Here's Why Zelda: Breath of The Wild Has Voice Acting, But Link Still Doesn't Speak

I'm very apprehensive about this.

The zelda franchise has always done a great job without voice acting. I'm of the philosophy that if it ain't broke, don't fit it.

Same as it ever was.

I really really really hope there's an option to turn off the VO...

Oh who am I kidding, I'll be fortunate if there's proper camera controls.

I'll never understand the reasons why developers choose to make their mc mute. How the hell is that supposed to help with immersion? Do people really get so into a game that they pretend they are the mc? Really?

It's so fucking stupid to see characters who just stand there with a blank stare and being completely silent while someone is talking to them. Or am I the only one seeing it that way? Well, good thing most devs seem to have gotten rid of the mute characters by now.

Seems logical. My main issue with voice acting is that bad voice acting can ruin a character completely (Vanille lol).

My second issue, is that I don't see the point usually. For major cutscenes? Yes. But for random npc giving me a quest? No. I read it two to three times faster in my head and get back into the actual game quicker than if I say there listening to some subpar actor slowly read his lines. I don't know anyone that sits there listening to every line. Most people I've watched stream or in person, and asked, have all just read nearly every line possible and skipped before the voices could finish. Like me, they all really only listen in cutscenes. I hope Zelda is like that.. Save money by only voicing what's important. Use it to get good actors for those special moments

I suspect there'll only be voices for the cut scene moments. Watching the one video I saw, the usual walk up to guy and talk to them didn't have any voice work, which is usual for Zelda. The only bit was with the woman voice saying wake up. Also, while I am totally not averse to Zelda having voice work, I agree that Link doesn't need a voice.

Makes sense I guess. I imagine its the same reason BW fans were upset when current BW games had the main character voiced. Or Fallout fans with Fallout 4. It does kind of take away a sense of choice with the wheel instead of the long list of dialogue choices of older RPG's.

I think the lack of voices makes me get more into the game. I hope I never hear a voice actor with Link. I swear though, Danny Devito should voice pikachu. Whoevers Idea that was, it was ingenious.

I don't want link to ever have a voice actor.

Then again I actually prefer my games, especially my rpg's, where I have to read the dialog. I always felt more connected to the characters that way for some reason.

They should have him be voiced by death from darksiders 2. That guy was awesome.

My problem was never that LINK was silent.
He's the protoganist, and in a game that makes perfect sense.

What I hated was having to read EVERY OTHER LINE OF DIALOGUE in the entire game...

People always say the Legend of Zelda is an action-adventure game, and it is, with respect to game-play. But in terms of storytelling, it has always been a role-playing game, evidenced by the fact that Link is supposed to be an avatar for the player. And the lack of voice is just the continuation of that tradition.

I'm fine with this. Give all these kids the voice acting they want, for everybody else, but leave Link silent like it should.

Can there be any more HUGE ads splattered all over the page? This is getting ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as Link not speaking in 2016.

I agree, even Planescape Torment had dialogue in critical moments. And Legacy of Kain series has the best fucking voice acting of all time. There is no denying how a good VA can enhance a game. Yes, a bad VA can really harm it, most japanese games have horrible VA.

Its about damn time they used voice actors in Zelda games.

The games always had dialogue for those who actually play the games. It was always voiced in some weird awkward gibberish language that somehow Nintendo thought was cool, it wasn't.

All they are doing is changing their horrible gibberish language into real human language, which is a god send, cause their gibberish was atrocious. Wasn't even good Game of Thrones gibberish, it was just straight up playschool gibberish.

I never to this day understood why Nintendo opted to use annoying gibberish instead of real language. I guess they are finally admitting that they were wrong.