Editing Scott Burns

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'''Scott Burns''' is the voice actor who provided the voice of [[Bowser]] starting with ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' in 2002 and continuing until ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' in 2007. Nearly a year following this release, Burns gave up the role of Bowser for unknown reasons (believed to be related to his membership in the Screen Actors Guild), but he then briefly returned to the role for ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' in 2008. Despite no longer taking up the role of Bowser, Burns has kept in touch with the series as one of the announcer voices in the [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' series]].

In addition to the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise, Scott Burns worked for [[Nintendo]] to voice [[Slippy Toad]]'s father, Beltino Toad, in ''[[lylatwiki:Star Fox Assault|Star Fox Assault]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446037/ Star Fox Assault (2005) (VG)]. [http://www.imdb.com The Internet Movie Database]. Retrieved March 3, 2009.</ref> Aside from Nintendo, Burns has also worked for [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]], [[wikipedia:McDonald's|McDonald's]], and [[wikipedia:Boeing|Boeing]]. Scott Burns considers himself most suited for characters between the ages of twenty-nine and forty-nine, but claims to be able to voice young adult, middle aged, and senior male characters.<ref name="voice123">[http://voice123.com/scottburns Character, Offbeat, Dad, Guy Next Door]. [http://voice123.com/ Voice123]. Retrieved March 3, 2009.</ref>

==History with the ''Mario'' franchise==

Scott Burns began his career at the suggestion of another voice actor and gained notability through his ability to impersonate people and characters such as [[wikipedia:Clint Eastwood|Clint Eastwood]] and [[wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]].<ref name="voice123"/> Burns took the role of Bowser in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', the first video game in which Bowser was given a speaking role beyond his growls and roars. However, the title's voice acting was panned by many, including [[wikipedia:Gamespot|Gamespot]] reviewer [[wikipedia: Jeff Gerstmann|Jeff Gerstmann]], who criticized the title as having "some of the lousiest voice-over work to be found on the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]. None of the voices fit particularly well.... [Bowser and [[Bowser Jr.]]] are completely miscast and downright disappointing."<ref>Gerstmann, Jeff. [http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/supermariosunshine/review.html Super Mario Sunshine Review]. [http://www.gamespot.com GameSpot]. Retrieved March 3, 2009.</ref> Following this role, Scott continued to feature in later games with the role of Bowser, giving him a series of throaty grunts, laughs, and exclamations new to the character who had previously simply roared and growled. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', he also voiced [[Shrowser]].

[[Kenny James]] took on the role of [[Bowser]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Amidst these titles, however, Scott retook the role in ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' and his voice clips from previous sports titles are recycled in later ones such as ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' (where James instead plays [[Dry Bowser]]) and ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''. Since 2010, Burns has also played various other roles in the series, such as [[Lubba]]. However in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', he also shared the role of [[Bowser]] with [[Kenny James]].

*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' &ndash; [[Bowser]]

*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' &ndash; Bowser, Announcer

*''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Party 7]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' &ndash; Bowser, [[Shrowser]]

*''[[Mario Party 8]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Party DS]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' &ndash; Bowser

*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' &ndash; Bowser (with [[Kenny James]]), [[Lubba]], [[King Lakitu]]  

*''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' &ndash; [[Ninja (character)|Ninja]]

*''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' &ndash; Bowser, Announcer

*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'' &ndash; Bowser, Dry Bowser

*''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' &ndash; Bowser (special shot), Announcer

*''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' &ndash; Bowser (''Super Mario Sunshine'')

*When creating voice clips for Bowser in games such as ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', Burns' voice was slowed down to sound deeper. However, in games such as ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', his voice clips are unaltered.

*Despite the fact that ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' all have Bowser voiced by Burns, his name is left unmentioned in the credits of these titles due to his clips being reused from earlier games.

*[https://m.youtube.com/user/SeattleBurns Youtube channel]

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