In an interview by Fragged Nation (Daley), YongYea and Korrupt Ronin, Raiden voice actor Quinton Flynn talked about the Metal Gear franchise, Raiden and his hopes for the future of the series.
Kingdom Hearts voice actor Quinton Flynn–who voices Axel in the series–needs Square Enix to “step it up” with Kingdom Hearts III’s development.
We heard then speaking English in the E3 2015 trailer, so I thought the localization process was going faster than usual. Generally we have to wait longer to see a Kingdom Hearts game get translated during previews.
It could very well be that they just haven't gotten to recording lines for Lea yet rather than there being no work done at all on the localization at this point.
I really hope this time Square-Enix will also include the Japanese voices for the Western release.
I don't hope they don't do it and for your sake and all others like you I hope they do include it as it has no effect whatsoever on me.
Agreed, especially respecting their own games and franchises, and genres they have had a hand in perfecting (turn-based JRPGs, namely). Chrono Trigger can't even get an HD remaster 20+ years later in a generation of remasters, FF7R and FFXV are damn ARPGs...Square is simply not the Square I knew.
Don't even get me started on their lack of support for Vita, Wii U, and even (though to a lesser degree) 3DS. Their focus on Mobile is disgusting, too.
I can't find a single letter in your comment that I can disagree with! WELL SAID AGAIN!
Possibly my favourite KH character, got it memorized?
I liked his friendship.
Quinton Flynn discusses working on a Metal Gear title without Kojima directing.
Woah! I didnt know Quinton Flynn was Axel from KH. Awesome, i got that memorized.
Meh...never really cared for Rising, it was an alright hack and slash but despite being a spin off I still didn't feel like it fit in well with the MGS Universe.
Plus dosen't matter how hard they try I still can't find Raiden likable. They had to turn him into a bloody cyborg ninja just to try and make him cool.
Would rather see a spin off with Meryl set after MGS4
Meryl was the worst character in mgs4 mg rising is a great game and i hope there will be rising2!
She was not a bad character, she was hardly even in MGS4 anyway to create such an impact.
Rising just seemed like a hack and slash with a forced MGS skin.
Least with Meryl you can still have stealth gameplay but they can raise the stakes since Meryl is not like Snake in terms of skill
DO NOT insult Meryl Silverburgh. And that wedding scene? Never happened.
I agree, I didn't really like Rising at all. Especially the way they turned Sunny into a typical KAWAII UGUU~~~! teenage anime girl. It was just...a Platinum Games game reskinned with MGS characters. Which is very bleh to me.
Exactly what I thought.
It didn't seem like Metal Gear at all, everything just seemed forced.
Yea. kojima doing a squad based tactical espionage would be cool with Meryl and rat patrol. Damn konami.
I was expecting a lot from Rising, a game made by Platinum and a Metal Gear spinoff, it seemed to be great, but it was a disappointment for me.
Raiden is still an uninteresting character, the campaign it's too short and the gameplay it's nothing special, and that's coming from a Platinum game.
They should include Gray Fox instead.
Rising was not a bad game (I liked it very much), but yes, it felt forced in the MGS universe. Like if it didn't belong there more than Snake's nightmare in mgs3. But I think that is because Raiden was almost a Superman with a katana. I think it could be way better if they had took the stealth approach and had made the game more like tenchu than like bayonetta. I don't think that Raiden transformation into a ninja cyborg was a bad move, but his rise to godhood was ridiculous.
Personally I really enjoyed rising not necessarily because of Raiden as the main character but the over the top actions it had with the awesome slow mo cutting ur enemy. Plus it had amazing boss fights monsoon being my favorite boss. And last the awesome soundtrack it had again monsoon theme being my favorite.
i agree the original idea for the game was so much better
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platinum went and ruined it imo
Awman, I would have loved a Rising 2. Intense battles, awesome story, awesome music. Damn you Konami, add this to your list a many failings.
Well at least Konami is considering making games for consoles still...unless of course they meant a sequel on mobile.
Oh god I hope not. Games made for cell phone in mind are barely playable and a energy drain. A game that required precision timing, amazing visuals, and intense battles....forget it.
I wouldn't mind Metal Gear Rising 2 since I loved the first one. I just wish it would've been made with the FOX Engine like the original plan.
"It's just a part of the game," says Quinton Flynn.
Hayter was terrible in PW; Big Boss sounded like Old Snake. I am happy with the change.
He sounded like a mix of Old Snake and Naked Snake but i think it was fine though.
Then why not just get rid of the Japanese voice actor for a good Japanese actor so David Hayter could stay on. I mean lets face it David Hayter has a bigger fanbase for Snake then the Japanese one.
After all the stuff we've gotten in the form of clips, trailers and even Ground Zeroes...Kiefer voices him like there's no soul in it, just another paycheck
That's what I've been saying but people only call me a troll. I have nothing against Kiefer, he's a good actor but he just isn't Snake.
That's right, Kiefer isn't voicing Snake. He is voicing The Big Boss. I say "voicing" because the only person that can say "I'm Snake/The Big Boss" is Kojima.
@IAMALWAYSRIGHT
Big Boss IS Naked Snake...you do realize that right, he even has the name Venom Snake in MgSV to add to his list of code names.
I think Kojima's motivation behind replacing Hayter with Kiefer, might be because Kiefer has more acting range both for facial mo-cap and voice acting.
No he isn't. In Peace Walker he accepted the title BIG BOSS leaving the code name Naked Snake behind. Kiefer is voicing BIG BOSS.
I think the problem is Kojima wanted an AMERICAN actor. The japanese love American culture, and Kojima has said numerous times that he is a huge fan of Hollywood films. if you think about it Jack Bauer is very close to a Sam Fisher character, and Splinter Cell is the only real competition to MGS. Kojima has said himself several times that he considers the USA version of MGS the true version.
David Hayter is Canadian.
Same here... I still believe we'll get Hayter there as the real Big Boss/Snake, while Kieffer is a modfied clone/doppleganger/head transplanted amnesiac in Naked Snake's Body... It has been so long and with so many crazy theories out there that I really can't figure out the story as I would for most games (so, good job Kojima, I guess), but the fact Heyter never stepped out of spotlight whenever the franchise is brought up coupled with the fact we have had TWO snake codenames given to, supposedly, the same single character (Punished Snake and Venon Snake), make me believe we'll most definately have some kind mislead about who you're playing with at the beginning, much like MGS2 and 3... Or maybe I'm just delusional and thanks to Kojima, now I belong in that sanitarium, who knows...
Well given that Konami seems to be making lots of business decisions to cut costs, like focus on mobile, the puzzle becomes clearer that this process did not happen overnight, and one way this could of manifested itself before we knew what we now know, would be to save money on voice actors, especially the lead one.
Bleh i can't stand Dropkick Morphys specially that song. Anyway the first thing i noticed with Kiefer is he can't voice act for crap if he was taking snakes spot or not there is like no emotion to feed off of when he talks in the game its like he talks in the same flat pitch in everything he says. I swear its like Kiefer just got up from bed still half asleep and started voice acting on spot.
Nothing against the guy just i don't think he was the best choice voice actor wise.
And let Konami run it into the ground....no thanks