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Briana White Talks About Being Cast as Aerith in the Final Fantasy VII Remake

On her official Youtube channel, Briana White talks about being cast as Aerith in the Final Fantasy VII remake.

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SeanScythe1729d ago

Aeris, her name is Aeris. It's to late to change that now, I know it was mistranslated in the original game but it's to late to correct that. We all grew up playing her with that name (unless you changed it) so why not keep it since it's been this way for over 25 years?

Kados1729d ago

Actually, technically it is Aerith. It was Aerith in the Japanese release, which came out before the NA release. Aeris was a mistranslation.

Tross1729d ago (Edited 1729d ago )

Actually, if you want to get really technical, it’s エアリス, which is spelled Earisu in romaji. Japanese is less versatile than English in terms of the sounds that can be made with it, and there is that pesky rule that consonants almost always need to be accompanied by a vowel, so there are quite a few different ways it could be translated into our language.

The Su at the end can be translated as just an S. There is no Th in the Japanese language, but it’s not far enough removed from the original sound to be a wholly invalid translation, and it sounds alright in English.

The possibilities don’t end there. What’s normally translated as an R sound in romaji is the liquid consonant that can be used for L or R as the actual sound really is neither. An I sound also sounds like Ee in Japanese. The far more common name Elise would have been a valid translation too, and it’s possible that was supposed to actually be her name. Whether the translation staff misunderstood the liquid consonant, or wanted to give the character more of a fantasy-sounding name, Aeris/Aerith is what they went with though.

Regardless of how her name is pronounced, this up and coming voice actress now has a great role to add to her resume.

Spacemagic1729d ago

Yeah, he said that. He also said he grew up playing with her name as Aeris. I did as well. He's not wrong, her name is Aeris.

killswitch801728d ago

If you really want to get technical ..who cares.

SeanScythe1728d ago

Wow did you even read what I wrote before you commented? Doubt it since I said what you said.

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TheGamez1001729d ago (Edited 1729d ago )

It was just Aeris because japanese ppl have a tough time pronouncing th and make a more s sound. And then square of america decided to just use th instead. Not really wrong either way shes both Aeris and Aerith in our hearts.

TricksterArrow1728d ago (Edited 1728d ago )

I also grew up with "This guy are sick", "Beacause you are a puppet" and "Toph Ring", don't make them any more right.

bluefox7551728d ago (Edited 1728d ago )

I like Aeris better anyway, I'll stick with it.

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AK911729d ago

I honestly didn't much attention to Aerith's voice during the reveal trailer I was more mindblown at how the game looked in both the cinematics and gameplay I hope she does a good job on the project.

Jonasellekjaer1729d ago

Will be playing it in japanese voice either way, it seems most true to the nature of the game, as well as the origin. Japanese games are simply just more original with japanese voices.

But hey, that's just one man's opinion. To each thier own.

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Tross1728d ago

I think it has more to do with the fact that you made your post in a thread for one of the English VAs, and the way you phrased it kind of came off as a bit...trollish. If it was a misunderstanding fair enough, but context can make all the difference in how someone perceives your comment.

Nu1728d ago (Edited 1728d ago )

She is hot I'd quench her thirst

Butters3601728d ago

She's well on her way to becoming THE definitive Aerith voice.

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XCOM's Jake Solomon Q&A - Building a Narrative-Driven Life Sim Game at Midsummer Studios

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.

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The Big Inworld AI Q&A - 'Everyone in Gaming Sees the Potential of Generative AI'

Wccftech interviewed Nathan Yu from Inworld AI to discuss the dynamic NPC tech's applications to games as well as potential issues like costs.

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Xbox President Sarah Bond's Bloomberg Interview Is Corporate Fakery At Its Best

Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."

gold_drake1d 19h ago

im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal

Cacabunga1d 12h ago

If what they are doing is that good, what’s the point of hiding the true story?

anast1d 16h ago

She's a caricature of the shareholders.

PRIMORDUS1d 14h ago

"Shareholders" I call them cancer, they are already rich to begin with but need more and more. It's like a disease, with no cure.

__y2jb22h ago

If you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder in these big tech companies yourself. To demonize them as 'heartless rich people' shows you have no idea what you're talking about.

anast21h ago(Edited 20h ago)

@Y2

Of course, it isn't about that. You are attempting to set up a self-righteous strawman to stir up some kind of ignorant mob mentality.

And by the way, most everyone is a touch heartless or we wouldn't be able to consume the products we do knowing very well how they are made. People have to be this way because of self-preservation and convenience.

__y2jb18h ago

@anast please explain to me how what i said is self righteous or a strawman. I simply pointed out that categorizing all shareholders as cancer is ridiculous.

Leeroyw1d 12h ago

I own shares in game companies. I'm not anything near a major share holder. I just want them to make good games and be successful because of that. I think it's the senior management that's the problem. They are the ones that should be making it clear to the shareholders what creates growth and ensures a future of their business. Not this weasle words garbage that she did on the interview. It was horrific. I don't know a shareholder that would be happy with any of them for this.

Profchaos1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

Same and I'm not rich by any stretch like most people's I'm just trying to keep my head above water these days most company's shareholders are made up of everyday people it's amazing how companies think we want something but the reality is we don't.

Disney are probably the worse at the moment it's shareholders voted on ending a lot of the crap and outing the current execs the execs turned around and said no we disagree with the shareholder vote

PRIMORDUS1d 6h ago

I meant at the rich fucks who have millions in the bank already. They are making so much per year, that if they don't make what they are expecting they go into a panic, when in reality it will not even hurt them at all. Those are greedy assholes.

anast21h ago

"you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder"

Pensioners don't make any decisions about anything. Obviously that is not what this is about.

CrimsonWing691d 16h ago

Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.

Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.

She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.

One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.

TheGamingHounds1d 15h ago

disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds

RoadRacer1d 15h ago

imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste

StormSnooper1d 12h ago

MS is all about lip service.

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