Roger Craig Smith Stepping Down As Official Voice of Sonic The Hedgehog

[ZariusTwo]

After a ten year stint, Roger Craig Smith is calling it quits as Sonic, the longest an actor has served in the role.

https://dotesports.com/general/news/sonic-the-hedgehog-voice-actor-roger-craig-smith-steps-back-from-the-role-after-10-years


My hunch is SEGA dismissed him to maintain synergy with the movies, they'll probably get Ben Schwartz to take over.

[Papenbrook]

Frankly, I don't really care who gets the role of Sonic. Hell, I won't care if Sonic's silent/mute.

Still, I will miss Roger, and I wish him the best on his endeavors.

Edit:

It seems like all of the current voice actors/actresses are concerned. (https://mobile.twitter.com/BoastgustersO/status/1354814605231419397)

[ZariusTwo]

Sega have also parted ways with the current writers of the Sonic games

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/two_veteran_sonic_the_hedgehog_writers_appear_to_h ave_moved_on

[neatoman]

Sega have also parted ways with the current writers of the Sonic games

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/two_veteran_sonic_the_hedgehog_writers_appear_to_h ave_moved_on

Well, probably less like writers and more like "writers". I find it hard to believe that a Japanese developer that kept on treating story like an afterthought for 20 years suddenly decided to reach out to American comedy writers to craft a story for them. There's really nothing about the four games they "wrote" that strikes me like the story wasn't crafted by some member of the dev team.

In all likelyhood, they were not hired to make the story work, just to make the translation less clunky than it was before.
"You're not even goo - I'll make you eat - d enough to be my fake! - those words!""

[ZariusTwo]

They did have more control over things like Sonic and The Lost World, and one of them wrote an episode for Sonic Boom