The One Thing About Super Mario Bros. Wonder That Has Me Worried

Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks INCREDIBLE... But there's one detail from the trailer that has me a little worried.
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[@antomov1072]

Maybe we’re just not used to hearing new Charles Martinet sound clips after them re-using the same ones for 2 millennia

[@AnAmericanMusician]

Possibly. James Earl Jones doesn't sound the same as he did when he was younger. The same is probably true for Charles.

[@LopezXiann14]

He sounded fine in the Mario Movie and in recent interviews he also sounded fine. I think somethings up and I hope it’s either just experimenting with new voices.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@AnAmericanMusician This is a good point. Mufasa in the Lion King remake did not sound at all like Mufasa in the original. I didn't even believe it was the same voice at first.

[@pearlplayaa]

​​​@@LopezXiann14thing with the mario movie is, that it had been in development for YEARS, it's entirely possible that those lines were recorded pretty early on

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Exactly. People are so paranoid of him being replaced that they think him sounding a tiny bit different means it's not him lol

[@Dante...]

If you watch interviews with Charles you can tell he absolutely loves being Mario. The only reason he'd ever stop voicing Mario is because he physically can't for whatever reason.

[@RadicalCrabical]

or nintendo making an executive decision

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

@@RadicalCrabicali doubt they would. switching voice actors isn’t really a thing in japan, they typically keep the same actor for any given character without getting rid of them unless the actor themselves decides to stop

[@apersoniguess_]

​@@yourehereforthatarentyouThat applies to Charles? He isnt Japanese

[@Chrono_85]

Maybe they wanted to go with a more versatile Mario sound to closer match the movies.

[@donnellobrien4123]

@@apersoniguess_ It applies because Charles' voice is being heard by a Japanese audience.

[@mrjonny3141]

This has aged phenomenally

[@kreftmaker]

Arlo was right about something for once

[@bobsaget832]

Somebody else had to point it out to him lol

[@smivan.]

Reading this comment section now is an entire different ride.

[@robosid8063]

Yeah but why did he have to be right about this

[@k-oticheart1573]

My daughter and I met Charles Martinet at a comicon. He was signing autographs. Depending on which character portrait you bought, he would sign it as the character while doing their voices. My daughter got a portrait with Martinet at the center surrounded by Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi; and he did them all (signatures and voices). He called my daughter Princess (insert name here) while talking like Mario. He really seemed to be enjoying himself. He seemed like a down to Earth kind of guy.

[@EpicPaul64]

I might have been at that same convention! Did he say "Thank you so much for playing my game!" after you finished talking to him?

[@k-oticheart1573]

@Paul446 I heard him say it a few times but not directly to us.

[@stwbmc98]

Yeah not sure why Arlo suggested he could be resentful, I don’t think the man has a resentful bone in his body

[@thepenguin9]

​@@EpicPaul64but does he include the "for to playing"

[@Jrockten]

AAAAH, what a sweetheart! Thank you for sharing, I LOVED that!

[@MxMothra]

Martinet has had a long run. If he truly is gone, while disappointing, it was bound to happen eventually. I suppose we’ll know soon enough.

[@AnAmericanMusician]

Sonic went through like, 5 voice actors.

[@aaeeii]

​@@AnAmericanMusiciancharles is a legend though

[@LopezXiann14]

@@AnAmericanMusicianThat’s a completely different story.

[@myy1008]

doubt it

[@soragranda]

​@@AnAmericanMusician It got to do with Sonic games being... well, pretty much development hell all the time and... that makes change in schedule and stuff, so they keep changing them. I honestly still dislike current sonic voice compared to how cool it was in unleashed...

[@RyuuSix]

Well, it just got confirmed.

[@500werewolf]

If this is Charles moving on or passing the torch, I hope he knows how happy we are to have had him for this long.

[@deetsitmeisterjd]

Not a chance. 100% Guarantee Nintendo have SSD's filled with 1,000's of voice lines he's recorded so he can be Mario forever.

[@Mrloophole]

​@@deetsitmeisterjd most likely

[@marcoparada6652]

Charles Martinet has ruined Mario. I'm happy he's gone. I'm also hoping they get rid of that helium Gargamel imitation voice character that is representing Mario.

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@marcoparada6652why ruin Mario he was original vojs

[@Twilight17Petkoton]

Yeah, Charles Martinet is retiring as Mario knows he can't escape aging its life.

[@jonahkluger6136]

I've noticed that Charles had started to sound different in his more recent appearances as well. I imagine that it is just hard for him to continue the voices. I noticed that Wario also sounds different.

[@dolphinhispanic]

Well I mean, the cameo he made in the movie sounded spot on.

[@foursidekm]

​@NaNoRarhthe thing is though this mario voice sounds younger if anything

[@mattbunky]

@@dolphinhispanickeep in mind the voice was probably recorded 2-3 years ago alongside the casting on the direct. So it might seem likely that just like Tom Kenny, his Mario voice is getting different as he gets older

[@pearlplayaa]

​@@dolphinhispanicremember, the movie had been in the works for YEARS, it's entirely possible that those lines were recorded pretty early on

[@InstaFiz]

I definitely noticed this in Luigi’s Mansion 3

[@vegetafan9922]

As someone who has experience hearing a lot of Martinet's other roles in cartoons and anime. That is definitely him, he's just using a different cadance for Mario in Wonder.

[@LinkRammer]

I really, genuinely hope you're right. But it does kinda sound like a much younger guy...

[@nibla02gamer84]

@@LinkRammerhe is an actor and he has a good vocal range

[@zy1an]

I bet it's just that he recorded new lines for this game and decided to go for something different. Nintendo is always reusing old ass voice lines anyways so if this is the case then I'm glad they're having him say more things

[@Fff99901]

I'm wondering if it is him but he's trying to protect his vocal cords a bit more. I believe the Wario voice in particular is something he's found a bit rough in the past, so it might be a possibility he's just tweaked how he performs slightly to try and make it more sustainable

[@riccardoserio3001]

Kinda gives off ova Jojo counselor vibes tbh

[@ruminantplaythroughs]

We now know. Charles is retiring from voice acting Mario.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Because he's at the age of retirement? He's not young you know, he's been voicing Mario for (almost) 30 years now.

[@perico2816]

He is NOT retiring. Nintendo sacked him out of entirely shitty business practices. Remember last year's interview where he said he would voice Mario till he dropped dead. Something has happenned and I hope we learn the truth soon.

[@ruminantplaythroughs]

@@perico2816 Yeah, I found that Twitter note a little bit sketchy too. I mean, Charles always insisted on voicing Mario until he drops dead. Either Martinet's enthusiasm for his work was just an act and he has been fed up with it for a long time, or maybe he had a run-in with the company bosses and was therefore "forced to resign"? No idea. Maybe he's just too old.

[@TheZestyCoder]

​@@perico2816Nintendo unalived him and hid his body! I knew it!

[@deadplanet2397]

A lot of people IN THIS CHAT owe you an apology today

[@MegaGeek-gr6ts]

I don't think Charles is gone, they Likely recorded new lines which is why he sounds different. They've literally been reusing voice clips for the past 20 years.

[@SleepyFawn]

In the mario movie, he does a perfect mario voice.

[@kierstenseethaler941]

​@@SleepyFawn Nah, the actor who provided the voice of Mario in the movie was Chris Pratt, and the voice of Luigi was provided by Charlie Day, although the voice of the Mario and Luigi's father was actually provided by Charles Martinet.

[@Linkfin]

@@kierstenseethaler941he also did a mario voice with the random guy in the restaurant

[@kennobu8181]

​@kierstenseethaler941 i think he meant his cameo at the beginning when he (the cameo) said "wahoo!"

[@3DoublePoint]

​@@kierstenseethaler941i think he talking about Giuseppe, the one who sound like Mario, the guy playing the arcade.

[@joshelliott4732]

He’s been on record saying he’ll never stop doing the role, so it’s likely these are new audio recordings from martinet, we just haven’t had new lines from him in a long time- also the games theme is weirdness so he probably did the line reads differently

[@pifilixxiv3192]

Yeeh seems like they recorded new lines and they sound off because they are new ones

[@ajayr1383]

I don't know why people think they reuse voice clips. Almost every game has something new recorded. Mario Odyssey which is the latest 3D Mario has new voice clips.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

@@ajayr1383 They do reuse clips sometimes, atleast a little bit. There are plenty of new clips in each game, of course, but it's not always _just_ new clips.

[@internetguy7319]

​@@ajayr1383that was 6 years ago

[@FluffyBooster]

​@@ajayr1383 most games do have some new lines added, but 85% of what you hear are the same reused lines from like 2 decades ago.

[@coltonk.3086]

As of August 21st, Nintendo has officially announced that Charles Martinet is stepping down from the role of Mario and is moving to the new position of "Mario Ambassador". I can't believe this is real.

[@antoniac4598]

*ahem* anyone else came back here since the announcement today that Charles no longer going to be the VA of Mario and the other characters?

[@saulitix]

He sounds just like Martinet to me. The man has a great range and also there's always some tweaks here and there in voice acting

[@nicolasr8224]

Yeah I’m like “cut the cap” haha And I think the second line wasn’t Mario speaking I think it was the flower 🌸

[@andytekampe8748]

@@nicolasr8224Exactly! I think it was Charles saying his elephant line, but in a new way because it’s a new line. The “Wonderful” thing was either a flower or it could just be Charles trying something new. Charles is still voicing him and people need to chill. Lol

[@bashirade-jamiu]

​@@andytekampe8748THANK YOU

[@andytekampe8748]

@@bashirade-jamiu He literally has a line that sounds very similar to his elephant transformation in Mario Party 6 known as “Hey, stinky!!”

[@bashirade-jamiu]

@@andytekampe8748 exactly, idk why people think nintendo REPLACED Charles

[@Tylerr_Creative]

I have a feeling it’s still Charles, I honestly feel this is the case since there’s a similar weird sounding VA with another character of his, Wario. In the Wario ware trailer he just sounds…off my assumption is he’s getting older and potentially it’s affecting how he sounds. I think this seems likely especially since another character in the trailer for Wonder, Yoshi, seems to have new audio.

[@Dudeman23rd]

I'd believe it if it wasn't for _WarioWare: Get It Together!_ which came out only a year ago, where Wario sounds perfect, especially in the marketing where he had a lot of full sentences. That, and the Twitter takeover which didn't happen that long ago. I'm really starting to think Charles Martinet might be on his way out.

[@dannybright8708]

I heard Wario’s voice is becoming more difficult for Charles to do these days, so I think Wario likely was recast.

[@kaelisprime9087]

I assume the wario thing was either a placeholder or its just the prsentation

[@stanzacosmi]

from what I heard, charles martinet said his wario voice is different because his old wario's too painful for him now

[@Fjaloeat1]

Man. Having new voice lines for a 2d Mario for the first time since 2006 got people absolutely trippin'. That's Martinet all day.

[@koYyn]

This is martinet 100% *well I was proven wrong , but it still sounds great!

[@NuiYabuko]

Even if it wasn't, Mario will eventually get a new VA, no need to make a 10+ minute video out of nothing.

[@bringoawfuttery2525]

​@@NuiYabukohow many people can you name that have voice acted a character consistently for almost 40 years? You can't. Let people share their thoughts and concerns about him, ya stick in the mud

[@Camothor10]

@nomickike2165mane goku aint been around for 40 years

[@Camothor10]

@nomickike2165 okay my b are you talking about the english dub or japanese i assumed you meant Sean and he started in ‘99

[@Three-Headed-Monkey]

Looks like we just got the news today that Charles is retiring from voicing Mario, but will continue on as a Mario Ambassador. Thirty amazing years as Mario. Thank you, Charles!

[@giovannitigalo7011]

Sounds exactly like Martinet to me. Dude has recorded so many extra lines they could use his voice for years to come.

[@TayoEXE]

When I met Charles a few years ago, the vibe I got from him is that he loves voicing Mario. Many people start to dislike being associated with one popular role they did and want to branch out, but he has owned his role for so long. It's going to be hard one day to see him retire from voicing not only Mario but all the other Mario characters he does.

[@klop4228]

Does he even do much voice work outside of Mario?

[@DarkDragonHunter13]

@@klop4228he does nearly every mario character, no?

[@anguset]

That's why what I fear that if he's quitting, it's not out of choice but poor treatment. The same poor treatment that would cast celebrities like Pratt over VAs. It's an Illumination problem, but I can potentially see similar soulless executive decision making coming out of Nintendo's shareholder-driven leadership

[@klop4228]

@@DarkDragonHunter13 I meant Mario, as in the series

[@jamielikesbread]

i met him at a comic-con a couple years ago and he really is like this. he seems to love his job more than anyone ive ever seen honestly

[@ohbigstretch]

Wow, you called it

[@rusty_space_junk8086]

Those voice lines do sound different enough to make me wonder. But they sound close enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just doing a slightly different voice this time around.

[@directorjake]

Wonder, you say?😂

[@segaenjoyer]

WONDERfully aged

[@DanGamingFan2846]

Perhaps they simply had him record some new lines, and he sounds slightly different with age. If not, then you know, he had a good run, but everyone has to retire eventually, and the "new guy" does an excellent job. I'm not too worried.

[@watershipup7101]

Agreed

[@genjis5155]

I can't tell the difference.

[@garnetbird7557]

I'd be sad to see him go, but he deserves a rest.

[@ritachil1000]

​@@garnetbird7557very true

[@tetermc]

A little early to say he does an "excellent job" after only two voice clips. He'll probably be fine though. Really though it makes me wonder about all of the other characters he voices and how those will end up.

[@The_Admiral_Angel]

I'm more surprised that no one's mentioned how slightly different Luigi's voice sounded in Luigi's Mansion 3. It was still Charles, but he sounded a little deeper than usual. Same thing could be happening in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

[@Musicialgamer]

The funny thing is that Arlo actually did make a huge deal about Luigi sounding different in 3. But went with the rational thought that Charles getting older.

[@squirrelguy2195]

The same was true for Mario Odyssey if you listened closely enough. His voice definitely was a bit deeper there as well, which is understandable given that he is in his 60s and you'd expect him to lose some range at the higher end vocally.

[@King_Luigi]

Funnily enough, LM3 _also_ had Luigi say "wowie-zowie" and now we got Mario saying it a few years later.

[@mariotheundying]

I heard people commenting on Mario's voice saying he sounds older when that released, thats about it

[@jegusV3]

its a terrible day for rain...

[@jimjam2282]

Common Arlo W. A lot of people owe you an apology today

[@Geobot3000]

I can confidently say that I am ready for Super Mario on ultra drugs. Honestly that’s my headcanon for why he sounds different.

[@funkinfungoid00]

Makes sense for the new artsyle too.

[@3DoublePoint]

Nahh 😆

[@Zippy_Zolton]

Mario mushroom drugs mushroom are drugs

[@VictorGnoato]

Mario's always been on drugs! he does shrooms!

[@99xara99]

@@VictorGnoato Right but now they're not even trying to hide it, are they? 😂

[@VGLounge]

This sounds like it can totally still be Charles. The "Wonderful" does sound a bit different, but not so different that it can't be the same person. It's well within his range

[@austin_the_brimstone]

Another Arlo prediction correct…that little blue man knows what he’s talking about.

[@cassellharden]

i think one of 2 things could be happening. 1, they are experimenting with a new voice actor to find a replacement for when Martinet does eventually retire. or 2, Martinet is trying to do a new voice for this new generation of mario to make him be more upbeat and goofy.

[@KairuHakubi]

Maybe the new actor just does scratch tracks and they weren't ready yet to record the game's audio, and since ol' Chucky M is kinda tired they want to only get him in for one recording session ideally, no followup stuff.

[@MineCrapSteve]

Or 3. Charles is retiring now, so this is the new voice of Mario (at least for now, anyway).

[@dingus_maximus]

I think he’s just doing something slightly different. As was stated, people’s voices change over time, and Martinet’s Mario had changed a lot over the years in certain ways.

[@carlospandette8001]

Your voice can change certainly, but that doesn't mean it's gonna sound so different you barely recognize it, Charles has a unique voice, how much can he change at his age since? He's not 18 years old changing to a more mature tone c'mon!! All the voices he did for all these mario games so far all sound exactly like you would expect, even with the slight differences you can still hear is voice, but they still sound like what you expect, even his cameo in the mario movie sounds exactly like mario from the games you instantly recognize him, so either he changed his tone and range trying something different, or somebody else stepped in, and either is fine.

[@dingus_maximus]

@@carlospandette8001 I think saying you can barely recognize it is a bit of a stretch, lol. I see why people think he sounds different but it really sounds like him to me, just doing something slightly different. Not saying it COULDN’T be someone different, but I personally doubt it is.

[@carlospandette8001]

@@dingus_maximus Who's saying his voice is barely recognize?

[@dingus_maximus]

@@carlospandette8001 I thought you did, maybe I misunderstood.

[@thecanadianfood]

I met him at Comic Convention awhile back and he was doing voices for all his Mario Characters. I recall his voices sounded different at the convention, so I would say it's possible his voice for Mario has changed since he recorded most of the old voice lines everyone is used to hearing.

[@AdventuresAwait123]

YOU WERE RIGHT - He's not doing the voices anymore:( He will still work for Nintendo tho as Mario Ambassador

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

And once again a thought he has now really shows he has a crystal ball lodged in his fur.

[@Deevster]

I think this is the first time we've heard new Mario Voice lines from Martinet... in a while. He probably puts on a different tone for Mario in Wonder than we're used to. As for wario, it might be the narrator doing his best wario impression because the Japanese direct does not have wario saying "excellent" during the reveal.

[@CaptainStage]

In the Japanese Direct it seems to be his Japanese voice actor from Gold and Get it Together, which would suggest that this "Excellent" really is Wario and not the narrator

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Definitely agree with the first sentence of your comment. Heck, even AntDude pointed out in his Mario Sports video that Mario's voice from "Mario Tennis Aces" sounds like a clip from ten years ago, so it's not like this is a foreign concept to Nintendo fans. Honestly, this supposed "new voice" didn't even register to me. Sounds like they've decided to finally have Martinet record some new material as the portly Italian plumber, instead of just reusing clips from two decades ago. I personally think Arlo is making a big deal over nothing. Just because the voice sounds slightly different, so slight that it's not really noticeable, doesn't mean it's not Martinet. People's voices change with age. Hell, take a listen to Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, as an example! Simpsons fans have been bitching for several years that Marge's voice has been getting deeper and raspier and that it "sounds horrible" or "sounds like shit". But, like Martinet, Kavner has been voicing the same four characters the majority of her career and eventually that takes a total on your vocal chords. Perhaps Martinet has lucked out, and Nintendo found a way to artificially pitch up his voice a big so he can keep voicing Mario and Luigi, whereas The Simpsons Crew hasn't done that for Kavner. _Their_ solution being "Oh just don't write as many episodes with more than one or two of the Bouvier ladies in it at most."

[@awesomebrando3141]

If Martinet has truly departed as Mario, i really hope it was his choice and there was no bad blood. It would be heartbreaking if he and Nintendo broke on bad terms. The man is literally the voice of the most recognized character in video games. Possibly the most recognised in all of digital media.

[@Margar02]

He was the voice of the Uncle in the Mario movie, so I think they're still on good terms

[@Antnj81]

Well at least we always have Chris Pratt 😏🙃

[@videogameguy1988]

@@Margar02yeah he was Mario’s dad and the arcade guy playing jump man

[@b3cky14]

FINE YOU WERE RIGHTTT OKAY I GET IT

[@c0mpu73rguy]

You were right, it is a new voice.

[@literallymalware]

I think that it's an artistic choice, and they had Charles deliver the lines in a different way than normal. I think it really adds a lot to the feel of the new game, it's new it's bold it's weird and it's a new direction in the series, and the different voice really fits in nicely. I don't think Nintendo would go through the whole audition process just for that though, and surely we would hear about an audition, so I think Nintendo just had Charles say the line a bit different.

[@stkkjj]

Yeah it sounds like him to me, I think you're right. Every other aspect of the game seems like a slightly different take on mario

[@DogsRNice]

It almost sounds like there's some slight filtering on the audio

[@Shawn4168]

Everything about this game implies that it's taking place within a dream, like Super Mario Bros. 2 did. You've got sleeping goombas, herds of sheep, and all kinds of bizarre, trippy stuff that's never happened before in a Mario game. So having the lines delivered differently or processed with heavy effects absolutely makes sense with that in mind.

[@Halo44327]

You think the filter effects of the clips perhaps make it sound off?

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Charles is a really skilled VA, too. Iirc he did the voice for one of the dragons in Skyrim and you'd never guess it's the same guy that voiced Mario.

[@ZeldaEastWest]

His cameos in the Mario movie sounded spot on, so it’s not like he can’t do it anymore.

[@RacingSnails64]

Exactly. I think it's just lines we're not used to recorded in a different way.

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

it’s also possible he recorded his lines for the movie years ago, it was in production for quite a long time

[@ZeldaEastWest]

@@yourehereforthatarentyou he still sounds exactly the same on his Instagram. A lot of people don’t follow him and thus don’t hear his speaking voice often. He hasn’t changed imo.

[@WumpaClock]

Knowing what we know now, Arlo was RIGHT on the money. Now I'm quite excited to see just WHO is voicing all the characters left behind in Charles' legacy.

[@superbropr0]

you were right

[@williammartin1691]

If he ends up retiring i would totally be ok with that. He will always be mario in my heart and he had an amazing run. And if it does end up being a new guy i hope he has a good career ahead ahead of him.

[@pirate_cove_man]

I mean, he's said before that he wants to keep voicing Mario until he just drops dead. He literally said that

[@aaandag9688]

Charles doesn't seem like the guy who would want to retire from voicing Mario though

[@RatKingLiam]

​@@pirate_cove_manwhat if they use ai once he passes or something

[@Sugarman96]

@@pirate_cove_man I mean, it's possible that he changed his mind, so him deciding to retire isn't impossible.

[@pirate_cove_man]

@@Sugarman96 yeah, but considering be basically dedicates his life to it, it seems really odd

[@SplashSurfer216]

People often forget that when it comes to Mario, they hardly ever record new vocals and dialogue for the characters. Often what we hear is audio that was reused from late 2000’s games. You can tell when it comes to Peach, they more often than not reuse Jen Taylor’s vocals for her “MARIO!” and “HELP ME!”. It’s even the same with Bowser, for a while they just reused the same stock roar he had in the N64 era, particularly in DS games. So getting to hear new vocals for Mario certainly is a breath of fresh air.

[@HMMadsen]

They do for Mario though. The only mainline games that I can think of where they may have reused voice clips for Mario were Galaxy 2 and the later two NSMB games. But 3D World and Odyssey had new voice lines recorded

[@lambybunny7173]

@@HMMadsenright and those are from 10-6 years ago. That's a very long time! Voices change. Listen to old spongebob vs new spongebob. Same guy, weirdly yet only subtly different voice.

[@paulgilbert5278]

@lambybunny7173 I wouldn’t call it subtle. Old Spongebob sounds more chill and laid back while New Spongebob sounds squeaky and high pitched. There’s a difference between his S1-S3 voice and S4+, and a stark one at that

[@HMMadsen]

@@lambybunny7173 Oh I agree. My comment wasn't intended as an argument for or against if Charles Martinet is in Super Mario Wonder. I just wanted to point out that he still recorded voice lines for the more recent mainline Mario games (and then there're the spinoffs too like Luigi's Mansion 3). You can even hear that his voice is different in 3D World and Odyssey compared to Galaxy and expecially Sunshine and 64 due to aging. So it wouldn't surprise me if the same is the case for Wonder

[@Miriam_J_]

​@@paulgilbert5278 New SpongeBob isnt season 4 anymore... Check out a new season, it sounds deeper and a little weaker when he does his usual loud noises. It's obvious because Tom Kenny is approaching the age where he's too old to do the SpongeBob voice perfectly anymore, but he definitely doesn't sound like season 4 or earlier season SpongeBob anymore. Not that that's a bad thing, I quite like his new voice, but it's definitely different enough to make you think they might have changed VAs, but not enough to be sure.

[@n3ps3n79]

Bro was right what the fuck

[@JesseMeza07]

Damn Arlo called it once again.

[@mattbunky]

It’s either two things. just like Tom Kenny, as he gets older his voice might’ve changed and we’re hearing new voice clips. Or maybe, since it’s a new game direction. They might’ve asked him to put a new spin on the voice

[@dannybright8708]

I should point out Martinet has done different takes on his characters before, Smash Bros. for instance had Mario, Luigi and Wario sound noticeably different from their game counterparts in order to better fit the tone of Smash.

[@sanachanto]

I’m now wondering if they wanted Martinet to change the voice to something that lands in between the full “Mario” voice and Pratt’s performance in the movie. presumably to appeal to the audience of people who will be more familiar with the movie.

[@ArcRay20]

@@sanachanto i kind of wondered this possibility after what happened with the last Sonic game released. the 2nd Sonic movie had come out featuring Knuckles voiced by Idris Elba. Sonic Frontiers was still coming up and they had a special animated short that took place before the game that featured Knuckles. Knuckles suddenly had a VERY different voice from then on after being voiced by Travis Willingham for a rather long time by this point. and to put THAT in to perspective, when the full recast was done for all the Sonic characters back in the day, they have all been the same VAs since then. and to my knowledge they are the same now. EXCEPT for just Knuckles suddenly.🤔 the new VA sounds like he is doing an offshoot of Idris' performance. Knuckles also suddenly feels like how his character used to be, which happens to be how he was portrayed in the movie as well. its only a theory, but i wouldnt be surprised if this was all influenced by the movie. it could also all just be coincidence, but thats a LOT of coincidences.

[@jytvreal]

Yeah but spongebob sounds severely different

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

@@dannybright8708 Not to mention the voices he gave them in the Mario and Luigi series, which are actually my personal favorite performances of his! Gotta love the "Italian" gibberish😂

[@TakumiJoyconBoyz]

I have heard Charles do impressions in interviews and his delivery with certain words sounds way different for the Mario characters.

[@AquaLeaderJesse]

Joycon Boyz Forever

[@TakumiJoyconBoyz]

@@AquaLeaderJesse Have yourself a damn good one.

[@chocov1233]

​@@AquaLeaderJesseWasn't that what Etika called his community and fans?

[@AquaLeaderJesse]

@@chocov1233 ye

[@shakezula3316]

well uh… you were right

[@andersonperdomo5027]

Arlo called it

[@israelruiz8706]

He sure did.

[@HypeVoiceActing]

If it is a new actor, I'm gonna feel really bad for them because I know people will chew them out just for not being Martinet

[@itsallinthesoup2543]

Probably, I know I get bummed whenever there is new Mickey even though all of them are great.

[@Goomba1309]

Exactly. Just ask Chris Pratt

[@fullmetalbleachnote]

There's no reason to replace him, so of course it's going to upset people. Felt the same way about Chris Pratt

[@keiraaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@Goomba1309lol, different situation. Yeah its worrying to think they could be chewed out but remember Chris Pratt got flack because hes “the superhero guy” and it was weird for people to imagine him as a ~4foot tall Italian plumber. It’s not that he was new, it was that he seemed like the complete opposite of who you’d think of as Mario. It’s why people like Charlie Day and Jack Black didn’t get as much flack, in peoples heads it kinda worked. They won’t have a hate campaign going for them but it’ll be a weird transition period.

[@usagiwerd6664]

Your gonna fell bad for a giant company what is wrong with you

[@paulytheking7365]

Remember, he is also the voice of other characters like Wario. Just because it sounds different, doesn’t mean that it is someone else.

[@Calamity25]

He literally goes over how Wario sounds different too though

[@uberculex]

@@Calamity25 He doesn't sound different, people just didn't play Wario Ware Deluxe.

[@BlinksAwakening]

@@Calamity25 their point is that Martinet has range, listen again with that understanding and it's clear that it's almost certainly him.

[@RandomZ689]

Bro was right all along

[@RandomZ689]

Looking forward to see the new video about this

[@StarboundRose]

Arlo’s cameo voice is going to sound a little different one day, and we will have this conversation again

[@seekingfreedom9020]

Actually if he watches beginning videos he sounded way different than he sounds now, he had some kind of accent with his voice

[@inspica380]

​@@seekingfreedom9020yeah, like a very Bostonian accent. He modified it over the years.

[@seekingfreedom9020]

@@inspica380 yesssssss very Boston

[@isakwolff5491]

Charles Martiine is soon to be 70 years old. So these are either him sounding different because of age, or as you suggested.. he has passed the torch to someone. We must remember that they have reused assets of his voice for DECADES, So either alternative is not out of the question. Your voice changes over time, even when your older

[@Tintelinus]

Its kinda like how Donald Duck has only been voiced by like 2 or 3 people, who pass the torch lol

[@TheZorch]

Look at Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, their voices have changed a lot over the years. It isn't out of the realm of possibility that Charles Martinet had decided to retire. There just hasn't been a official announcement yet. He's a big enough name in voice acting that I can't see him retiring without it eventually becoming big news.

[@MediaMunkee]

Well I guess you were onto something after all.

[@bigguy3021]

as is usual, Arlo predicts the future

[@PARR-E]

Mario's "wonderful" line kinda reminds me of his voice clips in Super Mario Advance. It could still be Martinet, but we'll never fully know until we get confirmation.

[@antenna.]

I felt he sounded different like this in his cameo of Guiseppe in the Super Mario Bros Movie. But that is absolutely him. I think his voice has just sounded more different recently, I noticed his lines were higher pitch in Bowsers Fury even. I think maybe they are giving him direction to sound higher to make it even more friendly, or its just the natural change of his voice, since its falsetto.

[@Mattriix]

Here comes the "Arlo Was Right Dance"

[@Dairunt1]

Someone pick up the phone, cause Arlo called it.

[@wobb_]

He hung up, amphibian.

[@Zveebo]

Τhe whole ‘pitching up’ thing makes a lot of sense to me. Trey Parker did the same with the voice of Cartman, because he found doing the voice without artificial pitch harder and harder as he got older - it does sound different, but similar enough that everyone got used to it very quickly.

[@Jabronie1164]

In the Japanese example you used Arlo, Mario kinda sounds like a blend between Mario and Luigi. I've noticed that the older Charles has gotten, it's more common to hear him kinda blend the voices of the brothers. I think he's still around and if he wasn't then I'm sure they'd have some sort of send off of like "thank you so much Charles for the work you've done in creating such memorable voice over decades." Charles Martinet not doing Mario was such a big deal with the Mario movie that when they initially revealed the cast, they reassured people that he was still in the movie, just as cameo rolls.

[@jetsurge250]

They just confirmed he's retiring as the voice of Mario. Arlo was right.

[@Jabronie1164]

@jetsurge250 at what point did I disagree with Arlo?

[@carlodavies9227]

@@Jabronie1164Don’t get defensive dude.

[@LMS5935]

Arlo why are you so good at predicting this shit 😭 WHYYYYYY

[@redstreak9430]

Turns out you were right Arlo: They called me a madman

[@randomkid6236]

Even in WarioWare Move It, Wario has a different voice. He says "Excellent!" which not only is a voice line he has had in other WarioWare games, but is a pretty iconic one as well.

[@Frog101_Real]

It was the narrator

[@dylantortosa7678]

It's been 6 years since Odyssey, we just needed more Mario, and Nintendo heard our prayers

[@thatword7074]

its been 6 years but yes we did need more Mario

[@uriurw8630]

mario maker 2?

[@Geobot3000]

It’s been like over 30 years since the last 2d mario game that didn’t have new in the title (mario maker doesn’t count so stop pretending it does)

[@dylantortosa7678]

​@thatword7074 Oh yea, my b, came out in 17. But yea, I've been waiting for something mainline in Mario for a little while (not Mario Maker)

[@michaelkarim57]

@@Geobot3000it’s been about 20 years

[@CitrusArchitect]

Looks like you were right...

[@alexhirsch5738]

It's over 😢

[@dmitryboardman9762]

Martinet's voice has definitely had some changes-- Luigi in Mansion 3 sounds different from in Dark Moon, for example. I wouldn't mind a slight shift in the Mario voice as long as it's *the* guy doing it!

[@ChrisTrenary]

If Charles is stepping down, I really hope we at least get one more big 3D Mario game with him as a kind of send-off for his Mario, or at the very least some kind of goodbye video like we got from Reggie when he retired. :'(

[@klop4228]

Hoping Arlo's right about the next one coming soon with the next console

[@Banana807]

​@@klop42283D mario games always come out always right at release of the new console so yeah thats a given

[@connergoessupersonic]

Welp… we’ve got our answer Silver lining, he’s not technically retiring. He’s still working with Nintendo to endorse Mario Still, he will be missed. Thank you for all you’ve done, and here’s to the new Mario Ambassador!

[@ahmedalmahdi9254]

I think the finitude of Charles Martinet voicing Mario and the subtle reminder that all good comes to an end, is what makes this so sad. Even the things we grew up with, the things that bring us so much joy and happiness and distract us from our mortality have an expiry date too. Even when we bury our heads deep into our interests and hobbies we are reminded of our temporary existence. Charles Martinet is alive, and healthy (I hope) but his departure from Mario's voice gave me the same feeling as when Satoru Iwata passed away. It's not death or departure itself, but the reminder.

[@GardenGD]

I definitely felt something off about Wario's voice too, you are not imagining things. It'd be such a shame if he's done with these roles for good

[@JoeyBlueJ]

Yeah after going back and listening to the Wario trailer that is Not Charles.

[@ArcRay20]

@@JoeyBlueJ somebody pointed out the JP version of the direct has the JP narrator say something in Wario's place in that version. so the very likely case is that it was the english narrator saying that line.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

It could also be Charles’s age catching up to him and his Mario voice sounding different as a result.

[@Krimson]

Well arlo you were correct. Charles just announced his retirement as mario today.

[@Krimson]

I'll be waiting for the follow up video. Like yourself I had the same suspicions and a few friends tried to tell me that it was still him. I knew it wasn't and argued with them and now here we are with a confirmation that it indeed isn't charles and he's retiring his nintendo roles. This is not just mario we lost...and he's 67 not 80 and apparently going to travel the world still which you can't do in poor health. So you tell me. All i know is months ago tata strong was trying to cheer him up about the film and he was apparently depressed. This is very big shoes to fill. Something feels wrong.

[@thunderfister7536]

In the case of wario, I think the "excellent" is pretty close that wario sounds like in the recent wario ware games. Charles does not do the voice exactly like he use to.

[@jessehcreative]

EGG SALAD! I really do hope that Charles hasn’t been replaced (I don’t think he is…)

[@MsDarkz123]

Dunno... In both Gold and Get it Together he still sounds like Wario. The new *Excellent* doesn't seem to go with either older tones Wario had earlier. Wario certainly had tonal changes but still was pretty easy to tell it's still Charles doing it like for example Wario World has a more high pitched tone and The Shake Dimension has him sound more tougher.

[@seandwalsh3]

@@MsDarkz123whatever about Mario, it is CLEARLY not Charles doing Wario in that clip.

[@Lubba127]

Yeah, his normal Wario voice is more... slurred? Like, when doing the voice, you close your wind pipes a little and speak with a certain side of your mouth (similarly to how Charles does Luigi, not much in the way of mouth movement). The "excellent!" Line sounds far too clear in the delivery. Whether it was the audio equipment, a new actor, or simply an odd take, that line does generally sound out of line.

[@luigiisgreen]

Charles did interviews some a couple months ago and he still can do Mario fine. If you listen to Yoshi his voice sounds deeper. So maybe its old footage with placeholder voices that were hastilly editted together for the direct.

[@HiroesX81]

ARLO YOU WERE RIGHT!!

[@evanpeartree]

If this is in fact the new voice for Mario, I think the actor is doing a ‘wonderful’ job and I hope the community is welcoming

[@segaenjoyer]

very well aged like wine

[@little.prince]

Usually Luigi would be the one saying ‘Wowie Zowie’, I think it’s still Charles Martinez, we just haven’t heard him do that line for Mario a lot, I think which is probably why it sounds different to us.

[@sirensongss]

i think mario is gonna be talking in this one, like the flowers are. so charles changed the voice a bit, and in the JPN trailer it’s a brand new actor for japanese audiences. it sounds like the “wonderful” has a slight accent on it.

[@strawberriesarah]

Yeah the Wonderful line sounds like a Japanese person is saying it, I can hear an accent definitely (I live in Japan and can speak Japanese myself if that helps with credibility)

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

@@strawberriesarah Yeah but Mario already has a non american accent.

[@jermfanaccount]

with hindsight from the future, yeah, it's definitely a new voice actor. to be fair, Charles is quite old now. he's almost 70 now, and though he loves doing the voice of Mario, i think it's time to pass the torch on, y'know? it's bittersweet, we've had the same voice of Mario for around 30 years now, and while i'm sad to see Charles step down from doing the voice, i'm super excited to see how this new actor (or actors) will do the voice. it sounds incredible so far! and from what little i've heard from Luigi, he sounds incredible too! it's nice to hear a new fresh voice for these two characters and i'm excited for how the other ones like Wario and Waluigi will be portrayed :) here's for another 30 years, and a happy retirement to Charles Martinet!

[@rattiom]

The comments on this video just prove that people believe whatever they want to believe. The voice lines here were clearly not Charles but people didn't want it to be true 🤷‍♂️

[@zzskyninjazz1821]

Yeah but that just shows how good the voice actor is that people can’t notice the difference that much Not even Arlo noticed until it was pointed out to him

[@MJTRadio]

I can’t be certain about this, but my two cents from hearing Martinet in a number of varied roles is this- it might not 100% sound like Mario, but it does 100% sound like Charles to me.

[@SleepyRPGsuperCharged]

Not being able to sleep has it’s perks. Like random Arlo content dropping lol 🤙

[@Turtle20305]

Legit me

[@RatKingLiam]

Lol fr

[@UrSoulsBelong2Nahobeeho]

...I feel called out lmao

[@superdajoka]

Well, this video aged like fine wine.

[@NickVanDijn]

With the announcement about Charles retiring, i want to say the new actor does a wonderful job about replicating him. I hope he sticks with this replicated voice because it would be a horribile decision if Nintendo were to change his voice style entirely. It is basically brand recognition at this point, right?

[@MultiPlatGamerGuy]

I'm down for a new Mario voice. If Martinet is indeed retiring, we should praise him for his work and cheer on the person who he passes the baton to!

[@toadchannel9619]

Dang they really made Chris Pratt voice Mario in this game 😮

[@djmeowth]

He's so cool!

[@TheLastBeanBender]

your going to jinx it

[@thedingleberrybush6076]

It would be such a Nintendo thing to do to replace Charles with Pratt.

[@3DoublePoint]

Wait... did they actually give chris pratt voice Mario in the game?

[@ahmedhasan4966]

​​@@3DoublePointdk it's definitely not confirmed yet.

[@supermacman]

To me his voice has definitely changed for his characters. In Luigi’s Mansion 3 Luigi’s voice lines sound really different and… “squashed”?? It felt like he was taking the voice in a new direction but I’m surprised I didn’t hear anyone talk about it

[@SykoMuffin]

yeah the Luigi’s Mandion 3 voice acting was pretty rough. i was playing it when it came out and my six year old cousin walked by and commented “it sounds like luigi has a cold” lol.

[@bigmight2358]

Arlo called it man

[@OozoTheClown]

I didn't notice anything with Mario's voice, but I absolutely questioned Wario's voice the first time I heard it in the Wario Ware trailer. Thought I was crazy but during my initial viewing of the direct I was like "That didn't sound like Wario."

[@LordLemmysLabs]

Wario's voice has noticeably been changing over the years. The first time I really noticed was WarioWare Gold. Compare his voice in that game to how he sounded in Wario World and it's actually pretty different. Heck, I think he even sounds different between WarioWare Gold and WarioWare Get It Together. But also I think that in the Direct, it wasn't supposed to actually be Wario's voice, I'm pretty confident it was the narrator of the direct doing a Wario impression.

[@OozoTheClown]

@@LordLemmysLabs Now that you mention it, Wario's voice IS different in the Japanese Direct and sounds even LESS like Wario, so I'm thinking it IS just the narrator. Either that, or they're removing Martinet in favour of giving each language their own voice actors, thereby allowing them to have more voice acting down the road (something Wonder seems to be leaning into) though I'm going to assume it's the Narrator thing. Mario doesn't sound AS off to me as the Wario voice did, so you've moved me to "unconvinced" on this rumour.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

I've seen some say (and thought myself, on first viewing) that that Wario "Excellent!" was the narrator for the direct doing a Wario impression, not how Wario sounds in Move It.

[@mattbunky]

I honestly think it was the narrator, there was a pause in-between sentences

[@SquirrelMario]

Apparently the Japanese direct didn’t have the “excellent!”.

[@alfo2804]

I never considered this, but yeah, that sounds exactly like the narrator.

[@CaptainStage]

@@SquirrelMario It does, but it's seemingly done by Wario's Japanese voice actor (Wario got a dedicated Japanese voice for WarioWare Gold since it had full voice acting and it stuck around for Get it Together)

[@SimonJonesMusic]

Wow. You called it.

[@Ryu17777]

Recent news leads me to believe that Arlo called it =3

[@ZeDLoCs]

I’d like to think that this is another chapter of Charles’ voice cues for Mario. I remember when Mario Galaxy 2 came out and his voice lines sounded pretty different in pitch initially and I thought the same thing. I could also see the possibility of it being a combination of Charles and AI Generated voice. That’d be a cheap move but possible.

[@chocov1233]

If they did use A.I. then that might imply that Martinet may have other obligations or that something is wrong with his health. Also, It isn't very common for Japanese devs or tv show makers to just up and replace voice actors from their series from what I've seen, and it is more of a "Western" thing, only ones I can think of are Metal Gear under Kojima Productions (and even before Kojima Productions was formed) and Sonic under Sega, and also Resident Evil. I posted another comment that goes into more detail on those voice actor replacements.

[@waluigitheplumber5355]

@@chocov1233to be fair. The Sonic voice changes are all SEGA of America. The Japanese cast is the same as Adventure 1 besides Eggman because his Va passed away

[@ASLTheatre]

I think it might sound different because it is different lines then normal. If it is a new person and Charles is retiring, I wish him a happy retirement. You help bring happiness to so many people. Myself included.