History TheOtherDarrin / VideoGames

*** Creator/YuriLowenthal replaces as Andrew Bowen and Ken Lally as Smoke.

** ''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.

** 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 Jennie Kwan 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.

** ''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]] and Tsuguo Mogami replacing Toshimitsu Arai and Creator/NorioWakamoto as Rugal Bernstein, among others.

** ''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 recorded with 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''.

** 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 for the ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'', who remains the current voice for the character.

** In ''VideoGame/Hitman3'', Isaura Barbé-Brown replaces Michelle Asante as Olivia Hall.

** Creator/AlanLee replaces Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa as Shang Tsung.

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

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

** Although Charles Martinet consistently voices Mario ever since he got the role, there has been a flip-flop of voices over the years.

*** Creator/YuriLowenthal replaces as Creator/AndrewBowen and Ken Lally as Smoke.

*** Andrew Morgado replaces Creator/RodWilson as Comicbook/{{Venom}}.

*** Shao Kahn isn't voiced by Bob Carter, but by Ike Amadi instead. He also took over Cyrax, replacing Rhasaan Orange.

*** Creator/ChrisCox voices the Terminator instead of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

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** Abby Trott voices [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 April O'Neil]] instead of Creator/RenaeJacobs.

** Fuuka Yamagishi had her English voice actress from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' (officially uncredited, but probably Paula Tiso) replaced for ''Arena'' and ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' (also unofficially uncredited, but probably Creator/WendeeLee).

** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', Ken Amada was voiced by Creator/MonaMarshall; for ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' and ''Q'', he is instead played by Creator/CindyRobinson, who also voiced the new character [[RobotGirl Labrys]] from the ''Arena'' games. Also changed for ''Ultimax'' and ''Q'' were Margaret (Creator/MarishaRay replacing Michelle Ann Dunphy) and Theodore (Creator/BrycePapenbrook replacing Creator/TravisWillingham).

!!Examples:

** 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 become Vert's current English voice actress.
** 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, Fitzgerald decided not to reprise her role as Noire, with Mendez taking over the role ever since.

* In the [[VideoGame/FindingNemo tie-in game]] for ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Creator/JessHarnell replaces Creator/AlbertBrooks as Marlin and Barry Humphries 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.

** 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 and Lemmy aka Hop and Hip), Dan Hennessey (Roy aka Bully), 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.

!! Examples:

** King Dedede originally was universally [[CreatorCameo series creator]] Creator/MasahiroSakurai, but after he left the series in ''Kirby Air Ride'' 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.

*** 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/SuperSmashBros for Wii U and 3DS'' where Riccardo Lombardo took the role back.

* ''VideoGame/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 the two most recent installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' 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 (''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'') and Jim Walker (''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'').

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** ''[[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 the 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.

** ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'' 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), 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.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has a nasty habit of changing [=VAs=] every time there is a new ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'' game. Some were quasi-identical (Creator/JulieAnnTaylor as Mu-12 sounds like [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]]'s Mu-12 and Creator/SpikeSpencer as Hazama), others were quite jarring (Creator/SteveKramer as Bang in place of Creator/TonyOliver, and Creator/LauraBailey 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 plays him in Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift]]. ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'' 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.

*** 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 farther]].

** Some sources claim that Erika Lenhart voiced Rom in mk2, Victory, and Producing Perfection, before Creator/CarrieKeranen took over the role starting with ''[=Re;Birth1=]''. However, others claim that Carrie has played the role since day one.

** Noire is 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, Fitzgerald decided not to reprise her role as Noire, with Mendez taking over the role ever since.

* The 5 main characters of ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' appear in ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'', and 4 of them are voiced by their original voices. They are Neku (voiced by Jesse David Corti), Shiki (Creator/HeatherHoganWatson), Joshua (Aaron Spann), and Beat (Crawford Wilson). That leaves Rhyme, who was originally voiced by Creator/KateHiggins, but in ''Dream Drop Distance'', she is now voiced by Ashley Rose Orr.
* 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 Colleen O'Shaughnessey; Sherry Lynn as MOMO with Christina Puccelli; and Creator/DerekStephenPrince as Chaos with Joshua Seth. ''Episode 3'' replaced Shion and KOS-MOS with their original voice actors while keeping the rest of the main cast from ''Episode 2''.

* Comicbook/{{Magneto}} and Comicbook/{{Colossus}} lose their well-known voice actors (Creator/TonyJay and Earl Boen) for the ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' 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.

* Bishop, TokenEvilTeammate for ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', 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.]]

** For ''VideoGame/Postal4NoRegrets'', Hunter was once again unavailable due to existing work commitments, so Creator/JonStJohn takes over as the Dude.

* ''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 Grey [=DeLisle=] in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. It didn't help that each voice actress [[OohMeAccentsSlipping gave Carmelita a different accent]].

* ''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/SuperSmashBros for Wii U and 3DS'' 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.
* ''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 (even in ''All-Stars Racing'', in which he appears in his Future incarnation, who is older, but yet he still sounds like he's 12!).
** 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).
* 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.
* ''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.]]
* ''VideoGame/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 the two most recent installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' 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 (''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'') and Jim Walker (''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'').
** 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.
* 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 recorded with 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 Jennie Kwan 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/SuperRobotWars'':

* From ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 3'' up until ''Tekken 6'', the role of Heihachi Mishima belonged to Creator/DaisukeGori. Following Gōri's suicide, the role was given to Creator/UnshoIshizuka (which also corresponds to Heihachi becoming younger for the release of ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'').

** Ayame went from Terry Osada in the first game, to Creator/DebiMaeWest in the second, to Michelle Krusiec in the third and an unknown voice actress in the fourth.

* Lara Croft of ''Franchise/TombRaider'' 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. She pretty much ''must'' be a Time Lord. This is 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.
* Harry Flynn got another voice for the ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} 4'' multiplayer. Valentine claims that he wasn't even contacted, while ND claims that they couldn't come to an agreement to get him to return.

* Many major ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' characters have gotten a new voice actor for their ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' incarnation (although a few have retained their original lines).

** Hunter was dealing with personal issues during ''Postal III''[='=]s development, so the role went to Corey Cruise. Interestingly, both actors returned for the ''Postal 2'' 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/Postal4'', Hunter was once again unavailable due to existing work commitments, so Creator/JonStJohn takes over as the Dude.

* Any ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' 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 exception 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.

* The voice of Carmelita Fox in ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' 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 Grey [=DeLisle=] in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. It didn't help that each voice actress [[OohMeAccentsSlipping gave Carmelita a different accent]].
* The English dub for chapters 9-11 in the Story Mode of ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'' drastically changed the voice actresses for Arisa. In the Tempest of the Gods expansion, many cards ended up having new voice actors.
* Ulala was the only major returning character in ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' to keep the same (English) voice actor (besides [[Music/MichaelJackson Space Michael]]).
* Don Jordan, who played Irving Lambert from ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'', 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'', 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 a crossover mission in ''Videogame/GhostReconWildlands''. Ironside can also be heard as Sam in the teaser for ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint''[='=]s first DLC, "Deep State".

*** 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 will be voiced by Creator/CharlieDay[[/note]].

* 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 weird 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:

* Every character in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series has gone through at least two different voice actors, with previous ones sometimes returning after a while. For example, Fox [=McCloud=] is voiced by Mike West in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and its remake, ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', and the two most recent installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' 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 (''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'') and Jim Walker (''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'').

* ''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 ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' switching from Creator/JasonGriffith to Creator/RogerCraigSmith. Examples separate from this are:

** 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[[note]]Creator/HeatherHoganWatson[[/note]] and Kratos[[note]]Creator/CamClarke[[/note]] (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 ''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).

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' (GBA) was voiced in Japan, by English-speaking voice actors residing there; in every other Tales media where Phantasia characters show up, they were replaced by Californian talent.

* 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.