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I guess it's because we believe our heroes can be voiced by someone better, either that or just fun to imagine.

Eitherwhich, whenever like him or not, Roger Craig Smith been voicing him since 2010 while past Sonic's voices only been around for five years or so. I believe regardless if the fandom likes him or not, Sega will try and keep professional voice actor Roger Craig Smith on as long as they can over holding auditions or adopting cartoon voice actors.