Why Everyone Sounds British in Xenoblade Chronicles

[@MVPerry]

Who would have known peppa pigs dad voices in xenoblade

[@gamekeeperstudios454]

MVPerry!! ... sup!

[@makotoyuki345]

Perry!? You watch VGST too!?

[@ruayatem753]

Hi

[@arby9768]

Hey

[@johntheechidna1050]

Hey dude How you been

[@DICEBOY22]

I prefer Xenoblade this way... Gives Xenoblade a identity and taste of it's own compared to other JRPG's.

[@thepixelman4776]

I mean I played DQ11 and there were accents there too but I get your point. ;)

[@armandostockvideos8386]

Dragon quest 11 has entered the chat

[@LieutenantAlaki]

@@armandostockvideos8386 All Dragon Quest games with voice acting, really.

[@keiichimorisato98]

S-E does the same with their more fantasy oriented Final Fantasy games, like FFXII ans FFXIV.

[@DICEBOY22]

Funny enough to all the DQ Commenters I'm currently going through all main line DQ games right now ( except 10 though unless it comes to the states ) So far IV has been my favorite. My wife wanted me to challenge me to play all prior ones before 8 Currently going through 6.

[@AllUsernamesTaken]

A Xenoblade game without UK accents would feel so wrong.

[@ericp631]

It really did take me out of x. It's one of the reasons I used to dislike it

[@AICW]

@@ericp631 X is so American, even your home base is called "New Los Angeles" lmao

[@heroponriki666]

@@AICW then there's 2, the mashup of accents

[@manimanistatue]

Captain Coolz That just isn’t true at all lol. Maybe where you live, but I have a similar accent to him and the voice actor is also from here sooo..

[@JohnJohnson-ev9qn]

Almost like a language has different dialects

[@MegaTrolleybus]

"What a bunch of jokers" How can you not like that in british accent.

[@drnanard9605]

Wot a bonch ov jokaas

[@kamenridergeiz9490]

NOW ITS RYNE TIME! OH YEAH, BABY!!

[@PhoenixWrightAceAttorney]

@@CaptainCoolzCT- I think that's part of the reason its so funny haha

[@lama99654]

@@CaptainCoolzCT- but its voiced by british actors?

[@slopernafti902]

Define "British accent".

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

"In JRPGs, the protagonists aren't very strong." Despite what 90% of them effortlessly swinging around giant slabs of metal would have you believe.

[@EgotisticalAltruist]

Syd Klem Nice job man, I just killed my progenitor god of my universe yesterday.

[@danwolf6307]

Does this make sonic a Jrpg protagonist? Because he does stuff like that on a weekly basis

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

@@danwolf6307 I'm talking about how most JRPG protagonists are short, scrawny teenagers who swing around swords twice their size with one hand like they're wooden sticks.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

They can be physically strong that way, but often mentally weak or physically appearing weak (or rather “average”).

[@soundwaves8619]

F r i e k u g e l

[@SolicitorPirate]

I already knew the history of Xenoblade’s localisation, but just wanted to see chibi Shulk and gang

[@campkira]

same as less popular game... they don't want to do english since it cost too much to release the game... they need demand to build up before release... i just want to X to come out on switch.. don't want to buy wii u for that...

[@ltb1345]

campkira To each their own, but X is definitely system seller material for me. Most of my time playing my Wii U is now spent on that game.

[@SoupyLenny]

Same

[@idoldigikyryn1253]

Mood

[@jellycore1316]

OWAHH XD YESS

[@RenxyQuad]

In a time where many jrpgs overlap with the same VA. It's refreshing to see Xenoblade succeed.

[@Scerttle]

Genesis also, maybe it’s because I’m not American, but I find dubs that use non-US voice actors less cringe? Like they’re not bad, not by a long shot, but I just don’t vibe with them.

[@1685Violin]

@@Scerttle I wonder if the Brits have similar opinions on anime and video game dubbing had a few anime and video games been dubbed in the UK and hadn't heard anything American at all. I pretty sure the hardcore ones would always say they're bad like all other dubs and prefer subs.

[@hylianheadache5856]

@@1685Violin I'm British and can confirm yes, most Brits hate American dubs. In fact, I know plenty of people who think the American accent _itself_ is 'cringe'/annoying - though I personally like it aha. But yeah, sub anime etc is usually preferred here as probably everywhere - I wonder if they think it sounds bad in Japan, though.

[@taloscal]

@@1685Violin I don't mind the concept of dubs personally, the only issue I tend to find is you hear the same VA's quite a lot in many similar roles or doing the same voice for almost every role they've done... makes you get a bit tired of hearing some of them, though certain VA's do tend to put in more of an effort and I can respect them for that. though on an unrelated note a lot of anime/dubbing companies are getting exposed for stupid stuff and contraversies recently (changing/censoring scripts and scenes for stupid reasons and certain VA's coming under fire) ... so i'm happy to stick with subs for the moment until the can of worms stops rotting.

[@EpicThe112]

@@hylianheadache5856 Spot on and for Xenoblade Chronicles English voice actors they used a BBC and ITV voice recording studios and for Games they should do that for other JRPG games that are dubbed in Europe instead of US

[@IamFatcat.]

The virgin NoA vs The Chad NoE. There's a plot hole and that is: Why NoE added *Chronicles* to Xenoblade?

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

That is no joke. That is literally a thing on twitter right now.

[@TheHueOfHues]

They added the Chronicles to match up with the Japanese logo, I imagine. The Japanese logo has the word "XENOBLADE" with small katakana for "Xenoblade" under it. The original European logo has the same thing going on, except the katakana is replaced with the small word "Chronicles". The US release and subsequent rereleases outside of Japan everywhere have the "Chronicles" just as big and right next to the "Xenoblade".

[@Avmal900]

@@TheHueOfHues I think it's the opposite - the American release had the "Chronicles" in a very small font under the "Xenoblade". My PAL copy of Xenoblade has the "Chronicles" as big as the word "Xenoblade". Maybe there's a different reason for the addition of Chronicles?

[@SmileyTrilobite]

Maybe the localizers thought their audience was too oblivious to realize the game was an RPG without some cliché like “Legend of”, “Quest”, or “Chronicles” tacked onto it. I’ve seen too many cynical localization decisions in JRPGs to dismiss my own cynicism outright.

[@lucaa.6406]

Seriously. Reggie and Iwata were jokes during the later wii years and the Wii U. NoA is finally better I still have a bad taste in my mouth for their laziness and greed

[@realyungjoe]

"I'm really feeling it" wouldn't have the same punch in American

[@PlumEXE]

I love the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish accents in Xenoblade. Best part of the english release. Morag, Nia, Reyn, Shulk, Vandham (aussie rep yes lads) are great

[@brandonhughes4076]

XC2 having an entire nation dedicated to Aussies and Kiwis was pretty cool, Down Under tends to get even less rep than us British do

[@andytheawesome7592]

Uh… the only Irish voice in the entire series is the singer of “Drifting Souls”.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@andytheawesome7592 unlucky mate

[@dantelawrence4676]

@@andytheawesome7592 Well atleast we have a Hero in 3 who seems to be Irish. (Hero Spoilers) Their name is Triton

[@andytheawesome7592]

@@dantelawrence4676 He has a West Country accent, which is from Southwestern England, not Ireland.

[@lewis9s]

To be honest, as a British person myself, Xenoblade’s voice acting just sounds so natural to me.

[@Picmiz]

To be honest, as a Pokémon fan/Canadien I just think of sw/sh when I hear anything with a British in a game

[@Wolfstarzan]

As a erman person I like British English so much more then the American English

[@zamon8erz10]

Really? I'm English too but I think they sound like an Australian or a American person trying to do a English accent. Where in England do they talk in that accent?

[@thejamesthird]

zamon8er z where I’m from they all either sound like shulk or reyn

[@zamon8erz10]

@@thejamesthird where abouts?

[@General-F]

Let's be real here we love Shulk speaking it's like bruh so coool.

[@kimzee59]

For me as a Brit myself, I love the voice acting in Xenoblade. You never get to hear British voice acting in games. It is usually all American so hearing it just gave it a sense of familiarity when I first played it. And that feeling was felt when I finally got to play the definitive edition

[@Astadyl]

it's interesting to me (esp as a European) that American voices are such of an untold standard in games that having British voices is considered something that noteworthy

[@denimchicken104]

Yeah, which is silly. The accents are pretty standard, mild stuff. I don’t think twice about it. Now, XC2 on the other hand... that game goes off the deep end with the full gamut of British accents and it can feel laborious to keep up with what they’re saying.

[@utcgangstaa]

@@denimchicken104 I personally love the accents in xc2. I didn't have anymore trouble keeping up with the accents than I would have for a game with american accents. This is coming from a non native english speaker.

[@denimchicken104]

Gozrus yeah, well, I’m dumb.

[@HenshinFanatic]

The accents in English dub of XBC2 weren't the problem for me. Not sure whether they used a lot of inexperienced voice actors or the directing was bad, but I did not enjoy the English dub compared to how much I adored the English dub of the 1st game on Wii. So I set the audio to Japanese in XBC2.

[@taloscal]

@@utcgangstaa I enjoy the voices in 2 a lot too, sure a few of them are a bit iffy, but they got creative with a lot of them, and I do enjoy how all the natives on each titan has different accents, Mor Ardain being 'Scottish', Gormott being 'Welsh' , Uraya being 'Australian' etc etc.

[@sheng2435]

I've seen many people ridiculing Xenoblade games for having British accent for the past decade and this is wrong because it is thanks to Nintendo EU that Xenoblade games were actually released to the western audience and we all should be thankful for that.

[@obodobear]

I feel like it gives the game so much more character honestly. I'd take the unique British cast over the generic anime sounding voices in literally every other game. Xenoblades voice cast just feels far more charming and original in comparison

[@OseiTheWarriors]

ppl did that? I honestly can't think of a single time anyone said they hated the voices in XB1. Must be the vocal minority

[@KatotsuSama]

@@OseiTheWarriors My friend who originally bought the game got it and was streaming to a German, who instantly hated the voices and said he wasn't going to keep watching. My friend also didn't care enough to keep going with it because of the voices. Idk why, they're great.

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

Who would complain about the voices? They're amazing, and Adam Howden's "I'll kill you!" remains to this day the most powerful delivery of a line I've ever heard.

[@sticktheman4873]

It is a breath of fresh air and hearing the same, irritating anime voices over and over is annoying. I get why it is the case but still. I thinks it more the direction I don’t like but the voice actors are usually decent actors.

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

As a silly 'murican, I'll say that Xenoblade and Dragon Quest VIII's are my favorite examples of voice acting in games for this very reason

[@phoenixshadow4631]

This is also why I love the voice acting in dragon quest heroes, dragon quest heroes 2, dragon quest 11, and many games that feature characters more in line with other cultures and accents.

[@phoenixshadow4631]

I mean literally listen to Yangus for like 2 minutes in DQ8 or listen to Eric in DQ11 and enjoy life for a bit. The previous sentence was something I genuinely gave as advise and it worked to help my friend I had been talking to have a pretty good day because they did and they found a lot of humor and relatability even in characters that are totally different from themselves, that's something that only games that do this kind of cultural voice acting can accomplish.

[@iota-09]

"jrpg protagonists are normal, flawed, people you could find in the streets" **Looks over at cloud** Are you sure about that?

[@Scerttle]

iota-09 hahaha well in FF7 proper he really was. It’s just that every single FF7 related thing since the original lost the point or never had the point to begin with.

[@makotoyuki345]

iota-09 probably gonna get r/whooshed but Teenage/rookie Cloud

[@LieutenantAlaki]

@@Scerttle You don't seriously think you'd find semi-brainwashed super-soldiers with disassociative disorders and PTSD over losing their hometowns to their childhood idols and spending years in a coma IRL, do you?

[@Scerttle]

LieutenantAlaki he was a normal guy up until the incident though.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@LieutenantAlaki Unlikely, but I assume there are people that have one of those at least.

[@unwritten_zephyr]

Imagining the characters speaking in an American accent just feels weird. The fact that they’re british is one thing that I never thought to much about, but this video’s made me realize how charming it is. It’s a big part of Xenoblade’s identity.

[@angeldude101]

This gets even more mind shattering when XC2 actually uses American accents, and one of the most iconic British voices in that game is actually from a demographic that the game usually gives American voices to. So rather than an alternate universe where the games were dubbed in the US, you're forced to consider the possibility that this iconic character _actually did_ speak American at some point in the in-universe history.

[@genzhours9466]

Staying up this late was worth it. Britain! 🇬🇧

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

Thank you 😅

[@cagliostro7747]

I love the English dubs of this series, there's such a unique charm to them. Like, how can you say no to a Welsh catgirl? X3

[@Daigon95]

Nia and Melia are best girls.

[@TruculentSheep]

Saying 'no' in Welsh is a complicated business.

[@denimchicken104]

As a dumb American, I love XC1, but the accents in XC2 are waaay too thick for me to enjoy.

[@TruculentSheep]

@@denimchicken104 You'll get used to them.

[@jackthompson2582]

Denim Chicken I think I’d say the same about a lot of American accents in media. It’s not noticeable when you hear them daily, and over time I’ve gotten more used to them, but even as a native English speaker I found it jarring at first. Something that I think is worth making very clear is that the accents are real accents. They may be played up a bit, but accents that thick do exist, and aren’t even too rare. Niall and Morag have reasonable Scottish accents and Nia has a welsh accent which is quite thick but definitely still realistic. (And honestly as a Brit it’s so nice to have at least one game using accents local to me)

[@flerkensgalaxy5779]

Melia: The impossible girl

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

To some of us, she will always be Soufflé Girl

[@JHEStudios]

i hope in Future Connected we'll here her say "Run you clever boy"

[@WarmLillie]

I can’t lie, I think that an accent is kinda attractive.

[@campkira]

until you see the face...

[@DjokovicIsOurLordAndSaviour]

Everyone has an accent.

[@SleepyCustardPuff]

Thanks, I’m a Brit myself and I have an accent like that :)

[@Dreg-Freg]

Frogs have a brittish accent too here. You just need to listen...

[@asdunlavey]

What does that even mean? Everyone has an accent.

[@Yarnooee]

satoru iwata: "normally jrpg protagonists aren`t that strong" *shulk who literally slay god:*

[@JoNassRasierer]

I live in Germany, and I personally never felt like Nintendo of Europe had any impact or decisionmaking with Nintendo, it always felt like they just were there to release games in Europe that Japan and America had weeks before us, and maybe give us one or two exclusive special editions per year. It's really nice to hear that they actually are doing something, and made one of my favourite english translations in a game. I absolutely love it, even though I am usually the "you have to play the game with the original voice actors" kind of guy.

[@rosietales]

innit? I thought the same thing since we see Nintendo of America being more active than the European branch and in interacting with fans. Maybe that's why we got the better limited edition of the definitive edition? The european community is a bit different from the american so not releasing something because it might not sell well, while it make sense, it's sad. There are tons of japanese games we want here but can't have it unless we know japanese.

[@brandonhughes4076]

Xenoblade is one of the few franchises where I vastly prefer the dub to the original language, even if the voice direction of XC2 was pretty poor

[@slopernafti902]

@@brandonhughes4076 Disagree, but whatever.

[@slopernafti902]

Nintendo of Europe handles the localising in French, German, Spanish, Italian and occasionally English and even Russian. They arguably do more than Nintendo of America. They only localise into American English and sometimes Canadian French.

[@jackthompson2582]

Hearing Nia’s welsh accent when I first played xc2 was not only really surprising (and nice as someone who’s used to “posh=British” and ignoring how different a scouser sounds to cockney) but I also think it made her sassy personality much more pronounced

[@kravoki]

I've been always salty about the translations (most of the games have European Spanish and I'm Latin American), but I never considered that the international branches were the ones putting the extra money to localise the games. NoE is the real MVP here.

[@aleblasco39]

In my case, I'm in the opposite spectrum as I'm Spanish and not Latin American but, for example, a recent case could be Persona 5 Royal which was an effort by Atlus West and the translation is more European Spanish than Latin American (still, the translation is pretty good and it does crack a few jokes about our culture) but in the opposite would be something like Splatoon 2 which has both a Latin American and a European Spanish localization (and both are pretty good I must say) or League of Legends which also has both. I'm happy as long as both cultures enjoys the games tho

[@vegamonado7562]

Im a latin american and holy crap in Pokémon the european spanish its soooo... disturbing

[@alex_albyne]

@@vegamonado7562 Y yo me pregunto, si todos hablamos español en este comentario... por que nos contestamos en inglés Also, entiendo lo de Pokemon, no todos los hispanohablantes hablan de la misma manera, incluso yo soy español y dentro de la traducción de Pokemon hay cosas raras que me hacen decir "disgusting".

[@Kain652]

Ah, yes, this just had to happen: someone suddenly talking in Spanish for absolutely no reason in an English comment section. It's especially lovely in online games. Keep it up, proud of you!

[@euanrae6798]

"Scottish, Welsh, or regional English accent" I guess Scotland and Wales only have one accent each to them now.

[@minicle426]

The recent Dragon Quest games also feature a nice variety of UK accents.

[@henryconner3002]

Hi I'm Terry from Dragon Quest VI(It was Final Fantasy V issue, where if the story was better it would easily be the best game). I'm the only person in any of the games that's American

[@cornishdinosaur]

I'm fairly certain the townspeople in Cobblestone have Cornish VAs, which makes me super happy

[@liamjauncey]

@@cornishdinosaur As someone from Somerset, they all sound like they have Somerset accents to me. Especially Gemma

[@YThdhs]

Which makes sense because they are heavily fantasy medieval and having American voice actors is really off putting

[@Crystalwolf953]

I love how British this game is. It makes an already unique game even more unique than other English dubbed jrpgs. This game literally changed my life so thank you Nintendo of Europe for dubbing it.

[@GamerConnoisseurRei]

The voice acting is so damn amazing imo, i really loved it! It's Reyn Time!!!

[@Cinko420]

I saw Xenoblade, and then I got reminded of this "Hello? Is this thing on? Am I all alone? Is anyone there? I need a bigger gun." Those lyrics from Xenoblade X will never not be iconic.

[@Scerttle]

Cinko515 god I want a switch port of X

[@jerryborjon]

God, the Xenoblade X soundtrack is god-like.

[@armandostockvideos8386]

Supaaaa Mario brooos twoooo!

[@NepheneeGyattRizz]

It's such a silly line in an absolutely amazing song

[@thebakalord]

I can't imagine them with an American accent, but this was even perfect the voice actors for the English release, perfect. I think that a lot of British and Irish voice actors became voice actors after playing the game as an Irish person. I was surprised that it wasn't an American accented game which made it even more distinct from most games. To me it was as if it was normal for me.

[@maugos]

It felt like a breath of fresh air hearing an english dub that didn't have American accents. That said, I always forget that JRPGs are not considered very popular in the western region. Which is weird cause it feels like they are popular in the west. It also feels like both sides of the industry don't really understand each other if the eastern side thinks that western RPGs don't have heroes with flaws. I don't really pay attention to this kind of stuff though so I'm probably missing a lot of information.

[@obodobear]

Totally agree about it being a breath of fresh air. The British cast gives the game so much more character, and originality than it would with generic anime sounding voices

[@AICW]

It's because JRPGs fell out of favor in the West for about ten years from 2006-2016. Because of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Bioware's RPGs specifically Mass Effect & Dragon Age. Modern Warfare completely upended the Western gaming industry. It made multiplayer THE modus operandi of almost the entire gaming industry. Meanwhile, ME & DA rocketed Western RPGs to never before seen heights among console gamers; prior to this, the big WRPGs were all PC games. The Japanese gaming industry was completely caught off guard by this and they were also having trouble adapting to the new HD era. It took 10 years for Japan to find its footing, and for Western tastes as well to start changing after they were inundated with barrage after barrage of the same "gritty, realistic" style. It's why for so long, it seemed like every "gaming journalist" was calling JRPGs "dead" and why some Japanese developers were trying to imitate the Western aesthetic: some of these were moderate to big successes (such as Dark Souls and Dragon's Dogma) and others were truly cringeworthy (like Ace Combat: Assault Horizon being a really big Call of Duty plot complete with EEEEVIIL RUSSIAN ultranationalists trying to take over the world). This video goes into more detail about how Japanese developers were stumbling around blindly for a decade: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZuZi3uhnJp1qqc

[@maugos]

@@AICW Damn, you wrote a mini essay. That said, thanks for the incite.

[@phoenixshadow4631]

To add on to what AICW said while there was a down trend in the 2000s from 2006 up until 2016 jrpgs have also just not been nearly as popular in America in general starting even back with the original dragon warrior trilogy which were a common set of household's game in Japan with high prices whereas it was extremely rare to see in an average American household despite being in bargain bins across the country. So after finally receiving some love for the genre in the early 2000s when the trends switched everything kinda reset to how it was previously. That's why even today many JRPGs are considered as cult classics only liked by a select few despite the big 3 series 1. Dragon Quest (originally known as Dragon Warrior in America, recently been hitting a big growth curve in the west but still not well received until recently with the remakes of 8 and 7 as well as the release of 11 and the rereleases of the original trilogy garnering a lot of popularity) 2. Final Fantasy (seen as amazing ever since 7) 3. Persona And then there are all the singular cult classics (at least in the U.S.) such as Chrono Trigger and Earthbound. Despite all these successes there is still a certain air of under appreciation about jrpgs that is honestly disappointing to me.

[@karenbonds264]

Everyone's wondering why the characters all sound British. And I'm still waiting for the Xenoblade Equivalent to Pokemon's Scottish Gal.

[@Cinko420]

Karen Bonds We already have that. Her name is Nia.

[@karenbonds264]

I meant in terms of Meme Power.

[@genmmaster1676]

@@karenbonds264 Did you forget about the Ardainian Soldiers? They even have Scottish accents.

[@MegaJACproductions]

REYN TIME REYN TIME REYN TIME

[@Dan_Brandybuck]

Why would we want to duplicate an obnoxious meme that was never even slightly funny?

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

I’m mad that Nintendo of America ever tried to refuse a US Xenoblade Chronicles release. Sounds like a completely stupid move to just say “no.”

[@waifubreaks1572]

It's ironic considering Xenogears sold well here and was never released in PAL countries.

[@Ozzy_08x]

Remember that this was the time where Japanese game developers were in downward spiral thanks to the success of the Xbox 360 in the West, the type of games on it (Mainly FPS games and how RPGs like Fallout/Bioshock/Mass Effect capitalized on that), being overall late to transition into the HD resolutions (and flocked to the DS/3DS and PSP/Vita). So Nintendo of America saying NO to XC1 back then was within reason knowing their market and sudden crash of the Wii

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Oscar Cruz Ruiz even when it was already fully localized? What did they stand to lose? The product was already made for them, in English and everything!

[@miimiiandco]

@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Physical copies need to be made and sent out to stores.

[@bleeborg]

I can't even imagine Xenoblade without the brits.

[@EduSolsa]

I will never understand this of not bringing games because the "different culture will not like it"

[@DjokovicIsOurLordAndSaviour]

It's actually ridiculous haha. They were clearly completely wrong too.

[@Dan_Brandybuck]

Because it's a waste of money to make it if no one is going to buy it.

[@showmeyourmoves8551]

You are not a businessman that is why.

[@dragoonarchive9197]

@@showmeyourmoves8551 But you see where they are coming from. At the end of the day, they always have the wrong assumption. How about actually releasing a survey or research properly into qualitative data. If AAA game companies actually did that instead of sit behind their chairs on the computer to find a basic idea, then more good games would be out by now.

[@Santoryu90]

It really dumb if that game was part of a franchise that is the very at least relatively popular in different country

[@LordAshura]

I'm an American and I love the British Voices, it certainly stands out and are voiced by some of my favorite characters from Dr. Who. Sure some might laugh at the manner of speech, but its a charm of its own and it should stay that way just like it did with XC2.

[@tahamohammad8842]

You just convinced me to buy xenonlade. I need to play the game with daddy pigs voice!

[@miimiiandco]

They both play fat people.

[@PkmariO64]

Never did I ever think I would hear someone mention Peppa Pig in a video about Xenoblade Chronicles.

[@ltb1345]

At this point, Shulk without a British accent would be like Mario and Luigi without Italian or Brooklyn accents.

[@TheGoodDoktor4451]

“Arsehole” -Eunie, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)

[@maycontainnuts3127]

One thing I adored about Xenoblade 2 is how they used different British accents depending on whichever Titan each character was from. Gormot was Welsh, Mor Ardain was Scottish, and Leftheria was Northern English.

[@NamelessGamer29]

And then Xenoblade X came in and said "we only want 'Merican accents in our Japanese game."

[@zafranorbian757]

For X it makes sence as most of those people in the game are canonically American in origin. And the city itselve is ofcause moddeled after LA.

[@utcgangstaa]

The voice acting in X put me off. It just sounded so generic. I personally love the British accents in the other games.

[@boohoo723]

The game is set in New Los Angeles. It only makes sense for them to have American accents. And likewise, all of the blades in Xenoblade 2 have American accents because, much like Xenoblade X, that subset of people is distinct from the British-sounding characters of the world of Bionis/Alrest.

[@citrusblast4372]

@@boohoo723 even still isnt la a very cosmopolitan city? It wouldnt be out of the ordinary for foreigners to be living there as well

[@utcgangstaa]

@@boohoo723 It does make sense yes, but that does not really change my opinion on the voices.

[@LandStalkerNigel]

It was for the best. The voices in the game come off as charming and natural, and all actors were casted perfectly to their roles. I couldn't see Xenoblade any other way

[@dabbingperson9236]

I’ve always been confused by the British accents in (most of) the Xenoblade games. This explains a lot, so thanks for explaining this.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

When I first heard them, I couldn’t tell if they were British or Australian. Then again, I’m pretty sure an Australia-themed Xenoblade would work very well. Spider protagonist that attacks with boomerangs? The plot revolves around an upside-down world?

[@POMZero997]

Funny you say that, the Urayans in Xenoblade 2 do have Australian accents

[@brandonhughes4076]

I like how in less than a decade the JRPG market went from "it's too costly to release in the west" to "western fans won't stop bitching about having to wait for Persona to come to their platform"

[@edgelord8337]

Maybe it's because shulk and the gang started to take trips across the pond. I personally really like how he sounds. Also I have a suggestion Have you ever thought of doing videos on older things like how sonic went from needle mouse to sonic or the creation of Mario and things like that?

[@FinallyAlone]

"IM REALLY FEELING IT!"

[@johnnymind4151]

I love this kind of stories, where thanks to the effort of someone in a group, they finally convince the others to overcome their barriers and manage to achieve success. If it weren't for NoE, we wouldn't have a series now beloved by many fans widely available all over the world. It would also be quite strange, because we would probably have a situation similar to the one with the Fire Emblem series: the protagonist playable in the Smash bros. games, while none of the games in that series available for people to play worldwide.

[@NapkinDictator]

I prefer the English VA over the original Japanese stuff, it's that good

[@binnieb20]

You know, I absolutely love how the mainline series of games have British Actors in them. The Last Story on the Wii also had an actor I absolutely loved in the show my PFP comes from, Farthing Wood, his name is Rupert Farley.

[@ProfDragonite]

I love the British acting. It gives the game a truly unique flavor that separates it from its contemporaries. Also, Adam Howden has a FANTASTIC anime scream- right up there with Mark Gatha and Sean Schemmel.

[@roy4173]

I don't usually like these videos, but I'm liking this one just to unlock the next part of this story.

[@terriplays1726]

As a German I never really noticed until part two in which Mia is voiced with such a strong dialect that at first had some troubles to even understand her, but in the end it became one of my favourite things about the game.

[@franciscor390]

Love her voice.

[@Scerttle]

I’m familiar with project rainfall but I’m keen.

[@Wewius]

I loved Rex' accent in Xenoblade Chronicles 2

[@toonlinkssbb515]

Chuggaaconroy man introduced me to the series from watching let's plays then it joined smash and now we at Xenoblade chronicles 3 I say this is a win for everyone who plays this series...

[@lthefifteenth661]

After watching this, I tried imagining someone from North America voicing Shulk and company. ... Yeah, no. Keep it the way it is.

[@cypher838]

Yuri lowenthal as shulk

[@protoluigi2047]

L The Fifteenth Xenoblade 2 needs better English dubs though.

[@NepheneeGyattRizz]

@@inkllama5445 ye. I honestly love all of it. Morag, Nia, Lora, Hugo and even rex later on in the game are all great

[@Santoryu90]

They likely would’ve gotten a bunch people who usually voice in dubbed anime like in a lot jrpgs it would’ve sounded all right since there are lot of good ones out there but I’m completely fine with what we got in XC and it’s sequels.

[@megzarie]

I actually really liked the fact that the VAs for the game were all British. It gave the a bit of extra added flavor to it. I'm also happy that they did it with Xenoblade 2. It's just really cool seeing people from other countries do VA work since there's so much talent out there ya know?

[@smolbacon758]

Title: why every character in Xenoblade sounds British. Me: *Looks at the Blades*

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

Main Characters.

[@EpicThe112]

The one answer for this is that the voice dubbing facility is in Manchester & London United Kingdom. That should probably explain why the characters are using British English

[@gammaphonic]

A better question would be why is nearly every other sci fi and fantasy game populated with Californians?

[@densha63]

As a long time Xeno fan, Xenoblade will always be one of my all-time fave game! That is why I would like to thank Nintendo EU for this. The British voice actors were top-notch and a breath of fresh air really. And this is the first action RPG that I truly love overall. I'm a turn-based/strategy -type of guy but Xenoblade blew me away when a played this back on the Wii last 2013!

[@16ktsgamma]

"Why everyone sounds brittish in Xenoblade 1 and 2." But we have X the only Xenoblade game that has American Voice actors.

[@Bladehound83]

American voice actors makes sense for X though since most of the characters themselves are American, lol.

[@lylatfox4]

X takes place literally in New los angelos

[@16ktsgamma]

@@lylatfox4 Yes but no.

[@sockninja9129]

Crass, Elmer, Lane and Tomsu are from New Los Angelos! Unlike Duncan and Rain who live on the Bananis.

[@16ktsgamma]

@@sockninja9129 Thosenames I see someone watched the IGN review LOL

[@Harry_Hirsch]

I loved all voices and enjoyed the mumbling of the party in combat and outside. When I finally finished it after 150 hours or so I was kind of sad to leave theses people I got to know so well. I was quoting the after combat bits for quite some XD

[@youpickwario1992]

Everyone in Xenoblade 1 and 2: sounds British Nia: *Welch*

[@peacefrog929]

Wales is part of Britian you clown

[@julianrestrepo6209]

To every fan who fought so hard to make this game possible in the west, from the bottom of my heart i thank you. I never knew nothing about this game only that, it was one of the best games ever made, that so many people out there love and the amazing soundtrack. I got my copy a few days ago and i just finished it and i am in love. I never knew what i missed out until i played it so thank you guys so much and Nintendo for finally caving in and giving us this Masterpiece.

[@9594Jacob]

British Accent are the best

[@chavito808]

What bout Australian or Irish?

[@smeake]

I love British accents too and Dutch as well.

[@asdunlavey]

It's all fun and games until you come to Newcastle and can't understand anything we say. don't worry. We can't either.

[@mrsalty6884]

Jack Dunlavey Only us British people can barely understand the slang we use XD

[@matthewhodgson4447]

Your channel needs more recognition I love this channel!

[@CordyBrush]

"in JRPGs, the protagonists are not very strong" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA! (looks at 98% of them who have god-slaying powers)

[@worldofcyn]

thats what im sying!

[@miimiiandco]

The God Slaying Sword

[@watcherdev]

This is one of the few games that I loved the dub and sub. Both performances were well executed.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I really hope this hits 4,000 likes, not because of the sequel video, but because y'all deserve it and 100x more. ^_^

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

D'aww, thank you ^_^

[@ashenphoenix6869]

I had no idea but now I wouldn't have it any other way lol awesome. But if X gets a remaster do keep it the voices of course. Their acting was also stellar and really more fitting for a Mecha

[@carlosrosario9920]

Fun fact I've never played xenoblade. Is it good

[@Scerttle]

Remaster comes out on Switch tomorrow. Hopefully they drop a demo? I liked the sequel quite a lot. Very Japanese but I don’t mind that.

[@IchibanVictory]

If you like action in your RPGs, I’d say yes. It’s beloved for good reason. :)

[@carlosrosario9920]

Okay I'll definitely invest in it.

[@Cinko420]

Carlos Rosario Good is an understatement. Godly would describe it more.

[@Ceece20]

I liked Xenoblade Chronicles 2 a lot. Was well worth it.

[@nazurin5982]

Good thing I always like your videos !

[@parsath_2584]

Honestly. No one questions it when every voice in a game sounds American so no one should question this 🤷‍♂️

[@jigglypuff452]

But British accents are wayy less common

[@yellowtheyellow]

I wish this happened more often tbh

[@parsath_2584]

@@jigglypuff452 what a Murican statement.

[@silvshi9302]

@@TokaDot ngl I kinda find it annoying in a way, like sure I don't Mind it being American since its in English anyways, but it's nice seeing other English speaking cultures being represented instead of just America.

[@yankee1147]

OK. I actually didn't know any of this. Im glad I found this video about a game I love so much

[@vaclavkadlec23]

Everyone just claiming about the "Project Reynfall" make me sick!!! Don't do it please... Everyone already know... it's old as Pyramids

[@StarmonYT]

Your at 91% of 100k subscribers! You can do it!

[@orangejuice8279]

TL;DW The game was localized by Nintendo of Europe instead of Nintendo of America, thus the English cast is entirely British

[@popcultureoverdosed]

I love that they have British accents. It gives the game a unique identity and the voice acting is a breath of fresh air since most games are dubbed in California

[@jigglypuff452]

Shulk sounds like Morgz

[@themrgameboy12]

When I played Xenoblade 2, I was not expecting british accents since most dubbed media have american accents in them and it came as a shock to me when I first heard the british accents in the game and I was so happy hearing the characters speak with such accents, I loved Nia's Welsh accent while I heard most people say she was annoying or whatever, I thought the accent fit her quite nicely.

[@Daigon95]

Yea I heard her being called annoying around launch but nowadays ive seen alot of ppl just luv her accent now. lol

[@EDVADER]

and this game is how i came to love british accents. i now prefer it over american accents 😂

[@zamon8erz10]

I live in the UK and no one talks in the same accent as this game its like a weird mix of UK Australian and new Zealand

[@SuperWisemon]

zamon8er z I live in the U.K. and Shulk sounds identical to me, because Adam Howden and I both live in the same region. All the accents sound accurate, and are notably fairly easily placed on a map. Almost all of them are Londoners, which isn’t surprising given it was dubbed in London. Same can be said of Pandora’s Tower and The Last Story.

[@chrisbyrneguitar]

Two and a hald minutes in, earned a subscription! :)

[@JawlineJim]

The title’s wrong. It should be “Why everyone sounds bri ish in Xenoblade”

[@Del-dee]

IS THIS FUNNY GUYS AM I FUNNY

[@GoodlyPenguin]

@@Del-dee yeah it's pretty hilarious

[@ruxis8179]

As a brit yes this is funny Go back to your cave steel

[@Del-dee]

@@ruxis8179 I am a cave, I am a tf2 map

[@lolirot93]

I was so psyched the first time I played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and heard a welsh accent. Hardly ever hear it in games!

[@UltimaXVI]

You should have seen the FAQs for XC2 on GameFaqs during the first week of XC2''s release. The amount of people asking what was Nia's accent was insane

[@fluffylazers1102]

Yo I think it sounds British because the voice actors are British, just a theory tho not sure

[@MediaDukart]

I *love* the British accents in this game. It’s such a breath of fresh air compared to the usual cast of American/Canadian voice actors. I honestly wish more games would get British localizations!

[@Lab_Member_X]

I could not nor do Iwant to imagine what this game would have sounded like without the British voice acting. It really adds to the unique charm of the game and I wouldnt have it any other way.

[@Zeebonbon3]

The perfect game made even better by its tremendous voice cast. Itll take something truly great to dethrone Xenoblade as my favourite ever game.

[@Gharon]

I love british english accents and they're only rarely used in games, so i've always been very happy the Xenoblade and Dragon Quest games are localized like that.

[@lifesearch205]

If you talk about Operation Rainfall, do also mention Pandoras Tower and The Last Story as well in some way pls, as they are great games but tend to get overshadowed ironically by their once region-locked brother here.

[@theeleventh805gamer7]

Just ordered my copy a week ago because I found out Future connected wasn’t basically Clara Oswald speaking time Shulk for about 20 hrs...yes But in all seriousness, I can’t believe I slept on this game. My brother had a Wii but being from Asia, in the Philippines especially, it was really hard to find copies of this game originally. When the Nintendo direct mini highlighting this game (I think it was the April one) said they’re making a full remaster, I actually had the audacity to skip the whole segment and pre ordered Catherine Fullbody (which don’t get me wrong was a pretty good port for the switch.) Only now, after I finished breath of the wild did I realize that I shouldn’t have skip getting this game. I’m hyped on starting to play it after hearing so much good about it. (TLDR: As a Doctor Who Clara fan, any work done by Jenna Coleman is an A in my book lmao)

[@kuraihiroma]

I'd love to see a video on Project Rainfall and more chibi characters

[@syweb2]

2:48 Chris Pranger, moments before eating his words.

[@williamturner6192]

0:38 um, heard of the flat fish? The adult actually is swimming sideways from a skeletal standpoint. The eyes migrate to one side which becomes the top. That's what I was told at least.

[@amf2k2xf]

Modern (Square Enix) English localizations of Dragon Quest games are also localized in the UK especially in remakes and Heroes

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

Last Story, Pandoras Tower, and Xenoblades are what I like to call the Britty Trilogy. First EU localized than didnt come to the NA until years later. Also getting more difficult to find for original wii.