Tag: voice-acting

Gunpowder-based weapons are not very common in The Legend of Zelda. Sure, there are bombs, cannons and the rocket launcher Auru used against that one Aeralfos in the final dungeon of Twilight Princess. But aside from those there are no handheld firearms. Of course, there are a lot of fan ideas for Zelda games set in a more modern setting with guns and such. One of the people with an idea as such is upcoming voice actor ProZD (not affiliated…

Zelda Universe is holding auditions for its next film project, Skyward Sword: The Movie. This project is similar to ZU’s Hyrule Warriors: The Movie, in that Lead Media Editor Alexander Trevino is auditioning voice actors who will dub over all of the cutscenes from Skyward Sword and these will be strung together into a full length film. Auditions are open to the public from June 25th through July 9th, and audition tapes can be sent in here. For more details,…

No, Hyrule Warriors doesn’t actually have traditional voice acting. What it does do that no other Zelda game before has done is provide voiced narration. Let me step back a bit: It’s not really a Zelda game at all, but for what it is involving Zelda lore, worlds, and characters, it makes me personally feel like it’s time to explore this in the main series.

I understand many of the valid arguments against voice acting. There is a real fear, for the most part, that it will be terrible – a Metroid: Other M type of terrible, and naturally if that is the alternative… we would rather stick with text boxes. Except that doesn’t have to be the alternative. Now, you may not like the narration voice/tone in Hyrule Warriors (I do like it), but it’s really adding something to the experience that the cut scenes themselves don’t have. A type of impact emotionally to me as a player – a sort “taking me into the world” that the cutscenes break me away from, simply because I have to read text boxes.

One of the most controversial and polarized opinions on the Zelda franchise is whether or not Nintendo should implement voice acting. With the emergence of the Wii U and an opportunity to start fresh on the direction of the Zelda games, will Nintendo use this to try something new? Most fans would agree that players do not like drastic change, but is this change big enough to either introduce another direction of Zelda or ruin its reputation? Hit the jump…

Link has traditionally been an unspeaking protagonist in The Legend of Zelda series, but Eiji Aonuma seems adamant about shaking up the traditions of the series. In an interview with Jason Schreier, Aonuma talked about what it would mean for true voice acting in a The Legend of Zelda game. Click through to see what Aonuma had to say.

According to the Nintendo Official Twitter Account today there will be absolutely no voice acting in the upcoming Hyrule Warriors. Instead they will maintain the same voices that have been traditionally used for Zelda games. Jump inside to see what they had to say.

Zeldamotion, the animated web series based on the manga for A Link to the Past, is making progress slowly but surely. I recently spoke with the creator of the project who told me about a vlog they made concerning the project and the Kickstarter they plan on creating to help the process. Mikey (Mechawatts) and Zach of Aeipathy Industries introduce themselves and discuss Zeldamotion’s A Link to the Past animated series. They also talk about the kickstarter planned to help…

Voice acting in Zelda. It’s one of the most heated debates in the series today, and it has been for quite some time. Many fans are opposed to seeing voice acting in the series, some even to the point of being vehemently resistant to it, convinced that it wouldn’t work no matter what. I can’t do anything to change someone’s mind if it’s made up, but I urge those of you that have read this far to read the rest…

Hey guys! Got your new mailbag here. Got a pretty wide variety of questions here, including two follow-ups to questions from last week, and an opinion question about what minigame is the most frustrating. Actually, we have a bunch of future-of-the-series questions at the end, too. 11 questions in all. Enjoy! You can watch it here or view the video embed after the jump. Questions and timestamps: (00:09) – What about having voice-acting but also a fictional language? (01:15) –…