EoFF Voices A Final Fantasy Game

[Loony BoB]

Not going to be doing voices but thought I'd chip in on this bit.

Zidane = "Zi-DON"

o_o This is the weirdest one I've seen. Surely it should be Zi-DANE (or if you prefer, Zi-DAYN)

Brahne = "BRON"

Brahne to me was always "Bra" with an n tacked on.

Amarant = "AM-uh-rent"

Am-uh-rant seems more correct to me.

Eiko = "ACHE-ko"

I say this "EYE-ko". I can see it going either way on this one though. Now that I think about it, you could probably also go with EE-ko. I'm not sure on which is technically correct!

[Shauna]

Not going to be doing voices but thought I'd chip in on this bit.

Zidane = "Zi-DON"

o_o This is the weirdest one I've seen. Surely it should be Zi-DANE (or if you prefer, Zi-DAYN)

Zi-dan or Zi-dayn would be acceptable.

These rules on pronunciation will not work very well with your international audience, because I'm not sure if Zi-dan and Zi-don are pronounced similarly and it's just my own perception of what that sound is that's different. Same goes with Amarant.

Brahne and Eiko are just silly.

[Spooniest]

Too bad, I am the Evil Final Fantasy IX Overlord and we're pronouncing it this way or the highway...

...Is what I would say if I were a huge butt.

What am I supposed to do though, hold a poll for every name pronunciation? That'd take fourteen years at least...

[Spooniest]

Not going to be doing voices but thought I'd chip in on this bit.

Zidane = "Zi-DON"

o_o This is the weirdest one I've seen. Surely it should be Zi-DANE (or if you prefer, Zi-DAYN)

Brahne = "BRON"

Brahne to me was always "Bra" with an n tacked on.

Amarant = "AM-uh-rent"

Am-uh-rant seems more correct to me.

Eiko = "ACHE-ko"

I say this "EYE-ko". I can see it going either way on this one though. Now that I think about it, you could probably also go with EE-ko. I'm not sure on which is technically correct!

My Japanese dictionary says "ei" is pronounced this way in Japanese...Im not sure if that clears it up but I've been saying it "ACHE-ko" for a long time now.

[Fynn]

Well, from what I've gathered, the pronunciations Spoony listed are the correct ones, having either been confirmed by Dissidia (yes, it's Zi-DAHN/Zi-DON) or the Japanese romanizations (so no EYE-ko).

IMO, it's important that these stay consistent. If half the people present mispronounced the name of a person present, it would be incredibly distracting.

One thing I guess could be a good idea for making sure people pronounce the names the way you intend them too without worrying that they won't read your transcriptions right - post some vocaroos. I could alternatively type them out in IPA, but I doubt that effort would end up being appreciated

[Dat Matt]

Uh, it occurs to me that not everyone pronounces the names in this game the same way.

For brevity's sake, I'll go with the following:

Zidane = "Zi-DON"
Cinna = "SIN-uh"
Vivi = "VEE-VEE"
Steiner = "STY-ner"
Kuja = "KOO-ja"
Brahne = "BRON"
Freya = "FRAY-uh"
Quina = "QUEEN-uh"
Amarant = "AM-uh-rent"
Eiko = "ACHE-ko"

If there are any questions/challenges/additions to these, I need to know now, for continuity's sake.

I do agree with most of the above list, but here's the ones I'm contesting.

Zidane = "Zi-DON" -> "Zi-Dane"
Brahne = "BRON" -> "Brah-ne"
Amarant = "AM-uh-rent" -> "AM-uh-rant"
Eiko = "ACHE-ko" -> "Eye-ko"

Regional differences will affect pronunciations. Our pronuciations will not accurately reflect yours. Try sticking these words into This online Text to Speech Converter and compare "English (American) - Male" to "English (British) - Male" for example.

Personally, I would disregard the consistency anyways as all your characters are from different locations in the world and will have different accents anyways.

[Shauna]

Zi-DAHN and Zi-DON are pronounced massively differently though? At least when I read them they are, and that's part of the issue.

It's all well and good to say that you want Brahne to be pronounced "BRON", but how much is that Spooniest's own personal dialect and accent affecting how he would write that down? In my own personal dialect, "BRON" is probably a lot harsher and shorter than what is said by Spooniest himself.

There definitely needs to be an agreed upon pronunciation, maybe using the text-to-speak thing that Matt posted up will help us come to an agreement. Or yes, a vocaroo.

[Fynn]

Also, Eidolon. Do we go with how they pronounce it with IV and XIII? I know some people consider that pronunciation incorrect. I'm also a bit uncertain about Iifa.

EDIT: If no one wants the part of the rat kid escorting Vivi in Alexandria, I can give it a shot. Been feeling pretty confident lately. Also, since the main party does t even have all the voices yet, I volunteer to also take on the voice of Quina (unless it's taken). I also think we desperately need voices for Freya and Eiko, unless Pumpkin wants to voice all the girls on our team by herself.

[metagloria]

Zi-DAHN?

That's it, I'm out.

[Spooniest]

Well...

I'm not sure how to build a consensus on this. Without some kind of unanimous agreement on the way names are pronounced, it seems difficult to go forward. I don't want to be Dickey the Dictator over here, but I am unsure of what to do...I really wish Yoshitaka Amano, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Hiroyuki Ito (et.al.) were available to ask about the pronunciation of this stuff, but they are, in fact, rather difficult to get ahold of. :/

Maybe we could roll dice to see who gets to decide how the names are pronounced? That would be a fair way to do it.

[Fynn]

You guys, skip to about 6:15.



Zi-DAHN is canon. Proof.

EDIT: Also, an unrelated question. Will this be going on our official EoFF Youtube channel?

[Shauna]

I think it's fine to determine what way to pronounce things to have consistency. You just need to be very clear, and ensure that there is no confusion as to what you mean. If that means Vocaroo-ing, that's fine. Trying to type things out simply does not work due to regional differences.

[Spooniest]

You mean like this?

My problem here is that vocaroo clips are not permanent. They expire. I guess this means that I'll have to repost this a few times if there are questions about it...

Please don't think that I'm irritated by this or that I consider it unimportant. I do want to present a good finished product, but I also don't want to piss anyone off in the process. Metagloria just quit, for goodness sakes.

[Fynn]

You mean like this?

My problem here is that vocaroo clips are not permanent. They expire. I guess this means that I'll have to repost this a few times if there are questions about it...

Please don't think that I'm irritated by this or that I consider it unimportant. I do want to present a good finished product, but I also don't want to piss anyone off in the process. Metagloria just quit, for goodness sakes.

You can just change his name to Geoff or something. Then no one will complain

On that note, are we keeping Dagger as the name for our Princess? I personally like it, but I know I'm in the minority here.

[Spooniest]

You mean like this?

My problem here is that vocaroo clips are not permanent. They expire. I guess this means that I'll have to repost this a few times if there are questions about it...

Please don't think that I'm irritated by this or that I consider it unimportant. I do want to present a good finished product, but I also don't want to piss anyone off in the process. Metagloria just quit, for goodness sakes.

You can just change his name to Geoff or something. Then no one will complain

On that note, are we keeping Dagger as the name for our Princess? I personally like it, but I know I'm in the minority here.

I'm going to use the names that are given to you by the game by default...I think that makes sense to do.