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Episode 598: Sword of Jonocles
Crimm:
Guess who's coming to dinner.http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/48937/episode-598-sword-of-jonoclesDespite inching ever-closer to our Episode 600 live show, attendance remains a problem. This week Jon had to step out, so again we carry on with a trio. James catches up on New Business with a look at 7 Billion Humans, the second programming toybox from Tomorrow Corporation. It's just as good as its predecessor, Human Resource Machine, but it seems like the magic might be gone. He then spends an inordinate amount of time looking at SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. Many of these games are mean-spirited quarter-munchers, but the package is a great resource for looking at the company and its history. Greg goes full-anime with sci-fi anime shooter Astebreed. James talked about this weird mech game a couple years back, but Greg has shrewdly opted to not read the subtitles. Guillaume has also caught the shooter-bug with Sine Mora EX and Chuka Taisen. He concludes New Business with Sonic Maina Plus, now with more friends.After the break, Listener Mail ended up just being a single email. We bag on "bad" voice acting all the time, but what makes voice acting good. You can ask us for professional advice by sending an email.Lastly, we are just two weeks from our live Episode 600 with our RetroActive on Super Punch-Out!!.
We are recording it on Saturday, Dec 1st. 1 PM Eastern US
You can get a head start on the Punch-Out!! RetroActive in our Talkback thread.
KDR_11k:
TBh I think Tomorrow Corporation's programming games are fairly beginner level, not just in what they make you do but in what they are, they seem like someone inventing a new genre (not saying TC invented it but maybe they didn't look at what's already out there) and still not really knowing what it's capable of. Zachtronics has been prolific in the genre (hence it sometimes being called Zachlike) and their games push the boundaries much further. The latest one has you hack a Gameboy-like device in one level and users have taken it so far that they've implemented their own games on that device.
Astebreed originally came out in the west at roughly the same time as Revolver 360 Re:Actor which got overlooked...
I hope it and its predecessor Revolver 360 (only widely released on XBLIG) make it to the Switch...
Also I hope Locomalito's next project is going to be Curse of Issyos EX (COI being their take on classic Castlevania).
IMO the biggest hurdle for voice acting is anime. Especially once mascots get involved, those voices are just effed up. No wonder Riki the Heropon sounds scratchy as F. Plus anime tends to go for weird ways of talking that ends up sounding all wrong in English.
adadad:
I love thinking about voice acting in videogames so thanks to all involved for such an interesting question/answer. I'm 100% with Gui on Grim Fandango, the voice acting in that game is top to bottom excellent - there's not a bad or even meh voice, including all the (many) bit parts. Manny is so good, IIRC, his voice actor was in Ugly Betty. As was mentioned on the show, it helps when a game has excellent writing - an all too rare occurrance unfortunately.
I think Charles Martinet is a highly underrated voice actor. Obviously his Mario is great, but few people know how versatile he has been outside of Mario. He's easily my top pick for "great voice actor in an otherwise poor cast" for his role in an obscure Konami PS2 game, Shadow of Memories (known as Shadow of Destiny in the US). He is totally unrecognisable as a creepy, androgynous character! https://youtu.be/gKD0c5WmG2c
Also you guys mentioned Arc Rise Fantasia, what a doozy. The most incredible thing about the cast is that they brought an infamous voice actor, Samuel Rose, out of retirement to play Niko. Prior to Arc Rise Fantasia he had only "acted" as the main character of the 1998 Sega Saturn survival horror game, Deep Fear. My favourite line: "What do you mean, stuffy?" https://youtu.be/4dCaEyh1wpw?t=319 Props to him I guess for starring in two of the worst voiced games of all time?!
Crimm:
My god, that's beautiful.
pokepal148:
This is where the real gems of Voice Acting can be found.
https://youtu.be/Xrj8DCIZvsY
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