Large casting update!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e7Ng_kt38X6s5kkzwH_rLHbN1NVfQVp6M6IlI_W2EEI/edit?tab=t.0
so I have enough data now, even with some people not casting a vote yet, to go ahead and make a few decisions.
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KingCobra82's position as Andrew is very secure. I didn't bother putting the votes for him on the tally but it was a clear victory anyways even without me already casting him.
Connor Stone will serve as the backup—just in case KingC is for some reason unable to do the part.
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For the role of Andross... it's a pretty clear-cut victory for Big Wes to come away with that role easily.
It's Rick will serve as backup for Big Wes.
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For Bill — congrats to BX56 for nabbing the role. It was a tough battle back and forth but he's the clear favorite.
Now as for the backup, it's too close to call. Between Lava Pants, Mike Kern, and Jale, it's pretty even.
So I may hold a runoff between them for the backup—or leave it flexible depending on schedules and future votes.
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Falco... okay now this one is tough. It's almost dead even between Apex and CcPwns, even with the backups.
There are some other choices with just a backup vote, but taking it all into consideration, it’s definitely between Apex and Cc.
And it's difficult for me to put my own bias aside and just call it for Apex... but that's not fair.
So I will be holding a runoff vote between the two of them. One will be cast, and the other will serve as backup.
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Congrats to McCue for being easily picked by most people as the backup for Fox.
Trey Jones (ElitasGaming) is the main VA for Fox, but McCue will serve as backup just in case.
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General Pepper is going to Winn Manning, but we all already knew that.
The only other person to even attempt an audition after him was Connor Stone, so by default he can be backup—but still, those are massive shoes to fill and I don't think anybody can really replace Winn.
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James...
Okay, so here I'm going to have to make an executive decision and buck the vote a bit.
My choice was Rex Diamond (Richie T) for James. But John Knapko is up by two votes on him. They both got one vote as a secondary choice. It's close, but John is in the lead.
However, I'm already going to be casting John for Yaru De Pon, as you’ll see in a bit once we reach that role. And I get why people are voting for John to be James—he's got that great soothing voice and sounds like "your dad."
However, in my opinion, I think Rex sounds perfect as James and nearly identical to the N64 in-game voice. And John I love for Yaru De Pon. John has a great voice but his James and Yaru De Pon sound too similar, and I don’t want to cast him in both roles.
So this may not seem fair, but once I consider everything... I'm going to make an executive decision as director to cast Rex Diamond as James, and then John will serve as backup.
Rex was only down by two votes for James, and I'm going to be putting John in the role for Yaru.
I hope everyone can agree with this decision.
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Katt and Krystal — well oh boy... lol I don't think there's much question here.
For both roles, Amanda Willett will be cast as primary and Grim as backup.
Both are amazing in the roles and clear favorites. That said, I love them both in these roles.
So I may just swap back and forth sometimes, but Grim will serve as backup mostly since she’s busy a lot with life anyway.
This works best, and Amanda ran away with the vote with Grim trailing just behind.
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Leon — well, Phill Mann was already cast in this role, so this was mostly to decide who would be backup.
Almost everybody said Darien Brown—not just for sounding great as Leon, but actually sounding nearly identical to Phill as well lol.
So Phill is Leon, with Darien as backup. And with how busy Phill is, Darien may get to voice him fairly often.
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Panther — of course, AgentShadow (Devin) was by far the favorite and I had decided to cast him even before the vote. Not many people disagreed.
And for backup, it was pretty much universal for Sebastian Brannen.
So AgentShadow is locked in as Panther, with Sebas as backup just in case.
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Peppy — I was expecting, before we started, that this would be a close race between Lance and Adam the Fanatic.
Little did I expect Logan Taylor to come along from CCC and pretty much sound identical to Rick May’s voice for Peppy on the N64.
Most people agreed. He could use a little more of a lisp or that "overbite" voice Peppy had, but aside from that—Logan is perfect.
Lance was voted as backup. Just in case.
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Pigma — with his natural New Jersey accent and some loyalty from friends on the team that know him, FPeralta was a clear-cut vote for Pigma.
He’s got the voice—maybe slightly too high pitched—but the accent is perfect.
Mr. Moron was the easy choice for backup.
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ROB 64... is too close to call.
We've got Connor Stone with 7 primary and 3 secondary. CarrotToe with 6 primary and 3 secondary.
Jale has 3 primary but 7 secondary, while the rest trail behind.
So I’ll be holding a runoff vote for ROB 64 between just those three.
Who knew casting a robot voice would be so difficult? lol
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General Scales is easily Brownie.
In fact, his audition was so good—like Winn for General Pepper—that pretty much nobody else even tried, aside from Connor.
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Slippy — okay, so this one is very tricky.
If we go by just the vote count, Amanda wins it again.
However, it's not as clear-cut like with Katt and Krystal. The others are much closer to her this time.
And then I have to decide... am I going to give three core Star Fox roles to one person?
Yes, she's earned it, but as much as I do operate on merit, I also try to be fair at the same time.
So I’m going to have to decide if I give the role to Amanda...
Or since she’s already got Katt and Krystal, do I disqualify her from it and hold a runoff between Tai and Carrie, or have everybody vote again without Amanda in the pool to see if the others get more votes?
Honestly, if I were going to just disregard all the votes and make a gut decision, I’d pick Carrie for the role.
But I want to give the team a say.
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British Wolf — there’s almost no contest for the classic N64 style British voice for Wolf O’Donnell.
Hedgie ran away with the vote by a mile with 18. The next closest had just 2.
That said, the person with 2 votes was Jale, and Jale also got 4 backup votes.
So congrats to Hedgie for securing classic Wolf. And Jale will be backup, just in case.
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Texas Wolf — there was some confusion in the voting process. Most people didn’t vote for this version or thought it was for the same role.
So I will not count a winner for the Smash Bros. Brawl / Texas voice of Wolf yet.
We will hold a re-vote later specifically for Texas Wolf.
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Yaru De Pon — this was back and forth between John Knapko and It’s Rick.
But John finished with 11 primary and 5 backup, while Rick had 9 primary and 6 backup.
So it’s going to John! And I do love how he sounds as Yaru De Pon, making it his own.
This is also why I’m making the decision to give the role of James to Rex—because I want John’s voice distinct as Yaru.
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Let me know if you agree with my decision to cast Rex as James over John, despite John having 2 more votes, and my reasoning for doing so.
And also let me know what I should do about Slippy...
We will have runoff votes for:
Falco
Bill’s backup
ROB 64
Texas Wolf (re-vote)
And a decision needs to be made about Slippy