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Do you think Game Freak will ever move on from Pokemon cries to actual voices?
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i would prefer them not using the anime cries, i wasn't the biggest fan of them and honestly it would just add in a ton of extra work and use up even more space since most pokemon have different names across every language. Like blubasaur has 7 different names across all languages so you need to record 7 different crys which then take 7 times more space then just having one and while that doesn't seem like much, most pokemon are like this when it comes to naming so it just because a gaint problem due to how extra work would have to be done.
over all it just wouldn't be worth the effort and that time and money would be better spent else where
over all it just wouldn't be worth the effort and that time and money would be better spent else where
If they ever do, they will have to "redub" them since most of the pokemon voices we know in anime are tied to voice actors. But honestly i like the chiptune voice, is charming and a nice throwback, IF they do voice the pokemon, i would love to have a option to toggle them.
I feel this is the missing key for all those people who moan about "Gameboy sounds".I kind of dread this thought since Pokemon having distinct cries is a direct line to its inspiration by kaijuu media, wherein several monsters are recognizable by distinctive sounds.
Legends is already on a good path working with the classic cries but making them sound more varied and natural. I think they will continue building on that. Maybe they will update the older cries again and take the opportunity to add more variations to each Pokémon, since they don't have to do it for all 1000 of them at once now that the dex is limited.
cartoony impossible creatures with pun names being all good but vocalizing being "fucking dumb" is some otherworldly dissonance
They pulled back from Pokémon anime voices in Legends, so probably not there. But the human characters will likely eventually get voice acting, as it's getting pretty jarring at this point.
Hell no, I'm glad they took that shit away from Pikachu (and Eevee?) in Legends Arceus. Voice acting for the human characters would be really nice, but recording grunts for every single Pokémon doesn't seem feasible tbh, so cries are fine and should stay. I hope both Pikachu and Eevee return to their normal cries in the new gen.
No, they didn't even do it in Pokemon Snap 2 (the sequel to the game that was filled with them) so they aren't gonna ever do it in the mainline.
The anime stuff is just separate, if even Pikachu changed back recently that should give you an indication.
Humans having voice acting? Yes, for sure... eventually lol.
I guess they feel they'd have to have so many languages the cost is actually a bit, why spend that when right now they don't have to? The games will sell anyway.
BUT
I feel at some point they will actually have to.
The anime stuff is just separate, if even Pikachu changed back recently that should give you an indication.
Humans having voice acting? Yes, for sure... eventually lol.
I guess they feel they'd have to have so many languages the cost is actually a bit, why spend that when right now they don't have to? The games will sell anyway.
BUT
I feel at some point they will actually have to.
I don't think that Pokémon fans actually want that? usually the sentiment I read that people prefer the game cries..
sure, add the anime cries as an option maybe, but not default.
sure, add the anime cries as an option maybe, but not default.
they moved away from doing improved cries since GC era, so it surprised me when pikachu got its voice back in 3DS games
I don't know. I think it is probably down near the bottom of the list of problems they need to solve on the series. If the question is "ever", I mean yeah I'm sure some day they'll change them up. Eventually the tech will get to a point that they'll probably be able to AI generate a bunch of better sounding cries easily an not coordinate a gazillion voice actors for weird sounds.
Not gonna happen. Whether for good or bad reasons. Game Freak is a small indie studio, cut them some slack
You can just disable it if its bad. It should be standard for a modern jrpg from any big IP though.
I hate the anime bit where they say their names, it's dumb as hell. Super cringe as a design choice.
The cries are leagues more interesting but I'd love it if they updated them all beyond their initial 8-bit sound font form.
The cries are leagues more interesting but I'd love it if they updated them all beyond their initial 8-bit sound font form.
Anime cries were always and will always be an awful idea and I can't for the life of me understand why people like them. They exist because the anime isn't text based and isn't showing the name of the Pokemon you're seeing anytime they're on screen. They're a mechanism for helping people remember the Pokemon. In any other context it's goofy
I think it's more than fair for the pun names to seem extra dumb when the creatures themselves are saying them
it implies that puns are deeply woven into the fabric of the universe
I think the games need some voice acting, but i'd like more sound effects and character voices over the Pokemon. I don't really mind them too much but there's such an obvious difference when you have Gen 1 Pokemon in the game with later gen Pokemon and their cries are more refined and robust (even though i think they did update some of the older cries)
A nice compromise would be to have them make more animalistic sounds.
But first I'd be much more concerned about the character voice acting. The entire "Piers singing" incident in SwSh was just woefully unacceptable.
A nice compromise would be to have them make more animalistic sounds.
But first I'd be much more concerned about the character voice acting. The entire "Piers singing" incident in SwSh was just woefully unacceptable.
They kind of are. The whole world speaks 1 language and that one language is ridiculously centered around Pun-creatures. Viruses are stat buffs. God is a Pokemon.
lol spot on. I'd rather the pun names come from dumb, tactless humans rather than the creature itself nudging you with its elbow - "exeggcutor!! (get it??)" As if their evolutionary traits over the millenia lead them each to say their bad pun.
Get rid of all the dumb robot sounding shit the older pokemon do. If by voice acting you mean repeatedly saying their name like the show, FUCK NO.
"evolutionary traits" in a world where everything is born in eggs (including ghosts) while rats and birds can have offspring together in the span of an hour before metamorphing into something completely different and learn a maximum of 4 very specific magic spells.
lol you're acting as if the game universe doesn't have recorded history and species origins just because the entire premise is tacitly ridiculous
it is utterly ridiculous, which is why an arbitrary line on one of the least ridiculous elements is hilarious.
none of that is quite as dumb as a creature being born with the name "Geodude" and instinctively knowing in the fabric of its being that it is a "Geodude"
If your scientific name is geodude I think you get a pass to do whatever you want and nobody bat an eye
Pokemon with stupid voices is completely in line with the tone and overall absurdity. Trying to make it "real" is the complete opposite of what should be happening. Bump of Chickens MV Gotcha is still the best animated thing from Pokemon because it leans into that absurdity hard while also having the cool battle effects. Also up there with best animation is parts of Twilight Wings like this extended battle cut where Charizard sounds like a dragon but Goodra sounds about as silly as it looks.
Pokemon with stupid voices is completely in line with the tone and overall absurdity. Trying to make it "real" is the complete opposite of what should be happening. Bump of Chickens MV Gotcha is still the best animated thing from Pokemon because it leans into that absurdity hard while also having the cool battle effects. Also up there with best animation is parts of Twilight Wings like this extended battle cut where Charizard sounds like a dragon but Goodra sounds about as silly as it looks.
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Ironically I could see them re-using some original cries (for the oldest Pokemon), similarly to how they re-used the original sound effects of several attacks like Hyper Beam and Psychic.
Ngl I freaking love how the original gens pokemon still have floppy disk sounds while new pokemon sound all majestic like
I will only accept Pikachu's cry being a voice actor saying "Pikachu!" Otherwise, voice acting for Pokemon cries just feels really wrong/annoying to me. It's hilarious that they say their names in the anime, but would get so old and annoying while playing the game.
BOOOOOOOO!!!!!! No ambition and lack of trying while evidence proves otherwise.
The current implementation they use lets them have the Pokemon make different variations of their cry for stuff like camping, I don't think they'd want to change that
But anyway, I wouldn't want any Pokemon to have their anime cry besides Charizard (I HATE this new game cry). I'd much rather have animal noises like the Stadium games and New Snap
But anyway, I wouldn't want any Pokemon to have their anime cry besides Charizard (I HATE this new game cry). I'd much rather have animal noises like the Stadium games and New Snap
I want to believe in human character voice acting, but for Pokemon, no. The most I hope they do is make them sound like they do in the Pokemon Stadium games, where they sounded like actual creatures.
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EDIT: Holy shit, re-listening to Stadium cries is getting me super nostalgic. Fuck.
Pokemon Cries Comparison: Stadium 1+2 VS Pokemon R/B,G/S
In the Pokemon Stadium games, they attempted to recreate the cry of each pokemon in a more organic/realistic way. I think for many of them, they succeeded so...
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EDIT: Holy shit, re-listening to Stadium cries is getting me super nostalgic. Fuck.