shadow2810
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Really odd decision to have game's language ties to system language without providing option to change.
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Zelda Breath of the Wild will seemingly have dual audio [Up: Nope]
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it happens in lots of other games, the default language is set to your console; bloodborne for example ( i don't remember if you can change that ingame tho).
It makes zero sense. Pokémon lets you choose between a ton of languages at the beginning of the game. Why can't Zelda?
Well, I'm glad I like what I've heard from the German dub so far.
shadow2810
Member
Bloodborne still has language setting, no?
SinCityAssassin
Member
From what I can tell, Bloodborne's language settings is solely based on region, NA would have English, Portugese, and Latin Spanish for example.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Well hopefully
A) All Switch systems get the same language options (instead of being restricted by region as the Wii U and 3DS were)
B) Every region's version of BOTW is identical
Because that'd be the one situation that would make a complete set of language options possible, if I'm getting this right.
Martin5000
Member
I knew you couldn't change the language
The same with star fox zero
Typical Nintendo ....
same with overwatch I hate when you can't change the language without changing the system language
The same with star fox zero
Typical Nintendo ....
same with overwatch I hate when you can't change the language without changing the system language
Oh for fsss stake, I was willing to accept voice acting if it wasn't the awful English one...I suppose there won't be an option to disable it either and I will have to resort to hitting the mute button and miss out on 100% of the sound than just the voice. ¬_¬;
How exactly is that a Nintendo thing?
The English voice acting isn't that bad.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Considering the US Youtube account advertises the same voices as the UK one, I doubt it.
But yeah, the english is fine.
Martin5000
Member
Because in every game made by Nintendo with voice acting I couldn't change the language without changing the systems language.
But many games created by third parties, ms or Sony let me do it . I know not every game lets you do it but with big N you can never do it
klabautermann
Member
Thank god. Wasn't feeling that english dub at all.
I didn't have my hopes high even after reading this thread and I wasn't expecting at all to be honest. Nintendo hasn't been good with language options lately. I would have preferred Japanese but I'll live.
might want to look back a page...
might want to look back a page...
Come on. I would've used Japanese if it was an option too, but the handful of dubbing we've heard isn't anything approaching "awful."
phoenix296
Member
You could with Fire Emblem Awakening but that is more of an outlier.
purseowner
Member
Do I play through in a language I'm fully fluent in with atrocious voice acting, or play through in a language I'm not fluent in with quality voice acting?
The very fact I have to ponder this...
Nintendo need to get with the times and start offering dual audio more where possible.
The very fact I have to ponder this...
Nintendo need to get with the times and start offering dual audio more where possible.
Martin5000
Member
Yes but you could do it because you only had English and Japanese voices.
When there is a game with German voice acting you can only change it to English when you change your whole system language
Mr. Smiley
Member
grand
SinCityAssassin
Member
I feel knowing exactly what they're talking about makes you feel needlessly critical on the voice acting in english, it's a good dub.
purseowner
Member
Different strokes for different folks.
To me the English dub is ill-fitting from the start, and is nowhere near the quality of the original Japanese.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Boo that there's no in-game option. Even the first Xenoblade was able to manage that. Lame.
I guess that means the Wii U version's language options will be restricted by region as well. (i.e. NA only gets English/French/Spanish/Portuguese)
I guess that means the Wii U version's language options will be restricted by region as well. (i.e. NA only gets English/French/Spanish/Portuguese)
How the hell do you know the Japanese dub is good quality if you don't understand the language?
Abilidebob
Member
Maybe some people aren't American and prefer to not listen to English dub?
You really won't know how high or low quality a dub is if you don't know the language. There are mediocre JP dubs out there but people will like them just because more ~EMOTION~ is shown not realizing how bad some are.
You could be trading one "atrocious" dub with another and not realize it.
You could be trading one "atrocious" dub with another and not realize it.
PancakeBurglar
Member
atrocious voice acting...... is this a joke post?
Sumio Mondo
Member
Can we not turn VA off? I'd prefer the Zelda feel with no voices at all personally.
calc84maniac
Member
Where's the Hylian dub?
Please respect their artistic choices. You sure wouldn't colorize a black and white movie or put voices in a movie that originally hadn't.
Overwatch (PS4) doesn't let you change the language either
seems like zelda is british and the rest aren't.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
In the trailer everyone has an American accent except Zelda. I think Zelda might be an american actress attempting an accent.
SinCityAssassin
Member
The King is probably also british, from when he spoke near the end there.
Seriously. This is one thing I can't stand about people that bash English dubs. Yes a dub can be bad but it's usually a very overt type of bad. However to say it's bad because it doesn't have the same voice inflection that the Japanese dub has is crazy and that's mainly where this issue with the English dub seems to be coming from. First people have no clue if the Japanese voice work is even appropriate for the scene or the character up to that point. Then there is the issue of people sound different when they're happy, crying etc. It might very well be super unnatural for the English voice actress to even attempt to sound like the Japanese actress because their voices are so different. People need to stop this BS. I hate when this comes up in either games or anime.
mentallyinept
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Ignorance is bliss. If you don't know that the voice acting is bad in a non-native language then that's better than *knowing* that the voicing acting is bad in your native language.
At least, that's the way I see it.
SinCityAssassin
Member
But it's NOT bad, is the problem.