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...