After being rated by the Australian Classification Board last month, it was yesterday confirmed Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth would be released on the 3DS in both North America and Europe later this year.
If you want to find out more information about this title, check out the existing article. One other rather important detail we’ve found out about the game since is regarding the voice overs. In a statement to IGN, an Atlus representative confirmed the western release would include a Japanese voice track and English subtitles. Here’s the full statement:
Persona Q2 New Cinema Labyrinth’s localized release will be available exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS with a Japanese voice track and English subtitles. There are no plans to add an English dub to the game at this time.
This is unfortunate to hear considering past localised entries in the series have included English voice work - including the original Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. It is also hard to say why Atlus has not added English voice overs, but perhaps it is to do with cost-cutting.
New Cinema Labyrinth was released in Japan last November and will arrive locally on 4th June 2019. If you want to get to know the series a bit better before Joker is added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and happen to have a 3DS about, this spin-off might be a fun way to learn more about the large cast of characters in the long-running series.
Are you disappointed English voice work won’t be in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth? Did you play the first game on the 3DS? Tell us below.
[source au.ign.com]
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well, that keeps $40 in my wallet then.
#DubsBeforeSubs
Saw this yesterday, doesn't matter to me. Still cant wait for the game.
They clearly don't want to throw a lot of money to a potential low selling game on a dying system. The fact that we get it at all is good enough for me. Dubbed or not this game was always going to sell worse then the first one. Nexus will also go unnoticed by many.
Hard enough to even turn my 3ds on these days and it's not for the lack of good games. All I want to do is game on my Switch but some games are worth my time and this is one of them!
For me, having Japanese voice is WAY better, so this is great news
No big deal to me I'm used to listen to Japanese and read the subtitles
@Spectra you need to check your priorities in life if a game without English voices is what you consider disgusting kiddo
I wasn't going to pick it up at first, until I saw this!
Now I definitely won't be picking it up haha.
Jokes aside, that kinda sucks. But why do more work to a game that won't be sell like hot cakes.... Unless they ported it to the switch nudge nudge (and add English dub if the case)
I'm surprised how many poeple lose their mind because of this. Sure, a english dub would have been nice, but it's so irritating that so many players go on a instant rage on Twitter and other websides instead of thinking for a moment WHY there is no english dub.
Sadly the 3DS is at the end of it's lifespan. Many people don't care about it anymore. From a company standpoint i can totally understand why Atlus decided against the inclusion of a english dub. That would be very costly for them and wouldn't pay off in the end. The fact that most current 3DS users are children doesn't help either since the Game is rated M in north america.
So stop acting like Atlus did this just because they are lazy. They are a business and have to think reasonabel about game localisation. They could have pulled a Capcom and decide against a english translation at all like with both The Great Ace Attorney games.
I'm really looking forward to Persona Q2 and can't wait to get it in june and i hope everyone who is excited for the game will have a great time
Atlus sure likes to do this. I was disappointed when Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse did this too. I really liked the voice acting in SMT IV.
That's so lazy! The other games have had an English voice option so why the heck not? Just like Nicalis being lazy with Code of Princess EX not having one when the 3ds release had one and made the game so much better.
Wow a 8 months wait only to translate text from Japanese to English .
Yeah okay sure Atlus take your time I guess.
This game won't sell enough copies in the west in order to pay off the English voice actors, so why bother?
@Spectra No translation is better than a limited one? That doesn't make sense.
Sixth grade me still enjoyed Breath of Fire II on the SNES even though sixth grade me could still tell how bad the writing was.
@Spectra
Might as well make what you can with minimal effort before the 3DS completely dies out .
Hey, I'm literate so it doesn't bother me.
Persona Q 1&2 for Switch
Doesn't matter to me, i'm still getting it. I actually like japanese VO in most JRPGs.
But i understand the frustration of some people here, not everyone likes playing with japanase dub after all. For me it's fine though.
They didn't dub Strange Journey either. They're clearly being cautious with where they put their money.
Game already looks garbage so easy pass.
First Strange Journey and now this? Odd choice. Still getting it though.
Okay but where's Shin Megami Tensei V?
A lot of the appeal of Persona is the characters and voice acting is a big part of that. Yes, I'm very disappointed, especially since this is a direct sequel to a dubbed game.
They should be making more of an effort to make the game a success worthy of dubbing instead of phoning it in.
It's a very small "Bummer" compared to a huge "Whatever. At least I get to play the game" for me.
Yeah, I really like the voice acting Atlus managed into the past series, but I'm happy playing this in a language I can read and understand. Besides, Kanji's voice was changed in PQ1, there goes half the magic away already 😂
From what I read, the first game didn't have the Japanese voices instead, so it's a "tradeoff" I can definitely live with.
And of course the comments are full of complaints and "weeb" quips. I suppose being a native Belarusian and preferring Hollywood stuff in English makes me a weeb as well, because first-party voice direction is such a rocket science concept.
@Spectra entitlement to care (provided it's a person caring rather than a fan pretending to) doesn't quite equal entitlement to make hyperbolic insults like calling a game disgusting for lack of a dub.
@AlternateButtons how does reading english subtitles make me a weeb? You don't sound very clever, boy. Hope you get to use your brain one day.
Genuinely disappointing as Persona games have generally excellent dubs, but I'll still get it regardless.
Should of put on Switch, along with porting Tokyo Mirage Sessions.
No probs here, will buy regardless. Usually prefer Japanese VA as they seem to slip into the roles better of games with an anime feel.
Of course, people are allowed to have an opinion and decide not to buy it if they don’t want to but this is a reason I have trouble comprehending. If its a game you’d otherwise want to play, is being unable to understand speech with your ears that big a deal breaker? (Then again I’ve come across worse reasons).
As for Atlus’ reasoning this its as plain as day. They want to release a game on a system in its final throes and likely to sell only to dedicated fans (many of which won’t care about subs only) so may as well keep localisation costs down.
@Spectra sure, that's a universal excuse in internet fanspeak, any difference between opinions and insults be damned. At least until freedom of speech proves a traitorously two-way street and making an opinion public turns out to subject it to other people's opinions.
@locky-mavo might be nice, but doesn't PQ series retain Etrian Odyssey's map charting? As with Mario Maker, I'm not sure if a capacitive screen will work on par with a resistive one here. Then again, if Vita and Switch have Terraria and Switch has a bunch of nonogram games...
Japanese voices are actually awesome. When games offer you the option: English or Japanese, I always go for Japanese. So it does not bother me.
That's how it should be.
With the 3DS essentially ending especially in places like here in the UK that barely stock for it anymore, Im just happy it's getting a physical release.
english dubs are very rarely any good anyway. Bad, over the top voice acting and usually poor casting aswell, voices not matching the character etc. Zelda's voice on BOTW was abysmal for example.
The only exclusions to this rule seem to be Ghibli films and other high end jap films.
Whatever. Xander Mobus' voice can be already heard on a 3DS anyway.
Can't believe people keep saying "put this on Switch instead". Like, do you even play PQ before? Or any Etrian games? The game requires you to draw maps on the touchscreen as you travel around the dungeons. It doesn't spawn random maps like normal Persona games
Don’t recall playing a game this way before but I prefer watching films/anime in the original voiceover and just reading the English subtitles.
Just as it should be. Excellent.
Glad we're getting it. 3DS software sales are clearly dead in the water, but bummed it won't match the Persona series' excellent dub work.
I always choose japanese voice for jrpg
Im fine with it. Bigger worry was it wouldnt reach the west at all.
It sucks that the game lacks english dub, Persona series has some of the better dubs out there.
But having the game this way is better than no english game at all, if they didn't bring it out here then importing the japanese one would be the only option for those who speak that language or want to play it with a walkthrough, but even then the VO would be still in japanese.
I'm happy we get the game at all, even while slightly dissapointed by the lack of english dub, however looking at how many times they changed voice actors in the english games would made me think that's one of the reasons + low sales that this game lacks english dub.
We could also call Atlus greedy but then they would never care to bring this game to the west at all, translating and retesting a game isn't free and the sales will be low for sure considering the switch is by then 2+ years on the market.
Yeah lack of english dub sucks... but having this in english is still nice, and I get it that some won't buy this because lack of dub but that's their own choice.
Considering the only dubs I’ve ever watched are Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I’m perfectly happy with this. For people saying it’s lazy, you clearly have no idea how much it costs. If you want English voices, more people should have bought the first one, it’s that simple.
Just pre-ordered the "Show Time" premium edition from Amazon. I'll give the game a go but I have a feeling this edition will be hard to come by later on in time. A late cycle release for a game with little buzz around it.
First of all those whiners can't read english to start let alone understand translation cost. Got lots of clickbaiters whom has no knowledge what so ever the cost is. Regardless if the 3DS line being 3rd wheel until it goes.
@nhSnork it wouldn’t be hard to implement these games to a single screen. Labyrinth of Refrain is very similar to Persona Q, and Etrian Odyssey and pulls it off quite well, plus we already know from Atlus themselves, that they plan to continue the EO series beyond the 3DS, so I’m pretty sure they have an idea already on how to adapt this style of game without the use of a second screen.
@yamato2706 yet Atlus plan to continue the Etrian Odyssey beyond the 3DS.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/atlus_teases_next_stage_in_etrian_odyssey_series
Well this makes no difference, I'd say the game is all the better for it, English dubs are disappointing 95% of the time anyway and the original voice acting is far superior regardless. Most VO work in English is quite cringe worthy really.
@ReaderRagfihs : I'm in the same boat. I'm so tired of the same old tired monotonous and/or valley speak of American voices. I can tell when a dub has been done on a budget as so many of them (anime included) are atrocious. Bayonetta is a rare example of a Japanese game with an exquisite English dub. Most do not live up to this standard, sadly.
I'd like to see more English dubs featuring voices from outside the U.S.
In most cases, I prefer the original Japanese audio though.
Am I the only one who prefers Celeste style VA? Bad or even pretty good but not great voice acting drives me crazy. It's weird to me to watch characters on screen who talk like they're in a radio drama which is what 99% of "good" voice acting in games sounds like. Anyway, slightly off topic, but surprised that a dub of all things is a deal breaker for so many.
Guess I won't be getting this game after all.
Praise the lord, also known as lack of budget.
Granted, dual audio is the best way to go when possible, since everyone gets to play it in the language they want. But if it's between one or the other I'd always rather have the original. I've never liked Atlus' policy of forcing dubs just because they paid for them.
I don't mind. As long as I can still play it and know what's going on without having to tediously look up a translation guide, I'm good to go.
English dubs remove all character and authenticity from Japanese games. Makes it sound like a generic sunday morning cartoon.
@BigSnikkel couldn't have said it better. And also on this line take the Americanized Japan movies and how they flopped when using american cast. They totally missed everything as well. So it's not just english dubbed but anything english dubbed or rework is totally failure. When I watch anime I go Japan voice and english text. English voice missed all essences that Japan voice emphasizes.
Shame, but le shrug.
I already preordered the special edition and am stoked to play it in a language I can understand. I enjoy other Atlus releases that lack dubs (Tokyo Mirage Sessions being a prime example) so this won’t be anymore than a minor inconvenience.
Plus the music is still bangin’ so...
A lot of you are sounding very insane. It's not going to break them for a dub especially since P5 has a stellar English cast. It's much easier to play through or watch something in your own native language rather than having to hear a bunch of nonsensical speech all the time.
@SwitchForce
I disagree 100% dubs in the last 10-15 years a way better and capture emotion way better than some of the monotone subs I've watched. Check out the code of Princess dub compared to the original, it's way funnier the Japanese don't get humor. Goku sounds like an old woman in Japan unlike the way he should like in English.
Unfortunately, Atlus has been doing this with all their recent 3DS titles. Etrian Odyssey Nexus also won't have it.
I hope there is at least the option to turn voices off entirely. I find Japanese voice acting to be grating to the ears. Everyone sounds pre-pubescent and constantly shrieking (I know, I'm exaggerating a little bit).
I'm totally fine with this, plus I've become used to Japanese voice acting through watching Eng. subtitled anime, as I mostly prefer the original Japanese voice acting to the English dubs (exception would be Cowboy Bebop). I do find it puzzling that this game won't have English voice acting, considering that Persona in my opinion, has some of the best English dubbed voicework of any localized JRPG franchise.
@GameOtaku Some of us are insane because we can understand why the game won't get a english dub? Are you for real?
Also there is a huge difference between Persona 5 and Persona Q2.
Persona 5 is a main entry in the series and was released on two Consoles, PS3 and PS4. Currently Playstation 4 has the largest amount of players in the console market. I think it's not that hard to figure out why this game was dubbed in english.
Persona Q2 on the other hand is a spin-off title only for 3DS.
The 3DS is on it's way out and Persona Q2 will probably be the last high quality 3rd party game for the system that's not published by Nintendo. Many players don't care about the 3DS anymore and most current active players are children who won't be interrested in Persona for the most part. At this point i guess the reason for not making a english dub is obvious.
@Nagi_Nagisa
The point is not obvious. Persona Q has an English dub, so it doesn't make sense for them to skimp out on features in this game regardless if it is releasing at the end of the 3ds life. It would make sense if P5 didn't have a dub but as it is we know tge characters and their voices in a more understandable and relatable language. It drive me nuts when I booted up FighterZ and its default was Japanese acting, I was quite relieved to find it could be changed.
What with the Atlus tax and all they should be giving us more bang for our buck and giving both options (dub and sub).
Shame, but understandable at this point in the 3DS lifespan. I'm just happy the game is getting released period.
My kind of localization!
Disappointing but understandable. I hope voices can be turned off completely though. I prefer having no voice acting to Japanese voice acting, especially for characters that I'm already used to hearing speak in English
Fine with me I already play half my games with japanese only voices.
@idrawrobots Maybe your thinking about Strange Journey? SMT IV: Apocalypse had English voices.
true anime fans always prefer original Japanese dubbing. I prefer subtitles over voice in any case but English is not my native language.
I’d be more annoyed if it didn’t include the Japanese original tbh, I played P5 in Japanese so the characters would feel wrong with English voices.
Do wish they included an English dub too though for those that want it.
Also dub vs sub arguments are stupid and I feel most are looking for an argument when they’re bringing it up.
@Carlos1996 shoot. You’re exactly right. I was thinking of Strange Journey.
To everyone praising this, y'all really just need to mod your 3DSes and use an undub patch if you're so scared of english.
Sorry some people actually want to play the game with the voices they recognize and associate with each character...
Let's just take a moment of silence for the next 3DS sales bomb. This will be extremely lucky to see 100,000 units sold lifetime in the US. The 3DS is NOT as lively as Reggie would have fans believe, their own sales numbers show this thing is just pushing up daisies.
@Spectra "Yes, difference between the two be damned, because either way it doesn't matter in the slightest"
And that mentality is the problem here. It's not about me and would be an issue even if I were never around.
@locky-mavo right, this as well. I forgot the likelihood of Atlus continuing EO on Switch - they may already know what to do.
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