Charles Martinet will no longer voice Mario in games

yeso

also per imdb:

credited as “Prostitute” in Police Quest: Open season

and Paul “The Buttcrack” Plumber in “Grossology”

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yeso this is a lot to digest, thank you for doing the research

Tradeghouls 'n ghosts

It’s funny they’re doing all of this so publicly while they haven’t named his replacement… who I think we can all assume will be treated as a completely replaceable sound-alike if they try negotiating more money for Mario & Sonic in the 2028 Inglewood Olympics

I hope Peach’s voice actress gets this much pomp and circumstance when she retires.

wickedcestus

Tradeghouls 'n ghosts Yeah this all really feels like they want Martinet to retain the “voice of Mario” position, and they’re not going to allow the new actor much publicity or association with the character so that they have a poor negotiating position.

deepspacefine

I’m old enough to recognize a hostage proof-of-life video when I see one.

phylaxis

i like to think of him breaking into mario voices every other sentence in his daily life, too, just ordering a cup of coffee all “i’m-a tired!” “just what i needed!” “MAMAAA WWAAAHHAHAHhahahah HOT HOT HOT!”

kunekune

Shiggy must have had him at gunpoint with how much he was looking off camera.

LuigiIsThePope

exodus But Ash said miyamoto can get away with it because he says SUPER mario. Mario teaches typing is a mario game. Super Mario 64 is a Super Mario game.

Funny thing: he didn’t actually say that!

Whoever wrote the English subtitles definitely added that bit to preempt any comments about Mario Teaches Typing. Same with the initial announcement’s “Nintendo games…as far back as Super Mario 64.” Very specific wording!
In summary, Miyamoto should also be fired.

thebryanjzx90

LuigiIsThePope well then, that certainly confirms that Mr. Miyamoto hass 100% LIED to the public and no amount of ad hoc limitations to his statement can save him.

exodus

LuigiIsThePope I watched this muted so I didn’t catch that! I guess miyamoto should indeed be fired

Privately_Attack

More and more this feels like Nintendo is sending Charles to some farm upstate

hellomrkearns

Mario Teaches Typing isn’t a game. It’s a serious tool.

MovingCastles

hellomrkearns it’s sort of like saying Excel Spreadsheet can’t be a game, but games CAN be Excell Spreadsheets.

yeso

his part in Police Quest: Open Season is easily identifiable in the world of longplays youtube vid, but I’m not going to link it or say more because it’s what we call problematic nowadays

deepspacefine

yeso it’s wild nintendo let him say those slurs in the Mario voice…

yeso

deepspacefine that one scene in da nang in full metal jacket but it’s him doing the mario voice

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DaveedNoo

Martinet is still out there folks so he should be on the pod.

◉◉maru

exodus But the thing I still can’t get around is WHY MAKE THIS VIDEO AT ALL.

In all fairness, you are asking this question on a 70+ messages-long topic entirely dedicated to this announcement, which somehow dominated the (admittedly slow) news week when it broke out. So I would not call the video disproportionate to the public interest from (predominantly North American) gaming enthusiasts surrounding this news. Whether the public interest itself is disproportionate is a different question.

Tradeghouls 'n ghosts

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