Charles Martinet on Mario Ambassadorship [Q&A Panel at Galaxycon Austin 2023]
Charles Martinet on Mario Ambassadorship [Q&A Panel at Galaxycon Austin 2023]
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11 Comments
The-student-
That’s a pretty funny response. Don’t ask me about being a Nintendo Ambassador because I don’t know what it means yet!
bisforbenis
I think it just means he’s officially invited to events to just be cute and nice since he really represents Mario well and him just being himself reflects positively on Mario
Cyberfire
I think he was pushed, if he retired on his terms he’s the kinda guy to talk freely about it at cons.
ArsenalHail8688
Really wanted to see him at galaxycon NC, but the individual meet and greet stuff and picture taking was set between 60 and 100 bucks.
gopher007
Do we think they’ll introduce a more talkative Mario in future games? The release of the movie gives younger fans a Mario who can talk. Mario wonders big introduction of the talking flowers…
CameronNight23
Love it. What an amazing man. His voice will be missed.
Dymarob
This really furthers questions if he isn’t retiring and can clearly still do the voices.
What isn’t being said?
SunnySaigon
I’ve never heard him speak other than Mario lines before . He probably feels like he can talk about anything now that he’s been forcefully canned
scoii
Honest question, and I’m happy to accept my down votes if this is an unpopular opinion, but am I the only one who finds his voice shrill? Geoff Keighley did an interview with him years back on his old Spike show (Geoff reposted the interview on X/Twitter recently if you are interested), and the guy seemed exhausting. I feel like he was playing a bit, which is fine, but I’m excited about Mario sounding like actual people do moving forward. And believe me I’m also excited Mr Martinet is getting basically the hall of fame treatment. He’s set up with a great promotional gig and never has to say he’s not the real voice of Mario. I don’t think it’s a bad thing, and I certainly think Nintendo could have been jerks about it and just said nah he’s not doing it anymore. Instead they acknowledged his take as iconic and said you belong with Nintendo for life.
NvaderGir
He knows what it is, why would he comment on it before Nintendo publicly drops the video and explains what his new role is? It’s not that deep
Meester_Tweester
I had the wonderful experience of attending this Q&A! 🙂 My notes on it are in the video’s comments
11 Comments
That’s a pretty funny response. Don’t ask me about being a Nintendo Ambassador because I don’t know what it means yet!
I think it just means he’s officially invited to events to just be cute and nice since he really represents Mario well and him just being himself reflects positively on Mario
I think he was pushed, if he retired on his terms he’s the kinda guy to talk freely about it at cons.
Really wanted to see him at galaxycon NC, but the individual meet and greet stuff and picture taking was set between 60 and 100 bucks.
Do we think they’ll introduce a more talkative Mario in future games? The release of the movie gives younger fans a Mario who can talk. Mario wonders big introduction of the talking flowers…
Love it. What an amazing man. His voice will be missed.
This really furthers questions if he isn’t retiring and can clearly still do the voices.
What isn’t being said?
I’ve never heard him speak other than Mario lines before . He probably feels like he can talk about anything now that he’s been forcefully canned
Honest question, and I’m happy to accept my down votes if this is an unpopular opinion, but am I the only one who finds his voice shrill? Geoff Keighley did an interview with him years back on his old Spike show (Geoff reposted the interview on X/Twitter recently if you are interested), and the guy seemed exhausting. I feel like he was playing a bit, which is fine, but I’m excited about Mario sounding like actual people do moving forward. And believe me I’m also excited Mr Martinet is getting basically the hall of fame treatment. He’s set up with a great promotional gig and never has to say he’s not the real voice of Mario. I don’t think it’s a bad thing, and I certainly think Nintendo could have been jerks about it and just said nah he’s not doing it anymore. Instead they acknowledged his take as iconic and said you belong with Nintendo for life.
He knows what it is, why would he comment on it before Nintendo publicly drops the video and explains what his new role is? It’s not that deep
I had the wonderful experience of attending this Q&A! 🙂 My notes on it are in the video’s comments