Who is voicing who? : Labyrinthia (PLvsGS)

Re: Who is voicing who?

Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:01 am

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It's actually funny when you realize that in Japan, the Professor Layton games are famous for their voice actors (by which I don't mean famous voice actors, but that they always hire famous/popular actors like Horikita Maki to voice their games). Their pictures are even featured prominently on the packages!

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Re: Who is voicing who?

Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:40 pm

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I think it's impressive that, to stay true to that in a localization Nintendo actually did the same with western actors, just to mimic that! :-P

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Re: Who is voicing who?

Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:10 pm

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I love how highly American Phoenix and Maya's voices are. Strong contrast with the British Layton.

Re: Who is voicing who?

Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:10 am

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Re: Who is voicing who?

Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:02 am

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Danchat wrote:

Forever Agent M wrote:

linkenski wrote:

Well, the game's credits listed Trevor White, so I don't see why that shouldn't be Phoenix. Though it did make me skeptical since the name practically appeared at the bottom of the actors list.

Kudos to Level5 for listing their cast in the credits unlike Capcom for AA

I hate to be picky, but this is the first Professor Layton game to give credit to the VAs. At least the first three AAs gave credit to their VAs.

I could be mistaken, but I think the voice actors for the PL games are listed in the manuals. Not as good as credits in the game, but at least they're not totally without ID... :yogi:

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Re: Who is voicing who?

Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:36 am

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All I can say is wow...Edgeworth's new voice actor almost fits him...

Re: Who is voicing who?

Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:34 pm

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Bolt: The manual for this game (at least in english) is just two pages with images explaining the mechanics. There are no credits to see :-/

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Re: Who is voicing who?

Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:22 pm

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linkenski wrote:

Bolt: The manual for this game (at least in english) is just two pages with images explaining the mechanics. There are no credits to see :-/

What about the end game credits?

Re: Who is voicing who?

Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:12 pm

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I can't really comment on this since I haven't played either version, but apparently some Japanese critics found the voice acting by Hiroki Narimiya and Mirei Kiritani to be lackluster. Perhaps it stems from the fact that they're LIVE-ACTION ACTORS and not VAs. There's a whole world of difference in acting only with your voice, than with your body and expressions.

As for what I've heard of the British dub, it's pretty good so far. Sans Luke of course, but that's only because I'm so used to Lani Minella instead of Maria Darling. I never understood why they'd change voices between two versions that are already in English. Go with one or the other and then skip this whole mess.

Re: Who is voicing who?

Thu May 08, 2014 3:20 am

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TopHatProfessor1014 wrote:

As for what I've heard of the British dub, it's pretty good so far. Sans Luke of course, but that's only because I'm so used to Lani Minella instead of Maria Darling. I never understood why they'd change voices between two versions that are already in English. Go with one or the other and then skip this whole mess.

If I remember correctly, the UK was originally supposed to get the Lani Minella version as well. However, when British game reviewers were allowed to preview the game, they found Luke's accent annoying and fake-sounding. So they redid it for the UK. Personally, I'm English and I initially found UK Luke annoying, but he grew on me over the series. US Luke just sounds weird to me- the pronunciation sounds off.

The Layton games also differ in the UK in that some of the puzzles are different, normally due to different systems of measurement or because they wouldn't make sense for the other European translations.

I don't think anybody has posted this yet- somebody has posted the list of voice actors for the English version:
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/for ... hp?p=73013

However, they are taken straight from the credits, which don't mention who voiced which character.

Re: Who is voicing who?

Thu May 08, 2014 10:08 am

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Nausicaa wrote:

TopHatProfessor1014 wrote:

As for what I've heard of the British dub, it's pretty good so far. Sans Luke of course, but that's only because I'm so used to Lani Minella instead of Maria Darling. I never understood why they'd change voices between two versions that are already in English. Go with one or the other and then skip this whole mess.

If I remember correctly, the UK was originally supposed to get the Lani Minella version as well. However, when British game reviewers were allowed to preview the game, they found Luke's accent annoying and fake-sounding. So they redid it for the UK. Personally, I'm English and I initially found UK Luke annoying, but he grew on me over the series. US Luke just sounds weird to me- the pronunciation sounds off.

The Layton games also differ in the UK in that some of the puzzles are different, normally due to different systems of measurement or because they wouldn't make sense for the other European translations.

I don't think anybody has posted this yet- somebody has posted the list of voice actors for the English version:
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/for ... hp?p=73013

However, they are taken straight from the credits, which don't mention who voiced which character.

Yes, we only know Trevor and CRM voiced the respective protagonists, but the Professor Layton wiki has been getting more of the info on the game, even regarding who voiced who. Not sure what their sources are, but I'm gonna investigate