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I think it's just them using Rachel sprite twice since we never see a sprite of Raquel at all in the game beside the arcade cg used for Naoto Act 3 for her.

How can Ragna be a possibility of Naoto when they are literally two different people with a different background?

I just don't understand Trinity line of thinking. She spare a psycho because she still somewhat believes that he is someone she still loves when she knows he is dead. Until the very end she can never just see Hazama as a bastard who truly needs to be taken down for good but as Kazuma.

Es arcade mode is out sub. Another mystery has been added on who and what the will of the Azure.. Why was Ragna chosen and share the VA.

That's also one of the many things I was talking about. It's obvious BEE isn't over yet since Mori decided to throw even more new information with the Female Hakumen Naoto says he runs into which is most likely the Tsubaki we see in the Epilogue. Plus, Naoto journey to find the Azure to turn himself back into a human being isn't over yet. The question now is what format will this information come out in since we know Mori at least is taking a break from this series to work on something else entirely new which I can blame him for doing. It probably needs to do something new tor rejuvenate himself for all the work he has been doing in regards to this franchise non-stop.

So i guess we are still left in the dark in regards to the person who saved Naoto when he was dying to that Spinner guy in the light novel despite it heavily being hinted at being Ragna and what makes Naoto so similar to Ragna. Also, it seems that Naoto encounter with Rachel in BEE still hasn't been touched on. So many other things in BEE needs to be answer.

You can just type it on the youtube search bar and it comes up. Who knows how long it will be there though.

Did we ever get an answer on what Ragna and Naoto connection is?

The problem with this whole situation is that Arc System Works won't speak out about this matter as if it's no concern. If a logical reasoning was given for this some fans including myself wouldn't be complaining about this outcome. The whole way how this situation was handled was not professional in anyway especially for a feature they have included since the start of localization for this series. It doesn't help they haven't learned to communicate better when they do stuff like this after the CP Library removal incident. I know people will argue about the dub not being including with JP version so it's not a real feature to be considered removed, but it was something added to the localization version for many years and something that help draw some fans into the series. I'm easily willing to come back to support this series if there is actually an effort from Arc System Works part on actively trying to improve communications towards fans so this sort of situation doesn't happen again. Otherwise, it comes off as a decision they chose to do this because they know they can get away with it which I personally an not willing to condone as a good attitude to treat your fans with. The dub to me is just a part of a bigger issue in regards to this company problem in regards to communication which is something that they can easily fixed yet choose not to do so which I just don't understand why it's such a problem to answer simple questions that other companies easily answers. Well I think I should just let this topic go and move on now. I do respect other people opinions on this matters and I apologize if what I been writing so far on this issue comes off offensive or very whinny. I guess to sum up what I feel about this topic I just expect something better from this company since I love their products, but just have been disappointed with their behavior over the years which didn't have to be this way.

People choosing not buy the game is probably a combination of those who enjoyed the dub and those who don't like Arc System Works behavior over the past couple of years in regards to being clear on what features are being included in their product. They should just be straightforward if they are removing or not including something in their games instead of hiding about it until people found what they are expecting isn't there. The excuses I hear Aksys gives for the dub removal doesn't mean much too me because their was never any attempt to try from Arc System Work to get it to work. It's obvious it was planned from the start of BBCF localization that Arc System Works weren't going to include Blazblue dub yet instead of coming up clean about it they chose to ignored people questions for months until the VA's had to come out about it themselves. Until Arc System Works start speaking up about this matter and show they are listening instead of Aksys doing all the talking I'm buying it used.

To be honest even having people signing this petition to begin with should be a surprise to him. Especially, when you have people saying that no one cares about a dub in fighting game which to be honest people don't usually care about one. Blazblue is special only because it has tons of dialogue in it and people been with the dub for a long time. So it makes sense for him to be encouraging of the progress of it even if it may not amount to anything since it show some people do care about the work he has done in it.

Is there any reason why we need to get all the VA's to sign it when we know that some them of have unique circumstances on why they can't sign the petition. Arc System Works already knows that we want all the VA's back. We just need to get high count of people to get them to possibly notice that their is demand and let them take it from there.

Until Arc System Works says something this is nothing but lip-service to calm people down. What they are saying now is exactly the opposite of what they were saying a couple of posts ago about the dub not being possible unless the game was delayed 6-8 months. I want Arc System Works answer to this since at the end of the day they are the ones who determine if the dub is going in the game or not. As long as they are silent about the issue no matter what PR Aksys says it means nothing in the end if Arc System Works doesn't acknowledge it.

The funny thing is that Aksys is acting like they have nothing to do with the decision of the dub not being there, yet they kept including the word "We" when it came down to the decision of not having the dub in one of their posts . They are just as responsible for the dub not being there as Arc System Works. I don't see why they are acting like Arc is the only one responsible now when it was a group decision between both of them.

I see that Aksys has given an explanation about it even though Arc System Works should be the one's doing the speaking. Personally I'm still getting it Used but, I won't knock those who get it New after looking at the explanation for it. Whatever made Arc System Works have bad scheduling when it comes down to localization after switching to Strangelly Compelling killed whatever chance the dub had in the end. I already expected as the more the series advanced and become big that the slow localization pace would eventually killed the dub and it did with the finale of the series. It's good on Aksys end to be open about so I don't have any hard feelings towards them. Arc System Works though I'm done with them completely after this.

My issue is more on Arc System Works way of dealing with things then Aksys. Regardless, of what I feel towards Aksys I can not stand Arc System Works always having to have others do the talking for them or us having to find out ourselves when they do bull-crap decisions like this without any explanation on why they do these decisions and think fans are suppose to take it. I'm sick of the speculations and making excuses for them when they know damn well why they are doing these decisions yet won't say a thing about it. As long as they don't improve that communication problem they are having they deserve no profit from me. It's taking advantage of fans loyalty of what they feel towards the product to get profit even if we know what they are doing is not necessary the right way to go about it especially when you are emotionally invested in a series for so long. I understand those who don't care about the dub wouldn't care about this matter. But, for me I can't be happy with this decision without some solid explanation behind this. Even them saying it's too much for their budget to afford the english VA's to do recording for it would be enough to convince me to buy the game New since I'm already used to playing games with only JP voices. But, they choose to say nothing and have Aksys gives us a non-answer about the matter without us knowing what is keeping them from doing the dub.

I'd rather get an explanation then a non-answer like this regardless if I would be happy or mad about the explanation. At least Aksys said something about the matter so my goodwill towards them has been restored despite the non-answer they gave us. Arc System Works should of had been the ones to said something about this though since the decisions rests in their hands then Aksys, but still chooses to say nothing. I'm done with Arc System Works though so whatever games I like that come from them I'm getting used for now on.

Arc System Works should be the one responsible for hiring Strangely Compelling though not Aksys. Sales on going to have to dropped in order to convinced Arc System Works that this decision isn't sound. If we were given a decent explanation about why the dub wasn't considered this time I would buy the game new. But, to leave people still speculating on why it wasn't considered ain't good enough for me to waste money to get this game new.

Yet there has to be factors on why the English dub wasn't considered for this release when it was in all the previous games that they are not telling us . To say nothing about why that decision was made despite having the dub for over 7 years is strange. Since that means having the dub all this time to drop it at the last minute is just a waste of money and time for them do so and for fans to get invested in the dub. As a fan of both the JP and ENG voices I can't agree with this outcome ,even if I can play with the JP voices if it's not even given a proper resolution on why it happen this way. I rather them straight up tell me it was for budget issues then this bull-crap which leads to me having speculate on why it was not considered. I still will stick to my judgment on buying it used until further details come out.

I'm more interested in getting a real response on why the dub is getting removed then it isn't going to happen reply, since I already expected they were going to removed it from all the obvious signs. Their is a reason why it's gone which I know I can easily speculate about, but that doesn't give me insight on the thought process on why it's gone. The main issue here is who is in head of these decisions and what factors is making them do so. If it's straight up to just be cheap when they have the ability to do a dub then they can go screw themselves.

At least you got a response from them. Engilsh Arc System Works hasn't replied at all to the email I sent them a couple of days ago. I was polite as possible on asking as a fan of the series to at least get some response for them about the dub. They really are acting like ignoring people is actually a good response.

You can just look at the Blazblue series to see what happens after Aksys was pushed aside for localization for Strangely Compelling by Arc System Works. BBCSEX being the crowning example of bad localization that I have ever seen. Especially with Hazama/Terumi three different voice actors and text not matching what the voice actor is saying. They should be lucky that people still stuck with the series after that abomination. The goodwill of the fans been keeping them afloat despite some of the terrible localization issue that be popping up in their work. I just feel they took that for granted and think they can do whatever the hell they want now because they believe that people will buy the game regardless of how bad the quality gets. Your right that the only thing you can do is speak out in regards to the situation and hope to get a response. But, also you should vote with your wallet on the issue as well since like you said they are a business and the sales numbers going down would be the only way to get them to respond if they can continue to ignore to their customers questions. Don't pre-order or buy the game New from them until they say something.

I wanna be optimistic but part of me is saying I doubt they would be able to do that. They first have to get into contact with the VA's and make sure the VA's have a open schedule for them to be ready to record for the dub. They also have to negotiate with the VA's on if they willing to accept the payment they are going give them in regards to doing the work for the dub. If they don't accept that then you might as well kiss the dubbing process out the drain because I doubt they would have time to find replacements under such circumstances. Then, have to schedule how many sessions that the VA's has to come in to do the work. Since time is of the essence if anything of that gets mess up it can easily lead to no dub happening. Since they haven't even bother doing step one yet of getting into contact with them I mainly feel that a dub just isn't possible. if they are able to prove me wrong despite everything pointed to that I would keep quiet and apologize for doubting them. I guess I'm hoping for the impossible.

The only proof that we will have if the dubbed will be in the game is when the game comes out in October in Japan in regards to English battle clips. We can speculate about the issue all we want but at the end of the day this confusion is only cause because of Arc System Works not being open in regards to these matters. I'm not even angry at them anymore I'm just disappointed on how they been making terrible decisions over the years in regards to how communicate to their fans about these matters. The sad fact that we may have to find out the dubbed may not be even there in the game by the English VA's telling us themselves instead of Arc System Works telling us is depressing. For now, we can only hope that Arc System Works at least listen to those people who want a confirmation of the dub status and stop being silent. I'm going to take a break from Blazblue for a while so I don't get emotionally charge about this matter anymore then I already did. Thinking about it a lot isn't going to solve or do anything for this matter. I still will always love this series and the work that Arc System Works put into their games even despite the bad business decisions on their communication part. But, I'm still sticking too my stance depending on how this issue is handle. Edit: Well Strangely Compelling reply back to a comment someone made in regards to the dub on twitter . Basically saying that you should ask Arc System Works and Aksysgames twitter account in regards to that.

There wasn't much because people have mixed reviews on the dub. Some didn't like it and prefer the japanese voice actors. While others did like the english voices despite it's flaws. I thought they cut the dubbed because of the dlc issue of Revelator chapters not being fully done so hiring the English voice actors would be too much but now even I am starting to doubt that excuse I gave them. Blazblue been with it's dub for over seven years with this being the finale for the game. It not having a dubbed at this point would be a huge blow towards the layers that got into the series because of it. I already mention the stuff about the other issue concerning how Arc System Works been treating it's customers over the years in this thread and how this can also play huge part towards how people feel supporting future releases they do that are not apart of the FGC.