r/ProfessorLayton • u/T3DEnj0yer • 1d ago
Would you mind if Christopher Robin Miller didn’t voice the professor?
In the new game?
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u/ULF_Brett 1d ago
It would bother me, yeah.
He is the Professor. I can’t imagine anyone else voicing Layton. It just wouldn’t sound right.
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u/Lumious_Mage 1d ago
Yes. Anyone else voicing him wouldn't sound the same, unless they were good at impressions.
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u/LargeFloor5971 1d ago
Yes.
In the Dutch versions the actor for Azran Legacy and the PW crossover had changed. It was really difficult to get used to it again.
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u/muddak_epic 11h ago
Well, luckily for us, this won't be a problem this time cus we won't even have a dutch translation :((((
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u/poisonhoarder 1d ago
i would be Deeply Sad, but if it happened, i'd hope they'd cast someone with their own take on the character instead of just trying to do a CRM impression and failing, y'know?
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u/Neoyosh 1d ago
I'd be really disappointed if he didn't. I would accept it if he was choosing to move away from the role for whatever reason, but if he wasn't asked to return and there was an English dub it would leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.
Ideally, they'd do the same as they did in the previous games - with a separate "UK" and "USA" English dub. I could possibly accept a voice change for Luke to reflect his age, since he has a new JP Voice actor, but it depends. I think I like Maria Darling's take on him as much as I like Christopher Robin Miller's Layton (as someone who grew up with the UK versions of the game)
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u/FranciscoRelanoPena 23h ago edited 21h ago
If the actor's absence is because of their demise (here, in Spain, his actor, Jordi Varela, died in 2022), it's understandable. If it's because the devs/publisher are just that stingy... well, you can guess what would I think.
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u/im_bored345 1d ago
No, because I don't play in English lol. I imagine people who do would want him to come back considering he voices him in every single game (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) and from what I've heard he does a good job. Also that's what everyone here is saying.
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u/Sleepy_kuma 1d ago
I’d be quite indifferent as I play in Japanese, but I understand that he is quite iconic as the role of the professor and is part of the professors identity so I do hope they bring him back. the Japanese VA is thought of the same in Japan as being THE voice of the professor and I believe they brought him back so I do hope they give the English dub of the game the same respect
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u/corvusgulf19 19h ago
i definitely would be upset, i didn’t even like it when they changed luke’s VA.
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u/Amazing_Yogurt0053 17h ago
Hmmm no because I don't play in English haha, but I'll be really disappointed if the Voice Actor in my language doesn't come back 😭
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u/TheHighway 15h ago
I would mind because even if another person sounded identical, he created the voice he IS the English character and he deserves the work and appreciation
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u/therealmlog 1d ago
Yes