Japanese dub (was exclusive to the Wii U version)

[Wesker]

This version includes the Japanese dub which was something specifically done for the Wii U version and paid by Nintendo. Sega released the original Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions with English dub only.

Maybe that could mean something in the future, who knows.

[Rekombo]

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[Setnaro X]

I don't know how that could hint towards anything really. They just did that to make it easier for the Japanese fans to enjoy. Hideki Kamiya wasn't entirely happy with the new Japanese audio; he wanted the game purely in English because of its story setting.

[OdanUrr]

Is the English dub good?

[Avalanche_Rick]

Originally posted by OdanUrr:

Is the English dub good?

Yes, the game was intended to be played with English voices because the overall setting is European but because the Anime film [Bayonetta: Bloody Fate] the Japanese praised the Japanese voices so that's why we have them for Bayonetta 1 and 2 on the Wii U.

[OdanUrr]

Originally posted by nagakura_shikou:

Originally posted by OdanUrr:

Is the English dub good?

Yes, the game was intended to be played with English voices because the overall setting is European but because the Anime film [Bayonetta: Bloody Fate] the Japanese praised the Japanese voices so that's why we have them for Bayonetta 1 and 2 on the Wii U.

Thanks!

[MikeSharpeWriter]

Originally posted by OdanUrr:

Is the English dub good?

It's Pretty decent, however the Japanese Track is the dub. The Japanese version of 360 game only had Hellena Taylor as the VA, like rest of the world. They made English Voice Lines that was even used for the Japanese version of Smash Wii U/3DS DLC.

Mind you this is a Platinum Games game, most of the VA is in cut scenes and the occasional Quip after some kills.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by Setnaro X:

I don't know how that could hint towards anything really. They just did that to make it easier for the Japanese fans to enjoy. Hideki Kamiya wasn't entirely happy with the new Japanese audio; he wanted the game purely in English because of its story setting.

That's not the point of what I meant. That dub is content that was payed by Nintendo specifically for the Wii U version and is still present in a Non-Nintendo platform version now.

If this was possible, then maybe SEGA can easily do the same with Bayonetta 2 then. I wouldn't discard the possibility as much as many people is doing out there.

[JaxTH]

I'm not really seeing your point since the Japanese VAs comes from a movie. It's not like Nintendo themselves put out a casting call or anything.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by JaxTH:

I'm not really seeing your point since the Japanese VAs comes from a movie. It's not like Nintendo themselves put out a casting call or anything.

Japanese VAs come from a movie? No, they are the same who did voice the movie. But then they were called by Nintendo to voice the Wii U version of the game because you can't simply do a "copy 'n paste" from the movie performances (if that's what you meant) and therefore this dub was paid by them, not Sega (they paid the original English dub).

Obviously they payed more aspects of Bayonetta 2 but this is still a former Nintendo paid exclusive which has made to a non-Nintendo platform.

[Setnaro X]

Even if it is content paid for by Nintendo, SEGA still holds the distribution rights for the first game, unlike the 2nd one which Nintendo fully owns, so they are free to release the first one however they feel like, sans anything that obviously belongs to Nintendo such as the Nintendo-themed outfits. Considering the Japanese audio made it to the PC version, I'm more inclined to believe that SEGA has the rights over that particular dub.

Mind you, I'm not discrediting any chances of Bayonetta 2 to ever be released outside of any Nintendo platform. It's totally within the possibilties, though the chances of it ever happening are pretty minimal. I just think that the "clue" behind all this lies within the Japanese dub appearing on the PC version is quite a bit of a stretch, especially since we don't even know if Nintendo specifically paid for the Japanese dub. That decision could've easily been done so by PlatinumGames themselves since they were the ones that handled the Wii U port, unlike the PS3 version which was handled by a separate team.

[Wesker]

Originally posted by Setnaro X:

Even if it is content paid for by Nintendo, SEGA still holds the distribution rights for the first game, unlike the 2nd one which Nintendo fully owns, so they are free to release the first one however they feel like, sans anything that obviously belongs to Nintendo such as the Nintendo-themed outfits. Considering the Japanese audio made it to the PC version, I'm more inclined to believe that SEGA has the rights over that particular dub.

Mind you, I'm not discrediting any chances of Bayonetta 2 to ever be released outside of any Nintendo platform. It's totally within the possibilties, though the chances of it ever happening are pretty minimal. I just think that the "clue" behind all this lies within the Japanese dub appearing on the PC version is quite a bit of a stretch, especially since we don't even know if Nintendo specifically paid for the Japanese dub. That decision could've easily been done so by PlatinumGames themselves since they were the ones that handled the Wii U port, unlike the PS3 version which was handled by a separate team.

Nintendo paid for that dub. They paid for the Japanese dub of both Bayonetta 1 and 2 which was done at the same time, so yeah, it was paid by them. SEGA only paid the English dub of the first game, released originally on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.

And Bayonetta 2 is not "fully owned" by Nintendo. Sega has a part of property on the game as IP holder. They have to reach terms for the game to be released by any of them in the platform the publisher wishes. If Nintendo wants to release the game on Switch, they have to agree terms with SEGA. And if SEGA wants to release the game, say, on Steam, they have to do the same and it's possible Nintendo can give that possibility unlike a release on something like the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One. It's just a matter of agreements and money after all. And I bet there was already an agreement/money matter to include the Japanese dub of Bayonetta 1 in this release, even if this would be a minor quantity compared to the Bayonetta 2 case of course.