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Should Animal Crossing receive the voice acting treatment?
- Thread starter sanstesy
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I don't think I've ever seen a thread on here where the answer was this universally "NO NO NO NO PLEASE NO"
It's called Animalese and, yes, it is actually phonetic. Works better with Japanese sounds, but even in English it is kind of there, but sounds much more like just gibberish.
No. It would absolutely kill the charm.
why are people so obsessed with making everything voice acted.
why are people so obsessed with making everything voice acted.
Read it to them. Parents reading to their kids has a myriad of positive benefits anyway.
It MIGHT be ok for KK slider songs to have SOME actual lyrics but that as far as it should ever go. Even then I still want it to sound like the normal noises they make.
Look to examples like Celeste and Hollow Knight as to why gibberish is infinitely more charming than voice acting in non-realism games.
Slightly off topic, but in my head, the AC animals, Banjo & Kazooie, and the Star Fox crew in the SNES game are all speaking the same gibberish language.
But on topic, I wouldn't really want it, and also feel like it would probably limit the game's dialogue and villager count to compensate for how much voice acting there would have to be.
Off topic again, but I do think Pokemon should get it, at the very least for cutscenes. Less so for Pokemon cries/sounds.
But on topic, I wouldn't really want it, and also feel like it would probably limit the game's dialogue and villager count to compensate for how much voice acting there would have to be.
Off topic again, but I do think Pokemon should get it, at the very least for cutscenes. Less so for Pokemon cries/sounds.
We can leave that for a future animated special like that one anime years ago.
The games wouldn't be the same without the cute gibberish.
The games wouldn't be the same without the cute gibberish.
I like voice acting, this game DOESNT need any voice acting.
Not only that but animals are already reading the localized text that appears in text boxes (just superfast), phonetic langauges sound better, but it is what it is, though not gibberish, its not Banjo Kazooie like.
Not only that but animals are already reading the localized text that appears in text boxes (just superfast), phonetic langauges sound better, but it is what it is, though not gibberish, its not Banjo Kazooie like.
We read books to them all the time, and we've been reading Mario Odyssey to them, too (another game that should have VA).
There are still plenty of times when we're busy with something else and can't read a video game to them.
Nah, the current "voice acting" is charming and it gives them a lot more flexibility when it comes to writing dialogue and having hundreds of characters.
The best they could do is the Rune Factory 4 style cut-in clips but tbh those grate on me eventually.
The best they could do is the Rune Factory 4 style cut-in clips but tbh those grate on me eventually.
That video is absolutely cursed and ruined stitches for me.
Also imagine having to add voice over for EVERY VILLAGER, or the alternative where everyone has the same voice, like all your jocks are voiced by Troy Baker and get in convos with each other.
Also imagine having to add voice over for EVERY VILLAGER, or the alternative where everyone has the same voice, like all your jocks are voiced by Troy Baker and get in convos with each other.
Every 60 dollar top publisher game in this day and age needs voice acting at the bare minimum. Sadly Nintendo doesn't view it that way.
Nope, it's a distinct part of the series personality. Part of the calming aspect of the series is tuning out human babble IMO.
edit: and the additional localisation time? Screw that.
edit: and the additional localisation time? Screw that.
No it doesn't. Animal Crossing's already established Animalese language is part of what makes it so special.
Also do you realize how expensive and time consuming recording dialog for 400+ characters, who would need to have lines concerning almost every single item in the game, in all supported languages would be?
Fully dubbing a game like Animal Crossing seems like actual budget suicide.
You would need to:
- Hire quite a few voice actors to cover all of the 300+ villagers
(but let's be conservative and say 30 people covering multiple roles would suffice)
- Actually record a considerable number of voice lines (New Leaf's script was 3.800+ pages according to a Reddit user)
- Make every voice actor say EVERY SINGLE ITEM in the whole game for incidental dialogue.
- Do that AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES to at least cover the 6-in-1 European language standard.
(not doing so would be an insulting cop-out)
And if the solution is "Just dub the important dialogue", why even bother to begin with?
You would need to:
- Hire quite a few voice actors to cover all of the 300+ villagers
(but let's be conservative and say 30 people covering multiple roles would suffice)
- Actually record a considerable number of voice lines (New Leaf's script was 3.800+ pages according to a Reddit user)
- Make every voice actor say EVERY SINGLE ITEM in the whole game for incidental dialogue.
- Do that AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES to at least cover the 6-in-1 European language standard.
(not doing so would be an insulting cop-out)
And if the solution is "Just dub the important dialogue", why even bother to begin with?
