Nintendo shares details about Charles Martinet's new role of 'Mario Ambassador' in new video
Last month, it was announced that Charles Martinet would be stepping back from recording character voices in Nintendo games and would be taking on the new role of Mario Ambassador. In the announcement, Nintendo promised a "special video message" from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet to provide more details about Charles Martinet's new role. This video has been aired today on Twitter, which you can see below:
Here’s a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet regarding the change of Mario’s voice actor, announced on 8/21. pic.twitter.com/4mOpD2Cx3a
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 7, 2023
As Miyamoto mentions in the video above "Charles will continue to travel around the world and meet fans, performing the familiar voices at events, signing autographs, and enjoying interacting with you all." However, details about the new voice actor(s) of the Mario franchise have not been provided.
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