Voice Acting

[Deleted member]

Sonic doesn't say "You're too slow", 0 out of 10.

 

[MachoCheeze]

Greninja's voice actually doesn't bother me all that much. His FS is cool, especially. "Gre-NIN JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA!" I

Tbh this is one of my favorite things from Smash 4 so far.

 

[Fumpster]

I actually really dig Fox's new voice, if it hasn't been confirmed to be the SF64 voice already then it's certainly inspired by it. I don't care for DK and Bowser sounding like monsters again, and I don't care for Greninja's voice, but overall it's been really good so far. The voice work on Pit is fantastic in particular, I was a big fan of his voice in Uprising.

 

[Superior Spider-Mew]

Greninja's voice works for me, I mean I dont know how else it would sound. Fox's voice sounds more like how he does in StarFox64 which I approve. Sonic is whatever (dont really care for Sonic). Lucario is being voiced by Sean Schemmel (the guy who voiced Goku in the english dub of Dragonball Z) and honestly thats just awesome in my opinion, Sean has voiced Lucario before in the Pokemon movie

 

[Nat Perry]

I'm just really happy to have Laura Bailey in Smash.

I like David Vincent for Robin.

I like Fox's new VA for the most part, although it's kinda annoying when he yells "Naaaaaaoooooww" during his A combo. One of his KO screams sounds startlingly agonizing. But I love the way he says "Fire." It's so nasally enunciated, I love it.

 

[Plain Yogurt]

I just wish Nintendo would stick with a direction for Starfox in general. Is it supposed to be goofy and over-exaggerated or serious and dramatic? Doesn't help that I'm more familiar with Assault Fox over 64 Fox.

I'm pretty curious on how Marth and Ike will be handled this time around. Now that he has a game in America, will Marth finally speak English? Will Jason Adkins reprise Ike or will they pick up a more suitable actor? Or will they just re-use Brawl clips?

Also looking forward to Schemmel's Lucario, as I never saw the Pokemon movie he was in.

 

[Nielicus]

I just wish Nintendo would stick with a direction for Starfox in general. Is it supposed to be goofy and over-exaggerated or serious and dramatic? Doesn't help that I'm more familiar with Assault Fox over 64 Fox.

I'm pretty curious on how Marth and Ike will be handled this time around. Now that he has a game in America, will Marth finally speak English? Will Jason Adkins reprise Ike or will they pick up a more suitable actor? Or will they just re-use Brawl clips?

Also looking forward to Schemmel's Lucario, as I never saw the Pokemon movie he was in.

I would hope Marth continues to speak Japanese, and Lucario got a new VA?

 

[Moon Monkey]

I gotta say i hate Greninja's voice when hit:

 

[Raijinken]

If there's no Japanese language option, I'm probably never going to use Greninjajajaja or Pit.

 

[DraginHikari]

In general I can describe most of the voice work as acceptable. Nothing I've heard so far grates me like some of the voicework in Brawl did.

Pit's is definitely the biggest improvement for a Veteren, his voice in Brawl was irriating to listen to establish when you fought a person who decided spamming the Side-B constantly was funny. Hiyayayayaya! Hiyayayayaya! Hiyayayayaya! Argh...

 

[Raijinken]

In general I can describe most of the voice work as acceptable. Nothing I've heard so far grates me like some of the voicework in Brawl did.

Pit's is definitely the biggest improvement for a Veteren, his voice in Brawl was irriating to listen to establish when you fought a person who decided spamming the Side-B constantly was funny. Hiyayayayaya! Hiyayayayaya! Hiyayayayaya! Argh...

Probably because I haven't played Uprising yet, I think he sounds just more like an annoying brat now. Besides, he has no reason to yell hiyayayayayaya any more.

 

[Frostwraith]

Pit's new VA is much better than his Brawl VA. He sounded much better in Uprising and having the same VA return for Smash 4 is the best choice they could have made.

Though Palutena has a different VA from Uprising (Ali Hillis couldn't reprise the role), I must say the new VA does a great job at voicing Palutena and almost sounds like her original voice.

I'm not a big fan of Fox's new voice. I feel Brawl's VA fitted his character much more.

I'm kind of neutral on Greninja. He sounds silly, but I like it.

Lucina and Robin sound great as always. Both VAs have done a good job, just like in Awakening. This goes for both English and Japanese voice overs.

Wii Fit Trainer's voice sound typical for her character, but it sounds so dissonant in this context, it gets really funny.

Sonic also sounds better with his new VA.

And of course, Kirby got some new clips, due to his new moves and new hats. Sounds good as always.

Of course, some characters had reused voice clips as Brawl, which means they could be different in the final game. If they added an option to switch between English and Japanese voices, it would be a win-win situation for everyone. Especially if it could be done individually per character like some fighting games do.

And now for some shameless advertising, on my SSB4 Information Thread, I have a list of the voice cast confirmed so far, so you can check it out for more info regarding this.

 

[Raijinken]

I know Marth's voice was recycled. Hopefully they'll give him an English voiceover this time.

Please no. Spike Spencer (voiced him in the anime) can NOT compete with Hikaru Midorikawa. Anything less than Midorikawa is unacceptable.

I cannot express how relieved I was to hear him still speaking Japanese in the demo.

 

[LF2K]

It would be weird if Lucina and Robin spoke English, but Marth didn't. If they do get Spike back, I'm sure they'll modify the way he portrayed him in the movie. I doubt ADV anticipated Smash back in the day.

They need to get him some new voice clips, regardless of language.

 

[Raijinken]

It would be weird if Lucina and Robin spoke English, but Marth didn't. If they do get Spike back, I'm sure they'll modify the way he portrayed him in the movie. I doubt ADV anticipated Smash back in the day.

They need to get him some new voice clips, regardless of language.

Lucina and Robin were dubbed into English, Marth wasn't. For more defense, Marth's design is now based on Heroes of Light and Shadow, which didn't make it to the English world (fanpatch aside).

Plus, Ike spoke English while Marth spoke Japanese in Brawl.

I'd be fine with him getting more lines, as long as it's Hikaru Midorikawa.

Also, Captain Falcon is still Japanese, though his accent has improved over the years.

Swapping that would be even worse than when Nobuyuki Hiyama stopped voicing Link.

Besides, all of my exposure to Robin and Lucina in English is from the Smash Bros trailer. I swapped the game's voicing to Japanese literally every time I played, thanks to that silly bug.

 

[Hong]

Of course, some characters had reused voice clips as Brawl, which means they could be different in the final game. If they added an option to switch between English and Japanese voices, it would be a win-win situation for everyone. Especially if it could be done individually per character like some fighting games do.

This is what I assume, as well. I think we'll hear a few of them changed. For example, when the Wii Fit Trainer trailer was first recorded, they didn't have a VA for the English video, and instead just used clips from Wii Fit Plus. It's all a work-in-progress, and I'd assume they would have voice acting done by May for the absolute latest.

 

[DraginHikari]

Probably because I haven't played Uprising yet, I think he sounds just more like an annoying brat now. Besides, he has no reason to yell hiyayayayayaya any more.

He's more or less suppose to be kid like one way or another. The JPN version is even more high pitched and kid like then even the English voice is. I enjoyed how he sounded in uprising and he sounds a bit more nature awhile the Brawl voice was definitely a felt a bit more forced and exterggrated in my view anyway.

 

[D-idara]

Since no one else is throwing it out there, I think Pit's voice just REALLY stands out the most and it is AMAZINGLY well done. Also I love Fox's voice, it highly reminds me of StarFox64. I really love Kirby's too, but Pit's... It's just a work of art. xDDD

Antony Del Rio's 'HYAAAAAAAAUGH's when Pit dies are the best thing ever.

I was actually really hoping they would RAWR instead of using their new goofy voices from Mario Kart.

Ew, DK's goofy voice is the best thing ever.

 

[Nielicus]

This is what I assume, as well. I think we'll hear a few of them changed. For example, when the Wii Fit Trainer trailer was first recorded, they didn't have a VA for the English video, and instead just used clips from Wii Fit Plus. It's all a work-in-progress, and I'd assume they would have voice acting done by May for the absolute latest.

Yeah I thought it was weird she was just saying random yoga phrases during battle but her voice is much better now


And as for the whole Marth thing, leave him Japanese. There would be nothing weirder for me than to hear Marth speak English.

 

[Raijinken]

He's more or less suppose to be kid like one way or another. The JPN version is even more high pitched and kid like then even the English voice is. I enjoyed how he sounded in uprising and he sounds a bit more nature awhile the Brawl voice was definitely a felt a bit more forced and exterggrated in my view anyway.

Yea, I agree on that point. But I guess it's because I'm only learning Japanese, not a native speaker, that regardless of voice pitch, he doesn't sound like a brat, he just sounds like a kid to me.

Of course, best-case scenario, they take more than Megaman's uptilt from MvC and give us character-by-character language toggle.

 

[The One Who Wrote This]

....As for Little Mac, he's definitely got VA work. His voice is surprisingly deep for someone so small....

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the Japanese VA for Little Mac. It sounds a TAD bit deep for a 17 year old boxer of his stature, but it sounds good for what it is. I do hope it's a placeholder for the English VA however (that is, if they have an English VA). I would love to hear Matt Hardy reprise his role as Little Mac (he supplied the grunts and the like in the Wii game).

 

[DraginHikari]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the Japanese VA for Little Mac. It sounds a TAD bit deep for a 17 year old boxer of his stature, but it sounds good for what it is. I do hope it's a placeholder for the English VA however (that is, if they have an English VA). I would love to hear Matt Hardy reprise his role as Little Mac (he supplied the grunts and the like in the Wii game).

I haven't been able to find the VA for the Japanese version of Punch-Out Wii... given how many of the other boxers kept their language I wouldn't be surprised if Little Mac was left VA'd by Matty Hardy even in JPN. The only JPN VA for little mac I can find is Hisao Egawa who voiced the trophy in Brawl but it didn't sound like him either.

Though I haven't seen any good video with Mac's voice clips to compare to either of them.

 

[LF2K]

There's one clip where you can hear Mac say "Yeah!" after he counters. It sounds a bit like Matt Harty, but it's still unclear.

His Star KO scream can be heard in this one.

 

[DraginHikari]

There's one clip where you can hear Mac say "Yeah!" after he counters. It sounds a bit like Matt Harty, but it's still unclear.

His Star KO scream can be heard in this one.

The KO scream could be Matt Harty but it's kind of hard to tell since Punch Out Wii didn't have a sound drawn out sound effect like the Star KO. Couldn't make out the Yeah at all through the background nose unforunately.

 

[StupendousMike]

I don't always, or even often, agree with him, but a while back Yahtzee made the point that something fighting games excel at is giving you a really quick indicators into their characters' personalities. Since fighting games usually don't have super involved stories, they need to be able to communicate who these characters are simply with the way they move and the noises and speech blurbs they burt out in battle. I think he brought this up to illustrate why Joker and Harley are the MVPs of the Injustice roster.

I agree 100%. One non-Smash example I really like is Phoenix shouting "I can't control it!" before unleashing a super in MvC3, just speaks volumes about what her deal is without you ever needing to read a comic book.

And since Smash is such a huge hodgepodge of competing personalities, they've always been really good at this as well, and they only get more detailed with each game. Based on the little we've been able to hear in the demo and such, I think they're really nailing it. It's one of my favorite aspects of Smash in general, and I can't wait to see what other small touches they've added.

 

[KingBroly]

Pit's constant VO work is kinda annoying in Smash.

 

[Nielicus]

I don't always, or even often, agree with him, but a while back Yahtzee made the point that something fighting games excel at is giving you a really quick indicators into their characters' personalities. Since fighting games usually don't have super involved stories, they need to be able to communicate who these characters are simply with the way they move and the noises and speech blurbs they burt out in battle. I think he brought this up to illustrate why Joker and Harley are the MVPs of the Injustice roster.

I agree 100%. One non-Smash example I really like is Phoenix shouting "I can't control it!" before unleashing a super in MvC3, just speaks volumes about what her deal is without you ever needing to read a comic book.

And since Smash is such a huge hodgepodge of competing personalities, they've always been really good at this as well, and they only get more detailed with each game. Based on the little we've been able to hear in the demo and such, I think they're really nailing it. It's one of my favorite aspects of Smash in general, and I can't wait to see what other small touches they've added.

In this game specifically, there seems to be an emphasis on character expressions such as the new screen splats, VA etc.

 

[Plain Yogurt]

I would hope Marth continues to speak Japanese, and Lucario got a new VA?

Technically Lucario got an old VA. Sean Schemmel voiced him in the 8th(?) Pokemon movie, but wasn't able to voice him for Brawl for some reason or another, instead being voiced by Bill Rogers. From what I've heard though, Schemmel tweeted that he'd be back to voice Lucario this time around.

 

[ChikoLad]

Pit and Kirby sound excellent as expected.

Sonic is one I have mixed opinions on. I like Roger Craig Smith a lot, and he sounded fine in Generations, but I was hoping for brand new voice clips. I hope they are placeholders, especially since I do genuinely want to hear "You're Too Slow!" from Roger in the game.

There seems to be confusion/debate over whether or not Rosalina has re-used clips of Kerri Kane (from MK7. Her clips were also re-used in Mario Golf: World Tour) in the E3 demo, or if she has new clips by Laura Faye Smith (her voice actress in 3D World and MK8), only with an echo this time (Laura's voice clips for Rosalina didn't have an omni-echo like Mercedes Rose and Kerri Kane had). It sounds like Laura to me though, and she sounds fine from what little I can hear (unfortunately, the only one I can remotely make out is her exaggerated pain scream after being K.O'd ). I'm kinda anxious though, I really don't like Kerri Kane's portrayal of Rosalina, so I hope it's Laura.

 

[Nielicus]

Pit and Kirby sound excellent as expected.

Sonic is one I have mixed opinions on. I like Roger Craig Smith a lot, and he sounded fine in Generations, but I was hoping for brand new voice clips. I hope they are placeholders, especially since I do genuinely want to hear "You're Too Slow!" from Roger in the game.

There seems to be confusion/debate over whether or not Rosalina has re-used clips of Kerri Kane (from MK7. Her clips were also re-used in Mario Golf: World Tour) in the E3 demo, or if she has new clips by Laura Faye Smith (her voice actress in 3D World and MK8), only with an echo this time (Laura's voice clips for Rosalina didn't have an omni-echo like Mercedes Rose and Kerri Kane had). It sounds like Laura to me though, and she sounds fine from what little I can hear (unfortunately, the only one I can remotely make out is her exaggerated pain scream after being K.O'd ). I'm kinda anxious though, I really don't like Kerri Kane's portrayal of Rosalina, so I hope it's Laura.

I don't ever remember Sonic saying these things in Generations lol, but maybe I overlooked it. And about Rosalina... I think she sounds good regardless but I don't remember how she sounds in Galaxy compared to MK8 and 3DW

 

[ChikoLad]

Laura Faye Smith (SM3DW, MK8) sounds as good as Mercedes Rose (Galaxy games, MKWii) to me, but she didn't have an echo in those two games, while the other two have had echoes. I don't like Kerri Kane (MK7, Mario Golf), though. To be blunt, she makes her sound like a smoking hooker one second, and like a Peach clone the next, with the odd passable voice clip in between.

And some of Sonic's lines are from cutscenes in Generations.

 

[Nielicus]

Laura Faye Smith (SM3DW, MK8) sounds as good as Mercedes Rose (Galaxy games, MKWii) to me, but she didn't have an echo in those two games, while the other two have had echoes. I don't like Kerri Kane (MK7, Mario Golf), though. To be blunt, she makes her sound like a smoking hooker one second, and like a Peach clone the next, with the odd passable voice clip in between.

And some of Sonic's lines are from cutscenes in Generations.

Oh well that's disappointing,


Also still no clear audio of Male Wii Fit Trainer?!

 

[Ragna22]

I like the higher emphasis on voice acting, I just hope they take the opportunity to have some interactions with it, like it doesn't have to be cutscenes, but I think it'd be cool if characters like Pit or Palutena had something to say to every character in the roster as a win quote or something, or maybe have something similar to Snake's codec calls, I think that'd be really fitting for the Kid Icarus characters now espevially since Uprising had so many Nintendo references anyway.

 

[allison]

Little Mac's voice sounds a lot like Ganondorf's. Seriously.

HRAAAAAUGH!!

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Well Sean is doing Lucario over Bill so I'm mixed on that note.

 

[Mamp]

The only thing I care about in regards to voice acting in this game is that Ike's lines are just as they were in Brawl.

 

[Aunt Jemima]

KIRBY! HIS VOICE ACTING!

God, when I heard Kirby's new voice, it was like love at first... sound? I dunno, I just love Kirby's new voice. It really expresses him a lot better than his old incarnations. His model is also a big plus, because he's rocking those vibrant colors instead of his dull and lackluster palette in Brawl.

I also really enjoy Pit's new voice, even though I haven't played KI:U, if you really listen to it and think about it, Pit's new voice REALLY, REALLY like I MEAN REALLLYYYY compliments his personality, appearance, etc. making it perfect. Same can easily be said about Greninja's voice, although I still think they nailed Pit. I'm also enjoying Rosalina's voice acting - it's a big plus compared to her SM3DW voice, which was a bit lazy. Sonic's new voice is a pretty big upgrade too, as it fits his personality and his recent incarnations a lot better than Brawl. I think that Fox's voice is a bit... odd. I don't really like it that much, but from the way Fox appears in this game, I think it still fits. Really can't wait to hear the rest of the characters!

 

[Reoyoshi8]

If they are using the SF64 voice actor for Fox, then I hope they have codec scenes on the new Great fox stage.
That would be such a nostalgia trip :D

 

[Gabukin]

You know, personally, I really enjoy all the voices in the game right now. even if some of them are ripped from brawl. I'm hoping they give all characters new voice samples though.
but everything I've heard so far, YES even Fox's new voice, Is great!
I have to add that Kirby's new "Hi" is simply adorable!!!

 

[D-idara]

If there's no Japanese language option, I'm probably never going to use Greninjajajaja or Pit.

Are you serious? Pit's Japanese voice sucks compared to the awesome English one.