The iconic and long time voice actor of numerous characters in the Super Mario franchise, Charles Martinet is stepping back from recording character voices in Nintendo games. The news was shared by Nintendo's official Twitter account today where the company also announced that Martinet will be taking on the new role of Mario Amassador:

What this new role entails wasn't made clear but we might find out more soon as the post also mentioned that a "special video message" from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet will be shared later/

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[JuanMena]

Aw shucks.

Nintendo sure has thousands of pre recordings, right?
They'll probably still use them in the future.

But seriously, that Super Mario Wonder trailer, Mario's voice was a bit off for me.

I'm sure, whoever replaces Martinet will be welcomed by Nintendo fans.

 

[SkittleDash]

Wouldn't think it would impact the voice. It would be very easy just to recycle the voice clips from past Mario games. Which they've already been doing. lol

 

[AmandaRose]

A sad day but not a major problem as Mario doesn't say much anyway. They can just keep using it's a me a Mario and Wahoo in future games.

 

[Ryab]

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The iconic and long time voice actor of numerous characters in the Super Mario franchise, Charles Martinet is stepping back from recording character voices in Nintendo games. The news was shared by Nintendo's official Twitter account today where the company also announced that Martinet will be taking on the new role of Mario Amassador:

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What this new role entails wasn't made clear but we might find out more soon as the post also mentioned that a "special video message" from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet will be shared later/

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We all knew he would step down eventually.

 

[Jaxom]

Wouldn't think it would impact the voice. It would be very easy just to recycle the voice clips from past Mario games. Which they've already been doing. lol

And with the possibilities offered by AI solutions, Nintendo could definitely train one to keep a very close vocal signature for the future lines that could be needed.

 

[Reploid]

Ehm... there was voice acting? What's next? Voice acting in zelda?

 

[JuanMena]

It's such a weird feeling... it's one of those things you never thought would happen because all your life was like that.

I was born in 1993, and obviously was there when Martinet first voiced Mario.

All this years later... suddenly knowing the voice you grew up with won't be around anymore, forever... it's almost like, something died.
It's weird.

 

[hippy dave]

Sad, but hopefully it's because it's what he wants, rather than being pushed out.

 

[James_]

Unfortunate, but most of us managed to see this coming from a mile away because of the different voices in the SMB Wonder and WW Move It trailers.

My guess is that they'll use the new voices in big titles, while Charles' several thousand voice recordings will probably be reused for spinoffs. Like that one time where a voiceclip from the GameCube era was used in the story opening of Tennis Aces.

Either way, I hope he has a good retirement from voicing the bing bing wahoo man. And I hope the new voice actors will do a good job filling in the big shoes left behind.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Don't worry, guys.
Charles will be alive in each and everyone of our AI voice generations for mods to come.

 

[CharlesDeGaulle]

His interviews in french are hilarious, he tries his best but dang, he is sometime barely comprehensible

 

[CoolMe]

Oh no, are they replacing him with Chris Pratt, for the sake of continuity between the movies & the games?

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Ehm... there was voice acting? What's next? Voice acting in zelda?

Frankly, it's been long overdue..

 

[Lazyt]

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Aw shucks.

Nintendo sure has thousands of pre recordings, right?
They'll probably still use them in the future.

But seriously, that Super Mario Wonder trailer, Mario's voice was a bit off for me.

I'm sure, whoever replaces Martinet will be welcomed by Nintendo fans.

is going to be replaced instantly

 

[Ryab]

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is going to be replaced instantly

Hard to say if they will mix old recordings in. There have been instances in games where they have used clips from multiple VAs. Mario Tennis Aces notably uses clips from Bowser's current and old VA.

 

[Dud]

Get them away from Chris Pratt at all costs.

 

[HarveyHouston]

Aw, man. Now I no longer care about anything new Mario.

 

[YuseiFD]

Well, he was always a man of a few words so...who cares

 

[gaga941021]

Nintendo sure has thousands of pre recordings, right?

Mario games have such complicated dialogue. Wonder how Nintendo will survive...

Come on.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

Rest in Peace