Fwow13Martinet Stepping Away from Voicing Mario
MyFairJuliaSay sike right now
MonochromeObserver@MyFairJulia I wish but let's be real, dude is old, he would retire sooner or later. It will be so difficult to top him though, but perhaps someone was already found as Mario's voice in Wonder sounds slightly different.
AtomicPurpleDo they even need to replace him though? There's a 25-year back catalog of recorded voice voice lines to recycle, and most of Mario's voice lines consist of "Let's-a-go" and "Yahoooo!" I think the most complex sentace I've ever heard Mario speak in game is "Thank-a-you so much for playing my game". Combine that with AI voice recreation, and there's literally no reason to ever hire a replacement. Just cut Martinet a big-ass check for perpetual use of his voice, and they're golden.
MrScottyTayThink they already have replaced him, listen to the voice carefully in the wonder trailer
MaximiliousThey'd probably prather not pay likeness fees, and there are a LOT of legal considerations Martinet would have to consider as signing the rights away to his own voice brings a lot of considerational challenges.
That sounds awful. I rather they give the work to a new, younger voice actor instead of hogging the role forever with AI
I feel like I used to have a Mario card game on my 90’s Macintosh? We played go fish in the back of a limo or something… I recall he had pretty complex voice lines in that game.
I'm pretty sure all the edutainment titles predate Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario.
The wiki page literally says Charles Martinet voiced Mario in that game.
The CNN article says Martinet stated with Mario Teaches Typing.