Son Of Sparda
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To be fair to Atlus, judging by the history of Yakuza series, there wasn't any chance of that happening to begin with.
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Atlus will present Yakuza 0 at E3
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To be fair to Atlus, judging by the history of Yakuza series, there wasn't any chance of that happening to begin with.
I don't, considering their first game on a nintendo system - the Sonic Advance - was published by THQ.
I'd say the majority of people that would buy a Yakuza game prefers the Japanese audio. And even if you're not a native speaker of the language, you can tell if something is good or not. Voice inflections, where they emphasize words, tone, variations in voice, etc...For whatever reason, English dubs turn Osakan accents (for example) into southern US drawl. I don't know about you but if I'm playing a game based in Japan, with a full cast of Japanese characters, with an emphasis on Japanese culture, hearing a southern drawl or hearing The Joker speak is offputting.
It'd be great if dual audio was an option but barring that, Japanese audio is my preferred choice. I highly doubt they'd sink the resources into dubbing it in English anyway considering how low the sales are in western markets so this debate is moot.
sublimit
Banned
Awesome!Now if only someone got the publishing rights for Ishin as well...
especially considering the series' poor sales in the west, its hard to complain about how much sega has done. we have every mainline game except 0...
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
Woo!
Yakuza 1, the only dubbed game, is the best selling game of the series.
It was being marketed as a Eastern GTA. Oh and that's another thing. Yakuza 1 was actually marketed. 2 and beyond were not. Get your facts straight.It is really hard to say if a dubbed Yakuza 2 would done better, but we do know that Yakuza 4 sold worst than Yakuza 3. And Yakuza 4 had the most faithful localization, keeping Japanese names, mini games including hostess. They keep making the experience as close to the original but that hasn't reflect in sales. Yakuza 2-4 probably have the same amount of marketing.
R_thanatos
Member
The bolded was the number one complain about the localisation.
Are you praising mark hamil or talking about the localisation of the games. Those aren't the same thing
Y2 was release at the VERY end of the PS2 lifespan without any marketing what so ever.
Face it the people who are intrested in the franchise for it's autenticity in the setting don't want this dub
And Yakuza 2 still manage to sell better Yakuza 3. Where the heck were those people who cares about authenticity when Yakuza 4 came out?
Son Of Sparda
Member
I also don't want them to dub the series. Putting authenticity aside, it's just not worth it from a business stand point and it'll only hurt the western release by making the localization much more expensive.
This is a relatively recent title on a current gen console. It's gonna cost $60 like most of the other retail games out there.
This is a relatively recent title on a current gen console. It's gonna cost $60 like most of the other retail games out there.
Atlus is way better at marketing these type of games. Too bad they are shit at publishing.
Pyrrhus
Member
Are we to take it that Atlus will be translating it as well? Because I'm not sure if I'm for that, really. I know they do it with a lot of love, but they often feel the need to have nerdy humor and callouts to friends and memes that I don't think would serve the style of the games or the sense of continuity with previous titles well.
Its gonna be nearly, if not since we still don't know the release date, 2 years old by the time its out over here. Not what I'd call relatively recent. Oughta be $50 max at launch.
most likely the same team thats been translating the games since yakuza 2...
I'd say the only reason Yakuza 5 was $45 is because it's a PS3 game released in 2015, digital only.
Son Of Sparda
Member
When it comes to releasing localized version of Japanese games, 2 years isn't that long. Yakuza 5 came out 3 years after it's initial release as a digital only title on a last gen console and it still cost $40.
This game will still look (IMO) and run amazingly on PS4 when it releases. I wouldn't expect to see any less than $60 on the price tag.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Their first published game on a Nintendo system was Chu Chu Rocket GBA. They sublicensed games out long before that all the way back to the Famicom though.
And cause it was 3 years old! Yakuza 0's also technically a PS3 game.
I disagree. 2 years an beyond aren't the norm these days. Many localizations big or small that I've casually followed seem to make it within a year lately. Heck looking back on games I've been playing recently, many of the dates between JP & NA aren't years apart either. Stuff like Dragon Quest and Yakuza are the odd ones out.
The Yo Tornado
Member
Every new Yakuza game I tell myself "y'know if this is the last one, I'm satisfied," since it's always a legitimate possibility that we won't get another. 5 was the only time I didn't feel that way though, since 0 looked so sick. I can't wait to wreck people with young Kazuma and Majima while they spit out money. On a surface level 0 looks like the peak of ridiculousness in the series, and I hope Atlus handling it means the game gets a bit more publicity than it normally does stateside.
But it's not. It's being released on the PS4. Yakuza 5 and 0 aren't the same situations. 5 was 3 years old on PS3 in the middle of the PS4's life. This is 2 years old on PS4 being released during the PS4's life.. Also, 0 gets a retail release, unlike 5.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Wasn't 0 a cross-gen deal?
potatohead
Member
I very much enjoyed the English dub of Yakuza 1.
I missed it inYakuza 2 and Y3 and Y4. Love all the games still.
R_thanatos
Member
exact opposite. i couldn't get into Y1 before i played an undub version.
My opinion, not exactly an absolute, Btw
It was, but we're not getting the PS3 version. If we were, I'd expect that version to be cheaper than the PS4 version for sure.
You'd have to look around more then because Ignition was trying to strike a deal with SEGA for years to bring over Yakuza and they rejected it because they said if they were going to do it, they wanted to do it themselves. If.
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
Oh man... that dub was the worst, in my opinion. I'm not a JP audio fanatic by any definition, but for a game named Yakuza that is so deeply rooted in Japan it felt extremely jarring and I vastly preferred the original audio in subsequent releases. In an ideal world where money isn't an issue, there would obviously be an option for dubs/undubbed, but given the series sales I don't expect them to invest in a dub.
Sorcerer Supreme
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Played 1 recently and Kiryu sounds awful in english compared to his jp voice actor. He sounds like he's about to cry every time he talks in 1.
True, but with a SEGA game there's always a chance. No one thought we were getting VC on PC either....
With Atlus I just hear Vince McMahon theme song in my head. One day I'll try this series.
Aenima
Member
Yakuza 0 will only be released in PS4 in the west.