Charles Martinet Will No Longer Voice Mario

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨simple@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1693624024000036898

We have a message for fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please take a look.

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 honour 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

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exoplanetary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Honestly that’s fair. Dude’s getting old, I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect him to voice Mario forever. I’m glad they’ve got him as an ambassador though, for now at least. I’d imagine he’ll help whoever next voices Mario get it right so his voice isn’t too radically different.

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- EsheLynn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s just a shame he’s been downgraded to what appears to be a sideshow piece. I mean, if he’s happy doing it, more power to him. He’s been Mario for, like, 20 years? Good luck to the next Mario. Those are some big overalls to fill.
  
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  - MrZee@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    If I recall correctly, he says it is hard on his vocal chords to do the voice. Have you read something where he says he wants to keep doing the voice acting? Or might he be happy to move to an easier role?
    
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  - crashoverride@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    30, almost 30 years. You lost a decade somewhere bro
    
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  - magic_lobster_party@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    He started at Nintendo 1991, so more than 30 years.
    
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nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The man’s been doing the voice of Mario since 1995. They man deserves a worthwhile retirement

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1bluepixel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- Pietson@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  More likely he wanted to retire but still enjoyed meeting fans
  
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- gammasfor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s basically “he’s retiring but keeps getting paid by Nintendo”.
  
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gullible@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Has there ever been a class action lawsuit related to whiplash? If Chris Pratt replaces Martinet everywhere, there will be.

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- nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s not going to be Chris Pratt You fucking doughnut
  
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  - gullible@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Duh, Nintendo can’t risk that level of exposure.
    
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Tapioca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s sad. But hopefully, a chance for Nintendo take advantage of this to modernise things a bit. Wonder looks to have a bit more VO in it, and people have been speculating it’s a new actor.

tbh he has to retire sometime, and considering the reaction to the movie casting this seems a sensible way to do it.

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who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
O man i sound just like Mario when I sneeze, a little practice i can swipe a cush gig.

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