Everyone give an uproarious round of applause for the Marvelous Mario, the Legendary Luigi, the Wunderbar Wario, and the Weirdo Waluigi himself - Charles Martinet!
Nintendo has announced that Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario, will step back from recording voices for Mario games and move into the new role of “Mario Ambassador”.
Message from Nintendo:
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.
Message from Charles Martinet:
My new Adventure begins! You are all Numba One in my heart! #woohoo !!!!!!!