It's fair to say that, at times, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe can seem to be entirely at the mercy of decisions out of Kyoto, not always having much of a say in content. Recent trailers for the two Famicom Detective Club games are a case and point, with the regional teams clearly being given the same stock video and told to make use of it.
In this case it makes for a bit of a fun comparison. Nintendo of America released its version last week, and the narration is reminiscent of slightly over-the-top TV commercials for detective shows. "Chilling grudges. Grave accusations. A village forever haunted". Dramatic stuff.
Nintendo of Europe has gone the other way with its version today. Opting for a smooth classical English voice, the narrated lines are cut back and are far less demonstrative, with more moments where the game footage simply rolls uninterrupted.
The difference in style did amuse us - the question is, which did you prefer?
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Did @JonComms narrate the second one?
I would love to try these, but I hope they are long enough? I also hope for a physical release.
Yeah, I'm hoping to be able to get both on one cartridge in English. I like the British trailer more, but also like the U.S. one. I would love for Nintendo to keep doing stuff like this, especially with Advance Wars, well Famicom Wars and Super Famicom Wars games (and Gameboy Wars games too). It would be cool to have Devil World on Switch too. And more old Fire Emblem games.
These seem very interesting. While I would also like a physical release, at the end of the day these are lighter releases from Nintendo in a similar vein to Pac-Man 99. I look forward to getting it.
Nintendo keeps pushing these games. I hope it also shows up in sales and we get more games like them, like Buddy Mission BOND for example.
I have been excited for these since the announcement, fingers crossed a physical release is announced shortly as I would not want to have to double dip.
I've never heard of the originals, but I'm really looking forward to these remakes. They seem quite exciting, and perhaps like a more "dramatic" Ace Attorney-like experience (naturally with less court and more investigation - fine by me).
I normally like this sort of game, but £50 seems a lot of money for 2 short NES games with little replay value.
The 2nd one is so much better. The voice actor the the US one is terrible. She sounds non-union.
I find the NA trailer much more informative and I prefer, however that "classic" British man's voice is way better than the American woman's voice.
Now we need one with the Miitopia trailer narrator.
Definitely prefer that British trailer. I want the sexy butler who is undoubtedly the source of that voice to whisper sweet nothings in my ear at night.
Oh... and the game looks pretty good, as well. I wasn't going to pick these up immediately, but the production values on these look high for visual novels, and I'm a sucker for mystery/horror stories like this.
Between these and that Ace Attorney collection, fans of investigative visual novels are really, really spoiled these next few months.
I can't read "All the difference" without hearing G-Man's voice in my head saying it. That's narration for you.
I wonder if there will be a translation into Latin Spanish, there are already Nintendo games that are dubbed into this language.
I like the UK one. Has more of a tone of a true crime documentary, which kind of suits the theme
The UK one sounds like he doesn't wanna be there but his serious voice does fit the tone of the game.
£50 for a digital only release of obscure, niche Japanese games doesn't entice me very much, especially as you're forced to buy both as one digital package here (I believe they're separate releases in NA).
Will wait for a sale but as Nintendo is the publisher, I expect to see 10% off in 2 or 3 years.
@stinky_t No, it sounds like the guy from the "Discover Audible with a free audiobook on us" ads that are plastered all over YouTube.
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