Fans have been waiting reverently since Fire Emblem: Three Houses was announced. However, with its recent release comes controversy concerning one of it🍃s voice actors.
Chris Niosi voices Byleth, the male protagonist of the game, a🍸nd this has been a source of anger amongst fa💎ns. Niosi has been accused 🃏of abuse and other forms of ill-treatment. These accusations came from past girlfriends, former friends, an𓃲d colleagues. They’ve referenced his anger management problems and his manipulative attitude. Amy, one of𝔉 his exes, mentioned that Niosi had . She said that he acted i♕n a possessive manner, not letting her haveℱ any time to herself and also manhandled her on occasions.
T✃ara Welker, a former friend and partner of Niosi, made a thread saying that Niosi ꦛwas “sexually coercive.” On her , she has a longer post where she explains that Niosi was physically abusive towards her, among a long list of othe🔜r horrible things. She also mentions that he broke a non-disclosure agreement by discussing his role before the game launch.
Niosi admitted to everyth🍷ing, confirming his behavior, on his personal . H✤e made eight different apology posst addresseꦫd to people that he’s hurt. His statement included this:
My name is Christopher Niosi; also known as 𓆉Kirbopher. I am 30 years old and for about half of my lifetime, I have horribly mistreated and abused friends, colleagues, and even my significant others. It is time that I addressed each and every one of those people and responded to their feelings with individual apologies for what I’ve done to hurt them. This will be a masterpost containing all of the appropriate posts in one location, so that the people they have been written for, along with anyone else who wishes to read them, can easily access the information.
Fans may have noticed that Niosi was no longer in the𓂃 voice of Byleth in Fire Emblem Heroes, a mobile gacha game based off of the Fire Emblem franchise. Instead, Zach Aguilar has thꩲe role. Nintendo the same will happen in Fire Emblem Heroes; Byleth’s lines will all be re-recorded. Nintendo of America said that after going over the situation, they “decided to re-record theಌ character's voiceovers in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Heroes with another actor. The new voiceovers will be included in a futu💜re patch."