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diplo · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Location: Brandy Brendo's bungalow

well. apparently, virtua fighter 5 is going to have commentary.

discuss how this is going to affect gameplay.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=n-6J8bM6AmY

WARNING: you probably shouldn't watch this

Shapermc · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:48 pm

Ok, well, one can only hope you can turn that shit off!

Also, that has to be the least skilled person ever doing the video editing for that video.
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dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

The person who made that should never post anything to youtube ever again.

That commentary is worse than the announcer in CvS2.

Mikey · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Location: endless backlog

I bet it will be as bad as the commentary in Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey:

"Robin Hood and his merry men are at it again"... (x 1000 during the course of the game)

And not entertaining like it was in NBA Jam

BOOM SHAKALAKA!

BotageL · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:38 pm

Here is what the English commentators sound like. I hear it's a pretty literal translation of what the Japanese commentary mode sounds like.
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Drem · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: The Planet Bookshelves

It's pretty obvious the guy responsible for the video in the first link was just trying to imitate the "It's over 9000!?" fad.

That commentary seemed pretty badly done. It didn't flow well at all. It needs to be more fast paced, like Iron Chef. It could defintely use more "Fukui-san!"

DaleNixon · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: dirty dirty south

Voted 5/5 stars.
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Ben Reed · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: charge b, f + P

1. The commentary is optional.

2. Even where commentary is implemented, I don't see where it would affect anyone's gameplay per se unless, say, the losing player took the commentary WAY too seriously to the point of flubbing. (Not exactly easy to take THAT commentary seriously in Japanese OR English...)

3. It's highly generalized stuff for the most part; in terms of the between-match "analysis" it's not much deeper than "so-and-so is overly defensive and getting rocked by player 2's relentless offense, make some more stops dawg amirite?". It can't really discern the subtleties of various people's offenses, defenses, and it certainly can't get into the mind games and true theory-fighter dynamics, but it's still an entertaining and surprisingly authentic replication of overly energetic Japanese commentators. (Yes, I really HAVE heard commentators say "NAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" when someone lands a clutch throw.)
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Sub · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

It's the worst when they tell you something you just fucked up on; when I was playing I got "no throw escape!" all the time. I love the feature, but I watch a lot of VF match videos and yes, this is really not a bad approximation. Here is the Japanese version:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X9t9I5nrZjw

Oh, and this is a pretty good Aoi video that I'm showing you because I play Aoi:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6R4CO5SbI3o
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Shapermc · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:51 am