Earlier today, Nintendo officially announced that Charles Martinet would no longer be voicing Mario. He had been voicing the character for over 25 years and will be moving on to the new role of Mario Ambassador. However, that was not the only confirmation that Nintendo made in relation to Charles Martinet.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is releasing in a couple of months, and fans have been wondering if Charles Martinet will be involved in the game. So, IGN reached out to Nintendo about the matter, and the company confirmed that he will not be involved in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. As for who Mario’s new voice actor is, all Nintendo said to IGN is that “character voice actors will be credited in the game credits, so please wait for the game to be released”.
So….Chris Pratt then
he’s so cool
Whoever it is has a lot of expectations to live up to. I just wonder if now Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi (among other characters) will now be voiced separately or if they each are getting a new individual VA.
To be fair the dude who voices him in wonder sounds pretty on par to Charles I’m wondering who’s voicing Luigi as both them still sound somewhat similar to the predecessor, but wario does sound slightly off in the new wario game so I guessed that clears all the original suspension people had in the original june direct
I’m pretty sure the dude who is voicing Mario in the game is actually living it up and sounds a little high pitch as Mario. I’m pretty sure the person who is doing the role is a YouTuber. I can tell by that since he has some good experience on Mario’s IP.
The fact that nobody noticed when the trailer popped up is pretty telling that people are overreacting. Let the man retire, he’s 70 now.
He is 67 by the way.
It’s very possible that the trailer reused old sound bites of Charles as placeholder, and the REAL voices will be unveiled closer to the release date. They likely didn’t want the game reveal to be overshadowed by the new voices, and/or they didn’t have the new voices recorded yet or the voice actors selected yet. And they also may have been waiting for the announcement of Charles not being involved anymore.
Or it might be old Charles sound bites and they keep them in, but he technically didn’t record anything new for it so they say he wasn’t involved. But they usually recycle his sound bites anyways and have never said “he isn’t involved” before, so…
Also, do we know for sure that he’s retiring? Nothing says this was him retiring, I think if he were he would openly state it and so would Nintendo. I think the movie’s popularity convinced Nintendo to do all new things with the characters and I bet the characters are all gonna speak a bunch now. I was afraid that would happen. The statement sounded kind of corporate-y and cold, like a coverup for them sacking him but with them finding a way to kinda sorta keep him so fans don’t get upset. If he were retiring, why would he still be traveling around the world to be an ambassador for them? Surely voice acting is less active and less demanding. The way they announced this seems odd.
Voice acting, and singing by extension, are a lot more demanding, and taxing, on the vocal cords than you might think. ESPECIALLY if you’re altering your base voice and/or hitting long notes. It’s why artists sometimes have to take long breaks between shows/concerts. It’s also why they sometimes have to even skip ’em.
Lots of people noticed.
My guess, is its whoever did the Italian or french dubs from the movie. Sounded pretty spot on to charles
I’m hoping Charles is leaving because he wants to, and not as a result of some medical issue. Maybe he just can’t hit that falsetto like he used to. I’m probably not the only one noticing Mario sounding a little more seasoned these past few years. In all fairness, it was inevitable that he would have to pass the torch sooner or later. Not like the Mario brand is going anywhere anytime soon