Charles Martinet to retire as the voice of Mario

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After almost 30 years, Charles Martinet will be stepping down as the voice of the beloved character Super Mario. He will now be moving on to a new role as "Mario Ambassador" for the company.

“Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64,” Nintendo said in a message posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, today. “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.”

Martinet shared the tweet on his page, adding, “My new adventure begins! You are all Numba One in my heart! #woohoo !!!!!!!”

In addition to his signature Mario character, Martinet has voiced other Nintendo figures including Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, among others.

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I will surely miss him as the voice of Mario and many other characters, but he brought a lot of joy to my life and to millions of others as well. I wish him well in his new role as Mario Ambassador.