Honkai: Star Rail Huohuo VA replaced in version 2.4 as well

Another curious replacement
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Players of Honkai: Star Rail are in for a surprise when starting version 2.4, because the English VA of Huohuo has been replaced without any warning – Megan Shipman has taken over in place of Courtney Lin.

Shortly ahead of version 2.4’s release, we learned that the VAs for Argenti and Mr. Tail, who is an integral part of Huohuo’s character, have been replaced as well. Both Huohuo and Argenti were released in version 1.5 of HSR, so fans believe that there may have been some contract issues with the talents hired for that update’s characters. 

Things can’t be as clear cut, though, as Hanya – also introduced during version 1.5 – remains in the capable hands of her original VA, Suzie Yeung.

Some people have speculated that the recently announced SAG-AFTRA strike is the reason why these roles have been refilled, but that’s very unlikely given that the new VAs have re-recorded all voice lines for these characters in addition to new ones for 2.4 – and likely beyond. There simply wouldn’t have been enough time to do this, especially given how far in advance these recordings are usually made.

Former Argenti and Mr. Tail VA Adamal Michael Gold certainly remained vague in his statement about departing from HSR, merely saying that it had nothing to do with his health. Courtney Lin hasn’t addressed her replacement as of yet.

If contract issues are the reason behind these swaps, we’re unlikely to get any additional details, as these things are almost always connected to tight NDAs. We’ve previously heard from Red Dead Redemption 2 VA Roger Clarke that the NDAs from Rockstar Games are more strict than those at Marvel, so video games can easily rival Hollywood when it comes to secrecy.

Players will need to prepare for another incoming voice change in any case with Moze’s VA voluntarily stepping down from his role after fans loudly demanded he be replaced.

You can hear the new voices of Huohuo and Mr. Tail have a role to play in HSR 2.4’s Saga of Primaveral Blade event, in which they help March 7th to become a swordmaster.


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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg