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Lady Multi
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Neh, actually...Musashi: Samurai Legend was released in English first...not Japanese... Not sure how/why this happened, but it did (so there was no chance of having the choice...the Japanese voice-over was incomplete). Truthfully, in the case of Musashi: SL, it's just a matter of the voice actor over-acting...this was done with Brave Fencer Musashi, as well... --> Go to next... I'm just happy that some of the games actually have their voice-overs intact... Any voice-over in games that are supposed to have voice-overs make me happy... (Damn you, Namco in the US, for removing the lines in Tales of Destiny.) If you don't like localized voice-acting...import the game--quite simple. If you know where to look you can find new Japanese games for around $30 (with shipping around $10)... --> And then again... Personally, as for Dirge of Cerebus, I just want to play it.  I don't care what the voices sound like or what the songs sound like (though, personally, unless there's some sort of localization problem, I think the songs willl stay intact).
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PantsGoblin
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That quote wasn't me. DarkTenshi90 said that.
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Haru to Ashura
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Lmfao, no. I have a few of his albums, and Gackt's english is terrible. Whenever he tries to use english that he can't pronounce, he lowers his voice. He goes too low and it turns into an unusual lulling, purring noise instead of actual singing. A few years back, he did a Christmas duet with Ayumi Hamasaki; they sung "Silent Night." I could have sworn that he was speaking in tounges. 
But joking aside, Gackt's voice suits the role very well. And now we can all make jokes about Vincent singing, "Vanilla." (A cookie to the first person who actually knows what I'm talking about.) |
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Lady Multi
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Sorry, I corrected. ^-^ I got to carried away with narrowing down the quote~ I fixed it~ |
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TsubomiKoneko
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When they say 'Act' I hope they don't mean like in Bujingai. Which they left Gackt's voice for but dubbed over everyone else... course Gackt only had to grunt and say spell names and the such so that was a bit disappointing anyway.
I hope they would leave a Japanese track option, anyways, they could probably still have the music even if they dub over voices, Final Fantasy X had a Japanese theme in it (or does noone remember Suteki da Ne?) |
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DriftRoot
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Suits what role very well? I haven't seen any mention of which character he is performing, and I don't believe it's Vincent. (Am I taking you too literally?) I would assume that the Japanese VA who performed Vincent in FF7 AC would reprise the role in the game. (The same applies to everyone else making an appearance.) If this is so, Gackt is not going to be performing anyone who appeared in AC. Some hot discussion has ensued on various Dirge of Cerberus sites about who will be the English VA for Vincent. For some reason, a lot of people are favoring Johnny Depp...which completely ignores the fact that he would never do such a thing and Squeenix would never pay for it. God help us if Vincent ends up sounding...weird.  I am holding out for a relatively unknown VA who can turn in a good performance, not some veteran who we all will recognize.
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Demaar
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[quote="Lady Multi"]
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Haru to Ashura
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Oh, I was assuming that he was voicing Vincent. I guess I didn't read thoroughly. Still, his voice would suit Vincent, and having Gackt in the game would be a better selling point (to the Japanese audience, at least) than a VA. Then again, Bujungai wasn't actually the world's greatest game....
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DarkTenshi90
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I'm afraid I didn't say that, XP so I'll fix this up a bit. Anyway, actually, finding imported Japanese games is more expensive than that. Truthfully, I'd rather purchase here in America because not only is it cheaper, you get the updated version of the game. Or, you can just wait for the final mix of the game which can cost up to $100. Everything's just so expensive.
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Lady Multi
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Really, and here I thought I found Tales of Legenda for $20 when it was brand new in Japan. Hmm...
Updated version? I only know 1 game that was changed significantly to update it...that was the "unfinished" Final Fantasy VII when it came to the US. They inserted Ruby and Emerald Weapon, extened Sephy's 'Super Nova' spell/summon, and did other tweaks. Other than that, why would a finished game need updating?
^-^ That's why you poke around from place to place. As for Final Mix versions...we don't get these in the US so there is no choice but to import--true Final Mix versions normally stay in Japan along with Special Editions (why we don't get them, I'm not aware). But...as I've said...if you know where to look, you can find them at a reasonable price. For example: when Kingdom Hearts Final Mix was released, I had the chance to import it for around $40<--same price basically as localized games. So...no...it doesn't have to be expensive. ^-^ But~if you don't want to bother with imports, then you have to settle with what you get, neh, cause we don't get to chose the voice actors~ (haha). Admittingly, there have been several voice-acting jobs I've hated, but it hasn't stopped me from playing the game; and as for the Musashi: SL game I originally quoted you for  , I got used to his voice like all the voice-acting before hand, because one has to look at the fact: At least we're getting the game locally (Damn you, Namco for not bringing the true Tales of Destiny 2 over here).
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PantsGoblin
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They also "updated" Kingdom Hearts when it came to the US. They adding Sephy as a boss and Kurt Zisa or whatever his name was. Of course, the Japanese in turn released an even more updated version in Japan after that one, but ya... can't think of any others though. |
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DarkTenshi90
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I believe FFX-2 also had more in it.  By the feeling of it, I'm pretty sure S-E will add more to Dirge of Cereberus. I could be wrong, but really, it hasn't released yet so there's no answer.
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DarkTenshi90
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Alright, everybody has their own opinions, I just didn't really care for the dubbing job in it. *Shrugs* But yeah, atleast it did come here. |
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Lady Multi
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More than likely, the Dirge of Cereberus tweaks are going to deal with the "online mode" or if any bugs appear during the game; after all, this is the first time SquareEnix really used a ~what do they call it now~ a Gun-Action RPG or whatever they've labled it. Keh, if they shift the story with their tweaking I'll kill'em. |
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DarkTenshi90
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True, I can understand that. I doubt they play with anything in the story, at the most, they may add some extra side bosses. Usually, things they add into a game in the American version never affect the story too much unless it has to deal with a bug or adding side quests in. |
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