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He is older but doesn't sound older, or look older

Agreed. we could almost say balto is ageless in this fanchise!

Well, let's remember that WoC is based in 1928, so that's only a 4 year difference from 1925. Not that we knew how old Balto was, but I wouldn't imagine that the cartoon version was more than a year old at the most. So I wouldn't expect Balto be look or sound older. Plus, it's just a cartoon, so I'm sure they didn't think about that.

Yeah really In the end the produces just don't care about facts

He's obviously not as young as in B1, so he is older. As far as how much older, though, it's hard to tell. You'd think he would be older than he was (2-3 years in dogs is like 20 yrs), but maybe his wolf genes helped to preserve his fitness.

Yeah,traces of age are nowhere to be seem in these pointless sequels

"tarts of age"? Could you specify?

AUGH! traces of age! God! These spelling errors are killing me!

A. The sequels were hardly "pointless". That is an opinion, and not in the least a generally-accepted one.

B. As to the age thing, they're not exactly going to show Balto with a graying muzzle and face are they? No. Because we're talking a span, in the three movies, of a total of three years maybe. That's hardly enough time for Balto to have aged enough to show physical symptoms of it.

C. "Genes" don't enter into consideration in the production of an animated feature or series.

D. One example of where a bit of aging IS shown quite well is in Maurice LaMarche's vocal portrayal of Balto which, as has been discussed in other topics, went off quite well when one actually takes the time to consider it intelligently rather than the usual "Bacon versus LaMarche" baloney.

Firstly, you didn't upset me. I am simply discussing the points.

Secondly, I don't understand how, after participating in discussions about aspects of the sequel, where you acknowledged things you didn't realize at the outset, you can maintain that the sequels were pointless. Animation studios are going to milk a property where and when they can. Balto was just one of them. And it can be presumed that Universal felt it had a money-maker in it, and that there were other stories to tell. Certainly they didn't make a killing off of the sequels. But they did acquire a pretty large fan base...and one which continues to this day, in spite of naysayers who speak of the contrary. I hardly think that makes the effort they put into them "pointless". Could they have done a better job technically (and in terms of quality)? Sure. But that's not the same thing.

Revenue certainly is a big motivator in Hollywood. No one would ever deny that. But it is not always the only one. And I don't think it was the only one in this case. It just ended up being the death of the franchise.

Und that's the way I like it.

It's obvious that Balto has gotten older, but he is still physically fit during the Balto trilogy. Though the movies weren't didn't about making Balto look older, one thing you could tell Balto has gotten older is by his voice. Although Balto's voice in Balto 2 and 3 wasn't the same voice from Balto 1, (because of changed actors) his voice has gotten deeper and it has a sage-like tone (wiser-like tone). We could also notice that Balto's fur is a bit more ragged in the third and second films than in the first film.
Although there weren't many obvious signs of Balto ageing, its obvious that Balto has aged. Its really funny that Balto didn't look like he aged over those 3 years (1925 to 1928) , not to mention that Jenna too didn't look as older as she should have looked despite her deformed anatomy animation in the second movie. Both look like they didn't age that much. Although Balto didn't look like he aged much through the sequels, there are some obvious signs. !!!!NOTE: I may not have mentioned all the obvious signs of age on Balto.

You'd have to be mentally challenged to not notice a change in Balto.

First of all, the voice actor change to Maurice LaMarche matures his voice, so he very noticeably sounds older in Wolf Quest and Wings of Change.
Second, in the sequels he's a little more sage-like and not as reckless.

He sounded older in the Sequals , Looked darker and also , The year was 1928 , So he DID get older.