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Even if he's only spoken 4 human words as Bowser, Kenny James' Bowser saying "showtime" is incredibly iconic. Having 25% of the lines you've read be instantly iconic is a pretty good rate imo, not many other voice actors can say that.
I believe that in 64, he sounded too feral, and in Sunshine, he sounded too humanoid, but since Galaxy, he has had a good balance of being a monster, and an intelligent monarch, who has a plan
@Carl Miller 64 makes Bowser sound like some sort of feral beast who wants nothing more than to kill you. There is little to no personality in the voice, and just takes away any depth at all in Bowser as a character in that game. Makes him too bland.
Lmfao same. One time I was so scared I let go of my mum's hand and ran away and got lost for bit a bit. My mum keeps on telling me about that and how frightened she was. Why: scary Santa clause in Debenhams
my mom had to tell me santa wasnt real because I was absolutely TERRIFIED of the "old man breaking in" she had no idea what i meant until i said santa.
Also I swear he also audibly says “Oh Yeah” in games Like Mario Golf World Tour (as in when he gets the golf ball in the hole not his victory animations).
Also you know what’s weird about Kenny James is at first he seemed to be reclusive and there was like only one or two pictures of him online but now starting somewhere in the 2010s he is now appearing public more often I wonder why he changed from possibly being reclusive to being in public more?
Nintendo characters talking in full english sentences are actually really nice so I enjoy nintendo comic dubs. I really do enjoy the Sunshine voice and the one by Eric. Funny to hear bowser go, "Who?" "Yeah me?" "Nuh uh" "Oh No!" Almost sounds like a phone call
I always just assumed Bowser could either sound more animal/kaiju like , or choose to speak human speech. he's an intelligent reptile creature so it made sense to me lol
I met Kenny James at a gaming convention before, he is so cool and down to earth. He didn’t even charge for his meet and greet or signature, he was just happy to talk to everyone :)
Sakurai has stated that he also pictured Bowser as a darker, scarier villain, so maybe that's why he prefers a soundboard. It would also explain why Bowser's appearance is less cartoony.
@@scintillam_dei But I think that Kenny James fits more with Bowser's current design and also should be his new voice for the Smash series. I just think that his retro-like animalistic noises wouldn't work for his personality as a villainous, but also quirky character.
The screaming of "Here we go!" while playing MK64 was the most obnoxious thing in the world. I say _was_ because his current "HEEYAAAA!" is even worse. I can't imagine being Peach and having to listen to him all day.
The current voice is the only one I've known (born '98) but definitely the best among all of these. It has inflections that are human-esque in between the loud roars. It's kind of funny that at the end of the day, they got a bit of both out of a human voice actor.
Masahiro Sakurai said that he designed Giga Bowser to recreate how scary he was in the original Super Mario Bros. I assume that's the same reason why he prefers to keep Bowser growling instead of speaking.
I see where you're coming from, Bowser kind of turned into a team rocket-esque villain in the Gamecube/Gameboy Advance Era. I can see why Sakurai went for the more threatening characterization in Melee. Ganondorf was the only other villain representation iirc. Wario and Dedede would become the "villain clown" in Brawl to balance that out.
Same for DK, Diddy Kong and King K. Rool I asume, given that alongside Bowser all of them use animal noises in Smash instead of their usual voice actors.
@@Anthony-fu6cl Dedede and Wario aren't even really villains anymore, although they're certainly still goofy. Wario is at worst a rival to Mario, and otherwise is usually an anti-hero protagonist. Dedede was only a proper villain in the original Kirby's Dream Land, and since Kirby's Adventure, he's just been a rival to Kirby sometimes and a good friend the rest of the time.
ua-cam.com/video/Dzu-xqw9TMg/v-deo.html 47:12 I think though Bowser audible says “oh yeah” in a few games like this one 47:12 is where you should go on that video.
Damn, the Super Mario 64 credits roll music really was just the best theme music for that ending, everything got tied up in a little bow there with the three voice actors.
Unlike Scott Burns, when I auditioned for the part of Morton Koopa Jr in Mario Kart 8, I brought in a picture of myself in my first apartment, in 1989 (when I still had hair!) , playing Mario on the original NES. Pretty sure it helped me get the part!
@@theadventuresofkingaidan5880 The scripts are not written by the voice actors, I'm afraid, and my guess is they would not want any thing in a single language that most other gamers can't understand, whatever the language.
4:11 Those stock sound effects were originally recorded by Peter Cullen for King Kong and since Peter Cullen is the one who recorded those roars that means Bowser technically already had a voice actor in the N64 games and it also technically makes Super Smash Bros Melee the only Super Smash Bros game where Bowser has a voice actor.
Honestly using animalistic noises for Smash is a blessing. I can’t picture K. Rool or Bowser getting punched and screaming with a human voice. Like they are using their RAW powers in smash so why not be animalistic.
I just don’t like it because the big characters all sound the same. They’re all just deep grunts. The only unique big fighter is Ridley and I guess Ganondorf.
I feel like Kenny’s roars modified through whatever sfx manipulation makes them so echoey and low would still do the trick in terms of animalistic might, but I can also see what Sakurai’s mindset is as well
I like how Nintendo used a complete other version of Bowser for Smash games. It seems to me like they wanted to portray a much darker version of the character (a threatening fireball-spitting giant lizard with darker colours and body features). I wish more combattants had received the same treatment (even though Smash 5 is already amazing).
I’ve met the voice the current Bowser, Kenny James! He’s such a funny guy, he even pretended to scratch out the picture of Mario I had him autograph! 😂
I figured most sfx were pulled from libraries, but the Charles Martinet connection is pretty incredible. Crazy that his bowser laugh was recorded over a decade before the game he would have a starring voice roll in was even made.
Super Paper Mario and the Wii Era in general was when Nintendo started changing and tweaking things up to how they are now in the last decade. In a way, the Gamecube Era was the prototype in a lot the 3d characterizations, with the 64 laying the groundwork before; but the Wii Era solidified how the characters will be remembered.
Can you do one of these for Rosalina? I already know the entire story, but she is in my opinion another character that got voice changes that were very dramatic compared to her debut to the present day! Her character went from misterious and motherly to a more upbeat and joyful one.
She wouldn't have much to go off of honestly. She's had 3 voice actresses, but most of her voice lines are recycled from other games and very little actually new voicework is done. The most interesting thing is that despite Rosalina's Voice Actress being Laura Faye Smith these days, some games opt for using Kerri Kane's old voice clips instead when recycling, (some games even use both Laura and Kerri.)
11:49 That little laugh from Samantha Kelly cranked me up a little! It sounded so close to Peach, but a little deeper and natural sounding than usual... 11:53 Kenny's interpretation as Scooby-Doo sounded like it could work for the modern Donkey Kong!
In Super Smash Bros. games, Bowser makes realistic monster noises, Donkey Kong makes realistic gorilla grunts, Diddy Kong makes realistic monkey screeches, King K. Rool makes realistic crocodile sounds, and Banjo makes realistic bear gyuh-huhs.
I think Sakurai just feels that those realistic sounds are already part of HIS games, there are only a handful of characters that have received new recordings after their 1st appearance, especially in Japanese, Captain Falcon for example has reused the same voice clips since the original Smash game on the N64, those are a lot of years of reuse
5:08 I really wish Mario games still had full voice acting to this day had Super Mario Sunshine not been criticized the closest we got are Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, WarioWare Gold, and WarioWare Move It, and of course The Super Mario Bros Movie
If I recall correctly, some time ago I read that Sakurai always pictured Bowser since the NES era as some kind of brute and evil beast instead of the goofy villain we have today, so maybe that's why he prefers to use the animal sounds, to represent how he always has seen him.
The reason bowser still uses animal sounds in the smash games it's because that's how sakurai pictures bowser, he pictures bowser as a big scary lizard monster, so he gives him animal sounds to convey this. And the reason he sees bowser like this is because sakurai just saw the original bowser sprite when he was little, and so he imagined bowser as a big scary monster, which is also where bowser's final smash comes from, it all comes from sakurai's imagination of when he was little.
Same thing goes for Charizard which was unfortunately overlooked in this video, Pokemon started with the idea of them saying their own names and having assigned voice actors so you know it is a big deal when Smash sees it as a better fit whether due to time/cost because there are different names for each language in cases or because it just sounds better for the game. I do think there are bad choices like removing the attack names from Hero outside of Japanese, but neat touches like having Bayo speak Japanese in her Bayo 2 costume. It is very carefully put together but we could use more options if a voice is actually in the game.
@@thelastgogeta Charizard is kind of an exception to that though. The Anime had most Pokémon say their names, but since the beginning of the series, Charizard has never done that and operated on roars instead, so that's what Smash took.
@@Robbie_Haruna I assume Lucario is the same as well, fair enough. It is still the case that the games pretend that all Pokemon just repeat their names.
That’s interesting. Gabe Newell stated that Doom convinced him that video games were the future of entertainment (or something to that extent) and Super Mario 64 convinced him videogames were art.
I’m glad you mentioned that you weren’t covering the cartoons back in the 80s and 90s. I would love to suggest something if you have time. Who did the voice of Bowser Junior. That would be interesting to hear about.
Bowser's voice in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! was done by a singer named Akiko Wada. Her only other well-known role in voice acting is playing Marge Simpson in the theatrical Japanese dub of The Simspons Movie! Would love to see a video on this one day, as those two characters honestly couldn't be further apart.
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No
I think why he speak English. He got into English school.
I'll consider it.
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@@AubergineMiller101 excuse me
He went from a literal monster to a big tough badass guy that has a dad side to him
Daddy
Wait, he has a dad?
@@Jackietubepro he has a son
Bowser always gave me daddy vibes.
Dad part is preety sad since in super mario sunshine he kidnaps peach to give his son (bowser jr.) A mother figure
Charles "accidentally" voiced Bowser before officially voiced Mario is one of the biggest twists I've ever heard until now
Its kinda crazy how Charles was destined to be a voice in Mario 64
and Boo
He almost voice everybody lol XD
And Luigi, think even Wario too at some point.
@@GoldenUnlimited I'm pretty sure Charles always voices Wario and waluigi
Even if he's only spoken 4 human words as Bowser, Kenny James' Bowser saying "showtime" is incredibly iconic. Having 25% of the lines you've read be instantly iconic is a pretty good rate imo, not many other voice actors can say that.
Am I tripping or does he say "i rule!" Occasionally in browser's inside story?
@@pudd1ng_bunn182 He does! it's possible he forgot about that specific line
Absolutely. When I think of bowser, I think of "Showtime!"
I believe that in 64, he sounded too feral, and in Sunshine, he sounded too humanoid, but since Galaxy, he has had a good balance of being a monster, and an intelligent monarch, who has a plan
Yeah lol
I personally like the MK64 Bowser which sounded a bit more intelligent without being obviously a human doing voice actor like his current iteration
I dunno, 64 bowser sounds the best to me.
@Carl Miller 64 makes Bowser sound like some sort of feral beast who wants nothing more than to kill you. There is little to no personality in the voice, and just takes away any depth at all in Bowser as a character in that game. Makes him too bland.
Bowser: I have a plan. Have some goddamn faith, Arthur!
He went from laughing to give me nightmares as a kid to "Oh yeah he plays Tennis"
I don’t know what anybody is doing but I don’t know what anybody else is going
@@admiralAlfonso9001 Just had a friggin stroke reading this
@@admiralAlfonso9001 godzilla had a stroke reading this
... you were scared of bowsers laugh?
@@michaelwerkov3438 I mean as a little 6 year old introvert yeah possibly
I love bowsers voice in Inside Story. The "Showtime!" line sounds great
"No one's scared of Santa, right?" When I was little I was too afraid of taking a picture with the mall Santa.
Same
Lmfao same. One time I was so scared I let go of my mum's hand and ran away and got lost for bit a bit. My mum keeps on telling me about that and how frightened she was. Why: scary Santa clause in Debenhams
my mom had to tell me santa wasnt real because I was absolutely TERRIFIED of the "old man breaking in" she had no idea what i meant until i said santa.
So
You are telling me that I wasn't the only one?
Weren't we all
The next video: “Why Mario’s voice hasn’t changed”
And Luigi and Wario and Waluigi
Because he still uses the same voice actor
Because his voice is perfect
There’s no replacing Charles.
Because Charles Martinet is an international treasure
I heard the sound at 2:58 and immediately recognized this sound was used for the Landia fight in Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Crazy.
Even in the Rick and Morty ad made by leeHardcastle
It's the Spider Mastermind alert sound from Doom as well.
Woah! I’ve replayed RTD more times than I can count, but I never woulda noticed that. Good ears!
Thought you said "Return to Dreamcast"
its also used for the kraken in lego pirates of the Catibbean lol
Kenny James’ “Showtime!” from Bowser’s Inside Story really makes me wish we could hear him say a full English sentence.
Apparently it’s actually painful for Kenny James to the voice for hours on end.
Yeah, I was disappointed too. The "showtime!" Line was so badass!!!!
Also I swear he also audibly says “Oh Yeah” in games Like Mario Golf World Tour (as in when he gets the golf ball in the hole not his victory animations).
Finally! Somebody else who knows what Bowsers: Inside Story is!! None of my friends have ever heard of it - it’s such a great game!
Also you know what’s weird about Kenny James is at first he seemed to be reclusive and there was like only one or two pictures of him online but now starting somewhere in the 2010s he is now appearing public more often I wonder why he changed from possibly being reclusive to being in public more?
The way Bowser says "Shoooowtiiiiime!" is so satisfying to me.
@Jayden Hodge STOOOOOOP LOL
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dude wtf
*Epic Battle Music Starts Playing*
Bowser saying SHOWTIME is so nostalgic to me, I grew up with Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story and it’s still my favorite video game of all time
Nintendo characters talking in full english sentences are actually really nice so I enjoy nintendo comic dubs.
I really do enjoy the Sunshine voice and the one by Eric. Funny to hear bowser go,
"Who?" "Yeah me?" "Nuh uh" "Oh No!"
Almost sounds like a phone call
Ever since he started drinking after Super Mario Kart races, and having 9 kids, he just hasn't been the same Koopa King.
What do you want from checkers
cut him some slack he's not as young as he used to be
He only has one child.
@@sergiorodriguez6719 y'all forgetting the Koopalings?
The koopalings had been confirmes of not being his children since at least 2012
That sped up Charles Martinet laugh to reveal Boo's voice was mind blowing
Bruh literally, never knew that!😅
This means that, expect for the female roles, Charles has basicly played every Mario character at one point or another.
NyyyeeeHAHAHAHAHA 👻
@@Jobe-13 I wonder if Charles knows about this.
Yes
I always just assumed Bowser could either sound more animal/kaiju like , or choose to speak human speech. he's an intelligent reptile creature so it made sense to me lol
My favorite way I've heard Bowser's Sunshine voice described as was as an 'angry car salesman'.
tbh that iteration does have that midlife crisis feel to it
Fat Fauci Bowser. Hey you guyyyyyyyssss, put on your mayisssskks.....
Sounds like Fozzy Bear to me.
“how’s the cargo space?”
bowser: Car no do that!!! car go road!!! *mad bowser noises*
Fun fact, "Animal, Creature - Large Animal Death Scream" was also used for the Hydra on the Hercules Disney movie
It's also the sound used for Gyarados in the original Pokemon Snap
ok
It's _also_ also the sound Doom's Spiderdemon makes when it notices you're there.
I thought it sounded familiar
it sounds like an ender dragon
And now we have a new, beloved voice for Bowser...
Jack Black's Bowser is probably the best English Bowser we will ever get
....really all roars in the movie were Kenny james
No.
The "Showtime" sent chills down my spine. God I love Bowser's Inside Story
Dream Team had Bowser say Mario. It was pretty chilling, since it's shortly after you enter his dream. He was not please with the intrusion.
Also... NINTENDO... I swear that’s from bowsers inside story when you launch the game.
The Grand Finale
I clicked on this video while hearing it in mind
Omg it's so good
Don’t even get me started with toad and his cigarette addiction in the 2000s. Voice got raspy as hell out of nowhere
You got a laugh. Thank you
You got another laugh!
Hahaha
TRIPLE LAUGH
Another laugh!
My all-time favorite Bowser sound effect is the Bowser’s door cackle in Super Mario 64.
It still gives me an impending sense of doom.
I'm guessing the reason why they use animal sounds for Bowser's super smash bros voice is because he's portrayed less cartooney
K rool is more cartoony in smash than in his original games, and he's also got animal noises
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Wasn't there something about Sakurai imagining the original SMB iteration as like a foul beast/twisted creature or something?
Yeah @@cobwebinthecorner
I met Kenny James at a gaming convention before, he is so cool and down to earth. He didn’t even charge for his meet and greet or signature, he was just happy to talk to everyone :)
Now he's saying
I finally found it NOW WHOS GONNA STOP MEEEEEEEE
It only cputs games here
I try to forget Bowser talks like some guy with a soar throat in Sunshine
to be fair I'd get a sore throat pretty quickly if I had to make the noises that Bowser makes!
🚗💨 vroom vroom
he sounded like that in the show too
@@admiralAlfonso9001 bowser's eyes glowed. eyes one might compare...
*to h e a d l i g h t s .*
S O A R
that boo sound actually got me i did not expect that
He could always talk tho it was up to you to kinda fill in his vocals in your mind in most games or why would everyone understand him
"SHOWTIME!" makes me wish Bowser spoke in full sentences again. I bet it would be glorious.
Sakurai has stated that he also pictured Bowser as a darker, scarier villain, so maybe that's why he prefers a soundboard. It would also explain why Bowser's appearance is less cartoony.
Glad that Sakurai gave Koopa an epic voice in Melee, the best fighting game Nintendo has ever made, and probably WILL ever make.
@@scintillam_dei But I think that Kenny James fits more with Bowser's current design and also should be his new voice for the Smash series.
I just think that his retro-like animalistic noises wouldn't work for his personality as a villainous, but also quirky character.
The 'Bowsereese' word Kenny James said during the interview made me laugh like crazy!!
i wanna know why toad went from a cute voice in the n64 area to a chain smoker in modern time
Same. I loved his screaming in Mario Kart 64. It always got a laugh out of me.
The screaming of "Here we go!" while playing MK64 was the most obnoxious thing in the world. I say _was_ because his current "HEEYAAAA!" is even worse. I can't imagine being Peach and having to listen to him all day.
I loved his voice on Mario Party so much :c
you know what the worst part is.. most people can do an accurate toad.. i know i can..
@@litchtheshinigami8936 It's very easy. Just mix Marge Simpson and some sort of dying demon-bird, and there you go!
I feel like Scott could've pulled off full sentences if given another chance.
Well, considering the union maybe still won't let him work for Nintendo who knows
@@dragonball4ever2009
Well, they still reuse his voice clips as the announcer in Mario Tennis.
The current voice is the only one I've known (born '98) but definitely the best among all of these. It has inflections that are human-esque in between the loud roars. It's kind of funny that at the end of the day, they got a bit of both out of a human voice actor.
Masahiro Sakurai said that he designed Giga Bowser to recreate how scary he was in the original Super Mario Bros. I assume that's the same reason why he prefers to keep Bowser growling instead of speaking.
I see where you're coming from, Bowser kind of turned into a team rocket-esque villain in the Gamecube/Gameboy Advance Era. I can see why Sakurai went for the more threatening characterization in Melee. Ganondorf was the only other villain representation iirc. Wario and Dedede would become the "villain clown" in Brawl to balance that out.
Same for DK, Diddy Kong and King K. Rool I asume, given that alongside Bowser all of them use animal noises in Smash instead of their usual voice actors.
I was wondering why charzard sounded more like bowser than bowser.
@@Anthony-fu6cl Dedede and Wario aren't even really villains anymore, although they're certainly still goofy. Wario is at worst a rival to Mario, and otherwise is usually an anti-hero protagonist. Dedede was only a proper villain in the original Kirby's Dream Land, and since Kirby's Adventure, he's just been a rival to Kirby sometimes and a good friend the rest of the time.
Giga Bowser was a fucking genius creation. Just complete awesomeness incarnate.
Bowser in 1996: Godzilla and Growls.
Bowser in 2002: "An Intellectual Koopa King."
Bowser Now: Bowser Jr's Best Father.
Aaaaand now it's Jack Black
I love that all four of those lines that Kenny James voiced were all for Bowser's Inside Story. That game made me love his voice for Bowser.
BIS might be the best Mario game. It's kinda incomparable to main series though, so it can't be said for certain.
ua-cam.com/video/Dzu-xqw9TMg/v-deo.html 47:12 I think though Bowser audible says “oh yeah” in a few games like this one 47:12 is where you should go on that video.
I think the *Peach* line is only in Odyssey.
Always thought the level up roar in BiS was *I rule!* though.
Oh yeah I swear he also audibly says audios (Spanish for goodbye) in the opening cutscene of Super Mario Odyssey.
That game made me love Bowser - also due in part to his voice
Honestly Bowser's voice is just too adorable in Sunshine 😂
Ok true
Even tho he was a villian he was a good dad
I wish I had 200 subs but it will never happen :(
@@PersonthatisônthęInterneṭ Nope :)
@@PersonthatisônthęInterneṭ you gotta work for them
Damn, the Super Mario 64 credits roll music really was just the best theme music for that ending, everything got tied up in a little bow there with the three voice actors.
Kenny James is the most memorable to me. He sounded so badass in Bowser's Inside Story.
Agree, but Scott Burns is a close second imo
Nintendo!
SHOWTIME!!!
IMO Bowser inside story is the best Mario RPG the will ever make. It's my fav. Nintendo
The term badbutt needs to die.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYINGGGG bowser’s voice in that game is certainly at the top of my favorites
Please do a video about "Why doesn't Toad's voice sound like it used to?"
@Mexican kirbo he sounded very different in the 64 games before he took up chain smoking
:)
Wish granted
And you get what you ask for
THE EXACT TITLE TOO
Now Jack Black has taken up the role, and Bowser is talking again
So before voicing Bowser, Kenny James sold propane and propane accessories? Now that’s one helluva career change, I tell ya what.
hwat
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Mr hill would approve
Ah, the 90's. Many hours spent playing N64 and watching King of the Hill :)
Mr. Big is pleased
I tell you hwat
Unlike Scott Burns, when I auditioned for the part of Morton Koopa Jr in Mario Kart 8, I brought in a picture of myself in my first apartment, in 1989 (when I still had hair!) , playing Mario on the original NES. Pretty sure it helped me get the part!
damn, the man himself
MORTON IS MY FAVORITE!!! PLEASE IF YOU GET MORE LINES FOR HIM PLEASE ASK THEM IF OU CAN SAY MORTON AT THE READY!!!
@@theadventuresofkingaidan5880 The scripts are not written by the voice actors, I'm afraid, and my guess is they would not want any thing in a single language that most other gamers can't understand, whatever the language.
@@davidcookemusic2968 okay.
So this is the man who's been yelling at me for years...
Damn scott burns fumbled the bag so hard!
I think bowser's current voice is the best, it makes him sound like some big evil goofball.
I wish I had 200 subs but it will never happen :(
@@PersonthatisônthęInterneṭ please stop begging
@@PersonthatisônthęInterneṭ Not if you keep spamming comments like that
Kenny James absolutely ruled it tbh
I was so blown away when I first heard his voice in Galaxy lol
@@PersonthatisônthęInterneṭ stfu
On the next April fools day you should post how has Mario's voice change over the years.
To be fair, it would be interesting to talk about how Charles Martinet's voice has changed over the years.
No, it should be "how Link's voice has changed over the years"
Wait..., that could actually be an actual video given how many actors have grunted.
I want to see both of those
@@pokedude720 To be fair, Link are different characters, so different voices makes sense.
4:11 Those stock sound effects were originally recorded by Peter Cullen for King Kong and since Peter Cullen is the one who recorded those roars that means Bowser technically already had a voice actor in the N64 games and it also technically makes Super Smash Bros Melee the only Super Smash Bros game where Bowser has a voice actor.
SO Optimus Prime’s Voice Actor was the first Bowser’s Voice ever!
The N64 version of Bowser is actually his own entirely separate character. Gay Bowser.
i hate gay too mam
So long gay Bowser
It’s Bye Bi now
Bro make a video on that terrible Mario Bros movie lmaooooo I know it's gonna be good
My boy primms
Honestly using animalistic noises for Smash is a blessing. I can’t picture K. Rool or Bowser getting punched and screaming with a human voice. Like they are using their RAW powers in smash so why not be animalistic.
The voice used in inside story was perfect
I disagree.
Yea human voice in bowser would be strange but like the voice of inside story would be epic like a start of a match bowser says "showtime".
I just don’t like it because the big characters all sound the same. They’re all just deep grunts. The only unique big fighter is Ridley and I guess Ganondorf.
I feel like Kenny’s roars modified through whatever sfx manipulation makes them so echoey and low would still do the trick in terms of animalistic might, but I can also see what Sakurai’s mindset is as well
Almost 2 years after this was uploaded, and all I can say is Jack Black has to be my favorite Bowser voice
Agree, Jack black did every 300% in this movie and proved why he is a goat 😊
Yes
He honestly sounds like he could be sort of a definitive voice for Bowser, at least in the spin off media like the movie for example
I agree!
I wish that Jack Black's Bowser was a touch deeper, but he has a vocally solid foundation.
Bowser's current voice suits him. Honestly, I wish they would have used it in the Smash games.
I like how Nintendo used a complete other version of Bowser for Smash games. It seems to me like they wanted to portray a much darker version of the character (a threatening fireball-spitting giant lizard with darker colours and body features).
I wish more combattants had received the same treatment (even though Smash 5 is already amazing).
Scott burns for me
Imo it’s better for Bowser to sounds less friendly in Smash
I love his 64 and Melee voices.
-Son, look! i'll be the voice actor for this!
-You're Bowser??!!
-No, I'm this turtle thing
1996: grunting and roaring
2022: *Jack Black*
I love this series. I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed these discrepancies. Thanks for digging into them.
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That "SHOWTIME" is iconic and reminds me why I loved the M&L games
?!?!?!
@@admiralAlfonso9001 he means the RPG game that let you plays as Bowser aka Mario And Luigi Bowser Inside Story
YES, such a small detail yet it makes me think of Bowser in such a unique and enjoyable way
It’s kinda cool that his kid got to see his Dad be freaking BOWSER like imagine one of your parents was a voice actor for a Mario character
I’ve met the voice the current Bowser, Kenny James! He’s such a funny guy, he even pretended to scratch out the picture of Mario I had him autograph! 😂
"No one's scared of Santa, right ?"
*Proceeds to zoom in on Santa's face*
He sees you when you're sleeping
"HO, HO, HOOOO!"--Department store Santa, "A Christmas Story"
Claustrophobic people probably shit their pants at that part of the video
@@bread_the_god6737 wait that’s a tjing
@@bread_the_god6737 Clause-strophobic... I get it
0:06 sounds like a tiger
Ikr LOL
I figured most sfx were pulled from libraries, but the Charles Martinet connection is pretty incredible. Crazy that his bowser laugh was recorded over a decade before the game he would have a starring voice roll in was even made.
Why does paper Mario always somehow end up in every situation? 😂😂😂
Because it's a Mario game?
That game had everything
Super Paper Mario and the Wii Era in general was when Nintendo started changing and tweaking things up to how they are now in the last decade. In a way, the Gamecube Era was the prototype in a lot the 3d characterizations, with the 64 laying the groundwork before; but the Wii Era solidified how the characters will be remembered.
@@Anthony-fu6cl yeah true
Now Jack Black is the supreme ruler of Bowsers voice.
Im agree
No. His voice is much too high on the register. Just like the "SHOWTIME" in BIS, his voice should be earthquake deep.
That Charles Martinet laugh absolutely blew my mind. Love this channel.
The best sounds he ever had was with the Mario and Luigi game serie
I Agree. The "showtime" before every fight in bowser inside story is just legendary.
this man really died mid word
Can throw Jack Black in that mix now.
3:32 so THATS what the laugh is, when entering the building in Boo's haunted house.
Incredible.
Ah, I recognize that pfp.
Cultured.
not the glasses 😳
Stupid game 😳
Can you do one of these for Rosalina? I already know the entire story, but she is in my opinion another character that got voice changes that were very dramatic compared to her debut to the present day! Her character went from misterious and motherly to a more upbeat and joyful one.
She wouldn't have much to go off of honestly.
She's had 3 voice actresses, but most of her voice lines are recycled from other games and very little actually new voicework is done.
The most interesting thing is that despite Rosalina's Voice Actress being Laura Faye Smith these days, some games opt for using Kerri Kane's old voice clips instead when recycling, (some games even use both Laura and Kerri.)
Ik I’m late but yes, I absolutely love Rosalina’s voice and I would love to hear all abt it
11:49 That little laugh from Samantha Kelly cranked me up a little! It sounded so close to Peach, but a little deeper and natural sounding than usual...
11:53 Kenny's interpretation as Scooby-Doo sounded like it could work for the modern Donkey Kong!
In Super Smash Bros. games, Bowser makes realistic monster noises, Donkey Kong makes realistic gorilla grunts, Diddy Kong makes realistic monkey screeches, King K. Rool makes realistic crocodile sounds, and Banjo makes realistic bear gyuh-huhs.
But why Sakurai wanted them to make those noises?
@@agentepolaris4914 for bowser he wanted the character to sound monstrous.
@@tranidite oh I see, but honestly they dont feel any menacing, if anything I thought they were silent all this time lol
I think Sakurai just feels that those realistic sounds are already part of HIS games, there are only a handful of characters that have received new recordings after their 1st appearance, especially in Japanese, Captain Falcon for example has reused the same voice clips since the original Smash game on the N64, those are a lot of years of reuse
Bears are pretty good at voice acting compared to most animals.
Those animals must have been really famous back then
Yo Luigi
A love story for the ages
5:08 I really wish Mario games still had full voice acting to this day had Super Mario Sunshine not been criticized the closest we got are Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, WarioWare Gold, and WarioWare Move It, and of course The Super Mario Bros Movie
If I recall correctly, some time ago I read that Sakurai always pictured Bowser since the NES era as some kind of brute and evil beast instead of the goofy villain we have today, so maybe that's why he prefers to use the animal sounds, to represent how he always has seen him.
“He had a sidejob delivering suburban propane.”
Ah, so Hank Hill voices Bowser!
0:36 Bowser's voice changed the most?
*Toad wants to speak with you*
I love how these videos are structured like a Story, having a summary at the end and the Mario 64 Ending music playing
Its beautiful
Kenny seems like a cool dude, glad he got the job :)
Thanks!
@@rafkny Hi Kenny! :D
kinda like how donkey kong used to only make gorilla sounds, but now he sounds more human like too
They should mix it let him growl and speak sentences like that
Agreed.
Well it’s not so simple because apparently it’s painful for Kenny James to do the voice for long periods of time.
@@Mario87456 He said in an interview that his throat literally started bleeding while recording the "meows" for Meowser.
@@dondemitri3760 Yes I believe I heard that somewhere what is the source of this interview because I cannot remember where it is.
"Bowser's voice has changed the most"
My Dumbass: "Wait, it's NOT Yoshi?"
It’s toad
@@internettraveler8666 Nah. It's actually Pac-Man. (Joking)
Or Donkey Kong. Coming from a grunting ape (DKC) with audible steroids in his voice (DK64) to a human who imitates a gorilla (since Returns).
3:10 that’s what bowser I’m used to hearing, the “HUH HUH HUH” I was never able to hear the death scream because I’ve never defeated him-
What about toads voice. He went from a wholesome mushroom creature to a full on smoker
Owowowowowoowwo!!!! I’mmmm the best!!
The reason bowser still uses animal sounds in the smash games it's because that's how sakurai pictures bowser, he pictures bowser as a big scary lizard monster, so he gives him animal sounds to convey this.
And the reason he sees bowser like this is because sakurai just saw the original bowser sprite when he was little, and so he imagined bowser as a big scary monster, which is also where bowser's final smash comes from, it all comes from sakurai's imagination of when he was little.
Same thing goes for Charizard which was unfortunately overlooked in this video, Pokemon started with the idea of them saying their own names and having assigned voice actors so you know it is a big deal when Smash sees it as a better fit whether due to time/cost because there are different names for each language in cases or because it just sounds better for the game.
I do think there are bad choices like removing the attack names from Hero outside of Japanese, but neat touches like having Bayo speak Japanese in her Bayo 2 costume.
It is very carefully put together but we could use more options if a voice is actually in the game.
@@thelastgogeta Charizard is kind of an exception to that though.
The Anime had most Pokémon say their names, but since the beginning of the series, Charizard has never done that and operated on roars instead, so that's what Smash took.
@@Robbie_Haruna I assume Lucario is the same as well, fair enough. It is still the case that the games pretend that all Pokemon just repeat their names.
@@thelastgogeta
Actually, if you listen closely, Charizard says his Japanese name (Lizardon)
That doesn't explain DK, Diddy and King K Rool though...
Well, expect him to sound much more different as Jack Black
Just a little trivia: Bowser dying in Mario 64 was also the sound effect when a Spider Mastermind notices a player in Doom
That’s interesting. Gabe Newell stated that Doom convinced him that video games were the future of entertainment (or something to that extent) and Super Mario 64 convinced him videogames were art.
I just wish he had his actual voice in Smash Bros 😢
Sakurai prefers more realistic monster sounds.
@@mariobroultimate1808 bruh
The game developers figured Bowser is more intimidating when he sounds all monsterous.
I kinda like him when his serious tbh
@@mariobroultimate1808 also Mario being like a John Wick and Luigi being a literal weirdo
Ahh it's rare to actually come across a video that gets to the bottom of things and gets straight to the point, 👏🏾👏🏾 good video
"I sell propane and propane accessories ... but my true passion is voice acting, I tell you hwat."
9:25 (king k rool's crocodile grunts)
ad: THAT'S THE SOUND OF SAVINGS
*Jack Black has entered the chat*
I’m glad you mentioned that you weren’t covering the cartoons back in the 80s and 90s. I would love to suggest something if you have time. Who did the voice of Bowser Junior. That would be interesting to hear about.
The only Bowser sound in SM64 which wasn't a stock sound effect was his laugh, which was performed by Charles Martinet.
Me too
Hi hi hi hi hi what
He addresses this in the video! It _is_ a stock laugh performed by Martinet, slowed down!
I find it beautiful that Charles Martinet managed to voice 3 different characters in Mario 64, 2 of them being a fun coincidence.
@@Rogeryoo Mario, Bowser and... Luigi?
15:58 I'm just gonna leave this here
That caught me off guard lmao
*C* *U* *M*
@@shatterednova_ same 😢
Come
"I thinking bowser's voice has changed the most"
Princess peach : *Hold my crown*
Wait no
Peach's voice in Mario Kart 64 doesn't even sound like a female lol.
And in 2022, Bowser will sound like Jack Black.
As a person in love with this character since childhood, I’m really grateful for this beautiful video dedicated to him ❤️
It looked cute how Kenny James played with his Amiibos at Minute 11:34
That was a promo for a convention. Thanks!
It’s honestly wholesome to think of how excited the one guy’s son was.
Bowser's voice in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! was done by a singer named Akiko Wada. Her only other well-known role in voice acting is playing Marge Simpson in the theatrical Japanese dub of The Simspons Movie! Would love to see a video on this one day, as those two characters honestly couldn't be further apart.