Chris Seavor
Encyclopedia
Christopher "Chris" Seavor (born 1979 in United Kingdom
) is a British game designer and voice actor
who has done work on several video games, particularly in the context of an artist.
series of fighter games
for both the arcade and console. He inherited and reworked the Conker franchise in an attempt to draw it away from the other Rare title Dream, which eventually became Banjo-Kazooie
. He currently works for Microsoft
, although he is still considered a Rare employee.
Chris was the project leader and game designer on both Conker's Bad Fur Day
and Conker: Live & Reloaded. He co-wrote the screenplay with Robin Beanland
, worked as a background and layout artist, helped with some additional graphics, and voiced most of the characters on Conker's Bad Fur Day. Additionally, he was a VA (alongside Rare's Steve Malpass
) in Super Smash Bros. Melee
. He supplied the voice of Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare in both Melee and Star Fox Adventures
. He provided the voice of Gruntilda in Banjo-Kazooie
.
He recently stated in his Twitter
that he resigned from Rare. He now lives in Packington
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) is a British game designer and voice actor
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
who has done work on several video games, particularly in the context of an artist.
Biography
Seavor began his career with Rare as a Graphics Engineer in the early 1990s, working on the Killer InstinctKiller Instinct
Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare and Midway. The game received a high profile launch...
series of fighter games
Fighting game
Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...
for both the arcade and console. He inherited and reworked the Conker franchise in an attempt to draw it away from the other Rare title Dream, which eventually became Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie is a platform and action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998...
. He currently works for Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, although he is still considered a Rare employee.
Chris was the project leader and game designer on both Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day is an action-platform video game developed and published by Rare. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in 2001 and was Rare's last game published for the console. The game was in development for four years; it was originally intended for a young audience, but was redesigned and...
and Conker: Live & Reloaded. He co-wrote the screenplay with Robin Beanland
Robin Beanland
Robin Beanland , sometimes credited as R. Beanland or simply "The Bean", is a British video game music composer for numerous Rare titles, such as the Killer Instinct franchise, Conker's Bad Fur Day , and many others...
, worked as a background and layout artist, helped with some additional graphics, and voiced most of the characters on Conker's Bad Fur Day. Additionally, he was a VA (alongside Rare's Steve Malpass
Steve Malpass
Steve Malpass is a former designer and voice actor who has worked for Rare Ltd from 1997 to 2009. He also worked for HAL Laboratory....
) in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBM or simply as Melee, is a crossover fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros., and the predecessor to the Wii game Super Smash...
. He supplied the voice of Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare in both Melee and Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was released in North America on 23 September 2002, Japan on 27 September 2002, Australia on 15 November 2002 and Europe on 22 November 2002...
. He provided the voice of Gruntilda in Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie is a platform and action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998...
.
He recently stated in his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that he resigned from Rare. He now lives in Packington
Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the town of Ashby de la Zouch. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738...
.