Hi. The horror has spread to me, and I'm now a new fan of the Resident Evil/Bio Hazard series. I'm Keiji Dragon in many places, but I think I'm just gonna stick to "OKei" for now here. I mostly became a fan recently through seeing many media about Resident Evil on You Tube through topics such as the original RE, it's beta topics, it's quirky storyline, its characters, and particularly, BioHazard 1.5. I've only played and finished the Director's Cut version of RE, so I'm just starting off the series from there. I hope to get though the rest of the series in time.
To start off my birth as a fan...
Did you know that Resident Evil had Japanese dialogue before its release? Capcom originally recorded a voice track in Japanese, but it was disused after Shinji Mikami felt that it wasn't realistic for the characters to speak in another language when they are suppose to be American, according to a Famitsu interview. So it was decided, for better or worse, to switched over to the English VA that we all now love to hate (or vice-versa).
Another source called "The True Story of Biohazard" (the freebie book that came with the Saturn version in Japan) included a Mikami interview that stated another reason why the Japanese voice acting was eliminated from the final game. He said it sounded "really lame" or "really bad" (カッコ悪かった, "kakkowarukatta"). I'm aware you guys are still translating it. Hope it gets done soon.
And apparently, the recorded unused dialogue does exists outside Capcom's realm. In a CD called Biohazard Symphony Op. 91: Crime and Punishment, Disc 2 has a track called "Character Voice 3" that contains some snips of the JP VA.
So for kicks and giggles n' fun, I produced a video that recreates the game's scenes with that particular track. Unfortunately, there are no subtitles for the moment.
It's sometimes interesting how characters are portrayed in Japanese. Discuss.
To start off my birth as a fan...
Did you know that Resident Evil had Japanese dialogue before its release? Capcom originally recorded a voice track in Japanese, but it was disused after Shinji Mikami felt that it wasn't realistic for the characters to speak in another language when they are suppose to be American, according to a Famitsu interview. So it was decided, for better or worse, to switched over to the English VA that we all now love to hate (or vice-versa).
Another source called "The True Story of Biohazard" (the freebie book that came with the Saturn version in Japan) included a Mikami interview that stated another reason why the Japanese voice acting was eliminated from the final game. He said it sounded "really lame" or "really bad" (カッコ悪かった, "kakkowarukatta"). I'm aware you guys are still translating it. Hope it gets done soon.
And apparently, the recorded unused dialogue does exists outside Capcom's realm. In a CD called Biohazard Symphony Op. 91: Crime and Punishment, Disc 2 has a track called "Character Voice 3" that contains some snips of the JP VA.
So for kicks and giggles n' fun, I produced a video that recreates the game's scenes with that particular track. Unfortunately, there are no subtitles for the moment.
It's sometimes interesting how characters are portrayed in Japanese. Discuss.
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