Skeletos311
Junior Member
I'm skeptical. Zelda is already a huge game. Is there just not that much VO they can just throw in 2 languages on a cart or are they just that nice?
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Zelda Breath of the Wild will seemingly have dual audio [Up: Nope]
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Dakhil
Member
FTFY.
But I hope this is the case for the North American version, considering the English dub seemed rather lacklustre to me.
Listening to all of them, I actually think the Japanese one might be the worst. Very overdone. The others are mostly similar with varying timings. Some of the timings are a bit off, or are slightly overdone.
This only applies to this one part though. We'll see how the overall performances are when the game comes out.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Russian dub for a console/handheld game that will never get released on PC is a bit of an odd choice, isn't it?
VO is quite limited in the game; it looks like it's going to just be for major story sections and only with the main characters (that aren't Link). Secondary characters and random NPCs are going to just have the classic grunts with text.
-shadow-
Member
Man I hope the game in Europe will support both because that'd be amazing!
Why is the English one barely crying?
Edit: I feel like we need this:
Why is the English one barely crying?
Edit: I feel like we need this:
THIS!
The japanese voice actors in this make it FEEL like a high standard movie: You can hear the quality, compromise and dedication in their roles; something the english one seems to lack, as for now at least.
And it's not only with this game: Except very rare instances (like the Mexican dub of Dragon Ball Z), I tend to prefer the original voices in almost everything (movies, anime, etc) than my own language dubs, mainly because it's the ORIGINAL interpretation of what you are seeing.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Thanks. I searched for a Latin American Spanish trailer and found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIoNn7tG_8o
Sounds definitely different from the European Spanish trailer.
So it's getting dubbed into 8 languages then.
That's quite some effort.
NA will have French - or at least the version released in Canada will.
I'm heard the same thing during the Paris hands-on press event.
Cuningas de Häme
Member
JAPANEEEEEEEESEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I so hope that we get Japanese dubs in Europe. Makes me cry everytime in that trailer. English is so brutish language.
Maybe I'll go with French or Spanish in European version if we won't get Japan. Could be fun.
I so hope that we get Japanese dubs in Europe. Makes me cry everytime in that trailer. English is so brutish language.
Maybe I'll go with French or Spanish in European version if we won't get Japan. Could be fun.
The only character that made me doubt is the english Goron: That REALLY is some B-list voice acting :/
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
We, Latin Americans, have the guy who always dubs Morgan Freeman as the Deku Tree.
I'm ok with this.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Yup, Castillian Spanish and Latin American Spanish sound completly different (even changing lots of words between them), thats why 2 are usually needed.
Neither one is better than the other, and if both are well done like in this case, it basically falls usually to latin american people enjoying the latin american dub and spanish people enjoying their castillian spanish one, with little exceptions here and there.
Im a spaniard and for example think the latin american old woman sounds really good, but in general I still prefer all the voices in my language because it has great actors and Im more accoustumed to it.
And 8 languages is good for Nintendo, and a similar treatment from them was done for Star Fox 64 3DS and Star Fox Zero (IIRC Russian was not done though). Normally an international game dub for a normal game that has it goes only American english, French, castillian spanish, german and Italian, but they seem to be pushing a lot lately to also get latin american spanish and Russian, as both are emergent markets.
But then you have crazy cases like Blizzard doing a huge quantity of different dubs for Overwatch (more than 8), getting things like Brasilian portuguese, south korean, etc...
Wow, they really went for quality it seems. Even if im spaniard I liked the voice of the deku tree in the latin american dub. Our Deku Tree is a really old voice actor that did a bunch stuff in the past, but as he was really old (82), he hasnt done anything lately, so is lovely hearing him again, wouldnt surprise me if this one was his last role before retiring.
Mr. Smiley
Member
Might as well post this:Zelda crying in 7 languages.Edit: I feel like we need this:
https://youtu.be/bDaGlqy0jXs
It is what it is, but being Zelda, a series I've always supplemented in-head voices for, I feel a lot more critical towards the performances than I usually do. It's why I'm not really feeling the Japanese voicework when I'm normally okay with brand of acting.
AuthenticM
Member
Holy shit! French dub!?
Fantastic!!
Fantastic!!
dude, the japanese crying sends chills up my spine and makes me tear up. its so good,
m_shortpants
Member
But will the game have text boxes to go along with the voice acting? Is the VA just for cutscenes?
matrix-cat
Member
That'd be great. I'll be getting the Wii U version, so I can't import, but I'd love to play it in Japanese.
AuthenticM
Member
Holy fuck, the French dub is on their France channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumJiWdxQSs
I WANT THIS GAME!
I kid you not, the presence of a proper dub in my native tongue just made me hyped for the game when before I was mildly excited for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumJiWdxQSs
I WANT THIS GAME!
I kid you not, the presence of a proper dub in my native tongue just made me hyped for the game when before I was mildly excited for it.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
I can confirmed... Latino Dub is better than Spaniard one.. wth happen there?
I dont really think so. This comes more to preference of course, but I think that while talking, Zeldas voice in castiallian is much better and understandble. The cry itself though, I like it better in latin, the spanish actress does something really strange there (athough not as bad as the english one).
The blips and blops in Twikight Princess HD made it nearly unbearable for me the secont time I played the game on WiiU. The characters were complelty acted as if they had voices yet the just sayed gibberish that didnt even sound good. I didnt had a problem with it some years ago when playing on the Wii.
Im glad everyone has a voice finally except Link.
Im pretty sure becuase of the number of voice actors credited in the latin american trailer (more than voices appear there) that only the cutscenes are acted and not normal gameplay.
Also, all the gameplay footage have characters without real voices right now.
lukeskymac
Member
AHAHAHAHA, what? Their VO industry is simply massively larger than anywhere else, deal with that.
What are those dubs that "destroy" the Japanese originals?
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Let me one-up you:
We, Germans, have the guy who always dubs John Goodman (and sometimes Samuel L. Jackson and James Earl Jones) as the Deku Tree.
Yes Please, I Don't want to play Zelda with the English Dub
Everyone that saw the The live presentation is spoiled now by a better voice acting, also the english dub was in my opinion just OK....
I need a Offcial confirmation or maybe if this is not true and the console being Region free, could the Japanese version have English Subs?
Everyone that saw the The live presentation is spoiled now by a better voice acting, also the english dub was in my opinion just OK....
I need a Offcial confirmation or maybe if this is not true and the console being Region free, could the Japanese version have English Subs?
sensui-tomo
Member
I know this is ot and i'm not the person you quoted but because you wanna do a dub vs sub, yuyu hakusho, DBZ(this depends solely on how a person can deal with goku's VA for all those performances she does), Baccano , Space Dandy, MGS(adding a game in there), Cowboy bebop(not destroy but matches),Ghost Stories (i'm cheating here), GITS:SAC, Trigun.
Dont laugh at people for liking english dubs.
Thanks, good video. Dat spanish... "translation"... yeuch.
I'm trying to not get involved in the never-ending "what's the better dub\way to dub discussion", but I'll just say that some people have a funny concept in mind when they suggest that the original (as in: the intended, the reference material) is worse than a foreign dubbing. That's actually the only one greenlit by the original authors, so it matches exactly their vision of the character. And yes, since the authors are japanese in this case, it brings their cultural nuances along.
You can dislike it and that's perfectly fine obviously, especially given the cultural differences and being used to different dubs, but a foreign dub can't be "better" - it can be more akin to your personal taste. But that's not how the character was painted to be, in reality. Let alone when there are always translation inaccuracies.
purseowner
Member
This This This.
I feel frustrated when people say that those who are endlessly vocal about wanting dual audio are 'whining'.
We're literally asking for the original work and content to be left intact. To me, a lack of original JP VO is cut content.
Eolz
Member
Their industry might be the one most linked to the typical celebrity circuits (for better or worse), but saying that their industry has the same scope as America's alone is factually untrue. The problem with these debates is that most people focus on anime and nonunion Japanese games, when, for all the talent in it, it's still regarded as bottom of the barrel work a way for an actor to get their foot in the door, unless they specifically like Japanese media. That's practically how all dubs are, no matter what country, unless it's for a high-profile project. In a lot of cases, the heaviest hitters wouldn't be able to get involved in an anime dub, even if they wanted to.
And even if Japanese voice acting has more of a celebrity culture, most people there wouldn't be able to name a single actor. It's pretty much the otaku who care for that stuff.
InternHertz
Member
Well if it's true I'm getting the European version, otherwise I'm importing or buying on the JPN eshop.
LegendofLex
Member
Having taken a bit of Japanese in college and spent time with native speakers:
Japanese VA is NOT better than English VA. It feels more or less the same compared to natural, real-life speech.
Good example: the crying scene. I don't see why people think the Japanese version is emoting better. The English version sounds like someone who's so exasperated and broken they can barely even cry out behind their tears. The Japanese version sounds like someone who really wants us to know they're crying.