Off-beat D3 Publisher is bringing Earth Defense Force X (now retitled Earth Defense Force 2017) to the States. The EDF series originally appeared on the PS2 under the Simple 2000 label, but has since moved to the Xbox 360. The campy third person shooter lets characters shoot up giant bugs and robots. And who doesn't like that? So the big question is what language the game will be in. Says D3P's Brian Etheridge:

We had considered it [subtitling the game] for a time. Since we know this game has a cult following here in the US, we wanted to keep that level of authenticity. However, after some discussions, we decided that the voice-over was too important to leave the player in the dark like that. Your squad members are constantly shouting out advice and pointing out incoming enemies. We felt that it might make the game too tough if you weren't given those clues, so we've now reverted to recording all of the VO in English. It really adds a lot to the game.

I like that the localization was done not to drag in B-grade Hollywood stars, but to make sure that players could follow game play. The hardcore most likely have already imported and played the Japanese version anyway. Good move. Brian Ashcraft

D3 Talks English Version of EDF [Siliconera]

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