Hmmm… I wonder, didn't many of the japanese voice actors also work on anime? I wonder why the assumption is made that japanese anime voice acting isn't goofy? Interesting…
To me, it's such a shame that Ignition isn't bothering to record the voices in English. I will be curious to what the sales of the game will be. Like Wartech? Or maybe like Odin Sphere?
It will be interesting to see how that decision plays out.

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I can see why it might bother some but eh… dubs aren't always appropriate, even if the option's nice to have. Good thing it's on Wii too, MS/Sony won't push through sub only games on 360/PS3.

But dubs like Persona 3/4 or .hack/G.U. were just plain atrocious in my ears. If people like them, fine. I prefer the original audio, no matter the language.

That being said, I personally am happy it is the Japanese track we are stuck with instead of “just” a dub. The game doesn't fill the whole disc though so the space is there.

Hell I own the Dreamcast and Xbox versions of Shenmue 2 just because I wanted to have both a dub and sub.

Just for fairness sake, I have watched American movies dubbed in Japanese and I cringe when I hear that too. Games/movies/media that rely a lot on ambience should stick to their original language.

I usually prefer the Japanese voice acting. I watch my foreign movies subtitled. Hell I remember back in the 90s buying raw tapes of super sentai and Kamen Rider and loving it.

Honestly, it is rare that an English dub is so horrid I will knock it, in both anime and video games. While I prefer the original versions, I do think there are a lot of snobs out there that have a superiority complex that makes them hate dubs for some reason. For the most part, dubs seem to be getting much better. Sure you still have your stinkers but it is nothing like back in the day where 2 guys did every voice in a series. (I remember the original English dub of Getter Robo 2 when it was part of Force Five in the US. God that was horrid.) Sometimes the English dubs on games are superior like in pretty much all of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. There are people that don't want to have to read when they play a game. And that is fine, after all this is entertainment, not education or work.

Personally, I agree with lazyignition though that it is them being a little cheap. The game would have a much better chance of being accepted by a wider audience if they produced a dub to go along with the original Japanese version.

Honestly though, the game is fun regardless. The voice acting is good, but nothing stellar. Most people I know of are loving it for the gameplay and graphical style. The voices are not at the top of the list.