Fire Emblem: Fates

@Soul-dragon That and the fact we have some of Zimmerman's regulars too like Paula Tiso and Paul Eiding too which was quite nice.

@Soul-dragon I did not know Fans considered this the worst game not much of a fire eblem expert but I always assumed that because KZS directed this i thought instant game classic because that`s her resume in being involved in video games.

@Soul-dragon

There is a wide range of opinions out there but something like that is nowhere near consensus. The story is not that great and it spreads itself thin with some of the characters but few people would disagree that from a pure gameplay perspective Conquest is one of the best.

There's really no game anyone considers outright bad by consensus. Maybe original version of Gaiden or Shadow Dragon DS but that's it really. FE is very consistent. The whole "new games suck uggh" section of any fanbase is kind of a boogeyman in general but I wouldn't really get too hung up on that.

@Abdullab

Some people do but again, there's no consensus. You can really say that about most series. Times where there's a general consensus on which one is the worst are pretty rare.

Like people like to squabble about what the worst Zelda game is but I always considered that a pointless argument. The worst Zelda games are still completely worth playing for the most part, and leagues better than the majority of "bad" games. I'm not crazy for Phantom Hourglass but I wouldn't say it's a bad game. There are a lot of things to enjoy about it. I just don't think that mentality is really the healthiest way to look at it. Having preferences or personal tastes is a-okay but I can probably name on one hand the number of respectable series I've played that have a legitimately bad game among them. The game community does honestly have kind of a problem with treating opinions as hyperbolic or statements of fact so I think it's careful to be mindful of that and remember to express your thoughts or think of others's imply as their own opinion, coming from their perspective of where their personal tastes and preferences lie. Anyway I have to go file a police report because MVC Infinite burned my house down.

@NCZ
I know this is unrelated to Fire Emblem, but out of curiosity, when you mentioned the worst Zelda games, are you by any chance pointing to The Faces of Evil? Or do not consider that to be actual Zelda game?

@MizukaS

No one counts CDi games.

@NCZ MVC Infinite burned your house. sorry

@Shaun Ince Maybe Grey Delisle? Or Tom Kenny? Or dare I even say Tara Strong?

@Shaun Ince @Soul-dragon

I'd be really happy if there was a Kris Zimmerman directed Fire Emblem game with Dave Wittenberg and Crispin Freeman in it. Their voices would make really good additions to a Fire Emblem voice cast imo.

@VoiceOfLife002

Indeed she was, and indeed they do.

@VoiceOfLife002 To me personally? Lloyd and Anankos being voiced by the same guy is one of those things in life that really makes you think tbh

@HylianBelmont

Before I said that Shigure was my favourite of his FE roles, but now I think, especially after hearing that singing, Shigure might just be my favourite of Matt's roles full stop.

Also I have to say that while I had my concerns about Ryoma having the same voice as Chrom, I really warmed up to it once I started going through Birthright. Great stuff, and they ended up being more distinct than I thought.

@NCZ I think he won me over his performance as Ryoma in Conquest myself.

@HylianBelmont

I can see that. Ryoma and all the other Hoshidan characters get to go through some really dark territory in Conquest.

@NCZ Yep. Roger got to go really sinister with his Takumi performance in particular...

@SirJolteon I actually heard Dragon!Anankos's voice again yesterday in the Heirs of Fate DLC, and I'm still convinced it's Travis honestly. The way he says "contemptible vermin..." reminds me so much of Garon's voice.

@DravenRoth994 Scratch that, Silas is clearly Antony after hearing it again.

@DravenRoth994 I agree with most of the people you listed here. Cam Clarke's Hinata (and Mature Corrin voice) and Matthew Mercer's Shigure were also pretty unrecognisable IMO!

@Lazwald No. Just no. I don't know where you heard that, but that's blatantly wrong. Subaki's voice is nothing, NOTHING, like Dave's.

@Shaun Ince I was pretty surprised as well. But she definitely fits Hinoka like a glove in my opinion!

@Shaun Ince Definitely KZS's doing. I didnt expect Jessica DiCicco in Drr x2 & FSN UBW2014, but those dubs were at least union projects. Whereas technicly her working on this game could be against union laws (not judging, just sayin).

I know her "married name" would be Elizabeth Salomon, but I do wonder how specific actors feel about these things. I do recall EG was in a SAG-AFTRA promotional video, too, lol. VA's are all people & have broad ranges of opinions on this, I suppose. But everyone, union or not, agrees that #PerformanceMatters.

@technickal I mean it makes sense I suppose.

@HylianBelmont I'd have thought they'd either use the original Japanese or make their own dub.

Actually, the Korean version seems to be based on BOTH the Japanese and Western versions, while I can't read Korean text, apparently the game titles are translated from the original Japanese, but they use some of the Western terminology (i.e. "Azura" and "Anankos").

Anyway! That gives us extra motivation to figure out that last English VA, because he's who everyone outside of Japan will be hearing!

@technickal Oh yeah I get you. I suppose the names and voice lines will definitely be the same. but I'm not quite sure if it's based on the English translation aside from that. It will be interesting to find out however!

@Unknownsage13 If you're talking about EG Daily (I'm assuming), it's probably because of Kris Zimmerman's involvement as well as being generally free ATM. I think a lot more VA's are financial core than are in anime & game dubs. I'm not sure exactly the trend, but some people just dont think these jobs pay well enough, union stuff aside. Anime's worse, but I think a lot of VA's from this game might be financial core. I wont name any names from here specificly, but in general Cam Clarke occasionally takes non-union dub jobs.

Frankly, I'm confused as to why (going by their extensive resumes) some of these guys have mansions (EG Daily in interviews), but would possibly break union law for a couple thousand bucks. But hey, we get to hear them in a non-super-mainstream production. Here's hoping the next dub is union, it totally is worth it!

@Lazwald

Julianne Alexander submitted her involvement in Fates to IMDB but didn't specify her characters. By looking at her other work (mostly short/independent films) and listening to her voice it was determined that Felicia/Setsuna were likely her characters.

@NCZ gotta love how different those voices are.

@SirJolteon I was playing Rogue Galaxy a bit before this came out. And sadly I didn't recognize Kisala's voice in this! Glad to see her actress is still doing games.

@LeDom TFW when everyone else hates Siegbert and his voice but you actually like him:(

@HylianBelmont I think Siegbert's formal speech pattern really suits a future king character IMO.

@MHUltimate2013DW and he's a character who's described as being very awkward. So his occasionally awkward delivery works really.

@HylianBelmont He's just pretty boring compared to most characters.

As for Subaki, my beef with him is 100% gameplay related. Who at IS thought a pegasus knight who gets doubled half of the time and can barely damage anything was a good idea?

@LeDom I really like Subaki's design but as a unit I agree he didn't really turn out all that well. I mean the man has great skill but that's about it lmao.

@MHUltimate2013DW I don't. Takumi is easily one of the best written characters in the whole game.

@LeDom I thought the final scene that he and Corrin had in Conquest was genuinely moving. I hear he's also much more likable in Birthright compared to Conquest (although I've yet to play that one.)

@HylianBelmont I've heard that many of his haters are people who played the Conquest route. Since in the fandom everyone uses the #BlameTakumi meme on forums.

@MHUltimate2013DW Sometimes I remember the pain he put me through in all the chapters you fought against him in Conquest and I cry. But yeah I didn't really hate him myself, at least towards the end of Conquest anyway...

and, Roger Rose's performance as him was also pretty damn good. Easily one of my favourite voices in the game.

@atongy I think that's a coincidence.

@atongy Pyrrha Nikos in RWBY is voiced by Jen Brown (who also voices Agent Carolina in Red vs. Blue); Felicia's VA, from what I understand, is still yet to be determined.

@MilanTheVillain01 According to her twitter, she is the new voice for Harley Quinn in DC Universe Online a couple months ago. As far as I know, I believe she might be getting into bigger roles. So, the only way to confirm this is to contact her twitter page:

https://twitter.com/The_JenBrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

@atongy She's not credited in this and there's no reason for her to be, and it's not done in Texas. It's not her.

@NCZ Antony Del Rio was not credited to this despite the fact he played Silas and Percy. And, there are some who have aliases that weren't known. You did mention that Julianne Alexander would potentially cast both Felicia and Setsuna, which is hardly to distinguish based on short videos on said actress's official website: http://www.juliannealexander.com/

I don't want to get off topic, but do you know where the recording studio for DCUO took place? If you know, how come Jen Brown is playing as Harley Quinn. I believe there are some connections that may be her.

@atongy ...but I digress.

@atongy

He's credited under a pseudonym because he's a member of SAG-AFTRA working on a project that probably isn't. DCUO is done in Austin, Texas which is where RWBY is recorded and where Jen Brown lives. On top of that she doesn't have to worry about SAG-AFTRA because Texas is a right-to-work state with no acting unions, unlike California. It's not her, open-and-shut.

@Cinnamoroll0622 Here's how:

https://twitter.com/theRogerRose/status/723183100612636672

@Lazwald It's most likely Natalie Lander. It'll likely be added soon enough.

@LeDom The thread in the forums has some insanely awesome detective work.

@KnightValores It's currently theorized that Paul Mercier may be their voice actor, so that's being looked into at the moment (in the forum thread).

@NCZ Alright thanks

@Troodon2 Lizzy (Elizabeth) Hunter (Daily Salomon) is in it, yeah. Gotta love Kris Zimmerman!

@NCZ She really did a great job selecting the cast overall IMHO!

@HylianBelmont SO glad I can now officially add Hinoka to one of my new Voice Tribute illustrations. I might include Peri and Selkie, too.

@NCZ "Gotta love Kris Zimmerman!"

But WHY would a (according to a SAG-AFTRA video) well-off union member like Elizabeth Daily, or someone with a history of union-only work, like Paul Eiding/"Otis", or Rodger Rose...break the rules of the union, for a small dubbing job?

(As a side note, this rarely happens with anime. Guess we should have KZS on some dubs, eh?)

@huzaifa_ahmed I'm really not sure I'm the person you should be asking. I'm tired of these union discussions. Whatever actors do is their business.

@NCZ "not sure I'm the person you should be asking.

Any idea WHO to ask?

"I'm tired of these union discussions."

Sorry to be so pushy.

"Whatever actors do is their business."

Then what, exactly, is the purpose of this forum, if not to discuss actors?

@huzaifa_ahmed you really can't honestly expect us to know the answers to any of your questions, right? Do you think we're an omnipotent force with all the answers?

also, NCZ didn't call you pushy. You're perpetuating that onto yourself.

@Lazwald "NCZ didn't call you pushy."

Indeed.

I disagree about NCZ, though, he/she's's an extremely intelligent & well-informed guy/girl, just busy.

@Fulgore2005 The clear answer here is Hans tbh

@Chavdelia Laura Bailey didn't record anything for htis game, Lucina just used stock audio. Kate Higgins is not in the game period.

@Nightmare Crusher She kind of is in the same vein as Laura Bailey - when Lissa appears in the Before Awakening DLC, they recycle audio from Awakening.

@VGAfanatic We're way aheda of you.
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17169

@Cinnamoroll0622

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http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17169

@King Marth 64 *another update patch

@King Marth 64 Who would you want to voice him in English?

Johnny Yong Bosch is the obvious answer, and I can't say it wouldn't be fitting.

@technickal Maybe it's just me, but I think Todd Haberkorn would be a good choice for Roy.

@technickal Actually, it's a super long shot, but Sean Chiplock would be fantastic.

@Nightmare Crusher I've seen the first 6 chapters and a few supports here and there (like Soleil's) and I think the overall quality of the localisation is good IMO.

I'm not saying it's perfect but at the same time some of the criticism I've seen from places like Torrential Downpour is really overblown and exaggerated and any valid point made in their arguments are overshadowed by all of the "Look guys! This character that was written as over-the-top even in the JP version is saying something silly in the ENG version! this translation is GARBAGE because of it!"

@HylianBelmont I've certainly seen games that have it worse overall, but the things that are wrong here are so bad it's ridiculous. I can accept punching up stale dialogue or the occasional neccesary rewrite. (Soleil)

What I can not overlook is outright deleting material for no reason. People work hard on this stuff and to see casually tossed in the trash is insulting.

@Nightmare Crusher I think the Beruka and Saizo support was a reference to a support conversation Jaffar had with someone in FE7 I believe?

But yeah while I did find it a tad funny I do agree that it was pretty pointless, especially when you consider that the rest of their supports are pretty much the same as they were in the original.

@Nightmare Crusher

I have mixed thoughts on that one in particular.

Yeah, I get that it loses a bit of backstory for those characters (unless they go into it somewhere else? sooo much dialogue). Even if it is a bit of a cheap shot though, I like the connotations behind the localization. Humourous illustration of how they're two silent assassins on totally different sides, but at the end of the day, they're not that different after all. Just expressed through different means, but it means losing a bit extra nuance and background.

I will say though, holy CRAP that fanslation is bad. It just goes to show the downfalls of a literal translation. Nobody talks like that. (Plus some of the lines aren't even grammatically correct either.)

There's another comparison going around there between the localization and the fanslation, and it's more of the same. It's just so clunky and melodramatic that it's a chore to read and doesn't have any of the charm you'd expect from a colourful strategy RPG. Yeesh.

In an ideal scenario then they could have taken that and translated it in a way that seems more punchy but eh, maybe that just wasn't possible. I'm not really a translator either but I can imagine that there's only so much you can work with from the material.

@NCZ I'm not endorsing the fan translation per say. It's more to illustrate the point that NOA straight up erased dialogue.

Like I said, making something more interesting to read: good. Giving up completely and just gutting the whole thing: not good.

@Nightmare Crusher
I'm with you there. I've actually been fine and dandy with most of the censorship controversies surrounding Nintendo for their past few major releases, but this support conversation just makes me angry. I can understand changing certain things, Nintendo does have a family friendly image to upkeep, but how dare they alter backstory just for some sort of joke. I don't care if it was just a little bit of backstory or whatever, this is something you just don't do.

Otherwise I haven't really had too many problems with the translation. Maybe one or two other minor things really.

@HylianBelmont I do think that was dumb, but I also firmly believe people are overreacting and acting as if it ruins the entire game.

It doesn't even ruin the Saizo x Beruka support since the rest is practically unchanged and the original conversation barely included anything the player wouldn't know at this point.

The ''death of a thousand cuts'' argument I've seen around is cringy in particular. That would imply that everything else they did (from changing names to making a generic My Castle line funnier) is on the same level as ellipses.

And while we're on the topic of Torrential Downpour...this movement is garbage. At their best, they're just laughable in how they nitpick every little change in dialogue. At their worst, they're harassing and character assassinating Treehouse employees. Naturally, they're completely oblivious (or likely don't care) that their immaturity and entitlement is hurting people.

@LeDom I pretty much agree with you 100% on Torrential Downpour.

I mean I'm not one to shy away from other viewpoints, but as soon as I saw someone say that Treehouse inserted a "radical feminist" agenda by having Nyx say "you shouldn't be rude about a woman's body!" I don't think I'll listen to any issue they have with the game's translation ever again.

@HylianBelmont

Even more ridiculous is how said poster included the japanese dialogue...and it was virtually the same thing.

There have also been claims that Effie and Hisame got completely rewritten when the only changes were ''My Room'' lines.

The internet rage machine lied to me; I expected loads of pickle jokes and instead I got a boring no-nonsense Hisame who ocassionally mentions pickles :(

@LeDom Oh no, no pickles. The horror.

I don't see how much, if any of the removed features negatively impacted the game. Petting is straight up weird, and I personally find the Saizo-Beruka C support much funnier this way.

@LeDom Haven't seen Hisame yet but personally I think Effie's "My Room" quotes are hilarious, her voice is pretty fun to listen to as well!

@SNaG Takumi does sound like Niles now that I think about it haven't heard Hisame yet I haven't done his prologue yet.

@SNaG No, it's not just you. In this thread there seems to more or less be a consensus that at least Niles and Hisame are the same VA. Takumi's an odd duck but it could be him too, I guess.

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17169

Also the following unmatched characters are likely the same VA:

Hinoka, Selkie, and Peri
Kaze and Siegbert
Felicia and Setsuna
Nyx and Soleil

@NCZ Haven't sired Siegbert yet but the others sound right in the same VA department. Too bad there are so many aliases.

@SNaG I honestly think that Jason Adkins may be voicing Siegbert at least. His voice is striking similar to Ike's. I'm basing this mostly off of the Amiibo crit cut in compilation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ4lESAVGh4

@Katsu I just listened to his "My Room" lines again, and yeah I agree, I can kinda hear some of Jason's undertones in his voice. Though I'm still not entirely sure if that is him.

@Katsu Didn't think of that. I don't have an amiibo, but I surmised they needed some new dialogue for Ike to use in conversations, since Lucina's and Robins are recycled from Awakening and they got Yuri to record stuff for Marth in that vein.

@GamingFanatic It is definitely not her. Lucina's stuff is reused so Laura Bailey didn't record any new material for the game. Plus it doesn't even sound like her.

@NCZ Even though it's unlikely to be her, I'm getting more of a Kate Higgins vibe from Elise or someone similar.

@GamingFanatic Not sure about Elise... but Nina sounds so much like Laura Bailey, I just had to believe it.

@EchoAnime

"Update (2/14): Bumped to the top. Behind The Voice Actors has started matching the different roles. You can find what’s listed in the original credits below, along with what the site has compiled thus far (thanks Brian). "

BTVA --> Internet --> BTVA

Anyway, no, it's not him. Initial assumption made off limited clips and one line sounded similar. As more started coming in it became obvious it's not him.

@NCZ "BTVA --> Internet --> BTVA"
Ouroboros.

The sad thing is, I've seen this sort of circular logic where two websites will cite each other as sources for the same information.

@Nightmare Crusher Antony Del Rio is also not listed in the cast list, despite voicing two characters. It might be because he's non-union, though. Is Cassandra a union VA or no?

@GamingFanatic If Antony Del Rio was non-union then he would have been MORE likely to be credited.

Cassandra Lee Morris was compleetely open about her role in the non-union Xenoblade Chronicles X. There's no logical reason she would have gone uncredited for this game.

@Nightmare Crusher Antony is non-union and not listed in Super Smash Bros. either. So I doubt him being non-union would've made him more likely to be credited.

You're right about Cassandra, though. I was just suggesting it.

@Nightmare Crusher I don't think you get it. The fact he is non credited in this and Smash Bros means he probably is union and is not supposed to be working on these. If he was non-union then there would be no reason for him not to be credited.

@GamingFanatic Antony Del Rio is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
http://arlenethornton.com/on_camera_talent_detail.asp?id=670

Not targeting you specifically, but this is why I'm not a fan of speculation regarding actors' union status. There seems to be so much misinformation and confusion floating around nowadays.

@NCZ "Antony Del Rio is a member of SAG-AFTRA."

Sure, but it says that for Kyle Hebert. Derek Stephen Prince & Wendee Lee *also* represent themselves as SAG-AFTRA members on Facebook.


They are all, however, extremely open about their participation in non-union work, & very often are credited at that.

@huzaifa_ahmed Do they? Well, that's good for them. It's not my business though. I don't really want to talk about union thing anymore. What actors do with themselves is a private matter.

@RobustCactus The problem is he's not credited and there's pretty much no reason for him not to be.

@NCZ Same thing with the theory of Cassandra Lee Morris being Soleil. There isn't any reason for her not to be credited if she did play someone in the game.

@VGAfanatic TBH I've heard people say that but for various reasons it's not a theory that leaps out and grabs me by the throat immediately.

If there can be some good evidence to support it (e.g. a character who's a 1:1 match with identical inflections, voice, acting style, speech patterns, or if an alias can be connected) then that'd be something but at the moment the idea of her being involved is speculation, and she doesn't have the same precedent of doing dub work on non-union and/or Japanese games with Kris Zimmerman that actors like Paul Eiding or Stephanie Lemelin or Paula Tiso* do.

*To be honest I'm not entirely certain if she's in this so that should be taken with a grain of salt, but she's pretty much one of the most reasonable names out there for Camilla and Orochi.

@VGAfanatic I had the same exact gut reaction to Hinoka, but after hearing the other characters would it be too farfetched to suggest Debi Mae West know for the voice of Meryl Silverburgh of Metal Gear Solid? She seems more inclined to work with games.

@LeDom Yuri Lowenthal already has three characters, which seems to be the maximum, with Corrin, Marth and Kiragi. I suppose someone could try tweeting him, but I really don't see him saying anything different.

@LeDom Nah, I don't think he's Niles. The voice is too deep to be him. Niles's VA is the same as Hisame who is also certainly not Lowenthal, and he's already matched up to 3 characters. For various reasons it seems triple-casting is the max since no VA plays more than 3.

In any case he's recognisable enough that pinning him to those three is pretty easy.

@LeDom https://twitter.com/SoCassandra/status/717798329795514368
I mean, it was a stretch to begin with since she wasn't credited, but now we have official deconfirmation.

@Zekewars010 Ryoma's another big brother, like Chrom!

@Bluzziku Seems so.

@GamingFanatic Every credited, established voice actor (i.e. those that aren't aliases) has been matched up to a character. There's a slim chance a few of them may have an additional one, but otherwise the credits at face value are pretty near exhausted.

@Jared Delgado She kinda does now that you mention it.

@MilanTheVillain01 I heard that Hana is voiced by Karen Strassman and Elise is the one that is voiced by Laura Bailey

@Cinnamoroll0622 Laura Bailey didn't record anything for this game. Lucina(and Robin) use stock audio because their actors aren't anywhere else in the game.

@Nightmare Crusher Do you have a source saying that Laura Bailey only voiced Lucina in this game, but not the others?

@King Marth 64 *Lucina with reusing the audio clip in this game

@King Marth 64 Lucina's audio is all reused. It stands to reason that if she was available they would have recorded something new.

Robin's lines were also stock and David Vincent has essentially confirmed that he had no other role in the game.
https://twitter.com/davidvincentva/status/700787387216039936

In contrast, Marth and Ike both have new lines. We know Yuri Lowenthal has other roles in the game and Jason Adkins likely does as well (possibly Subaki, do not quote me on that.)

@Jared Delgado I don't really see it :/

@King Marth 64 No voice.

@King Marth 64 Their lines are just recycled from Awakening.

@EphemeralBlitz So are Marth's, Ike's, Robin's, and Lucina's, but they're still listed on here.

@GamingFanatic I meant Robin's and Lucina's. Marth's and Ike's are new.

*Consider myself impressed with the English Voice Cast. I'm absolutely amazed! :D*

@UltimateSSJ4GokouEX Amen :D

@Cinnamoroll0622 They're doing the best they can. There's only so much you can do with a "block of names".

@technickal The aliases aren't helping either. Especially cuz some of the voices sound like actors whose usual aliases weren't listed.

@Cinnamoroll0622 I mean all things considered I thiiiiink a pretty good job has been done, throughout this thread and across the community.

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17169

Plus there are a few cases where we know of some characters who clearly share an actor, though that actor isn't identified (potentially among the aliases). There's only a handful of characters where there's no real idea yet but of course, it's a work-in-progress considering what we have to work with.

@NCZ I think if you're stumped for potential VA's maybe look at the random soldier's VA list from MGS5 Phantom Pain?

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Metal-Gear/Soldiers-MSF/

Already plenty from that list in this game.

@Unknownsage13 Yeah, they're recycled.

@Dark Paladin X
Thanks! I guess I was right with my prediction then. That's nice.

@Dark Paladin X Holy crap. I never would've called that the emotionless kid from Aldnoah would have such range.

@SNaG I don't think so tbh. I think he sounds like Ignatius.

@llee1000 You are right. Kaiji confirmed it.

I wonder who the third male avatar voice is.

@SNaG As far as I can tell Cam Clarke is both the first and third Corrin voices.

@Nightmare Crusher Huh, now that I listen closely, you're right. It sounded very different from his "Smash voice" so I didn't really register Cam there.

By that token, is Marcella Lentz-Pope all three female Corrins? Or is she the only *known* one?

@SNaG I said that, but the guy(s?) who play Xander and Takumi both kind of sound like Cam Clarke too. It's sort of up in the air at this point.

I really don't know what's going on with female Corrin. None of the actresses who have specifically confirmed their roles have said they played Corrin, so we're kind of in the dark.

@Parkreiner I was thinking they sounded more like Fuuka Yamagishi in Persona 3, but she's also voiced by Paula Tiso, according to this website.

@Parkreiner I also figured Orochi and Camilla were the same voice actress. And a few of the comments on youtube have compared one or both of them to original Fuuko from Persona 3 (aka Paula Tiso). So sounds good to me.

@Parkreiner Here's the clincher. This part of Paula Tiso's animation reel sounds almost identical to Velouria.

http://picosong.com/h2RF/

Velouria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjeK5fS2u5Q

I figured she seemed a reasonable choice for Camilla and Orochi since they sound so much like her other roles, but this is what seals it for me.

Oh... this might throw a spanner into things.

https://twitter.com/AngelaMarieSays/status/701483644146229248

@Unknownsage13 Also (adding onto some of my guesses) a lot of people think that Julie Ann Taylor does the voice of Flora aswell.

@Unknownsage13 Also I think she does Selkie's voice too.

@Cinnamoroll0622 Yep. Elise is the EPITOME of typecasting for Stephanie Sheh.

@Unknownsage13 Did u hear her in the My Castle thingy?

@Cinnamoroll0622 Yep. I listened to some of the audio clips. Ever since the Corrin Smash Bros trailer I figured it was her.

@Unknownsage13 I don't know who you're hearing, but it's not even close to Stephanie Sheh.

Sheh is Rhajat, Sophie and Beruka.

@VGAfanatic It may not be her but at times Elises' voice does sound like her.

@llee1000 I think that Diskin voices Saizo, Jakob and Hayato. Mercer definitely Asama and shigure. Kaiji Tang is also Ignis and Shinonome. I think Forrest and Leo are Mittleman and Izana is for sure Liam O'Brien. Beruka, Elise and Sophie are Stephanie Sheh. Hana and Anna are Strassman.

That's all I got for now.

@llee1000 I also forgot, Mozu sounds like Strassman as well.

@llee1000 Listening to clips right now. I totally think you're right. Right now on Hana and sounds like an older Nanako but occasionally switches to the teacher from K-On!

@llee1000 I agree

@SirJolteon Hayato sounds more like Diskin to me.

@SirJolteon Hayato is about as Ben Diskin as Ben Diskin gets.

@NCZ I guess they do sometimes sound similar, but I really do think it's Mittelman.

@Nightmare Crusher Definitely! It's Kiel from Rune Factory 4

@SirJolteon Hayato uses the exact same voice as Daichi from Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker, which is confirmed to be Diskin.

@NCZ But we can't deny Kiragi is definitely voiced by Yuri Lowenthal

@Nightmare Crusher Looking back on this little comment now, I have absolutely no clue what I was thinking. I guess I wasn't nearly as familiar with Ben Diskin's voice as I am with other voice actors.

@King Marth 64 I have no idea I've been wrong on so many occasions I'd wait till the voice actor confirms or is said in credits once game releases.

@sanityismadness Marisha Ray is on their channel and shows (specifically Critical Role) so they probably got that info directly from Marisha herself.

@sanityismadness I'm with Stelman. I'd say this info's preeeeetty reliable since yeah, Marisha Ray's a direct affiliate of theirs.

@Macreen Both or just the Female?

@Macreen Doesn't anybody find odd that she needed to ask Nintendo about that?

Like , not mean to be bad or anything , but how do you remember that you recorded for that game?

Or how do you don't what you recorded at all?

It's not like that's Rosalina or anything , it's a different character , so i just don't know what to think of that.

@Macreen EDIT: how do you NOT remember that you recorded for that game?


Or how do you don't KNOW what you recorded at all?

@Swiftie Muggle She didn't have to confirm which character or what game it was. She had to confirm if it was okay to reveal her role or if it was protected by NDA.

@NCZ Oh thank you.

It's just that i thought it was weird since something very similar happened with Super Smash Bros 4 , and it was a flip flop until Kerri Kane was kind enough to actually listen to gameplay and confirm it was herself in that game.

@Swiftie Muggle Oh and also with Mario Party 10 , Laura actually didn't even know about that game so when i asked her about that she couldn't confirm it.

Meanwhile Kerri Kane was kind enough to actually listen to MP10 clips , and confirmed it wasn't her once again ; The same happened with Mario Tennis Ultra Smash.

Even if it was very obvious since those clips are from Super Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8 (games not involving Kerri Kane as Rosalina) respectively , Kerri actually looked it up and confirmed it , which actually was helpful and nice on her part .

@GamingFanatic
Where'd you hear that?

@GamingFanatic Proof?

@GamingFanatic I'd like to see a source too, since the only thing I'm coming up with at the moment is anonymous edits to their wiki pages. I guess it's possible that editor made the judgement by comparing the footage to her online demo reels though.

In any case on her twitter she said she'd wait until Friday (i.e. launch day) to confirm her roles.

I made the post before I found the source and then found out I couldn't delete comments.

I don't actually believe it now without a source. I also saw the Wiki edits.

@PsychBoy19 I think the aliases are all union voice actors that do American animation.

Truth be told there aren't too many newbies but I do agree, I was expecting the Xenoblade X actors to all appear in this but boy was I wrong. Wonder why they changed things up so much?

@Unknownsage13 Well, this game is directed by Kris Zimmerman-Salter and recorded at Formosa Interactive, while Awakening was Patrick Seitz at Cup of Tea.

I'm guessing Cup of Tea was just booked with another project at the time, or Formosa's rates were cheaper?

@NCZ Yeah. Not sure what the logic behind this was. What about the company that does most the Atlus dubs? I'd imagine they'd be cheaper.

@Unknownsage13 PCB Productions? They've been pretty in-demand lately, actually. Even Atlus and NIS used to go to them for everything, but now the former have started using Cup of Tea for smaller projects (e.g. Devil Survivor 2, Soul Hackers) and the latter switched to Bang Zoom for Disgaea 5.

@PsychBoy19 Note that there is still a good chance that many of the voice actors you mentioned still voice some characters in the game. It's very likely that the official English credits list didn't list everyone and left out several voice actors uncredited due to union issues. Remember that there are actually a lot of characters in this game and there is a chance someone like JYB or Christine Marie Cabanos may voice someone in this game.

@dcmarvelanime

In the credits:

"Otis Paul" = "Paul Otis" credited as Colonel in Metal Gear Solid 1 = later confirmed as Paul Eiding

"SL Draven" = *S*tephanie *L*emelin is married to AJ *Draven*

@dcmarvelanime Hence the need for aliases. =/

@llee1000 I'm gonna guess he's gonna go with his more mature Archer sounding voice for another character. That or he'll go full on crazy like his Disgaea voice.

@RykoMD Check out the footage of Ryoma. Matthew actually has really good range and his Ryoma voice sounds good.

@GamingFanatic Please go through this thread -->
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17169

The cast listing is currently being scrutinized. Of course the lack of reference material for some characters and some VAs being under NDA is a concern. But the only credits up currently are the ones that are agreed to be obvious.

@Dark Paladin X That's a lot of fake names. Gee, this'll be fun.

Also it seems this isn't Cup of Tea. Kris Zimmerman's involved so it seems she's directing. Resident Evil Revelations 2 would be a good point of reference for non-union stuff she's done.

@Dark Paladin X
Pretty sure this list may actually be the real deal since one of the actresses on the list mentioned it on Twitter.

Laura and Travis are actually mentioned this time around.

@NCZ
Yep, definitely will be fun.

It's cool to see all these unique choices, but it'd be cooler if I actually knew who they were. Guess I can blame some of 'those' elements of the game for all of these aliases.

@NCZ I think the best course of action right is to wait for the time of the release date and once NDAs allow it (I'm sure NDAs are REALLY strict about this one here), the voice actors will reveal who voices who in the game. I've seen many of the dub cast reveals for many niche jRPGs where the English voice cast isn't credited yet the cast is revealed by the voice actors themselves (Disgaea 5 being an example). It's possible that the Fates English cast credits only list the voice actors who have done union work in the past (even for the fi-core voice actors like D.C. Douglas) while leaving the voice actors who are non-union uncredited.

@Dark Paladin X That's part of the plan, yeah.

I did some google-fu on the various names and only about two seemed to be new VAs I was unfamiliar with (Sarah Blandy and Angela Volpes). They've both acknowledged the game on their websites/social media but remained numb (the former specifically mentioning a "Nintendo game under NDA"). So they'll have to wait until then to make the announcement naturally.

"It's possible that the Fates English cast credits only list the voice actors who have done union work in the past (even for the fi-core voice actors like D.C. Douglas) while leaving the voice actors who are non-union uncredited."

Think you have this backwards. If it's a non-union production non-union actors don't get in trouble. Union actors work on it at their own risk.

@Dark Paladin X That's a LOT of names I've never seen, hopefully they are on social media and will confirm who they voice once the game is released.

I've seen people go ''well of course they casted a bunch of noobs to save money'', which is a really ****ty thing to say. They auditionned and got the part fair and square. Besides, I think it's likely that they were paid the same as the likes of Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham.

@LeDom While I welcome new blood, and I think the English voice acting is nowhere near as bad as others say and is still serviceable, I think the departure from Cup of Tea, the "block of names" and the general drop in quality make it clear that this game's dub was on a lower budget than the likes of Awakening and Xenoblade X. The reasons for this could vary.

@Dark Paladin X The game also lists Laura Faye Smith who is the current Rosalina, that's interesting.

@Dark Paladin X I honestly think Antony Del Rio is voicing Silas, and is going uncredited. If Max Mittelman is anyone, I'd say he's Kaden.

@SirJolteon If there is a mistake or misunderstanding on any part, the staff would fix that quickly. But I'm sure Silas is voiced by Max Mittelman (although I'm not 100% certain).

@LeDom Generally that is the case, yeah. I remember with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U reviewers weren't allowed to show hidden elements of the game (e.g. characters, stages, music) until after release.

Nintendo's been good at including credits for their non-union dubs so I'm pretty sure this would be the same.

@Nightmare Crusher Apparently it's just poking the characters to wake them up when they're sleeping, and blowing into 3DS microphone to blow away steam when they're done bathing (yes, really...) The actual skinship minigame is gone.

I have to say at this point, it feels like the buildup regarding this game's localization IS the game.

@NCZ "...and blowing into 3DS microphone to blow away steam when they're done bathing..."

What. Can someone who's played the earlier Fire Emblems confirm whether or not they were ever so...kinky?

@Scrappy-Fan92 Not that I know of. I wonder who thought adding this kind of fanservice to a game about kingdoms and fighting was a great idea.

@Scrappy-Fan92 Genealogy of Holy War has incest. I wish I was joking.

@Fulgore2005 Otaku happened. :|

@NCZ The price of keeping the series alive, I suppose. It just runs counter to everything I expect from Nintendo (even the Metroid games' swimsuit endings were pretty tame).

@NCZ That's a great way to put it. IMO, it just seems silly for a game series like Fire Emblem. I don't mind the C/B/A/S Support/Marriage system though. The dialogue added to character development.

@Scrappy-Fan92 On the bright side most of the unsavoury stuff is being removed from the worldwide edition, so I'm sure those are some notes that are being passed to the JP department. Hopefully they keep it in mind for the future.

@Fulgore2005 Yeah, marriage itself and support conversations are fine and has been in the series for a while now, including explicitly* queer characters is excellent. Creepy stuff like face-touching, yeah, that can be left behind.

*It's not spelled out but Ike is totally gay.

@NCZ I guess, but there's always been that thin localization line of what's redundant and what's actually important. And yeah, I'm not fan of skinship (or incest. Or jiggle physics. Or sensual steam blowing) in Fire Emblem, but I'm not sure if I want Intelligent Systems self-censoring themselves.

@Scrappy-Fan92 You should have seen the Genealogy of the Holy War. That game gets way more in to the uncomfortable stuff.

@NCZ "*It's not spelled out but Ike is totally gay."

I'd argue he's Bi. Priam had to come from somewhere and it can't be Mist since Ike took Ragnell with him when he ditched Tellius. Either way he still probably falls under not straight.

Sorry, I have a bit of a pet peeve about bisexuality being sort of ignored somethings.

@Nightmare Crusher Aha! I'm really glad you caught that actually. Bi/pan erasure is a total pain sometimes.

I totally forgot about Priam being his descendant though. I was mainly thinking about how he's implied to have a thing with Soren. Very good point.

@NCZ Yeah, there did seem to be something with Soren. Alternatively, you have Ranulf blatantly flirting with Ike at least once.

@Cinnamoroll0622

You aren't alone. Watch the voice actors be revealed and they're all ones I should've recognized :/

@FUNiman Ahh, I see.

@Cinnamoroll0622 You don't recognise the English or Japanese voices?

@NCZ I' not too familiar with Japanese voices. I've heard of plenty of seiyuus out there, but Fire Emblem Fates has a bunch of seiyuus in the list that only have about one or two roles, lol. I'm pretty familiar with English voice acting, but hardly any of them are recognizable to me. The voices don't seem familiar whatsoever. Well, I think I can only guess Ryoma and Camilla's.

@NCZ What are your thoughts?

@Cinnamoroll0622 Oh, I see.

Well with the main cast, there's a mixture of some well-established VAs (Nakamura, Konishi, Sawashiro, Miyano, Kaji, Ohara, Otsuka), and some newer talent who've been on the rise in recent years (Shimazaki, Sato, Nazuka, Kanemoto, Lynn).

The supporting cast is mostly newer and younger voice actors, yeah.

But there are some well-known names in there. Daisuke Ono, Takehito Koyasu, Rokuro Naya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Junichi Suwabe, are all pretty famous.

Personally I like giving fresh VAs an opportunity and it's nice seeing some really well-known, established voices in the series for the first time. And there's a few VAs who were in Awakening as well (Hosoya, Sawashiro, Koyasu, Kenji Hamada, Mitsuhiro Ichiki, Daisuke Ono) in some roles that are different than what they did last game.

For the English version, I haven't checked out a ton of videos. I recognized a couple voices but otherwise, there are a lot that are fairly new to me, which I appreciate. I'm glad to hear fresh voices in non-union dubs since their cast lists have a tendency to be kinda stagnant. It's impressive this time since Awakening already felt like it was drying up most of the talent pool, so for them to manage a healthy amount of new names is cool.

@Cinnamoroll0622

Surprisingly, I can recognize around 24 of the Japanese voice actors. ...Including that of Gunter as he was a veteran with 45 years of experience. XD

Also Kiragi and Azama - their voice actors might seem a little unknown, but they've both been in the industry for over 10 years now. Furushima (Kiragi) for 14, Hamada (Azama) for 18. ...I know Furushima from Suikoden Tierkreis - he played one of the main villains.

Out of the English ones, I know around 16. Which is probably because the dub reuses so many voices, unlike the original. ...I'm just kind of happy Paul Eiding got on board, considering I've never seen "Perceptor" do Japanese videogame dubs before~

@Fulgore2005 Good. that means we can get the extra dialogue and voice acting without it being creepy.

@HylianBelmont Yes. It will just be like Awakening's Barracks mode. Which is perfectly fine by me.

@Fulgore2005 is skinship something related to rubbing correct? I was wondering what was that rubbing part suppose to be?

@King Marth 64 It was literally rubbing the characters' faces. It was weird and we're not missing much by losing it.

@NCZ Oh, so that's what someone meant skinship. Yeah, that feature is definitely little weird, but isn't that Skinship type stuff more in mature stuff, I never heard that name before nor played a game that have that type of stuff also.

@King Marth 64 And speaking of which, I was wondering if like Odin's daughter could get censored also since she does look possibly around 13 since Lin from Xenoblade Chronicles X had that also.

@King Marth 64 Ophelia? Well, Nowi somehow got by unscathed in Awakening (despite probably being the skeeviest design in Nintendo history), but yeah, since then Nintendo's become more conscious of that kind of thing being wrong so there's probably a chance they can make things more appropriate. Maybe. Seems this localization's been under much closer scrutiny than a lot of other ones...

@NCZ Well, Nowi is technically a Manakete lived 1000 years. And also that Aversa is grown woman and we haven't seen Camilla got changed also. But, I think I saw someone from Serenes Forest.net mentioned about they haven't found any character's age in either of the versions.

@King Marth 64 And plus, I did seen the ESBR rating for Fates didn't have it mentioned as Partial Nudity.

And also, I wondered if the Gay/Lesbian Support with Niles and Rhajat removal possibly got changed to Companions just like the Cousins in Awakening since someone mentioned in the Japanese version of Awakening did have the Husband/Wife Tab if a player get Lucina or other Chrom's possible daughters with Owain or Chrom's possible sons with Lissa's/Emmeryn's Morgan.

@King Marth 64 That's a weirdly common trope in Japanese stuff that's always kinda rubbed me the wrong way. Having underage-looking characters in skimpy outfits and then excusing it by saying "oh it's okay, they're 1000 years old". Like Etna from Disgaea or Marie Rose from Dead or Alive. It just bothers me.

Aversa and Camilla being adults and just one out of many female designs mitigates things a bit though I'm not totally happy with their portrayal either (like Camilla's FMV is still in and still... very pandery). Eh. I think there's some room for improvement but yeah, looks like she'll be untouched.

Well, who knows.

For Niles and Rhajat I'm pretty sure their sexuality will be left alone. Nintendo confirmed that there would be same-sex relationships last year and I'd be extremely disappointed in them if they removed it. From what I know the only thing that's being removed is a homophobic plotline in Soleil's story arc.

@King Marth 64 And I did forgot to mentioned that BlazBlue series did have Mokoto and Mu-12 did have those types of stuff in the game and it was rated T for Teen also. (I didn't see any underage girls from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extended)

But, I really think Odin's daughter is definitely getting possibly censored if she is definitely underage like Lin.

@King Marth 64 *(I didn't see any underage girls "seeing wearing like them" from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extended)

I forgot to write that down.

@King Marth 64 Oh, I haven't played much BlazBlue, just seen the anime, so I'm not sure of how those characters are portrayed. Their designs kinda make me roll my eyes, but, eh...

Yeah, I think that'll end up being the case for Ophelia. We'll have to see.

@King Marth 64 She states she's an adult in the Japanese version. https://youtu.be/M9ca9SSW_gk?t=27s

@NCZ
There's a really good reason though. The singer who performs Azura's song is actually a celebrity and NoA couldn't get the license for her voice.
At least, that's very likely.

@LeDom That would make sense. I forgot that Aqua's song could cause issues.

My first thought is filesize since from what I've seen, this game is a decent bit bigger than Awakening, even with its two cartridges individually. But that could make sense as well, if she's a freelancer and part of the contract is that she retains the rights to her vocals.

@NCZ *Azura

@King Marth 64 Her name's Aqua in Japanese, so I just call her that out of habit/because it rolls off the tongue easier -(-a-n-d-a-l-s-o-b-e-c-a-u-s-e-i-t-s-o-u-nd-s-b-e-t-t-e-r-)-

@NCZ I already know that. I am one of the contributors to Serenes Forest also.

@King Marth 64 And plus, I don't like people using Japanese and fan names over official English names since I think it's not right and corrupted also.

@King Marth 64 Fan names I agree, but I don't personally think there's an issue with people using Japanese names in casual conversation if they personally prefer them.

Sometimes they think the original name sounds better, or occasionally the English version is a mistranslation (e.g. the Dragon Ball dubs were pretty bad about this). I don't think there's a problem as long as people remain accepting of others' opinions/preferences. I mean at the end of the day it's not real. It only becomes a problem if they're obnoxious about it (e.g. consistently referring to "Marusu from Faia Emuburemu Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi" and outright attacking people who call him "Marth").

@NCZ Well, I did seen some people do use fan names and some Japanese names on characters and items when Awakening came and then, after the game was released, they just stop using them except with the Robin's Avatar Game Mechanic Name problem which I don't understand about them. But, I really think Fates would do the same like Awakening did also.

@King Marth 64 Yeah, once the game's out I'm sure most people will just switch to using official Eng names, for simplicity's sake.

Also I just realized the other downside of no dual audio is that we won't get to experience this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p7sjzLrh0

;_____________;

@Voice_Box Corrin's DLC came out last night. Cam Clarke has already been confirmed as his voice in that game.

@NCZ Ah. Well that's that. Media blackouts before a major release do tend to leave you out of the loop on such things.

@KnightValores Rearrange the letters of "Rhajat", note her design and check who her VA is.

@HylianBelmont Hey at least it's never as bad as his sister's voice over. *Shivers*

@Webmike1 Yeah Lani was definitely miscast in that role.

@HylianBelmont That's pretty likely since he returned for Code Named Steam which i am very happy about but disappointed when he DIDN'T do any new voice overs for Smash 4.

@ErronDio The only line delivery I didn't particularly like in Brawl/SSB4 was "I fight for my friends" (which is a pretty cheesy line in his defense) aside from that I didn't have a problem with his Brawl performance being reused.

@HylianBelmont You're talking about Lani Minella right? If so, was not aware that they were siblings. Honestly, PoR/RD have potential for great voice acting, and I'd love to see a compilation of those 2 games w/ the characters redubbed by people w/ lots of experience, and give at least voice grunts to some characters who didn't even have any voiced lines. If it were me, here's who I'd cast for the new dub:
Ike - Travis Willingham
Micaiah - Cherami Leigh or Christine Marie Cabanos
Any other suggestion in mind?

@NCZ Does the actor liking a tweet that specifically mentions the character and game they are appearing count as confirmation.

@Webmike1 No.

@Unknownsage13 Oh nevermind. Apparently Mela Lee does the voice of another character called Tikki aswell in some cartoon... Wow.

@Unknownsage13 Yeah, that's for Miraculous Ladybug.

@KnightValores Updated predictions based off the video:
Mikoto-Amanda Celine Miller
Kaze-Lex Lang
Rinkah-Wendee Lee
Leo-Johnny Yong Bosch

@Unknownsage13 Cool thanks I'm hoping we get some more confirmation on other voices now.

@PsychBoy19

Pretty sure Ryoma is Matthew Mercer and Elise is Stephanie Sheh. No idea for anyone else; I think I might've heard Michelle Ruff in there but I could be wrong.

I get the feeling this and Xenoblade X were recorded around the same time since they both had English tracks recorded by E3 this year.

@NCZ Were you also shocked by what sounded like Stephanie Sheh? The first audio clip of Elise from E3 sounded VERY different from most her roles.

@NCZ Xander kinda sounds like David Vincent or Keith Silverstein to me.

@PsychBoy19
At first I thought Xander sounded like Keith Silverstein as well, but after hearing his voice in the smash trailer I'm getting a Marc Diraison vibe. Ryoma definitely sounds like Mathew Mercer. Female Kamui made me think of Carrie Keranen and as for Elise, I'm not too sure. I originally thought Cassandra Morris, but after the smash trailer I have no idea :/

@NeoRose I'm wondering if they did any replacements for the smash trailer? Cuz like Xander totally sounded like Cam Clarke and Elise totally sounded like Cassandra Lee Morris in the E3 Fire Emblem trailer.

@Unknownsage13 It's possible considering Male Robin's default voice in Awakening was David Vincent, and he came back to cast him in Smash. However, Female Robin was Michelle Ruff and they cast Lauren Landa instead. Fire Emblem Awakening was already released before Smash so a replacement casting wouldn't be too difficult. Fates isn't out for US just yet and we barely know who the voices are so they could just be different just for Smash.

@NeoRose A split second I heard Xander's voice again I heard Grant George for some reason.

@Unknownsage13
Yeah it wouldn't surprise me if perhaps they were replaced just for the few lines they had in the smash trailer. Or possibly because it's been a while since they voiced the characters that maybe they just sound a bit different? Even Sakura's voice sounded a little different than the e3 trailer.

@KnightValores
Yeah Xander is sounding like so many different actors it's hard to place lol.
I can actually picture Grant George playing Zero.

@Unknownsage13 I agree. Elise sound like Cassandra Lee but now I'm thinking Kira Buckland... she kinda sounds like Dorothy from Stella Glow

@NeoRose Sakura has been confirmed by Brianna Knickerbocker, a newcoming voice actress typecasted as lolis

@Cinnamoroll0622 Can you uh

Please not use the word "loli"

It's kinda creepy

@Cinnamoroll0622 Haven't played that. But I'm gonna guess the role uses Kira Buckland's immature voice? Like Edna from Tales of Zestiria and Hiyoko from Danganronpa 2?

@Cinnamoroll0622
No, i know that. What i meant was the voice she used for Sakura for the smash trailer sounded different from the one she used in fates. Its probably been a while since they recorded for fates so its understable they might sound a bit different, especially for newer actors.

@NCZ Elise sounds more like Sarah Williams to me.

@LeDom I'm not too familiar with the new batch of "Bang Zoom" anime dub VAs.

@Unknownsage13 I heard Kira Buckland's voice! Not sure who she was but it sounded like her.

@KnightValores Wait, misreading your post. Are you saying you think Kira Buckland is Elise or that you heard Kira's voice but not sure who she voiced for (as in one of the two older sisters that was talking).

@Unknownsage13 I heard her voice as either Camilla or Hinoka, sorry I should of worded that more correctly.

@KnightValores Huh. I'll check again. Which Kira Buckland role would be a good comparison?

@Unknownsage13 Personally either but I would prefer her be Hinoka I think she has a nice voice and I think it would fit her better than Camilla

@Unknownsage13 sorry I read that wrong again. As far as comparison I know she has recent roles like Ren Kogyoku and Seraphina from Disgaea 5 however they are rather high and mighty characters. She does play Kuroyukihime from Accel World who is more calm. But that's all I recall

@Unknownsage13 oh and Ren Kogyouku is from Magi: Labryrinth of Magic and Kingdom of Magic

@KnightValores
I actually just listened to some of Kira's stuff and now I feel like she could be female Corrin.

@NeoRose Kira confirmed to me via Twitter that she doesn't voice anyone in Fire Emblem Fates

@VGAfanatic I highly doubt Roy will be in the game since development has been finished for months and IntSys have moved on by now.

In any case, I'm calling Alexis Tipton as Lucina. :V

@NCZ "I'm calling Alexis Tipton as Lucina"

Why?

@Scrappy-Fan92 Laura Bailey has been super busy due to Halo, Gears of War, ect. So anime and Japanese games haven't been a priority. Like Platinum in BlazBlue anime was voiced by Alexis Tipton and Risette in Persona 4 Dancing All Nite was voiced by Ashly Burch.

If she is replaced as Lucina, Alexis is a good pick because she can do a spot-on Laura Bailey match and she was in LA recently for a few other things.

@VGAfanatic Yeah I'm expecting several of the XCX voices.
I looked through and alot of the voices have already been in Fire Emblem. But considering the various actors ranges and the limited amount of spoken dialogue I could see most of them coming back.
As for the ones not in it already.
Keith Silverstein, CristinaVee, Kira Buckland, Mary Elizabeth, Cassandra Lee, Carrie Keranen are all easy bets cuz they appear in almost all LA ensemble projects eventually.
Cherami is LA based now so I'd imagine they'd get her. Considering she was in a Danganronpa and Disgaea, she should have no problem being in this.
As for the two Texas based X cast members, Alexis and Caitlin, they've done several LA projects recently and I could totally see them joining in.

@Unknownsage13 Yeah, my comment was facetious to an extent, but that's pretty much it. Laura's been fairly busy recently and Alexis filled in for her on Blazblue so if it did happen I wouldn't be surprised.

I'm not really putting my bets on anything yet though. In a worst case scenario maybe they can get away with reusing clips from previous games.

@NCZ There's a chance though they might've been able to get her in. This game is nowhere near as dialogue heavy (spoken dialogue that is) as Persona 4 Dancing All Nite. And with anime, I've heard the main issue there is the schedules are too strict. Maybe they got her to come in for a couple days for Lucina. I'd doubt it would take more than a week to do the Lucina recording. CristinaVee said for Riven in LoL she basically did all her recording in a day and that game has probably about the same amount of spoken phrases for characters.

@KnightValores *Corrin

@KnightValores Using her Lust voice for that? I could see it. Though there's a few other voice actresses I can think of that have seductive sounding voices. Like Megan Hollingshead (Castor), Lauren Landa (Litchi), and a few others.

I guess it'll overall depend on what direction they go with Camilla.

@Unknownsage13 There are already quite a few in the japanese dub. It's a given that there'll be double castings.

@LeDom Yeah. Cuz I think most in Awakening were doing double voices. But hey, whatever gets you paid, right?

@Omega Shadowx6 The funny thing is that I've seen people say that they want Johnny Yong Bosch to voice Roy. :P

@Cinnamoroll0622 Good list. And probably alot of these VAs will be in it. Idk about Alexis Tipton though. She's a Houston based VA and idk if they'd fly her all the way out to LA just for the handful of lines she'd probably have.

Hopefully Laura Bailey does return for Lucina! She may be turning down anime roles left and right, but the more lenient video game schedule usually works for her.

@Unknownsage13 Tipton is increasingly becoming a regular sight in the L.A video game dub scene, so it she could still show up.

Agreed. I hope Laura does come back.

@Cinnamoroll0622 for takumi i prefer Bryce Papenbrook it's much better than Yuri Lowenthal

@Gaddes Tipton did voice in Tales of Zestiria and Xenoblade Chronicles X, as well as a few other Houston VAs, so it's possible they'll appear.

@Unknownsage13

Alexis Tipton isn't Houston based. She did say on her twitter that after her trip to Japan, she'll travel to L.A to record more V.O.

@Katsu I really like to know that also.

@Katsu http://www.dcdouglas.com/credits/

@madalex1234 Is that his official website? I did see that list mistakenly calling Gunter with an H added and the Fates title mistakenly used the Japanese title in that website.

@King Marth 64 That is indeed his website. Also bear in mind that the game may not have had a finalized English title at the time of recording--"Fates" was only announced at E3 in June, with all other English material up to that point only referring to it as "Fire Emblem". I assume "Llewellyn" is the English version's name for one of the other characters, since there's nobody with that name in the Japanese game.

Back when I first joined the site in mid-2010 DC Douglas actually stopped by to comment on the Raven (Tekken) voice compare, and he mentioned that he didn't know the name of the game he was working on or what his character looked like. He only had really early prototype footage to go off of.* English dub voice actors are often not given the full picture of what they're working on in order to maintain secrecy.

*Due to a glitch, early comments from before we put the profile system in place don't display at the moment, but you can read his comment on this page:
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/quotes/voice-actors/

@King Marth 64 Gunther is probably what his English name is actually going to be. Note that there's also a Llewellyn, a name which is not in the Japanese version. I would guess the title is different because the Japanese name was probably still being used when the VO waa actually recorded.

@Nightmare Crusher Well, it was confirmed to be as "Gunter" during in the Nintendo Treehouse Live @E3 2015 presitation. Which it's right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NybBZaVRtAU

@King Marth 64 Then if nothing else it's just a typo since Gunther is an actual name wheras Gunter isn't.

@Nightmare Crusher Don't you mean the other way around?

@King Marth 64 No.

Although I think Gunter is a last name in some places.

@ErronDio

Roughly half the characters are exclusive to the Hoshido ("good") path and the other half are path to the Nohr ("bad") version, though a select few are in both.

The characters in the Lilith --> Lala group are NPCs. Everyone else is playable.

@pdavarzani
whoops!i forget to post the source
https://twitter.com/RenaStrober/status/615620640498827264

@pdavarzani Worried she might get in trouble for that...NDA and all.

@pdavarzani Well that's!... Disappointing. And here all of us were speculating people like CristinaVee. Turns out it was basically a newbiee. Congrats to her though! Just started and already a lead character in Fire Emblem.

@Unknownsage13 There's a reason for that.

@NCZ I read somewhere that support conversations imply that some characters are reincarnations of FEA ones. So does this game take place in the same world but a different continent?

@Cinnamoroll0622 Azura actually sounds like Rachel Hirschfeld. She's not very well known, but her singing voice sounds like Odette from Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny. Watch this video, they sound pretty similar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HwLclPbiD4

@Cinnamoroll0622 That would be cool, Cassandra as Elise, though what throws me off is I'm used to Cassandra kinda having an attitude. Elise seems like the sweet little sister.

@Unknownsage13 No Tsundere here :) Just "dere dere"

@Unknownsage13 Though to be honest I would expect Christine Marie Cabanos or Kira Buckland

@Cinnamoroll0622 I could picture Christine due to how often she plays cute characters (K-On, Sword Art Online, Danganronpa 2). I mostly know Kira for Blue Exorcist, which is a borderline tsundere role so not sure if I could picture her as a cutesy girl.

@Unknownsage13 Although I'll admit, Cassandra also did Amber in Rune Factory 4, which helps at least a little, since Elise is somewhat similar to her in some aspects.

@Cinnamoroll0622 And I guess Leafa in Sword Art Online. Since she was another "not sister" character.

@Unknownsage13 Yeah that would make sense. I watched Sword Art Online also, so I know what Cassandra's voice sounds like. Lol, if Elise is Kyubey...

@NCZ Just heard about Soleil's support. What the hell, Nintendo.

@NCZ It's just one support. Pls don't turn this into a big argument

@Katsu One support with *that* kind of subject material is one more than there needs to be.

@NCZ Wait what happened in the support conversation?

@HylianBelmont Basically Soleil is attracted to girls. She talks about how she always faints whenever she's near cute girls.

So, in an attempt to solve this fainting problem, Male Avatar *slips a magic powder into her drink without her knowledge* that causes her to see him as a girl.

That's pretty wack.

There's other concerning issues regarding the treatment of Soleil's character (like the fact that she can't actually be in a relationship with female units despite her preferences) but that's the general gist of what many people (including myself) take issue with.

I have to say while I enjoy the gameplay of Fire Emblem and am anticipating this game from that sense, a lot of the elements regarding characters and their relationships and all the romance stuff are putting me off. The way they're being handled rubs me the wrong way overall. That's just me though. I'm hoping Treehouse recognizes this and can get rid of the more unsavoury elements during localization.

@NCZ http://imgur.com/gallery/Z46S9 please read this

@Katsu I have and it's bunk.

- The OP didn't provide any source for the alleged backstory regarding her father and dodged the question when asked about it. Another player on Serenes Forest said they found nothing about revenge in there. And even if it is true, then it's still bad and arguably makes the situation worse (having a character seem to be gay or bi, but then turn out that they aren't really, is a bit of a copout).

- The album claims Soleil is heterosexual, but in the game itself she outright says she likes men but has a preference for girls during her support with Foleo.

- "In-game she doesn't even have a lesbian marriage option either." This doesn't mean she's not into girls, it means the developers didn't bother to give her any female relationships in spite of her preferences, which is another can of worms entirely.

- "under the implication that her recovery wouldn't work if she knew what was happening in advance." it's not implied at all; OP made that up

- "she thanks him because it helped her overcome her predicament." Nope, she says outright that it didn't work during their A support

- That post doesn't address the blatant wrongness of having a character be drugged without consent, by the main protagonist we're supposed to sympathize with no less, beyond an unfortunate-sounding "if she enjoyed it then it doesn't count" blurb. And she doesn't end up viewing all men differently - only the character who drugged her. The subtext there is very unsettling.

- The one thing that album does get right compared to the original post is that it's not strictly conversion therapy. Still, the implications of Soleil's overall character (someone whose attraction is treated as a weakness that must be corrected) are troubling to begin with. It's not malicious writing, but it's pretty narrow-minded.

- And for the record other japanese-speaking people have confirmed that the original translation in the pastebin that's been spreading is accurate.

People are free to believe what they want to believe but all that album is doing is spreading misinformation and harming the community overall.

@NCZ Oh. rip

@NCZ Yikes, that is definitely not making it into the localisation, although does the Male Avatar realise that the way he went about helping her was completely wrong? or is it a case of "the end justifies the means"

@HylianBelmont Well, here's the full translation of their supports:
http://pastebin.com/bgQC0yEa

and unfortunately it would seem they do not. :| But you're right, ultimately I trust NoA will recognize that this is unacceptable and will kill it during localization.

@NCZ Eh, I dunno. If NoA let Metroid Other M even see the light of day, then I don't have much hope for this one -_-

@CatsTuxedo Oh God, don't remind me...

@NCZ Now that is messed up!! Hopefully, they will change that when it's brought over. They took one step forward with the same sex relationships, and then like two steps back with.....THAT.

Good news. Nintendo have confirmed that the offending scene will not be present in the localized version.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/41814/fire-emblem-fates-removes-controversial-support-conversation-in-western-regions

Happy to hear about this. While it shouldn't have been in the game to begin with, I'm glad the localization branches of Nintendo recognized how wrong this is and were able to improve the game by nipping it in the bud.

@NCZ That's fantastic news!

@NCZ I probably shouldn't have read some of the comments though, some of the arguments against Nintendo deciding to fix the support are just....ugh.

@HylianBelmont This is why you never read the comments section. Of course, I'm saying this in a comments section.

@Nightmare Crusher It's hard not to read the comment section unfortunately, even if you know it's probably the worst decision you could ever make.

@HylianBelmont Oh God, I'm sorry. When I posted the article, there were only 2 and they were both supportive and reasonable. If you're putting it that way... yeesh. I don't even want to bother clicking but I can just tell it's going to be "muh censorship!!!!!!!" type stuff. I don't know what it is about gaming websites, but the comment sections and forums are almost always terrible. Thankfully this site is pretty good though.

@NCZ Why do you suppose YT comment sections tend to have more "offensive" viewpoints than this site?

Also, what is the issue with the argument of censorship?

@Dawnlight If I had to guess Sakura sounds like Cristina Vee

@SteelEthlan Kris Zimmeraman.

@CuriousUserX90 You haven't seen anything more about her yet CUX90.

@Nightmare Crusher I'm going to guess that Seitz might be voice directing for this game like he did in Awakening.

@Nightmare Crusher Right with Garron, but I'm 100% sure that matt Mercer is Ryoma.

@KnightValores Listening to him again he does sound like he could be Matthew Mercer.

It would be kind of weird having him play a main character when he was already Chrom though.

@Nightmare Crusher

The japanese version has Female Robin's seiyuu voicing Camilla.

So it wouldn't be too weird.

@DravenRoth994 Correct. It was announced in the latest Ninty Direct.

@NCZ Sweet!!

@DravenRoth994 I can't wait for the release of 4 Marths, 5 Ikes and 2 Lucinas and Robins to North America.

@NCZ Yeah, that's pretty odd.

There's an in-story justification for it... and I'm not going to lie, it's kind of a headscratcher. If anyone wants to spoil themselves, the info is out there!

@NCZ Perhaps they have the same English ones as well? Kaiji Tang, Liam O'Brien, and Julie Ann Taylor. (You know, Owain, Inigo, and Severa)

@Cinnamoroll0622 I would imagine so. And likewise for Grey/Gaius, Matoi/Cordelia, and Syalla/Tharja.

@NCZ That would also make sense.

@Phoenix Wright 999 2/3 isn't bad!

@NCZ thanks man, well for a passionate of anime and videogame like me certain voices are unmistakable.I look forward to play this game and I hope they put the japanese like awakening

@DravenRoth994 It's essentially a game with "what if" as its central motif. In digital copies, the player has the option to choose between two different factions, the Hoshido and the Nohr, at a certain point in the story. This choice permanently alters the storyline from that point onward.

At retail the game is available in two separate versions (Nohr and Hoshido) that make the choice automatically depending on which version it is. The other storyline will apparently be offered as DLC.

@NCZ Wow, for real?! That's sounds cool!! I was just making a joke about the title. I assumed it was some kind of acronym though, not some "what if" scenario. With that in mind, the covers above make more sense!