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I could be wrong, but I don't remember Shenmue 1 in America having the option for Japanese audio. And we only got Shenmue 2 on the Xbox, and I could be wrong again, but I don't remember there being an option to change it. I think on the remaster that was put out a year and a half ago we could, but for me Corey Marshall was Ryo.
I know that the overall voice acting in those games are not of the level that we are accustomed to today, but aside from Metal Gear Solid, Shenmue was the first game of its kind to really have a lot of voice acting, and still remains to this day the only series in which practically every character no matter how small has voice acting, and some kind of response if you speak to them. It would be sad if they got rid of the voice acting, but if they spent a million dollars or more on recording both dubs, that money could be better spent at this time, and we can just read text of every character in the game.
I know that the overall voice acting in those games are not of the level that we are accustomed to today, but aside from Metal Gear Solid, Shenmue was the first game of its kind to really have a lot of voice acting, and still remains to this day the only series in which practically every character no matter how small has voice acting, and some kind of response if you speak to them. It would be sad if they got rid of the voice acting, but if they spent a million dollars or more on recording both dubs, that money could be better spent at this time, and we can just read text of every character in the game.