutscenes because of this. They were trying too desperately to have their cake and eat it too. Either scale back the cinematics or add voice acting, quit this half-and-half nonsense.
Skyward Sword felt really off in its cutscenes because of this. They were trying too desperately to have their cake and eat it too. Either scale back the cinematics or add voice acting, quit this half-and-half nonsense.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
I disagree. This is acting like subtitled movies are impossible.
Ulysses 31
Member
Only if he has something worth saying.
No. It should have Midna style gibberish at most. American accents in a Zelda game would destroy the atmosphere.
It would have to be the most expensive and well done voice acting of all time not to ruin the game. Just imagining Zelda NPCs talking like Elder Scrolls characters gives me the creeps.
It would have to be the most expensive and well done voice acting of all time not to ruin the game. Just imagining Zelda NPCs talking like Elder Scrolls characters gives me the creeps.
I think it could definitely benefit the franchise and wouldn't mind it so long as Link stays silent. It would have been pretty cool to actually hear Groose act like an idiot and Ghirahim perform his speeches in Skyward Sword, for example.
Odds of them introducing voice acting seem pretty low, though.
Odds of them introducing voice acting seem pretty low, though.