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

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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 - https://patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs TWITTER - https://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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwWHTigA9s Jaleel White story of becoming Sonic voice Jun'ichi Kanemaru - https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1458548005 Jun’ichi Kanimaru hand-picked as voice of sonic interview Ryan Drummond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgqOL3T1do Ryan Drummond footage, courtesy of FortOfBlankets - https://web.archive.org/web/20071013184207/http://www.sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?catid=3&gameid=4&subid=2&artid=1 Ryan Drummond audition story - https://web.archive.org/web/20160406160240/http://ryandrummond.com/html-swfs/current_articles/c_03july.shtml Ryan Drummond discusses 4Kids’ recast - Part 1 - https://web.archive.org/web/20150716164520/http://www.ryandrummond.com/html-swfs/current_articles/c_03july2.shtml Part 2 - https://web.archive.org/web/20160406152608/http://ryandrummond.com/html-swfs/current_articles/c_03july3.shtml Part 3 - https://web.archive.org/web/20171129181100/http://www.ryandrummond.com/html-swfs/current_articles/c_03july4.shtml Part 4 Jason Griffith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQGh2KWayQ Interview with Jason Griffith, courtesy of FTCR Roger Craig Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZkdGv9h9Hw Roger Craig Smith interview footage, courtesy of GameSpot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwbmBr8ASuY Roger Craig Smith interview, courtesy of Sonic's Channel/1upTV Games - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/sega_says_goodbye_to_sonic_the_hedgehogs_voice_actor Roger Craig Smith leaving role…? - https://twitter.com/RogerCraigSmith/status/1354805293369024520 Leaving Sonic Roger - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-26-sonic-the-hedgehog-voice-actor-announces-surprise-return-to-role-four-months-after-departure#comments Roger Craig Smith not leaving role https://web.archive.org/web/20200814064523/https://www.sonicstadium.org/2010/10/roger-craig-smith-sega-wanted-sonic-to-sound-older/ - SEGA asked RCR to make Sonic sound older With much thanks to the Sonic News Network for much additional background information - https://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