Do you prefer the English or Japanese dub of the new Zelda BOTW trailer?

English. Outside of the narrator sounding like she's trying to fake an old raspy voice, I pretty much like all of them.

It's not like I listen to people crying all the time in real life, but they tend to sound more like ENG zelda rather than that shriek of the JPN version.

Edit: I really like the english...deku tree?

Edit: Actually, I really like the Latin Spanish zelda cry. That's what people crying sound like.
 
I don't mind hearing it in English at all. The English voice is great. But there's something about the Japanese voice acting matching that ghibli esque art style that gives it a tad more feeling to me.
 
"Zelda's cry is not agonizing enough in English" is easily the dumbest gaming controversy we've had so far this year.

Old lady: I'm gonna have to give it to the Japanese VA. The English sounded a bit off. "It's also the history of the... *looks at notes* CALAMITY GANON"

King: Japanese again. He sounds more kingly. The English VA sounds like a talking lion.

Zelda: The Japanese VA is just too generic. She sounds like every other anime girl. There is at least a British twist with the English voice. I mean if you're gonna have Zelda talk, she would probably sound British.
 
The Japanese version had actual elderly people voice their respective characters for a start.
But for a lot of people I think it ultimately boils down to "I grew up watching subbed anime"
 
Massicot said:
English. Outside of the narrator sounding like she's trying to fake an old raspy voice, I pretty much like all of them.

It's not like I listen to people crying all the time in real life, but they tend to sound more like ENG zelda rather than that shriek of the JPN version.

Edit: I really like the english...deku tree?

Edit: Actually, I really like the Latin Spanish zelda cry. That's what people crying sound like.
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My wife say the Italian one is the most realistic.
 
Tohsaka said:
The first Xenoblade had dual audio, the second one didn't because the game filled up the disc and there wasn't room. This game does not, according to the file size on the Japanese page, it's only 13GB. Nintendo has also done dual audio for multiple other games on Wii U and 3DS.
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The file size won't necessarily indicate this.
Isn't Fire Emblem Fates smaller in the US, despite being dual audio.
 
Honestly going from normal Zelda gibberish to English is jarring. I love it and it seems really good... But Japanese might be the perfect language for me to really feel the emoting but not be thrown off by Zelda speaking English lol.

I'll still probably play in English even if I like that Japanese better just out of the novelty.
 
In my infinite stupidity while watching the Japanese trailer I forgot about the English VA and thought they'd decided to go with some kind of pseudo-Japanese like in Shadow of the Colossus.

Generally, I feel like the Japanese VA seems to fit the trailer more, but I don't think the English VA is particularly bad. It's probably because the trailer is pretty story heavy and I just naturally associate that with Japanese voices.
 
RobotHaus said:
Here's hoping the Spanish option is available in NA, I'm trying to learn Spanish and this would do nothing but help so long as subtitles are available, too.
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For Nintendo consoles, if a game has multiple languages on the disc/cart, but not in-game (I can't think of any that have on-the-fly changes after you've already started), you'd have to change system language to Spanish. In your case, that would help a lot, too.

Smash Bros. is in Latin American Spanish, if you want to give that a spin/own it. It's good, but most of your learning will have to come from text (trophy entries, menus) because the announcer (which I love! He's great) is the only dialogue, really, and it's so minimal.
 
The game is already 13 GB releasing on consoles with 32 GB built in. There is literally no space for dual audio.

I'm not concerned because someone will almost certainly undub the Wii U version.
 
The English Zelda VA sounds like she needs a hot tea and a vacation. Japanese was way better, to the point where I hope it's dual audio, and I don't normally care about that.
 
English for sure, sounds like a solid dub overall to me. The Japanese voice work is too melodramatic for my tastes, Zelda's cry is a bit too over the top.
 
Massicot said:
English. Outside of the narrator sounding like she's trying to fake an old raspy voice, I pretty much like all of them.

It's not like I listen to people crying all the time in real life, but they tend to sound more like ENG zelda rather than that shriek of the JPN version.

Edit: I really like the english...deku tree?

Edit: Actually, I really like the Latin Spanish zelda cry. That's what people crying sound like.
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Agree on all points here. Checked out that trailer and yeah that's the most fitting VO for the cry. English is underdone, Japanese is way overdone, the Spanish(?) one is done right and the most realistic.
 
English Deku Tree voice is awesome, sounds exactly how I'd imagine the ones from OoT and WW to sound like.

The old lady isn't as gravelly and mystic as the one in the Japanese or even the other dubs, it's serviceable.

I like Zelda's British voice and her more subdued crying.
 
Mr Fahrenheit said:
The English Zelda VA sounds like she needs a hot tea and a vacation. Japanese was way better, to the point where I hope it's dual audio, and I don't normally care about that.
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Sadly it won't

They all sound ok asode for zelda cryibg in the english, but japanese take the top place
 
They both have their pros & cons. English is more subtle, but it sometimes veers on the dull side. The Japanese voices convey emotion more clearly, but it's to the point where it's kinda overdone.
 
There are probably people out who can top the crying of the Japanese version. I think it is fine, it depends on what has up to this point in the story.
 
Is Link still a mute, or does he actually say a word or three in Breath of the Wild? 'Cause while I'm stoked for it to start with this game, it's going to be weird for Link to be a silent as he ever was.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
The game is already 13 GB releasing on consoles with 32 GB built in. There is literally no space for dual audio.

I'm not concerned because someone will almost certainly undub the Wii U version.
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You know this doesn't matter right since the game's stored on physical media, not installed?

Unless you intend on downloading it instead, I guess.
 
Seeing as the game comes across as something akin to "Studio Ghibli Presents: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" I will say Japanese. Specifically, I liked the more emotive Japanese VA of Zelda in the trailer.
 
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