Matt Mercer, star of the Dungeons & Dragons present Essential Function and the voice behind dozens of animated and online game characters, formally confirmed his largest gig but: voicing scorching Ganon in The Legend of Zelda: The Tears of the Kingdom.
The performer introduced the news on Twitter after the sport’s closing trailer broke the web yesterday. “I simply received the go-ahead from Nintendo, so I can FINALLY announce my absolute pleasure to be voicing Ganondorf within the Legend of #Zelda : #TearsoftheKingdom,” he wrote. “An immense honor that I’ve thrown myself into doing justice.”
This isn’t the primary time Mercer has taken on the function of Hyrule’s large unhealthy. A fan of The Legend of Zelda since childhood, he shared an image of himself in full make-up whereas enjoying Ganandorf in his previous internet sequence There Will Be Brawl over a decade in the past. “I genuinely can’t imagine There Will Be Brawl was only a teaser for a mainline Zelda title,” responded the Smash Bros. YouTuber Failboat.
Followers first received an inkling Mercer was concerned once they first heard Ganon communicate briefly again in Tears of the Kingdom’s February teaser trailer. They collectively freaked out on-line, however the voice actor didn’t tip his hand on the time, and the sooner trailer didn’t truly present what Ganon would seem like within the Breath of the Wild sequel. Now, followers have began freaking out another time as a result of Tears of the Kingdom’s Ganon is ripped and warmer than ever earlier than. Previous to its Could 12 launch no less than, the demon king is stealing the present.
Previous to voicing Ganon, Mercer was finest often known as the dungeon grasp for the massively standard sequence Essential Function the place voice actors get in character and play via elaborate D&D campaigns. He’s additionally the voice behind Overwatch’s Cole Cassidy, Persona 5’s Yusuke Kitagawa, and a ton of different online game characters relationship again to World of Warcraft’s launch in 2004.
Now he’s taking the reins of Nintendo’s latest intercourse image. “Lots of you understand the burden of expectation on my shoulders for this, and I hope to do you proud,” he tweeted. Or within the words of Ganon: “Don’t look away. You witness a king’s revival…and the start of his new world.”