[Eibu]

hmm, I know the Japanese promo commercials made a big deal about "facial motion" but I don't think it ruined the game or anything.

BTW the voice actors are pretty prestigious. I recognize many of them from other works (like other cartoons) and I know Tidus's voice is done by the same guy that does Fry from Futurama.

Doesn't sound like you played it much. The voices grow on you from time to time. Maybe you would have liked their Japanese voices (although I doubt it). Tidus and Yuna's seiyuu (voice actors) sound more natural, and they change the personality of some of the characters quite a bit.

The Jap voice of Auron is more "badass" than the "wise" sounding English. Wakka sounds more like a goofball than an islander, although I couldn't imagine a Japanese-Jamaican. Lulu sounds pretty much the same actually.

Now that you mention it no the Chocobos never did have a text that said "wark". Hmm. Well they don't "wark" in Japanese, they "kyueh" anyhoo, but that's beside the point.