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Martinet Stepping Away from Voicing Mario (www.cnn.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

Do they even need to replace him though? There's a 25-year back catalog of recorded voice lines to recycle, and most of those consist of "Let's-a-go" and "Yahoooo!" I think the most complex sentace I've ever heard Mario speak in game is "Thank-a-you so much for playing my game". Combine that with AI voice recreation, and there's literally no reason to ever hire a replacement. Just cut Martinet a big-ass check for perpetual use of his voice, and they're golden.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    They'd probably prather not pay likeness fees, and there are a LOT of legal considerations Martinet would have to consider as signing the rights away to his own voice brings a lot of considerational challenges.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I feel like I used to have a Mario card game on my 90's Macintosh? We played go fish in the back of a limo or something... I recall he had pretty complex voice lines in that game.

    edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%27s_Game_Gallery

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    I'm pretty sure all the edutainment titles predate Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario, and I don't think Nintendo would ever make a game like that these days.

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