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A question about the game translation
Topic Started: November 1, 2016, 2:17 pm (297 Views)
LadyMari
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I heard that in the japanese version the game is narrated in third person, but XSEED decided to change the narration to first person while translating the game to english.
Can someone here in the forum confirm if that true or false? And if it's true, why they did it?
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Jackkel Dragon
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XSEED forum discussion on the topic.

Short answer: Yes, XSEED changed the narration from 3rd person to 1st person. This is why some narration doesn't match up with the supposed viewpoint characters and they end up describing things they never learn.

As for why, the reason is in the thread, but what I got from it is "the previous games had first-person narration, so we thought we'd make it all the same for parity".

I'm not a big fan of the decision, but I'll try not to start my rambling here...
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Yeah....If we ever get a rerelease let this be one of the things XSEED fixes when it gets to the translation.
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Ryon
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Honestly, I love first person narration than third. It's like, getting the feeling that you're actually using the character's eyes and you're not just a camera who hears whatever they say and stuff.
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