I was almost about to say outright that Professor Layton would never work, and then remembered that it... really did have a quite strong visual-novel side to it. But the important characters in each game all have voices anyway! There are so... many, many ingredients that have to come together to make the perfect game to voice, you're right, and Hatoful might just have been unique...
Loosening it is definitely going to be the way to go, because I don't want anyone thinking about it as an obligation - nothing to stop us releasing sub-group stuff under the same name, now that you mention it :) Recording has actually got a lot more simple since I got FRAPS to replace my previous mad setup - I can happily pass that knowledge on to anyone who feels like they've got enough space on their hard drive (though you'd also need a video editor).
Definitely think about NES/SNES games :) I noticed just now that Battletoads has a 2-player mode and I've always meant to play it - I have no idea what it is except it's reputed to be very frustrating. I'm not sure how well Internet play would work for something that fast-paced, though!
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I was almost about to say outright that Professor Layton would never work, and then remembered that it... really did have a quite strong visual-novel side to it. But the important characters in each game all have voices anyway! There are so... many, many ingredients that have to come together to make the perfect game to voice, you're right, and Hatoful might just have been unique...
Loosening it is definitely going to be the way to go, because I don't want anyone thinking about it as an obligation - nothing to stop us releasing sub-group stuff under the same name, now that you mention it :) Recording has actually got a lot more simple since I got FRAPS to replace my previous mad setup - I can happily pass that knowledge on to anyone who feels like they've got enough space on their hard drive (though you'd also need a video editor).
Definitely think about NES/SNES games :) I noticed just now that Battletoads has a 2-player mode and I've always meant to play it - I have no idea what it is except it's reputed to be very frustrating. I'm not sure how well Internet play would work for something that fast-paced, though!