Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
by Square Enix
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Product Summary
Brand: Square EnixRelease Date: 2008-07-08
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Model: 90810
Publisher: Square Enix
Product features:
- Beautiful visuals create an incredibly vivid Final Fantasy atmosphere on the Wii for the first time.
- Chocobo, a venerable icon from Final Fantasy, can learn familiar jobs from the Final Fantasy franchise (White Mage, Black Mage, etc.) Unlock more jobs as you progress through the game.
- Unlock the Job Change function and change jobs as you adventure through dungeons.
- Famous Final Fantasy monsters and creatures appear as enemies to be battled in the dungeons.
- Secret unlockable dungeons.
Video Game Reviews of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Customer Review: Ah, voice acting...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a very small review for that niche of picky gamers that take issue easily with bad localization and dubbing. The two previous reviews do a perfectly good job of explaining the game.
1. No language swap. Sadly for die-hard fans of original voice tracks from Square games, this is another which does not include the option to switch languages.
2. There is no option to turn off the voices. If the above didn't scare you off buying the NA version, this might. There isn't even a volume control for voice or music.
So, if the above didn't scare you off from purchasing the NA release and send you running to grab the JP release from your local importer, here's the scoop on the American VA talent:
If you found yourself tolerant of the acting in FFX, extremely pleased with it FFXII, and appreciative of Disney's VA talent in Kingdom Hearts, you may very well be able to enjoy Chocobo. Chocobo is similar in "look and feel" to Kingdom Hearts, but where Kingdom Hearts' acting is more all-ages friendly (much in the way some of the better Disney films have been,) Chocobo's VA staff takes the direction of, well, Blue's Clues. The VA talent sounds like they were stolen from Nickelodeon's recording studio--and in some cases a few people sound like they were plucked off the street. The lines are delivered very slowly, and often in a comforting tone. Mind you, it's not bad, but it's for young, young children! At it's worst it sounds like they used someone's theater school dropout niece or nephew to fill the role.
I'm guessing the marketing idea was that too many red-blooded American gamers (like myself) would slip into a diabetic coma just looking at this sugary-sweet title, so they geared all their efforts towards making it a game for families with young children.
That all being said, I'm still playing it in English, having fun, but seriously thinking about grabbing the Japanese copy as well. Half the lines that should come off as sweet or whimsical just sound sarcastic or forced.
Seriously Square, don't drop the ball after the execellent job with FFXII. We do care about acting and translation, especially since a large chunk of your fanbase is now grown-up... with adult salaries to blow as well.
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