Mario Voice Actor Charles Martinet Will No Longer Be Voicing the Character

Nintendo of America announced on Twitter that Mario’s original voice actor, Charles Martinet, will no longer be voicing the company’s mascot character and will instead now serve as a “Mario Ambassador” at the company. According to Nintendo, he will be “stepping back from recording character voices for our games, but he’ll continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario.”

The full message from Nintendo regarding the:

Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64. Charles is now moving into the brand-new role of Mario Ambassador. With this transition, he will be stepping back from recording character voices for our games, but he’ll continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario and interacting with you all!

It has been an honor working with Charles to help bring Mario to life for so many years and we want to thank and celebrate him. Please keep an eye out for a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles himself, which we will post at a future date.

Details for the upcoming Mario game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder:

The next evolution of 2D side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. games is headed to Nintendo Switch! When you touch a Wonder Flower in the game, the wonders of the world unlock—pipes could come alive, hordes of enemies may appear, characters might change their looks, for example—transforming the gameplay in unpredictable ways. Excitement and different surprises await in each course.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder features Princess Peach, Princess Daisy and Yoshi as playable characters, in addition to familiar characters like Mario, Luigi and Toad. Plus, Super Mario Bros. Wonder sees the debut of Mario’s newest power-up, which allows him to transform into Elephant Mario! What other wonders could this game contain?

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