{"id":134664,"date":"2023-09-07T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-155107"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:30:00","slug":"shigeru-miyamoto-thanks-charles-martinet-for-being-the-voice-of-mario-in-heartfelt-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/07\/shigeru-miyamoto-thanks-charles-martinet-for-being-the-voice-of-mario-in-heartfelt-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Shigeru Miyamoto Thanks Charles Martinet For Being The Voice Of Mario In Heartfelt Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc0a3c2255fa6\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc0a3c2255fa6\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Charles Martinet\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc0a3c2255fa6\/charles-martinet.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc0a3c2255fa6\/charles-martinet.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Martinet\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1699784766932029753\">Nintendo<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has shared that long-awaited video message from Charles Martinet \u2014 the former voice of Mario and the new Mario Ambassador \u2014 and Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario.<\/p>\n<p>The video message from the pair doesn&#8217;t give us new information on who might be voicing the iconic plumber, or even what the Mario Ambassador role will entail for Martinet (who himself has admitted he doesn&#8217;t really know, either!), but it does showcase the excitement and passion from the voice actor for the fans and for his new role.<\/p>\n<p>Miyamoto-san thanks Martinent for his work and involvement in the series, acknowledging the long journey the two have had together since Martinet&#8217;s first mainline game voice role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/super_mario_64\">Super Mario 64<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/nintendoamerica\/status\/1699784766932029753 @ 2023-09-07T15:29:12+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet regarding the change of Mario\u2019s voice actor, announced on 8\/21. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4mOpD2Cx3a\">pic.twitter.com\/4mOpD2Cx3a<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1699784766932029753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rather adorably, Miyamoto reveals that Martinet used to call him &#8220;Papa&#8221; whenever they would meet. And while Martinet&#8217;s new role hasn&#8217;t been detailed, the actor did reveal that he would be travelling all around the world to meet fans. So we assume he will be appearing at conventions for a while, at least.<\/p>\n<p>As to who is the new voice of Mario \u2014 and Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi \u2014 we won&#8217;t find that out until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_bros_wonder\">Super Mario Bros. Wonder<\/a> launches in October.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/super-mario\/related-articles:154909,154910 @ 2023-09-08T03:05:01+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you miss Martinet as the voice of Mario? Let us know in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Nintendo has shared that long-awaited video message from Charles Martinet \u2014 the former voice of Mario and the new Mario Ambassador \u2014 and Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario. The video message from the pair doesn&#8217;t give us new information on who might be voicing the iconic plumber, or even what the Mario [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}