You can turn off the voices in the sound settings within the menu... doesn't really make up for the overall shittiness that is the rest of the game, though.

Well I FINALLY started the SNES one recently. After getting to Demitri's Manor, I decided to check out the GBA rom real quick to see the differences. I must admit, I was in tears after seeing all the beggining scenes. The Indignation was great and all, but Dhaos was CLASSIC!

"What the HECK is THAT!?"
"It can't BEEEeee..."

At least they didn't change this:



The slowdown during fights is quite brutal. Thinking about it through the eyes of someone who never played the original though, it's not THAT bad. It's still better than 90% of the RPGs for GBA or DS IMO.