KamikazePotato posted...
No, seriously. It does not matter with games. Did you play Dragon Quest VIII? That game was as British as it got, and it was not only very successful, but the translation and VA was highly praised. Same with Heavy Rain. A TV show lives and dies on the culture its based off of. Games, not so much.
I know I gave it as an example of a successful localisation, but that game's voice acting was pretty much universally panned. That said, that was because the voice actors were attempting American accents, which is difficult when half the cast doesn't have English as a first language. Also, child actors, who thought that was a good idea? But that's massively digressing.
Anyway, it's not like British series have never done well on American TV, mainly on cable.
Oh, also, Muramasa. If that game can sell 250K US in the time when the Wii was at its most hated, Xenoblade can sell. Notable as while Xenoblade might have British English VA, Muramasa kept the voices entirely Japanese (and it's a very, very Japanese game). Non-American localisation is not a problem.
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