Charles Martinet is No Longer the Voice of Mario

[A Black Falcon]

Yes, it's true.  It's unclear if he was fired after over 30 years as the voice of Mario or if he retired (he is 67 now), but after the rumors that he was unhappy with Nintendo's choice for Mario's voice in the movie, I don't think I'm giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt here, they probably decided they don't want him voicing Mario anymore.  I don't see how this isn't a mistake!  The voice in the Mario Wonder trailer, which as I suspected at the time is confirmed to not be Martinet, sounded a bit off, you know?  And yeah, it was, it isn't him.  That's really unfortunate.

I wonder if they will have a new single voice actor for Mario or if we'll see different people.  Even if it's mostly just voiced sound effects, his voice is important to get right...

[Dark Jaguar]

Arlo was right about that Mario Wonder voice.

I don't THINK he was fired?  That seems like a pretty heavy handed thing to do.  Illumination is likely the ones who wanted a star-studded cast instead of specifically trained VOICE acting talent, because it is Illumination after all, but Nintendo went along with it in the end.

Unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume retirement.  A shame, since the man clearly enjoyed the rolls he played quite a bit.  He and Captain Lou Albano both did the best jobs when it came to his voice, in very different directions suiting the mediums they were in.