Sonic's Party of One
Ms. Lacey Chabert will be giving Princess Elise a voice.
Published: October 6, 2006
Hey, remember that show Party of Five on Fox? Remember that really cute, spunky girl that was on it? Nono, that was Jennifer Love Hewitt, and she was just downright hot. No, we mean the other one. Yeaaah, that was Lacey Chabert, and she was "awww" cute, but a little too young to be considered hot hot. Well guess what? She grew up and now she's mega-smokin'-hawt (which you would know if you saw the movie Mean Girls, but we'd never admit to that). What that has to do with anything gaming related is beyond us, but we thought we'd pass along the info.
Miss Chabert herself is directly related to games, though -- or at least to one game: the next-gen remake of Sonic the Hedgehog. Specifically, she'll be lending her piped to the character of Princess Elise, the decidedly human-looking damsel in semi-distress that Sonic and pals will have to help out against the equally non-cartoony Dr. Robotnik/Eggman.
"We are thrilled to work with Lacey Chabert for SEGA's premiere franchise, Sonic The Hedgehog," oozed Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing for SEGA of America. "As we take Sonic into the next generation of gaming, Lacey's experience and talent are the perfect match for the game's deeper storyline, delivering the powerful emotional connection that gamers have grown to expect from Sonic titles."
"I couldn't be happier to make my video game debut in Sonic The Hedgehog," giggled an excited Lacey Chabert, clearly unaware of the series pedigree. "I've been playing Sonic games since I was nine years old, and I am so excited to be part of his 15-year legacy!"
The Sonic remake hasn't been especially well received yet; the E3 showing and the more recent Xbox 360 demo that was released (which may very well be one and the same) both showed the game to be rather, well, busted in terms of controls (especially that friggin' camera), and continues the trend of lumping in an overly exaggerated cast of characters. We mention it only because we care about you, Sonic, and we don't like seeing your 3D adventures on a very steady decline since Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast.
If nothing else, though, the inclusion of Chabert is enough to get us excited about who else might be involved in the voice casting... or at least will probably having some of us in the office thinking impure thoughts.
Miss Chabert herself is directly related to games, though -- or at least to one game: the next-gen remake of Sonic the Hedgehog. Specifically, she'll be lending her piped to the character of Princess Elise, the decidedly human-looking damsel in semi-distress that Sonic and pals will have to help out against the equally non-cartoony Dr. Robotnik/Eggman.
"We are thrilled to work with Lacey Chabert for SEGA's premiere franchise, Sonic The Hedgehog," oozed Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing for SEGA of America. "As we take Sonic into the next generation of gaming, Lacey's experience and talent are the perfect match for the game's deeper storyline, delivering the powerful emotional connection that gamers have grown to expect from Sonic titles."
"I couldn't be happier to make my video game debut in Sonic The Hedgehog," giggled an excited Lacey Chabert, clearly unaware of the series pedigree. "I've been playing Sonic games since I was nine years old, and I am so excited to be part of his 15-year legacy!"
The Sonic remake hasn't been especially well received yet; the E3 showing and the more recent Xbox 360 demo that was released (which may very well be one and the same) both showed the game to be rather, well, busted in terms of controls (especially that friggin' camera), and continues the trend of lumping in an overly exaggerated cast of characters. We mention it only because we care about you, Sonic, and we don't like seeing your 3D adventures on a very steady decline since Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast.
If nothing else, though, the inclusion of Chabert is enough to get us excited about who else might be involved in the voice casting... or at least will probably having some of us in the office thinking impure thoughts.
