Mario voice actor Charles Martinet steps down from iconic Nintendo role

Actor Charles Martinet, known as the voice of Mario, Luigi, and Wario in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. games for three decades, will no longer voice those characters, Nintendo announced Monday. Martinet will segue into the role of “Mario Ambassador,” in which he will continue to “travel the world sharing the joy of Mario.”

Nintendo fans were first to notice a difference in the voices of Mario, Wario and Luigi when watching recent trailers. Super Mario Bros. WonderYou can also find out more about the following: The WarioWare series: Move ItTwo new titles are coming this autumn to the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo has finally confirmed that the switch will be made after several weeks of silence and fan speculation.

Martinet has been Mario’s voice since 1991. He first started performing Mario’s chipper, exaggerated Italian-flavored voice for Nintendo at trade shows, but went on to record the character’s voice, for the first time in a Nintendo game, in Super Mario 64Released in 1996. Martinet, who has a wide range of voices, is the Mario voice in more than a dozen games. His vocal range also includes Luigi’s, Waluigi’s, Baby Luigi’s, and Baby Mario.

What about? Super Mario Bros. MovieChris Pratt was chosen by Nintendo and Illumination to voice Mario. Charlie Day took over for Luigi.

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