alienboyva Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) UPDATE: Special Message from Miyamoto and Martinet OMG! I never thought this day would come so soon! This news absolutely breaks my heart!!! T_T I love hearing Charles Martinet doing his SMB character voices and it always puts a big stupid smile on my face when I hear them. This is sort of starting to make sense, given how people were freaking out about how Mario sounded a bit off the the Super Mario Wonder trailer. Sill, it makes me wonder what the reason for this is and how Nintendo will voice the characters going forward..? A.I. or Sound-a-like? I mean, they probably have enough recordings of Charles to stitch together an A.I. voice and keep him voicing the characters long after he's gone. Thank you so much for bringing smiles to so many faces and giving Mario & Co. their iconic voices, Mr. Martinet. These characters wouldn't have became what they are today without you. Your voice(s) will be deeply missed. Edited September 7 by alienboyva Link, the Hero of Dreams, DLurkster and Doc Brown 1 2 Quote Link to comment
EH_STEVE Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (In Mario voice) Oh nooooooooo.... Bye bye Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 (edited) Some of my favorite times he has voiced Mario & Co.... Basically just the fact that Nintendo decided to give WarioWare GOLD (of all games) full voice acting. One of his BEST performances! Edited August 21 by alienboyva Doc Brown and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Confirmation that Charles Martinet is not voicing Super Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Outside the SMB movie earlier this year voicing 2 other characters besides the Mario Bros. I believe his last voiced role in a game last year was the Mario Strikers on the Switch and Sparks of Hope. I'm more leaning on the latter, I think Sparks of Hope have recycled lines from somewhere. You basically cover some of the vids above AB..... I'm not sure if it is the combination of the voice clips and the Yoshi Island music intro at the end of the vide or just the music at end but I actually shed a tear and I didn't know till the vid was over. I've see a few vids on this new and I don't know why it took this vid to evoke tears to shed. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 (edited) Welp, looks like some people were right... At least whoever they got (assuming it's an actual person and not an A.I.) is so spot on that it made people question if it was Martinet or not. So, that's a good sign for things going forward. Also, just going to leave this here.... I do wonder (no pun intended) if it's the same VA as in SMW, but yeah... as others have said, this is way more noticeable that it's not Martinet. Still not sure how I feel about this, as I need to hear more. Though, this just makes me super sad that we'll never get a WarioWare Gold performance from Martinet again. I wish Nintendo would have let him run wild more often. Edited August 21 by alienboyva Quote Link to comment
Eliwood8 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Even though he's not totally retiring I hope he enjoys this retirement. Whoever or whatever comes next will have big shoes to fill. Quote Link to comment
Link, the Hero of Dreams Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 1 hour ago, Eliwood8 said: Even though he's not totally retiring I hope he enjoys this retirement. Whoever or whatever comes next will have big shoes to fill. He’s the Mario Ambassador. That’s a cool job, whatever that involves. Quote Link to comment
Spring Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Definitely the end of an era but I can't help but be a little relieved....when I saw that his name was trending and then the announcement, I honestly thought they were announcing that he had died and I was NOT ready to process that. He's done such amazing work, my fondness for Martinet goes very deep. wahoo! alienboyva and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Quote Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Cannot overstate how much I'm going to miss him. alienboyva and TKrazyO 2 Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 (edited) Looks like this decision wasn't made litely (especially given how protective Nintendo is with their IPs)... I always assumed that Martinet would continue voicing Mario & Co. until he physically couldn't anyone, because he absolutely loves voicing these characters. Something has got to be up, I guess we'll just have to for Nintendo to put out the video with Martinet and Miyamoto on the subject to find out. Edited August 22 by alienboyva Quote Link to comment
April Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 definitely a shame, but 29 years is not a bad run at all alienboyva 1 Quote Link to comment
Elemental Hero Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) On 8/21/2023 at 9:44 PM, Link, the Hero of Dreams said: He’s the Mario Ambassador. That’s a cool job, whatever that involves. Nintendo's post on Twitter was one of the weirdest corporate announcements I've ever read. Instead of saying he's retiring or whatever, they say he's "moving into the new role of Mario Ambassador." It's so vague--not just the position, but that he's "moving into" this thing which the statement only passively implies didn't exist until, apparently, now. Never mind that we have no idea what this new role is supposed to mean. If they're not ready to state whether he's retiring or whatever... then why make this announcement at all? No current event I'm aware of necessitated that the public know anything yet. Nintendo's PR isn't the same without Kit and Kristya. Anyway, because I don't watch movies but do live under a rock, I'm probably the only Nintendo fan who still doesn't know what Chris Pratt's Mario voice sounds like. I won't mind dying that way. He can always be Martinet for me. Edited August 24 by Elemental Hero Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Here's the vid with Charles and Miyamoto breaking down what a Mario ambassador is... so it basically what was said on Twitter but in a video format. I expected as much. To add to this, I think I seen a clip of Charles Martinet (yesterday or the other day) at a con event saying he doesn't even know what a Mario ambassador is either but either way he's gonna find out. Greatest takeaway of this video is Miyamota saying, 'papa'. I will cherish that as long as I live. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 They didn't even answer the biggest question... WHY ISN'T CHARLES MARTINET VOICING MARIO & CO. ANYMORE??? Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 27 minutes ago, alienboyva said: They didn't even answer the biggest question... WHY ISN'T CHARLES MARTINET VOICING MARIO & CO. ANYMORE??? Wasn't expecting that answer either. The video we got is exactly how I saw it will go down. Regardless if the reason was personal or not, this is Nintendo they don't share all and only share if the will genuinely surprise us (they believe in a good) way or benefit them. Quote Link to comment
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