History TheOtherDarrin / VideoGames

** Creator/SusanDalian replaces Catherine Disher as ComicBook/{{Storm}}.

* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' features some characters change voice actors from the first game, including Creator/SteveBlum replacing Creator/AdamBaldwin as [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]], and Creator/ScottPorter and Creator/TaliesinJaffe replacing Creator/NealMcDonough in the respective roles of [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] and [[Comicbook/TheFlash Barry Allen]].

** ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'': Because of the lengthy SequelGap, when the game was finally greenlit, most of the voice actors from the second game (and the remaining actors from the first game) were replaced with actors from Marvel's more recent animated and video game productions. The only exceptions were Steve Blum as Wolverine and Venom, Brian Bloom as Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and Fred Tatasciore as the Hulk. Examples include:
*** Creator/BrianBloom replaces Creator/DavidKaye as Comicbook/CaptainAmerica.
*** Creator/YuriLowenthal replaces Creator/BenDiskin as Comicbook/SpiderMan.
*** Creator/EricLoomis replaces Creator/CrispinFreeman as Comicbook/IronMan.
*** Creator/JamesCMathisIII replaces Creator/KharyPayton as both Comicbook/BlackPanther ''and'' Comicbook/LukeCage.
*** Creator/RickDWasserman replaces Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} as [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
*** Creator/EricaLindbeck replaces April Stewart as Comicbook/CarolDanvers.
*** Creator/JasonSpisak replaces Larry Cedar as Comicbook/{{Loki}}.
*** Creator/TomKane replaces Phil Proctor as Comicbook/{{Magneto}}.
*** Creator/ScottPorter replaces Zach Hanks as Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}.
*** Creator/MaraJunot replaces Creator/DawnnLewis as Comicbook/{{Storm}}.
*** Imari Williams replaces Khary Payton as Comicbook/{{Blade}}.
*** Creator/JohnEricBentley replaces Creator/DavidKaye as Comicbook/NickFury.
*** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch replaces Peter Dobson as Comicbook/IronFist.
*** Creator/NolanNorth replaces John Kassir as Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}.
*** Creator/SteveBlum replaces Creator/ArminShimerman as [[Comicbook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin]].

*** Creator/MauriceLaMarche replaces Clive Revill as Comicbook/DoctorDoom.

** Creator/SteveBlum replaces Creator/CalDodd as Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}.
** Creator/BrianBloom replaces Cal Dodd as Comicbook/CaptainAmerica.
** Creator/JoshKeaton replaces Patrick Chilvers as Comicbook/SpiderMan.
** Creator/EricLoomis replaces Chris Britton as Comicbook/IronMan.
** Creator/FredTatasciore replaces Andrew Jackson as Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk.
** Creator/SusanDalian replaces Catherine Disher as Comicbook/{{Storm}}.
** Creator/TomKane replaces Lorne Kennedy as Comicbook/{{Magneto}}.

*** Creator/AshlyBurch replaces Creator/LauraBailey as [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]]. Interestingly, Bailey does still voice a playable character in the game: Comicbook/BlackWidow.
*** Creator/TravisWillingham replaces Creator/RickDWasserman as [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
*** Creator/LiamOBrien replaces Creator/RickPasqualone as Comicbook/DoctorStrange.
*** Creator/TrevorDevall replaces Creator/GregEllis as Comicbook/RocketRaccoon.

*** Creator/FredTatasciore replaces Richard Grieco as Comicbook/GhostRider.
*** Creator/BenDiskin replaces Creator/TroyBaker as Comicbook/{{Nova}}.
*** Creator/IsaacCSingletonJr replaces Andrew Jackson as Comicbook/{{Thanos}}.
*** Creator/AndrewMorgado replaces Creator/RodWilson as Comicbook/{{Venom}}.

* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'': Comicbook/{{Magneto}} and Comicbook/{{Colossus}} lose their well-known voice actors (Creator/TonyJay and Earl Boen) for the sequels, in which they were replaced by Richard Green and Creator/JimWard respectively. Cyclops and Pyro (both voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes) were also recast so Creator/JoshKeaton and John Kassir took his roles.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'', Ulala was the only major returning character to keep the same (English) voice actor (besides [[Music/MichaelJackson Space Michael]]).

** Starting with ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''[[VideoGameRemake Persona 4 Golden]]'', Creator/ErinFitzgerald voices Chie Satonaka in place of Tracey Rooney, the latter played her in the original English dub of ''VideoGame/Persona4''. Creator/SamRiegel also took over for Creator/DaveWittenberg's Teddie.

** In the second half of ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Kanji Tatsumi's English lines are done by Creator/MatthewMercer, since Creator/TroyBaker was on honeymoon. Baker reprised the role for ''Golden'' and ''Arena'', but starting with ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'', Matt was chosen to reprise as Kanji instead, as Baker had become a unionized voice actor (Wittenberg did not return to play Teddie for the same reason).

** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', Ken Amada was voiced by an unknown VA; for ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' and ''Q'', he is instead played by Creator/CindyRobinson, who also voiced [[RobotGirl Labrys]] from the ''Arena'' games. Also changed for ''Ultimax'' and ''Q'' were Margaret (Creator/MarishaRay replacing Michelle Ann Dunphy, the latter being unavailable to record) and Theodore (while Creator/TravisWillingham would reprise as Theodore for ''Ultimax'', Creator/BrycePapenbrook replaced him in ''Q'').

** Igor, the mysterious proprietor of the Velvet Room, had a reduced presence in the ''Persona 3'' and ''4'' spinoffs due to the death of his original Japanese VA, Isamu Tanonaka. His lines in the anime adaptations and the ''Arena'' spin-offs are recycled, with the Velvet Siblings taking up most of his role instead. They finally got a replacement voice actor, Masane Tsukayama, just in time for ''VideoGame/Persona5''. [[spoiler:This is actually a plot point. Tsukayama actually voices ''Yaldabaoth posing as Igor'', and this trope is invoked by the game to draw away suspicion from him. The real Igor still uses recycled lines.]] In the English version, Creator/DanWoren is replaced by Creator/{{David Lodge|AmericanActor}}. [[spoiler:Double subverted when it turns out Lodge's Igor is an impostor, but the real Igor is voiced by a ''third'' guy, Creator/KirkThornton.]]

*** Chihiro Fushimi has a new voice actor in both Japanese and English dubs for ''Reload''. In Japanese, she was previously portrayed by Creator/AiMaeda, with Creator/AyaEndo playing her in ''Reload''. The English dub of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' had her as a cameo, played by Creator/WendeeLee (in the anime adaptation, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris plays Fushimi in Episode 15). ''Reload'' has her played by Creator/KellyBaskin instead of either actor.

*** After Isamu Tanonaka's passing in 2010, [[ActorExistenceLimbo Igor had been played]] using [[FakeShemp Tanonaka's archived recordings]] of the character. ''Persona 3 Reload'' has a brand-new voice actor for Igor, Creator/BinShimada. This is also a different actor than the one used in ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX'', Creator/HochuOtsuka. In the English dub, Creator/KirkThornton (reprising from ''Persona 5'') replaces both Creator/DanWoren (original ''Persona 3'' release) and Creator/VicMignogna (''Persona 4: Arena Ultimax'') as Igor's dub actor for ''Reload''.

** For ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''[[VideoGameRemake Persona 4 Golden]]'', Creator/ErinFitzgerald voices Chie Satonaka in place of Tracey Rooney, who played her in the original English dub of ''VideoGame/Persona4''. Creator/SamRiegel also took over for Creator/DaveWittenberg's Teddie.

** In the second half of ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Kanji Tatsumi's English lines are done by Creator/MatthewMercer, since Creator/TroyBaker was on honeymoon. Baker reprised the role for ''Golden'' and ''Arena'', but in the [[VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth next Persona]] [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena installments]], Matt was chosen to reprise Kanji instead, as Baker had become a unionized voice actor (Wittenberg did not return to play Teddie for the same reason).
** Naoto was voiced by Creator/AnnaGraves in ''4'', ''Golden'', and the original ''Arena''; it was changed to Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn for the anime, and for the second ''Arena'' game and ''Persona Q,'' it changed again to Valerie Arem.
** Due to scheduling conflicts, Creator/AshlyBurch took over as Rise in ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' for Creator/LauraBailey. At this point, the entire Investigation Team has been Darrin'd with three exceptions: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (Yu), Creator/YuriLowenthal (Yosuke), and Creator/AmandaWinnLee (Yukiko) are the only returning dub voices for the Investigation Team.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', Ken Amada was voiced by an unknown VA; for ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' and ''Q'', he is instead played by Creator/CindyRobinson, who also voiced [[RobotGirl Labrys]] from the ''Arena'' games. Also changed for ''Ultimax'' and ''Q'' were Margaret (Creator/MarishaRay replacing Michelle Ann Dunphy) and Theodore (Creator/BrycePapenbrook replacing Creator/TravisWillingham).
** The very first ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'' had a revolving door of actors for the Japanese version, with most of the characters having two to three [=VAs=] apiece: one for the game, and two different actors for two different CD dramas. The main protagonist, for example, actually had Creator/AkiraIshida (the VA for ''Persona 3's'' protagonist) as his VA for the first CD drama, but had two different ones for the second and for the game itself.
** Igor, the mysterious proprietor of the Velvet Room, had a reduced presence in the ''Persona 3'' and ''4'' spinoffs due to the death of his original Japanese VA. His lines in the anime and ''Arena'' are recycled, with the Velvet Siblings taking up most of his role instead. They finally got a replacement voice actor, Masane Tsukayama, just in time for ''VideoGame/Persona5''. [[spoiler:This is actually a plot point. Tukayama actually voices ''Yaldabaoth posing as Igor'', and this trope is invoked by the game to draw away suspicion from him. The real Igor still uses recycled lines.]] In the English version, Creator/DanWoren is replaced by Creator/{{David Lodge|AmericanActor}}. [[spoiler:Double subverted when it turns out Lodge's Igor is an impostor, but the real Igor is voiced by a ''third'' guy, Creator/KirkThornton.]]

** The upcoming ''[=P3=]'' remake, ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'', will recast a lot of characters for the English dub, in contrast to the original Japanese cast all [[RoleReprise reprising their roles]]:

*** Chihiro Fushimi has a new voice actor in both Japanese and English dubs for ''Reload''. In Japanese, she was previously portrayed by Creator/AiMaeda, with Creator/AyaEndo playing her in ''Reload''. The English dub of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' had her as a cameo, played by Creator/WendeeLee (in the anime adaptation, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris plays Fushimi in Episode 15). ''Reload'' has her played by Kelly Baskin instead of either actor.
*** After Isamu Tanonaka's passing in 2010, [[CharacterOutlivesActor Igor had been played using Tanonaka's archived recordings]] of the character. ''Persona 3 Reload'' will have a brand-new voice actor for Igor, Creator/BinShimada. This is also a different actor than the one used in ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX'', Creator/HochuOtsuka. In the English dub, Creator/KirkThornton replaces both Creator/DanWoren (original ''Persona 3'' release) and Creator/VicMignogna (''Persona 4: Arena Ultimax'') as Igor's dub actor for ''Reload''.

** Paul Phoenix is voiced by Eric Kelso from ''3'' to ''5'', and Creator/JamiesonPrice from ''6'' onwards.
** Nina Williams is voiced by Lisle Wilkerson in ''4'', and Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn from ''5'' onwards. In the English dub of ''[[Anime/TekkenBloodVengeance Blood Vengeance'', she is voiced by Charlotte Bell, while in ''[[Anime/TekkenBloodline Bloodline]]'', she is voiced by Creator/ErikaHarlacher.

** Lei Wulong is voiced by Creator/HiroyaIshimaru from ''[[VideoGame/Tekken3 3]]'' to ''5'', and Creator/DavidJeremiah from ''6'' onwards. Bizarrely, Jeremiah dropped the Hong Kong accent that Ishimaru used for Lei (who's a Hongkonger) in favor of a generic American accent.
** Hwoarang is voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa from ''3'' to ''4'', and Creator/UmSangHyun when he starts speaking Korean in ''5''. Sang Hyun also voices Hwoarang's teacher in ''5'', but he is replaced by Byeong Hwa Yun in ''6''.

** Heihachi Mishima is voiced by Creator/DaisukeGori from ''3'' to ''6''. After Gōri committed suicide, he is replaced by Creator/UnshoIshizuka from ''Tag 2'' to ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' (this is referenced in ''Tag 2'', where Heihachi is made younger). Ishizuka passed away after ''7'', and he is subsequently replaced by Creator/TaitenKusunoki for ''Bloodline''.

** Creator/DavidWarner was invited back to ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' voice his ''Film/{{Tron}}'' characters Sark and the MCP, and apparently was very enthusiastic about revisiting the roles, but was unable to do so because of previous commitments. The parts were instead voiced by veteran voice actor Creator/CoreyBurton, with many fans not even realizing it ''wasn't'' Warner.
** Like with ''Franchise/StarWars'', Corey Burton also replaced Christopher Lee as [=DiZ=] for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories RE:Chain of Memories]]'', though this imitation is not as good as others of his. Strangely, Christopher Lee came back as [=DiZ=] in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]''. Lee would end up being TheOtherMarty to Burton when both games were included in the ''Kingdom Hearts HD Ⅰ.5 [=ReMIX=]'' compilation and ''Days'' was remade as a cutscene movie, for which Burton redubbed the lines Lee originally recorded for the game to maintain vocal consistency between the two.
** Also related to ''Kingdom Hearts'', but not Tron, they had replaced Naminé's Brittany Snow and even ''Kairi's'' (of all characters) Creator/HaydenPanettiere, with Meaghan Jette Martin and Alyson Stoner respectively, in ''RE:Chain of Memories'' and ''358/2 Days''. Alyson Stoner also voices Xion (it's SignificantDoubleCasting later in the game). Hayden Panettiere also provided the voice of Xion in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', making ''her'' a replacement for Alyson Stoner.
** Perhaps most notable of all was the replacement of Ansem's voice actor Creator/BillyZane with the decidedly less [[LargeHam hammy]] Creator/RichardEpcar.

** While Eugene and Mother Gothel's voice actors reprised their role in the ''Tangled'' world for ''Kingdom Hearts III'', one VA that did not return was Rapunzel who was voiced by Kelsey Lansdowne rather than Mandy Moore (strange, considering that Mandy Moore had already appeared in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series as Aerith and generally reprises the role in other media).

** Series creator Creator/KatsuhiroHarada voices Marshall Law's battle grunts from his debut game until ''5'', while his cutscene voice in ''5'' is done by Creator/RobertClotworthy. In ''6'', both of his cutscene voice and battle grunts are now done by Creator/DavidVincent. Harada also voices Marshall's son Forest in ''3'', before being replaced by Creator/DavidVincent in ''Tag 2'', as well as Yoshimitsu until ''4'', where he is replaced by Creator/TomokazuSeki.
** Paul Phoenix is voiced by Eric Kelso from ''3'' to ''[[VideoGame/Tekken5 5]]'', and Creator/JamiesonPrice from ''6'' onwards.
** Nina Williams is voiced by Lisle Wilkerson in ''[[VideoGame/Tekken4 4]]'', and Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn from ''5'' onwards.

** Lei Wulong is voiced by Creator/HiroyaIshimaru from ''3'' to ''5'', and Creator/DavidJeremiah from ''6'' onwards. Bizarrely, Jeremiah chose to drop the Hong Kong accent that Ishimaru used for Lei (who's a Hongkonger) in favor of a generic American accent.

** Eddy Gordo is voiced by Marcellus Neally in ''5'', and Creator/RogerCraigSmith in ''6''.
** Julia Chang is voiced by Annie Wood in ''5'', and Creator/StephanieSheh in ''6''.
** Heihachi Mishima is voiced Creator/DaisukeGori from ''[[VideoGame/Tekken3 3]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/Tekken6 6]]'', and Creator/UnshoIshizuka from ''Tag 2'' onwards (this is referenced in ''Tag 2'', where Heihachi is made younger).

* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': From ''VideoGame/Tekken3'' up until ''VideoGame/Tekken6'', the role of Heihachi Mishima belonged to Creator/DaisukeGori. Following Gōri's suicide, the role was given to Creator/UnshoIshizuka (which also corresponds to Heihachi becoming younger for the release of ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'').

** Yukio Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually return as TheOriginalDarrin in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''. Meanwhile, Kiryu's LoveInterest Kaouru Sayama was voiced by Yu Daiki in ''2'' and ''3'', but in ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' she's voiced by Creator/AyaHisakawa.
** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Goro Majima, who was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill in ''Yakuza'', was now voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer due to Hamill having declined the offer to reprise the role, while the Bartender of Survive Bar and Chau Ka Long, who are heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Osamu Kashiwagi and Lau Ka Long (characters who had been presumed to have died in ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'')]], are voiced by Creator/DavidHayter and Creator/JohnnyYongBosch instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio and Creator/JamesHoran.

** Yukio Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually return as TheOriginalDarrin in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''. Meanwhile, Kiryu's LoveInterest Kaouru Sayama was voiced by Yu Daiki in ''2'' and ''3'' but in ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' she's voiced by Creator/AyaHisakawa.

** In the english dub of ''Yakuza'', the protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was voiced by Darryl Kurylo, who would [[RoleReprise reprise]] his role nearly fifteen years later in the eighth main entry in the series; ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon''. [[note]]Due to the first game's poor reception in the West, most of the ''Yakuza'' games weren't dubbed, until the series western popularity began to skyrocket with the success of the prequel game ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' and the [[VideoGameRemake remakes]] of the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2 two]] games.[[/note]] However, just a few years later the role of Kiryu was recast, with Creator/YongYea taking over as the english voice of Kiryu in ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth''.

** Yukio Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually return as TheOriginalDarrin in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''. Meanwhile Kiryu's LoveInterest Kaouru Sayama was voiced by Yu Daiki in ''2'' and ''3'' but in ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' she's voiced by Creator/AyaHisakawa.

** ''Infinite Wealth'' introduces a character similar to ''Like a Dragon'''s Bartender of Survive Bar, that being the Bartender of Revolve Bar who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler: Andre Richardson, another character who seemingly died in ''3'']]. Said character is a unique case as he was voiced by an english speaking actor Charles Glover in ''3'', but in ''Infinite Wealth'' he's voiced by completely different actors in both japanese and english dubs.

** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1 [[VideoGameRemake Kiwami]]'' saw several voice actor changes due to either the voice actors like Creator/TomoyukiDan (Shindo) and Creator/HiromiTsuru (Reina) passing away or retiring. In fact, the majority of the actors from the original ''Yakuza'', were replaced by popular voice actors like Creator/MaayaSakamoto, Creator/TomokazuSugita, and Creator/ToruOkawa.
** Yukio Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually return as TheOriginalDarrin in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''.
** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Goro Majima, who was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill in ''Yakuza'', was now voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer due to Hamill having declined the offer to reprise the role, while the Bartender of Survive Bar, who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Osamu Kashiwagi, who was presumed to have died in ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'']], is voiced by Creator/DavidHayter instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio.

** In ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'', Daigo Dojima was voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith in the english dub. In ''Gaiden'' he's replaced by Tim Friedlander. Haruka Sawamura was also recast, with Creator/XantheHuynh taking over for Creator/DebiDerryberry who voiced her in ''Yakuza''.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'':
** Sparx's voice changes in each game, from David Spade to Creator/BillyWest to Creator/WayneBrady. In ''Dawn of the Dragon'', when voiced by Wayne Brady, he tells Spyro that "[his] voice keeps changing" when Spyro asks how he feels.
** Also [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]] himself has had many different voice actors as well: Creator/CarlosAlazraqui in the first game, Creator/TomKenny in the second through fourth games, Jess Harnell in the fifth and sixth games, and Elijah Wood in the sixth, seventh and eighth games.
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' series, Creator/JoshKeaton voiced Spyro in the first through fifth games while Creator/MatthewMercer voiced him for the first and only time in the final game, ''VideoGame/SkylandersImaginators''.
** Cynder also got different actresses for each ''Legend of Spyro'' game. First was Creator/CreeSummer, who made "possessed" Cynder sound menacing. Next was Mae Whitman, who sounded suspiciously older ([[FridgeLogic despite Cynder being returned to normal - the same age as young Spyro]]). Last was Creator/ChristinaRicci, who was higher-pitched and added {{Chickification}} to Cynder.
** After Spyro left Insomniac, each new game got a cast change for pretty much every recurring character, and often along with it, changes in personality.
** While the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' notably brought back none of the original actors, the ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' is taking efforts to minimize this, with Tom Kenny returning as Spyro being one of the first announcements, albeit still replacing Alazraqui for the first game. Creator/GreggBerger, the original voice for Hunter and Ripto, was also confirmed to return not long after--though he only returned as Ripto, with Creator/RobbieDaymond voicing Hunter.

** Princess Peach and Bowser has had a multitude of voices, whereas Creator/CharlesMartinet consistently voiced most of the male characters until retiring from the franchise in 2023. For Peach, there is:

*** Leslie Swan: ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' (and its VideoGameRemake ''Super Mario 64 DS''), English ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
*** Asako Kozuki: Japanese ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', both Japanese and English ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', ''Mario Party'' 1 and 2.

*** Eric Newsome: ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' and ''Mario Party 8''

** Rosalina had been voiced by Mercedes Rose in ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Super Mario Galaxy 1]]'' and 2 and ''Mario Kart Wii'', and she was voiced by Kerri Kane in ''Mario Kart 7'', ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', the fourth and fifth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', and is currently voiced by Creator/LauraFayeSmith. There seems to have been a strange bit of flipflopping between Smith and Kane, as Smith voiced Rosalina in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', which was released before ''World Tour'', but she has since gone back to voicing Rosalina from ''Mario Kart 8'' onwards.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'': Ignoring the various cartoons (from both sides of the pacific) based on the franchise, only three games in the series featured voice overs: ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', all recorded in three different studios. Thus, Mega Man has been voiced by Ruth Shiraishi in ''8'', Cole Howard in ''Powered Up'' and Creator/BenjaminDiskin in ''11''. Roll was voiced (respectively) by Michelle Gazepis, Angie Beers and Creator/EricaLindbeck, Proto Man by Jack Evans (''8'') then Jonathan Love (''Powered Up''), Dr. Light by Darryl Stogre, Randall Wiebe and Doug Stone, and Dr. Wily by Douglas Kendall, Dean Galloway and Creator/KeithSilverstein.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': [=MegaMan.EXE=] has had three voice actors total: Creator/AndrewFrancis voices him in the [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior anime]], Jeffrey Watson takes the part in ''5 Double Team DS'' and Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey took over in his special participation in ''VideoGame/OnimushaBladeWarriors''.

*** Mega Man Volnutt's voice changed between the first and second games; from the then-child actor Corey Seiver in the first to Creator/SusanRoman in the second (in other words, they went from averting CrossdressingVoices to playing it straight). Seeing as how both games were recorded in the same studio (and the rest of the cast remained unchanged), it was probably due to Corey reaching puberty between the two.
*** Glyde had a voice change between ''VideoGame/TheMisadventuresOfTronBonne'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends2'', going from Creator/MichaelDaingerfield to Toby Proctor. Tron Bonne herself remained consistent throughout the [=PS1=] games (being voiced by Caroly Larson), but was voiced by Creator/TaraPlatt in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel VS Capcom 3]]''.

*** X was voiced by Ruth Shiraishi in ''Mega Man X4'', Peter von Gomm in ''Mega Man X7'' and Creator/MarkGatha from ''Mega Man X8'' to ''Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X''. Additionally, Michael Donovan voiced him in the [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears cartoon]]. In Japan, X was voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata in the original game (the Hadouken! scream at least), Creator/KentaroIto in ''Mega Man X4'', Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo in ''Mega Man X5'' until ''Mega Man X7'' and Creator/TakahiroSakurai starting with ''Mega Man X Command Mission''. In the VideoGame/MegaManZero games, X is voiced by Creator/TakahiroMizushima.
*** Zero was voiced by Wayne Doster in ''Mega Man X4'', Jack Merluzzi in ''Mega Man X7'' and Lucas Gilbertson from ''Mega Man X8'' to ''Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X''. Additionally, in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', he is voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch. In Japan, Zero was first voiced by Creator/RyotaroOkiayu in ''Mega Man X4'', but when the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' was released, he was voiced by Creator/YuutoKazama. This is a strange case, because Capcom hires either one of these actors depending on which form of Zero is being used (Okiayu for ''X'' series Zero and Kazama for Zero as he appears in his own series) and [[RoleReprise they have always reprised their roles]] respectively.
*** Sigma was voiced by Charlie Fontana in ''Mega Man X4'', Walter Roberts in ''Mega Man X7'', Dave Pettitt in ''Mega Man X8'', and Gerald Matthews in ''Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X''.

*** The English dubs have had three different voice actors for Ocelot in three different periods of the character's life - in his 60s during ''Metal Gear Solid 1'', ''2'' and ''4'', he's Patric Zimmerman; in his 20s during ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and ''Portable Ops'', he's Creator/JoshKeaton, and then in his 40s for ''The Phantom Pain'', he's Creator/TroyBaker.

** Same for Rosemary's voiceovers in the above "Snake Eraser" short in ''[=MGS3=]'', where her lines are all done by the same actor as The Boss - it works in the original because both characters are voiced by Creator/KikukoInoue, whereas in English it went from Lara Cody to Lori Alan. The ''Digital Graphic Novel'' version of ''[=MGS2=]'' replaced Rose's voice again, this time with Creator/KariWahlgren.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Creator/KieferSutherland takes over Creator/DavidHayter's role as Big Boss. [[spoiler:Appropriately enough, ''this'' Big Boss is a body double of the original]].

** [[spoiler:Rena Strober replaces Creator/AliHillis as Akane.]]

** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Goro Majima, who was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill in ''Yakuza'', was now voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer due to Hamill having declined the offer to reprise the role, while the Bartender of Survive Bar, who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Osamu Kashiwagi, who was seemingly gunned down by a helicopter in ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'']], is voiced by Creator/DavidHayter instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio.

** At least Illidan's new voice actor sounds quite like his old one. Arthas (the titular villain of ''Wrath of the Lich King'' and the focal character for much of ''Warcraft III'' and its expansion) was originally voiced by Justin Gross but was given an entirely new actor, Creator/PatrickSeitz, to voice him from ''Wrath of the Lich King'' onward. As for the Lich King himself, his new voice is Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, who already plays [[ActingForTwo Kel'thuzad and, strangely, Uther the Lightbringer]].

** Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually return as TheOriginalDarrin in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''.
** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Goro Majima, who was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill in ''Yakuza'', was now voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer due to Hamill having declined the offer to reprise the role, while the Bartender of Survive Bar, who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Kashiwagi]], is voiced by Creator/DavidHayter instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio.
** In the english dub of ''Yakuza'', the protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was voiced by Darryl Kurylo, who would [[RoleReprise reprise]] his role nearly fifteen years later in the eighth main entry in the series; ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon''. [[note]]Due to the first game's poor reception in the West, most of the ''Yakuza'' games weren't dubbed, until the series western popularity began to skyrocket with the success of the prequel game ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' and the [[VideoGameRemake remakes]] of the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 two]] games.[[/note]] However, just a few years later the role of Kiryu was recast, with Creator/YongYea taking over as the english voice of Kiryu in ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth''.
** In ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'', Daigo Dojima was voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith in the english dub. In ''Gaiden'' he's replaced by Tim Friedlander.

** At least Illidan's new voice actor sounds quite like his old one. Arthas (the titular villain of Wratch of the Lich King and the focal character for much of ''Warcraft III'' and its expansion) was originally voiced by Justin Gross but was given an entirely new actor, Creator/PatrickSeitz, to voice him from ''Wrath of the Lich King'' onward. As for the Lich King himself, his new voice is Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, who already plays [[ActingForTwo Kel'thuzad and, strangely, Uther the Lightbringer]].

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' for the PC-Engine starred Creator/JinHorikawa as Richter Belmont, Yoko Teppozuka as Maria Renard and Creator/HiroyaIshimaru as Dracula. In its UsefulNotes/PlayStation sequel ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', they were replaced by Creator/KiyoyukiYanada, Creator/ChisaYokoyama, and Creator/NorioWakamoto in that order.

** The same could be said of every recurring character excluding Lady (who has kept Creator/KariWahlgren as her voice actress since ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', though she too had a different voice in ''The Animated Series'') and Nero (who has consistently been voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch). The aforementioned Dante example is muddled further if one considers Dante's SpecialGuest appearance in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 version of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''. Although it came out a year after ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' (where he was voiced by Matthew Kaminsky), Dante is based on his ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 DMC1]]'' appearance and keeps his ''[=DMC1=]'' voice actor voice actor (Drew Coombs). Thus, the voice actor progression went from Drew Coombs, to Matthew Kaminsky, then ''back'' to Drew Coombs, and then finally to Creator/ReubenLangdon, who has stayed as Dante's voice since the third game.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': Creator/SquareEnix has a great track record of {{Role Reprise}}s for characters from the series. Whether characters were first voiced in their original game[[labelnote:*]]Excluding ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', this only applies for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' onward, as voice acting became a part of the series since said game. The main cast of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' received official voices in its UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake.[[/labelnote]], sequel, prequel, spin-off, or through their appearances in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, chances are a character's respective voice actor will make a reprise for another project. So, when this trope occurs, it really stands out.

** All the Organization XIII members introduced in ''Chain of Memories'' (who were voiced by staff members), gained different voices in the remake and later appearances. The exception to this was Axel, but only in the Japanese version--[[NonDubbedGrunts since they didn't bother dubbing the voices]], we have an interesting case where [[Creator/QuintonFlynn an English voice actor]] plays the other Darrin to his [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Japanese counterpart]]. Though this is all justified as the original ''Chain of Memories'' had mostly VoiceGrunting and small phrases recycled from the original game (hard to get a fully voiced UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game).

** In the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] remake, all the English voice actors from the original game reprised their roles with one notable exception: the voice of the Cyborg Ninja was changed from Greg Eagles, who was credited as George Byrd in the original, to Creator/RobPaulsen. Eagles still reprised his other role as the DARPA Chief for the remake.

** So far, Jill Valentine has been voiced by ''8'' English voice actresses since 1996, more than any other character in the series. First, Una Kavanagh voiced her in the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' game, then Catherine Disher took over the role in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'', then Heidi Anderson voiced her in the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube [=REmake=] of the original ''Resident Evil'', then the Japan-only ''PACHI-SLOT Biohazard'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko pachinko]] game used Creator/TaraPlatt, ''then'' it was Patricia Ja Lee's turn in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheMercenaries3D Mercenaries 3D]]'', '''''[[RunningGag then]]''''' Creator/KariWahlgren shows up for ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', then Creator/MichelleRuff voiced her in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'', and then, finally (''for now''), Nicole Tompkins took over for the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake of RE3]].

** Richard in the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version of the first game was voiced by a different voice actor soley because in the Rebirth mode, he had one brand new line of dialogue to give the player a hint about a secret ammo stash in the dining room. Likewise, Chris and Jill were given new voice actors purely for the one liners the characters gave in Rebirth mode when solving or failing certain puzzles and they still kept the original voice recordings for the rest of the game.

** While Charles Martinet voiced both Mario Bros. until 2023, this wasn't the case early on in the Nintendo 64 era, when the bros were first SuddenlyVoiced. In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', Luigi's voice was instead provided by Julian Bardakoff, the then-president of Nintendo of France, who gave him a noticeably higher pitched voice than we're used to now. While Martinet would replace Bardakoff in the international version of ''Mario Kart 64'', the latter's voice clips would be reused in all versions of many future spinoff games such as the first two ''Mario Party'' games and all versions of ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', so it wasn't until the UsefulNotes/GameCube era that Martinet was consistently the voice of Luigi.

** In her first voiced appearance in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64, Birdo was voiced by Jessica Chisum. She was then voiced by Jen Taylor in ''Super Mario Advance'', a remake of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. From ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' onwards, Birdo is voiced by [[CrossDressingVoices Kazumi Totaka]].

** When Martinet finally did retire from voice acting in 2023, [[ActingForTwo his multiple roles]] needed to be permanently recast for the first time in decades. As a result, that year's ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' sees Kevin Afghani taking over as the voices of Mario and Luigi.

** About half the cast of ''The Lion King'' had new voices in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' with the exception of Pumbaa (Creator/ErnieSabella), Rafiki (Creator/RobertGuillaume), Banzai ([[Creator/{{Cheech|AndChong}} Marin]]), and Ed (Creator/JimCummings1952) who did have their original voice actors return. Young Simba and Mufasa had their original VA's return by way of [[FakeShemp reusing audio from the original film]]. Also the entire cast of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' was replaced as the original cast was shooting the sequels and couldn't return (although they did want to).

** The upcoming ''[=P3=]'' remake, ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'', will recast every one of the main party members (SEES and Strega) for the English dub, in contrast to the original Japanese cast all [[RoleReprise reprising their roles]]:

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'':

** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Goro Majima, who was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill in ''Yakuza'', was replaced by Creator/MatthewMercer, and the Bartender of Survive Bar, who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Kashiwagi]], is voiced by Creator/DavidHayter instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio.

** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1 [[VideoGameRemake Kiwami]]'' saw several voice actor changes due to either the voice actor passing away or from retirement. This includes the voice actors for Shindo and Reina; Creator/TomoyukiDan and Creator/HiromiTsuru. In fact, the majority of the actors from the original ''Yakuza'', were replaced by popular voice actors like Creator/MaayaSakamoto, Creator/TomokazuSugita, and Creator/ToruOkawa.
** Terada was voiced by Creator/KenjiNomura in the original game, but he was replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2''. Nomura would eventually [[TheOriginalDarrin reprise]] the role in ''Kiwami'' remakes for both ''1'' and ''2''.
** In the english dub of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', many returning characters from the first game were voiced by different actors. Creator/MarkHamill, who voiced Goro Majima in the original ''Yakuza'', was replaced by Creator/MatthewMercer, and the Bartender, who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Kashiwagi]], is now voiced by Creator/DavidHayter instead of Creator/JohnDiMaggio.
** In the english dub of ''Yakuza'', the protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was voiced by Darryl Kurylo, who would [[RoleReprise reprise]] his role nearly fifteen years later in the eighth main entry in the series; ''Yakuza: Like A Dragon''. [[note]]Due to the first game's poor reception in the West, most of the ''Yakuza'' games weren't dubbed, until the series western popularity began to skyrocket with the success of the prequel game ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' and the [[VideoGameRemake remakes]] of the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 two]] games.[[/note]] However, just a few years later the role of Kiryu was recast, with Creator/YongYea taking over as the english voice of Kiryu in ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth''.

** The most notable example would be Illidan, the BigBad of the first expansion and many others directly connected to him. Illidan was originally voiced by Creator/MatthewYangKing in ''VideoGame/Warcraft3'' but was replaced by Creator/LiamOBrien in all the subsequent appearances.
** At least Illidan's new voice actor sounds quite like his old one. Arthas (the titular villain of Wratch of the Lich King and the focal character for much of ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' and its expansion) was originally voiced by Justin Gross but was given an entirely new actor, Creator/PatrickSeitz, to voice him from ''Wrath of the Lich King'' onward. As for the Lich King himself, his new voice is Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, who already plays [[ActingForTwo Kel'thuzad and, strangely, Uther the Lightbringer]].