[Sword & Shield] Voice Acting?

Do you think these games will have voice acting in them?

It'd have to be the same people doing voice acting for the anime, otherwise it'd just be really weird hearing different voices for the games and the anime

That said though, having the anime staff collab with Game Freak is an interesting thought...

i think they could go for it. it wouldn't even have to be through the entire game but rather just for the important cutscenes, i'd totally be down for that.

If there was going to be voice acting, I assume we would have probably heard it or seen it at E3, so no I doubt it. I don't know if a pokemon game will ever have voice acting unless it is spin offs and there is only a few parts.

i actually wouldn't mind limited voice acting for primary characters like in BotW. It'd be a nice, refreshing change.

i've always been disapproving of voice acting in video games since, I don't know, it just de-immerses (if that's a word :p) me from the game. especially when it's badly done. but I would like swsh to prove me wrong though 8)

I'm indifferent to it. Has to be done well - Pokken Tournament had voice acting and it was badly done, sadly. They just sounded disinterested!

On the other hand, games like Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia had fantastic voice acting and they were a joy to listen to. If we had that I'm sure it'd only add to immersion and enjoyment.

Voice acting for major characters would be ok! But also I'm super picky and I dislike bad voice acting in games. I'd almost rather read it out however I want, than have some partially trained voice actor read out entire lines like they're reading from a script. 😨

I'd be really curious to try a main series Pokémon game with it! Especially if the voice actors would be the same as those who would be voice act those characters in the anime. 👍 But at the same time I get what Green is saying, the freedom to read lines out in my head how I actually envision them to sound and not be concerned over which voices sound weird/make certain characters less likable for me is a downside. Would depend heavily on who does the voices.

The characters are seem to be speaking, the lyp-sync are moving, so i am thinking they will have an full voice acting.

I doubt there will be for this game but in future games I hope so I think it is needed

Of course, voice acting can make or break a game--when done well, it adds a whole new layer of life to the characters. When done poorly, it makes it difficult for the player to sit through the game. Pokémon could potentially benefit from some voice acting, at least in major scenes.

That being said, they won't even include all the Pokémon in SwSh's data, so there's no way these games will include voice acting. Voice acting is expensive to get, and requires a lot of quality control.

Pretty much everything that Rivvon said. As much as it could potentially make the experience more enjoyable at the same time I don't think they would have it in their budget to get a VA cast in if they're not even able to put in all the Pokemon for one. That said I do think Pokemon is one of those series in which you don't necessarily need voice casting to get enjoyment out of it.