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Announcer

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In all of the Super Smash Bros. games, all matches officially start when the announcer says "GO!"

An announcer is a voice that plays the role of a referee in the game. Different voice actors fill this role in different games in the Smash Bros series.

Actors and comparisons

Jeff Manning

Jeff Manning is the voice of Super Smash Bros.'s announcer.

Manning's performance as the announcer foreshadowed a majority of the trends that would be followed by the two later incarnations of the announcer.

Dean Harrington

Dean Harrington voices the announcer in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Harrington continues Manning's style of voice, often yelling in a form similar to that of an emcee at a wrestling or boxing match. Harrington's voice, however, has a "muffled" tone to it, leading to a slightly less intense voice than Manning's.

Pat Cashman

Pat Cashman at a buffet.

Cashman's announcer ends the emcee style, and in general, his voice is considerably less appropriate and more obnoxious. Cashman's voice was selected for Brawl because there were no other applicants, despite never having contacted the previous announcers for a return. His recording was done without Cashman being given the knowledge of what his voice was being used for. Merely being told to "yell into the mic as loud as possible", Cashman gave a performance he would later describe as "tedious and tiring".

Quotes

Super Smash Bros. (Voice: Jeff Manning)

  • "Super Smash Brothers!"

Super Smash Bros. Melee (Voice: Dean Harrington)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Voice: Pat Cashman)

SSB & SSBM

SSB & SSBB

  • "Free for all!"
  • "3, 2, 1... GO!"

SSBM & SSBB

All 3 Games

The following quotes are from the Japanese and English versions of all 3 games.

Both Versions

  • "A New Record!
  • "Choose your character."
  • "(Character Name)!"
  • "Sudden Death!"
  • "Vs. (Character or Team)!"
  • "Break the Targets!"
  • "Continue?"
  • "Complete!"
  • "Failure!"
  • "Game Over!"
  • "Congratulations!"
  • "Player/Computer Player, defeated!"
  • "The Winner is..."/"This game's winner is..."

Japanese Version Only

USA / English PAL Version Only

  • "Game!"
  • "Jigglypuff!" (also Italian and Spanish)
  • "Squirtle!" (also Italian and Spanish)
  • "Ivysaur!" (also Italian and Spanish)
  • "Bowser!" (also for all PAL languages)
  • "Charizard!" (also Italian and Spanish)
  • "Time!"

Trivia

  • In the PAL versions of Super Smash Bros. and Brawl (though strangely, not Melee), the announcer speaks whichever language the game is set to.
  • In the PAL version of Super Smash Bros., the French announcer is voiced by J.M. Delhausse and the German announcer is voiced by Frank Wölfel.
  • Master Hand is voiced by the same person as the announcer, regardless of game. This has led to theories that Master Hand is the announcer. This may also be backed up by the fact the announcer has no dialogue during the fight with Master Hand, unlike in other classic and VS. matches, where the announcer will shout out "Go!" and "Game!" etc. In the PAL versions of Smash 64 and Brawl, any language other than English is an exception from this.
  • The quote "Ready? Go!" is also used upon the activation of Donkey Kong's Final Smash, Konga Beat.
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been the only game in the series in which the announcer does not shout out the game's title.
  • Brawl contains unused, empty announcer files for the numbers six, seven, eight, nine, and ten; in-game, countdowns start from at most five.
  • The only difference in narration in the PAL version of Melee when not set to English is when selecting Jigglypuff. Two different announcers will say "Pummeluff" or "Rondoudou" when the game is set to German or French, respectively.
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