Charles Martinet: Difference between revisions
An AI of Charles's voice will still continue voicing Mario and the Nintendo New York Store in Mario in Real Time, Check it out on ''Mario in Real Time'' page on this website. It literally says it.
Marcuslk07 (talk | contribs) (Charles's Instagram page says that he is still the voice of Mario & friends so it would make sense. Charles is still the voice of Mario and Luigi at Super Nintendo World but he can still be replaced by Kevin Afghani any day, don't forget that there problably will be a Lego Wario and Lego Waluigi figure coming at one point and it problably will feature Charles's voice sense Lego Mario and Lego Luigi is voiced by Charles.) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit |
(An AI of Charles's voice will still continue voicing Mario and the Nintendo New York Store in Mario in Real Time, Check it out on ''Mario in Real Time'' page on this website. It literally says it.) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit |
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In 2021, when asked if he wanted to voice Mario in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Martinet stated, "[I]t sounds like a marvelous thing, it sounds like great fun and if they invite me to play, I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness,"<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/charles_martinet_would_love_to_voice_mario_in_upcoming_illumination_movie Nintendo Life: Charles Martinet Would Love To Voice Mario In Upcoming Illumination Movie]</ref> similar to his statements from 2003 of wanting an "animated movie" and that he "would love to do every voice for Nintendo [he] possibly could."<ref>[https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ nsider: E3 Interview: Charles Martinet] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200507024715/https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ (archive)]</ref> Despite this, Martinet would ultimately not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]], respectively, in English), instead providing the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in several languages. | In 2021, when asked if he wanted to voice Mario in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Martinet stated, "[I]t sounds like a marvelous thing, it sounds like great fun and if they invite me to play, I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness,"<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/charles_martinet_would_love_to_voice_mario_in_upcoming_illumination_movie Nintendo Life: Charles Martinet Would Love To Voice Mario In Upcoming Illumination Movie]</ref> similar to his statements from 2003 of wanting an "animated movie" and that he "would love to do every voice for Nintendo [he] possibly could."<ref>[https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ nsider: E3 Interview: Charles Martinet] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200507024715/https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-interview-charles-martinet/ (archive)]</ref> Despite this, Martinet would ultimately not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]], respectively, in English), instead providing 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> which entails interacting with fans, signing autographs, and performing his ''Super Mario'' voices at events. Martinet would still continue voicing Mario & friends in promotional material rather than video games, like [[Super Nintendo World]] and [[ | 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> which entails interacting with fans, signing autographs, and performing his ''Super Mario'' voices at events. Martinet would still continue voicing Mario & friends in promotional material rather than the video games, like [[Super Nintendo World]] and [[Mario in Real Time]] at Nintendo New York Store. 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> as well as trailers for [[Super Nintendo World]].<ref>Nintenduo World (December 22, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB4hVRuZ--w DONKEY KONG COUNTRY - OFFICIAL NEW TRAILER of Super Nintendo World (2024)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 18, 2024.</ref> | ||
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