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Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: datamage on August 29, 2001, 04:47:12 PM: Woot! I guess SEGA learned their lesson from the first one.

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Shenmue 2 will only have the Japanese voices with English subtitles for the US version. More to come...

Source. (http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/37871.html)

/ dm /

( I was going to post this in Off-topic, but more people seem to come here )
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Jumpman on August 29, 2001, 04:53:38 PM: Were the american voices really that bad? I think it was just bad voice acting altogether, so lifeless. The voices themselves didn\'t bother me too much.

Does anyone know if Sega plans to have a lot more battles in Shenmue 2 than 1?
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: lestat on August 29, 2001, 04:57:36 PM: thats the best news ive heard alllllllll day.
thats gonna be awesome.....
those voices from part 1 were terrible.....however, i must admit...that i kinda miss them now that i beat the game because i felt as if those people really existed.....
if i do the old switcheroo to japanese voices...although itll sound great....it wont feel like a sequel....oh no....i got what i wanted and now im not sure if i really do want it....
dilemmas dilemmas.....
when does this game come out?
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: datamage on August 29, 2001, 04:59:31 PM: Quote
Were the american voices really that bad? I think it was just bad voice acting altogether, so lifeless. The voices themselves didn\'t bother me too much.

Nah I didn\'t think the voices were that bad either. They kinda grew on me by the time I got to the end. It\'s just like you said, they were lifeless and so obvious that they were reading from a script. I would have preferred Japanese voices in the first one though.

/ dm /
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: AlteredBeast on August 29, 2001, 05:13:47 PM: *high fives datamage!*

jumpman - Yu Suzuki said that Shenmue II was going to have many more fights.

Woot woot! This also means we will get this earlier! woot woot!!

Eric Jacob
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Black Samurai on August 29, 2001, 07:32:35 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AlteredBeast
Woot woot! This also means we will get this earlier! woot woot!!
Thats what I like.

I also agree that it won\'t feel the same without the crappy voice actors. It also wouldn\'t feel the same with different voice actors.
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: eNeMyTooTH on August 29, 2001, 11:43:29 PM: I really don\'t understand why people want the japanese voices. It get\'s really annoying just whatching them talk in the Final Fantasy X movies on the net!

Have fun with your subtitles :laughing: :rolleyes:
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on August 30, 2001, 12:53:10 AM: I agree I had no problems with the english voices in #1
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: datamage on August 30, 2001, 02:13:26 AM: Quote
lestat - if i do the old switcheroo to japanese voices...although itll sound great....it wont feel like a sequel....oh no....i got what i wanted and now im not sure if i really do want it....

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Gohan - I also agree that it won\'t feel the same without the crappy voice actors. It also wouldn\'t feel the same with different voice actors.

I know the feeling. I got so involved with the characters in the first one, that now it will feel different. I thought Ryo was one of the few that actually sounded pretty good (for the most part). It\'s not gonna be the same, but it\'s SEGA\'s fault for not using Japanese voices to begin with. Seeing how the game took place in Japan, it would have created an even more realistic experience had everyone been talking Japanese.

/ dm /
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Weltall on August 30, 2001, 02:29:43 AM: It wasn\'t TOO TOO bad in S1, cept for a few things.

That drunk guy in the yellow striped shirt was GOD:)

"Just you wait woman, hehehehe"
"Duhhhh I\'M OKAY?"

Just PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAKE RYU SAY SOMETHING BESIDES "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" !!!!!!!!!

Thank you for your time. Lick me. All over.
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Tetrad on August 30, 2001, 02:46:20 AM: The english voices werent that bad in 1. It was worth it not to have to read the screen i think.
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: lestat on August 30, 2001, 05:31:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Weltall

Just PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAKE RYU SAY SOMETHING BESIDES "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" "I SEE" !!!!!!!!!

he does...he says ........" is that so? "
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Ashford on August 30, 2001, 09:04:20 AM: I loved most of the voices in Shenmue. I even liked the voice acting. Especially Ryo and Nozomi and even Chai. :laughing:

SHENMUE RULES!!!
Title: Shenmue II to have Japanese voices in the US release!
Post by: Tetrad on August 30, 2001, 12:41:49 PM: the only voices that really bothered me were that of the little girl with the cat and Fuku son or whatever his name was.