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Why Animal Crossing's "Animalese" sounds different in Japanese than English

It's all Animalese to me
by rawmeatcowboy
22 March 2020
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The Villagers in Animal Crossing sound different in Japanese and English, which is wild because they're supposed to speak nonsense. So why does Nintendo dub Animalese? The answer lies in the history of voice synthesization in video games.

 
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