Trivia Browser

Tagsarrow_right
Filter:
Platformsarrow_right
Filter:
Yearsarrow_right
Filter:
Genresarrow_right
Filter:
Collectionsarrow_right
Filter:
Franchisesarrow_right
Filter:
Companiesarrow_right
Filter:
Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
subdirectory_arrow_right Rayman (Franchise)
▲
1
▼
In an interview with Xander Mobus, who voices the Announcer in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, he revealed that Nintendo, in an effort to stop character leaks, would often throw him off about which characters would be in the game or DLC by giving him "red herrings", otherwise they would give him some ridiculous names to say that would be far-fetched. He even claimed that because of the intensity of this, he didn't believe that the Duck Hunt dog and duck were in the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of the game as playable characters, and assumed Nintendo was referring to the Duck Hunt cartridge being in the game instead, and thus believed it to be a fake.

This also caused a rather humorous incident following a hoax created by YouTuber Artsy Omni to promote his "Smashified" series, where after it had spread, Mobus actually did a line read for Rayman, the subject of the hoax.
sell
Development, General, Real Life, Rumor, Unused Audio, Voice Acting
person PirateGoofy calendar_month September 13, 2021
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2 (2021)
▲
1
▼
Raz's Archetype is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons, the voice of GIR from the American animated series "Invader Zim", as a direct compliment to Raz's voice actor Richard Steven Horvitz, who was the voice of the titular Zim, in order to recreate their character dynamic from the series.
sell
Easter Egg, General, Reference, Voice Acting
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month August 27, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
▲
2
▼
Hideo Kojima originally wanted to use actor Kurt Russell, who portrayed the character Snake Plissken in the action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A.", as the voice of Naked Snake instead of voice actor David Hayter, who had previously played the role of Snake in Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2. After Russell turned the role down, Hayter stated in a 2016 Game Informer interview he was given the part only after re-auditioning for the role:

"I had to re-audition for Metal Gear 3 to play Naked Snake...I heard that Kojima asked one of the producers on Metal Gear 3 to ask Kurt Russell if he would take over for that game. He didn't want to do it."

The reason Hayter revealed this information at all was because of Kojima replacing him with Kiefer Sutherland as the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid V.

Russell revealed in a 2024 interview with GQ that the role was one of many throughout his acting career that he turned down because he did not want to financially or creatively expand off of previously-established characters created by different people for a completely different project, in this case, imitating Snake Plissken through Naked Snake:

"You got to understand that from my point of view, whether it's Elvis, or Snake Plissken, or Jack Burton, or R.J. MacReady, that was that project, that was that thing, you get into that mindset, you create that, you wanna make that world happen… I used to do interviews when Elvis was coming out and they would say "Come on, do a little Elvis for us!" and, you know, it's like, it doesn't work that way. You don't just slide in and out of Elvis, you go to work on it, you refine it, and then you do it, and you get paid for that. I come from a different era. I wasn't interested in expanding financially off of something that we had created or that I had created in terms of a character. And I get business people, sure: "Oh, we could do this with that, we could do this with that, or we could do this with that." You know, and I look at it and I go "That's not written by John [Carpenter]. That doesn't smell right, John's not here to do this with, w-why am I… I'm not gonna do that." Let's go do something new. Let's go do something fresh. Let's go create another iconic character rather than saying "What can we bleed off of this iconic character?" you know? You don't look at them as iconic characters, I mean like, you refer to them as that if they become that, you're just doing a day- you're on a day-to-day, running it, having a good time and trying to make it work."
sell
Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Voice Acting
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month March 30, 2016
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Chaos Wars
Chaos Wars (2006)
▲
1
▼
It's believed that all of the game's voice actors were family members of Chris Jelinek, the CEO of the game's North American publisher, O3 Entertainment. In the credits, each of the game's voice actors have the surname "Jelinek". This is the reason why the game is notoriously known for its bad voice acting.
sell
General, Real Life, Rumor, Similarities, Theory, Voice Acting
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 7, 2015
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Seaman
Seaman (1999)
▲
1
▼
Attachment Seaman's face is actually that of the game's producer and creator, Yoot Saito. Saito also acts as Seaman's Japanese voice actor. During development, Sega had requested that a celebrity be used if possible to voice Seaman, but Saito was hesitant. He later said in a 2020 interview that the fact that he played the role himself was "the key to success", because it gave him the advantage of being able to rerecord lines as many times as he wanted, so it was no longer a question of money.
sell
Cameo, Corporate Affairs, Development, Easter Egg, Voice Acting
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month January 12, 2015
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Triple Deluxe (2014)
▲
1
▼
The voice of King Dedede was provided by the director of the game, Shinya Kumazaki. This marks the first time where King Dedede's voice was not provided by his creator, Masahiro Sakurai.
sell
General, Voice Acting
person Boyobmas calendar_month October 13, 2014
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (2006)
▲
1
▼
Hideki Kamiya, best known as the game director of Devil May Cry, voiced Godot in the Japanese version of Trials and Tribulations.
sell
General, Voice Acting
person retrolinkx calendar_month June 26, 2014
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Adventures (Game)
▲
1
▼
Since Star Fox Adventures was in development at the same time as Melee, the cast of Adventures would voice Fox (Steve Malpass), Falco (Ben Cullum), and Peppy and Slippy (Chris Seavor) within the English versions of the Corneria and Venom stages in Super Smash Bros. Melee, despite both stages being based on Star Fox 64.
sell
Development, General, Regional Difference, Voice Acting
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month June 8, 2014
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Star Fox 64 3D
Star Fox 64 3D (2011)
▲
1
▼
The Western dub for Star Fox 64 3D notably brought back many of the original voice actors from the N64 version to reprise their respective roles for the first time in years, those being:

•Mike West (Fox, James)
•Lyssa Browne (Slippy, Katt, Spyborg)
•David Frederick White (R.O.B, Pigma, General Pepper, Attack Carrier Pilot)
•Ja Green (Leon, Shogun Pilot, Sarumarine Captain, Forever Train Conductor, Area 6 Commander)

For unknown reasons, David Frederick White goes uncredited.

The rest of the cast, however, were recasted:

•Falco, Andrew, Meteo Crusher Pilot, and Caiman, all originally voiced by Bill Johns, were now voiced by Mark Lund, Mike West, Jaz Adams and Jay Ward respectively.
•Wolf, Bill Grey and Granga, all originally voiced by Jock Blaney, were now voiced by Mike West, Jaz Adams and Mark Lund respectively.
•Peppy and Andross, both originally voiced by Rick May, were now voiced by Jaz Adams and David Frederick White respectively.
sell
Regional Difference, Voice Acting
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month June 8, 2014
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Photos with Mario
Photos with Mario (2013)
▲
1
▼
When Mario says "It's-a-me, Mario!" on the Title Screen, it's the exact same sound clip used in Super Mario 64.
sell
General, Reference, Voice Acting
person Boyobmas calendar_month June 6, 2014
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Game), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Game)
▲
1
▼
Arin Hanson, also known by his YouTuber alias Egoraptor, provided the voice for Dr. Bruce Banner during the development of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance after winning a contest held by Activision. Hanson described the experience recording Banner's lines as "humiliating" as it was the first time he had to work in a professional recording booth let alone for a AAA video game, and believed it was a bad performance. Hanson initially claimed in 2013 that his voice was used in the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS versions of the game, but a DS version does not exist and he is not credited in the PSP version. In a later email correspondence with a user from the Lost Media Wiki, he stated he recorded his voice after Activision informed him that it would be used in select versions of the game, those being the Wii, PSP and PlayStation 3 versions. Since this was also a local contest, Activision assumed that all auditions were coming from Los Angeles and in the surrounding areas. Hanson got a "congratulations" email and was invited to Los Angeles for recording, but he was unavailable at the time. His recordings ultimately went unused in favor of another voice actor due to time constraints from Hanson only getting a chance to record late in development. However, his unused recordings would end up being added in the 2016 re-release of the game.
sell
Development, General, Mistake, Release Difference, Unused Audio, Voice Acting
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month March 23, 2013
comment Comment (2) | Source
arrow_right
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
▲
3
▼
Attachment Most of the voice actors were credited under pseudonyms since they did not know if the project was supported by the Screen Actors Guild. The only ones who used their real names were David Hayter (Solid Snake) and Doug Stone (Psycho Mantis).
sell
Credits, General, Real Life, Voice Acting
person Teller calendar_month February 13, 2013
comment Comment (0) | link Source
keyboard_double_arrow_leftFirst keyboard_arrow_leftPrev Page of 7 Nextkeyboard_arrow_right Lastkeyboard_double_arrow_right