Charles Martinet to step down from voicing Mario

[Modren]

Originally Posted by Nintendo of America

Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64. Charles is now moving into the brand-new role of Mario Ambassador. With this transition, he will be stepping back from recording character voices for our games, but he'll continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario and interacting with you all!

It has been an honor working with Charles to help bring Mario to life for so many years and we want to thank and celebrate him. Please keep an eye out for a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles himself, which we will post at a future date.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/...24002982314108

[navydavey]

Time for Kiefer Sutherland to take over vocals.

[Grethiwha]

Need to hire an authentic Italian for PC reasons.

lol anyway how many different ways can they record the line "Yippee" before it's not really necessary to get him back in the studio any more?

[ps3bd_owner]

In 2021 he said he'd want to voice Mario until he'd die and now Nintendo are saying he's retiring? Something doesn't add up.

I just hope Nintendo doesn't hire Chris Pratt to do Mario's game voice...

[ps3bd_owner]

Originally Posted by Grethiwha

Need to hire an authentic Italian for PC reasons.

lol anyway how many different ways can they record the line "Yippee" before it's not really necessary to get him back in the studio any more?

The French Mario VA from the Mario movie sounded extremely close to Martinet and it'd be great if he were the new VA, eh, unlikely.

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

The French Mario VA from the Mario movie sounded extremely close to Martinet and it'd be great if he were the new VA, eh, unlikely.

We might find out at the next Nintendo Direct:

Join us for an in-depth look at Mario's latest 2D side-scrolling adventure in the livestreamed Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct!

📆 August 31st
🕓 7am PT / 10am ET
⏳ Roughly 15 minutes

https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/08-31-2023/

[ps3bd_owner]

Read about that, but not really interested in watching a Nintendo Direct about it. I'll just wait for the news about the new VA.

Moreover, Wonder is certainly a step-up from the "New" series which I've gotten really tired of. I didn't even finish NSMB2 on my 3DS (what were they thinking with all those gold coins, smh).

[emailking]

His voice is going to change as he ages, it makes sense. Mario is eternal.

[Vekona]

This is the worst news I've heard this month. It's a shame that he left. This voice was already like my own, I won't be able to perceive Mario without him.