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Aksys has no plans to dub BlazBlue Central Fiction [Petition Added to OP]
- Thread starter Busaiku
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Would definitely be appreciated.
Until then, new page, New Link to the Petition.
I expect once my wife finishes up some pictures, the numbers might increase a bit. She's... persuasive.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I hope that works! Whats your wife's deviant art page? I'll subscribe so I can pass her works around once they are up (deviantart has subscriptions right? I cant remember been a while)
Celcius
°Temp. member
2100+ signatures, woot!
I think a new thread would help as the purpose of this one has kinda changed.
Also, don't get me wrong... I'm glad to see the petition going, have signed it, and hope it changes things, but let's say we get 10,000 signatures... surely that's just a drop in the bucket to ArcSys compared to the total number of sales they normally get right? Have they acknowledged the petition at all?
I think a new thread would help as the purpose of this one has kinda changed.
Also, don't get me wrong... I'm glad to see the petition going, have signed it, and hope it changes things, but let's say we get 10,000 signatures... surely that's just a drop in the bucket to ArcSys compared to the total number of sales they normally get right? Have they acknowledged the petition at all?
ShadowSoldier89
Member
thats not a drop in the bucket at all. BB should sell around 100k copies. 2k signatures is already telling, imagine the number of people that wont see this petition that actually care about what this is all about. Most people that buy BB will never see this petition, but thats one of the reasons why we try to spread it out as much as possible
I completely agree; the thread has moved from "no dub, people are unhappy" to "an official petition has been set up, please sign".
I won't have time to create a thread until tomorrow night, so if one hasn't been put up by then (or a mod comes by and says we can't), I'll do it then.
Multiple factors:
1. Cost per VA
2. How many lines (Story, battle, extras)
3. costs to implement
4. QA costs.
Can't give an exact amount obviously but they should still be able to do it. If they want to cut dub costs, at least wait until after the finale of a story many have enjoyed up til now. Doing it for the final installment is just fucking shitty :/
ShadowSoldier89
Member
great, destructoid fucked up with their article and now its going to paint a bad light
Destructoid Picked up the Story
Not the best title to run with (fans would probably be okay with English DLC down the road), but that should give it a small boost.
Not the best title to run with (fans would probably be okay with English DLC down the road), but that should give it a small boost.
cj_iwakura
Member
Looking at the cesspool of comments these articles breed, maybe news coverage isnt such a good thing...
Comments thus far seem pretty positive and informative *fingers crossed*.
Also, Destructoid has edited their title to be more accurate. So, huzzah.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
comments should be better now that the article is fixed
cj_iwakura
Member
More referring to SRK's, heh.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
yea SRK isnt surprising though, on that site if you are doing anything other than netplay, training mode, or versus mode then you are playing fighting games wrong
Yeah. That's still a problem.
We probably need an actual thread about this, since the thread title hasn't changed and the OP hasn't been updated with the petition.
I forget my history, but I'm fairly certain there was definitely a new thread when the petition to change Mass Effect 3's ending came out (though that was on a scale I've never seen before. I wonder if we should send Arc System Games cupcakes...)
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Merits of sub vs dub aside, I find it particularly interesting how in this case no one seems to mind the conflict of interest of freelancers who use social media to pressure a company to allocate budget for something said freelancers will most likely get paid for. I'm sure their enthusiasm and love for the game is real, but the optics are odd.
Celcius
°Temp. member
You know what, I'm making a thread. Just give me a few minutes guys.
A job's a job. Why WOULDN'T they pressure a company to cough up the cash to bring them back in for another session, especially since a large portion of the fanbase loves them and they really have nothing to lose by chipping in their support.
I mean, some of them outright admitted upfront that they weren't initially optimistic and to support the game regardless, but if Arc System Works COULD be convinced to give the dub the go-ahead, I know I'd be pushing for it to.
It's not a "conflict of interest". It's just "interest". We want a dub because we enjoy it. They want to provide it because it pays the bills while also enjoying their roles. It's just different reasons moving towards the same goal: get a dub made.
Thanks. One of us honestly should have done that ages ago.
AzureSkies
Member
Loved the English dub of BlazBlue and I don't know if I'll buy CF day one if there's no dub. I'd probably just buy it on sale instead considering that I've never been into the series competitively.
Celcius
°Temp. member
Oh well, just so that it doesn't go to waste, here's the new thread first post that I had put together.
Title: Petition to Add English Dub / Voiceovers to BlazBlue: Central Fiction
OP:
As you may know, the latest entry in the BlazBlue series, "BlazBlue: Central Fiction" is scheduled to release in the US on November 19th, 2016 (for both PS4 and PS3). However, unlike the previous 3 games in the series, the final game in the current story is currently scheduled to release without english dubs / voiceovers. That means that the entire lengthy story mode as well as the interactions of the character during fights would be completely in Japanese (with English subtitles during story mode).
The first BlazBlue game, "BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger" released in 2009 and for the past 7 years fans of the franchise have grown accustomed to having their characters voiced by some of the best voice actors in the business. Now you can imagine that after 7 years and 3 games later, it could really drain the experience to have the voices changed.
Aksys Games posted on twitter:
https://twitter.com/aksysgames/status/768503373612015616?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
"Basically boiled down to- game now w/ no dub. Game 6-8 months later w/ dub. We made a tough decision, but stick by it."
They later also posted:
https://twitter.com/aksysgames/status/769315786175361024?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
"2. An English dub is possible, but sometimes devs need extra convincing. Petitions, fan pages, etc all help. Fan communities"
cj_iwakura has started a petition to get Aksys's attention and it has started to gain traction as well as gaining the attention of several of the voice actors themselves. As the purpose of the original thread discussing this has changed, we felt this was worth a new thread instead of having to keep bumping the old one with the link to the petition as people continue to sign.
So far we have over 2200 signatures and plan to see how high we can go!
Title: Petition to Add English Dub / Voiceovers to BlazBlue: Central Fiction
OP:
As you may know, the latest entry in the BlazBlue series, "BlazBlue: Central Fiction" is scheduled to release in the US on November 19th, 2016 (for both PS4 and PS3). However, unlike the previous 3 games in the series, the final game in the current story is currently scheduled to release without english dubs / voiceovers. That means that the entire lengthy story mode as well as the interactions of the character during fights would be completely in Japanese (with English subtitles during story mode).
The first BlazBlue game, "BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger" released in 2009 and for the past 7 years fans of the franchise have grown accustomed to having their characters voiced by some of the best voice actors in the business. Now you can imagine that after 7 years and 3 games later, it could really drain the experience to have the voices changed.
Aksys Games posted on twitter:
https://twitter.com/aksysgames/status/768503373612015616?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
"Basically boiled down to- game now w/ no dub. Game 6-8 months later w/ dub. We made a tough decision, but stick by it."
They later also posted:
https://twitter.com/aksysgames/status/769315786175361024?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
"2. An English dub is possible, but sometimes devs need extra convincing. Petitions, fan pages, etc all help. Fan communities"
cj_iwakura has started a petition to get Aksys's attention and it has started to gain traction as well as gaining the attention of several of the voice actors themselves. As the purpose of the original thread discussing this has changed, we felt this was worth a new thread instead of having to keep bumping the old one with the link to the petition as people continue to sign.
So far we have over 2200 signatures and plan to see how high we can go!
AWizardDidIt
Member
Y'all doing god's work. Lets hope that petition gets some traction and grabs attention. It's very seriously the difference between a day 1 buy and waiting 6 months for a deep discount for me.
Definitely. Much appreciated getting things current.
I'll just quote this in the OP.
cj_iwakura
Member
Much appreciated, glad the mods don't object.
That picture of Seitz always puts a dumb grin on my face.
He also just tweeted the petition out again mentioning that we have over 2k signs now
cj_iwakura
Member
Unless I missed it, Aksys have yet to comment at all.
Neither has ArcSys.
Neither has ArcSys.
Celcius
°Temp. member
Glad to help
Awesome, thanks
They may not comment but I bet they're watching it. (perhaps even this thread too)
Oh, things have moved a bit since I went to sleep. 2300+ signatures and a new potential post for a new thread. We still doing that? Or keeping this one? (Oh, and why is the petition linked through cj's post? Wouldn't it be better to simply link to the petition in the new post itself?)
Celcius
°Temp. member
We decided to just keep this thread since the first post had already been updated. Then a mod changed the title for us and the OP was kind enough to add extra information in the first post. The petition link is at the top of the OP [I forgot to put a direct link in my post above
]. It may look a little awkward but all the information is there now. ShadowSoldier89
Member
last night was pretty good for us. Should easily get over 2500 today. Hopefully start pushing towards 3k tomorrow.
We've had a couple slumps and its definitely hard to find people that dont check forums and twitter (while following VAs on twitter)
Rice Digital actually posted on twitter about the whole thing, that was one of the more surprising ones.
We've had a couple slumps and its definitely hard to find people that dont check forums and twitter (while following VAs on twitter)
Rice Digital actually posted on twitter about the whole thing, that was one of the more surprising ones.
We decided to just keep this thread since the first post had already been updated. Then a mod changed the title for us and the OP was kind enough to add extra information in the first post. The petition link is at the top of the OP [I forgot to put a direct link in my post above
Ah, gotcha. Fantastic, then! ^_^
Rice Digital, huh? That is surprising; I think I literally only know them from Steins;gate. The more news sites the better, though, since as you mentioned it's difficult to get the word out to those who don't frequent the few specific channels we've been advertising on so far.
Is there any particular "best way" for contacting news sites with info like this in the hope they'll write a story?
ShadowSoldier89
Member
most have a tip box, but as CJ has clearly discovered most don't give a shit. Destructoid put it out there, but kotaku and others have completely ignored the whole thing
and some have went and posted about the limited edition while ignoring actual news
Yeah, you'd think they'd want in in a little controversy. : Ah well; I'll still go bug them. Maybe sobering good will come of it.
Destructoid picked up on it.
Might want to try our hands at sites like The Escapist, Eurogamer, IGN, Gamespot, etc.
Well done! Very impressive.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
damnit, I was enjoying trying to first post the milestones
Zambatoh
Member
This just reminds me that I still gotta go back and see the other system voices. I only ever used I-no because her double entendres are just all over the damn place.
Celcius
°Temp. member
I see that shoryuken.com has added this to their news: http://shoryuken.com/2016/08/29/fan...-english-dubbing-in-blazblue-central-fiction/
Good. Very good.