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Post by chrom on Aug 21, 2023 9:39:20 GMT -5
Been doing it for nearly 30 years, understand why he wants to step away.
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Post by CMWaters on Aug 21, 2023 9:54:20 GMT -5
Charles Martinet no longer voicing Mario is like Tom Kenny no longer voicing Spongebob. They ARE that character, and I can't imagine anyone else voicing them. I mean, he is the most well known, but I did grow up with Captain Lou as Mario. Still though, godspeed Charles.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Aug 21, 2023 10:54:28 GMT -5
I grew up on the 8 bit mario so a voice actor connected to the character is irrelevant to me.
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 21, 2023 15:12:48 GMT -5
If anyone deserves an enjoyable ambassadorship at Nintendo, its Martinet given how consistently good he's been.
As far as potential replacements, I would be heartily amused if the next voice actor made Mario sound like a gruff guy from Brooklyn again, but they still gave him the same kind of lines.
"Hey yo, its a me Mario; wahoo and all that."
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Post by chrom on Aug 21, 2023 15:39:47 GMT -5
Do gotta wonder if they will have a replacement or just use archive voice files.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 21, 2023 16:04:17 GMT -5
Someone had the idea of it turning into a Legacy role like Mickey and Bugs have been where different voice actors voice them depending on the tone of the project like how Eric Bauza’s done some Bugs work and Jeff Bergman can slide in when needed if the role suits and I like that a lot.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 22, 2023 2:52:15 GMT -5
Someone had the idea of it turning into a Legacy role like Mickey and Bugs have been where different voice actors voice them depending on the tone of the project like how Eric Bauza’s done some Bugs work and Jeff Bergman can slide in when needed if the role suits and I like that a lot. It would probably take some of the pressure off, as well as removing the kind of stigma that having Pratt perform the role brought, at least to a degree.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 22, 2023 3:30:53 GMT -5
Pokemon announcement in four and a half hours. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Seeming like it's going to be a regional fake Sinistea.
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Post by chrom on Aug 22, 2023 3:41:00 GMT -5
It's the announcement of Pokemon Pinball 3.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 22, 2023 8:16:45 GMT -5
Leaks were right on the money, Poltchageist.
They really need to ease up Grass / Ghost.
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Post by chrom on Aug 22, 2023 8:22:08 GMT -5
So we just saw a bunch of kids die.
Pokemon's getting real dark.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Aug 22, 2023 8:57:09 GMT -5
No doubt Charles' "retirement" is due to that thing where companies think we'll be "confused" by different versions of the same character. Expect a Pratt-like voice moving forward to create continuity as it were between movie and games.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 22, 2023 8:58:51 GMT -5
No doubt Charles' "retirement" is due to that thing where companies think we'll be "confused" by different versions of the same character. Expect a Pratt-like voice moving forward to create continuity as it were between movie and games. Ehhhh, I doubt it. Dude's approaching 70 and they've already shown off clips of Wonder and WarioWare where Mario and Wario don't sound exactly right but are still very much skewing toward their previous portrayals.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 22, 2023 9:06:45 GMT -5
No doubt Charles' "retirement" is due to that thing where companies think we'll be "confused" by different versions of the same character. Expect a Pratt-like voice moving forward to create continuity as it were between movie and games. Ehhhh, I doubt it. Dude's approaching 70 and they've already shown off clips of Wonder and WarioWare where Mario and Wario don't sound exactly right but are still very much skewing toward their previous portrayals. Yeah, and it also isn't like he's just retiring from Mario voices either. He's retiring from all the voicework he does so unless I see otherwise, it very much seems like a Martinet decision rather than Nintendo's.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Aug 22, 2023 9:09:47 GMT -5
So we just saw a bunch of kids die. Pokemon's getting real dark. You know how aging works in Pokemon. Half of those kids were likely in their 30s.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 22, 2023 9:13:24 GMT -5
Ehhhh, I doubt it. Dude's approaching 70 and they've already shown off clips of Wonder and WarioWare where Mario and Wario don't sound exactly right but are still very much skewing toward their previous portrayals. Yeah, and it also isn't like he's just retiring from Mario voices either. He's retiring from all the voicework he does so unless I see otherwise, it very much seems like a Martinet decision rather than Nintendo's. Yeah, like yes Mario is his biggest role, but he's been plenty busy outside of it, as well, and it would make sense he'd be in a comfortable spot to wrap things, especially if with the ambassador role probably helping him comfortably retire from VA work.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Aug 22, 2023 9:14:09 GMT -5
No doubt Charles' "retirement" is due to that thing where companies think we'll be "confused" by different versions of the same character. Expect a Pratt-like voice moving forward to create continuity as it were between movie and games. Ehhhh, I doubt it. Dude's approaching 70 and they've already shown off clips of Wonder and WarioWare where Mario and Wario don't sound exactly right but are still very much skewing toward their previous portrayals. Aha. That is a very realistic reason of course. Still, I could see them eventually updating the voice to be more like the movie. But not for now.
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Post by Fundertaker on Aug 22, 2023 9:20:55 GMT -5
Ehhhh, I doubt it. Dude's approaching 70 and they've already shown off clips of Wonder and WarioWare where Mario and Wario don't sound exactly right but are still very much skewing toward their previous portrayals. Yeah, and it also isn't like he's just retiring from Mario voices either. He's retiring from all the voicework he does so unless I see otherwise, it very much seems like a Martinet decision rather than Nintendo's. So... Paarthurnax can now be canonically dead, since he won't be back to voice him, is what you're saying...
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 22, 2023 9:57:04 GMT -5
Yeah, and it also isn't like he's just retiring from Mario voices either. He's retiring from all the voicework he does so unless I see otherwise, it very much seems like a Martinet decision rather than Nintendo's. So... Paarthurnax can now be canonically dead, since he won't be back to voice him, is what you're saying... Yes. And I didn't even need to Google what that was at all...
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Post by Fundertaker on Aug 22, 2023 10:43:25 GMT -5
So... Paarthurnax can now be canonically dead, since he won't be back to voice him, is what you're saying... Yes. And I didn't even need to Google what that was at all... Something something adventurer like you something arrow to the knee something
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