It's 2011, does the LOZ franchise need voice acting?

What do you think?

What do you think?

i3DS

NPCs should talk but Link should remain silent

Voice acting is one of the least important things the franchise needs.

I....I...I DON'T KNOW! :cry:

lol Seriuosly though, I would like it, but I dont think I would want link to talk. But it doesnt bother me much that they dont talk. It could enhance the game or ruin it :P. I guess I just need to have more faith in Nintendo's ability to make wise decisions. Other M, as far as voices went was pretty darn good for a first attempt.

NPCs should talk but Link should remain silent

BPoole96

I don't think the franchise needs Voice Acting, however i'm willing to see the result of this, NPC talking, but IMO Link and Zelda should reman silent.

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NPCs should talk but Link should remain silent

madsnakehhh

I don't think the franchise needs Voice Acting, however i'm willing to see the result of this, NPC talking, but IMO Link and Zelda should reman silent.

AND zelda? lol if Zelda doesnt speek, no one should speek. It either needs to be NO VA at all or everyone but Link IMO. I mean zelda does talk in text already anyway, and link does not. Not only that, but I have more faith in Nintendo nailing zeldas voice, but link...oh gosh I dont know.

I say yes, as well as most all other Nintendo IPs.jimmarko21876

I would die a little inside if Link gets a voice, because most japanese to english translations are horrible(it would first need to get a japanese voice, than probably translated into english trough a dub), in every way. Even Square Enix, has had mostly horrible english voice acting (FFX had the absolute worst voice acting ever).

So, there's a 90% chance that the voice acting would destroy the said game, based on the valid history of japanese to english dubs.

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NPCs should talk but Link should remain silent

NaveedLife

I don't think the franchise needs Voice Acting, however i'm willing to see the result of this, NPC talking, but IMO Link and Zelda should reman silent.

AND zelda? lol if Zelda doesnt speek, no one should speek. It either needs to be NO VA at all or everyone but Link IMO. I mean zelda does talk in text already anyway, and link does not. Not only that, but I have more faith in Nintendo nailing zeldas voice, but link...oh gosh I dont know.

Yes, And Zelda, see what happened with Samus, the VA was so so, make NPC talk, but don't give Link and Zelda a voice.

Its had voice acting for a while now. Navi's been shouting "Listen!" since the Nintendo 64. :PMrSelf-Destruct

Link even sort of talks a tad lol. In Wind Waker doesnt he scream hey and stuff to get followers to come in the dungeons?

No. There would be nothing worse in gaming than hearing Link talk. I can only imagine what he would say,

"Ganon give back zelda."

"No Link. If you want her you have to go through temples and fight bosses."

"Ok. But if I do Zelda, what do I get out of it."

"The feeling of saving me."

"That sucks."

"It will not suck as bad as it will 100 years from now when we do this again."

"WTF."

No quiet characters work for me. And reading is good for you.

Of course the franchise could use some voice acting. It could easily backfire but imo only if they make it too stylized. As long as they adopt a philosophy of getting good voice talent, good dialogue writers, and just make everyone sound like normal people, then they should be fine. As for Link, a lot of people would be happy if he only grunted like he does now, but I don't see a reason why he can't talk either. I want him to be the silent type choosing combat over diplomacy and having no desire for conversation, but I think he should be able to talk to shopkeepers about items and that type dialogue. Do people think he was born without a voice box or something? He should not be forced to be mute. He should choose to be

Played a bit of Twilight Princess and it looked like they were going for a sort of fable-ish feel ( not the game ), so no voice-acting doesn't sound too bothersome.

Voice acting is one of the least important things the franchise needs.

Shinobishyguy

Of course the franchise could use some voice acting. It could easily backfire but imo only if they make it too stylized. As long as they adopt a philosophy of getting good voice talent, good dialogue writers, then they should be fine. As for Link, a lot of people would be happy if he only grunted like he does now, but I don't see a reason why he can't talk either. I want him to be the silent type choosing combat over diplomacy and having no desire for conversation, but I think he should be able to talk to shopkeepers about items and that type dialogue. Do people think he was born without a voice box or something? He should be forced to be mute. He should choose to be

GunSmith1_basic

An annoying voice for link could ruin the game. And honestly I think it would be really hard to get a voice that I would like AND fits his looks.

No it doesnt need voice acting. Hell, personally, Voice acting detracts from the immersion more often that it adds. Especially considering how awful voice acting tends to be in Nintendo games that tried. I would rather have no voice acting in Zelda.

Of course the franchise could use some voice acting. It could easily backfire but imo only if they make it too stylized. As long as they adopt a philosophy of getting good voice talent, good dialogue writers, then they should be fine. As for Link, a lot of people would be happy if he only grunted like he does now, but I don't see a reason why he can't talk either. I want him to be the silent type choosing combat over diplomacy and having no desire for conversation, but I think he should be able to talk to shopkeepers about items and that type dialogue. Do people think he was born without a voice box or something? He should be forced to be mute. He should choose to be

GunSmith1_basic

Yes, it really does. There's no excuse for it not to have VOs at this point.

We already know what Link's voice SOUNDS like, so as long as they don't change the sound of Link's voice for voice acting everybody should be happy.Messiahbolical-

It would have a japanese voice, later dubed in english..

And like i said before, i know for a certainty that it would be at best mediocre, if we want to be optimistic, and thinking realistically, it would be bad.

I'm not pulling this stuff out of my ass, most japanese to english translations are down right horrible, in every way, a little bit of research would obliterate any doubt. And this includes both movies and games. I don't know why, maybe its because the way japanese portray their emotions trough writting is vastly different than most of the world.

if they don't want voice acting then I think they should revamp the series. Right now there is text boxes, and I don't see how that could be better than voice acting. It's like the elephant in the room. Twilight princess could so easily have voice acting in it and be a better game for it if it just replaced the existing text. Maybe Nintendo should change the series so that there is almost no interaction at all so that no talking just makes sense rather than it being increasingly strange that nobody seems to be talking when everything else about the games is getting more and more realistic

There been 2 times link has been given a voice....Please lets not do that againHarlockJC

An annoying voice for link could ruin the game. And honestly I think it would be really hard to get a voice that I would like AND fits his looks.

NaveedLife

[QUOTE="madmidnight"][QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]The funny thing is, Nintendo had voice acting on their games. Look at Star Fox.nintendoboy16

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Of course the franchise could use some voice acting. It could easily backfire but imo only if they make it too stylized. As long as they adopt a philosophy of getting good voice talent, good dialogue writers, then they should be fine. As for Link, a lot of people would be happy if he only grunted like he does now, but I don't see a reason why he can't talk either. I want him to be the silent type choosing combat over diplomacy and having no desire for conversation, but I think he should be able to talk to shopkeepers about items and that type dialogue. Do people think he was born without a voice box or something? He should be forced to be mute. He should choose to be

NaveedLife

An annoying voice for link could ruin the game. And honestly I think it would be really hard to get a voice that I would like AND fits his looks.

They could easily keep link silent while every one else has spoken lines.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="madmidnight"] And Conker, Goldeneye, and Perfect Dark. Rare developed games. madmidnight

NO it did not. Perfect Dark did however and it was pretty darn good for the time.

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Of course the franchise could use some voice acting. It could easily backfire but imo only if they make it too stylized. As long as they adopt a philosophy of getting good voice talent, good dialogue writers, then they should be fine. As for Link, a lot of people would be happy if he only grunted like he does now, but I don't see a reason why he can't talk either. I want him to be the silent type choosing combat over diplomacy and having no desire for conversation, but I think he should be able to talk to shopkeepers about items and that type dialogue. Do people think he was born without a voice box or something? He should be forced to be mute. He should choose to be

BuryMe

An annoying voice for link could ruin the game. And honestly I think it would be really hard to get a voice that I would like AND fits his looks.

They could easily keep link silent while every one else has spoken lines.

I was responding to him talking about link having a voice. I already posted how I felt on the situation earlier int he thread. I THINK that it could be a good idea for everyone but Link.

Do ANY of nintendo's games have acting/voice overs?? dRuGGeRnaUt

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]We already know what Link's voice SOUNDS like, so as long as they don't change the sound of Link's voice for voice acting everybody should be happy.Lucianu

It would have a japanese voice, later dubed in english..

And like i said before, i know for a certainty that it would be at best mediocre, if we want to be optimistic, and thinking realistically, it would be bad.

I'm not pulling this stuff out of my ass, most japanese to english translations are down right horrible, in every way, a little bit of research would obliterate any doubt. And this includes both movies and games. I don't know why, maybe its because the way japanese portray their emotions trough writting is vastly different than most of the world.

NPCs should talk but Link should remain silent

BPoole96

No, I like reading the text.

I don't think this matters at all the reason why I didn't like Metroid Other M wasn't because of Samus talking I didn't like it because it was a bad game. I like Mega Man 8 despite the voice acting.

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[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]We already know what Link's voice SOUNDS like, so as long as they don't change the sound of Link's voice for voice acting everybody should be happy.Messiahbolical-

It would have a japanese voice, later dubed in english..

And like i said before, i know for a certainty that it would be at best mediocre, if we want to be optimistic, and thinking realistically, it would be bad.

I'm not pulling this stuff out of my ass, most japanese to english translations are down right horrible, in every way, a little bit of research would obliterate any doubt. And this includes both movies and games. I don't know why, maybe its because the way japanese portray their emotions trough writting is vastly different than most of the world.

Just saiyan.