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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2007 15:16:25 GMT -5
From Drummond's Myspace page:
Hey everyone,
Just a quick holla at all the powerful Sonic
fans around the globe!
Wanted to let you know a few things since I've
got about 2500 emails just this week about this.
Let me clear up some questions en masse...
1) No, I'm not doing any voice work for Brawl.
2) No, no one has contacted me or my agent about
doing any voicework for Brawl.
3) If you DO hear my voice in there somewhere,
they are recycling voice files from past games.
No, it's not illegal and no they do not need my
permission to do that.
4) There is no news to tell, unfortunately. Any
attempts by "my people" to contact "their people"
resulted in nothing.
Source
For those who aren't in the know, Ryan Drummond was the voice of Sonic for Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, and a few of the Sonic handheld games, before being replaced by Jason Griffith.
So, this either means that Sakurai is using old clips of Ryan Drummond speaking for Sonic, or Jason Griffith may actually have taken steps towards not sucking ass.
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Post by TV Eye on Dec 23, 2007 16:11:16 GMT -5
This pisses me off a little.
If they don't recycle, than Jason better be on his A-Game.
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Post by kirbychu on Dec 23, 2007 17:00:42 GMT -5
Jason's been improving lately. And this is coming from someone who seriously hates his voice work. Anybody see the Riders: Zero Gravity opening sequence? The only character voice I had a problem with in that movie was Tails, who is still ear-bleedingly awful. Sonic wasn't too bad, and I actually quite like Dan Green as Knuckles.
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Dec 23, 2007 17:18:33 GMT -5
Who did the 'Sonic's my name speeds my game' line? That didn't sound too bad.
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Post by Flip on Dec 23, 2007 17:26:26 GMT -5
Whatever. I was surprised people cared this much about the voice. I mean, I get upset when Luigi has a high-pitched voice but that's only because his VA doesn't get changed every year like Sonic's.
Well, good news or bad news for the Sonic fans? I have no idea >.<
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Post by kirbychu on Dec 23, 2007 17:33:02 GMT -5
Sonic's voice was never changed every year... it was changed once in the last 9 years, fairly recently. XD
Ryan Drummond got the part in 1998 for Sonic Adventure, and though he wasn't great initially, he improved steadily, and had a voice that suited the character well. Then, in 2005, he was replaced by the 4Kids actor the fanbase almost universally hated.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2007 20:37:06 GMT -5
Who did the 'Sonic's my name speeds my game' line? That didn't sound too bad.
Whatever. I was surprised people cared this much about the voice. I mean, I get upset when Luigi has a high-pitched voice but that's only because his VA doesn't get changed every year like Sonic's. Well, good news or bad news for the Sonic fans? I have no idea >.<
I'll admit that I'm kind of spoiled with the voice acting in this game. Before, in Melee, only Jigglypuff, Fox and Falco had entirely different voice actors between regions; even then, Fox and Falco only had different English voice actors for the Arwing cutscenes.
Brawl seems to be taking it five steps further; Snake, Sonic and Ike have their English voice actors for in-battle sequences, just like Jigglypuff did for the first two Smash games, and from the sound of it, Wario has his English voice too. I'd like it if the same thing happened to Luigi.
Basically, since Brawl's voice acting is more regionally secluded than Melee's--since English voice acting seems to be a focus point of much importance--I'd have preferred Drummond over Griffith because Drummond is okay and Griffith sucks nards. |
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Post by Flip on Dec 24, 2007 0:13:05 GMT -5
I'd have preferred Drummond over Griffith because Drummond is okay and Griffith sucks nards. [/color][/quote] Ahhhh! All you had to say  |
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Post by 8bitretroshit on Dec 24, 2007 2:45:40 GMT -5
As long as Sonic says cheesy one-liners when losing a life or something they can use whoever they want.
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Post by Arcadenik on Dec 24, 2007 7:51:34 GMT -5
I couldn't care less about who's voice-acting Sonic. Just be happy Sonic is in.
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Post by TV Eye on Dec 24, 2007 9:59:15 GMT -5
and from the sound of it, Wario has his English voice too. I'd like it if the same thing happened to Luigi. Wait, wait, wait, wait... Are you saying Wario, Mario, and Luigi have different voice actors in Japan? Who could compete with Charles Martinet?! He is Mario! (and Wario, and Luigi, and Waluigi, and Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi...) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2007 12:12:42 GMT -5
and from the sound of it, Wario has his English voice too. I'd like it if the same thing happened to Luigi. Wait, wait, wait, wait... Are you saying Wario, Mario, and Luigi have different voice actors in Japan? Who could compete with Charles Martinet?! He is Mario! (and Wario, and Luigi, and Waluigi, and Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi...)
When I get home, I'll rip the voice bites from my MarioKart64 soundtrack and post them up here. |
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Post by Savage Adam on Dec 24, 2007 12:30:43 GMT -5
and from the sound of it, Wario has his English voice too. I'd like it if the same thing happened to Luigi. Wait, wait, wait, wait... Are you saying Wario, Mario, and Luigi have different voice actors in Japan? Who could compete with Charles Martinet?! He is Mario! (and Wario, and Luigi, and Waluigi, and Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi...) And Toadsworth! How could you forget Toadsworth?! ;D I think he did Yoshi once or twice too, but I'm getting off topic. IMO The new Sonic voice actors are getting better. Some are even SURPASSING the old ones. (Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, Amy....) And I am one of the few people who likes Jason better. Heck, I like almost ALL of the new guys better. (except for the Chaotix, Espio is alright, Charmy is even more dumb and girly, and Vectors voice just screams " Kill Me!) Crap, I went off topic again. |
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Post by Smashchu on Dec 24, 2007 12:47:05 GMT -5
Wait, wait, wait, wait... Are you saying Wario, Mario, and Luigi have different voice actors in Japan? Who could compete with Charles Martinet?! He is Mario! (and Wario, and Luigi, and Waluigi, and Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi...)
When I get home, I'll rip the voice bites from my MarioKart64 soundtrack and post them up here.The only problem is how are they in recent games. I remember reading that they had different voice actors for characters up until a set point, then Charles did the voice for the Mario esque characters. Also, Yoshi has the same voice actor worldwide as well. |
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Post by kirbychu on Dec 24, 2007 13:01:31 GMT -5
IMO The new Sonic voice actors are getting better. Some are even SURPASSING the old ones. (Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, Amy....) Anybody who thinks that Shadow and Rouge's 4Kids voices have surpassed the original ones has gone batshit insane. Shadow and Rouge have some of the worst voices of the entire current cast. Oh, and Jet. |
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