KOF XIII 7th General Thread: Evo 2012 countdown edition

[nightmoves]

If I'd known my comment would result in this, I'd have worded it differently. But at least we're discussing something.

BTW, is there an English translated list of changes for Climax?

[venusandeve]

LOL, better than a whole page of moaning about how nobody's online.

On the whole Osaka thing, I dunno any better, to me it's how KoF is. I watch tons of anime, some random shows and of course, the KoF streams. The voice acting is clean, clear; it gels with the rest of the series and, while kensou  and robert do have a couple of lines which leave me scratching my head, Kyo and King sound quite neutral to me. If you can tell me what I should be listening for, pray tell.

Of course, there's also the matter of whether or not to translate something and how to translate it. How does one translate Ash's soft Ko line "sonna..."? Lit: something like that. Implied: negative, disapproving, disbelief. If you translate it, you're gonna end up with that old gag of 2 syllables being translated into 2 sentences. If you don't fans will be "disappoint" because they feel ripped off.

I reckon something like this might be better taken care of by community otakus than SNK because the pros they can afford aren't capable of delivering to the necessary level. They always sound half asleep to me.
But I can appreciate your passion

[Cibernetico]

Does anyone know if SNKp is going to be taking the same path with Climax as they did with 13? You know, keeping it arcade only for about a year before importing all the changes over to a console version?

And if they do do that, are people hoping that maybe they could possible have a surprise and add 2 or 3 more EX character and release something like a complete edition with all the climax changes and possibly a better online system? This is obviously all hoping but what are the chances of this actually happening?

[Eripio69]

Does anyone know if SNKp is going to be taking the same path with Climax as they did with 13? You know, keeping it arcade only for about a year before importing all the changes over to a console version?

And if they do do that, are people hoping that maybe they could possible have a surprise and add 2 or 3 more EX character and release something like a complete edition with all the climax changes and possibly a better online system? This is obviously all hoping but what are the chances of this actually happening?

Well they have to announce something during evo. I hope they won't miss that chance even if they need long time to produce it.

[milesw]

Yare yare...dat weaboo talk lol

[LouisCipher]

Well they have to announce something during evo. I hope they won't miss that chance even if they need long time to produce it.

I'm telling ya' this: All they have to do is just throw up a Rock Howard screenshot (even just a sketch or rough model) and announce Garou 2 and the FGC will go ape shit.

[Proto Cloud]

I honestly can't stand Japanese VOs. You'd think for a country that has this as an art form and as a respectable job, they'd be a lot better than this. I mean, seriously, please try DBZ for reference and tell me that that isn't better in English.

Their VAs tend to all copy each other and fall into the same stereotypical voices that permeate all their animes. It's like having everyone sound like Johnny Yong Bosch or Mark Hamill. I'd easily say that our actors are 10x as talented as any one of theirs handily. I think people are still in the mindset of the 90s when our quality of voice acting was downright atrocious.

I also love how they can't pronounce English for shit, but we can pronounce Japanese terms just fine now.

[milesw]

I wish I had Joe Higashi's voice~

[solidshark]

I honestly can't stand Japanese VOs. You'd think for a country that has this as an art form and as a respectable job, they'd be a lot better than this. I mean, seriously, please try DBZ for reference and tell me that that isn't better in English.

Their VAs tend to all copy each other and fall into the same stereotypical voices that permeate all their animes. It's like having everyone sound like Johnny Yong Bosch or Mark Hamill. I'd easily say that our actors are 10x as talented as any one of theirs handily. I think people are still in the mindset of the 90s when our quality of voice acting was downright atrocious.

I also love how they can't pronounce English for shit, but we can pronounce Japanese terms just fine now.

To go off-topic on voicing and language for a little:

You get stereotypes in any culture; and Japan being pretty much a one-culture country, the lack of variety shouldn't be too surprising. And I'd want to blame a lot of VA copying based on the anime designs copying themselves often. Should it be surprsing that two or three animes with adolescent high school male protagonists get the same or similar/imitated voice actors? That's more of a no for me.

And for the record, it still pains me to hear Americans getting/pronouncing Japanese words wrong. A lot. There's only a minority of people I've met in the states who get it right, and a growing # of Japanese who sound like they've learned (proper) English alongside Japanese. I know it's a comparison of JPN media to overall culture, but fyi anyway.

P.S. DBZ in both languages is pretty even for me, but for every DBZ for you there are 3 or 4 animes like Naruto and One Piece that fell short in English casting.

[nightmoves]

I wish I had Joe Higashi's voice~

That's something we all want, miles...

[venusandeve]

I'd easily say that our actors are 10x as talented as any one of theirs handily.
I also love how they can't pronounce English for shit, but we can pronounce Japanese terms just fine now.

Don't get high on your own supply LOL. I know a few english people and I'm happy inform you that their english is just fine. Do you have any idea how hard it is to pronounce japanese properly??? (ESL teacher here btw).

[yamazaky96]

i believe its better for each of the characters to use only one voice
something I respect about TEKKEN is every character speaks his own language

[Bloom of the Wolf]

BTW, is there an English translated list of changes for Climax?

I like how this is probably the least opinion filled and relevant statement to current events in kof xiii on this page, including this one right here, and it goes ignored in favor of bullshit opinionated seiyuu/voice actor dribble.

[Proto Cloud]

i believe its better for each of the characters to use only one voice
something I respect about TEKKEN is every character speaks his own language

That's why I completely respect Tekken. They get what works for everyone. No embarrassment from either side. Also Miguel is the best thing since ever.

[nightmoves]

BTW, is there an English translated list of changes for Climax?

I like how this is probably the least opinion filled and relevant statement to current events in kof xiii on this page, including this one right here, and it goes ignored in favor of bullshit opinionated seiyuu/voice actor dribble.

Well in their defense, I kinda set off their argument...