Persona 4 Revival recasting situation
I don't really understand why Atlus or more specifically Sega keep recasting voice actors when examples have shown that preserving the same voice actors leads to more fan praise
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Trails in the Sky remake returned almost every English voice actor, even Johnny Bosch as Joshua which led to universal praise from fans
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Pac-Man world 2 Re-pac going for the original voice actor of Pac-Man from Pac-Man World 3 from 20 years ago which led to praise from fans
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Rayman Legends Retold re-hiring Rayman's voice actor from 20 years ago, even Billy West is reprising his role as Murfy despite being a more expensive voice actor.
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When Metal Gear 5 recast David Hayter as Snake for someone else, even if MGSV was an amazing game, fans till this day think that was done dirty. When he returned for MGS3 delta however fans were celebrating his return
If preserving beloved voice actors is better for the PR of the company, why recast them? My genuine confusion was when Liam 'o Brian came back but as Kurosawa instead which means that it's not really about budget necessarily as clearly the same could be hired. But perhaps the company thinks that this is more effective for the image of the company, despite being provably polarizing
Posted Jun 23, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC