About localizing the PSP games at this point of the console generation

[321jassman]

And I sure hope no one thinks I'm implying anything, given what else I've said in this topic! But in case I haven't made it clear, Zero no Kiseki is not in the cards right now. Maybe on some distant future date we'll be crazy enough to consider it... but right now, we have our hands full with other games (Falcom and non-Falcom alike), and we simply aren't prepared to take on something as massive as Zero no Kiseki on top of that. Nor would we be comfortable working on it until the Sora no Kiseki trilogy is complete, considering how closely linked the games are.

-Tom

Well, I admit you guys were crazy enough to take the Trails trilogy when no one else would so who knows what other crazy decisions you guys will make in the future?

Though all in all, the Trails trilogy is still planned right?

[321jassman]

Why not let the dub being Japanese? That is somewhat I prefer. I played FF10 inter ver with that, JP dub with Eng text as their option offer. And you don't have to hire English dub to do it as well.

Then XSEED would have to pay a MASSIVE license fee for all the voices since the record studios hold the rights to the VAs.

Not to mention a lot of these seiyuus are pretty famous so the costs would be higher than you could ever imagine.

So yeah, that could just bankrupt XSEED if they did.

[Chaosblade]

Why not let the dub being Japanese? That is somewhat I prefer. I played FF10 inter ver with that, JP dub with Eng text as their option offer. And you don't have to hire English dub to do it as well.

It's entirely possible that would cost more than an English dub.

Oh. Beaten.

[Wyrdwad]

Let me just put it this way: Whenever we release a game with voice-acting, we always try to include dual voice. When we include Japanese only, it's because we weren't really able to dub the game's dialogue due to various concerns (most likely either contractual or financial). When we include English only, it's because we weren't able to use the Japanese voices due to various concerns (most likely either contractual or financial).

In other words, there are often situations beyond our control that force us to use either English-only or Japanese-only voices.

And as you might recall, Trails in the Sky was dub only.

-Tom

[321jassman]

Hey Tom, XSEED mentioned having already recorded voices for all three Trails games right?

Also, wonder how you guys managed to get Johnny Yong Bosch as Joshua...

[Chaosblade]

Hey Tom, XSEED mentioned having already recorded voices for all three Trails games right?

Also, wonder how you guys managed to get Johnny Yong Bosch as Joshua...

Well, there's really not much voiced content (at least in FC), so they probably could have gotten about anyone since it shouldn't have been too expensive, and most actors could probably easily find the time to do it.

[haven9270]

Well removing the full voiced dialogue and limiting it to battle voices might not be too bad an idea, because you gotta admit the opinions on the Felghana dub and Lunar redub were very mixed.

[rpgfan]

But if you're concerned about the platform, I'd say don't be. We still have a PSP game on the way (Unchained Blades) and we're still plenty willing to evaluate and publish PSP games after that as well. Gamers and major publishers seem to have concluded that the PSP market is dead in North America right now, but we niche publishers are still finding plenty of success with it -- and thanks to the Vita's backwards compatibility with most digital PSP titles, I don't see that stopping anytime soon.

-Tom

Thank you! The PSP has great games that should come here. Why should you stop just because the Vita is around.