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Invisible Crane
04-16-2008, 06:49 PM
I was not sure if I should post this in the English Track forums, but since it kinda involves the video games in some way I thought I'd post it here.

So here's the thing, since 2005 when Shadow The Hedgehod came out and especially since 2006 when Sonic The Hedgehog (the next gen version) came out many Sonic fans have basically called for Sega to get rid of Jason Griffith as the voice of Sonic in the games.

Now I've gotta say, I will admit Jason is not that great as Sonic but he really does not bother me that much, it's people on YouTube that are bothered by him mainly because of the following reasons...

-He basically flat out sucks and Sonic, making sound more dorky than cool
-The has made little to no attempt to improve his performance whatsoever
-He's...well not been very rceptive to fans

In fact a bunch of people on YouTube set up a campaign to get the previous voice of Sonic (Ryan Drummond) back as the voice of Sonic in Super Smash Bros Brawl, they were unsuccessful though because despite getting the attention of Nintendo, Sega just refused to get him back.

Now they are trying again, only this time instead of trying to get Ryan back, they want someone within the 4Kids voice cast pool to replace him as well as doing the same thing with the other major characters in the Sonic games.

I've gotta say I must admit getting the attention of Nintendo is something, but even so even if they get Jason outed as the voice of Sonic...how is that going to help the games, I mean sure the characters might improve to those fans, but the games (apart from some of the handheld ones) have pretty much sucked...I don't know if this is a good idea or not but...more power to them if they do get Jason outed I guess, but like I said how will this make the games any better

What do you think

Oh yeah...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phF4MUdsaGk

Mateo_home
04-16-2008, 07:59 PM
As for Sonic games right now, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and Sonic Unleashed, I'm going to wait for official reviews on these games because Sonic just seems like he zooming down the crapper. Sonic Rush was great, Sonic Rivals...was just stupid. I could do without the race. Sonic the Disaster (as Spax likes to call it) I haven't played it, but after reading all the negative comments I ask myself: "Do I really want to?"

As for the whole voice thing, while I'm not a dub person, I do like listening to Sonic speak English for some reason. But you don't like the voice, just listen to his Japanese voice. Problem solved. Shit! Ikuzo! ;)

Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
04-17-2008, 02:15 AM
It would be nice if they got Jaleel White to do Sonic's voice again. He kicked all kinds of ass as Sonic in the SatAm Sonic series.

Johnny
04-17-2008, 05:20 AM
What do you think


I honestly couldn't give a shit. Sorry for being so abrupt but I don't care what he sounds like in all honesty. I'm more concerned with Sonic Chronicles and Unleashed living up to their potential.

Garasharp K7
04-17-2008, 06:15 AM
I just stick with the old Megadrive games, so I'm not really bothered. :)

Invisible Crane
04-17-2008, 06:20 AM
What do you think


I honestly couldn't give a shit. Sorry for being so abrupt but I don't care what he sounds like in all honesty. I'm more concerned with Sonic Chronicles and Unleashed living up to their potential.

Hey that's okay at least you made your point

PhilipReuben
04-17-2008, 06:35 AM
Most Sonic games have a Japanese audio option. That's how I played Secret Rings.