Charles Martinet‘s Facebook page is currently saying he no longer provides the voice for Mario. Under the intro tab on his page, he is described as “Former Mario at Nintendo” and “Former Mario at Gaming do Brasil.” This might be a Facebook-related issue, but we’re waiting to hear confirmation from Mr. Martinet himself.
Update: https://mynintendonews.com/2016/10/28/charles-martinet-says-hes-still-the-voice-of-mario/
I didn’t expect this at all! I don’t think I can imagine Mario in a different voice.
“Yo it’s me, Mario! I’m hear to stomp your skull in!”
~Mario, 2017
https://youtu.be/h4J8KVwMI3M
meh… It’s an okay impression. But if they got rid of the original voice actor why would anyone want to do an impersonation of charles instead of making a whole new voice?
maybe i should do an impression video cuz Im 100% positive i could do a WAAAAAYYY better impression plus wario and waluigi
Changing the voice/personality would cause rage.
well, this is a blow to the nuts! Now what? I can’t imagen a new mario voice like sonic’s.
Yeah, I really hated the change to sonic’s voice.
Like, why did they do that!?
(Its actually one of the main reasons why I stopped playing sonic games. His voice is so cringy, and the actor sucks. Same with Ash and other characters from PKMN.)
It took some time getting used to, but his voice is fine now. Jason Griffith suits Sonic really well, but Roger Craig Smith is seriously not that bad.
I’m still getting used to that…I can’t truly call him sonic anymore to be truthful…
UPDATE BEFORE POSTING LOL
Glad he’s still doing the voices and it was a mishaps with facebook.
Man he us good voicing Mario and Luigi :-(
Pretty good imo.
I dont expect long sentences from future games, so I think you would do well if VFX are more quick paced and short (considering they dont really speak in too many games)
‘Captain’ Lou Albano did the first American Mario voice in the 80s-90s
Me too dude
Danny DeVito
Is he retiring or what?
that makes sense. Let the man rest.
Oh wow. End of an era
R.I.P.?
NOOOO!!!!
I was hoping he would at least do it to the end of his days…
if not doing it for 20 years after he dies!
They can take a bunch of generic voice takes from him and use them for the next 20 years or so.
https://youtu.be/FVBOX-rdyyw
spread the word
All Nintendo has to do is clone his voice and they dont have to pick someone else and make a choice.
I understand that there’s only so long you can do one thing before you get tired of it, but it seemed like he’s still been enjoying his job. I hope it’s an error, but if it’s not, then I hope that he just finally wanted a break from doing the same thing for so long, rather than being “kicked out” I guess.
Could this possibly be related to the voice actor strike?
retirement i bet.
I assume this has everything to do with the current strike being held by video game VAs. If that’s why Mr. Martinet changed his status, then that’s a huge get for the actors in this dispute. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2016/10/25/voice-actors-video-game-companies-clash-strike-begins/92723110/
but nintendo is not even mentioned in the actor’s official document.
I kind of hope so because then there is a chance to get him back
But at the same time that is also not a very comforting theory
I checked the official page for the strike and didn’t find Nintendo’s name in the list of companies that the union is boycotting.
Here’s the link: http://www.sagaftra.org/interactive
They also have a specific list of games that they’re boycotting against. Now I’m not necessarily saying that you’re wrong (in fact, your evidence is fairly strong), I’m just not convinced yet.
Highly doubt it, to be honest. It may be a while until we see the effects of the strike on games. Plus Nintendo isn’t one of the companies that they’re striking against. It’s most likely just a coincidence that this has sprung up around the same time the strikes started.
Could be totally wrong, of course. I simply doubt the strikes have anything to do with this.
as long as his voice is pre recorded we don’t need him anymore lol tbh
No fucking way…
Why I remember he died some years ago? Mandela effect again?
if he died, then his twitter is haunted because he made the last post on october 21 2016
https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet
Sad, he was my favourite Mario.
So this is really going to happen, huh? I hoped that he would continue until I die.
Oh well. Nothing lasts forever.
We’ve had him for so long to the point that almost anyone else doing the voice acting would just sound weird.
If this is true, then it’s a sad, sad day for Nintendo, and Nintendo fans. It makes me wonder if Nintendo is planning on changing Mario’s voice, and possibly making it deeper? Or maybe they just wanted a younger voice actor for Mario etc.?
The end of a legend.
At least he’s not dead. I was expecting that for a brief albeit stressful moment.
Maybe they want a different kind of voice for Mario?
Maybe Charles is having issues doing the voice now?
There is no telling at the moment.
Nooooo!! No! No! Has to be a nightmare! Nobody could replace him! Has to be fake. This cannot be real. It cannot be happening!! No!!!
+AR-Cade (MegaMarioFanatic) dude there are plenty of people who do can do an awesome Mario impression including me lots of people do it on youtube but only the right one though
WHAT?!
I think this is false. it’s probably a FB related issue
This is so sad. I knew this would happen one day, but I never imagined it to be this soon. 4 console generations.
he fiddled some young boys rectum nintendo found out about it he had jimmy savile on his freinds list
lolololol
Ohhh, as much as I strongly hope this is untrue, please please PLEASE, if it is, let there be open auditions- I’d submit in a heartbeat.
Does that mean Mario is now a collection of past voice clips and will remain mute forever?
Charles’ Facebook page is now changed. It now says…
“Mario at Nintendo
Former still the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario & Baby Luigi at Nintendo Australia
Former Mario at Gaming do Brasil”
He’s longer the voice of Mario? Man he is good voicing Mario and Luigi :-(
||The Facelifts are trying to descredit the legend…||
I think its a good move. Don’t get me wrong: He was the voice of Mario for long and therefor a part of our childhood memories and he always will be. But maybe slowly we see a change of voice acting work for Nintendo, that is not only relying on “itse meeee marioo” and random sounds. I mean there are rumours about an upcoming Mario movie and could you watch a full movie with his voice or better his Mario impression? Seriously, I would be annoyed. But you never know….
Ok I just been on the page of Charles Martinet and this is not true facebook somehow thought he wasn’t working at Nintendo it wasn’t an announcement of any kind
“Howdi! I am still the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi! I think Facebook maybe changed something so I needed to put in “currently working” there. I hope I fixed it. Sorry for the concern! Have a fun day!!”
Kiefer Sutherland is now Marios voice.
Stop it! You might excite my sister. She’s crazy over Kiefer Sutherland.
I can see a meme brewing… Mario interrogating a koopaling in a dark cell with a bubble “Where’s the Bob-omb!!!”
It’s a false alarm. Charles Martinet just confirmed this on Facebook. It’s a Facebook issue.
||To anyone that believed this insulting rumour…||
XD I’m sorry! I couldn’t take it seriously with the humorous slap sounds! XD lmao
It was like watching a short Bruce Lee movie! xD
Check out Charles Martinet’s Facebook Now:
https://www.facebook.com/charles.martinet.12
He did not give up doing the voice of Mario check his twitter .
Hello! It’s me!!!! Charles Martinet..
I still have the great pleasure and joy of doing the voices of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Metal Mario and more…..
I’m not sure how the Facebook status changed. I haven’t edited it until I read the concerns this morning (I’m in Spain on holiday). I clicked the button “currently working at”… and reworded things, so hopefully any confusion is gone.
Thank you for your concerns and I hope you have a wonderful day!
If you are the real Charles, please tell Ashley and Reginald to stop spamming your personal profile, it has been annoying to see their posts.
So is it true? Does the rain in Spain stay mainly in the plain?
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couldnt they just reuse his voice tho
https://www.facebook.com/charles.martinet.12
So… delete this now?
http://www.sagaftra.org/interactive
Shit! Kingdom Hearts 2.8 is in that list! Disney or Square Enix need to fix this as soon as possible before Kingdom Hearts 3 gets effected. We’ve waited long enough for KH3, damn it! PAY YOUR VOICE ACTORS BETTER, BITCHES!!!
If this is true, then thank you for all you did for us growing up!
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