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Back to the Future Remastered features Tom Wilson 16 Sep, 2015 / 10 comments

Bob Gale has revealed that the upcoming Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition will feature Tom Wilson as the voice of all the Tannen characters, replacing the previous voice work, as well as enhanced graphics.

The new edition will be released on October 13th for PS4, XBox One, XBox 360 and PC.

You can watch Bob Gale talk about it here.

Thanks to Shmargin for the tip off!

Source: Bob Gale

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    Prof. Marvel on 22 Sep, 2015, 18:04…
    Authenticity will always prevail. Too bad it usually costs more to do so.
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    LuigiHann on 22 Sep, 2015, 17:08…

    Jason

    Haha, first Earl Boen, now Tom Wilson? I feel bad for the original voice actors. Still waiting for the Tales of Monkey Island re-release with Leilani Jones as the Voodoo Lady.



    Well, at least Adam Harrington (who voiced pre-Boen LeChuck) went on to voice Bigby Wolf, so he got plenty of time in the spotlight there.

    Poor Andrew Chaikin (who played Biff in the game) has a history of being replaced, as he played Max in the first episode of Telltale's Sam and Max before dropping out for health reasons. He keeps coming back in small roles, and he's generally quite good, so hopefully he eventually gets his big break. I keep hoping that Telltale will make a game that makes use of his excellent beatboxing skills.
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    Jennifer on 22 Sep, 2015, 16:48…

    Kolzig

    The Tom Wilson addition to the cast is awesome, never liked the guy who acted in the original game as the Tannen characters.

    Andrew Chaikin was fine as wimpy biff, but as tough Biff he was definitely lacking. So, I'm excited to see Tom Wilson play Biff here. Cliff and Riff would be better with Tom Wilson too.

    Now, on the other hand, I'm not so sure about Kid Tannen and Beauregard Tannen. Owen Thomas did a great job with those characters, and I'm not really sure I want to see Tom Wilson take them over.
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    ThunderPeel2001 on 22 Sep, 2015, 12:25…
    Can't see this being a free upgrade, myself. Although TellTale did that with Bone, BTTF is owned by Universal, and I can't imagine Universal giving anything away for free.
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    Kolzig on 22 Sep, 2015, 06:49…
    Really sucks that it isn't coming to Wii U.

    I own the limited edition box of the original PC version, would be great if old owners got this as a free upgrade, but there's no way that Telltale would do such a favor to their fans.

    I would buy it on Wii U, but not really interested in buying it again on PC.

    The Tom Wilson addition to the cast is awesome, never liked the guy who acted in the original game as the Tannen characters.
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    ThunderPeel2001 on 17 Sep, 2015, 13:51…
    @gumpy: It's listed as being released on PC here:

    http://www.shacknews.com/article/91315/back-to-the-future-the-game-remaster-coming-with-tom-wilson-voicing-biff-tannen

    So fingers crossed they're right!
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    Jason on 17 Sep, 2015, 13:41…
    Haha, first Earl Boen, now Tom Wilson? I feel bad for the original voice actors. Still waiting for the Tales of Monkey Island re-release with Leilani Jones as the Voodoo Lady.
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    AlfredJ on 17 Sep, 2015, 10:34…
    I suppose those video clips are from the old version, as it doesn't look that different to me, graphically? I'm not sure how much of an improvement it will be beyond a higher resolution.

    Still, I hope this will just replace existing copies of Back to the Future instead of me having to rebuy it.
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    VoodooFX on 17 Sep, 2015, 06:43…
    Wow, never in a million years would i have thought that Tom Wilson would actually return to BTTF franchise.

    I wonder if owners of the originally released game will be eligible for an free upgrade.

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    gumpy on 17 Sep, 2015, 02:53…
    Is it really going to come out for PC? (Hopefully it will) Because I don't see anything about a PC release anywhere else on the web. :-(

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