The voice actor for Sonic the Hedgehog seems to be moving on from his role as the blue blur. Roger Craig Smith posted on Twitter saying that 10 years had been "an amazing run" and that he would be going on to new zones. He began his tenure as Sonic's voice actor starting with Sonic Colors, taking over for previous actor Jason Griffith, and would reprise the role in each of the following games including the most recent mainline title, Sonic Forces. Beyond the Twitter post, there hasn't been any other information as to who will be taking over the position.

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[Julie_Pilgrim]

I doubt it’ll be much of a precedent; Mario basically has to talk for movies and TV shows, and the only games where he says more then his basic set of vernacular afaik are Hotel Mario and the educational games which weren’t really trying to be mainline Mario games.

I hope she made LOSTA SPAGHETTI

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Could least stuck around for sonic 30 anniversary. Looking kinda sus now.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Could least stuck around for sonic 30 anniversary. Looking kinda sus now.

When the Roger is sus!

 

[BlueFox gui]

i think sega will choose the VA from the movie, what's his name, Ben Shwasomething

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

In my perfect world they’ll bring back Ryan Drummond (voice actor from Sonic Adventure 1/2) but that’s not going to happen so I’m gonna cross my fingers that it’ll be Jason Griffith again and not the guy from the movie.

 

[raxadian]

I loved Sonic Colors, can't say the same about Forces.

Well, hope he does well in whatever new job he gets.

 

[CeeDee]

Yeah, if I had to guess, they're gonna rope in Ben Schwartz in full-time.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Yeah, if I had to guess, they're gonna rope in Ben Schwartz in full-time.

Honestly, I hope not, he wouldn’t really work well as game sonic

 

[Quarions]

Could least stuck around for sonic 30 anniversary. Looking kinda sus now.

Casting confirmations means the next Sonic title is in the English localization phase, We will get an announcement very soon.

 

[ShoddyBackSpace]

so sad

 

[Quarions]

Also for the next VA, if it's not Ben, then it will be surely Max:
https://twitter.com/RybofIavin/status/1024714744568184832?s=20

Max already works for Sega (Ryuji from Persona 5) so it would make sense that they choose him.

 

[E1ite007]

Good, give the role back to Jaleel White. He's the only Sonic voice actor that's worthy in my opinion.

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"Kids, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good! It's your body - no-one has the right to touch you if you don't want them to. So what do you do? First, you say no. Then you get out of there. Most important ya gotta tell someone you trust, like your parents, your teacher, a police officer!"

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

"Kids, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good! It's your body - no-one has the right to touch you if you don't want them to. So what do you do? First, you say no. Then you get out of there. Most important ya gotta tell someone you trust, like your parents, your teacher, a police officer!"

So that’s why pro smash players don’t like sonic

 

[CeeDee]

Honestly, I hope not, he wouldn’t really work well as game sonic

Well, Game Sonic is gone, so...

 

[SilverWah]

Eh I like Jason more as Sonic's VA.
However Japan won't switch their cast that easily. Jonouchi is still here.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Charles seems really happy to be the voice of Mario. I get the suspicion he would never want to leave the role.

Im sure he gets a hefty direct deposit from nintendo, probably owns a bunch of shares too

 

[jesus96]

No offense but i wouldn't miss him,he did a mediocre job outside the boom universe

 

[raxadian]

Because Sonic has to always be an old teen young adult, the voice actor can never get too old.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

#BringBackJasonGriffith

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

#BringBackJasonGriffith

Bro, it’s been 10 years, move on