Since “Super Mario 64” launched on Nintendo 64 in 1996, he has long been the voice of Mario, a classic Nintendo game character, and Charles Maritnet was awarded the Guinness World Record for “dubbing the same game character 100 times”. It was confirmed earlier that he will no longer be the voice of Mario, and will be transferred to the role of “Mario Goodwill Ambassador”.
▲As Mario’s long-term voice actor, Charles Martinet (picture / taken from Charles Martinet’s personal “X” account)
Nintendo announced earlier that Charles Maritnet will step down as a Mario character voice actor, but he will continue to serve as a “Mario Goodwill Ambassador” and have more interaction with players.
We have a message for fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please take a look. pic.twitter.com/U1ASicOuTO
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 21, 2023
Charles Martinet first started to voice Mario in “Super Mario 64”. He first performed the voice of an Italian-born plumber who lived in Brooklyn, New York in an impromptu performance in an audition in 1990, and finally won the award. Chosen to be the voice of Mario, and has spent more than 20 years acting with the Mario character.
In fact, in addition to acting as the voice of Mario, Charles Maritnet also voiced Luigi, Bad Leo, Bad Luigi, and Baby Mario. At the end of the year, he was awarded the Guinness World Record for “dubbing the same game character 100 times”.
This time it was announced that they would step down from the role of Mario’s voice actors, including “Mario’s father” Miyamoto Shigeru and others also expressed their gratitude to Charles Martinet.
We have a message for fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please take a look. pic.twitter.com/U1ASicOuTO
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 21, 2023
