Only in the fact it doesn’t measure up to the original Japanese in some eyes. The Nioh 2 Season Pass is a discount pass for getting the set with 3 additional DLC missions. Directed by Yosuke Hayashi, Fumihiko Yasuda, Shinji Higuchi. User account menu. I admit I hadn't played it, nor even heard of it, but I'm reasonably aware of the gaming world where I was able to make some informed Google searches to discover the game name and what it was about when first offered it, despite the classified information I was supplied being so limited. You will play as a yokai character, and together with another main character Toukichiro, become known as Japan's "second great unifier." 2nd DLC Darkness in the Capital 3rd DLC The First Samurai The Season Pass includes a Nioh 2 original PlayStation®4 avatar. Posted by 1 month ago. ; Babies Ever After: At the end of Nioh 2, it is revealed that he's settled down with Okatsu and had a son with her.The child has inherited his mother's Guardian Spirit. I think they wanted to go with the Dark Souls route of getting professional British actors. Maybe I'm just spoiled on all of my media sounding American, but that's my theory on why people rejected the English dub so much. I’ve checked online and I didn’t find anything, I rewatched the entire ending credits but they only show the Japanese cast. voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa. Nioh 2 Complete Edition komt uit op 5 februari en bevat alle content uit de originele game plus alle drie DLC uitbreidingen en multiplayer modi. 00:30. I’ve had a to-and-fro attitude with dubs when watching foreign language films for example, especially Studio Ghibli (which gather quite illustrious cast lists to dub of course). Thank you! 10. Bosses are typically found at the end of missions, and can be recognized as their name and HP bar displays as a large object on the bottom of the screen. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. According to this article, both Japanese AND English voices will be available in Nioh 2. Prepare for the fight of your life with revamped mechanics that build on the fan-favorite elements of Nioh, requiring your full concentration and skill. (At least if you search in English, I'm not sure if the information is available in Japanese somewhere) So I wanted to provide a list of all of the voice actors in the game, in case anyone else ends up trying to figure out who played a character. Gameplay revolves around navigating levels and defeating monsters that have infested an area. Tokichiro. Ahaha yeah it does have English voice acting, it’s not bad actually. Yuya Uchida ... Nioh 2 (2020 Video Game) Takenaka Hanbei. Mumyo. According to the Taikō Sujoki and accounts from the Joseon missionaries within Toshiie's memoirs, Hideyoshi's face did look the part. Some of my absolute favourite parts to record were the side remarks like that, being buffeted, or ‘friendly fire’ exclamations. Also there was a definite decision to ‘Anglicise’ the name pronunciations instead of speaking full English and then pronouncing a name perfectly as if speaking Japanese. His face was "small [and] covered in black hair" like a monkey. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You must be on the main menu to access and change the language settings in Nioh 2. ALL the while, I myself was working with a picture of the character and a brief description of their place in the ‘world’. I was still sworn to secrecy til the full game was released though, signing a Non Disclosure Agreement from day one. voiced by Masachika Ichimura. Nioh 2 Bosses must be defeated to complete the mission they dominate. 9 months ago. If anybody had any queries/questions about the process or the feel of the team I worked with I’m happy to answer as I encounter them. With the dialogue for the corpses you find in stages and the yokai weapons, where those done by people who were already doing roles for the more major characters or did they hire people just for those lines? Players are able to customize almost every facet of Hide from gender, face shape, body type, voice style, and more. Having grown up a gamer, it geeked me out no end. Will his path do the unfinished Kurosawa script justice? I’m glad people have been giving us a good chance though, and glad people are given the choice in game in the options. 01:14. voiced by Naoto Takenaka. The additional DLC is the added download content with new story, new enemies, monsters, boss characters and new equipment. I agree that many feel the need to have an all or nothing approach to their convictions, which stifles real discussion when it comes up. It's not exactly a fair comparison being put up against Nobuyuki Hiyama considering how prolific he is, being a consistent talent as far back as Mightgaine/GaoGaiGar for goodness sake. voiced by Eiji Takeuchi and 9 others. No clue why. Tokichiro: Naoto Takenaka. .....and through this post I have just discovered Nioh 2 has English voice acting....after putting 150 hours into the game....I am a fool. Naga Alt account. Then i thought later "wait no way they would put it on there without it doing something" so i went back to the start menu. Normally I would go with english dubs first, but given that this is a period piece drama, I thought it meaningful to hear the cast in Japanese, especially with some of them having previously been involved with stageplays and serializations of sengoku dramas (Tokichiro in particular, as I've read). Hey guys, So I was one of the actors involved in the (perhaps slightly controversial) English dub of Nioh 2, recording for Maeda Toshiie over a couple of sessions in late 2019. Perhaps I misspoke. Menu. For starters: Nioh voice acting has a very "anime" feel to it and most mainstream anime dubs are in flattened American accents. The game is a sequel and was developed by Team Ninja for the PlayStation 4. Was interested to read an interview with Miyazaki who said that you should watch his films in your own language if it’s there, I imagine to fully stay visually immersed in the artistry of the film. Saito Dosan: Kazuhiro Yamaji. For Nioh 2 on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Spoil me on Tokichiro". Often however, voiceover companies may try and be economical with their voice talent as more actors multiplies the studio fees paid out to them. Franchise: Nioh. why not? Secondly, tell me about the conditions of which you were informed of your role. 43. (Would have loved to just reply “fraid so”), New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, A Reddit community dedicated to Nioh and Nioh 2, action RPGs developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo (PC) and Sony Computer Entertainment (PS4) for release in 2017 and March 13th 2020, Press J to jump to the feed. Aparently you can only change it from the title screen setting and not while playing, Those people are not credited apparently, same with many english dubbers from previous KT games that is why they stopped hiring union actors, Also I think Yoshitsune sounds like Adam Howden (Shulk). I’m imagining they cast maybe a couple of actors to voice incidental and background characters, but it’s very possible that actors playing larger roles who fit the voice profile of other parts could have been asked to. I would have liked to play it in Japanese but I have zero familiarity with the language and I was afraid to miss stuff lol. 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