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TheOtherDarrin in Video Games
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!!Games with their own pages:
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* ''TheOtherDarrin/FireEmblemHeroes''
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* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' recast almost the entire film, due largely to the fact that the game was made forty-odd years later and, for example, Bernard Lee (M) died in 1981. However, the game traded itself in part on the fact that Creator/SeanConnery was convinced to voice Franchise/JamesBond, reprising the role for the first time since ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** In the first four games in the series, all characters were "voiced" (in "Objection!" shouts and the like) by various staff members at Capcom in all languages. For Phoenix's appearance in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' and from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' onward, where characters have actual lines, all characters are played by professional voice actors instead.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' furthermore has Phoenix and Maya played by their actors from Film/AceAttorney2012 in the Japanese audio instead of their usual voice actors and a completely different, UK-based cast in English.
* ''VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo'': Chiho is voiced by Creator/HekiruShiina in the first game and Creator/YokoAsada in the second. The ''Anime/VariableGeo'' OVA, clips of which appear in ''Advanced V.G. II'', features a completely different voice cast.
* Altaïr from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' has a completely different voice and ACCENT between his appearances in the first game and Revelations, with a short repeated dialogue re-dubbed with the new actor. The change in accent could however be explained that in the first game it was being viewed with Abstergo's Animus, while in Revelations it's being viewed with the Assassins' Animus viewing Ezio viewing one of the Memory Seals, so it's possible the different Animi have different translation software.
* ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame''
** Marty [=McFly=] is not voiced by Creator/MichaelJFox,, but by a voice-acting newcomer named AJ Lo Cascio. The story goes that when AJ first spoke his lines as Marty during a recording session, it was similar enough to Fox that it completely surprised Creator/ChristopherLloyd. Later on however, Michael J. Fox voiced multiple characters in the fifth episode of the game ("OUTATIME") as cameo roles.
** Biff Tannen and George [=McFly=] have been given new voices in the form of Kid Beyond and Michael X. Sommers (respectively, who also voice Kid Tannen and Arthur [=McFly=]), replacing Tom Wilson and Creator/CrispinGlover.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' has had four voice casts: 1997-2001, 2002-2003, 2003-2005, and 2006-present. All except 2002-2003 were made up of mostly the same people, but playing different characters each time.
* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'': The title role and Rosa were recast with Creator/JenniferHale following a pay dispute with the original VA, Helena Taylor.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':
** ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift II]]'', including the Arcade versions and ''Extended'' releases, replaced a few of the English [=VAs=] from the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger first game]]. Some were quasi-identical (Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (Izayoi and Kokone) as Mu-12 sounds like [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]]'s Mu-12 and Creator/SpikeSpencer as Hazama for an additional scene), others were quite jarring (Creator/SteveKramer as Bang in place of Creator/TonyOliver, and Creator/LauraBailey (Platinum The Trinity) as Rachel instead of Creator/MelaLee), and Creator/DougErholtz makes a better Hazama than Erik Davies, [[HilariousInHindsight when back then]], people thought it was ''Erholtz'' who played him in ''Calamity Trigger'' and ''Continuum Shift''. ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]'' reversed almost all of the VA changes (which was due to time constraints causing a rushed localization effort), but Kramer and Erholtz were kept as Bang and Hazama respectively.
** Creator/AlexisTipton replaced Creator/LauraBailey as Platinum The Trinity in the ''[[Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory Alter Memory]]'' anime and ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle Cross Tag Battle]]''.
** The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] mobile game ''[=BlazBlue=] Alternative: Dark War'' has Kagura Mutsuki be played by Creator/DaisukeNamikawa instead of Creator/KeijiFujiwara, the latter of whom succumbed to cancer in April 2020.
* ''Videogame/BioShock2'' has Creator/JodelleFerland voicing the Little Sisters, as opposed to Creator/JulietLandau - which was at least a teenager doing a CreepyChild, instead of a woman over 40. Landau still returned to the role in ''BioShockInfinite/{{Burial At Sea}}''.
* The voice clips for Boogerman in his [[VideoGame/{{Boogerman}} eponymous game]] were provided by Creator/MichaelMcConnohie. His GuestFighter appearance in ''VideoGame/ClayFighter 63⅓'' was voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' replaced the voice actors for both Roland and Mordecai. Roland went from sounding less like ''VideoGame/UnrealTournamentIII'''s version of Malcolm (complete with gangsta-isms) who took everything not very seriously, to a ''very'' straight-faced leader-sounding sort of person. Mordecai was given an accent and a bit of a slur.
* In the ''VideoGame/BrokenSword'' series, the main character George Stobbart's voice is always Rolf Saxon. But Nicole Collard, the second main character in most of them, has been voiced by a different actress in each game: Hazel Ellerby in ''The Shadow of the Templar'' (also known as "Circle of Blood"), Jenny Caron Hall in ''The Smoking Mirror'', Sarah Crook in ''The Sleeping Dragon'', Katherine Pageon in ''The Angel of Death'' (also known as ''Secrets of the Ark'') and Emma Tate in ''The Serpent's Curse''.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'':
** In the first ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]'' game, Jason Hudson was played by Creator/EdHarris. However, for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', he was replaced by Creator/MichaelKeaton. Doesn't sound too bad on paper, but Keaton's voice is considerably less deep and gravelly than Harris's, and since the character was supposed to be 20 years ''older'' in the second game, the transition is quite rough.
** ''Black Ops'' has a single-game example with UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy - in the singleplayer mission "U.S.D.D." he is voiced by Chriss Anglin, who attempts to realistically mimic JFK's voice, while in the [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Zombies level "Five"]] he's voiced by Jim Meskimen, who goes the SoBadItsGood route of the stereotypical, comedic exaggeration of JFK's voice.
** ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' replaced the actors for Overlord and [=MacMillan=], though that can be justified (someone new could have taken over as "Overlord Actual" between the two games, and [=MacMillan=] is twenty years older than he was when we last saw him). Less justifiably, Nikolai's actor has also been replaced, complete with his final line from ''[=MW2=]'' being redubbed with the new actor in the intro to ''[=MW3=]''.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' for the PC-Engine starred Creator/JinHorikawa as Richter Belmont, Yoko Teppozuka as Maria Renard and Creator/HiroyaIshimaru as Dracula. In its Platform/PlayStation sequel ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', they were replaced by Creator/KiyoyukiYanada, Creator/ChisaYokoyama, and Creator/NorioWakamoto in that order.
* In between ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' and ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot'', lab tech Rosa Angel dropped 30 lbs and 20 years. Ethan, the Vanhorns, and Ferrel also got new voice actors as well, two of the four switching to Creator/PaulEiding.
* For ''VideoGame/{{Conduit 2}}'', Creator/MarkSheppard's Agent Ford was replaced by Creator/JonStJohn. Creator/KevinSorbo's Prometheus was also replaced.
* VideoGame/CrashBandicoot:
** In [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 the original game]], Crash, Dr. Neo Cortex, and Dr. Nitrus Brio were all voiced by Brendan O'Brien. Chip Chinery provided Crash's voice in ''Crash Team Racing'', then he was voiced by Creator/SteveBlum in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and by Creator/JessHarnell starting from ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. Cortex was voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' to ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'', where Creator/LexLang took over in ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity''. Creator/MauriceLaMarche voiced Brio in ''Crash: Mind Over Mutant'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' before being replaced by Creator/TomKenny in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled''.
** David Siller originally provided Aku Aku's voice when he appears and disappears during gameplay in all of the games where he appeared as an item. In the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' he's voiced by Mel Winkler up until ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'', where he's now voiced by Greg Eagles.
** N. Gin was voiced by O'Brien in his first appearance in ''Cortex Strikes Back''. Creator/CoreyBurton voiced him in the intro of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', Creator/QuintonFlynn voiced him in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and ''Twinsanity'', and Creator/NolanNorth voiced him starting from ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' until Burton returned in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled''.
** In ''Cortex Strikes Back'', Coco was voiced by Vicky Winters. Creator/HyndenWalch took over in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'', then starting from ''The Wrath of Cortex'' she was voiced by Creator/DebiDerryberry.
** Papu Papu's grunts in the first game were provided by David Siller. Michael Gollom voiced him in ''Crash Team Racing'', then Creator/DwightSchultz in ''Twinsanity'' and beyond.
** Uka Uka was voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown in his first appearances, up until ''Twinsanity'' where he's voiced by Alex Fernandez. In ''Crash of the Titans'', he's given a completely new design and to go with it is voiced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'' he goes back to his original design, with [=DiMaggio=]'s take on the character sounding more like Brown's voice, though in ''Nitro-Fueled'' he went back to a voice that sounds more like his other roles.
** [=DiMaggio=] also voices Ebenezer Von Clutch in ''Nitro-Fueled'', who was originally voiced by Danny Mann.
** Dingodile was voiced by William Hootkins in ''Warped'', then by David Anthony Pizzuto in ''Crash Team Racing'', Dwight Schultz in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and ''Twinsanity'', and Creator/FredTatasciore in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
** Fake Crash was voiced by Michael Connor in ''Warped'' and ''Crash Team Racing'', then by Dwight Schultz in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and by Andrew Morgado in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
** N. Oxide was voiced by David Anthony Pizzuto in ''Crash Team Racing'', then by Quinton Flynn in ''Nitro Kart'' and by Corey Burton in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
** Crunch was voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and ''Nitro Kart'', then by Chris Williams in subsequent appearances until ''Nitro-Fueled'' had him voiced by Ike Amadi. Ironically, Richardson was in the same game, but as the voice of Stew Gizzard Lips, taking over from Duane Shepard.
** Nina Cortex was originally TheVoiceless, but her grunts in ''Twinsanity'' were provided by Susan Silo. In ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' to ''Mind Over Mutant'' she was voiced by Amy Gross, but was voiced by Debi Derryberry in the Nintendo DS version of ''Crash of the Titans'', who reprised her role as the character in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
** Derryberry also took over as the voice of Pasadena O'Possum in ''Nitro-Fueled'' from Shanelle Workman in ''Tag Team Racing''.
** Creator/RogerCraigSmith replaces Quinton Flynn as the voice of Chick Gizzard Lips in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' sees yet another major cast shakeup, as Scott Whyte and Creator/EdenRiegel replace Jess Harnell and Debi Derryberry as Crash and Coco respectively, Ursula Taherian replaces Derryberry (who provided her various gasps and grunts in ''N. Sane Trilogy'') and Misty Lee (her voice actress in ''Nitro-Fueled'') as Tawna, J.P. Karliak replaces Corey Burton as N. Tropy despite Burton still voicing N. Gin and Oxide, and Roger Craig Smith replaces Tom Kenny as N. Brio. Lex Lang, Fred Tatasciore, and Greg Eagles do reprise their respective roles as Cortex, Dingodile, and Aku Aku, however.
** ''VideoGame/CrashOnTheRun'' sees Harnell and Derryberry [[TheOriginalDarrin returning]] to replace Whyte and Riegel by way of reused voice lines from ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled''.
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* In ''VideoGame/DarkSeed'' Mike Dawson is portrayed by the creator of the same name, Mike Dawson. In ''VideoGame/DarkSeedII'', Mike is portrayed by Chris Gilbert and apart from the wardrobe, there's almost no similarity between the two.
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'':
** When the game first started, Creator/ArleenSorkin had reprised her role as Harley Quinn. However, when creating new content, Arleen wasn't doing the voice anymore. Instead, they went for Jen Brown (Pyrrha Nikos of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Agent Carolina of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'').
** When the game was first released, Creator/AdamBaldwin reprises his ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' role as the titular Man of Steel and Creator/GinaTorres voiced Wonder Woman. However, in later content, they were replaced with Creator/GeorgeNewbern and Creator/SusanEisenberg in the respective roles, which, given Creator/KevinConroy was already Batman, means the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Trinity is complete.
* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'':
** Kasumi was first voiced by Creator/SakuraTange. From ''Dead Or Alive 3'' onwards, she is voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima - although ''Dead Or Alive Ultimate 2'' had the option to choose between Tange and Kuwashima.
** Tina had a different VA in the first game before her current actress Yuko Nagashima took over. Bayman was voiced by Hisao Egawa in the first two games and by Banjo Ginga in all the following ones. Dimensions had numerous replacements, notably seeing Jann Lee, Brad Wong, Raidou, Leon, Bass, and Gen Fu all recast with new voice actors (though in the latter three examples, it's justified as their original voice actors [Koji Totani, Daisuke Gori and Takeshi Aono, respectively] passed away before recording for the new game).
** On the English side of things, almost all of the characters returning for ''Dead or Alive 5'' from ''DOA Dimensions''[[note]]the first mainline ''DOA'' entry since ''DOA 2: Hardcore'' to be dubbed in English[[/note]] had different voice actors, with the only exceptions being Ryu Hayabusa (Creator/TroyBaker[[note]]who also replaced ''Ninja Gaiden II''[='=]s voice actor as Hayabusa for ''NGIII''[[/note]]), Hayate (Creator/YuriLowenthal), Hitomi (Creator/EdenRiegel), Tina (Creator/KateHiggins) and Brad Wong (Creator/GrantGeorge).
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' and ''VideoGame/Destiny2'':
** In the original base game, your Ghost was voiced by Creator/PeterDinklage, but it quickly became apparent that Dinklage's schedule wasn't free enough for him to regularly come back for expansions and sequels, so he stepped down and Creator/NolanNorth took over (and has played the role ever since). They didn't even bother to try and hide the switch, as Dinklage and North's voices for the character are completely different.
** North later had to fill in again, this time for Creator/NathanFillion, when a prior commitment prevented him for coming back to voice Cayde-6 for “Forsaken”. Unlike the above example, North does an extremely good imitation of Fillion, to the point that some people never even noticed the switch until it was pointed out. What's crazy about this example is that the commitment Fillion had was an ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' fan film where he played Nathan Drake... a role typically played by ''Nolan North''. So North was being the Other Darrin for ''his own Other Darrin''.
** In her first appearance, Ana Bray was voiced by Creator/JamieChung. From ''Season of the Worthy'' onwards, the role was recast with Creator/ErikaIshii. Presumably, like Dinklage, Chung's schedule wasn't free enough to make regular returns.
** Creator/GinaTorres was Ikora Rey's voice for the entirety of the first game and for most of her appearances in the second up until ''Season of the Splicer,'' which saw her replaced with Creator/MaraJunot.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': Isabela Keyes went through three voice actresses in the trilogy, where she was voiced by Creator/KimMaiGuest in the original, Creator/VenusTerzo in the ''Case West'' portion of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', and Veronica Diaz in ''VideoGame/DeadRising3''.
* After a contract disagreement with Creator/{{THQ}}, Richard Horvitz and Grant Albrecht were replaced as Pox and Crypto for the spin-off game ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans: Big Willy Unleashed''. The fans did not take to well to the replacement actors, but the originals came back for later games in the series.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''
** Dante has had three voice actors, four if you count the one in the Japanese version of [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries the anime]]. His voice actor (who, incidentally, is also his InkSuitActor) only began to remain consistent starting from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''.
** 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 Platform/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.
** ''Devil May Cry 2'' also features Dante's outfit from the first game as an unlockable costume; when using this outfit, his voice clips in normal gameplay are replaced with those of Drew Coombs from the first game.
** ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' has Tim Phillipps voice Dante, but [[ContinuityReboot that's a different Dante]]; appearances of the classic Dante since continue to be voiced by Reuben Langdon in English and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa in those games with Japanese vocals.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
** Etna was originally voiced by Creator/AmandaWinnLee, but Creator/MichelleRuff took her place in all of the character's other appearances.
** Asagi is voiced by a different voice actor in ''every single appearance''. This is done deliberately and the one time they reused a voice actor she outright says "I'm being voiced by the same person for the first time, dood."
** In ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'', Zetta was voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman, but in every other installment he has different voice actors (Creator/RichardEpcar in ''Disgaea 2'' and Creator/PatrickSeitz in ''Disgaea 4'').
* The video game ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckGoinQuackers'' is notable for featuring Gyro Gearloose and Gladstone Gander as supporting characters as well as Merlock from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'' as the BigBad, but Hal Smith, Rob Paulsen, and Christopher Lloyd did not get to reprise any of the characters (Hal Smith because he died long before the game was developed and the other two because they apparently weren't available). As a result, the former character is instead played by Creator/FrankWelker while the latter two are played by Creator/CoreyBurton.
* Between ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', a few characters were recast. Victoria Kruger replaced Mika Simmons as Isabela, because there were concerns about the vocal similarity between Isabela and Queen Anora being too obvious with Isabela in a more major role. Creator/AdamHowden replaced Greg Ellis as Anders because Ellis couldn't commit to the recording schedule for such a major character. Merrill was a bit part in the first game voiced by Erin Matthews, and when she became a full party member for ''Dragon Age II'', she was recast with Creator/EveMyles.
* ''VideoGame/DuckTales Remastered'' is well known for Creator/WayForward being able to recruit virtually every possible voice actor from the old cartoon, even Creator/AlanYoung (who was ''94'' at the time) and Creator/JuneForay (who was '''''95'''''). However, three actors had already passed on prior to this - Joan Gerber, Hal Smith, and Creator/HamiltonCamp, the voices of Mrs. Beakley, Gyro Gearloose, Flintheart Glomgold, and Fenton Crackshell/Gizmoduck. For this, Creator/WendeeLee, Chris Edgerly, Brian George and Creator/EricBauza took up their roles respectively.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'':
** The English version of the spinoff series ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' had to recast all the characters, since Bandai couldn't get ahold of the men and women at Creator/TheOceanGroup to have them reprise their roles. Also, one of the actors had left a long time ago.
** In the second game, the voice for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau]] changed from Sean Broadhurst to Andrew Francis.
** Most of the original voices did return for DWG. The only notable replacements were Louis Chirillo as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero]] (Music/MarkHildreth refuses to reprise the role after bad convention experiences) and Phil Fulton as [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon]] (Creator/MarkGatha is now a dentist and no longer does voice acting).
* In the first two ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games, Harold was voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler, but then for ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'', the character was voiced by Creator/AlanOppenheimer, and then for ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', he was voiced by Creator/StephenRussell.
* ''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 Platform/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.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Although most of the cast is reused among the sequels and spinoffs such as ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' and ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts|I}}'', several actors have been replaced:
*** Aerith, who was voiced by Music/MandyMoore in ''Kingdom Hearts'', Creator/MenaSuvari in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'', and Andrea Bowen in ''Crisis Core''.
*** Sephiroth was voiced by [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Lance Bass]] in ''Kingdom Hearts'' and Creator/GeorgeNewbern everywhere else.
*** Yuffie was voiced by Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano in ''Advent Children'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' and Creator/MaeWhitman in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus''.
*** Creator/RobinAtkinDownes provided the English voice for Genesis Rhapsodos in ''Dirge of Cerberus'', while Oliver Quinn played him in ''Crisis Core''.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' recasts every character that received an official English voice actor throughout the years since 2002[[note]]Meanwhile, the Japanese voice cast reprise their roles[[/note]]. As such, Creator/CodyChristian replaces Steve Burton as Cloud, Creator/JohnEricBentley replaces Creator/BeauBillingslea as Barret, Creator/BrittBaron replaces Creator/RachaelLeighCook as Tifa, and Creator/TylerHoechlin replaces Creator/GeorgeNewbern as Sephiroth. In turn, this makes Burton and Billingslea [[TheOtherMarty The Other Marties]] as they voiced Cloud and Barret respectively in the remake's PSX 2015 trailer. And as mentioned above, Aerith was Darrin'd before and now Briana White becomes her ''fourth'' voice actress, replacing Andrea Bowen. Oddly enough, Square has said that their original [=VAs=] will retain those roles in non-Remake productions, such as future ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' titles or new Final Fantasy spin-offs.
** The ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|Final Fantasy}}'' series had Creator/KeithFerguson and Creator/KeithSzarabajka respectively substitute for Creator/MichaelERodgers and John [=DiMaggio=] as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Gabranth and Gilgamesh]].
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the entire English cast save for a few Ishgardian-established characters from post-release patches got Darrin'd when [=SquareEnix=] decided to change studios in between patch 2.55 and the ''Heavensward'' expansion, moving from Los Angeles to London. The character Yugiri Mistwalker was forced into this trope again when her second voice actress was murdered six months after the release of the expansion.
* In the [[VideoGame/FindingNemo tie-in game]] for ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Creator/JessHarnell replaces Creator/AlbertBrooks as Marlin and Creator/BarryHumphries as Bruce, and Creator/JenniferHale replaces Creator/EllenDeGeneres as Dory. Bizarrely, Bruce's lines in the movie cutscenes were completely redubbed while Marlin and Dory's lines remain untouched.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** An old OVA adaption of the first few chapters of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' received an English dub in 1998. None of the voice actors who appeared in the OVA would reprise their roles later in the series; Creator/SpikeSpencer was replaced as Marth by Creator/YuriLowenthal in ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam''[[note]]although he would play the unrelated character Excellus in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''[[/note]] and the other characters were replaced for their appearances in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''.
** Ever since his first appearance in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', Ike has been voiced by Jason Adkins, who is based in Seattle[[note]]Prior to 2012, most of Nintendo's English voice acting sessions took place in Seattle, Washington. However, with the 2012 release of ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', Nintendo has notably been hiring LA-based voice actors for their games more often, especially for the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series[[/note]]. Even though the voice acting sessions of ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' took place in LA, Adkins was called in to reprise his role as Ike. However, once Ike returned as one of the units in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', Greg Chun became his new voice actor, which carries over into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', Mist goes from Elsbeth Nathanson to Creator/LaniMinella and the Black Knight goes from Mark Dias to David Frederick White.
** In the case of their appearances in ''Heroes'', the same goes for all other characters from the Tellius games (''Path of Radiance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''). Mia is the only exception, as she [[RoleReprise is still voiced by]] Creator/LaniMinella. Strangely enough, there are 2 other roles that Minella doesn't reprise in ''Heroes''. The first is Micaiah from ''Radiant Dawn'', who is now voiced by Creator/VeronicaTaylor and the other is [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Lyndis]][[note]]In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' and all subsequent installments[[/note]], with Creator/WendeeLee taking over the role.
** Creator/GideonEmery voices Gaius in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', but he was replaced with Creator/RayChase (who also serves as the current voice actor for [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Roy]]) for ''Heroes''. In addition, Creator/LauraBailey voiced Lucina from ''Awakening'' up until her first variation in ''Heroes''; the role was recast to Creator/AlexisTipton for Lucina: Spring Exalt, who would go on to voice her ever since. Tipton also replaces Bailey as Palla from ''Heroes'' to ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has many examples of voice actors being replaced for ''Heroes''. Hinoka and Peri are voiced by Creator/CindyRobinson instead of Creator/ElizabethDaily; Takumi and Niles are voiced by Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas instead of Roger Rose; Camilla is voiced by Misty Lee instead of Paula Tiso; Inigo/Laslow is voiced by Creator/MickWingert instead of Creator/LiamOBrien; Soleil is voiced by Creator/MichelleRuff instead of Amber Hood; Siegbert is voiced by Creator/ToddHaberkorn instead of David Stanbra; Female Kana is voiced by Creator/EdenRiegel instead of Creator/DanielleJudovits; Male Kana is voiced by Creator/SandyFox instead of Laura Faye Smith; Kaze is voiced by Creator/XanderMobus instead of David Stanbra; Garon is voiced by Creator/PatrickSeitz instead of Creator/TravisWillingham.
** In ''Heroes'' itself, Creator/ErinFitzgerald voices the original variations of Olwen and Sanaki. For their variations, she is respectively replaced with Creator/TaraSands and Sara Cravens (credited as Sara Beth).
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', [[LegacyCharacter Anna]] is not voiced by Creator/KarenStrassman as usual, but is instead voiced by Creator/MonicaRial. Despite the fact Anna is presented as a young child, Strassman is already very much used to voicing young children (with [[VideoGame/Persona4 Nanako]] being a prime example).
* The first expansion pack for ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' has a brief section where you meet up with Norton Mapes again, who has a different voice actor than he did in the base game. What makes this especially odd is that the other major returning characters (Holiday, Jin, and Fettel) all kept their original voice actors, and the second expansion managed to bring back Commissioner Betters' actor as well (his only lines in ''Extraction Point'' were re-used from the original). Most other characters to show up in more than one game are subject to this, however - Genevieve Aristide goes from Meg Savlov in the first game to Jen Taylor in the second, Jin Sun-Kwon goes from Susanna Burney in the first to Creator/KimMaiGuest in the third, and Harlan Wade, though keeping Grant Goodeve as his voice for a single line in the second game, is replaced by a different actor entirely for the third; the only characters to keep the same voice across every appearance in the series are Paxton Fettel, who is consistently Peter Lurie, and the Replica soldiers, who are always Mark Lund.
* {{Enforced}} in ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'': being a ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-themed ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' spin-off, every character in the game is [[CastingGag voiced by their counterpart from the main games]], including (but not limited to) Creator/TakayaKuroda (Kiryu) as Kenshiro, Creator/HidenariUgaki (Majima) as Jagi, Creator/MasamiIwasaki (Ryuji Goda) as Raoh, and Creator/RieKugimiya (Haruka) as Rin.
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* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'' has most of the voice actors from the original ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' trilogy reprising their respective roles. The sole exception is Coco Nutmilk, whose original voice actress Ruri Asano is replaced by Creator/RinaSato in Mugen Kairou no Kagi and Eigou Kaiki no Toki.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Tighnari was originally voiced by Elliot Gindi, but after Gindi was [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor fired]] over allegations of sexual misconduct, he was replaced with ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' star Creator/ZacharyGordon from Version 3.6 onwards, with all of Tighnari's voice lines re-recorded by Gordon.
* In ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'', Alex Mallari Jr. and Alix Wilton Regan replace Steve Byers and Andrea Deck as Nomad (male and female respectively).
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''
** Lead character Kratos's voice actor was changed from Creator/TerrenceCCarson to Creator/ChristopherJudge. WordOfGod states this was due to the Mo-Cap tech with Judge being closer to Kratos's height.
** The second game saw history repeat itself with Creator/CoreyBurton replacing Creator/PaulEiding as Zeus, having originally replaced Creator/RipTorn as the character in ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''. Burton was himself as replaced by Creator/FredTatasciore in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta''. [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', Zeus was a case of TheOriginalDarrin and Burton returned.]]
** Carole Ruggier, who voiced Athena in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar1'' and ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'' was replaced by Creator/ErinTorpey from ''VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus'' onward. [[spoiler:Until the [=PS4=] game, where Athena, like Zeus, underwent TheOriginalDarrin and saw Ruggier return]].
* One of the [[PragmaticAdaptation changes]] made for ''VideoGame/GoldenEye2010'' was to replace Creator/PierceBrosnan's Film/JamesBond with Creator/DanielCraig. To make the replacement less jarring, all of the other characters in the single player campaign have also had their appearances completely altered as well. They're all new designs (some based on the voice actors), but it does fail a little in terms of polish.
* ''VideoGame/GreenLanternRiseOfTheManhunters'':
** Creator/RyanReynolds reprise his role from [[Film/GreenLantern2011 the film the game is based on]] as Hal Jordan, but every other character involved is voiced by a different actor from the one who played them in the movie.
** Kilowog is voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson rather than the late Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.
** Sinestro is voiced by Marton Csokas instead of Creator/MarkStrong.
* ''VideoGame/GwentTheWitcherCardGame'': Creator/CharlesDance did not return to reprise his role of Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr var Emreis from ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' and his replacement sounds noticeably different.
* The cast between ''.hack//Roots'' and ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' shifted. Roots was dubbed in Canada by Creator/TheOceanGroup, while GU's voice work was done in America (Creator/BangZoomEntertainment).
* ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' has Creator/JamesMosesBlack replacing the late Creator/RobertGuillaume as the voice of Eli Vance. The role of Alyx herself, previously held by Merle Dandridge, was given to Ozioma Akagha in order to give her a more youthful voice, since ''Alyx'' is set five years prior to ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Between ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', the voice for Miranda Keyes changed from Creator/JulieBenz to Justis Bolding. Although, they do sound pretty similar.
** Also between ''2'' and ''3'', the Prophet of Truth's voice changed from Micheal Wincott to Creator/TerenceStamp.
** Though Heretic Leader Sesa 'Refumee was voiced by Creator/MiguelFerrer in ''Halo 2''[='s=] campaign, his voice was changed to Creator/JohnDiMaggio in the ''Anniversary'' terminals.
** In ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'', Captain Cutter's voice changed from Creator/GreggBerger to Creator/GideonEmery, Ellen Anders's voice changed from Creator/KimMaiGuest to Faye Kingslee / Kate Pippinger, Jerome-092 went from Creator/CrispinFreeman / Creator/GideonEmery to Creator/MarkDeklin / Nik Doner, Alice-130 went from Leigh-Allyn Baker to Creator/NikaFutterman / Erin Stewart, and Douglas-042's voice changed to Matthew Waterson. Also, Sergeant Johnson ended up being voiced by an uncredited actor instead of Creator/{{Bungie}}-era stalwart David Scully, due to the latter being involved in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_video_game_voice_actor_strike major strike]] at the time.
** Jameson Locke was voiced by Creator/MikeColter in the ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' terminals (and [[InkSuitActor portrayed by him]] in ''Film/HaloNightfall''), but Creator/IkeAmadi became his voice actor for ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' due to scheduling conflicts. Ike Amadi would then also go on to replace Creator/JohnDiMaggio as the voice of Atriox in ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'', who first voiced him in ''Halo Wars 2''.
** Linda-058 was voiced by Andrea Bogart during her brief appearance in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', but in ''Guardians'', her voice actress is Creator/BrittanyUomoleale .
* The cast of ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' is entirely birds, played by single still images of said birds, sometimes with clothes or blood drawn over top. Their creator refers to the birds photographed as their 'actors' and meticulously credits sources and requests the use of their images for each game and project. When Anghel's source didn't respond she brought in a new 'actor', likewise with Ryouta.
* The Brazilian dubs for the ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' games were made in UsefulNotes/SaoPaulo, thus they lacked the voice cast from the movies, all from Rio. And at times it was limited: in the first game, Harry and Draco shared the same voice!
* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'': The [[VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw video game adaptation]] had the entire cast reprise their roles except for Creator/StephenColbert as Phil Ken Sebben and Myron Reducto; they were instead respectively voiced by Creator/StephenStanton and Creator/CrispinFreeman.
* Done within the same game in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' for the DLC ''The Taxidermist'', where the character of Madison Paige (the only returning character) quite blatantly has a completely different voice. This was because ''The Taxidermist'' had been created as a gameplay demo a couple of years before release, when the final voice actors hadn't been cast. Quantic Dream just decided to save the trouble of recording Madison's lines again with the actress from the main game.
* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'':
** Three different women have voiced Diana Burnwood. Vivienne [=McKee=] voiced her for ''[[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin Silent Assassin]]'', ''[[VideoGame/HitmanContracts Contracts]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney Blood Money]]'', but the character was recast to Creator/MarshaThomason in ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]''. Diana was then played by Creator/JanePerry (who was ''also'' in Absolution in a different role) for VideoGame/HitmanSniper, and then ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'', and has remained the current voice actor for her.
** ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' also replaced Creator/DavidBateson, who had voiced Agent 47 since the beginning of the series, with Creator/WilliamMapother. However, following fan backlash, Bateson was called back in at the last second and did end up [[RoleReprise voicing the character]], though 47's motion capture and face model is still Mapother's in the final product. Bateson has continued to voice 47 ever since.
** From ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' onward, almost all of the American civilian and bodyguard voice actors were replaced with a different set of actors, with the exception of Creator/DerekHagen. As a result of this, Pam Kingsley is played by Creator/SalliSaffioti instead of Rochelle Greenwood.
** From ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' onward, Richard Teverson voices Ort-Meyer in a flashback that features in the "Long Shot" cinematic, rather than his original voice actor Creator/KerryShale. Interestingly, Shale ''is also'' voice acting in this game; he voices Carl Ingram, and continues to do so in ''3'', so this was likely a result of major story characters being given unique voice actors to avoid any potential player confusion, rather than a random recast.
** In ''VideoGame/Hitman3'', Isaura Barbé-Brown replaces Michelle Asante as Olivia Hall, who had played the character for the first two games. Isaura ''does'' voice a few civilians in ''2016'' (and Dalia Margolis in "The Pharmacist" Elusive Target).
* ''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]].
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* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'':
** Jak's voice actor was replaced in ''The Lost Frontier'' (from Mike Erwin to Creator/JoshKeaton).
** Keira, the hero's main love interest, changed voice for the [[VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander third]] game (from Anna Garduno to Creator/TaraStrong).
* ''Videogame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' was released back in 2013, when only the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood first]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency two]] manga storylines had been adapted in the anime, meaning many of the characters didn't yet have anime voice actors who could reprise their roles. In 2022, ''All-Star Battle'' received an UpdatedRerelease entitled ''All-Star Battle R'', which redid the voice lines for most of roster in order to incorporate the actors who'd been cast in the anime after the release of the original game. As such, Creator/YukiOno replaced Creator/WataruHatano as [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]], Creator/KenshoOno replaced Creator/DaisukeNamikawa as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno Giovanna]], and Creator/FairouzAi replaced Creator/MiyukiSawashiro as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne Cujoh]], among many other recasts.
* ''VideoGame/JumpForce'' averts this for almost all of its characters, except for [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], who was originally voiced by Creator/AkiraKamiya. While Kamiya reprises his role as [[Manga/CityHunter Ryo Saeba]], his age prevents him from performing Kenshiro's iconic [[{{Kiai}} "ATATATATATATA" battle cries]]. As such, Kenshiro's role is taken over by Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Creator/DavidWarner was invited back to ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII II]]'' 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 Creator/ChristopherLee 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.
** Naminé is voiced by Creator/BrittanySnow in ''II'', but she has been voiced by Creator/MeaghanMartin since ''RE:Chain of Memories''. In the remaster of ''II'', Snow's lines are retained, but Martin dubs the other scenes that were added for ''Final Mix''.
** Kairi is mostly voiced by Creator/HaydenPanettiere, but is replaced by Creator/AlysonStoner for ''358/2 Days''. By ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII III]]'', it seems that Stoner has permanently replaced Panettiere as Kairi's voice actor, possibly to make it consistent that she and Xion (who is voiced by Stoner) have the same voice. Bizarrely, Xion is voiced by Panettiere in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]]'', making ''her'' the Other Darrin for Stoner.
** Perhaps most notable of all was the replacement of Ansem's voice actor from [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the original game]], Creator/BillyZane, with the decidedly less [[LargeHam hammy]] Creator/RichardEpcar from ''II'' onwards.
** Plus in general, the characters voiced by big stars had their original voice actors not return such as Genie (Creator/RobinWilliams), Mushu (Creator/EddieMurphy), and Phil (Creator/DannyDeVito) in ''Kingdom Hearts'' (or really any Disney property aside from the original film). Some of them such as Creator/JamesWoods (Hades), Creator/AngelaLansbury (Mrs. Potts), and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (Cogsworth) did return, however. This became interesting in ''II'', where two actors (Tate Donovan and Glenn Shadix) reprised roles they didn't in the first game (Hercules and the Mayor of Halloween Town respectively). In other words, they became {{The Original Darrin}}s to their ''own'' other Darrins.
** 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/JimCummings|1952}}) 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).
** Captain Jack Sparrow was voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', and by Jared Butler in ''Kingdom Hearts III''.
** 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 Creator/MandyMoore (strange, considering that Mandy Moore had already appeared in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series as Aerith and generally reprises the role in other media).
** 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 Platform/GameBoyAdvance game).
** Justified for the voice of Mickey in ''Kingdom Hearts''. After the passing of Creator/WayneAllwine in May 2009, Bret Iwan took over starting with ''Birth by Sleep''.
** The Japanese dub did quite a bit of this. As with the dub of ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', Creator/ToruOkawa Darrined Creator/AkiraKamiya as [[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Iago]].
** Due to the unfortunate loss of both Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka and Creator/LeonardNimoy, Master Xehanort in ''Kingdom Hearts III'' was voiced by Creator/AkioOtsuka and Creator/RutgerHauer in Japanese and English, respectively (the former being his predecessor’s son and the character’s TimeShiftedActor, the latter having a connection to a sci-fi property like his own predecessor). With Hauer's death a mere six months after ''III'', he was himself replaced with Creator/ChristopherLloyd in the ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIIReMind'' [=DLC=] and the next game ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory''.
** Hayner, Pence, and Olette were originally voiced respectively by Justin Cowden, Sean Marquette, and Jessica [=DiCicco=] in ''Kingdom Hearts II''. In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', they're instead voiced by Zach Gordon, Tristian Chase, and Ashley Boettcher. In Japanese, Hayner and Olette were voiced by Kazunori Sasaki and Yuka Hirasawa in ''II'' and by Makuto Suto and Yuna Watanabe in ''III''.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'':
** Akoya Sougi voiced Mai Shiranui in both the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''The King Of Fighters'' series. In the ''KOF: Sky Stage'' [[BulletHell game]], she's replaced by Creator/AmiKoshimizu, who takes over as Mai in the main series starting in ''KOF XIII''.
** Athena Asamiya is the uber-example of Darrining. She's had ''five'' seiyuus: Reiko Fukai (''KOF '94'') to Moe Nagasaki (''[='95=]'') to Tamao Satou (''[='96=]'') to Yukina Kurisu (''[='97=]'') to Creator/HarunaIkezawa (''[='98=]''). They've seemed to have stuck with Ikezawa since, though.
** Robert Garcia is an interesting example. His first voice actor (Eiji Yano in ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'') was replaced by Kazuhiro Inage for ''Art of Fighting 2'', ''The King of Fighters '94'' and '''95''. After that, Mantaro Koichi replaced him for ''Art of Fighting 3'' and ''The King of Fighters '96'', and provided Robert's voice for every game up to ''KOF 2003''. Then in ''Neo Geo Battle Coliseum'', Inage returned to voice Robert and continued until Creator/GoShinomiya took over the part in ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXIV''.
** Geese Howard's first voice was Katsuhisa Namase in ''Fatal Fury Special''. Kong Kuwata took the reins for ''Fatal Fury 3'', and is now [[MyRealDaddy the voice most closely associated with Geese]].
** ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' marked the series' official transition from 2D graphics to 3D ones, with a number of characters being recast in the process. These included Creator/TomoakiMaeno replacing Masahiro Nonaka as Kyo Kusanagi, Creator/TakashiKondo replacing Satoshi Hashimoto as Terry Bogard, Creator/TakanoriHoshino replacing Creator/KunihikoYasui as Iori Yagami, Creator/SeikoYoshida replacing Masae Yumi as Leona, Tomo Kasaya replacing Yoshinori Shima as Clark Still, Daiki Takakura replacing Masaki Usui as Ryo Sakazaki, Creator/AiKakuma replacing Kaori Horie as Yuri Sakazaki, Creator/HiroshiOkamoto replacing Creator/KeiichiNanba as Andy Bogard, Creator/SarahEmiBridcutt replacing Creator/HarumiIkoma as Blue Mary, Creator/YuumaUchida replacing Creator/EijiTakemoto as Rock Howard, Kōzō Mito replacing Creator/NobuyukiHiyama as Joe Higashi, Creator/YoshihisaKawahara replacing Yuuki Matsuda as K' and Miki Ogura replacing Creator/MayumiShintani as Angel. ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXV'' would continue this trend, with Creator/{{KENN}} replacing Creator/NozomuSasaki as Krohnen[[spoiler:/K9999]], Erina Seto relacing Hazuki Nishikawa as Shermie, and Tsuguo Mogami replacing Toshimitsu Arai and Creator/NorioWakamoto as Rugal Bernstein, among others.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** Kirby mostly averts this, being almost universally voiced by Creator/MakikoOhmoto, but he was voiced by Creator/MayumiTanaka instead in his first three voiced appearances: a ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' drama CD, the ''Mario Kirby Masterpiece'' {{OVA}}, and ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''.
** Meta Knight's universally Atsushi Kisaichi in Japanese, except for main series games starting with ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', where he's voiced by one of the designers. English is a different story, he's Creator/EricStuart in [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]] and Eric Newsome in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', and the designer's voice was [[NonDubbedGrunts kept for]] ''Return to Dream Land'' onwards. [[BrokenBase Fans are split]] as to which one is better.
** King Dedede originally was universally [[CreatorCameo series creator]] Creator/MasahiroSakurai, but after he left the series in ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' to pursue personal goals, he only returned for ''Smash Bros.'', while Shinya Kumazaki took over for the games and Creator/KenichiOgata for the anime. This is the same for English releases, except for the anime, where he's dubbed over by Creator/TedLewis. An odd case as both Darrins have coexisted with each other between releases, with both ''Smash Bros.'' and ''Kirby'' receiving titles each with their own voice actor.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Champions would occasionally have their original voice actor replaced when they're given a [[AlternateUniverse legendary skin]] or a visual and/or gameplay overhaul:
** Olaf is normally voiced by an unlisted VA in English and by Vicente Gil in European Spanish. His Brolaf skin is voiced by Logan 'Lomar' Margulies in English and by Paco Vaquero in European Spanish.
** Kevin M. Connolly ordinarily voices Vladimir, but Gavin Hammon provides a DarkerAndEdgier voice for his Blood Lord skin.
** Creator/DanielleMcRae originally voiced Karma. After her 2013 rework, she's voiced by Rashida Clendening.
** Nasus was voiced by Eugene [=McDaniels=] until his visual update in 2013 replaced him with Jonathan Adams.
** Sejuani was voiced by an unlisted actor until Nicki Burke took over for her rework in 2013.
** Veigar is ordinarily voiced by Bob Beal, but Creator/ScottMcNeil takes over for his Final Boss Veigar skin. [=McNeil=] also voiced Maokai before his rework had him now voiced by Jay Preston, and Sion after his rework, taking over the role from J.S. Gilbert.
** Elspeth Eastman voices Tristana after her 2015 rework, taking over from an unlisted actor.
** Gangplank and Taric were originally voiced by Dennis Collins Johnson until their respective reworks had them now voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer and Creator/YuriLowenthal.
** Master Yi is ordinarily voiced by Micha Berman, but Greg Chun voices him in his PROJECT skin.
** Poppy was voiced by an unlisted VA, then by Creator/KateHiggins with her rework in 2015.
** In English, Ryze was initially voiced by Adam Harrington until his third rework had him now voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel. Likewise, his Mexican Spanish VA went from Creator/HumbertoVelez to Gerardo Vásquez, and his European Spanish VA went from Miguel Ayones to Antonio Abenójar.
** Galio was voiced by Creator/{{David Lodge|AmericanActor}}, then by Josh Petersdorf with his rework in 2017. Likewise, his Mexican Spanish VA was Blas García before being replaced by Beto Castillo for the rework.
** Urgot was voiced by an unlisted actor before Paul M. Guyet took over for his 2017 rework.
** Lucian is ordinarily voiced by Creator/PatrickSeitz, but T.J. Storm voices him in his High Noon skin.
** Nunu and Willump were voiced by Cristina Milizia and Brian Sommer before their rework in 2018. After, Nunu is voiced by Lucas Jaye while an unlisted actor provides Willump's noises.
** Ezreal was voiced by Creator/KyleHebert, then by Daniel Amerman with his visual update in 2018.
** Renekton's first Mexican Spanish VA was Gabriel Pingarrón before he was replaced by Octavio Rojas.
** Rumble's first Mexican Spanish VA was Manuel Bueno before he was replaced by Bruno Coronel.
** Riven's normal European Spanish VA is Celia de Diego, but Alma Naranjo voices her Dawnbringer skin.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Mortanius from ''Blood Omen'' was originally voiced by the late Creator/TonyJay, who would voice the Elder God in the sequels. To prevent confusion, they had Alastair Duncan voice Mortanius in ''Defiance''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'':
*** Link is voiced by Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (better known as Link's fellow ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fighter [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]]) in the Sound & Drama CD. In the GBA remake, he uses Young Link's much younger-sounding voice clips from ''Ocarina of Time'', provided by Creator/FujikoTakimoto.
*** In the Sound & Drama CD and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets'', Zelda is voiced by Mariko Kouda. Then when she appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Ayumi Fujimura takes the role in a similar way to her descendant in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.
** In the 3D titles, Ganondorf was voiced by Takashi Nagasako, but for unknown reasons was replaced by Hironori Miyata in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. This is more noticeable because unlike Link, Zelda, and other recurring characters, Ganondorf is confirmed to always be the same person in each game. Then again, a lot of fans probably didn't notice due to the series' lack of extensive voice acting.
* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon''
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1 [[VideoGameRemake Kiwami]]'' saw several voice actor changes due to the original 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''.
** Kaouru Sayama, Kiryu's LoveInterest for the second game, was voiced by Yu Daiki in ''2'' and ''3''. She was replaced by Creator/AyaHisakawa in ''VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth''.
** 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'', is 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.
** 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''.
** In ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'', Daigo Dojima was voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith in the english dub. In ''Gaiden'' and ''Infinite Wealth'' he's replaced by Tim Friedlander. Haruka Sawamura was also recast, with Creator/XantheHuynh taking over for Creator/DebiDerryberry who voiced her in ''Yakuza''.
** ''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 [[spoiler: 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/LunarTheSilverStar'':
** In an unusual inversion, when the original game was being remade into ''Silver Star Story'', the original five English actors who did the original returned (along with other local talent from the area the Creator/WorkingDesigns studio was), while all four Japanese voice actors from the original were replaced with an entirely new cast. The most notable change was Alex originally having Creator/KikukoInoue, and then going to Creator/AkiraIshida.
** This occurs again in the ''Silver Star Harmony'' remake for the PSP, which was localized Creator/XSEEDGames instead, as Working Designs had long gone out of business. The story as to ''why'' depends on who you talked to - Victor Ireland, the former head of Working Designs, claimed the entire voice cast was loyal to him, aside from Jenny Stigle who "broke rank". XSEED, on the other hand, stated that most of the old cast wasn't actually in the business anymore, hence they hadn't tried to find them. Accordingly, Stigle got involved because fans of the original games put her in touch with XSEED. So which story you believe depends on who you trust more, though it was no secret that Ireland had a ''very'' bitter falling out with XSEED during the localization process.
** The sequel, ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'', maintained consistent casts for both languages, on the other hand. The only change was Hiro's English voice going from Mark Zempel (''Eternal Blue'') to Chad Letts (''Eternal Blue Complete''), but they sound similar to the point that they're almost indistinguishable.
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* ''VideoGame/MafiaII'':
** In this game, [[spoiler:Creator/RickPasqualone voices Vito, who turns out to be the one to deliver the PreMortemOneLiner to Tommy Angelo, the hero of the original ''VideoGame/MafiaTheCityOfLostHeaven''. In the original game, the line was voiced by Bill Buell.]]
** ''Mafia: Definitive Edition'', the remake of the original game, has completely new voices for the characters. For example, Andrew Bongiorno voices Tommy Angelo instead of Michael Sorvino, and Jeremy Luke voices Paulie instead of William [=DeMeo=].
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'': While many alternate skins have different voice actors due to being different characters (Sam Wilson!Cap, Jane Foster!Thor, Spider-Gwen, etc.), some have different voice actors despite being the ''same'' character, including Spidey's alternate costumes being voiced by Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes instead of Creator/DrakeBell, [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 film!Rocket]] being voiced by Creator/NolanNorth as opposed to Creator/SteveBlum, and [[Series/JessicaJones2015 TV!Jessica Jones]] being voiced by Creator/TaraStrong instead of Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn. Additionally, when Black Cat and Iron Fist were moved from being a boss and an NPC respectively to playable characters, Black Cat was voiced by Creator/JenniferHale instead of Creator/AliHillis and Iron Fist by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch instead of JP Karliak.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'': Some actors stayed on from ''X-Men Legends'', though by the second this became far less frequent and often actors were cast in new roles. By ''Ultimate Alliance 2'', the only actors reprising roles from previous games were Steven Blum as Wolverine, John Kassir as Deadpool, Creator/AprilStewart as Ms. Marvel, Dawnn Lewis as Storm, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio as Juggernaut. Creator/FredTatasciore reprised his role as Hulk from ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'', replacing Peter Lurie from the previous game.
** ''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]].
*** Peter Lurie replaces Creator/JohnDiMaggio as the Juggernaut.
*** Creator/MauriceLaMarche replaces Clive Revill as Comicbook/DoctorDoom.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'': Due to the obvious effects of a ten-year gap between it and [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 the game]] before it, a vast majority of the characters ended up gaining new voices, the Marvel side using voice actors from recent animated works such as ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolverine and the X|Men2009}}-Men'', ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. A few examples:
** 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}}.
** Likewise, ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' sees several characters undergo this yet again, this time with many of the voice actors on Marvel's side coming from shows like ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015'', and ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers''. Examples include:
*** Creator/RobbieDaymond replaces Josh Keaton as Spider-Man.
*** 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/PhilLaMarr replaces Michael T. Weiss as Dormammu.
*** 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}}.
* ''[[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Mashin Hero Wataru]]'' received new voice actors in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''; with the latter 2 due to the original passed away:
** EX-man '''[Red]''': Yumiko Shibata to Keiko Nemoto
** Schwarvinegar: Shigezou Sasaoka to Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo
** Don Goro: Creator/KojiTotani to Takashi Matsuyama
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The voice actor of Mordin Solus was changed from Michael Beattie in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' to William Salyers in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
** In the Italian version of ''Mass Effect 2'', male Sheppard is voiced by Giacomo Zito rather than Claudio Moneta, who voiced him in the first and third games. The fact is actually explained as an extra tidbit in the Italian version of the ending credits: Claudio Moneta was involved in a car accident when he already voiced 4/5 of the game, and rather than replacing him for the last part of the game they just redubbed all his lines from scratch. The dub also replaced Tali, Liara and Udina's voices, but Liara's voice from the first game came back for the third game.
** In the Polish dub of ''Mass Effect 2'', Shepard's voice actors went from Marcin Dorociński and Magdalena Różczka to Łukasz Nowicki and Agnieszka Kunikowska.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'': Although James [=McCaffrey=] voiced the character in all three games, series writer Sam Lake modelled for Max in the first game, was replaced by the irreconcilably different-looking Timothy Gibbs in the sequel owing to the project's bigger budget, and then in the third game Max is [[InkSuitActor modeled after his actor]]. Lampshaded in one of the second game's fourth-wall-breaking dream sequences, when one of Max's doubles looks at himself and says "I've been switched! I didn't use to look like this!" Max was originally to have a different voice actor in the third game, due to the TimeSkip. However, Rockstar Games bowed to fan outcry and cast [=McCaffrey=] again; it helps that, with [[DevelopmentHell the long period of development]], [=McCaffrey=] had aged about the same rate Max had between the two games.
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** ''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. Doug Stone's foray as Dr. Light in ''11'' serves as a double example to boot, as Dr. Light's cameo appearance in the earlier-released ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' (which only had English-language voiceovers) had him voiced by Michael Mislove instead.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': [=MegaMan.EXE=] has had three voice actors total: Creator/AndrewFrancis voiced him in the [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior the anime]], Jeffrey Watson (who voiced Axl in ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'') took over in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork5TeamColonelAndTeamProtoMan 5: Double Team DS]]'', and Creator/GwendolineYeo voiced him for [[GuestFighter his special participation]] in ''VideoGame/OnimushaBladeWarriors''. Francis [[TheOriginalDarrin would once again reprise the role]] for the ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection]]''.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'':
*** Mega Man Volnutt's voice changed between the first and second games; from the then-child actor Corey Sevier 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 Sevier 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''.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': The series has circulated through three studios, so:
*** X was voiced by Ruth Shiraishi in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', Peter von Gomm in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'', and Creator/MarkGatha from ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' [[VideoGame/MegaManX8 to]] ''[[VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX Maverick Hunter X]]''. Additionally, Michael Donovan voiced him in [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears the Ruby-Spears cartoon]]. In Japan, X was voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata in [[VideoGame/MegaManX1 the original game]] (the "Hadouken!" scream at least), Creator/KentaroIto in ''X4'', Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo from ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'' to ''X7'', and Creator/TakahiroSakurai starting with ''Command Mission''. In the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' games, X is instead voiced by Creator/TakahiroMizushima.
*** Zero was voiced by Wayne Doster in ''Mega Man X4'', Jack Merluzzi in ''X7'', and Lucas Gilbertson from ''Command Mission'' to ''Maverick Hunter X''. Additionally, in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', he is instead voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch, who also reprised the role in ''[[VideoGame/Teppen2019 TEPPEN]]''. In Japan, Zero was first voiced by Creator/RyotaroOkiayu in ''Mega Man X4'' (who has remained his VA throughout the entire ''X'' series), but when [[VideoGame/MegaManZero1 the first]] ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' was released, he was voiced by Creator/YuutoKazama.
*** Sigma was voiced by Charlie Fontana in ''Mega Man X4'', Walter Roberts in ''X7'', Dave Pettitt in ''X8'', and Gerald Matthews in ''Maverick Hunter X''.
*** The aforementioned switch in voice actors for Zero between series is an interesting case, as Creator/{{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. This includes crossovers, with Kazama voicing Zero in ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'' and Okiayu voicing him in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''. While the ''Zero'' series version of X has yet to appear in any crossovers, the fact that ''PXZ'' and its sequel had Sakurai return to voice X indicates the same principle is in effect for X.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'':
** In the [[Platform/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.
** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Creator/RyotaroOkiayu, the seiyu of Vamp from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', ended up being replaced by Shinya Tsukamoto, a film director.
** When Solid Snake and Roy Campbell appeared in ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 3'', the localization staff were too lazy to track down Creator/DavidHayter and Creator/PaulEiding to reprise their role, so they got Peter Lurie, incidentally the voice of Vulcan Raven, and Michael [=McColl=] respectively.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Raiden in the Secret Theater's ''Metal Gear Raiden: Snake Eraser'' was voiced by Creator/CharlieSchlatter, the same voice actor who voiced his {{Expy}}, Raikov.
** In ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', EVA was voiced by Suzetta Miñet (although, given the reveal that she was actually an alias for another actress, exactly who played her is a subject of debate). However, in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'', her voice actress was replaced with Vanessa Marshall for some reason (although to be fair, she never actually got any actual voiced scenes and at best did grunts), and in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', EVA was voiced by Suzetta Minet again.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'':
*** Liquid Ocelot's voice actor in the Japanese version was Creator/BanjoGinga (the voice of Liquid Snake), not because of the fact that he was possessed by Liquid ([[spoiler:hint, he was faking all along]]), but because Revolver Ocelot's original Japanese voice (Creator/KojiTotani) died before ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' began production.
*** 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.
** Master Miller was originally voiced by Creator/CamClarke, but the role was recast to Creator/RobinAtkinDownes for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''. This could be forgiven, though, since it was a thirty-years-younger Miller [[spoiler:and Miller died before the events of ''Metal Gear Solid'', with Liquid Snake, also voiced by Clarke, assuming his identity]].
** The ''Substance'' re-release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' includes a VR mission where you fight Meryl. For this fight, however, rather than recording new lines, they reused voice clips from Olga Gurlukovich's fight early in the main game. This would have made sense in the Japanese version, as the two characters share the same seiyuu (Kyoko Terase), but every Japanese version of ''Substance'', up until the ''HD Edition'' nearly a decade later, just used the English voice acting.
** 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, though the real Big Boss is also voiced by Sutherland, playing the trope straight.]]
* Video game versions of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' in America tend to go through Other Darrin moments.
** Any game that used [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] (Music/MarkHildreth, who came to absolutely ''hate'' the character due to how he was treated by "fans" during recording of the series) and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] (Creator/MarkGatha, who retired from voice acting in 2006 to become an orthopedic surgeon).
** A noticeable change was in ''Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space'', which had replaced the voices of everyone from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' both in game and the ''0083'' cutscenes. This was because ''0080'' and ''0083'' were dubbed by Bang-Zoom and the game was using Ocean Group.
** ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam]]'' makes this noticeable in a particularly weird way in its English version. In the game, there's a mission mode where, if you play your cards right, you can initiate a WhatIf story in which the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''[='=]s One-Year War is fought with characters and technology from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''. Thing is, ''Gundam'' was dubbed by Ocean Group, while ''Zeta'' was dubbed by Bluewater, and the game goes out of its way to use the appropriate voice clips for characters depending on the setting (e.g. Amuro talking in Creator/BradSwaile's voice in OYW-set fights and in Creator/MatthewErickson's for ''Zeta''-set ones), so characters who showed up in both series will randomly change voices depending on what happens in that story mode (such as Amuro talking in Erickson's voice for story dialogue, then butting in with Swaile's voice to shout about Char).
* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'':
** This has occurred with at least 3 characters. Most notably, the character of Elaine Marley. In ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'', she not only has a completely different voice actress, but she has also inexplicably dropped her British accent from the previous game. Oddly enough, she has both her original voice actress and her accent back again in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland''.
** In the first chapter of ''Tales of Monkey Island'', [=LeChuck=] was voiced by skilled VG voice actor Adam Harrington instead of Earl Boen, who had been voicing the character for years prior, though they managed to get Boen back for chapters 4 and 5.
** [=LeChuck=]'s long-time voice actor Creator/EarlBoen had retired before the production of VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland necessitating the casting of Creator/JessHarnell in the role.
** Stan S. Stanman has had multiple voice actors: Patrick Pinney in ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' and the special editions of ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'' and ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', Creator/PatFraley in ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'', Gavin Hammond in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' and ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland''.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Creator/{{Midway|Games}} replaced half of the digitized actors from the first two games in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''. The only ones who returned were Tony Marquez (Kung Lao), Richard Divizio (Kano, Baraka and Kabal), John Parrish (Jax) and Brian Glynn (Shao Kahn).
** Eddie Wong replaced Ho Sung Pak as Liu Kang.
** Kerri Hoskins replaced Elizabeth Malecki as Sonya Blade.
** John Turk replaced Phillip Ahn as Shang Tsung and Daniel Pesina as Sub-Zero. Turk would go on to play [[PaletteSwap all of the masked ninjas]] in ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' as well.
** In ''Ultimate'', Becky Gable was brought in to replace Katalin Zamiar as the female ninjas (Kitana, Mileena and Jade).
** Johnny Cage would be the last character whose actor was replaced. Originally, Midway was planning to leave him out of ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'' due to the CreatorBacklash that resulted when Dan Pesina posed in character as Cage for an ad for ''[=BloodStorm=]''. But then they decided to bring Cage back by replacing Pesina with Chris Alexander.
** On the voice-acting side of the coin, series creator Ed Boon provided the voice of Scorpion for the series up through ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon''. Starting with ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', the role was passed on to Creator/PatrickSeitz, although Boon still provides the voice-work for Scorpion's iconic "'''[[CatchPhrase GET OVER HERE!]]'''" Seitz would later be replaced by Creator/RonYuan in ''VIdeogame/MortalKombat11''.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' sees many of the returning characters were recast in this game:
*** Creator/PatrickSeitz revealed on Twitter that [[https://twitter.com/Seitz_Unseen/status/1070914187897987072 he's not voicing Scorpion this time]]. It's been confirmed that Ron Yuan has taken over his role.
*** Sonya Blade went from Creator/TriciaHelfer to Creator/RondaRousey.
*** Cassie Cage went from Creator/AshlyBurch to Creator/EricaLindbeck.
*** Creator/SteveBlum replaces Creator/GregEagles as Baraka. The voice he uses sounds very similar to his portrayal of Reptile. His voice was later altered to sound deeper/more guttural for the final version.
*** Beata Pozniak replaces Dana Lyn Baron as Skarlet.
*** Sunil Malhotra replaces Will Yun Lee as Kung Lao.
*** Jonathan Cahill takes over for Creator/{{David Lodge|AmericanActor}} as Kabal.
*** Linda Lee has been replaced as Jade here by Creator/MelaLee (no relation).
*** Kano isn't voiced by Creator/MichaelMcConnohie this time, but by Creator/JBBlanc.
*** Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke replaces Danielle Nicolet as Jacqui Briggs.
*** Noob Saibot went from Creator/JamiesonPrice to Creator/SeanChiplock despite the former reprising his role as the announcer.
*** Jax isn't being voiced by Greg Eagles again, the role being taken over by William Stephens.
*** Matthew Yang King replaces Tom Choi as Liu Kang.
*** Creator/KarenStrassman indicated [[https://twitter.com/karenstrassman/status/1079909200677851136?lang=en she did not voice Kitana again]] prior to release. The role instead went to Creator/KariWahlgren. Wahlgren also replaced Strassman as Mileena.
*** Shao Kahn isn't voiced by Bob Carter, but by Creator/IkeAmadi instead. He also took over Cyrax, replacing Rhasaan Orange.
*** Frost is now voiced by Sara Cravens despite Creator/KellyHu returning as D’Vorah.
*** Creator/VanessaMarshall takes over Sheeva from Creator/LaniMinella.
*** Creator/DaveBMitchell now voices Sektor, replacing Andrew Kishino and Vic Chao.
*** Daniel Lujan replaces Larry Omaha as Nightwolf.
*** Creator/ChrisCox voices the Terminator instead of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, despite Schwarzenegger's likeness being used.
** While most of the cast for ''Mortal Kombat 11'' does come back for ''VideoGame/MortalKombatOnslaught'', there are some exceptions.
*** In addition to returning to Sheeva, Creator/VanessaMarshall replaces Creator/RondaRousey as Sonya Blade.
*** Creator/TravisWillingham replaces Richard Epcar as Raiden.
** ''Videogame/MortalKombat1'' brings back many of the actors from the previous two games, but, due to being a ContinuityReboot that heavily reimagines certain characters, also features a number of recasts:
*** Vincent Rodriguez III takes over the role of Raiden from Creator/RichardEpcar and Travis Willingham. [[spoiler:This only applies to the mortal Raiden; the Thunder God incarnation from an alternate timeline is again voiced by Willingham.]]
*** Creator/KaijiTang takes over as the voice of Bi-Han/Sub-Zero I, replacing Creator/JamiesonPrice and Creator/SeanChiplock.
*** Kuai Liang/Sub-Zero II ([[CompositeCharacter now known as Scorpion in the new timeline]]) is now voiced by Creator/DaisukeTsuji, replacing Creator/SteveBlum.
*** Creator/KellyHu replaces Creator/TaraStrong as Li Mei.
*** Creator/AlanLee replaces Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa as Shang Tsung.
*** Creator/CheriseBoothe replaces Creator/JenniferHale as Tanya.
*** Creator/PhilLaMarr replaces Creator/DaveBMitchell as Geras.
*** Creator/YuriLowenthal replaces Andrew Bowen and Ken Lally as Smoke.
*** Creator/AndrewMorgado replaces Steve Blum as Reptile.
*** Creator/NoshirDalal replaces Dempsey Pappion as Rain.
*** Sean T. Krishnan replaces Ronald M. Banks as Quan Chi.
* ''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'':
** Steven Universe is voiced by Daniel [=DiVenere=] instead of Creator/ZachCallison, as Zach took a break from the media industry for his mental health.
** Tom and Jerry are voiced by Creator/EricBauza, rather than archival recordings of William Hanna or Creator/FrankWelker used in modern works like ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014''. Bauza also replaces Creator/JeffBergman as Bugs Bunny, reprising his role from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons''.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'': Resident TokenEvilTeammate Bishop was voiced by Asa Siegel in the first campaign. [[spoiler:He, or rather his [[AndIMustScream Wall of the Faithless-absorbed-soul]], reappears in a DreamSequence in ''Mask of the Betrayer'' voiced by Dave Walsh.]]
* From the English dub of the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series:
** 5pb. is voiced by Creator/MelaLee in [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia the first game]], and by Creator/JulieAnnTaylor in ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2 mk2]]'', it's remake ''[=ReBirth2=]'', and ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Re;Birth3]]''.
** Vert was originally voiced by Creator/TaraPlatt in everything from the start of the series up to 2015 (that's 9 games and [[Anime/HyperdimensionNeptunia the anime]]), but starting with ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'', she is voiced by Creator/CarrieKeranen, who [[ActingForTwo also voices]] [[TokenMiniMoe Rom]] and [[HaremSeeker RED]], due to Tara being unavailable at those time in response to a tweet from a fan. Keranen would eventually voice Vert in all of her subsequent appearances.
** Noire was voiced by Creator/ErinFitzgerald throughout the entire series until 2016. At Anime Expo'17, an English trailer for ''VideoGame/CyberdimensionNeptunia4GoddessesOnline'' was showcased. During the showcase, a fan noticed and tweeted that Noire is voiced by a different person. Erin [[https://twitter.com/ErinFitzgerald/status/881228768374800384 responded to the tweet by confirming]] that she is no longer voicing Noire as she stands on getting all games with SAG contracts. The voice actress replacing her is Creator/EricaMendez, who voiced Moru and Blossom Aisen in ''VideoGame/HyperdevotionNoireGoddessBlackHeart''. While the strike had ended on September 23, 2017 and Fitzgerald did express the idea of wanting to [[TheOriginalDarrin reprise the role of Noire]], the switch ended up being permanent as Mendez would voice the character in all future installments [[note]] This is further evidenced in ''VIIR'', where Mendez re-recorded all of Noire's lines in the game. Strangely, the same ''didn't'' apply to her EvilCounterpart Dark Black, who still retained Fitzgerald's recordings, though having a VoiceOfTheLegion made the change unnoticeable[[/note]].
* When ''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl'' had voice acting added in June 2022, most of the characters' previous actors reprised their roles, while others had stand-ins:
** Creator/DavidKaye voices [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Powdered Toast Man]] instead of the late Creator/GaryOwens.
** Alex Cazares voices [[WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters Oblina]] instead of the late Creator/ChristineCavanaugh.
** Creator/JimMeskimen voices [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel Thornberry]] instead of Creator/TimCurry.
** Dustin Sardella voices [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] instead of Creator/ZachTylerEisen.
** Vivian Vencer voices [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph]] instead of Creator/JessieFlower.
** Creator/AbbyTrott voices [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 April O'Neil]] instead of Creator/RenaeJacobs.
* ''VideoGame/NickelodeonKartRacers 3'', in addition to bringing over Kaye, Cazares, Vencer, & Trott, has the following replacements:
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] has another new voice, Davis Pak, instead of Dustin Sardella.
** Creator/VincentTong voices [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] instead of Creator/DanteBasco.
** Creator/JessicaDiCicco voices [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] instead of Creator/NancyCartwright.
** Zane [=VanWicklyn=] & Ramone Hamilton voice [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Arnold & Gerald]] instead of Mason Vale Cotton & Creator/BenjaminFloresJr from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''. [=VanWicklyn=] reprises his role as Arnold from ''Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis''.
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* Wolf's voice actor in ''VideoGame/Payday3'' has been replaced due to his original voice actor in the [[VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist first]] [[VideoGame/Payday2 two]] games being unavailable to take on the role. Some of Wolf's voice lines in ''PAYDAY 2'' had also been spliced together from other lines as a result of this, this being most notable when marking a Medic special enemy as it was added late in that game's development.
* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'': Joanna Dark's voice actress switched from Eveline Fischer in the original, to Laurence Bouvard in the prequel, also contributing to the loss of her accent (The former actress is British, the latter is American). Daniel Carrington's voice likewise switched from Chris Sutherland in the original to John Kay Steel; conversely to the above, this voice switch contributed to Carrington becoming 200% more Scottish than he was originally.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** Following her recast in the anime adaptation and 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 after the same anime adaptation.
** Fuuka Yamagishi was voiced by an unknown English voice actress in ''VideoGame/Persona3'', but was replaced with Creator/WendeeLee for ''Arena'' and ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth''.
** 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'', Mercer 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).
** Naoto was voiced by Creator/AnnaGraves in ''4'', ''Golden'', and the first ''Arena''; it was changed to Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn for the anime. Starting with ''Ultimax'' and ''Persona Q'', it changed again to Creator/ValerieArem.
** Due to scheduling conflicts, Creator/AshlyBurch took over as Rise in ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' for Creator/LauraBailey. By 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 voices for the Investigation Team from the original game's English dub.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona3''[='s=] original English dub, Ken Amada was voiced by an unknown voice actor; 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'').
** 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'' spin-offs due to Isamu Tanonaka's passing in 2010. As a result, [[ActorExistenceLimbo Igor was played]] using [[FakeShemp Tanonaka's archived recordings]] of the character, 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.]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'':
*** Creator/MiyuMatsuki, Chihaya Mifune's original ''seiyuu'', died before the original version was released, and Creator/KazunariTanaka, Junya Kaneshiro's original ''seiyuu'', died shortly after. Due to new dialogue in ''Royal'', they were replaced with Creator/HarukaTerui and Takahiro Fujimoto respectively, who had voiced these characters in ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation''.
*** Kirsten Potter was reportedly unable to reprise her role as Tae Takemi as a result of moving away, and was replaced by Creator/AbbyTrott.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX'': This is the first game to have a brand-new Japanese voice for Igor since Isamu Tanonaka's passing, being voiced by Creator/HochuOtsuka.
** ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'', a remake of ''Persona 3'', recasted a lot of characters for the English dub, in contrast to most of the original Japanese cast [[RoleReprise reprising their roles]]:
*** The male protagonist is voiced by Creator/AleksLe instead of Creator/YuriLowenthal.
*** Yukari Takeba is voiced by Creator/HeatherGonzalez instead of Creator/MichelleRuff.
*** Junpei Iori is voiced by Creator/ZenoRobinson instead of Creator/VicMignogna [[note]]Even if nobody else was recast, he likely wouldn't have been able to reprise the role of Junpei anyway due to his [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor allegations of workplace and convention misconduct towards fans and coworkers]] [[/note]].
*** Akihiko Sanada is voiced by Creator/AlejandroSaab instead of Creator/LiamOBrien.
*** Mitsuru Kirijo is voiced by Creator/AllegraClark instead of Creator/TaraPlatt; the latter still voices Elizabeth, however.
*** Fuuka Yamagishi is voiced by Creator/SuzieYeung instead of Creator/WendeeLee; the latter had voiced Fuuka in numerous spinoffs beforehand.
*** Aigis is voiced by Creator/DawnMBennett instead of Creator/KarenStrassman.
*** Ken Amada is voiced by Justine Lee instead of Creator/CindyRobinson; the latter had voiced Ken in numerous spinoffs beforehand.
*** Shinjiro Aragaki is voiced by Justice Slocum instead of Creator/GrantGeorge.
*** Takaya Sakaki is voiced by Creator/DamanMills instead of Creator/DerekStephenPrince.
*** Jin Shirato goes from being voiced by Creator/GrantGeorge to Creator/ChrisHackney.
*** Chidori Yoshino is now voiced by Creator/MeritLeighton in ''Reload''; Chidori's original actor was uncredited.
*** Shuji Ikutsuki is now voiced by Creator/JakeGreen, instead of his previous actors Creator/DanWoren (the original ''Persona 3'' releases) and Creator/JBBlanc (''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'').
*** In the Japan-only Drama [=CDs=] and [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie the movie adaptations]], Hidetoshi Odagiri was played by Creator/HiroakiMiura, with Creator/MasayaMatsukaze playing him for ''Reload''.
*** Chihiro Fushimi has a new voice actor in both the Japanese and English dubs of ''Reload''. In Japanese, she was previously portrayed by Creator/AiMaeda for her cameo in ''Persona 4'' and in the ''Persona 3'' movies, with Creator/AyaEndo playing her in ''Reload''. She was played by Creator/WendeeLee in ''Persona 4''[='s=] English dub (in Episode 15 of the anime adaptation, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris plays Fushimi instead). ''Reload'' has her played by Creator/KellyBaskin instead of either actor in the dub.
*** Kenji Tomochika was originally played by Creator/KenjiNojima in both the Japan-only Drama [=CDs=] and the movies. In ''Reload'', he is played by Creator/WataruHatano.
*** Isako Toriumi was played by Creator/ValerieArem in the original ''Persona 3'' releases. She is played by Creator/KatelynGault in ''Reload''.
*** In the Japan-only Drama [=CDs=], Bunkichi and Mitsuko Kitamura were played by Koji Yada and Fumi Oda respectively. In ''Reload''[='s=] Japanese dub, they are played by Creator/NaokiTatsuta and Sanae Takagi respectively.
*** Maiko Ootashi was played by Creator/FumikoOrikasa in the Drama [=CDs=], while Creator/HiyoriKouno plays her in ''Reload''.
*** Mr. Edogawa is played by Xander Mobus in ''Reload'' instead of Dan Woren, the latter playing the teacher in the English dub of ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''.
*** ''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''.
*** Officer Kurosawa was previously played by Grant George in the original game and reprised the role for ''Ultimax''. In ''Reload'', he is played by Liam O'Brien.
*** Eiichiro Takeba was originally played Liam O'Brien, with Yuri Lowenthal playing him instead for ''Reload''.
*** Creator/DerekStephenPrince originally played Takeharu Kirijo, while Grant George plays him in ''Reload''.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'':
** In the Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'', Bianca is voiced by Creator/ShizukaIto; in the trailer for the game, however, she is voiced by Creator/AyanaTaketatsu. This also happened in English: Bianca is voiced in the anime by Creator/EricaSchroeder (Bella Hudson), but in the trailer by Eileen Stevens. It's most likely because the aforementioned trailer and anime series are created by separate teams.
** Same for the Italian version: Anime!Bianca is Creator/BenedettaPonticelli, Trailer!Bianca is Sabrina Bonfitto.
* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'':
** The title character of the Postal Dude has been more or less consistently voiced by Rick Hunter in every game, with two exceptions due to Rick Hunter being unavailable:
** Hunter was dealing with personal issues during ''Postal III''[='=]s development, so the role went to Corey Cruise. Interestingly, both actors returned for the ''VideoGame/Postal2'' DLC ''Paradise Lost'' (which was released after ''III''), where Hunter regularly voices the Dude and Cruise acts as a split personality who suggests the Dude towards violence, occasionally takes over to threaten it, and eventually [[EnemyWithout splits off into his own Dude]].
** For ''VideoGame/Postal4NoRegerts'', Hunter was once again unavailable due to existing work commitments, so Creator/JonStJohn takes over as the Dude.
* ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'':
** In the ''Sands of Time'' series, the Prince's voice actor went from Creator/YuriLowenthal in [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime the first game]], to Creator/RobinAtkinDownes in ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin Warrior Within]]'', then back to Lowenthal for ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones The Two Thrones]]'', but with a slightly different voice and accent. Other characters' voices/accents (Farah and the Vizier) also changed between the games, and Kaileena's voice was not just changed between games, but changed ''during'' the game in ''Warrior Within''.
** Interesting international tidbit: the voice actor for the Spanish voice track was changed between ''Sands'' and ''Warrior'', and the one from ''Warrior'' remained for ''Two Thrones''. But what's interesting is that the first voice actor sounds younger and more arrogant, while the second voice actor sounds grimmer and older... which fits perfectly with the timeline of the game, since ''Warrior'' happens after a noticeable TimeSkip, while ''Two Thrones'' is immediately after ''Warrior''.
* Between ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'', Alex Mercer's voice actor went from Barry Pepper to Darryl Kurylo.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'':
** Ratchet was played by Mikey Kelley in the first ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet & Clank]]'', and Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor for the rest of the series, which most fans of the series actually prefer anyway, as right when Taylor took over the developers [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap toned down his attitude and laziness and made him far more willing to do the right thing and heroic]].
** [[LoveInterest Talwyn]] [[ActionGirl Apogee]] was originally voiced by Creator/TaraStrong, but as of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'', she is now voiced by Creator/AliHillis.
* ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'':
** Between ''Vegas 1'' and ''2'', every voice actor except for Jung Park's was replaced[[note]]Kan Akahashi's actor from ''Vegas 1'' is also credited in ''Vegas 2'', but the character makes no appearances there, speaking or otherwise[[/note]]. Michael Walters is the only other returning character who really sounds anything like he originally did, by way of having the only new actor who bothered retaining the character's distinctive accent - most notably, Logan Keller's Texan accent in the first game disappears entirely in the day or so between its missions and the final one of the second.
** An example between mediums came about from the beginning of the series, where John Clark was played by Creator/WillemDafoe in the 1994 film version of ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'', but then for the ''Rainbow Six'' games, from the original through ''Raven Shield'' and its expansions and console ports, he's voiced by Douglas Rye. For ''Lockdown'' he was replaced by Creator/JamiesonPrice, who was in turn replaced again for his brief speaking-only role in the prologue to ''Vegas 2''.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Any character that has been in more than one game will likely have a different voice actor per game due to Capcom's habit of changing casting agencies.
** The most notable example of this was Claire Redfield, who had been voiced by Creator/AlysonCourt from her debut in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' (early 1998) through ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'' (early 2012), before being replaced by Danielle Nicolet (under the pseudonym "James Baker") in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' and then Stephanie Panisello in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''. Court was nearly going to be replaced a lot earlier for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. When Capcom considered using a local talent agency from Japan for the game, the Canadian studio that provided the voice acting for ''[=RE2=]'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' successfully lobbied for her return.
** Some characters have switched back and forth. Richard Waugh voiced Wesker in ''Code: Veronica'', but was replaceqd by Creator/PeterJessop in the [=GameCube=] version of the first game, only to return in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 0]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'', then he was replaced by Creator/DCDouglas in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]''.
** Sally Cahill, who voiced Ada Wong in ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''Resident Evil 4'', was replaced by Megan Hollingshead in ''The Umbrella Chronicles'', but returned to voice Ada in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles The Darkside Chronicles]]'', and was then replaced again by Courtenay Taylor for ''Operation Raccoon City'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. Most of the regular [=VAs=] from the time of ''4'' onward (including the aforementioned people) also reprised their roles in ''The Darkside Chronicles'', although most of characters from the games before ''4'' were given new voice actors.
** Leon S. Kennedy has also been a notable partial aversion. He had been consistently voiced by Paul Mercier in all of his appearances ''after'' his debut in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', where he was voiced by Paul Haddad. Then Creator/ChristianLanz took over for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', only to be immediately replaced by Creator/MatthewMercer in ''Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.
** 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 Platform/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]].
** Chris Redfield has been somewhat better in this regard, having four different actors between the original game (Scott [=McCulloch=]), ''Code Veronica'' (Michael Filipowich), the [=REmake=] (Joe Whyte), and ''The Umbrella Chronicles'' (supposedly Kevin Dorman), but ever since ''[=RE5=]'' he has been consistently voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith. [[spoiler:During his [[TheCameo cameo appearance]] at the end of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', Smith was darrin'd with David Vaughn assuming the role, which continues on into the ''Not a Hero'' DLC where Chris returns as a playable character.]]
** Richard in the Platform/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.
* ''VideoGame/RugratsRoyalRansom'' features Creator/CandiMilo voicing Chuckie Finster instead of Creator/NancyCartwright (who herself had replaced Creator/ChristineCavanaugh after the latter retired from voicing acting the previous year).
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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'':
** Somewhat present with the character creator system - players can choose from multiple different voices, which are made to fit different nationalities. The problem is that some of the nationalities change in almost every game. This is a problem because the player character is always the same one, meaning that the character's nationality might change from game to game. In addition, between ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' and ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird The Third]]'', almost all of the voices changed, with only Kenn Michael hanging on as an option for male voices. Between ''the Third'' and ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV IV]]'', the voices remained consistent with the exception of the gimmick voice, changing from Creator/SteveBlum as [[OurZombiesAreDifferent a zombie]] to Creator/NolanNorth [[AdamWesting as Nolan North]].
** In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', Shaundi is voiced by Danielle Nicolet rather than Creator/ElizaDushku from her ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' rendition. While the ''2'' version of Shaundi reappears in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', she is voiced by Jennifer Jules Hart rather than Dushku.
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' features many characters returning from the earlier games in the series, either as simulations or their real selves. However, while many stayed, many underwent voice changes.
*** Benjamin King was voiced by the late Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan. Although Duncan was rescheduled to appear in the game, he died during production, so Creator/TerryCrews replaced him.
*** Tanya Winters was voiced by Creator/MilaKunis in her original appearance. Here, Kunis is replaced by Ursula Taheriane.
*** Mr. Sunshine's voice went from Creator/PhilLaMarr to Creator/PhilMorris.
*** Phillipe Loren is voiced by Creator/JBBlanc rather than game designer Jacques Hennequet.
*** While William Sharp was cut from the final, unused voice lines of his still exist within the games files. However, his voice is drastically different and went uncredited in the games files. Justified in the sense that David Carradine, Sharp's original voice actor, had passed away in 2009.
*** A strange case with Cyrus Temple, who is voiced by Tim Thomerson in nearly all of his appearances in the game bar the first mission, where Creator/RichardEpcar voices him instead.
* Max in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxSaveTheWorld'' had his voice replaced after the first episode, though the voices are so similar it's not really that important - some of the original actor's voice clips have even been retained.
* The 2019 ''Videogame/SamuraiShodown'' reboot recast many of the major roles due to being the franchise's first new mainline entry in a decade.
* In Koei's ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', Toyotomi Hideyoshi's American voice actor portrayed him with a screeching, annoying voice. In ''Samurai Warriors 2'', with Hideyoshi's role in the story expanded, he was assigned a ''much'' better actor who was able to convey a great deal of depth and humor, making him much more tolerable. And then when ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' hit, they went back to his old voice actor.
* ''VideoGame/SegaSuperstars'':
** Beat from ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' does not have any of his original voice actors. Instead, he has a voice that sounds like a 12-year-old boy. Eeven in ''All-Stars Racing'', in which he appears in his Future incarnation, who is older, but yet [[VocalDissonance he still sounds like he's 12]].
** Guest character WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph has a replacement VA in ''All-Stars Racing Transformed'', because it would've cost too much to get Creator/JohnCReilly (most game developers not published by EA or Activision can't afford big-name actors).
* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'': The English dub for chapters 9-11 in the Story Mode of drastically changed the voice actresses for Arisa. In the Tempest of the Gods expansion, many cards ended up having new voice actors.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Subverted InUniverse. ''Annie of the Stars'' is a ShowWithinAShow featuring a magical girl saving the day against Skullgirls and other threats that has run long enough that the first actress to play Annie is now the show's producer. Unknown to the public at large is that there has actually only ever been ''one'' person playing Annie: Annie herself, made TheAgeless due to a wish on the Skull Heart made by her own mother. The girls credited for playing Annie are actually life doubles who pose as Annie off-set and act as Annie's {{Secret Keeper}}s so her being centuries old doesn't get out.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** In an extreme case, the entire English voice cast were replaced with the cast used for the anime ''Anime/SonicX''. [[ExecutiveMeddling The original cast didn't even know they were being replaced until after the change]]. This came about because Yuji Naka, who was the head of Sonic Team at the time, made a comment that he would like for the voices for the characters to remain consistent across all media (as it was in Japan), either not knowing or caring that following through with this meant ''firing'' the previous English cast.
** Vector the Crocodile was voiced by [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Carter Cathcart]] in ''Sonic X'' and ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', but Dan Green in ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' onward, while Omega went from Jeff Kramer (''Shadow the Hedgehog'') to Creator/MaddieBlaustein (''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 2006]]'').
** Sega replaced the entire voice cast (except Creator/MikePollock) again in 2010. The new cast's first appearance was in ''VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders''.
** Before the big cast change, Tails went through several voice actors that were actual children (3 in English and 2 in Japanese), while Knuckles was voiced by Michael [=McGaharn=] in ''Sonic Adventure'', Ryan Drummond ([[ActingForTwo who also voiced Sonic]]) in ''Sonic Shuffle'', and Scott Drier from ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Adventure 2]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]''.
** Ultimately, if you count the short voice clips in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', you would find that Sega has gone through 5 voice actors for Sonic. That's a lot compared to others.
** Before ''Sonic CD'', Sonic had been voiced by Creator/TakeshiKusao in a handful of arcade games, including ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog''.
** In Japan, Big the Cat was voiced by the late Shun Yashiro in ''Sonic Adventure'' and Takashi Nagasako everywhere else.
** Likewise, Dr. Eggman was voiced by the late Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka from ''Sonic Adventure'' up until his death in 2015, where he was replaced by Kotaro Nakamura the following year.
** Not counting the cartoons, the first time Sonic got a dub in Italian was in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. While most of the cast remained from that game on, there are a few exceptions:
*** In ''Generations'', Shadow was voiced by Maurizio Merluzzo (who also voices Knuckles) during his rival battle and by Riccardo Lombardo for the remainder of the game. In subsequent games, Creator/ClaudioMoneta voiced the character, except in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' where Riccardo Lombardo took the role back.
*** In ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games]]'', Alice Bongiorni (who regularly voices Omochao) replaces both Sabrina Bonfitto as Cream and Emanuela Pacotto as Charmy, and Claudio Moneta replaces Creator/SilvioPandolfi as Espio.
** And then Creator/TroyBaker's role as Espio was replaced by Creator/MatthewMercer in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics]]''.
** ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing'' saw Creator/DaveBMitchell and Creator/PatrickSeitz replace Creator/TravisWillingham as Knuckles and Zavok (respectively), Creator/EricaLindbeck replace Creator/LauraBailey as Blaze and Omochao (many fans believe Laura was out on maternity leave and Travis was with her for it), Aaron [=LaPlante=] replacing Creator/VicMignogna as E-123 Omega (due to the allegations surrounding him at the time) and Creator/BrycePapenbrook replacing Creator/QuintonFlynn as Silver.
* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' has had its own run-in with the trope in the English version. In the jump from ''Soul Calibur II'' to ''Soul Calibur III'', '''every''' character who had been in the series up to that point and had a voice actor got a new VA, with the exception being Xianghua, who kept Creator/WendeeLee as her voice actress for the entire series. However, there have been even more changes for a few other characters, with little to no explanation for the change:
** Tira's voice actress for her debut in ''SCIII'' is unknown, but Katie [=McNulty=] is known to have voiced her in every game since.
** Setsuka was voiced by Creator/KariWahlgren originally, only for Creator/TaraPlatt to take over in the subsequent games.
** Nightmare (Inferno) already had a different voice from Knightmare (Siegfried) but this is justified by the fact that they are technically different characters. However, he changed voice actors between ''III'' and ''IV'' from Patrick Ryan to Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, also justifiable due to the fact that this version of Knightmare physically changed between the two games and the voice change was one way to reflect this.
** Cervantes got it worse than the rest of the cast; he was originally voiced by Warren Rodgerson in ''Soul Calibur II'' (who gave quite the hammy performance), but was replaced by Creator/WallyWingert starting in ''III''. ''He'' was then replaced in ''Soulcalibur V'' by Creator/PatrickSeitz, justified by the fact that Cervantes actually gained a new body in ''V''.
** Nightmare (Siegfried) was originally voiced by Ted D' Agostino. When Siegfried became his own character in ''III'', he was voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman due to the change in his character. However, Freeman was replaced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith, who continued to voice the character from ''IV'' onward.
* ''Space Channel 5'':
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'', Ulala was the only major returning character to keep the same (English) voice actor (besides [[Music/MichaelJackson Space Michael]]).
** Apollo Smile, Ulala's long-time voice actress, retired several years before ''Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash'' came out, so Ulala is now voiced by Creator/CheramiLeigh.
* ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'': Don Jordan, who played Irving Lambert in the first game, was inexplicably replaced by Creator/DennisHaysbert for ''VideoGame/SplinterCellPandoraTomorrow'' and then just as inexplicably returned for the rest of the series. Anna Grimsdóttir was in the same boat - first voiced by Claudia Besso, replaced by Adriana Anderson for ''Pandora Tomorrow'' (who also replaced Ellen David as Frances Coen), then back to Besso for ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory Chaos Theory]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction Conviction]]''. In ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist Blacklist]]'', Grim's voice was replaced again, by Creator/KateDrummond, as was Sam's, going from Creator/MichaelIronside to Eric Johnson for that game; mirroring the ''Pandora Tomorrow'' instance, however, Ironside came back to voice him for crossover missions in ''Videogame/GhostReconWildlands'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint Breakpoint]]''. It was later revealed that Ironside stepped down from the role for ''Blacklist'' both because of the greater physical demands from doing motion capture alongside voice acting (Ironside was 63 at the time the game released) and, as it turns out, he was undergoing treatment for cancer.
* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'':
** Spyro himself has had many different voice actors: 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''.
** Sparx's voice changes in each game, from Creator/AndreSogliuzzo to 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.
** 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.
** 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. Additionally, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris replaces Creator/MelissaDisney as Elora, and Creator/MelissaHutchison replaces Creator/PamelaHayden as Bianca.
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' has several significant examples:
** Sarah Kerrigan, the penultimate Big Bad from the first ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'', is now voiced by ''Tricia Helfer'' for the sequel trilogy. Notably, a flashback cinematic in the ''Wings of Liberty'' campaign, which featured Kerrigan's lines from the first ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' Terran campaign by her original voice actress Glynnis Talken-Campbell, were [[FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin entirely redubbed by Helfer]]. Creator/FredTatasciore has taken over the role for Zeratul, as the original voice actor Jack Ritschel had passed away sometime before the production of Starcraft II. Patrick Seitz is the voice actor for Artanis in ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft II}}''. All in all, only the voice actors for Jim Raynor and Arcturus Mengsk got to keep their roles from the original installment.
** Jim Raynor had a different voice actor complete with a very pronounced Southern accent in the initial gameplay trailers released for ''[=StarCraft=] II''. Interestingly, Blizzard eventually changed their minds and brought back the original voice actor, Robert Clatworthy. But in a bizarre twist, Talken-Campbell initially confirmed that she was supposed to play Kerrigan in ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' all along, and a released trailer showcasing storyboard sketches for the flashback cinematic actually featured her voice (and the redubbed lines for Jim Raynor complete with the Southern twang). Sometime after Clatworthy announced his reinstatement as the voice of Jim Raynor, Talken-Campbell took to the internet and announced that Blizzard decided to replace her as the voice for Sarah Kerrigan. Subsequent fan backlash never swayed the developers to reconsider their decision.
** The trilogy manages to provide an interesting [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] that is only revealed to be one much later than when the example happens. [[spoiler:Tassadar was voiced by Michael Gough in the first game but he (or rather, his spirit) is voiced by Creator/MichaelDorn, and sounds noticeably different from before. In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', however, Michael Gough once again voices him. So why the discrepancy? Turns out that the spirit of Tassadar was actually an illusion displayed by [[BigGood the Xel'naga Ouros]], as explained in ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid Legacy Of The Void]]''... and Ouros is voiced by Michael Dorn.]]
* ''Franchise/StarFox'': Every character has gone through at least two different voice actors, with previous ones sometimes returning after a while.
** For example, Fox [=McCloud=] was voiced by Mike West in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and its remake, ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]''. In the animated short "The Battle Begins", he's voiced by Creator/JoeZieja. In the fourteen years between ''64'' and its remake, Fox was voiced by Steve Malpass (''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' and ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'') and Jim Walker (''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'').
** The Japanese versions aren't free from this. Unlike most examples, though this was the result of them expanding the cast to reduce the amount of ActingForTwo, as ''64'' had only six voice actors. One example is Shinobu Satouchi voicing both Fox and Leon in ''64'', before Kenji Nojima came into to take over as Fox for ''Assault'' and ''Brawl''. The only seiyuus who stayed throughout were Hisao Egawa (Falco), Kyoko Tonguu (Slippy and Katt in ''64''), and Tomohisa Aso (Peppy)... until the remake of ''64'' replaced the entire Japanese cast.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsRebelAssault'', Ru Murleen was originally played by [[TheDanza an actress with the same name]], but recast with Julie Eccles in the sequel.
* While ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' does this frequently, the most notable cases are...
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series, where in between ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'', Ryu went from Katashi Ishizuka to Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa. In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'', Ishizuka's sounds were used for grunts and most [[CallingYourAttacks attack calls]], but Ryu's cry of "Shin Shoryuken!" was Morikawa.
** In ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III 3rd Strike]]'', ''everybody'' was replaced save Akuma (Tomomichi Nishimura) and Ibuki (Yuri Amano).
** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', everybody is recast except for Ken (Yuji Kishi from ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike'' onward), Blanka (Yuji Ueda as of ''Street Fighter Alpha 3''), Makoto (voiced by Makoto Tsumura in both of her appearances), Yun (Kentaro Ito from ''3rd Strike'' on), Yang (Masakazu Suzuki from ''3rd Strike'' on) and M. Bison (Creator/NorioWakamoto as of ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]''). Curiously, Yuji Ueda does not reprise his role as Vega, instead being replaced by Junichi Suwabe, and Toru Okawa is no longer Ryu, but his master Gouken.
** ''Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers'', the 2017 UpdatedRerelease of ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'', contains a "New Generation Voice Mode" where all of the original 1991-1993 voice lines were replaced with clips of the present day voice actors who joined the franchise in ''Videogame/StreetFighterIV''. Violent Ken also makes his official ''SF'' debut here, with Creator/YujiKishi replacing Atsushi "Monster" Maezuka from ''Videogame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''.
** Creator/LauraBailey more or less was the official English voice of Chun-Li for a decade, starting in 2009's ''Videogame/StreetFighterIV'' and continuing in both the mainline series and crossovers like ''Videogame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', ''Videogame/StreetFighterXTekken'' and ''Videogame/PowerRangersBattleForTheGrid''. In June 2022, it was announced that Creator/JennieKwan would officially be taking over as Chun-Li in ''Videogame/StreetFighter6''. Additionally, Creator/RayChase replaces Creator/TravisWillingham as Guile, Creator/DavidMatranga replaces Creator/ReubenLangdon as Ken, Luis Bermudez replaces Creator/TaliesinJaffe as Blanka and Creator/ZenoRobinson replaces Chris Cain as Dee Jay.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** Princess Peach and Bowser have 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:
*** Mami Yamase: ''The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach!'' {{OVA}}.
*** Miyako Endo: ''Amada'' OVA series.
*** Jeannie Elias: ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.
*** Tracey Moore: The ''Super Mario Bros 3'' and ''Super Mario World'' cartoons.
*** Jocelyn Bedford: ''VideoGame/HotelMario''.
*** Leslie Swan: ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' (and its VideoGameRemake ''Super Mario 64 DS''), the English version of ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
*** Asako Kozuki: Japanese ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', both the Japanese and English versions of ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', ''Mario Party'' 1 and 2.
*** Creator/JenTaylor: ''Mario Golf'' up to ''Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games''.
*** Nicole Mills: ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' and ''Super Mario Strikers/Mario Smash Football''.
*** Samantha Kelly began in ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'' ''Charged'' and is Peach's current voice actress at this time.
** And for Bowser, there is:
*** Naoki Tatsuta: BS Super Mario Collection
*** Akiko Wada: ''The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!'' {{OVA}}.
*** Masaharu Satō: ''Amada'' OVA series
*** The late Harvey Atkin: ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'', and ''Super Mario World'' cartoons.
*** Rob Wallace: ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing!''
*** Marc Graue: ''VideoGame/HotelMario''
*** Bruce Robertson: ''VideoGame/MariosTimeMachine''
*** Scott Burns: ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' up to ''Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''
*** Eric Newsome: ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
*** Kenny James voiced him in ''Super Mario Strikers/Mario Smash Football'' but he didn't return until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' where he became Bowser's current voice actor.
** 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 Platform/GameCube era that Martinet was consistently the voice of Luigi.
** Wario was also originally voiced by Thomas Spindler, an employee of Nintendo's German division, in the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64'' and the first two ''Mario Party'' titles. It wasn't until ''Mario Party 3'' that Martinet became Wario's permanent voice actor until 2023.
** Princess Daisy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' was voiced by Kate Fleming for her return to the series in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' and Jen Taylor for her first three appearances in the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series. Starting with ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', Deanna Mustard became Daisy's voice actress until 2023, with her final time voicing Daisy being ''VideoGame/MarioStrikersBattleLeague''. Needless to say, Deanna Mustard's take on Daisy is much, ''much'' different from Fleming and Taylor's. Mustard was replaced with Giselle Fernandez in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', with Fernandez's take on Daisy actually being so strongly similar to Mustard's that few realized she had been replaced until Fernandez themself confirmed it.
** 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 first 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.
** The Koopalings have also had some voice changes in the series. In ''Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.'' They were voice by were voiced by Masaharu Satō (Larry and Iggy), Miyako Endō (Morton and Wendy), and Naoki Tatsuta (Roy, Lemmy, and Ludwig). In the DIC Cartoons they were voiced by James Ransken (Larry aka Cheatsy), Gordon Masten (Morton aka Big Mouth), Creator/TabithaStGermain (Wendy aka Kootie Pie), Creator/TaraStrong (Iggy aka Hop), Dan Hennessey (Roy aka Bully), Creator/StuartStone (Lemmy aka Hip), and Michael Stark (Ludwig aka Kooky). In the Super Mario Games starting with ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'', they were given in-game dialogue for the first time. In the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games and the fouth and fifth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Games, Larry, Morton, Wendy and Lemmy were voiced by Creator/LaniMinella, Iggy and Ludwig were voiced by Mike Vaughn, and Roy was voiced by Dan Falcone. However in Mario Kart 8 Lani Minella was replaced by Michelle Hippe (Larry), David Cooke (Morton), Ashley Flannegan (Wendy), and [=Carlee McManus=] (Lemmy), while Mike Vaughn was replaced by Ryan Higgins (Iggy) and David J. Goldfarb (Ludwig) respectively. This makes Dan Falcone (Roy) the only voice actor who was not replaced.
** Yoshi was originally voiced on the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon by Andrew Sabiston, while in the games he's voiced by Kazumi Totaka starting with ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' and continuing to the present day.
** In her first voiced appearance in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' for the Platform/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 Platform/GameBoyAdvance. From ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' onwards, Birdo is voiced by [[CrossDressingVoices Kazumi Totaka]].
** Franchise/DonkeyKong was originally voiced by the late Creator/SoupySales in the ''Donkey Kong'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'', then by Creator/GaryChalk on ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', and by Richard Yearwood for the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' cartoon (with Sterling Jarvis providing his singing voice). In the games proper, Grant Kirkhope voiced DK from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' all the way through ''VideoGame/MarioVSDonkeyKong'', after which Creator/TakashiNagasako took over from ''Mario Power Tennis'' onwards.
** Diddy Kong was voiced on the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' cartoon by Andrew Sabiston (who funnily enough had previously voiced Yoshi on the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon) and by Chris Sutherland in the games from ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' until ''Mario Power Tennis'', where Creator/KatsumiSuzuki took over from that point onwards.
** From his debut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' until ''VideoGame/MarioPartyDS'', Bowser Jr. was voiced by Dolores Rogers. Starting with ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]'', he is voiced by Caety Sagoian.
** Although Charles Martinet consistently voiced Mario from 1992 until his retirement from voice acting in 2023, there has been a flip-flop of voices over the years.
*** Creator/ToruFuruya, his main Japanese voice actor[[note]]except in some commercials, where he's either Takeshi Aono, Gorō Inagaki, Takashi Okamura, or Kazunari Ninomiya.[[/note]]
*** Creator/PeterCullen in ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'''s ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' cartoon.
*** Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano in ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''
*** Walker Boone in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld''.
*** Ronald B. Ruben in ''Mario Teaches Typing''.
*** Creator/BobHoskins for the live-action ''Film/{{Super Mario Bros|1993}}.'' movie.
*** Marc Graue in ''VideoGame/HotelMario''.
*** Charles Martinet himself starting with a series of pinball machines from 1992.
*** And finally, Creator/ChrisPratt in Creator/{{Illumination|Entertainment}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''. Ironically, Charles Martinet is part of the voice cast, but not as Mario or Luigi[[note]]the latter of whom is voiced by Creator/CharlieDay in the film[[/note]], but rather [[RemakeCameo as their father]].
** 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. ''VideoGame/WarioWareMoveIt'' has Afghani taking over as Wario as well.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' features the following changes (due to the originals having already passed):
*** Sencho from ''Anime/GiantGorg'': Masao Imanishi to Noriyuki Hori.
*** Manon from ''Anime/GiantGorg'': Mitsuo Gunji to Tomohiro Tsuboi.
*** Don Slasen from ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': Shingo Kanemoto to Naomi Kusumi.
*** Mardal from ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': Creator/SeizoKato to Creator/HidekatsuShibata.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'':
*** [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Caligula]] goes from the late Creator/DaisukeGori to Creator/KentaMiyake, [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Nero]] from Mia Naruse to Ari Hinohara, and [[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron Jack Smith]] from Yoshikazu Sato to Creator/KenjiNomura. [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Claudius]] [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags]] this, as Creator/YukaImai previously portrayed him in the drama CD before Creator/TomokoKawakami took over for the anime. With Kawakami's passing, Imai retakes the role.
*** A weird case involving Fei-Yen HD: it seems to be voiced by Creator/SakiFujita, NOT by [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]], ''the musical software'' whose voice banks Fujita provided for, possibly because using the software itself for the game could give her a very [[UnintentionalUncannyValley unnatural sounding voice for an action-oriented game]].[[note]]This is likely the first time Fujita voices Miku as a proper character.[[/note]]
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV''
*** [[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Vuitton and Kochou]] go from Shoko Kanoki and the late Creator/ChiekoHonda to Yuriko Fuchisaki and Creator/NatsukoKuwatani.
*** As Creator/MasashiHirose is still hospitalized, Minoru Inaba voices [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Goer]] in his place.
*** [[spoiler:[[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Crux Dogatie]] was voiced by the late Creator/IchiroNagai in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 2]]''. Here, he is voiced by Creator/{{Mugihito}}, his voice actor in the ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'' series starting with ''Spirits''.]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' mostly has this occur when the character in question was subject to this in their home franchise, with one example being ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' switching from Creator/JasonGriffith to Creator/RogerCraigSmith. Examples separate from this are:
** The only voice actors from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' to reprise their roles in the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU 3DS and Wii U iterations]] are Antony Del Rio (as Pit and Dark Pit) and Creator/HyndenWalch (as Viridi). Brandy Kopp voices Palutena (Darrining for Creator/AliHillis), Creator/PatrickSeitz voices Magnus (Darrining for Creator/FredTatasciore), and Stephanie Komure voices Phosphora (Darrining for Creator/KariWahlgren). In ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'', Viridi is voiced by Dayci Brookshire instead.
** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]], who was originally voiced [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew in the anime series]] by Creator/SeanSchemmel. The role went to Bill Rogers in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' before [[TheOriginalDarrin returning to]] Schemmel for later ''Smash'' installments.
** Creator/LaurenLanda voices female Robin, in place of Creator/MichelleRuff and Creator/WendeeLee from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''.
** Creator/KosukeToriumi replaced Matt Harty as [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac's]] voice actor.
** The announcer is Jeff Manning in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 64]]'', Dean Harrington in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee Melee]]'', Pat Cashman in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'', and Creator/XanderMobus in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU 3DS and Wii U]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]''.
* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'': The voice of Carmelita Fox was replaced in each game. She was played by Roxana Ortega in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'', then by Alesia Glidewell in ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'', then Ruth Livier in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', and then by Creator/GreyDeLisle in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. It didn't help that each voice actress [[OohMeAccentsSlipping gave Carmelita a different accent]].
* In the ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter'' series, Mara Aramov has had four noticeably different voice actresses, [[FakeNationality the latter two being American]] rather than native Russian. Lian Xing has been voiced by three actresses; Ava Fang ([[OneBookAuthor her only known acting role]]) in ''1'', Zoe Galvez in ''2'' and ''3'', and Creator/KimMaiGuest in all subsequent games, complete with different looks and personalities. Gabe Logan also switched voice actors from John Chacon to Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor starting with ''The Omega Strain''.
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** Most of the English voice case of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' was replaced for the sequel, ''Dawn of the New World''. Of the original nine plus Yuan that reappear only Colette (Creator/HeatherHoganWatson) and Kratos (Creator/CamClarke), who's the narrator, retain their original [=VAs=]. Everybody else was replaced (Lloyd goes from Creator/ScottMenville to Creator/BrianBeacock, Sheena from Creator/JenniferHale to Creator/MeganHollingshead, Genis from Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey to Creator/TaraSands, Zelos from Shiloh Strong to Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith, Presea from Creator/TaraStrong to Creator/JaniceKawaye, and Regal from Creator/CrispinFreeman to Creator/DaveWittenberg).
** In the original ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' (''[[MarketBasedTitle Tales of Destiny II]]''), Reid was voiced by Kevin Miller; Creator/SamRiegel took over in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld: Radiant Mythology'' and the cameo battle in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia: [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The First Strike]]'':
*** Creator/TroyBaker and Creator/SamRiegel reprise their roles as Yuri and Flynn from the game; however, the other three game characters appearing in the movie were replaced by Creator/{{Funimation}} Texan voice actors (Rita went from Creator/MichelleRuff to Creator/LuciChristian, Estelle from Creator/DanielleJudovits to Creator/CheramiLeigh, and Raven from Joe J. Thomas to Jonathan Brooks).
*** For the UpdatedRerelease of ''Vesperia'' in 2019, Troy Baker was replaced as Yuri by Creator/GrantGeorge. According to Baker, he hadn't been contacted about the chance to reprise his role.
** The cast of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' (GBA) was voiced in Japan, with English-speaking voice actors residing there; in every other Tales media where Phantasia characters show up, they were replaced by Californian talent.
** In the Japanese side, Mint is voiced by Creator/SatomiKoorogi in ''Phantasia'''s SNES and GBA versions, and by Creator/JunkoIwao everywhere else.
** Dhaos was voiced by the late Creator/KanetoShiozawa for the original game and the [=PS1=] remake, and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa everywhere else.
** In the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Tales of VS]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Nanaly Fletch]] is now voiced by Creator/YumiKakazu, due to the same reason why [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Soi Fon]] got a new voice actor: Nanaly's original voice actor Creator/TomokoKawakami was on sick leave and later died.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Engineer is ordinarily voiced by Creator/GrantGoodeve, but when he was occupied Creator/NolanNorth took over for the "Expiration Date" short. Likewise, the Soldier's voice actor Rick May came down with throat cancer and North had to do his trademark scream. May has since passed, so it is assumed that Soldier will have to be recast in any future projects.
* ''VideoGame/TeenTitans2006'' has nearly every voice actor reprising their roles from [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 the cartoon the game is based on]]. The one exception is Mad Mod, who is voiced by Creator/GregEllis instead of Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.
* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' has lots of this. Basically ''everyone'' from the first two games had their voice actor changed in games set after the 17-year TimeSkip. Aside from this drastic change (which is far too many to list), there are other examples:
** Series creator Creator/KatsuhiroHarada voices Marshall Law's battle grunts from his debut game until ''[[VideoGame/Tekken5 5]]'', while his cutscene voice in ''5'' is done by Creator/RobertClotworthy. In ''[[VideoGame/Tekken6 6]]'', both of his cutscene voice and battle grunts are now done by Creator/DavidVincent. Harada also voices Yoshimitsu until ''[[VideoGame/Tekken4 4]]'', where he is replaced by Creator/TomokazuSeki.
** Paul Phoenix is voiced by Eric Kelso from ''[[VideoGame/Tekken3 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/TekkenBloodline Bloodline]]'', she is voiced by Creator/ErikaHarlacher.
** Anna Williams is voiced by Lenne Hardt (AKA [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts The Crazy PRIDE Lady]]) in ''5'', before being replaced by Creator/TaraPlatt from ''6'' onwards.
** Lei Wulong is voiced by Creator/HiroyaIshimaru from ''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, Baek Doo San, in ''5'', but he is replaced by Byeong Hwa Yun in ''6''.
** Bruce Irvin is voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman in ''5''. Nobody knows who voices him in ''6'', but he is certainly ''not'' Freeman.
** Eddy Gordo is voiced by Marcellus Nealy in ''5'', and Creator/RogerCraigSmith in ''6''.
** Julia Chang is voiced by Annie Wood in ''5'', and Creator/StephanieSheh from ''6'' onwards. In ''Bloodline'', she is voiced by Creator/JeannieTirado.
** 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 7]]'' (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''.
** Ling Xiaoyu is voiced by Creator/YumiTouma from her debut game until ''Tag 2'', where she is replaced by Creator/MaayaSakamoto.
** Steve Fox has an RP accent when Ezra J. Stanley voices him in ''4''. Infamously, the accent turns into [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent a bizarre mix of RP and Cockney]] when Stanley is replaced by Guy Perryman in ''5''. In ''6'', Perryman is replaced by Creator/GideonEmery, who seems to settle on an Estuary accent (which is much more appropriate for a guy like Steve).
** Raven is voiced by Jack Merluzzi in ''5'', and Creator/DCDouglas from ''6'' onwards.
** Lili is voiced by Joy Jacobson until ''Tag 2'', when she begins speaking French and is consequently replaced by Laura Blanc.
** Lee is voiced by William Word in ''4'' (where he speaks entirely in unaccented English), and Creator/RyotaroOkiayu from ''5'' onwards (where he mostly speaks in Japanese but sometimes breaks into GratuitousEnglish).
** Leroy is voiced by Creator/BeauBillingslea in the games, and Krizz Kaliko in ''Bloodline''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'': The series in general, in both English and Japanese; they constantly changed studios from game to game. To mention the English examples:
** Rikimaru went from Paul Lucas in the first game, to Creator/RinoRomano in the second, to Daniel Dae Kim in the third and Creator/LiamOBrien in the fourth.
** Ayame went from Terry Osada in the first game, to Debi Mae West in the second, to Michelle Krusiec in the third and an unknown voice actress in the fourth.
** Onikage went from Seiichi Hirai in the first game to Creator/PaulStPeter in the fourth
** Tatsumaru went from David Moore in the second to Creator/QuintonFlynn in the third.
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'': Lara Croft has had four voice actresses over 12 years and 8 games, each one bringing a totally different spin on Lara's personality. She even changes in appearance, and has been played in live action promo shots by at least five different women, not even counting Creator/AngelinaJolie and Creator/AliciaVikander in the film adaptions. This was done deliberately so that no actress will be able to dominate the character. Creator/SofiaVergara played what is essentially the Jolie version of the character in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFz8cyZO6I this TV spot]] for Visa credit cards.
* ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'': Harry Flynn got another voice for the multiplayer mode. Valentine claims that he wasn't even contacted, while ND claims that they couldn't come to an agreement to get him to return.
* In the first game of the ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsAdventures'' series, Uncle Albert is played and voiced by Michel Beaujard. Starting from the next game, [[SameLanguageDub he's played by Maurice Lustyk and voiced by Patrice Baudrier]].
* ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'':
** In ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', Sion Eltnam Atlasia was voiced by Creator/RioNatsuki. When she became a {{guest fighter}} in UNIB, Creator/SatomiAkesaka (Sion, now known as "Eltnum") took over the roles.
** Subverted by the other GuestFighter, Akatsuki from ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'': the trope ''seems'' to be played straight since the credits for ''Blitzkampf'' cite "Shouji Hijikata" as his seiyuu and UNIB lists Creator/ShinobuMatsumoto instead... but it looks like "Shouji Hijikata" '''is''' the aforementioned Shinobu Matsumoto, only now using his birth name rather than a pseudonym.
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* The entire English cast of ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' changed between the first game and the second due to a switch in dubbing groups (TAJ Productions did the first game; Creator/BangZoomEntertainment did the second). The only exception was Valkyrie Lenneth's voice actress, Creator/MeganHollingshead, who voiced her in both games; this was actually because Hollingshead had transitioned from TAJ/4Kids Entertainment (New York) to Bang Zoom! (California) a few years after the first game was released. Also, Creator/KikukoInoue voiced Valkyrie Hrist in the first game, and Creator/AtsukoTanaka voiced her in the second.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': Many major characters have gotten a new voice actor for their ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' incarnation (although a few have retained their original lines).
** 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 ''Warcraft III'' 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 ''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. [[note]] According to Justin Gross, he was asked to reprise the role, but because he was offered a lot less money than previously to continue the role, he took his agent's advise and declined.[[/note]] As for the Lich King himself, his new voice is Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, who already plays [[ActingForTwo Kel'thuzad and, strangely, Uther the Lightbringer]].
** Partway through the ''Wrath of The Lich King'' expansion, Sylvanas, who was originally voiced by Piera Coppola, was abruptly re-voiced by a new actress, Creator/PattyMattson, who gave her a more prominent accent. Many fans of the character were upset with this, claiming the accent doesn't fit the character.
** Its card game spinoff, ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'', gets a lot of this as well. Chances are, if a character from a card set reappears 2 or so years later, there's a good chance they'll sound significantly different. One obvious example you can compare in-game live is with Khadgar, the Mage hero skin, with Khadgar, the Mage legendary minion from ''Rise of Shadows''.
* ''VideoGame/WatchmenTheEndIsNigh'', a video game tie-in to [[Film/{{Watchmen}} the live-action film]], has the Comedian voiced by Mark Silverman instead of Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, Silk Spectre II voiced by Andrea Baker instead of Creator/MalinAkerman and Dr. Manhattan voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman instead of Creator/BillyCrudup.
* Multiple characters in ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' have had their voices changed repeatedly, most notably Ms. Birdy. While her original voice was almost grandmother-like, her new voice is higher-pitched and sounds younger. Tabby von Meow's voice was also changed in 2011.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' series since it got proper voice work in 2001's ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein'' has nevertheless almost never retained voice actors between games, as per its tendency to go on near-decade-long {{Sequel Gap}}s and get handed off to a new company:
** In ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', [[TheQuietOne what little]] B.J. Blazkowicz says is voiced by Matt Kaminsky, while the Director of the OSA is Creator/TonyJay and Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse is voiced by an unknown and uncredited actor. For the 2009 ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein|2009}}'', B.J. is now Peter Jessop, and the Director and Deathshead are both Creator/RobinAtkinDownes. Interestingly, his assistant "Jack" isn't an example, as [[AllThereInTheManual other sources]] indicate that the James Alcroft-voiced Jack from ''Return'' is a different person from the Shaun O'Hagan-voiced Jack in ''2009''.
** In the 2009 game, Caroline Becker is Anna Graves, while in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', she is now Creator/BonitaFriedericy, and B.J. is now Creator/BrianBloom. Deathshead is a double-example, as his English lines are provided by Creator/DwightSchultz, while those in German are Kaspar Eichel.
** ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'' is a retake on the events of the first chapter from ''Return'', but those characters who aren't replaced by {{exp|y}}ies have different voices - Agent One went from Jim Piddock to Ronan Summers, and Kessler went from another unknown actor to Urs Remond.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': When the 5 main characters of the former series appeared in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', only 4 of them were voiced by their original voices -- Neku (Jesse David Corti), Shiki (Creator/HeatherHoganWatson), Joshua (Aaron Spann), and Beat (Crawford Wilson). Rhyme, who was originally voiced by Creator/KateHiggins, is voiced by Ashley Rose Orr in ''Dream Drop Distance''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' games had three entries in the series, and mixed and matched their actors throughout; for example, ''Episode 2'' replaced Lia Sargent as Shion with Olivia Hack; Creator/BridgetHoffman as KOS-MOS with Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey; Sherry Lynn as MOMO with Christina Puccelli; and Creator/DerekStephenPrince as Chaos with Joshua Seth. ''Episode 3'' replaced Shion and KOS-MOS with [[TheOriginalDarrin their original voice actors]] while keeping the rest of the main cast from ''Episode 2''.
* The rerelease of the 1992 ''VideoGame/{{X|Men1992}}-Men'' arcade game had redubbed the lines with [[ActingForTwo all the characters voiced by]] Creator/KyleHebert and Creator/MelaLee.
* ''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 ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', almost none of the voice actors from ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' return.
** Creator/MatthewMercer replaces Creator/TroyBaker as Sigma.
** Creator/EdenRiegel replaces Creator/LauraBailey as Diana.
** [[spoiler:Rena Strober replaces Creator/AliHillis as Akane, and would also later replace Hillis's original performance in the ''Nonary Games'' version of ''Virtue's Last Reward''.]]
** [[spoiler:Evan Smith replaces Creator/DaveBMitchell as Junpei (justified here as a TimeShiftedActor).]]
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