Final Fantasy XVI dub will be in “British English”

Final Fantasy 16 dub will be in "British English"

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Information technology's been a infinitesimal since nosotros learned annihilation new about Final Fantasy 16, the latest title in Square Enix's long-running RPG series. The game volition exist a PS5 panel exclusive — at least for a while — and will characteristic real-fourth dimension combat. Nosotros expected to learn more most FFXVI at diverse Sony and Square Enix events over the past few months, but both companies have been tight lipped, at least until now. We finally have a substantial update on FFXVI, and it involves an unusual choice for the game's vox interim.

Information comes from Japanese YouTube channel WasyaganaTV, as translated by DualShockers. The WasyaganaTV staff spoke with FFXVI producer Naoki Yoshida, who had a lot to say on the subjects of motion capture and vocalism acting:

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"We've been prioritizing English language recording. And nosotros're specifically doing it in British English.," he said. "And it'southward full capture, as in, the motility capture actors are too doing the voice acting simultaneously … That'south why the English language dubbing has progressed the most. The Japanese dubbing will offset soon."

While this doesn't shed much light on FFXVI'southward development process overall, it does give us ii interesting pieces of information. The kickoff is that Square Enix seems to be employing British voice actors, as opposed to the primarily American bandage behind Final Fantasy XV. Aside from the accents, withal, that probably won't change much almost the game.

The more interesting attribute of this story is that Square Enix is working on the English language version of FFXVI before the Japanese version. This is an unusual motility, as Square Enix is a Japanese company, and is currently developing the game in Japan. Ever since Last Fantasy X (the beginning mainline FF title with vocalisation acting) came out xx years ago, the Japanese dub has always preceded the English one by at to the lowest degree a few months.

Whether this has any deep meaning for the direction of the game, or the series, is debatable. Final Fantasy XV too used Western mocap actors, and so the situation is not wholly without precedent. Furthermore, Square Enix hasn't commented whether the voicework reversal will affect FFXVI's release appointment at all. Final Fantasy 15 had a simultaneous worldwide release, and so it would make sense for FFXVI to follow suit.

In whatever case, fans tin can residual assured that Final Fantasy Sixteen is however underway, and that evolution is far plenty along to include mocap and voice recording. Beyond that, we're notwithstanding waiting on the adjacent big reveal. Just since Sony didn't participate in E3 2021, mayhap the company will host its own upshot sooner rather than afterwards.

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Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site'south coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and engineering. After hours, yous tin can discover him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.