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[Deleted member]

Even so, he’s famous for doing a TON of creature voices so that definitely puts him in high demand

Oh, yeah, yeah, I getcha.

I was saying he runs a VO website as a side note. Not a reason for his success.

He really is a great VA, though.

 

[Wademan94]

Surprised Jim Cummings isn't in the top 10.

He’s at number 12 with 1026 roles, right behind funnily enough Mel Blanc of all people.

 

[Deleted member]

You know, I'm actually pretty surprised how much Tom Kenny and Charles Martinet do outside of Mario and Spongebob respectively.

 

[Wademan94]

Wow I was way off on Fred Tatasciore's numbers...

Don’t worry, so was I.

 

[Zinith]

You know, I'm actually pretty surprised how much Tom Kenny and Charles Martinet do outside of Mario and Spongebob respectively.

There was a time before Spongebob where Tom Kenny did major roles and like 50% of background voices for shows like Rocko's Modern Life, CatDog and the Powerpuff Girls

 

[Wademan94]

There was a time before Spongebob where Tom Kenny did major roles and like 50% of background voices for shows like Rocko's Modern Life, CatDog and the Powerpuff Girls

I believe he voiced Spyro just before too, when did Ripto’s Rage first come out?

 

[Deleted member]

Decided to, for funsies, find out how many characters I voice. Turns out it's 28, excluding roles that I have left. (That's as many as I can recall. I'd say the legit answer is roughly 30-35 roles.

Not much, but it's more roles than I ever though I'd have.

 

[Zinith]

I believe he voiced Spyro just before too, when did Ripto’s Rage first come out?

1999. so it was just around that time

Funnily enough, Spyro was voiced before that by Kenny's co-star from Rocko's Modern Life, Carlos Alazraqui

 

[Deleted member]

Huh. I always thought Tom Kenny voiced Spyro sense day one.

 

[Zinith]

Huh. I always thought Tom Kenny voiced Spyro sense day one.

Carlos Alazraqui's performance is hilarious btw...

Other than him and Tom Kenny, Spyro's other VAs were Crash Bandicoot's current VA Jess Harnell, Matt Mercer and even goddamn mother****ing Frodo Baggins himself, Elijah Wood!!!

 

[Noipoi]

So basically

If Spyro gets in, Spongebob gets in.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

So basically

If Spyro gets in, Spongebob gets in.

And the closest thing we'd ever get to Spongebob in Smash.

 

[Deleted member]

So basically

If Spyro gets in, Spongebob gets in.

I'm perfectly fine with this.

 

[praline]

I got rid of it lol, any ideas on what I should use that spot for?

You got rid of it? How long did that take lol.

Uhh... you should make a roller coaster!

 

[Wademan94]

So basically

If Spyro gets in, Spongebob gets in.

Depends on union rules.

 

[Deleted member]

Depends on union rules.

Stop looking too deep into it and give us Spongebob in Smash you cowards. /s

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

I've spent almost two hours on a stupid Banjo-Kazooie ****post.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Decided I'm going to get Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 tomorrow. I just can't wait until Christmas to play it.

 

[Wademan94]

Stop looking too deep into it and give us Spongebob in Smash you cowards. /s

I’m just being realistic here. I don’t even know if Tom voiced for a Japanese production before, let alone a non-union one.

EDIT: So I found that he has done work for Square Enix as a few roles in FFX and Rabbit in KH3, still iffy on his chances for voicing Spyro in Smash.

 

[Deleted member]

I’m just being realistic here. I don’t even know if Tom voiced for a Japanese production before, let alone a non-union one.

Hahaha, I'm just teasing.

Also, Smash is non-union?

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

I love how Hell's Kitchen never gets old, at least for now.

 

[CrusherMania1592]

How dare you! You can never have enough dogs in anything!

it's time for the best idea ever


dogs World order (dWo)

 

[Wademan94]

Hahaha, I'm just teasing.

Also, Smash is non-union?

Brawl’s union cause of the Metal Gear characters. 4 and onwards are non, that’s why most of the KI:Uprising cast were recast or went uncredited

 

[Deleted member]

Brawl’s union cause of the Metal Gear characters. 4 and onwards are non, that’s why most of the KI:Uprising cast were recast or went uncredited

Hol up, sorry I'm a weeeeeee confused.

I don't know about all of them, but pretty sure 4 and onward's KI characters use the Uprising VAs?

 

[Izanagi97]

If I drank alcohol, I'd make a drinking game and go on to /r/WhoWouldWin (or any sort of Vs Battle thingy) and take a drink for every time certain characters or universes get jerked to high hell. I'm not gonna pretend I know much about 40k, but I'm pretty sure high end feats as well as the feats of named characters, captains, and chapter masters should not be used as the baseline for the average unnamed Space Marine

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Remember that stupid ****post I mentioned? I finished it.

 

[BlueMonk]

how would inkay evolve on a home console

 

[Wademan94]

Hol up, sorry I'm a weeeeeee confused.

I don't know about all of them, but pretty sure 4 and onward's KI characters use the Uprising VAs?

Nope, just Pit. And Viridi in 4.

Spoiler

Also why Cloud doesn’t have his English VA

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Brawl’s union cause of the Metal Gear characters. 4 and onwards are non, that’s why most of the KI:Uprising cast were recast or went uncredited

I thought the difference between union and non-union is the way the actors are paid, or am I just being dumb?

Nope, just Pit. And Viridi in 4.

Spoiler

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Also why Cloud doesn’t have his English VA

Wasn't aware they had different VAs in Ultimate/Smash 4. Kind of an odd choice though, won't lie.

 

[Deleted member]

Nope, just Pit. And Viridi in 4.

Also why Cloud doesn’t have his English VA

Huh. The more you know.

I'm glad Anthony Del Rio is still Pit in Ultimate, though. His performance is absolutely amazing.

 

[Wario Bros.]

how would inkay evolve on a home console

Assuming it's not cut from Sword & Shield, it's worth remembering that Switch controllers have gyro controls.

...or they could pull a Feebass and make up a new evolution trigger.

 

[Noipoi]

how would inkay evolve on a home console

Turn the switch upside down

 

[Wademan94]

I thought the difference between union and non-union is the way the actors are paid, or am I just being dumb?

Wasn't aware they had different VAs in Ultimate/Smash 4. Kind of an odd choice though, won't lie.

More or less, this might explain it better:
https://thevoiceoverguide.com/union-vs-non-union/

I mean Uprising was a union production

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

how would inkay evolve on a home console

Interesting! I didn't know it evolved if you turned your 3DS upside down! Anyway. maybe turning your Joy-Con upside down?

 

[Noipoi]

Turn the tv upside down

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Turn the tv upside down

Turn your life upside down. To evolve Inkay you have to make some poor decisions that will greatly affect your life from that point onward.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm generally not a fan of the whole "Union, non-Union thing." Take this with a BIGGGGGGGGG grain of salt coming from me, but it seems kinda pointless.

On one hand, you can get cast as some great stuff if you're doing Union work, (like Kid Icarus: Uprising), but by doing that your agreeing to not work on some other projects, like SSBU.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

I'm generally not a fan of the whole "Union, non-Union thing." Take this with a BIGGGGGGGGG grain of salt coming from me, but it seems kinda pointless.

On one hand, you can get cast as some great stuff if you're doing Union work, (like Kid Icarus: Uprising), but by doing that your agreeing to not work on some other projects, like SSBU.

I mean, Antonio Del Rio voices in Uprising and SSBU... is there something I'm still missing here?

 

[Wademan94]

I mean, Antonio Del Rio voices in Uprising and SSBU... is there something I'm still missing here?

He‘s allowed to go uncredited for some of his roles

 

[Opossum]

I mean, Antonio Del Rio voices in Uprising and SSBU... is there something I'm still missing here?

Generally how it works is that union actors get paid more and have the union backing them up if unfair treatment happens. Non-union actors typically don't get paid as much because they don't have a union fighting for higher wages. A union actor can usually take a non-union role, though, if they go uncredited, which a lot of the time is a big thing to ask.

Nintendo is notoriously cheap and rarely ever uses unions for games. Off the top of my head, Fire Emblem Fates, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., and Kid Icarus Uprising were all union projects, so they got more prolific voice talent. But in later non-union stuff, they either don't reprise their roles, or go uncredited like Antony del Rio.

Ideally everyone would be a union actor in a perfect world, as unions are objectively good and provide job security and will fight for their actors' rights, but the reality is a lot of companies are also really cheap and would rather use non-union talent.