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Voice acting switch for Phantom Hourglass - UPDATE

by rawmeatcowboy
19 December 2006
GN 1.0 / 2.0

This bit of text comes from Jeux-France, which they got from Nintendo Dream. I am not entirely sure what they are saying here due to the lousy Google translation. I will just post the text below, and you can discuss it with our other commentors. Perhaps we can get a French reader to do a direct translation for us?

Thing enough surprising, Nintendo Dream also teaches us that there was obviously a dissension with Nintendo of America relating to the lapping machine which lent its voice to Link until now in the last Zelda plays. Nintendo would thus have carried out some tests of voice of various actors, and it is finally Sasanuma Akira (Dearka Elsman in Gundam Seed) which would have been selected for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

Thanks to reader Dom, we now have this translation…

Surprisingly, Nintendo Dream also tells us that there was clearly a disagreement with Nintendo of America concerning the voice actor lending his voice to Link until now in the previous Zelda games. Nintendo apparently carried out several tests with other actors, and in the end Sasanuma Akira (Dearka Elsman in Gundam Seed) was chosen for The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass.

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