More like people on the internet is being dumb and trying to manufacture a controversy out of nothing.
People are speculating if Charles Martinet isn't voicing Mario and Wario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Warioware: Move it
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More like people on the internet is being dumb and trying to manufacture a controversy out of nothing.
only a question of time for the silly blue hand puppet casually mentioning "every opinion matters" about something incredibly racist and going from there!
don't say I didn't warn you
I'm not sure if I'm being sarcastic myself now that I think abou it
I'm not hearing the difference on this… and I thought for wario ware it was just the actual video narrator himself having fun voicing wario (typical goofy Nintendo style humour!)
Mario's "wowee zowee" sounds maybe a little weird, but is easy to chalk up to Martinet just not sounding exactly the same as always. The "Wonderful!" clip and the Wario clip both sound pretty majorly off to me though.
It just sounded like newly recorded voice lines to me. I did hear something different in it, though.
I think my initial impression was that Nintendo was allowing for more leeway in the performance or improvisation (away from 'Let's-a-go!'), perhaps as a response to the Super Mario movie. Like 'this one is all you Charles - go for it'.
I think my initial impression was that Nintendo was allowing for more leeway in the performance or improvisation (away from 'Let's-a-go!'), perhaps as a response to the Super Mario movie. Like 'this one is all you Charles - go for it'.
If it's new dialogue, it could just be an age thing like we've seen with Frank Welker's Megatron voice in the past.
Mario saying "wowee zowee" feels like it's pretty clearly Martinet, that was a phrase he used in Luigi's Mansion 3 and I assume that stuff is commonly ad libbed.
Mario's been operating on so many stock sounds in so many games since the 2010s that it's refreshing to hear some new lines. He kind of sounds reinvigorated here in a way. I'm really curious what these people would say hearing Mario back in the late-aughts era of Mario; Martinet must've voiced Galaxy and Brawl while having a really bad throat because it does not sound like him in those games more than it does here.
Mario's been operating on so many stock sounds in so many games since the 2010s that it's refreshing to hear some new lines. He kind of sounds reinvigorated here in a way. I'm really curious what these people would say hearing Mario back in the late-aughts era of Mario; Martinet must've voiced Galaxy and Brawl while having a really bad throat because it does not sound like him in those games more than it does here.
The Wowee Zowee absolutely is Martinet. No question.
I'm 95% sure that the "Wonderful!" isn't Mario speaking but just something that happens when you get a Wonder Seed in the Japanese version of the game that just doesn't happen in the NA version. Was it there in the EU version? Wouldn't be the first time an effect like that would be missing.
I'm 95% sure that the "Wonderful!" isn't Mario speaking but just something that happens when you get a Wonder Seed in the Japanese version of the game that just doesn't happen in the NA version. Was it there in the EU version? Wouldn't be the first time an effect like that would be missing.
It definitely doesn't sound like Martinet. I noticed it right away when I first saw the trailer. I don't know how anyone isn't hearing the clear difference.
It is possible that his voice just sounds really different in these recordings for one reason or another, but at this point it sounds different enough to me that I think it's a different voice actor altogether.
It is possible that his voice just sounds really different in these recordings for one reason or another, but at this point it sounds different enough to me that I think it's a different voice actor altogether.
This thread made me wonder how old he was and I thought "he's gotta be like 80 now" but he's only 67.
That said, it's possible he's just getting older and the voices he does are changing with him.
That said, it's possible he's just getting older and the voices he does are changing with him.
Mario sounds like Martinet, the "wowie zowie!" sounds very similar to newer voice lines he's done for Mario Kart Tour
Wario sounds way off, though. Wario always seemed like a voice that would kinda… hurt to do for long periods. Between 64 to Switch, Wario has had his gravel reduced, probably because it gets hard to do. It may not be Martinet doing it if it's hard for him now to do the voice over long sentences
Wario sounds way off, though. Wario always seemed like a voice that would kinda… hurt to do for long periods. Between 64 to Switch, Wario has had his gravel reduced, probably because it gets hard to do. It may not be Martinet doing it if it's hard for him now to do the voice over long sentences
No way Nintendo would replace him like that without saying anything. I think when Martinet retires or is replaced, they would at the very least be doing an announcement video, a nice highlight reel of his work, thanking him for work as well the way he interacted with fans over the years.
Unless they're slowly integrating AI work based on his voice and don't feel the need to say anything, but that seems very un-Nintendo.
Unless they're slowly integrating AI work based on his voice and don't feel the need to say anything, but that seems very un-Nintendo.
The Wario one is the direct announcer, it's also part of the Japanese narration, if it was Wario it would be the same as the English one.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ63mHuSfkk
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ63mHuSfkk
Mario sounds fine. It doesn't help that quite a lot of Mario games recycle voice clips that are old, unless it's a new mainline title. Mario sounds totally fine in arlo's video.
It just looks like twitter drama that got out of hand and YouTubers are jumping to cover it.
It's just that they had Charles record new voice lines for Mario, and that he's getting up there in age likely might have slightly changed his delivery, that only diehard Mario fans and Nintendo YouTubers are going to maybe notice.
It's a nothingburger for me, even if the voice was changed, Mario sounds fine.
It just looks like twitter drama that got out of hand and YouTubers are jumping to cover it.
It's just that they had Charles record new voice lines for Mario, and that he's getting up there in age likely might have slightly changed his delivery, that only diehard Mario fans and Nintendo YouTubers are going to maybe notice.
It's a nothingburger for me, even if the voice was changed, Mario sounds fine.
Arlo can't complain about Pikmin or Mario RPG this direct, he has a hard time
I don't think Martinet has been replaced either, but with Wario Ware, at least the most recent ones, have a different voice actor for Wario and I think he did that one line for the direct
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-QVOuNgAs&t=30s
I have a suspicion as Mario becomes an even BIGGER media property that Nintendo is going to have him "talk" more in games and they will need to get a consistent voice across the different mediums.
Mickey Mouse sounds the same in everything, as an example.
Not sure on these games though, although I will say I did think Mario sounded a little different when watching the first time.
And all that being said, Martinet must be close to 70. There will be a Mario game in the not so distant future where he has retired and there will be a new voice actor, irregardless of any brand decisions they make about Mario.
Mickey Mouse sounds the same in everything, as an example.
Not sure on these games though, although I will say I did think Mario sounded a little different when watching the first time.
And all that being said, Martinet must be close to 70. There will be a Mario game in the not so distant future where he has retired and there will be a new voice actor, irregardless of any brand decisions they make about Mario.
Mario sounds exactly like Martinet. That Arlo video is REACHING.
Martinet also changed Wario's voice quite a while ago to be deeper, especially after Waluigi was introduced. He's had a deep voice ever since Brawl. Wario sounds like Martinet to me as well.
Martinet also changed Wario's voice quite a while ago to be deeper, especially after Waluigi was introduced. He's had a deep voice ever since Brawl. Wario sounds like Martinet to me as well.
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