Does Dual Audio Matter to You (Gamers and anime fans)?
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I don't care about this for games but for anime I don't like English dubs because they take away the characteristics /personality certain characters have. It's not a deal breaker I'll still watch English dubs but I prefer Japanese subs. I've gotten used to reading fast enough to pay attention to the animation and read the subs with no real problems.
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I definitely prefer original audio in any media, whether it be anime, games, movies, anything, this might not mean that much to most people here but I'm from South America, my first language is Spanish. Cartoons aside, I've always preferred the original audio, dubbing, no matter how good, won't ever be able to 100% translate what the original VA (or actor/actress) wanted to achieve with his/her performance. Even if you can't fully understand the dialogue, subtle nuances due to intonation can make or break a performance and that's something that dubs completely take out of the picture. It simply is not the same. And this has been my stance for western movies/games from before I even knew anime was japanese (they entered on the cartoons category for me back then -> watched 'em dubbed on TV), after realizing that I've applied the same logic to anime and japanese games (at least when it was possible).
Then again, it won't necessarily make it a deal breaker for me, if there's a japanese game I really want and the ONLY option is English only, I'll take it just to be able to play the game, it's better than trying to play it without a translation and not understanding anything at all (I won't even talk about Spanish translations which are plain horrible), BUT if there's a choice between English only and dual audio, boy I'd take the dual audio anyday. I wouldn't mind Japanese audio only either, it'd be no different to me since I won't be using the dub anyways.
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@paulnamida from South America aswell but haven't lived there in 15 years XD, either way yeah I agree what you said; hence when I said dub takes away the characteristics/personality some characters have . Although the difference from my perspective is it's not a deal breaker for me most of the time. As for games I totally agree with you on that 100%.
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@terrence said in Does Dual Audio Matter to You (Gamers and anime fans)?:
There's a dude on Twitter claiming there will be a day one patch. He's probably full of it and "heard it from his uncle at Nintendo of Americo". I'm not pre-ordering the US game, but I may as well wait this out until day one to decide on any importing.
Launch trailer confirms day 1 download available for JP voice overs, so that's good news for people who wanted them.
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@flarecde said in Does Dual Audio Matter to You (Gamers and anime fans)?:
Launch trailer confirms day 1 download available for JP voice overs, so that's good news for people who wanted them.
Nice! Thanks for telling me. =]
This, the fact that it's FE, and the apparent relationship system stuff has me wanting to get this despite not loving Musuo.
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Xenoblade 2 has dual audio. Makes it much easier to support these games early (skipped the latest FE on 3DS since it didn't have dual audio). =]
Dual audio confirmed for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 http://nintendoeverything.com/dual-audio-confirmed-for-xenoblade-chronicles-2/
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Completely missed this topic until now, but honestly I like dual audio. I almost never watch anime with English audio or play games with it (if they're a Japanese game), but I do also know that not having a dub can turn a lot of people off a game so it's probably better to always have dual audio when possible to make everyone happy.
That said I completely respect the times when we can't have dual audio because of space or whatever. What annoys me is how Nintendo went backwards with dual audio for Fire Emblem because Awakening had both, then Fates on haven't (discounting Warriors). It's super annoying.
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@demelza said in Does Dual Audio Matter to You (Gamers and anime fans)?:
What annoys me is how Nintendo went backwards with dual audio for Fire Emblem because Awakening had both, then Fates on haven't (discounting Warriors). It's super annoying.
Xenoblade too. Really annoying to lose a "feature" like that, especially when the game appears at trade shows with Japanese audio only for so long.
Atlus and Persona will be an interesting situation to watch too now that P5 has dual audio. Zelda too I guess.
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Xenoblade 2 out tomorrow!
Curious how much space the Japanese audio DLC will take up. Hopefully the initial storage is enough to hold it. xC
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While I'm not a big player of Japanese games, I would prefer my games to have an English track. For DVD's I would rather have them subbed unless the dub is of exceptional quality. Cowboy Bebop or Your Name level of quality.
