Tidus' Voice

jus do sumthing for me, listen to yourself talkin in ur head. then record ur voice and play it back, totally different right . . .

. . . . maybe ive lost perspective here!? . . .

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I really disliked his voice for a good deal of the game. His personality, too. But I guess it grew on me, because by the end I didn't really mind it at all. At least he wasn't horribly overdramatic.

I actually thought that Tidus' voice fit his character perfectly. I also think the game would have lost something if Tidus had kept his regular voice while he was narrating.

I thought the way he talked was annoying when he narrated...not his voice so much.
It sounded like this:

blah...blablablabla....bla...

I mean how many commas can you insert in your speech? and it was a bit monotonous

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Originally Posted by Azar

I really disliked his voice for a good deal of the game. His personality, too. But I guess it grew on me, because by the end I didn't really mind it at all. At least he wasn't horribly overdramatic.

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Nyeh, i like Tidus' voice, both the natural and when he is narrating certain parts. I just thought that it fits his character very well and he is able to blend with it. I dunno!!! hehehe! I like it very much, that's all I gotta say...

XudeEmaN!

I still don't like it. I know english counterparts can't usually compete with their Japanese voice actors, but this is really just an insult. It's a shame, I thought the other characters' voice actors did a great job, except the bad lip movements, which can't be helped :choc2: :cat:

Edit: I'm serious. Listen to Tidus' Japanese voice actor. You will notice a profound difference. You can here it if you have the OST track, "I Would Like to Say Everything", you can hear it. (At least, the one I downloaded does :cat: )

I kinda like his voice. It was kind of cute actually.

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Originally Posted by teaandmachines

Just wondering if I'm the only one that noticed... but if you listen to the beginning where he's like, narrating his voice is all manly but when he talks it's like "Woah, what happened?"

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You are very perceptive!! :thumb:
In an interview about FFX James Arnold Taylor, the voice actor for Tidus in the U.S. version mentions that Tidus goes through stages during the game, and so does his voice, i.e., the narration is a more mature, older Tidus as opposed to the Tidus of when the game starts, who has a higher pitched, younger, immature voice
http://blogger-bee.com/Downloads/stagesJAT.mp3

BTW, he and the other English actors also mention how hard it was to do voice work for this game. It seems they were told to match the character's lips (which were speaking japanese) and the overall japanese voice acting. (Japanese Tidus is even more whinny!)

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(Japanese Tidus is even more whinny!)

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Sure.

Maybe James Arnold Taylor could've , y'know, acted. Like he should. Instead of sounding like an immature 10 year old for most of the game. Whee, he sounds remotely mature for one part of the game. That doesn't help the fact that he's a horrible voice actor. :cat: