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Thread: Wouldn't it be great if you could choose Japanese voices with English subtitles?

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    Default Wouldn't it be great if you could choose Japanese voices with English subtitles?

    Personally, I would enjoy this game even more if I could pick the Japanese voice actors and still keep the English subtitles.
    What about you?
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    id like it if you could have japanesse cutscenes and movies
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    I voted no, because I think id find it annoying in the end that they were talking in Japanese. Also that would mean id have to read the subtitles, and I dont usually.

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    I wouldn't want the Japanese voices.

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    LOL FFX International.

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    Japanese voices are soo dramatic! I have a bootleg FFX DVD with Japanese voices and english subtitles and it's so over the top it gets funny.

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    Considering FFX's English voices were (IMHO) somewhat subpar for many vital characters, such as Tidus, Yuna and Seymour, I wouldn't mind having Japanese voices and English subtitles for FFX. However, FFX-2, FFXII (so far) and the KH series sound great in English, so I'd most likely keep the English voices in those games.
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    i vote no. i find that if i have to read the subtitles to know wot people are saying i just end up looking at words instead of the events that are actually happening on screen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD View Post
    Considering FFX's English voices were (IMHO) somewhat subpar for many vital characters, such as Tidus, Yuna and Seymour, I wouldn't mind having Japanese voices and English subtitles for FFX. However, FFX-2, FFXII (so far) and the KH series sound great in English, so I'd most likely keep the English voices in those games.
    You thought Tidus was whinny in English ? His Japanese voice was 10X whinnier!! And angry. James Arnold Taylor actually improved the character. Doesn't that tell you how bad it was ?
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    Yeah...there's so many differences, I looked at the Eternal Calm thing in Japanese and English and they were so different, it makes you wonder what else is different.

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    English, obviously.

    The thought of voice-overs being Japanese with English subtitles brings back memories of really, really bad and cheesey Ninja movies of the 80's.

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    I'd have to say English. Although if you take my japanese voices out of my ninja/samurai movies I'm an angry man!

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    I'd approve only if you could toggle between English and Japanese audio tracks, like on a DVD. English is better to get a visceral feel of the game, and Japanese would give an idea of original meaning and feeling.

    I'm not a technology expert but I don't think it wouldn't be hard to do. Or would it?

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    Both voice tracks are there so it shouldn't be that hard
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    I would have loved the game even more if Square Enix gave us this feature.I think that the english voice actors did an amazing job (including Tidus) but if i could i would have choosen Japanese.

    As with movies i want my games in their original language (if i can).

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