After a long hiatus between Mega Man games, Mega Man: Dual Override is slated to bring back Capcom’s iconic hero. However, Ben Diskin–the actor who voiced the title character in Mega Man 11–has revealed that he won’t be returning for Dual Override because Capcom is refusing to abide by SAG-AFTRA regulations in the next game.
“With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man,” Diskin wrote in a post on Bluesky. “I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.”
According to Diskin, one of the reasons he refused the offer was a potential lack of AI protections, which Capcom insists are already part of the contract. But without SAG-AFTRA’s backing, Diskin may not have been able to enforce that contract provision.
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