{"id":130143,"date":"2022-11-29T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-141869"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:30:00","slug":"random-youtuber-recreates-pokemon-scarlet-violet-cutscenes-with-full-voice-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/29\/random-youtuber-recreates-pokemon-scarlet-violet-cutscenes-with-full-voice-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: YouTuber Recreates Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet Cutscenes With Full Voice Acting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb4551473af7b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb4551473af7b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Voice acting in Pok\u00e9mon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb4551473af7b\/voice-acting-in-pokemon.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb4551473af7b\/voice-acting-in-pokemon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Voice acting in Pok\u00e9mon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Kate Gray<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Spoilers below \u2014 some late-game scenes from Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet appear in this video!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amongst all the criticisms and praise for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a>, one particular issue has come to the surface most recently: The lack of voice acting. The Pok\u00e9mon series has <em>never<\/em> had voice acting, of course, but Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet feels like it <em>should.<\/em> The increase in cinematic cutscenes means that we&#8217;re treated to a bunch of silent mouth-flapping that seems incredibly awkward without voice actors speaking the lines.<\/p>\n<p>But YouTuber Dr. Bonehead has corralled a few of his voice-over friends to imagine a world in which the latest Pok\u00e9mon games had full, professional-quality voice-over as well as audio work, and it adds a great deal of personality and emotion to the scenes portrayed.<\/p>\n<p>But, yes, spoilers. Watch with caution!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"oac3QaGE4MU\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We&#8217;re not sure how Game Freak would handle voice acting, although we have some precedent to examine. After all, there&#8217;s a whole voice-acted Pok\u00e9mon anime, isn&#8217;t there? But the closest we&#8217;ve come to a voiced Pok\u00e9mon game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/pokemon_sword_and_shields_gloria_has_finally_been_given_a_voice_and_its_very_british\">this clip featuring Sword and Shield&#8217;s female protagonist<\/a>, which is, um, very British:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemonmasters\/statuses\/1331809985605505026 @ 2022-11-30T05:47:33+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gloria, a Trainer from the Galar region, debuts on 11\/29 at 10:00 p.m. PST!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonMasters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWOV1JpTpc\">pic.twitter.com\/XWOV1JpTpc<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon Masters EX (@PokemonMasters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonMasters\/status\/1331809985605505026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Our old pal Jon Cartwright even gave voicing Nemona a go, although we don&#8217;t know if he <em>quite<\/em> nailed it:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncomms\/statuses\/1597580802967351296 @ 2022-11-30T05:47:34+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I actually auditioned for Nemona but they said I didn&#8217;t understand the &#8220;tone of the character&#8221; nor was I &#8220;a Latina woman like I claimed to be&#8221; whatever that means <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NObS07woMU\">pic.twitter.com\/NObS07woMU<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Jon Cartwright (@JonComms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonComms\/status\/1597580802967351296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So, what do you think? Would you want a voice-acted Pok\u00e9mon game, or would it ruin it for you? Do you think Game Freak would pick a good voice cast? And who would Troy Baker play? Give us your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Kate Gray Spoilers below \u2014 some late-game scenes from Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet appear in this video! Amongst all the criticisms and praise for Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet, one particular issue has come to the surface most recently: The lack of voice acting. The Pok\u00e9mon series has never had voice acting, of course, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}