JRPG Voices in NA Versions?

I've been watching a lot of anime recently and I really love the expressions the Japanese put into their words so I was just wondering if anyone JRPG's this gen from any system come with the ability to have Japanese Voicing, much like the Naruto Games.

Also, any idea if White Knight Chronicles or FFXIII will have this?

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I personally feel like the english audio gives more variation in the pitch and sound of the characters, making it more easier to distinguish the characters, as well as not needing to read the subtitles so I dont have to miss out on whats going on.

Also is it just me or do others fill like alot of the japanese games/shows use alot of the same English actors for their voices.

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I personally feel like the english audio gives more variation in the pitch and sound of the characters, making it more easier to distinguish the characters, as well as not needing to read the subtitles so I dont have to miss out on whats going on.

Also is it just me or do others fill like alot of the japanese games/shows use alot of the same English actors for their voices.

I generally find the voice annoying, whether they're speaking in English, Japanese or Klingon.

I prefer it when the text appears on the screen so I can just read it...I just started playing Dragon Warrior 4 and realized how much I miss that.

AND I really wish they would map more than one sound to each move. Hearing your character make the same sound every time he swings his sword drives me nuts.

English, english, english.

Don't understand why anyone would want it in Japanese.

English, english, english.

Don't understand why anyone would want it in Japanese.

cuddlesofwar

Japanese voice acting with English subtitles. I also prefer watching foreign movies with subtitles as well.

I don't mind Dubbing that much, as long as it isn't like Chaos Wars. Which is kinda a it is so bad it is funny thing.

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English, english, english.

Don't understand why anyone would want it in Japanese.

Hoobinator

Japanese voice acting with English subtitles. I also prefer watching foreign movies with subtitles as well.

I always prefer the Japanese voice over. Not because I absolutely can't stand dubs (some are decent), but because the Japanese voice actors are always of higher quality. Dubbing efforts tend to have have less funding, and as such the end-result is pretty much always something that is worse than the original work. This is true with ALL dubbing efforts, not just video game dubbing, or dubbings for certain source-->target language combinations.

In addition, I'm enrolled in a Japanese language course at the moment, and have quite a bit of practice with speaking and listening to Japanese, so I can pick up on alot of what's being said regardless. However, I'm not anywhere near fluent enough to import (still a first-year student; I know very few Kanji/Kanji compounds), so having the Japanese voice-over with English text is the next-best thing.

On the other hand I have to admit I really hate that female voice that tries to sound really cute, if she was doing the vo for a six year old character then thats fine, its just that sometimes you will have her doing a 18 year old girl. Really does my head in :(.reyad-u

Ehh that's not true. Well, you do see those extremely high-pitched voices sometimes, but most high-school-age female characters are well-voiced in the Japanese versions of most games. Yukiko in the Japanese version of Persona 4, for example, was voiced by probably the most-varied and one of the best-overall voice talents in the game (Ami Koshimizu.) Chie's voice actor (Yui Horie), while a bit towards the monotone side, did a really nice job, and fit perfectly with Chie's personality. Both seemed much more fitting than the much older-sounding (30s? As in: too old to be high-school students) female voice actors in the English version of the game.

Rise's Japanese voice actor might be close to what you were talking about, though. Rie Kugimiya can sound very high-pitch/squeaky alot of the time (especially when expressing happiness; it can get annoying) but she can also be extremely varied when expressesing anger and such.

I personally feel like the english audio gives more variation in the pitch and sound of the characters, making it more easier to distinguish the characters, as well as not needing to read the subtitles so I dont have to miss out on whats going on.

Also is it just me or do others fill like alot of the japanese games/shows use alot of the same English actors for their voices.

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