darkSpyro

I went to Skylanders.com, and most of the voices for the characters sound the same. Are these preliminary just to hear the catchphrase, or are they real? If so, I am very dissapointed.

so much this

i dont hear the voices at all!

nor do i want to
i want to find out myself, but i do know fire krakens, he sounds pretty epic

Yep. They stink. All the ones I heard sounded like "generic male heroic". I mean, back when, I thought Free Ranger's voice sucked because it was so generic- you can imagine how upset I am that so many of them have similar voices to him! The new voices are technically fine- but lack soul!

ok, so here is my first inpression of the voices


blastzone-sounds like ignitor
fire kraken- Original, he reminds me of a youtube vid with a crazy reshiram in it
fryno- ugh, too unoriginal
smoulderdash- she sounds like sonicboom in my opinion
freezeblade- hmm, i think he sounds like jet vac
punk shock- sounds like she belongs on the farm
riptide- nah, terrafin voice
doom stone- boring voice, not Original
rubble rouser- aka fire kraken but less cool
scorp- terrafin again
slobbertooth- TERRAFIN AGAIN!


~going to point something out here~
stealth elf- sounds stronger then the first editions, hmmm


stink bomb- jet vac look alike
bumble blast- wow, this one fits well, nice
boom jet- huh, is this realy his voice?
zou lou- I LOVE HIS VOICE wow, realy nice done!
free ranger- i like the echo, but thats it realy
pop thorn- i loved him more wen he had a wreckingball voice....
scratch- flashwing look alike but that accent makes it good
megna charge- i tought he had a robot voice, well he doenst
spy rise- too much like all the otthers
countdown- nah, its ok, but not the best
wind up- countdowns brother calling it now
hoot loop- brittan accent, i dont like this
trap shadow- unoriginal!
cant heard dune bug's vice
cant hear star strike's voice too
night shift- terrafin!!!!
rattel shake- not even a sliss????
grim creeper- i had something better in mind
roller brawl- nah, sonic boom


concusion: more then 50% sounds like terrafin
20% sounds like sonic boom and the rest isnt great either

Countdown and Wind Up sound like geeks. But I think some of these are fake. Magna Charge does not sound like Magna Charge in the Skylander boy and girl vids. The only one I like is Doom Stone. All the others are blah.

Pretty much all the female voices sound the same to me.

hoot loop shoul sound more like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_muVtps80
Popthorn I execting him with a cute purring voice like that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0UMvankBM

I thought pop thorn would sound like WB.

I am disappointed with the voices as well. Too generic, I really hope they aren't official. Magna Charge's really scares me. It's so... Weird. Cheesy. Not robotic or cool.

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Yep. They stink. All the ones I heard sounded like "generic male heroic". I mean, back when, I thought Free Ranger's voice sucked because it was so generic- you can imagine how upset I am that so many of them have similar voices to him! The new voices are technically fine- but lack soul!

I thought it was just me; glad I'm not alone. In fact, if you close your eyes and hear some of them, they sound like a pitch from a salesguy on one of those late night 30 minute infomercials. No joke.

Did they obtain any talent for these...not sure, but something went wrong in the process (in my humble opinion). It does actually all blend together (and frankly so do the character designs). Good thing the swapping mechanic saves most of this but aesthetically not as good as it should be.

I can actually understand and appreciate them using the previous voices for the older characters for consistency...however (as I previously noted)--it would be NICE if they could get the same actors and get a bank of voices to use on future games so we don't get THE EXACT SAME thing. I can understand it this time however because of the hi-def remodels. But then again--it might be as simple as Activision not wanting to pay for new content.

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Countdown and Wind Up sound like geeks.

They do, and I'm sure that was the intent. Countdown's actually sounds pretty decent and when I look at the face I say to myself "By George, I think they nailed it!". That's definitely the exception.

In general, I'm sure Activision is going to be interested to see these comments. I hope they are anyway. Maybe they took a short cut this time with the voice overs...

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Yep. They stink. All the ones I heard sounded like "generic male heroic". I mean, back when, I thought Free Ranger's voice sucked because it was so generic- you can imagine how upset I am that so many of them have similar voices to him! The new voices are technically fine- but lack soul!

I thought it was just me; glad I'm not alone. In fact, if you close your eyes and hear some of them, they sound like a pitch from a salesguy on one of those late night 30 minute infomercials. No joke.

Did they obtain any talent for these...not sure, but something went wrong in the process (in my humble opinion). It does actually all blend together (and frankly so do the character designs). Good thing the swapping mechanic saves most of this but aesthetically not as good as it should be.

I can actually understand and appreciate them using the previous voices for the older characters for consistency...however (as I previously noted)--it would be NICE if they could get the same actors and get a bank of voices to use on future games so we don't get THE EXACT SAME thing. I can understand it this time however because of the hi-def remodels. But then again--it might be as simple as Activision not wanting to pay for new content.

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Countdown and Wind Up sound like geeks.

They do, and I'm sure that was the intent. Countdown's actually sounds pretty decent and when I look at the face I say to myself "By George, I think they nailed it!". That's definitely the exception.

In general, I'm sure Activision is going to be interested to see these comments. I hope they are anyway. Maybe they took a short cut this time with the voice overs...

I still think some are preliminary... Magna Charge sounds diff. online then on the Skylander Boy and Girl vids.

Gosh, they don't typically do website updates multiple times during a franchise...so I'm guessing these are possibly final. It's not like they don't have the final product by now.

But, to your point, man do these sound "off".

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Yep. They stink. All the ones I heard sounded like "generic male heroic". I mean, back when, I thought Free Ranger's voice sucked because it was so generic- you can imagine how upset I am that so many of them have similar voices to him! The new voices are technically fine- but lack soul!

I thought it was just me; glad I'm not alone. In fact, if you close your eyes and hear some of them, they sound like a pitch from a salesguy on one of those late night 30 minute infomercials. No joke.

Did they obtain any talent for these...not sure, but something went wrong in the process (in my humble opinion). It does actually all blend together (and frankly so do the character designs). Good thing the swapping mechanic saves most of this but aesthetically not as good as it should be.

I can actually understand and appreciate them using the previous voices for the older characters for consistency...however (as I previously noted)--it would be NICE if they could get the same actors and get a bank of voices to use on future games so we don't get THE EXACT SAME thing. I can understand it this time however because of the hi-def remodels. But then again--it might be as simple as Activision not wanting to pay for new content.

Quote: THGold

Countdown and Wind Up sound like geeks.

They do, and I'm sure that was the intent. Countdown's actually sounds pretty decent and when I look at the face I say to myself "By George, I think they nailed it!". That's definitely the exception.

In general, I'm sure Activision is going to be interested to see these comments. I hope they are anyway. Maybe they took a short cut this time with the voice overs...

more like a redneck to me

I don't think these match in game voices...

I like 90% of them. No one sounds the same to me. And no Ninjask, Scorp and Slobber Tooth dont sound like Terrafin in any way.
The only one is Scratch, and she sound like Sonic Boom mixed with Cynder.

I love the voices of Riptide, Fire Kraken and Smolderdash, she got Azula's voice .
Very suprised of Pop Thorn's voice but I love how he pronouces his Catchphrase.

Am I the only one who cant listen to Star Strike??

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I like 90% of them. No one sounds the same to me. And no Ninjask, Scorp and Slobber Tooth dont sound like Terrafin in any way.
The only one is Scratch, and she sound like Sonic Boom mixed with Cynder.

I love the voices of Riptide, Fire Kraken and Smolderdash, she got Azula's voice .
Very suprised of Pop Thorn's voice but I love how he pronouces his Catchphrase.

Am I the only one who cant listen to Star Strike??

No Star Strike and Dune Bug are unavailable to everyone.

^ Oh snap. That sux.

That's why I think some are fake.

Boom jet sounds like he's voiced by Roger Craig Smith to me... SONIC AS A SKYLANDER! IT CAME TRUE!

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Boom jet sounds like he's voiced by Roger Craig Smith to me... SONIC AS A SKYLANDER! IT CAME TRUE!

YYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

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Boom jet sounds like he's voiced by Roger Craig Smith to me... SONIC AS A SKYLANDER! IT CAME TRUE!

YYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

My favorite video game characters voice actor is now voicing one of the two swap landers I hate (other is rubble Rouser).

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I might just buy him now.

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Boom jet sounds like he's voiced by Roger Craig Smith to me... SONIC AS A SKYLANDER! IT CAME TRUE!

YYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

My favorite video game characters voice actor is now voicing one of the two swap landers I hate (other is rubble Rouser).

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I might just buy him now.

Do you have any intel on who is voicing what? Links appreciated.

In all honesty, the voice acting in Spyro's Adventure was mostly good, but it seemed to have taken a hit in Giants. I guess Swap Force isn't much better.

^ Wait, you understood all of the character uttering and mumbling?

I just heard Fire Kraken's voice- I appreciate how original and unexpected it is, but...

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHA IT SOUNDS LIKE MEGA MAN FROM CAPTAIN N!

calling it now, Fire's voice actor is Doug Parker

How do you hear the voices

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How do you hear the voices

When you view a Skylander's page, there should be a button next to their catchphrase.

Pop thorn could of had a cuter voice.... Im very sad, wreckingballs voice is much better

I do not know if this is a mistake or what but take a look at both enchanted hoot loop stats and normal here:http://www.skylanders.com/char...anted-hoot-loop http://www.skylanders.com/characters/hoot-loop
THEY ARE DIFFERENT.

I like them

I'm starting to actually like Magna Charge's. It's at least attempting to be different from most of the others, and he has a nice British accent like Rider did, just not as annoyingly Up To Eleven and much more subtly. Kaos' mum should invite him over for a sip. It does feel a bit emotionless, however. Maybe I can just let that slide since he's a robot, or something.
I like Fire Kraken's now because I can't help but think of Nostalgia Critic's Captain N review when I hear it. It also conveys emotion much better than 99% of the new character voices.

I still haven't warmed up to the following ones, though: Free Ranger, Boom Jet, Pop Thorn, Scratch, Stink Bomb, Grilla Drilla, Bumble Blast, Zoo Lou, Night Shift, Rattle Shake, Roller Brawl, Grim Creeper, Doom Stone, Rubble Rouser, Slobber Tooth, Scorp, ... so yeah... Basically all of them >.>

Boom Jet's was especially disappointing because I am looking forward to him so much- thought they would do something more interesting with his voice. Oh well.
I like how they tried something different with Zoo Lou's voice, but I just don't think it suits him. It's kind of jarring.
And I don't like Countdown and Wind Up's at all. They just feel... Stale. They don't feel enthusiastic. It's like they're trying to get enthusiastic and doing a decent job at facading it, but you can just tell that they don't mean it. And I don't think the voice choices were great.
I expected Hoot Loop's to sound a bit more "wild" as well, after the original little bit of voice acting we got of him during gameplay which weaved high and low pitches well. His is also a little different from the majority of the Swappers, I'll give it that.

i love fire krakens voice!

ewww.... countdown and wind up... at least rattle shake's voice is kinda cool

I feel like Blast Zone sounds like Lightning Rod ALOT!!!!!

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^ Wait, you understood all of the character uttering and mumbling?

No, but it fit the characters.

I dont know if anyones mentioned this but, grim creeper= Oculus

I was expecting some deep, burly voice, like Terrafin, for Countdown.

Spy Rise sounds like the main action hero to one of those classic, cheesy comedy spy movies. I love it.

Doom Stone is a bit more diverse of the two. I was expecting some sort of medieval knight voice, but I guess Chop Chop and Blast Zone take that.

Night Shift is pretty much perfect.

Countdown looks like a goof to me...I think they got it right.

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I dont know if anyones mentioned this but, grim creeper= Oculus

That's exactly what I've been saying. I mean it's not like Grim Creeper sounds a little bit like Occulus, he's spot on Occulus no change in the voice whatsoever. I was really hoping for a unique voice for my favorite character and am kind of worried how Dune Bug will sound like. At least the voice goes with him as I will admit this voice might as well been his from the start, but yeah it works.

Fire Krakens voice is the most....different in my opinion

Well, I was right. Magna Charge was preliminary. And I like Star Strike's.

Voices repeating me
'Feeling threatened?
We reflect your hopes and fears.'
Voices discussing me
'Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
within your mind.'

Rattle Shake is hilariously ironic to me, in a good way. I mean, I follow five franchises, two of which have characters who use snaketalk. One of them is a Sea Serpent, and the other is a Komodo Dragon, of all things. Having the one actual snake not have snaketalk and instead have a refined Spanish-Mexican accent? That's some fine subversion.

The only reason the voice is inferior is because his voice actor also voices one of my absolute favourite characters ever right now, so he just got unlucky.

i love night shift voice and also magna charge he sounds magnetic ouo
and grim creeper voice ouo

After playing the game, I don't like the voices a lot. Some of them are just nap inducingly generic. I'll live with it... But they aren't as goofy or cool as the last games to me, which is really disappointing, it makes the characters less interesting if they have a boring voice. I will say though, I do really love Zoo Lou's voice, and Star Strike's voice is cool too.

Also, umm... Don't hate me, but... In particular, Mesmerelda's singing voice just... Something is off. It just doesn't feel "strong enough", feels a little too "frail", IMO.

Ironically, I think most of the NPC voices are better than the last two games. I can't remember one (besides Mesmerelda, as I said) that I didn't really like. Well, besides Rufus, but that's because I've heard him greet my landers so many times that I now hate him down to his name, rather than him having a bad voice.

Magna charge sounds exactly like the arkeyan weapon master to me, i like it

Boom Jet is my favorite swapper, but I just hate his voice...

^ Me agrees...