The Best Sonic Voice
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2022
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Long time no see! It's Luxe Crux back at it with another video! In this video I talk about the 3 Sonic game voice actors (Ryan Drummond who voiced Sonic from Sonic Adventure to Sonic Heroes, Jason Griffith who voiced Sonic from the Sonic X anime/Shadow The Hedgehog all the way to Sonic and the Black Knight, and Roger Craig Smith who voiced Sonic from Sonic colors all the way to Sonic Frontiers!) and talk about who truly is the best voice for Sonic The Hedgehog!
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Jasons "woo's" in sonic Unleashed where really iconic voice clips to me 😂
Heard that "woo" every day for a summer vacation. Best time of my life 💯
"GOOOO" 😂
And he Invented the “YOUR TOO SLOW”
CMON STEP IT UP
Most cringy voice
Ryan Drummond = Tobey MaGuire
Jason Griffith = Andrew Garfield
Roger Craig Smith = Tom Holland.
The parallel between the two characters is intriguing
This doesn't even make sense considering the fact that Roger's Sonuc is the oldest one
True but both Tom and Roger are the most lighthearted and jokey of their respective characters.
It's kinda inaccurate if you go with popularity, Tobey's spidey still the most beloved for decades, while Jason is the fan favorite choice for Sonic
Ryan/Tobey awkward, campy, enthusiastic, overall a cult classic
Jason/Andrew cooler, edgier, more mature
Roger/Tom Most lighthearted and comedic. Most mainstream.
Why y’all comparing spider-man to sonic anyway 🤣🤣
I gotta say; Ryan's been done real dirty since he was dropped. You can tell he's passionate about his Sonic role and that he wants it back, but Sega constantly fucks him over one way or another.
Why would they give it back lol
@@Seealzcuz he’s the best one
nAH@@Azashi.
I agree@@Azashi.
I dont remember where i saw this but i remember seeing something about SA sonic appearing in Generations as a 3rd Act with Adventure gameplay style, whoever sega couldnt contact Ryan so they scrapped it
I wanna live in the timeline where Jaleel White voiced classic sonic in generations and forces
That would've been sick honestly 👀
I can only imagine how much of a nightmare that would be
Roger has always been my Sonic.
@@ricardostormsurgesilva284 bro roger’s modern sonic
lucky
Jason Griffith was my sonic and he still is the better sonic and shadow voice change my mind
Nobody wants or cares to “change your mind”
@@mober7430Exactly.
@@mober7430 so if nobody wants too does that mean Jason Griffith is objectively the best man for sonic and shadow and should’ve stayed as sonic and shadow to this very day
If nobody cares to change my mind why sound like you think my point of view isn’t a valid premise ?
Same
That hol voice cast was my fav especially Lisa Ortiz amy
The screams Jason Griffin did in Secret Rings when transforming into Darkspine was my favorite.
meh I played it in jp
@@kero232 I switch between them from time to time.
9:14 cap jason is more iconic im hearing from him for the first time and im a huge sonic fan and hes doing the JAPANESE voice not ENGLISH voice im rlly dissapointed and regret clicking on this video you definetly deserve a dislike and i give dislikes rarely
10:00 might aswell transform youreself into a japanese person like a person can change its gender and that 1 person who has become a dog (im ironic here btw) if you love japanese stuff so much
Jason Griffith used to be my favorite until recently. After listening to the fan made Sonic and Tails R series, I realized how much I loved Ryan Drummond's voice for Sonic. He has a Sonic voice that fits the carefree and cocky additude that makes the character so recognizable.
Also, everyone should listen to Sonic and Tails R it's an amazing series and the characterization is much better than anything Sega has put out in the last 10 years
Hot take but Ryan’s voice for Sonic aged a tad. Jason’s is more timeless. Roger is in between
Sonic and Tails R and Sonic Frontiers, truly a tale of two Tails despite both sharing a similar plot point...
Tails in Sonic and Tails R asks Sonic if all does is slow his big brother down as the fox cub has a crisis of confidence, but is given the chance to be brave, with him fighting Eggman alone and show he in fact a hero in his own right. Ending the radio drama with Tails standing as a true equal to Sonic, after they defeat the Doctor, as he goes off into the world to seek adventure, having earned his new found confidence for himself.
Tails in Sonic Frontiers asks Sonic if he's a burden to him as the fox cub has a crisis of confidence, but is given the chance to stand on the sidelines doing nothing but complain about all he's done the past decade is stand on the sidelines doing nothing, with one pep talk from Sonic putting him right. Ending with Tails gaining a sense clarity, as he goes off into the world to find adventure, despite not really having done anything the whole game.
"But he was trapped in Cyberspace!" I can already hear some saying, to which I say then maybe Sega should have made Cyberspace levels for Tails - new ones! - where he'd help Sonic uncover the mysteries of the island through the Acients memories - instead of a third trip down memory lane of Sonic's past in 11 years with copy pasted levels - and ultimately face his greatest challenge to date in his own self doubt and fear that manifested into a Shadow Self. Seriously why bring that up if they aren't going to do anything with it?
Yes I suppose there is that DLC coming later this year, but if fixing Tails was so important, shouldn't Sega have done that in the main story instead?
Thank the gods for Sonic and Tails R, and here's hoping that season 2 only gets better when it comes out.
@@paulgilbert5278
I can agree Drummond’s voice has aged a bit, but that’s largely because when people mock Sonic’s voice, they almost always do an exaggerated take on Drummond’s voice in SA2. The mockery and memery has detracted from it a good bit.
@@DemonDethchase SA1 did it the same "i can be my own person" shtick and they kept it around until 06 (technically unleashed too but im not so sure) but it hasnt been shown since colors' tonal shift and then forces reversed the change
@@paulgilbert5278 More timeless? Lmao. There's a reason more people remember lines like "Talk about low budget flights!" or "Time to CRACK that Eggman WIDE open! YEAH! Let's party!"
Jason Griffith, and it makes no sense that they dropped him…
He literally voices him effortlessly, while Roger you have to fight with the animation, scripting, and characterization to get him right…
With Jason he just fits…
I hope now that they have competent writers, they’ll recognize how difficult it is to work with a deeper voice…
I truly think Jason is the best I might be biased because I grew up with him but he just feels like he was a perfect fit for the role! I'll say that Roger did a way better performance in Sonic Frontiers it seems that the writing and the delivery was what held him back in other games!
@@LuxeCruxit was definitely the writing. in sonic boom, where he's intentionally ironic and in a non-serious environment, it works better.
@@aimbot4arrowz982the issue with that is that it felt like sonics characterisation was built around Rogers voice, instead of Roger trying to sound like sonic. Sonic is a snarky sarcastic dick in boom, and that's because they're trying to make sonics character fit with Rogers voice, but ultimately it doesn't feel like sonic, it feels like a 30 year old man who is sick of being a hero
the contract with 4kids expired in 2010
In a lot of ways, I think Ryan Drummond's voice is the English match to Junichi. They give off similar vibes and both assume the role so effortlessly, especially in Heroes
Sorry but Ryan is the best Sonic voice of all time. For scientific purposes im early Gen z (1995-2000)
No one asked if you are a Gen Z, @@John-X. 💀💀💀
@@Zoranx7405 it's for polling purposes
9:14 cap jason is more iconic im hearing from him for the first time and im a huge sonic fan and hes doing the JAPANESE voice not ENGLISH voice im rlly dissapointed and regret clicking on this video you definetly deserve a dislike and i give dislikes rarely
im gen z too born in 2002 YET i choose jason griffith for objective reasons@@John-X
Ryan Drummond is the best Sonic. Hands down.
He wasn’t the best actor by any means, but his actual voice for the character was *perfect.*
I never liked Ryan's Sonic voice! NEVER. :)
@@SonicNerd
That’s cool. I always thought Griffith sucked, personally (though he did improve overtime, to his credit).
Roger is peak 🥱
Ikr
I like them all. I think each of them embody a different part of Sonic’s personality, so they all fit the role. Ryan is the energetic, adventure loving Sonic. Jason is the heroic and friendly Sonic. Roger is the cool and laid back Sonic (and Jun'ichi is all three combined). I genuinely can’t pick a favourite because I think they all embody the character for me
To me, Ryan and Jason reflect the edgy, snarky, cocky, adventure loving teen with an attitude that Sonic had been portrayed as by Sega in the late 90s to early 2000s. Sonic Boom was overlooked by many, but by Forces, and then Frontiers, the series seemed to have changed to be more dark and a bit serious. Considering this tonal sift, Rorger fit perfectly. He reflects a more mature Sonic, who at this point, has become a seasoned hero. But still has that attitude.
Jason Griffith and Junichi Kanemaru will always be my favorite Sonic voices of all time.
Some might say nostalgia has to do why people think is the best but with how good Griffith was with the character shows that he wouldn't feel out of place in the modern games and considering him doing quick little stuff for fan projects shows that he can still do the voice.
Kanemaru is pretty much Charles Marinet in Japan and I'm so glad he's still doing Sonic to this day despite Sega in the west changing actors like they're clothes but the JP dub of Sonic X is what got me into Japanese voice acting and while Roger is still doing the character here and it's still not my favorite even with Frontiers, I can still switch the language to Japanese if it bothers me that much because Kanemaru never misses
Wow you summed up my thoughts pretty well I feel the same way haha. I enjoyed Jason a lot but after he was replaced and Lost World came out I changed the language to Japanese and Junichi has stuck to me ever since :)
Sonic X JP so goated. Got me invested in the Japanese cast as well.
@@LuxeCrux
Personally I think Todd Haberkorn will made a great voice for Sonic
Tldr
@@jonathankitsos1291
What's that supposed to mean
Ryan will always be my Sonic, plus adventure 1 and 2 are my favorite sonic games.
Jason’s the guy who I grew up hearing, but he’s more Shadow than Sonic for me. I like the original voice actors for Sonic and Shadow objectively more, but I hold a lot of love for Jason’s performances.
Yeah I just love the Adventure style voice over the A.C. 2 style voices
Very valid opinion on both! Ryan's a solid VA and the adventure games are great!
I grew up with both Roger Craig Smith and Jason Griffith when I was young and I couldnt imagine sonic without theese 2. I never got t he chance to play adventure, adventure 2, heroes etc, So i never had the luxury of ryan drummond but I think the voice for sonic is jaleel white. He played classic sonic in The sonic OVA movie, which i watched when i was young countless times, and he is truly my version of sonic
Actually Jaleel voiced in the DiC cartoons. The one who voiced Sonic in the OVA was Martin Burke. Oh and Martin is terrible, lol.
Ryan just captures the coolness of sonic better than the other two, sonic is a cool character first anf foremost. Jason sounds more light hearted and roger just sounds generic, all i hear are various miscellaneous voices from regular show whne sonic talks now.
Ps. I grew up with all 3, turned 18 in 2015
Rodger fits the older, more mature version of sonic we see in frontiers perfectly, i cant wait to see what they do with him in the future
enough with roger i need to see the next because roger is not fitting
@@wahabschannel2453that's cruel
@@spopovichancheio891 its true because his not gonna continue with the deep voice because its hard for him he can't change voice direction for too long he sounds older not teenager
@@spopovichancheio891 and i really need a new sonic voice its big mistake changing ryan and jason 💔
@@wahabschannel2453 and does that justify you wishing death on a voice actor because you don't think his voice fits a fictional anthropomorphic hedgehog?
No matter what change or what anybody says Roger Craig smith's sonic voice will be my favorite there's just something about that's sound right to me he brings the snarky cool laid-back feeling that i get from sonic and i felt he was held back by bad writing and roger at peak performances he kept the deep but still upbeat voice like puyo puyo Tetris 2,boom,TSR and rise of the wisps are some of his best and with good writing he can be serious as well like with frontiers and while ryan is a close second i just tend to connect to Roger's take on sonic more.
Roger took what i like about Jason and Ryan and not only made it his own but better in some ways obviously it's not perfect but tbh no sonic va was but roger i feel was the most consistent because his voice never really changed to much until frontiers and I grew up with Roger's sonic voice but overall i like the others but roger is my favorite can't change my mind.
Roger is good especially in frontiers but still not better than
Jason Griffith
Roger is my current favorite and I like Ryan but Jason has really been growing on me recently. He’s probably my second favorite at the moment
@@MESHALGAMEZ
Jason Griffith was terrible in his earlier outings as the character. He improved a lot overtime. I think Roger is overall just a better VA.
just sounds like i’m listening to an old man do his own dubbing of lines. i played colors for the first time when i was 11, now i’m 23 and i still cringe when i hear his voice. will never get used to his bored frat guy voice.
Finally I'm not alone 😃
Junichi Kanemaru is by far my favorite Sonic voice actor, and Jason Griffith is probably my second favorite. I'm glad you showed love to Kanemaru as I was expecting him to get brushed over or forgotten in a video like this.
You already know I gotta give the goat his own segment >:)
Real!@@LuxeCrux
As a millennial, I played games that had all three voices of Sonic. Each voice actor gave a different twist. Yet Roger definitely gives off an older teen vibe.
Does he...? He sounds more like a 30 something out of touch millennial to me. Jason Griffith was more of an older teen, as he usually played the role of the older brother to characters like Tails or Chip. Roger Sonic talks to his "friends" like they interact once every few months. They do not come across as friends at all
I'm personally borderline between Jason Griffith and Roger Smith; I was born in 2003 so in a weird way, I grew up with both of them and I think they're both great! (Especially since Ive recently gotten into Sonic Unleashed)
Although Sega Superstars was the last game to have Ryan in general, the last mainline game was actually Sonic Advance 3, and the ending of that game really just goes to show that it was the end of the Adventure era
It really was a sweet way to end the adventure era and the advance series as well!
Jason will always be my favorite. He is sonic to me. I binge watched all the sonic game cutscenes in 06 and unleashed, so I have a major bies.
Jason just sounds so cool as Sonic and Shadow. I actually really like Ryan and Roger too but they don’t compare to Jason. Roger actually did a really good job in Frontiers.
Also Sega is the epitome of bad decision making.
I agree and still think Jason's Shadow voice is unmatched in English! Roger also really steeped it up in frontiers I think he made a fan out of me with his performance! Also Sega do be kind of cheeks sometimes 😅
Ngl Roger sound depressing af in frontiers
Definitely better than the 2010s
But still pretty depressing
Edit: I'm not saying he did BAD by any means infact he definitely alot better here and even enjoyable at many points
But in a big chunk of the game and ESPECIALLY the first island of the game he was pretty depressing
But that's literally just my opinion
@@KitKat_kittykathonestly i would love to have jason griffith voice in sonic frontiers
@@CTaira144 YASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
He only got a few short lines, but I really liked Masato Nishimura's take on Sonic in CD
Also the consistency with Sonic's Japanese voice can almost certainly be attributed to voice acting being treated with a lot more respect in Japan. With long running series generally voice actors only get replaced if something happens to them and they're unable to continue voicing their characters, so you end up with people like Junichi Kanemaru, Kappei Yamaguchi, and Minami Takayama who voice their characters for years on end.
Man I still remember my first time hearing Sonics voice in Japanese, messing around in the settings on Sonic heroes one day. Had to replay the whole game like that lol
Ben Schwartz is my favorite Sonic voice personally. 😎
But out of the games, I think Drummond really had the most solid and consistent of the English voice for Sonic, his range was perfect. He could handle the serious, and more calm lines, but immediately kick into high-octane Sonic, and it sounded like the same character no matter what he was doing. It is such a shame that he only voiced Sonic for 5 years, absolutely breaks my heart.
Griffith is fantastic in Unleashed, but outside of that game, he just can't break out of the same cadence he gives to the majority of his lines. He overemphasizes action words, which makes listening to his lines feel like stop and go traffic. But, he does give the most energy to his deliveries. Even if I think it's too much, I understand why others like that about him. By the time Unleashed came around, he was finally starting to sound like both a conversational buddy, and a being of pure youthful energy. I was sad to see him go, because he was finally starting to work out all of the kinks in his portrayal.
Smith's take is like a cuddly teddy bear more than an youthful teen with an edge. It works for the deadpan deliveries in the Sonic Boom TV show, but not anywhere else. In Frontiers, they finally found a way to have him portray the character in a way that made sense. He serves as the main source of healing, inspiration, and encouragement throughout the story of Frontiers, and it fits that "teddy bear" voice for him perfectly. In fact, he took it a step further and lowered his voice, which only added to this and it really worked for me.
Overall, there hasn't really been a bad voice for Sonic. While I'm with you that Smith is my least favorite of the three, I'm glad he's sticking with the character and improving his performance while the writing for him also continues to improve.
“Ben Schwartz is my favorite Sonic voice” Tells me you are probably either a new sonic fan or a young one lol
@@thefastcommenter7774r they just have an opinion on how they view the character, age doesn’t have much to do with it. That’s like me saying you only like the older Va’s because you’re old, when in all reality even kids who grew up with Roger go back and enjoy the older voices more
@thefastcommenter7774 Well, I hope you read the rest of the comment, cause that wasn't the main point, just an aside. I'm a 90s kid and was absolutely obsessed with Sonic LOL
Ben Schwartz just conveys the quintessential Sonic in his tone: pure of heart and completely sincere, as well as quick and snarky without being overly demeaning, and it's carried through his warmer tone. He doesn't get the best lines, but it doesn't matter since his voice carries most of it. Plus, he doesn't sound like any other Sonic, gets extra bonus points for that. I really like him and think he brings a lot to the character.
@thefastcommenter7774 Consider becoming theslowcommenter to avoid making stupid comments on people's opinions.
@@malcolmparker8376 I don’t take advice from monkeys.
Ryan is the best sonic voice actor, but Jason is my favorite. I have warm memories with Jason, but Ryan captivated the voice for sonic. His vocal attitude fits the character perfectly.
Why not have a tie between them?
Ryan Drummond's my favorite I liked him since I first heard him in Sonic Adventure 2.
Ryan Drummond will always be my favorite cause he sounds exactly like sonic Japanese voice actor love the authentic voice
Ryan Drummond for sure.
He was the original voice for the games and sounds the closest to Junichu. Him and the rest of the original cast was unfairly replaced b the 4kids actors around the time Shadow the Hedgehog came out.
Back then virtually no one thought Jason was better.
Jason did improve over time but he just doesnt have that same energy that Ryan has and has a weird up and down tone and puts strange emphasis on random words.
I always feel like the argument that Sonic is a kid and shouldn't sound deep has always been a little...iffy to me. Maybe classic or Adventure Sonic work as a 15 year old, but man, I always prefered him having a more deep voice. People never really understand that, while he's cocky and a little arrogant, he's one of the most compassionate and wise characters in gaming. He's always building up people aroujd him and helping them out anyway he can. And personally, I loved seeing how he developed into this. He started out with Ryan's more excitable hyped voice, to really begin mellowing out with Jason, before finally (skipping every modern game except Frontiers lol) he just sounds really mature. And i like that-
It feels like he grew up with me! And honestly, i felt kinda annoyed watching colors and stuff because it's like they forced him to be hyper and annoying again. But i liked it more when he was the way we see him in Frontiers, or even Boom/Forces was fine.
Way I see it, I /vastly/ prefer Jason and Roger to Ryan, and nothing against Ryan, I just prefer hearing what Sonic turned into more than the higher tone he used to have. Though, I still really like his older work, and even his current work too in stuff like Sonic R!
Idk, am I alone in this? I kinda stopped digging the idea that Sonic is some 15 year old kid-hero outside of the Sonic movie and older Adventure games.b
I believe the best Sonic voice depends on the age group of the players. Most older Sonic fans (like myself) will typically agree that Ryan Drummond is the best Sonic voice.
Many younger millinials and gen-z will prob opt for Jason Griffith, and children often opt for Roger Smith, as he portrayed a more silly, playful, or "childlike" Sonic.
I believe Ryan Drummond currently is the greatest Sonic voice, Jason was a good imitation, and I'd rather have him than Roger Smith. Even in Sonic Frontiers Roger Smith sounds like he has cotton balls down his throat, a bit nasily, and doesn't give Sonic a "cool" sounding voice.
If I were head honcho at SEGA, I'd tell Roger Smith he's had a great run on Sonic's voice, and find a new or returning voice to take Sonic forward in his new era. That doesn't mean I hate him personally, but he's just not what I'd be looking for in terms of the voice of Sonic. I believe whoever casted Roger Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog made a mistake. Nothing personal to him, but it just doesn't "fit" Sonic the Hedgehog.
If the long rumored Sonic Adventure remake/ 3 rumors turn out to be true, I really believe that SEGA needs to take the proper steps in securing Ryan Drummond for the role again.
That's a pretty good analogy I agree that Roger wasn't the best fit while he did do better in frontiers it still wasn't enough for me to play in English. If we were to get another voice change for Sonic I wouldn't mind Jason or Ryan putting the sneakers back on :)
If Ryan Drummond had bigger chances to play sonic in Sonic adventure 3, pretty sure for the new timeline could be truly perfect, it's like having 3 sonic's in general around era's into separate things. I'll imagine for roger Craig Smith being with boom sonic, Jason griffith being with modern sonic and Ryan Drummond being with adventure sonic
Here’s the thing guys Roger still has his original sonic voice they made him change the attitude and voice of sonic in frontiers.
@@angusyoung7668no one likes his original voice either 😂😂
@@benjoman8252 yeah they do how do. I still like roger i understand because of frontiers ruined it but hes still a good sonic voice. i do wish for jason to return as sonic and shadow again too but be aware some people still like roger and im one of them.
I always prefered Ryan. I also felt like him and David Humphrey didn't stick around long enough for us to make a fair comparison.
Kinda wish we would get to have them back, at least for a few more games.
Yeah they only did 3 mainline games and a couple of spin offs with limited lines. I'll say I really enjoyed them in adventure and even moreso in heroes even if the writing wasn't doing them and favors haha. I will say though "GET OUT YOU UGLY PROTOTYPE!" Has a special place in my heart
Jaleel White has always been the best sonic voice actor and I wish so bad he could've came back in Sonic Generations to voice classic sonic
Granted, I don't know if he could still do the voice since im pretty sure he was real young when he voiced in the cartoons, but that has always been classic sonic's voice to me.
Sonic from the OVA could've worked too.
Oh wow ive never seen someone unironically say hes the best
He actually declined when Sonic Team and Sega asked him to come back in Sonic Generations as Classic Sonic.
@@MyRoomIsAMess THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHAT???
He did turn down a classic sonic role for generations I forget the exact reasons but I'll cover it in my follow up video. I'm pretty sure he can still do his Sonic voice considering he can still do his Steve Erkel impression in the Scooby Doo crossover a few years back lol
@@revolcasad1683 That's not true. They never approached him.
Ryan is the voice of my childhood. He will always be THE sonic to me
Ryan Drummond is my favorite. He has the perfect balance of emotion and energy. His SA2 performance is the best, since he sounded fun, but still sounded serious during a serious story. I also like when he delivers the line “Sayonara, Shadow The Hedgehog…” at the end of the game. Ryan is the English equivalent of Jun’Ichi Kanemaru, you can’t deny that.
Apparently 🤓“From what it seems, the voice direction opted for having Roger give a more mature performance for Sonic, given the serious tone Frontiers presents. It definitely fits thematically, but it's still hard to get used to a more adult Sonic”🤓
i don’t mind the voice it’s just that I don’t like how sonic almost sounds like he’s shadow
Honestly since the characters are supposed to be older now it makes more sense that Roger does a more mature portrayal and I'm all for it!
@@LuxeCrux touché
Wait till you realize Roger has been using his American Ezio Auditore voice and for Frontiers, he just used his Chris Redfield voice.
Although I grew up with Ryan in Heroes, for me Jason Griffith is my all time favorite Sonic buuut, I also REALLY love Masami Kikuchi as Sonic (he’s from the OVA). Kanemaru is my 3rd favorite and Ryan is 4th.
Masami Kikuchi for me is constantly fighting Jason Griffith for my top spot. Kikuchi is the voice I original thought of when finding out Sonic was a JP character and hearing him for the first time felt awesome
My favourite is Devin Mack from sonic prime, he is a mix of all the best things from all Ryan, Jason and Roger. Like the absolute perfect mix.
Ryan was my first introduction to Sonic in the Sonic Heroes game on the classic Xbox console then I grew up with Jason in my teens and finally with Roger Craig Smith in my adulthood and all three of them have done a fantastic job of voicing Sonic in their own unique ways thanks for sharing this great video of my favorite video game character 👍❤️
Thanks for watching the video! I also agree that all 3 have earned their place :)
Jason is the only right answer
Ryan for the youthful approach, Jason for the maturity over the years, and Roger should have had his frontiers voice in colors because it felt cringe and forced( it wasn't his fault they had bad voice Direction)
Honestly, Roger in a Deep Voice was Perfectly fine. Just in case, But he's My Fav before Jason
Respect that, but the only reason I would put him at 3rd is mainly because the direction colors to forces. Love his other voice overs tho
Sonic's CD voice was the *GOAT.* Change my mind.
This is an unpopular opinion,but my favorite has to be Jaleel White.
He really gives of the energy and attitude that Sonic had in that era.
From the games,Jason Griffith and Jun'ichi Kanumaru.
I can even do impressions of Jason Griffith and Jaleel White(and some what of a Jun'ichi impression)!
Ryan has a "look at me I'm cool" voice, Jason has a voice that sounds out place for Sonic and Roger just make Sonic sound like he went through puberty 4 times.
Jason Griffith was always my favorite and y’all can’t change my mind
This video is very cool :) keep it up Mr. Luxe Crux
I grew up with Sonic, having been born in 1990 and my favorite VA for the Blue Blur is Roger, hands down. There's just something so captivating about his portrayal. And while I agree he doesn't exactly sound like a teenager, neither do Ryan or Jason's versions imo.
THANK YOU. I understand some teenage boys do sound like adults but for a usual teenage boy’s voice the only adult official Sonic VA that sounds the closest to it imo is Deven Mack. That’s mostly because he reminds me of my classmates at high school, but I think he sounds like an actual child compared to even Ben as Movie!Sonic. Deven just has that soft but harsh youthfulness and energy to his Sonic voice.
Every other VA sound like Sonic’s a very energetic 20 to 30 year old for most the most part.
I still enjoy all of their takes on the character. Them not sounding like a teenager doesn’t make them any less Sonic. You don’t have to sound like a teenager to be a GREAT Sonic. As long as it sticks to his core voice (which all of these VAs do in some capacity imo) should be all that matters. Sorry, for the long tangent. 😅
Jason Griffith is just the goat to me. His voice was just perfect for sonic
AYO love your videos dawg never thought I'd see you in the comment section of one of my videos haha. Also you right ain't no one beating him in the games!
@@LuxeCrux Aye thanks dude! Also this was a great video, you should definitely try make more.
Will do! Working on a video of 100 percenting all of the mainline games so stay tuned :)
Roger is really good but he got even better in frontiers if you guys check frontiers he sound so good but i love all of the sonic voices equally including Japanese
Agreed
@@playerback7722yeah
He just made his voice deeper what’s so good about it???💀
@@john_negs7720 well cause before people hated him but now people like his new voice
@@jboyathegamer still ass he just has a deeper voice what’s so amazing about it??💀
Of course a weirdass like me would realize that that little "ping" in your intro is the Mega Collection Plus game unlock chime lmao, with it being my favorite childhood game and all
Nah that just makes you cool haha you're the first person that's noticed actually :)
I've known Sonic for 20 years at this point, and all I can say is that I've never had any other lines that live in my head rent-free more than:
"I'll make you eat those words!"
"What you see is what you get, just a guy who loves adventure. I'm SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!"
"Way to go, Knucklehead!"
"You're gonna crash! AAAAAH! 😨"
"Woah... He's FAST! Hey, it's not his speed, he must be using the Chaos emerald to warp!"
It might be a nostalgia thing, but Ryan will forever be the goat when it comes to the games to me.
My favorite HAS to be Roger Craig Smith. He did the best voice for Sonic. Especially in Sonic Frontiers where Sonic sound a bit older.
Glad to see someone liking Roger
All of them are fantastic, but Junichi just IS Sonic in my eyes. Nobody can do Sonic justice like he can.
What can I say you spit nothing but facts Junichi's the goat 🗣🗣🗣
Jason gave so much character in Sonic’s voice, especially in unleash. It’s small remarks that he makes sonic say when dashing or completing a quick time event that made me wish he would come back
Junichi. He's the OG Sonic, has voiced him since Adventure, and knows the character best.
During the production of Wreck it Ralph, Junichi actually gave them pointers on Sonic's character. "He wouldn't say this, he would be more like this."
Roger’s take in Sonic Frontiers sounds like he’s trying to do Jason’s voice, and I like that!
He sounded nothing like Jason to me, it's just deeper than usual
@@ayrtonjoga Roger is peak 🥱
@@ayrtonjoga nope, he sounds natural very less deeper so close to Jason but he's not like imitating Jason griffith all the time, that'll be annoying af, after all he's a appreciated VA for sonic
I enjoy what he went for in frontiers a lot!
In my opinion, I feel like the deep voice. Roger was doing for sonic was just forced and just sounded off
In my eyes Jason was and always will be the sonic but I really like rogers performance especially for boom sonic
this is gonna sound really silly but i genuinely really appreciate you bringing up sonic being a teenager in the video. roger seems like a great guy but like you said, he voices him as if he’s a grown man. i think the sonic fandom really is good at forgetting that sonic is a 15 year old boy, and everyone around him is also pretty young or even younger.
i practically agree with every point you made though, awesome video :3
Jason has to be one of my favourites the first sonic game i ever learned about was him voicing sonic and has been my child hood sonic and the voice i always try to replicate when i try to sound like sonic
Imagine if actors from Sonic Prime started voicing the characters in the video games
Please no tails and knuckles ok cuz they (i think) has the va's from the games but Sonic? Nah nah nah his Voice is sick but will never fit the games's atmosphere
I don't think if might work but it's stated the Canadian by laws, either way I would like to see Ian hanlin to voice shadow in games cause he fits perfect along with Jason
Of the game voices, Roger Craig Smith is my favourite.
Jason Griffith is my least favourite, he got better in Unleashed and Black Knight (i.e right at the end of his tenure) but for most of his run his performance just sounded hella forced to me.
Jason Griffith.
He's the best voice actor as I believe he truly fits Sonic.
While Ryan is perfect in portraying the energetic side of Sonic, Jason's sonic voice covers everything else, such as Sonic's sombre/mellowed out side, and emotional side of Sonic.
Jason's take to Sonic has more to often and his voice the best to hear of the bunch.
No idea why they randomly dropped Jason when he perfected the Sonic voice in Unleashed/Black Knight.
I liked all the voice actors they all did good
I gotta thank Roger Craig Smith, actually, if not for him, I would've never been inspired to play my Sonic Games in Japanese, and realize the Peak Sonic VA that is Junichi Kagemaru.
All jokes aside, in terms of English VA's, For me, it's a Tie between J Griff, and Ryan Drummond, since I grew up with both.
That's exactly how I got exposed to Junichi lmao
@@LuxeCrux lmao, nice 🤣👌
Hey I wanna ask a question what’s your opinion on the sonic movies voice actor Ben Schwartz also I grew up with roger but my favorite is Jason I just love his energy.
I was gonna make a follow-up on this video eventually covering Sonic's voice actors in other media but I'll spoil it a bit and say Ben does a great job! I grew up watching shows with other characters he's voiced and I say he was a good choice for the movies because Sonic's portrayed a lot younger :)
@@LuxeCrux agreed thank you for answering my question
I grew up with Sonic the hedgehog too, the one I grew up with is the Jason Griffith voice and the Roger Craig Smith voice, and I became a fan since 2010 so I heard Jason Griffith voice first before Roger.
All of them are good, no questions
Ryan laid the foundation for how Sonic should sound like
Jason masters how Sonic should sound like
Roger, while being the weakest of the trio, definitely fits, and does something new with the character
Ryan Drummond: Cocky and cool attitude
Jason Griffith: A bit more mature version of Ryan Drummond
Roger craig smith: hyperactive annoying teenager and "haha look im cool guys hahah youre such a baldy" type of impression
Jason Griffith, only one that makes sonic have a deep voice (with the exception of frontiers)
Really? Upon revisiting, Jason Griffith’s voice sounds the youngest of the three. And his voice was pretty high pitched most of the time.
@@paulgilbert5278Super Sonic's voice is deeper in Riders 1 & 2 but also sickly especially when he pulls off a trick and shouts "Yes!".
@@artistanthony1007 Yeah I guess Jason's Sonic was a bit nasal sounding as if he had a cold
Ryan was the first that made me love Sonic. Sonic Heroes was the first game I've owned, and I liked the dialogue. In fact, he actually helped Emi Jones work on the Sonic and Tails R audio series. People that love Ryan will definitely enjoy hearing his Sonic voice again there.
Jason is still my favorite of the three. He's the prominent Sonic voice for me as I grew up with Sonic X and the games. 2008 was the year that made people love Jason even more after how he made Sonic sound in Unleashed.
Roger grew on me. I actually enjoyed his portrayal in Free Riders and Generations. But when Frontiers came, that's when he made me enjoy his take on Sonic even more with the change of voice direction.
Overall, all three of them are amazing voice actors and most of us are wanting a Sonic-verse to happen, whether it becomes and actual game or all 3 of them meeting up and say their iconic quotes in their Sonic voices
If you have played Frontiers DLC 3, you may notice that during the cannon where Eggman is about to shoot Sonic to the End, Junichi is screaming so loud and his voice is awesome to make me feel that Sonic has to take so much pain in order to defeat an enemy. Which, in English version, the scene has given me vibes but not enough compared to Japanese version. I would say that those screams in Japanese may be added Junichi himself instead of the writer's request. Sometimes Japanese anime dialogues have extra content that voice actors can think of and in addition, portray his thoughts into the characters, instead of being asked to do so.
I grew up with Roger but i prefer Jason
"That's just a whole lot stupidity for me" not as much your concern that Sonic is 15? Who cares. I am so glad Sega dropped the whole age aspect cause that will never be a valid criticism to me for Sonic's voice cause news flash he's NEVER sounded like a 15 teen year old. He has always sound like some dude voicing a character now someone I would pass by when I was in high-school. I mean Jotaro was 17 in part 3 of JoJo but NEVER once I heard someone use that as a critique towards his voice and either language. I hope people stop trying to use the fact that Sonic is 15 in terms of judgment for the voice he hasn't EVER sounded like a teenager. Period.
Imo he sounded like a teen to me and that's how he was always advertised even in the manual. I do think it was a good idea for them to not worry about age now it just kind of seems like everyone's aged up. I just thought it was a weird choice that they wanted to make sonic sound older even though he's still 15 in the canon.
I can't argue with sonic's age of 15 just because sega of Japan remove characters ages, that's why roger voice sonic sounds different in frontiers
Aint going to lie i never noticed a voice change after ryans perfiance as sonic but his voice fits so well i think the obly time roger shines is i cant believe this SONIC BOOM😨😱
I grew up playing all the games that Jason played sonic in, and he was my first exposure to Sonic's voice. Needless to say, after just completing sonic unleashed I was very excited to play the at the time upcoming sonic colors. when I finally did play sonic colors the one thing that 10 year old me found jarring and dissapointing was the fact that Sonic's voice for the last 8+ years had changed. Roger Smiths voice did grown on me eventually but till this day I think Jason did the best Sonic voice
For me- Roger Craig is Sonic's definitive voice. I just love his tone that he brings to Sonic. Whenever I picture Sonic in my mind, that's who I always hear.
Best Sonic voice is Junichi Kanemaru
YES SIR 🗣🗣🗣
Roger for me dawg, bro is the goat!
Like how chill and laid back he is, and I’m just gonna say it, when the script is good he’s easily the best out of the three,
People pick nostalgia over anything it’s like, I know you like unleashed and sonic X, but come on
My first sonic voice was Ryan Drummond, but I gotta give it to Jason Griffith. To this day when I imagine Sonic talking, it's in Jason Griffith's voice. I wish he could have been Sonic (and Shadow) forever.
Ryan Drummond is my favorite voice for Sonic.
Of course it's Jehht, come on
Lol
This is correct.
Yeah, he’s a perfect balance of Ryan and Jason lol.
Jason Griffeth, and you can do nothing to change my mind. This was made before the video started btw.
as a kid i personally never noticed more than one guy voiced sonic until someone blurted out multiple names in vr chat when i did my Roger Craig impression
i love roger`s take on frontiers and i hope it becames his new voice
and i have the theory that roger was going to retire from the role because frontiers and his new direction but then he did the audition changing the voice to match the tone with help of the voice direction and they liked it so he stayed
Roger Craig Smith is my favorite.
i like the changes in voice it feels like Sonic himself is growing and getting older as the series goes on
The actor from sonic schoolhouse is obviously the best.
REAL I totally should've put her in this video lmao
Roger Craig Smith was a legend for sonic, i think he's the best sonic, i know Jason griffith was the best as well cause both are my favorites however giving a second chance to roger cause he's been given too much crap written by pontac Graff and Warren which it fits modern sonic voice way better outside the games like wreck it Ralph movies, Ok K.O let's be heroes, lego dimensions and especially sonic boom tv show, don't get me wrong, i like roger but he did incredible job in sonic frontiers, but my complaint was that Roger's voice of sonic in frontiers gets way deeper but it can't be much worse, i just wish roger could handle his voice a balance of sonic's voice used to be, he'll be doing great at work just like Jason griffith does
Super late reply but I agree that Roger had a better voice for sonic outside of the games lol I think his performance in frontiers was great and gave me a new respect for him. It's jarring to hear the deeper voice but sonic team and Ian Flynn seem to want to age up the characters a bit since they mention previous games and want to show some sort of progression.
I agree, so we could accept that roger might be the best one around the decade after he did in sonic frontiers
Jason Griffith is my favorite sonic voice, I grew up hearing him as Sonic and was the first game I’ve played that had a voice cast for Sonic, any time I think of Sonic’s voice it’s mostly him… or Roger, but I like Jason best!
Hot take, but my favorite will always be Ryan, he just screams early 2000s, it's amazing, it wasn't great in the first SA, but SA2 is the one where his duologue combined with his voice was just perfect, maybe I have bias because I grew up on the second game, but I still love it
Personally, I think Jaleel White has the best Sonic voice, but if I had to go off of the games... I would say Ryan Drummond is the best (and so is Junichi, actually).
Ryan is still my fav.
2000s Sonic was a VIBE
You HAD to be there
ryan and jason are my fave
they are so iconic
My favorites are personally Ryan and Roger. I was also born in 2001 and I was basically introduced to Sonic as Jason was stepping down and Roger was coming in. I was exposed to all three at around the same time.
With Ryan, I just thought he nailed the adventurous teenage energy that Sonic should have. The voice was young but still cool sounding. It’s an instantly recognizable voice and I feel was able to take the most advantage of his games’ limited direction.
Jason is great but I honestly find a bit overrated nowadays. I mostly say that because people tend to call him the perfect voice for Sonic when there are some things I personally dislike. Personally, due to the amount of up inflections he tends to do as the character as well as me associating his Sonic with some of the moments I find cringy that he had to do in 06 and Secret Rings, I sometimes find his Sonic lacking the cool factor I feel the character should have. However, on the other side of that, Griffith’s voice is very unique to Sonic. You hear it once and you can tell it’s his version of Sonic. In addition to that, imagining Ryan and Roger doing some of the things like Darkspine Sonic and the Werehog would just seem wrong. Griffith owns the stories told and the forms used with his version. Also, giving Super Sonic a slightly different voice was a stroke of genius.
And finally we have Roger. I feel a sort of connection to him in my journey since I became a Sonic fan in 2011 which was when he was first starting out. I got yo experience his growth as the character as I grew my love for his world. My first impression of him was that he just had a cool sounding voice. It was often pretty still that the most deep and mature Sonic voice was saying some of the most childish dialogue the character has spoken. However, I never blamed Roger for that. I always saw potential in his Sonic, as well as the rest of the modern voice cast. That’s probably why I sort of favor him over Griffith. It’s sort of defense mechanism I developed since people would trash on Roger just to uplift Jason. I like both takes but Roger’s voice has always left an impression on me, even when he sounds off. My love for Roger definitely increased with the Sonic Boom TV show because that show allowed him to show his range. Roger is a damn good actor and when given a chance, he is sometimes the most natural Sonic has sounded to me.
Those are my thoughts anyway.
Roger Craig is honestly the best sonic voice. The rest of the sonic voice acting sounds incredibly annoying and not professional. Roger does a really good job at making sonic sound human and not like a text to speech.
CZcams algorithm recommended me this video just because I'm on a Sonic watch binge, and I have to hand it to every voice of Sonic--I appreciate most of them. Even Martian Bruke--the VA for the Sonic OVA that I watch every now and then. Love that OVA. So in terms of my taste? Yeah. Jun'ichi is definitely my favorite Sonic of all-time. He's the reason I never have a bad time swapping English VA to Japanese for any of my video games. He's consistent, and he captures the meaning of Sonic's emotions and the overall delivery to me. Jason as a VA is definitely impressive because of his role impact of playing both Sonic and Shadow. But I grew up with Ryan, so I could say it's a tie.
I actually grew up with Jason since I watched sonic x and watched people play a lot of the games he voiced sonic in
I’m going to get killed for this, but Jason Griffith is honestly my least favorite Sonic out of the 3; it just doesn’t CLICK for me the same way the other 2 do (he still does amazing, just not how I’d see Sonic). With that said, Ryan Drummond is definitely my favorite. He sells the cocky 90’s teenager vibe SO WELL that I can’t help but refer to him as THE Sonic. As for Roger, I am most familiar with him thanks to Smash and the Sonic games I’ve played; he gives off the same energy as Ryan, but he doesn’t do it as well. (I’m not counting Jun’ichi since I’m not familiar with him)