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Baten Kaitos will be censored, because Current Year (archive.ph)

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– TheStupidPrizeWinner 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

I checked the comments on the NintendoEverything article (https://archive.ph/f5Waf) which is linked in the OP article.

On the changes being made:

They probably meant the cut dialogue the original western release had. The English translators cut a whole mechanic out of the dialogue that played a kinda heavy role in origins and a really minor one in the first game.

This release looks like its a 1:1 release and since the Japanese version had more dialogue, they're "updating" the western release.

On the English VA being cut:

It won't be missed. It was bad and people only want it because the meme about how bad the voice acting was.

Plus the original releases had mechanics and dialogue removed in translation so it makes sense to not use the bad English VAs.

I mean, the Japanese VA wasn't the best either. The first game's entire sound mixing was very sub par. Everything sounded incredibly compressed and the sound effects were very mismatched.

I nevered played any of the series myself, though it sounds like previously cut content might be added back in, but it is speculation in the comment section.

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– BetterNameUnfound [S] 8 points 1 year ago +8 / -0

It said it was making changes "for the current era," and that was obviously a red flag.

I have never played a Baten Kaitos game before. So I guess there's always emulation.

As for the voiceovers? Yeah, I buy it. No matter how good the actors are, if the director doesn't give a shit, there will be bad performances.

And when the actors suck too? There was a PS2 game called Chaos Wars that had an English dub that has to be heard to be believed...

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– TheStupidPrizeWinner 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

No worries. The interview with the producer is incredibly vague, and I agree that "current era" updates tend to be pointless pandering.

As it is a Japanese title being remastered by a Japanese studio in Japan, I want to believe in a positive outcome, as foolish as that is in current year.

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