{"id":5653,"date":"2021-11-05T21:40:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2021-11-05T22:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:08:56","slug":"20211105-5653","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211105-5653\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomutant\u2019s Japanese audio had been re-recorded to fix the localization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211105-181393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-05 21:05 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>THQ Nordic released patch 1.7 for their open-world action RPG <em><strong>Biomutant<\/strong><\/em>. This update is mainly for Japanese players, as it \u201coverhauls and improves the Japanese localization of the game based on player feedback.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quality of the Japanese localization has been criticized by players ever since the game\u2019s launch. With this newest patch, players can now enjoy the game in a more natural-sounding Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a simple translation fix though. They actually re-recorded some parts of the audio\/narration. Which makes sense since the narrator basically talks non-stop throughout the game, and reads out all the NPC dialogs. They couldn&#8217;t just fix the texts and call it a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve just released patch 1.7 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biomutant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Biomutant<\/a>!<br><br>This update overhauls and improves the Japanese localization of the game based on player feedback we&#39;ve received. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BxTCCJq8h\">pic.twitter.com\/0BxTCCJq8h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Biomutant on Nintendo Switch \ud83d\udc39 (@Biomutant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Biomutant\/status\/1456584565728944130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Biomutant<\/em> was released in May, but many Japanese players were concerned about the quality of the localization even before the game\u2019s launch, based on trailers and other information released prior to launch. And possibly in response to those feedbacks, THQ Nordic announced their plan to fix the localization, before the game was even out. It took about half a year, but THQ Nordic finally rolled out the patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211105-181393-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, they partially re-recorded the audio, so that likely was the reason why it took so long to implement the fix. The game supports both Japanese subtitles and audio, and since the narrator is pretty much the only one speaking the human language in this game, most of the re-recording were probably done by Kure Yoshitaka, the voice actor who played the narrator. Not all of the voices were re-recorded, but still, it must have been a daunting task. The patch size is about 1GB by the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A half-year-long promise has been fulfilled, and Japanese players will now be able to enjoy the game in a better state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Biomutant<\/em> is currently available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomutant partially re-recorded the Japanese audio to fix the localization. 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