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iamslovakin

The question has been thrown around since the release of Hyrule Warriors and I want to know your input on the subject. Would you be okay with voice acting in the next zelda cannon? Personally I would not want voice acting in a Zelda game, but I want to her your answers and reasons.

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Meh...as long as it doesn't end up being like the CDi games. lol

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I honestly think it's about time Zelda gets voice actors. However I see that they would have to get some no name voice actor to voice Zelda and Link. I dont want them to get some big budget Hollywood actor to voice them like Kiefer Sutherland for Solid Snake for example. That would just be wrong.

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Ryno

Yes, and use the English cast from Xenoblade.

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Einherjar

Voice acting can go south pretty quick. Some folk complain its not in japanese, some that its in english, others whine that its not in every language in the world and again other complain that it might be bad.
If you leave it out, you just have the whiners that complain about it not being there in the first place and nothing else.
I couldnt care less about the fact that the characters themself talk or not. Zelda dialog isnt Shakespeare you know...

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Namco

No, I wouldn't feel comfortable with Link talking. I like the awkward one-sided conversations.

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I'm for either, but it's so easy for a company to ruin something by mediocre voice acting. People that are for it are most likely thinking that it would automatically be done by amazing voice actors and don't consider it being really crappy. That could easily ruin a Zelda game with annoying characters yapping for a long adventure. Basically it's easier to mess up voice acting than it is to perfect it.

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Octane

Those monologues from NPCs would become even more awkward than they already are...

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Nintenjoe64

I think they should have voice acting but there is no need for Link to talk other than affirmative and negative grunts.

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Yes, and use the English cast from Xenoblade.

I think they'd do a good job but I would also like to see the cast of Lego City give it a try because the last few Zeldas have been quite funny. I think the peoples and races of Hyrule should all have distinct accents from around the world.

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Namco

There was voice acting in Ocarina of Time remember?

Do we really want this again? :/

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Nintenjoe64 wrote:

I think the peoples and races of Hyrule should all have distinct accents from around the world.

I agree with this. Also, the grunts, moans, and groans were fine in the past but now it just come across as lazy to me.

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Nintenjoe64

Other M is probably to blame but I think fans are worried that Nintendo aren't good enough to do Zelda justice with voice acting.

Don't forget it was EAD who made the Nintendo game with the most memorable and quotable script of any video game ever made:

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I'm not against voice acting, but I would prefer they give each character, except Link, a gibberish voice like they gave Midna and Fi.

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Gamecubed

No. I like being able to project my own emotions into the text and imagine what each character sounds like. It's like reading a book in that sense.

But if it had to happen, I'd still want Link to be silent.

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Nintenjoe64

I hope the entire dialogue system of the game requires the gamepad microphone. That would be almost as much fun as blowing on the mic in Nintendoland.

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Yoshi

Fantastic voice acting or none at all. There can be no middle ground. That is my stance.

EDIT: Actually, voice acting might be coming to Zelda rather soon. Zelda U is Aonuma's last Zelda, and the new director might want to have voice acting.

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CaviarMeths

I actually like the gibberish that you hear from companions and some NPCs. It has a certain charm to it. Link's grunts have always been enough to convey his character too.

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brewsky wrote:

Fantastic voice acting or none at all. There can be no middle ground. That is my stance.

EDIT: Actually, voice acting might be coming to Zelda rather soon. Zelda U is Aonuma's last Zelda, and the new director might want to have voice acting.

Source? Why would this be his last Zelda?

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Allx360

I like the way they handled it in wind waker. It just seemed right to me.

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