Charles Martinet doesn’t know what a Mario Ambassador is yet, either
He also confirmed he’s “not retired”
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Voice actor Charles Martinet, who provided the voice ofMario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and other iconic characters for decades, has spoken publicly about his new ‘Mario Ambassador’ role, and has revealed that he’s not entirely sure what it will consist of yet, either.
The news thatMartinet is stepping down from hisMarioseries roleswas confirmed last month in an official social media post from Nintendo. At the time, the company wrote: “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!”
As Nintendo Everythingreports, Martinet spoke about this during a Q&A panel at GalaxyCon in Austin, Texas last week: “I am now - you might have seen the news - a Mario Ambassador,” he said. “I don’t know what that is yet. I’m not retired, as it were. […] I’m an Ambassador. And as we step forward into the future, I will learn – we’ll all learn – what exactly that is.
“But in the meantime, you know, I’ll be ‘ambassading’ as I always am,” he continued. “I’m always an ambassador of Nintendo and Mario at all these events because I just cherish every moment of it, and I hope that your love of the game continues and grows the way mine does.”
At the time of writing, it’s not known who will serve as the voice of Mario and the others from now on, but Nintendo previously clarified thatMartinet is “not involved” with the upcoming 2DMariogame,Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which is releasing onNintendo Switchon October 20. With that in mind, we’ve already heard both Mario and Luigi’s new voices in the game trailers, even if the actor’s identity remains a mystery.
Be sure to take a look at our list ofupcoming Switch gamesif you’re wondering what other games are set to release soon. You can also see our recommendations for thebest Nintendo Switch gamesto play right now.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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