Why doesn't Sonic's voice sound like it used to?

Compare Sonic's voice in the 90s with his voice now, and you'll notice he sounds completely different! In the last 2 decades he's changed voice actors again and again. But why is that? Well, let's find out! PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs CORRECTION: at 4:25 I misspoke when I said 1993. The actual year written in the script was 1999. SOURCES/CREDITS Jaleel White -    • Sonic SatAM A Conversation with Jalee...   Jaleel White story of becoming Sonic voice Jun'ichi Kanemaru - www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=145854800… Jun’ichi Kanimaru hand-picked as voice of sonic interview Ryan Drummond -    • An Interview with Sonic the Hedgehog ...   Ryan Drummond footage, courtesy of FortOfBlankets - web.archive.org/web/20071013184207/http://www.soni… Ryan Drummond audition story - web.archive.org/web/20160406160240/http://ryandrum… Ryan Drummond discusses 4Kids’ recast - Part 1 - web.archive.org/web/20150716164520/http://www.ryan… Part 2 - web.archive.org/web/20160406152608/http://ryandrum… Part 3 - web.archive.org/web/20171129181100/http://www.ryan… Part 4 Jason Griffith -    • An Interview With Jason Griffith, For...   Interview with Jason Griffith, courtesy of FTCR Roger Craig Smith -    • 20 Sonic Questions Answered By Roger ...   Roger Craig Smith interview footage, courtesy of GameSpot -    • Roger Craig Smith Interview! (Voice o...   Roger Craig Smith interview, courtesy of Sonic's Channel/1upTV Games - www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/sega_says_goodby… Roger Craig Smith leaving role…? - twitter.com/RogerCraigSmith/status/135480529336902… Leaving Sonic Roger - www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-26-sonic-the-he… Roger Craig Smith not leaving role web.archive.org/web/20200814064523/https://www.son… - SEGA asked RCR to make Sonic sound older With much thanks to the Sonic News Network for much additional background information - sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_News_Network MUSIC - Various songs from Sonic game soundtracks - Habanera from Carmen, via Kevin Macleod @ incompetech.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:56 Sonic's first voice 3:57 The wishy washy zone 5:06 A new voice for Sonic 6:48 Sega's big controversy 10:40 Who took over Sonic's voice? 14:20 Sega recasts AGAIN 19:04 Outro

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