Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31564869-20170424192223/@comment-679780-20170425150653

Distant Shadow wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Distant Shadow wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Distant Shadow wrote: Megalodon Commando wrote: Jason Griffin wasn't a bad voice actor for Sonic. But I think older fans like me would prefer Ryan Drummond more over both Griffin & Smith. I think Drummond is good too, and Smith. But I guess there's just something about Griffith's acting voices that I always liked. Ryan Drummond for me. I always thought he made Sonic sound like a natual teen with a dash of 90s lingo. When his voice was replaced for 4Kids Jason Griffiths, I didn't like this as most fans did at the time. Not only was it unfair to Ryan Drummond but Griffiths made Sonic sound less mature and and more trying to be hip... However over time I think Jason Griffiths found a good behavior for Sonic that matched his character and more matured into the role over time... And then Roger Craig Smith replaced him by making Sonic sound totally radical and hip and not at all sound like a 90s dad or uncle trying to sound like a hip-teenager. Like Jason, I can tell Roger has matured into the voice over time but he made Sonic sound more maturer for his age.

So yeah, my over-all favourate is Ryan Drummond and kind of jealous of Sega Japan for keeping the majority of their voice actors on board since Dreamcast, while Sega of America changes voice actors every lustrum or so. I see what you're saying about Griffith making Sonic sound hip, but I guess since the first time I really heard Sonic's voice was when I watched Sonic X, I guess I just got so used to his sounding like that. The first voice for Sonic I am used to was Jaleel White.

I assosiate his voice more for Classic Sonic, or very least the DiC cartoons. Jaleel White talked for Sonic in The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground right? As well as SatAM yes. For three series of Sonic cartoons with little relations to one another other than studio.

Jaleel White was also considered to voice Classic Sonic in Generations before it was decided he was a mute.