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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Samus Aran might not be known as a chatty character, but a voice actor helps flesh out the heroine with grunts and mumbles. Jennifer Hale, probably ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s taken a long time for us to get Metroid Prime 4, and the game ...