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Originally Posted by reasoniamalive

>_< Damn it! I know this doesn't matter to members like Zero - but the all of the dialogue for this game is in English while the subtitle, items, weapons, spells, etc. is ALL in Japanese - with no way to switch back and forth from one text to the other.

Does Square have their heads THAT far up their ;cen or what?! ;ang

Does FFX: International allow you to switch back and forth? Because other than that, I believe all of the International or Final Mix versions of the games are like that (English voices with Japanese text).

And regarding the game never being released in English speaking regions despite having English voices, it's all a marketing thing. Director's cut versions of games usually sell pretty well in Japan, however, in places like the US, they don't believe that people will pay the same money for the same game with added features. It just wouldn't sell enough to warrant releasing it out here. It's sad, but it's just something we'll have to deal with since International versions of games are never released outside of Japan, and never will be.

You may also be wondering "well, if it's only released in Japan, then why on earth are the voices in English?" It's a bit of a cultural thing, but the Japanese have a thing for the English language. They enjoy listening to the English voice cast. It's kind of like how some people here like listening to the voices in their anime in Japanese with subtitles.

Originally Posted by ultimecia

Its actually going to be released for the PS2.

You mean to say that it already has been released on the PS2. And although reason is already aware of this, PS3s cannot play PS1 or 2 games of a different region, they can only play PS3 games region-free.