USGamer: How Queen Latifah Became a Last-Minute Addition to Sayonara Wild Hearts

[lojo]

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/how-queen-latifah-became-a-last-minute-addition-to-sayonara-wild-hearts

"The story text bits somehow come up, and I mention that it was a shame that we never had the time to explore doing spoken narration for those bits. I say something like that 'it would have been fun to have someone unexpected to do those bits,'" Flesser writes. "So Nathan asks me who I would imagine. I think I had come home after having a beer with a friend, and was feeling somewhat jestful, and I just say 'Queen Latifah!' of course not meaning it very seriously at all; imagining that it would be so far out of reach.

"So, I think like two weeks pass and I get a message from Annapurna to jump on Skype, and they tell me that 'Queen Latifah will be able to record tomorrow.' So her narration bits came in just some weeks ago," Flesser concludes."

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Thought it was pretty cool how Annapurna was able to make this happen. Those story bits would have been forgettable to me if it wasn't for that spoken narration.

 

[Don Draper's Hat]

I started and finished this this morning and every time she spoke I thought "I know that voice" but couldn't place it.

"Oh!"

"And Queen Latifah as the narrator"

So good.

 

[tucah]

The whole game I was thinking "this really sounds like Queen Latifah," was pretty surprised it was actually her at the end.

 

[Deleted member 21411]

She also did a great job

 

[Deleted member 10737]

such an awesome surprise, and a great addition to the game. kudos to annapurna for making it happen.
i was legit mad at myself for not clocking it when i was playing, i was like why does this this voice sound so familiar, and then at the very end of the game it says "and queen latifah" and i went "OF COURSE!".

 

[AndrewDean84]

I'm gonna start this game later today. Should I play with headphones?

 

[Magneto]

Everytime i read "Queen Latifah", the lyrics from Jim Jones, in Come Home with me comes straight in my mind :


"Come on home with me, these are the facts
Steve Francis and Latifah got jacked."



This got nothing to do with the OP, but i had to talk about it.

Dipset.

DIP - SET.

I'll check this game out. Looks cool.

 

[KOfLegend]

This was such a fantastic surprise! They knew people would be shook by it too, since they treated it as a small reveal!

 

[KOfLegend]

I'm gonna start this game later today. Should I play with headphones?

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Absolutely. Play it on TV if you can, too.

 

[AndrewDean84]

Absolutely. Play it on TV if you can, too,

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Got it. I only have the Xs phone.

 

[Salarians]

her narration added so, so much to this game

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Got it. I only have the Xs phone.

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if you're playing on your phone, play with headphones for sure

 

[lojo]

I started and finished this this morning and every time she spoke I thought "I know that voice" but couldn't place it.

"Oh!"

"And Queen Latifah as the narrator"

So good.

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The whole game I was thinking "this really sounds like Queen Latifah," was pretty surprised it was actually her at the end.

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such an awesome surprise, and a great addition to the game. kudos to annapurna for making it happen.
i was legit mad at myself for not clocking it when i was playing, i was like why does this this voice so familiar, and then at the very end of the game it says "and queen latifah" and i went "OF COURSE!".

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That was exactly my reaction when her name came up in the credits.

 

[Zomba13]

Felt the same way with the "huh, I know that voice" "huh, is that Queen Latifah? Nah, can't be" "oh shit it was!"

The narration added a lot, really surprising that it came so late in the dev cycle.