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Before the release of the 2006 video game ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'', Activision held a contest and the winners of it would have voiced minor characters in the game, namely Bruce Banner and Jean Grey. One of the contest winners was Arin Hanson (aka Egoraptor), known for his popular ''Awesome'' series on Newgrounds at the time and later the Let's Play series ''Game Grumps''. While Arin was chosen to voice Bruce Banner in the game, voice actor Robin Atkin Downes ended up voicing him in the final cut.
'''''Marvel Ultimate Alliance''''' is a 2006 video game released by Activision. Prior to its release, Activision held a contest where the winners got to voice minor characters in the game, Bruce Banner and Jean Grey. One of the contest winners was Arin Hanson (aka Egoraptor), known for his popular ''Awesome'' series on Newgrounds and later the Let's Play series ''Game Grumps''.<ref>[http://voice123.com/arinhanson Arin's voice acting profile where he mentions his role as Bruce Banner] Retrieved 9 Aug 16.</ref> While Arin was chosen to voice Bruce Banner in the game, voice actor Robin Atkin Downes ended up voicing him in the final cut.


Since ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' was released across multiple platforms, the voice of Bruce Banner has been a topic of debate. According to Arin's website and his voice acting profile, he did end up voicing the character on the Wii, PlayStation 3, and PSP versions. However, Robin is cast as Bruce in these versions as well. The most logical and likely reason that Arin was scrapped was that he lived in Florida, meaning that Activision would have to fly him to LA to record the lines, making it possibly cheaper to just have a professional VA like Robin voice Bruce instead. As for why Arin says he supposedly voiced Bruce on those particular ports, he may have been misinformed and never played the ports in question to confirm that he was in them. Regardless, Arin's voice clips have never surfaced anywhere and, although he may still have his original audition clips, it's unknown if they even exist anymore.
==Version Confusion==
While his voice wasn't used for some versions of the game, Hanson's voice was allegedly used for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and PSP versions.<ref>[https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/1108/ VGFacts trivia that confirms his involvement with the Wii, PS3, and PSP versions.] Retrieved 30 Jan 17.</ref><ref>[http://egoraptor.net/voice.html Arin's website where he mentions the role again and which of the ports his voice is on] Retrieved 9 Aug 16.</ref><ref>[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Hulk/Bruce-Banner/ A voice compare page for Bruce Banner with discussion on Arin Hanson's role in the comments] Retrieved 9 Aug 16.</ref> However, no versions of the game include these voice recordings. They haven't resurfaced online and it's unknown if they exist anymore.


'''EDIT August 12, 2016, 19:20''': I reached out to Arin Hanson via email and I was told that he did record the voice and Activision informed him that his voice would only be used in select versions of the game. Since this was also a local contest, Activision assumed that all the auditions were coming from LA and in the surrounding areas. Arin ended up getting the "congratulations" email and told Arin to come out to LA in about two days. He told them that he was unable to so Activision decided to book him the flight but his recording came in too late during the production cycle.
==Reason for Cancellation==
In Loseratfinding's correspondence with Arin Hanson via email, he learned that Arin recorded his voice after Activision informed him that it would be used in select versions of the game. Since this was also a local contest, Activision assumed that all the auditions were coming from LA and in the surrounding areas. Arin got a "congratulations" email and was invited to LA. However, he was unavailable and his recording came in too late during the production cycle to be used.


== External Links ==
==References==
*[http://voice123.com/arinhanson Arin's voice acting profile where he mentions his role as Bruce Banner]
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*[http://egoraptor.net/voice.html Arin's website where he mentions the role again and which of the ports his voice is on]
*[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Hulk/Bruce-Banner/ A voice compare page for Bruce Banner with discussion on Arin Hanson's role in the comments]


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Revision as of 03:50, 31 January 2017

MUA 360.jpg

Box art for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Status: Lost


Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a 2006 video game released by Activision. Prior to its release, Activision held a contest where the winners got to voice minor characters in the game, Bruce Banner and Jean Grey. One of the contest winners was Arin Hanson (aka Egoraptor), known for his popular Awesome series on Newgrounds and later the Let's Play series Game Grumps.[1] While Arin was chosen to voice Bruce Banner in the game, voice actor Robin Atkin Downes ended up voicing him in the final cut.

Version Confusion

While his voice wasn't used for some versions of the game, Hanson's voice was allegedly used for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and PSP versions.[2][3][4] However, no versions of the game include these voice recordings. They haven't resurfaced online and it's unknown if they exist anymore.

Reason for Cancellation

In Loseratfinding's correspondence with Arin Hanson via email, he learned that Arin recorded his voice after Activision informed him that it would be used in select versions of the game. Since this was also a local contest, Activision assumed that all the auditions were coming from LA and in the surrounding areas. Arin got a "congratulations" email and was invited to LA. However, he was unavailable and his recording came in too late during the production cycle to be used.

References