Xbox 360 version of FFXIII may be monolingual

R3B0RN_H0P3 · 05-14-2009, 02:38 AM

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As far as we can tell, there are two types of people who care about whether the North American version of Final Fantasy XIII has a Japanese voice track (in addition to an English one) -- RPG-loving hipsters who strive for complete, unwavering authenticity in everything they say and do, and ... well, people who speak Japanese and live in America, we suppose. Unfortunately for both these groups, it seems the Japanese voice track might only appear in the PS3 version of the highly anticipated Squeenidos title.

In a recent Q&A with IGN, FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase explained that without the kind of memory available on Blu-ray, there's simply not enough room on the 360 to implement two vocal tracks. He added, "Are there many people who would like to play with Japanese voices?" Well, gang? Are there?

[Via Kotaku]

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I wanted to play this on the 360 first at first but as a big anime fan this just made me want to play this on my PS3 instead. If the dub version has solid voice acting then this doesn't really matter but until it's released PS3 is my choice. I also do hope Square and MS release the Japanese language version as a free DLC later.

MRubio52 · 07-09-2009, 08:51 AM

your avatar is the first ever that made me almost throw up/go into epileptic seizure, lol.

I'm ok with it being English only, but I know I'll eventually want to play the japanese version. I'm not liking the part of the story where it comes down to a technology issue though, that sounds bad for Microsoft.

shivshan · 07-09-2009, 09:43 AM

i too donno japanese..i prefer english version only

Shake · 07-09-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

In a recent Q&A with IGN, FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase explained that without the kind of memory available on Blu-ray, there's simply not enough room on the 360 to implement two vocal tracks.

**Lethal** · 07-09-2009, 12:19 PM

The PS3 version is going to be the superior version no matter what. The 360 version is going to be a PS3 port. Not having japanese voices is no big deal at all. I could care less about it. I just want to know how many discs this game is going to take. My guess is 6.

**MrSchmo** · 07-09-2009, 12:45 PM

Dont see this being a big deal , how many people really want to listen to something for that long that they cant understand? I'll too be getting it on the PS3 just cause, like Lethal said, it was made for it. And it wouldnt feel right playing a FF game not on a PS.

LascelleLegend · 08-09-2009, 09:46 AM

??? Why would you get it on the 360 if you have the option of choosing which console? Personally im getting this on the PS3

GaMeReVX · 08-09-2009, 01:46 PM

Not gonna be game-breaking for me. I'll playthrough it in English and watch cutscenes in Japanese later.

R3B0RN_H0P3 · 08-23-2009, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by LascelleLegend

??? Why would you get it on the 360 if you have the option of choosing which console? Personally im getting this on the PS3

Well and I can speak (not fluently but with a huge accent though

) and understand Japanese and when I heard they were going to include two audio tracks for both languages I was like

but then this news came up I was

. I would also like to have a choice in languages too for my preferred system (so I can compare the voice acting quality). There's still the PS3 version though.

**jimmy_Bish** · 08-23-2009, 06:11 AM

The 360 version never once entered my mind. PS3 all the way.