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I read the tweet as if it's not by choice (the broken heart). Maybe Sega is using Schwartz given the popularity of the movie?
I have zero problem with this if Ben Schwartz is down for it.
Yeah that doesn't sound like its by choice, which makes me think they're going to use Schwartz going forward, or at least someone like him.
It's expected a mainline game will come out this year. Last year Sega was hinting at a 2021 game and it coincides with the 30th anniversary.
There was a new cartoon announced for Netflix so I imagine they're casting for that at least.
I wish him best of luck (not that he needs it, he plays lots of other amazing characters). He was a great Sonic. I hope if they are changing the VA again that they still keep Mike Pollock.
Damn that's a shame. Of the english Sonic voices he was the best one imo. Hopefully his replacement is as good.
I'd love for him to return to Resident Evil, but I think Capcom has gone non-union for the new games. At least, RE2-R was.
Just when people were getting used to him as the new voice. smh SEGA.
I am interested to see what the replacement sounds like though.
I am interested to see what the replacement sounds like though.
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10 years is the longest tenure of any English voice actor that Sonic's had. I don't know if I'd say RCS is exactly the kind of voice I imagined for the character but this still feels really surreal and weird in a way that the changes from Drummond and Griffith didn't.
I wouldn't be shocked if they are reinterpreting the character to be closer to the movie's interpretation, which necessitated a change in voice actor.
It's sad, but (and this is weird to say) I do think the movie's more excitable-teen Sonic works better nowadays than the traditional 90's Radicool Sonic.
Still, crazy to see RCS go.
It's sad, but (and this is weird to say) I do think the movie's more excitable-teen Sonic works better nowadays than the traditional 90's Radicool Sonic.
Still, crazy to see RCS go.
Gotta be honest I never liked him as Sonic's voice, he always played Sonic as TOO above it all of that makes sense?
Not that the games recently gave him much to work with but I couldn't imagine a Sonic game having a semi-serious story and him pulling off that.
I like him in other roles so I assume it was probably a weird Sega mandate that he needed to be as irreverent as possible.
Not that the games recently gave him much to work with but I couldn't imagine a Sonic game having a semi-serious story and him pulling off that.
I like him in other roles so I assume it was probably a weird Sega mandate that he needed to be as irreverent as possible.
I'm so used to sonic's voice changing (as well as the entire cast) that I'm surprised it took this long to happen for the ol' Sega shakeup.
I enjoyed RCS's take on sonic, I have it heavily interwoven with "comedy sonic" in my mind so perhaps this is for the best if the next game is more adventure like (or just adventure remake or whatever that year old speculation was)
I've been jumping between SA2, unleashed and generations this last month and the changing voices are giving me whiplash.
I enjoyed RCS's take on sonic, I have it heavily interwoven with "comedy sonic" in my mind so perhaps this is for the best if the next game is more adventure like (or just adventure remake or whatever that year old speculation was)
I've been jumping between SA2, unleashed and generations this last month and the changing voices are giving me whiplash.
Sounds to me like some major changes may be happening in Sonic going forward. Super curious about what the next game will be like.
I can see that being the case. If it's not Ben hopefully its someone that has that same cadence.
Thank god. His take just got grating after a couple of years. It was fine in Colors but I guess by Lost World it just started rubbing me the wrong way. I REALLY hope we go back to the Ryan/Jason-style voice, and his successor isn't just doing a worse version of Roger's voice.
I'd be so down with Ben Schwartz taking over, he was great in the movie and has that Ryan/Jason style.
Better yet if they can FINALLY work out those union issues with Ryan and just get him back... he DID voice Sonic in that Sega-backed Sonic & Tails R audio shorts recently with Mike Pollock and even Lisa Ortiz came back as Amy (hell even David Humphrey came back.. as Knuckles oddly)... O_o
I'd be so down with Ben Schwartz taking over, he was great in the movie and has that Ryan/Jason style.
Better yet if they can FINALLY work out those union issues with Ryan and just get him back... he DID voice Sonic in that Sega-backed Sonic & Tails R audio shorts recently with Mike Pollock and even Lisa Ortiz came back as Amy (hell even David Humphrey came back.. as Knuckles oddly)... O_o
I kind of hope so too. However every time I do hear his voice, ibend up thinking about his character in Parks and Rec.
It's kinda amazing to me that Jun'ichi Kanemaru and most of the other Adventure era VAs (besides Eggman, RIP) are still voicing their respective characters in Japan to this day. Whereas the English cast has constantly been rebooted over and over over the years.
He wasn't really my favorite Sonic voice actor but that's wild, I didn't expect Sega to recast Sonic anytime soon.
Going back and replaying 3D era games with my daughter after she loved the Sonic movie, it's crazy how game Sonic now doesn't sound "right". Schwartz knocked it out of the park IMO.
This made realize the last sonic game I played was released in 2004, I think I only know his version of the character from smash bros.
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