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Fire Emblem: Three Houses (partially found original Cristina Vee voice performance from English dub of Nintendo Switch tactical role-playing game; 2018-2019)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the sixteenth mainline title released worldwide in the long-running Fire Emblem franchise on July 26, 2019, as well as the first home console title since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for the Wii in 2007. As usual for most games, it takes place in a new continuity separate from previous ones, now being set in the Continent of Fódlan. The player controls Byleth, as they work as a teacher of one of the three classes, with one of them being the Black Eagles, lead by Edelgard, who serves as one of the game's lord characters. However, during the timeskip, she becomes the new emperor of Adrestia, and launches a full-scale war on the entire continent. Depending on what class was chosen, Byleth could either side with Edelgard or go up against her, becoming a major antagonist.
Christina Vee's performance
As seen in the game's first E3 trailer from 2018, while this does not apply to the Japanese dub, Edelgard's English voice in the trailer sounded a lot more different than the final. Around the time of the initial announcement, Cristina Vee confirmed that she will be voicing the character in the game, and is looking forward to its launch.[1]
However, almost a year after the trailer was released, when a user via a now-deleted reply asked her if she is still being casted as Edelgard, Vee later confirmed that she is no longer casted to voice the character.[2] As a result, she did not voice her in the final game, having been replaced by another actress, Tara Platt, instead, who would also voice the character for her appearance in the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game just a week before her actual debut.
Availability
Despite the recasting, Vee was never told or offered to do any reauditions. While it's been widely speculated that she violated the NDA agreement, the exact reason as to why she wasn't given the role of Edelgard is unknown. Since her replacement, the only known footage of Vee's performance as the character were some recordings that can be heard in the first E3 trailer, leaving the rest to be lost. However, due to the music playing in said trailer's background, it may be a little difficult to hear clearly.
The amount of recordings she had done for Edelgard prior to recasting has yet to be accounted for, and not a single one has been found within Fire Emblem: Three Houses's files. It is unknown if Cup of Tea Productions, the recording studio heavily involved in the game's English Dub, still own these recordings, or if they have survived in any matter at all.
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See Also
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (lost early builds of Game Boy Advance tactical role-playing game; 1997-2002)
- Fire Emblem: Maiden of Darkness (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64DD tactical role-playing game; 1997-2000)
- Fire Emblem Wii (lost tech demo; late 2000s)
- Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga (partially lost original Satellaview version of "Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem" bonus content; 1997)
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Reference
- ↑ Tweet by Cristina Vee confirming her role as Edelgard. Retrieved 5 Sept '21
- ↑ Cristina Vee's tweet confirming that she no longer voices Edelgard. Retrieved 5 Sept '21