yeah, call me crazy, but I actually like this crash from the skylanders series, at least he looks a lot like the old school crash and has a bit more personality then the wacky sillyness that he always known for in the games. as for his voice, i admit it was a bit weird hearing him with that voice for the first time, but it's slowly growing on me. i know there are some die hard crash fans out there the still prefer the old school non-talking version on him and that is totally okay if you do, this just my personal opinion on it. I understand why they made him talk for this cartoon series so he could interact with the other characters on a personal level and explain who and what he is without the other characters from the crash games being around.