The announcement of the ARMS fighter Min Min for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was presented in the form of a lovely animated trailer. It featured all of her fellow competitors along with the pink puffball Kirby and Captain Falcon - who was slurping down a bowl of ramen.
Towards the end of the broadcast, the game's director Masahiro Sakurai revealed how his team invited the voice of Captain Falcon - Ryo Horikawa - to help out. Interestingly, this is apparently the first time Mr. Horikawa (known for other characters like Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series) has done a new recording for Smash Bros. since the Nintendo 64 game (released in 1999).
Here's exactly what Sakurai had to say about this:
We made a new fighter video, in which Captain Falcon is slurping a bowl of ramen. For just that one specific scene, we invited the voice of Captain Falcon, Mr. Ryo Horikawa, to join us. Mr. Horikawa is a very famous voice actor who also voices Vegeta in the Dragon Ball series in Japan.
Since the Nintendo 64 version, we've done many voice recordings for the Super Smash Bros. series. However, Captain Falcon is the only voice we haven't done new recordings for. Except fighters like Yoshi, for which we use pre-recorded assets, of course.
It was a very fun VO session. He mentioned that he still occasionally receives requests from fans such as, "Captain Falcon! Please do Falcon Punch!"
If you wondering where the line for Captain Falcon's Final Smash came from, Sakurai reminded fans during the broadcast that it was simply a cut line from the Nintendo 64 release, when the Final Smash mechanic didn't make it into the game:
If we're using the same Captain Falcon voice from the Nintendo 64 version, some of you may be wondering where the "Come on Blue Falcon!" line for the Final Smash came from. That wasn't in the Nintendo 64 version. Truth be told, we were actually thinking of incorporating Final Smashes into the Nintendo 64 version during the game's development. We gave up on that idea. But then, for the third installment of Super Smash Bros., we finally implemented that feature
So - there you have it, new voice recordings for Captain Falcon and some Smash history to go with it. Now if only Captain Falcon's racing series could make a comeback...We would love to see Mr. Horikawa reprise his role (once again) in a next-generation F-Zero game.
What was your own reaction when you heard Captain Falcon's voice actor had returned to record the lines for the ARMS fighter video. Would you like to see a new F-Zero? Share your thoughts down below.
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Wow did Staind write your subheader
Oh no, the goku fans are gonna take that statement as proof he's gonna fighter pack 7...
@Zach it’s been a wahhh
horikawa is also dunban in xenoblade, sorry duncan according to ign
As I understand it, all the character's voices have always used the Nintendo 64 version as the only source. I think the last new speech was on F-zero for GameCube.
They said it’s been the same since the N64, but I distinctly remember a difference between the N64 version and Melee’s, at least in the US. Did anybody else have a similar question?
So... They had him come back to record Captain Falcon slurping noodles? Is that not hilarious?
Now that's commitment; bringing back the original voice actor to record a few slurps and grunts for a promotional video. Well done.
@ItalianBaptist Multiple takes and variations are usually done in voice recording, and then they pick from those takes which ones to use. They probably decided to use different takes originally meant for Smash 64 for Melee for whatever reason.
Also remember that the voice clips had to be compressed in order to fit on an N64 cartridge, so some voice clips may sound different because of that.
I just like the fact that the voice actor of Captain Falcon has a successful career outside of that one character. I couldn't imagine any other voice for the character.
@Zach Excellent song
He probably just wasn’t there for Smash. Remember that ‘leak’ where a big game for this year involved ‘tyres’?
Could they revive the F-Zero franchise? I’m not ruling it out anymore since New Pokemon Snap was revealed.
Nintendo could use a few ‘mature’ franchises. And that one would be different enough from Forza or GT. Include Bayonetta, Metroid Prime, No more Heroes III and a new Zelda to that list, and Nintendo looks more solid on that department.
I hope If they make a new F-Zero, they get Nagoshi's team at Sega again. GX is amazing.
@EmirParkreiner Hell, I'd just take an HD version of the Gamecube game with improvements and more modes.
Brought back Captain Falcon VO just for a few grunts in a DLC reveal for a character not even from his game? SURE...
On another note, seeing such different characters cameo in a video eating ramen is the most heartwarming thing ever.
@ItsOKToBeOK Seems borderline crazy to get a guy (a legend!) in for a few simple grunts and groans, eh? More than anything this seems like a questionably subtle hint towards a new F-Zero.
And, since we're already reading into a relatively harmless animated video, hopefully this is a nod towards Falcon and away from that rumored Star Fox Racing abomination. Why spit in the face of an iconic franchise just to shoehorn in Fox and Friends? Absurdity.
@TurboTEF Exactly this, even just a simple port with only HD graphics added would get a sale from me at this point....
I didn't know Captain Falcon and Vegeta share the same VA. That blew my mind during the stream lmao.
@GinHunter fair enough. Thanks
If Captain Falcon keeps eating like that he'll have a Falcon Paunch.
@EmirParkreiner I agree here. As much as I want more F-Zero, I don't think anyone could make a game as good as Amusement Vision. GX and the first two Super Monkey Balls had a level of polish I have not seen anyone else achieve since.
@Zach LMAO at the fact that's instantly where your mind went. Haven't heard that song in years.
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