Since Zelda is gonna be at E3 this year and E3 is coming in 2 weeks...

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-01 06:41
  Link should never talk
  Silent Link is good link
  [video=youtube;FPxY8lpYAUM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM[/video]
  
  maybe the other characters can have voice acting
  but there will never be a good connection if link doesn't talk
  
  very complicated problem for the progression of Zelda games in terms of storyline.
• Taycat wrote on 2010-06-01 06:44
  Link's always been silent.
  
  And even so, they're gonna talk in incoherent speech anyway.
  
  Like Midna, make weird ikakwaea or whatevers like in Sim games.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-06-01 06:46
  Who says Link can't talk? Mega Man was silent for seven games before he was given a voice. Just because a character is "traditionally" silent doesn't mean that can't change for the better. They'll simply have to find a completely kickass voice actor for Link or it won't work at all, and they'll have to choose his dialog very, very carefully.
  
  Tradition is good but moving forward is also good.
  
  Also, that Link sounds uncannily like the same voice actor who did Mega Man in the semi-infamous TV series Super Fighting Robot Mega Man.
• Taycat wrote on 2010-06-01 06:51
  Loz has 15 games.
  
  EXCLUDING the crappy spin off crap.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-06-01 06:51

  Quote from Xiyamae;52004:

  Loz has 15 games.
  
  EXCLUDING the crappy spin off crap.

  
  
  I'm well aware that Mega Man is a far more expansive franchise. Doesn't change the fact that he too was silent for a good while. And let's face it, the early voices weren't all that great:
  
  [video=youtube;qM-Q2UoAq5Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-Q2UoAq5Q[/video]
  
  [video=youtube;3JcYTYB3dz0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcYTYB3dz0[/video]
  
  Horrible, even.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-01 06:53

  Quote from Trigger;52002:

  Who says Link can't talk? Mega Man was silent for seven games before he was given a voice. Just because a character is "traditionally" silent doesn't mean that can't change for the better. They'll simply have to find a completely kickass voice actor for Link or it won't work at all, and they'll have to choose his dialog very, very carefully.
  
  Tradition is good but moving forward is also good.
  
  Also, that Link sounds uncannily like the same voice actor who did Mega Man in the semi-infamous TV series Super Fighting Robot Mega Man.

  
  
  Which talking Mega Man are you referring to?
  Legends has sloppy lip syncing but it was decent
  
  Better not be NT warrior
  [video=youtube;IlQEK_CI4IU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlQEK_CI4IU[/video]
• Taycat wrote on 2010-06-01 06:56
  No I mean, LoZ has silent Link for all 15 games.
  
  Excluding his grunts.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-01 07:01
  Maybe not link, but other characters can all do with voices.
  
  Reference -> Persona 4
• Trigger wrote on 2010-06-01 07:02

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;52006:

  Which talking Mega Man are you referring to?
  Legends has sloppy lip syncing but it was decent
  
  Better not be NT warrior

  
  
  Hell no, NT Warrior was absolute crap. I'm talking about the show Super Fighting Robot Mega Man, as I said:
  
  [video=youtube;3ufVQIUEiYc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufVQIUEiYc[/video]
  
  Legends, sloppy lip syncing? I object very strongly; there's a scant few places in Legends 1 where it's noticeable and in Legends 2 it's near-perfect.
  
  (Also, the TV theme above...is actually pretty damn catchy.)
• Pocoyo wrote on 2010-06-01 07:07
  I'd rather link having no voice.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-06-01 07:10

  Quote from Kyle;52016:

  I'd rather link having no voice.

  
  
  I'd rather we not jump to the automatic decision of "no voice for Link" when it hasn't even been tried yet. And even if it is tried, it will probably suck the first time or two, but eventually the developers will get it nailed down and Zelda might be an even better franchise because of it. Who knows?
  
  
  

  Quote from Xiyamae;52008:

  No I mean, LoZ has silent Link for all 15 games.
  
  Excluding his grunts.

  
  
  Well, we could've said the same about Mega Man before the release of Mega Man 8. "He's had seven games and been silent in every single one. We can't do voices now, it would ruin everything!" But they did do voices and look where it got us:
  
  [video=youtube;49Ls-mUVKnE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Ls-mUVKnE[/video]
  
  One of the best cutscenes in Mega Man history imho.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-01 07:12
  The voice of Link is already heart, and its VERY similar in every game. Putting words in his mouth from there doesn't seem TERRIBLY bad.
  
  What really makes me think, is that Hyrulians speak a whole different language.
  
  The way they make strange noises when they talk, and with Midna's strange ramblings... They'll probably mumble another language.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-01 07:19
  Well if they're able to give Link a good personality and write the dialogue well
  there should be no problem
  
  Only when talking other people though.
  the cat doesnt want to hear Link when you press A to examine something.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-06-01 07:21
  Well, if they can give him conversations, it isn't too much of a leap to have him say brief things like "huh?" or other such short lines one might say to oneself.
• Drifter wrote on 2010-06-01 07:58
  I can't believe I watched the entirety of the first video >.<
  Ugh, whose idea was it to make that annoying line his catchphrase?