With the departure of Charles Martinet from the job of voicing Mario, Nintendo fans were highly curious as to who would take over the role. Initially revealed by a Tweet from the voice actor, and then confirmed by Nintendo themselves, the new voice of Mario and Luigi has been announced to be Kevin Afghani. In leaked early copies of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, he's listed in the credits as well. He's a voice actor known for voicing Arnold in Genshin Impact, while also providing his voice for a fan-made Dragon Ball animation. Previously, he's also done voiceover work in Nintendo Switch commercials and Nintendo Direct videos.

Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!

— Kevin Afghani (@KevinAfghani) October 13, 2023

 

[SylverReZ]

found a reddit post but it got deleted

Go figure.

 

[Guacaholey]

Not a fan of the Mario voice. It should be pitch shifted down a bit.

 

[Xzi]

Mario I could only tell a very slight difference, his Luigi is perfect.

 

[Axmand]

Any photo of him??

 

[BaamAlex]

I thought we was gonna have Chris Pratt as a voice actor.

Star Lord, Man. Legendary Outlaw. Guys?

 

[Xzi]

Star Lord, Man. Legendary Outlaw. Guys?

It's-a me, Andy Dwyer!

 

[Bladexdsl]

Star Lord, Man. Legendary Outlaw. Guys?

WHO??

 

[pustal]

In a better timeline they just revealed it to be Gilbert Gottfried.

Any photo of him??

Don't see why it matters, but here's his public photo:

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And still no word why Charles stopped providing the voice.

If I had to look on my crystal all and guess, I'd probably say to cut down on royalties to pay. Big companies been all about cutting insignificant costs to show investors and hoard as much money as they can. Kevin probably signed for much less than Charles was costing them.

 

[Kitocco]

If I had to look on my crystal all and guess, I'd probably say to cut down on royalties to pay. Big companies been all about cutting insignificant costs to show investors and hoard as much money as you can. Kevin porbably signed for much less than Charles was costing them.

Yeah, that definitely sounds like a "megacorp in inflation" move. I'd rather a recast than robotic squelch that somehow has a "debate" on its legitimacy when we all agreed GoAnimate is a trash medium only good for maybe jokes or people without a motivated bone in their body. But yeah, why put the product first & dare pay a liiiittle bit more to your star actor during your period of peak profits?

...pic unrelated

 

[Marc_LFD]

Don't see why it matters, but here's his public photo:

What's the problem? It's always good to see VAs.

Sometimes seeing the person helps remember the voice actor/actress moreso than the name itself.

For example, in Charles Martinet's case, people know him as the "Mario voice" even though he's a really nice guy:



One of my favorite voice actors (actress in this case) is Nozawa Masako, she's mainly known for voicing Son Goku and the whole male Son family.



Hearing her always puts a smile on my face.

 

[The Catboy]

I came in here just to make sure it wasn’t Chris Pratt.

They could've just used the hundreds of archived voices from Charles too ):

Nintendo probably didn’t want to pay royalties to him

 

[Marc_LFD]

I came in here just to make sure it wasn’t Chris Pratt.

If Nintendo doesn't want to pay Martinet royalties, then much less would they hire one of Hollywood's most likeable actors and of course it'd be even more expensive.

 

[jordash25]

"It's-a me, Mic-a......Mario!"​

 

[Marc_LFD]

"It's-a me, Mic-a......Mario!"​

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That'd be an awesome skin/character for Wonder.

 

[Bladexdsl]

In a better timeline they just revealed it to be Gilbert Gottfried.

oh fuck can you imagine it i'd never play a mario game ever again!

 

[Lycan911]

He's a voice actor known for voicing Arnold in Genshin Impact

If his biggest role is an unimportant NPC that showed up in a limited-time event over a year ago... That's a nice résumé.
Good to see he's jumped from that straight to voicing the literal face of gaming.

 

[Marc_LFD]

oh fuck can you imagine it i'd never play a mario game ever again

I can see why people liked Gottfried, but to me he was annoying and loud.

 

[The Catboy]

If Nintendo doesn't want to pay Martinet royalties, then much less would they hire one of Hollywood's most likeable actors and of course it'd be even more expensive.

To be fair, Nintendo has been doing some extremely stupid shit in recent years. I needed to be sure they weren’t going to give Chris a permanent role after his mediocre performance as Mario

 

[Bladexdsl]

I can see why people liked Gottfried, but to me he was annoying and loud.

he ruined Aladdin

 

[The Frenchman]

Laugh at that kiosk version leak... BS.