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]

not if the new voice is:

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wait a moment.

Haven't seen the movie, and will never watch a movie or series with Murican dub because:

Sounds like a parody, like everything dubbed in English.

It's a rule of mine, Murican dub fucking sucks ass no matter what it is.
Martinet has done a wonderful job for these past 25 years, and I think he's totally right to step aside.

Just get someone that can act and will take the character seriously, even if: huuuur

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

Come on.

Remember that Martinet not only voiced Mario, but Toad, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and probably many more that I'm forgetting.

 

[DragonMals]

Remember that Martinet not only voiced Maeio, but Toad, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and probably many more that I'm forgetting.

I think you've gotten everyone here. I think Yoshi also counts. I don't remember.

 

[JuanMena]

I think you've gotten everyone here. I think Yoshi also counts. I don't remember.

No, Yoshi has been voiced by Kazumi Totaka.

 

[DragonMals]

No, Yoshi has been voiced by Kazumi Totaka.

I see. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Xzi]

End of an era, sad to hear. He'll always be the Mario I grew up with and representative of a Nintendo that actually cared about quality.

 

[Burorī]

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

I think his French was pretty good in the Mario movie as Mario's dad

 

[eyeliner]

... today where the company also announced that Martinet will be taking on the new role of Mario Amassador:

AMASS ME!

 

[VinsCool]

I think his French was pretty good in the Mario movie as Mario's dad

Just watched a bit of that interview and wow, I honestly had no idea how good his French really was.
It is a lot better than what I expected.

 

[JuanMena]

Hey guys, do you think a Charles Martinet with Ambassador program is worth more than a vanilla Charles Martinet??

 

[M7L7NK7]

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

Like someone mentioned, they have enough voice clips of him saying Wahoo! so why do they need him

 

[hippy dave]

Hey guys, do you think a Charles Martinet with Ambassador program is worth more than a vanilla Charles Martinet??

If he's got GBA games then yeah that's clearly added value.

 

[nWo]

What the hell is a Mario Ambassador?

 

[JuanMena]

What the hell is a Mario Ambassador?

It's a consolation prize for people that bought their Charles Martinet without a discount.

 

[DragonMals]

It's a consolation prize for people that bought their Charles'Martinet without a discount.

Okay you're a genius for making that point lmfao

 

[Jayro]

Remember that Martinet not only voiced Mario, but Toad, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and probably many more that I'm forgetting.

It's as devastating to me like if the guy who voices Homer Simpson were to ever step down... The show would be finished, because of how many voices that one dude lends to the show.

 

[gisel213]

Thanks you so much for a playin my game my voice will never be the same. Oh wait snap A.I. exist they don't need to hire anyone. Just use A.I. generated voice samples bam its a me Mario the voice we all know and love

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Whether it was from death or old age, Charles was always going to have to step down eventually; seems like that time is now.

 

[KingVamp]

Another reason on why he wasn't able to voice the whole movie.

It's as devastating to me like if the guy who voices Homer Simpson were to ever step down... The show would be finished, because of how many voices that one dude lends to the show.

Well, Rick and Morty voice actor had to "step down", but the shows seem to still carry on.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Does this mean Chris Pratt is taking over?

there can only be one answer to that

 

[PopcornSweetie]

A sad day. We all knew this day would come eventually. I hope it won't impact the voice of Mario & crew. I wish him the best.