• MonochromeObserver@kbin.social
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    @MyFairJulia I wish but let’s be real, dude is old, he would retire sooner or later. It will be so difficult to top him though, but perhaps someone was already found as Mario’s voice in Wonder sounds slightly different.

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      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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        That sounds awful. I rather they give the work to a new, younger voice actor instead of hogging the role forever with AI

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        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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          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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            The CNN article says Martinet started with Mario Teaches Typing in 1994.