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Martinet would not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]], respectively, in English), but he provided the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in several languages. | Martinet would not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]], respectively, in English), but he provided the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in several languages. | ||
On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the ''Super Mario'' franchise, and he would be taking on the role of [[Mario Ambassador]].<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108</ref> The final ''Super Mario'' game released prior to this that features his voice was ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'' (although the [[Summer Tour (2023)|2023 Summer Tour]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which began the day after the announcement of Martinet's retirement, introduced a variant of Mario with a new voice line by him). He was succeeded by [[Kevin Afghani]], who has voiced Mario and Luigi starting in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' and Wario starting in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-charles-martinet-is-not-involved-in-super-mario-bros-wonder</ref> However, Martinet's voice clips are still used in [[reissue]]s of games that featured them originally.<ref name=LM2>gonintendo (August 22, 2023). [https://gonintendo.com/contents/24760-switch-release-of-luigi-s-mansion-dark-moon-to-retain-charles-martinet-s-work Switch release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to retain Charles Martinet's work] ''gonintendo''. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref> | On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the ''Super Mario'' franchise, and he would be taking on the role of [[Mario Ambassador]].<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108</ref> The final ''Super Mario'' game released prior to this that features his voice was ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'' (although the [[Summer Tour (2023)|2023 Summer Tour]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which began the day after the announcement of Martinet's retirement, introduced a variant of Mario with a new voice line by him). He was succeeded by [[Kevin Afghani]], who has voiced Mario and Luigi starting in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' (although Charles did voice Mario and Luigi in the beta version of [[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]) and Wario starting in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-charles-martinet-is-not-involved-in-super-mario-bros-wonder</ref> However, Martinet's voice clips are still used in [[reissue]]s of games that featured them originally.<ref name=LM2>gonintendo (August 22, 2023). [https://gonintendo.com/contents/24760-switch-release-of-luigi-s-mansion-dark-moon-to-retain-charles-martinet-s-work Switch release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to retain Charles Martinet's work] ''gonintendo''. Retrieved August 27, 2023.</ref> | ||
==Portrayals== | ==Portrayals== | ||
*[[Mario in Real Time]] – [[Mario]] / [[Mario's face]] / [[Luigi]] / [[Wario]] / [[Donkey Kong]] / [[Mama Mario]] / [[Papa Mario]] / Himself | *[[Mario in Real Time]] – [[Mario]] / [[Mario's face]] / [[Luigi]] / [[Wario]] / [[Donkey Kong]] / [[Mama Mario]] / [[Papa Mario]] / Himself | ||