The Shrine

I have yet to complete the game (just got to Hollow Bastion) but out of curiosity I looked up the voice cast on the Wiki. I was really surprised - look at all the A- and B- listers!

* Haley Joel Osment ... as Sora
* Tony Anselmo ... as Donald Duck
* Bill Farmer ... as Goofy
* David Gallagher ... as Riku
* Hayden Panettiere ... as Kairi
* Billy Zane ... as Ansem
* David Boreanaz ... as Leon (Squall Leonhart)
* Mandy Moore ... as Aeris Gainsborough
* Steve Burton ... as Cloud Strife
* James Lance Bass ... as Sephiroth
* Sean Astin ... as Hercules
* Bobby Castanzo ... as Philoctetes (Phil)
* Robby Benson ... as Beast
* Dan Castellaneta ... as Genie
* Gilbert Gottfried ... as Iago
* James Woods ... as Hades
* Christy Carlson Romano ... as Yuffie
* Dee Bradley Baker ... as Wakka
* Shaun Flemming ... as Tidus
* Molly Keck ... as Selphie
* Chris Sarandon ... as Jack Skellington
* Rita Rudner ... as Sally
* Kath Soucie ... as Sora's mother and Shock
* Jeff Bennett ... as Barrel, The Mayor, and Mr. Smee
* Ken Page ... as Oogie Boogie
* Ken Mars ... as King Triton
* Jim Cummings ... as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
* Jonathan Freeman ... as Jafar
* Tony Goldwyn ... as Tarzan
* Linda Larkin ... as Jasmine
* Chris Steele ... as Peter Pan
* Audrey Wasilewski ... as Terk
* Scott Weinger ... as Aladdin
* Russi Taylor ... as Minnie Mouse
* Wayne Allwine ... as Mickey Mouse
* Seth Adkins ... as Pinocchio
* Kathryn Beaumont ... as Alice and Wendy
* Jodi Benson ... as Ariel
* Susan Blakeslee ... as Maleficent
* Brian Blessed ... as Clayton
* Corey Burton ... as Captain Hook, Doorknob, Flotsam, Jetsam, and White Rabbit
* Eddie Carroll ... as Jiminy Cricket
* Pat Carroll ... as Ursula
* John Feidler ... as Piglet
* Jess Harnell ... as Dr. Finkelstein and Lock
* Naia Kelly ... as Jane Porter
* Eli Linnetz ... as Flounder
* Tress MacNeille ... as Daisy Duck and Queen of Hearts
* Mark Mosely ... as Mushu
* Tony Pope ... as Geppetto
* Kevin Michael Richardson ... as Sebastian

You know, despite it's faults I really liked the first one. I think it's about time for a replay before the sequel comes out.

I don't count the GBA card game.

KH, FFX, and even FFX2 is good example of Square experimenting with voice acting actually paying off. There are things in these games that just wouldn't be the same without the voice.

Oh yeah, I liked the voice acting very much.

I should replay KH too before the sequel comes out. I have time now that there are no major games I want this summer.

Course there's always KOTOR and The Sims 2 and what not.

Well, I suspected Disney had asked some of the voice actors appearing in their films to reprise their roles - Iago (Gilbert Gottfried) was almost a surety, I imagine it's REALLY hard to fake that voice! Ursula I was pretty sure about too. But Ariel, Tarzan, Hercules and Aladdin are voiced by the same actors/actresses who originally voiced them as well, and they're just the ones I checked - I think there are a lot more as well. And I was really pretty surprised to see Haley Joel Osment as Sora, and REALLY surprised to see Mandy Moore as Aerith! Billy Zane (Ansem) was the lead villan in Titanic...Dan Castellaneta (filling in as Genie for Robin Williams) is a major Simpsons player, the voice of Homer and about 10 other characters...James Lance Bass (Sephiroth) is in N' Sync...Sean Astin was Mikey from the Goonies and Samwise in the Lord of the Rings...I didn't look at everyone, but I'm sure it goes on and on if you read up on the other actors as well!

the Gray wrote:You know, despite it's faults I really liked the first one. I think it's about time for a replay before the sequel comes out.

Yeah, kinda like Castlevania 64 for me, Kingdom Hearts tried so hard to make me hate it, but I just couldn't. Got about 8 hours in and stopped, but it was pretty good

Chain of Memories was actually REALLY damn good. Despite the card based system the battle engine played almost EXACTLY like the original. Also it is direct story continuity. It takes place litterally after the first game ends, and ends right before 2 starts. Trust me its worth a run through. And not only do you get the Sora storyline, but there is also a second storyline for Riku. Also they did some neat stuff using the tech from the GB VIdeo carts to do full 3D cutscenes. Dont put it down just because its card based, trust me its badass.

Funny..thats pretty much all Ive done today is play Kingdom Hearts. I stopped for about a year after I got to Atlantica..I got really pissed at the underwater thing. Now Im just past Neverland.

Interesting, Sera...you and I are at the same exact place! I stopped for awhile too.

[spoilers suck]

(Mental's eyes see the spoiler, brain bursts out of head and unravels into squiggly bits of spaghetti)

Sigh, at this point I suppose I should have expected that. Oh well.

Doh, sorry...I guess I figured youd be past there by now ><