Perhaps Nintendo wishes to take the voice in a different direction – it hired Chris Pratt to voice Mario in this year’s massively successful The Super Mario Bros. This news is out of left field, as it’s unclear why Martinet will no longer voice the character. Nintendo says it will share a special video message from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Martinet at a later date. That’s more than 25 years as one of the most popular mascots of all time. Martinet has been the voice of Mario in the mainline games since Super Mario 64 in 1996. ![]() We have a message for fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Nintendo announced this in a tweet posted today, revealing that Martinet is now moving into “the brand-new role of Mario Ambassador.” While he is stepping back from recording lines for Mario, Nintendo says Martinet will continue to travel the world to interact with fans and share the joy of the character. Nintendo of America has revealed that Charles Martinet, the longtime voice of Mario in the company’s various Mario games, is stepping back from the role and will no longer record lines for the character. Character voice actor will be credited in the game credits, so please wait for the game to be released." Wonder, we're excited to honor his legacy and contributions, including looking ahead to what he'll be doing as Mario Ambassador. "While Charles is not involved in Super Mario Bros. Please keep an eye out for a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles himself, which we will post at a future date.Yesterday, after Nintendo announced the news that Charles Martinet would no longer be voicing Mario and would instead work for the company as a "Mario Ambassador," a brand new role, Game Informer reached out to ask if Martinet voices Mario in Super Mario Bros. "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. 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! "Charles is now moving into the brand-new role of Mario Ambassador. "Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64," Nintendo wrote. Nintendo is yet to state which of its various upcoming Mario projects will be Martinet's swansong, or name his successor. Since then, Martinet has become the de facto voice of Mario everywhere - at least, until Chris Pratt came along. Martinet's relationship with Nintendo began in 1994, when he voiced several roles in SNES game Super Punch-Out!! His first lines as Mario came later the same year, in Mario Teaches Typing. Nintendo's statement suggests Martinet has also recorded his final line as the other Mushroom Kingdom characters he voices, including Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. Manage cookie settings Wonder who is Mario's new voice? Watch on YouTube To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Martinet was meanwhile given several other voice roles - including that of Mario's dad. Movie, with Hollywood hunk Chris Pratt taking the reins. Martinet was replaced - to the disgruntlement of some fans - as the voice of Mario in the recent Super Mario Bros. Nintendo announced the change in a statement posted today to X, formerly Twitter, which mentioned Martinet would now become a "Mario Ambassador" and "continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario and interacting with you all!" ![]() Wonder will be credited in the game credits, so please wait for the game to be released."Ĭharles Martinet, the exuberant voice of Mario, will no longer be the English voice actor behind Nintendo's most recognisable mascot, after almost 30 years in the job. ![]() "Character voice actors for Mario and/or Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, while Charles is not involved in the game, we're excited to honour his legacy and contributions, including looking ahead to what he'll be doing as a Mario Ambassador," a Nintendo spokesperson said. When asked why Martinet would no longer voice Mario, a Nintendo spokesperson told Eurogamer that "this decision was made after carefully considering a variety of factors". UPDATE 5.15pm UK: Nintendo has now confirmed to Eurogamer that Super Mario Wonder will not feature Charles Martinet, with new voice talent taking over in the roles of "Mario and/or Luigi". Looking to next year, the HD re-release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon will feature Martinet's original voice recordings as Luigi. The new actor will take on Martinet's long-standing role of Wario, the evil Mario, in this year's title.īut, technically, Martinet still has a video game credit left as one of the Mario brothers. UPDATE 22/8/23 9.20am UK: WarioWare: Move It! has also now been confirmed to feature a new voice artist other than Charles Martinet (thanks, NWR).
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