Comments on: Yakuza 2 sticks with Japanese voices

By: Pedro Silva

Pedro Silva — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:44:56 +0000

now if only they reprinted Yakuza 1 like that…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:44:00 +0000

now if only they reprinted Yakuza 1 like that…

By: Stayfun

Stayfun — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:56:02 +0000

win

By: Stayfun

Stayfun — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:56:00 +0000

win

By: sarahvait

sarahvait — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:30:05 +0000

I recall the first Genji on the PS2 not having any english voiceovers either. And it was nice, actually. Games like that tend to get screwed over, voice acting wise. Don’t get me wrong, I like english dubs (when they’re good), but I think in games that are heavily saturated with their home country’s culture and what not, like Genji and Yakuza, it’s good idea to include at the least the option of hearing the original dialogue.

By: sarahvait

sarahvait — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:30:00 +0000

By: Pichi

Pichi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:48:25 +0000

I think its a case by case, game by game, thing with SCEA. Sometimes they’ll let it slide and other times they won’t. I think what helped her is the setting and the backlash from fans that got SCEA to back down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:48:00 +0000

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:42:33 +0000

@Darrien – Wow, you have a sharp memory and you’re right! I forgot Mega Man X6 was allowed to slide in with the original voices. Capcom and Sega got a pass, but other publishers like XS games have to throw in English voiceovers. Very interesting…

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:42:00 +0000

By: Darrien

Darrien — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:13:11 +0000

“This is a first in North American PlayStation history where all other games have English voices”

Um… no, unless maybe you mean Playstation 2 history, and even then, no. Mega Man X6 features Japanese audio, and no English track, and was released for PS1 and PS2 (MMX Collection) this way.

By: Darrien

Darrien — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:13:00 +0000

“This is a first in North American PlayStation history where all other games have English voices”

Um… no, unless maybe you mean Playstation 2 history, and even then, no. Mega Man X6 features Japanese audio, and no English track, and was released for PS1 and PS2 (MMX Collection) this way.

By: CRIMExTHINK

CRIMExTHINK — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:31:22 +0000

I still haven’t played the first Yakuza (it’s in my neverending stack of games though) but original Japanese VO make this an instant purchase.

By: CRIMExTHINK

CRIMExTHINK — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:31:00 +0000

I still haven’t played the first Yakuza (it’s in my neverending stack of games though) but original Japanese VO make this an instant purchase.

By: Jeriaska

Jeriaska — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:21:01 +0000

Awesome