Nintendo announced on Twitter that Charles Martinet, 67, would become a “Mario Ambassador,” rather than the iconic voice of the character.
That headline scared me for a second! But wow. What a legacy! Such a great dude.
Can he be replaced with anybody but Chris Pratt?
My vote’s on the dug up corpse of Lou Albano. Or, failing that,a the dug up corpse of Bob Hoskins.
I loved the Super Mario Bros show as a kid! That’s the real voice of Mario for me, not the Mario 64 voice!
I believe Super Mario Wonder has Mario voiced by a new actor, and I don’t think it’s Chris Pratt
wowie
Fun fact: Martinet was also the voice of Paarthurnax, one of the dragons in Skyrim.
Also, I can’t believe that Nintendo’s own tweet about this announcement got one of the facts wrong. They wrote:
Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64.
He was actually the voice of Mario before Mario 64. His first official Mario role was in Mario Teaches Typing, which came out two years before Mario 64.
So long, gay Bowser.
I read the title wrong and missed the last word, phew.
