Nintendo has introduced that the longtime voice actor of many iconic Mario characters is stepping again from the function. In a Tweet at the moment, they made the announcement that Charles Martinet is as a substitute transferring into the function of “Mario Ambassador.”

Charles Martinet has been within the function of Mario since 1994’s CD-ROM model of Mario Teaches Typing. Past the red-shirted plumber, he additionally went on to voice nearly each different male character within the Mushroom Kingdom, together with Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi. Nonetheless, the current Tremendous Mario Bros. Film forged Chris Pratt within the function, and trailers for Tremendous Mario Surprise had many individuals questioning if Martinet had been changed. That’s nonetheless sort of up within the air.

Now we have a message for followers of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please have a look. pic.twitter.com/U1ASicOuTO

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 21, 2023

The submit made by Nintendo doesn’t deal with the explanations for Martinet stepping again. Nonetheless, it says that he’ll proceed to journey to advertise the character. They plan to observe up with a video that includes Charles Martinet and Shigeru Miyamoto, which is able to hopefully present extra data.

It’s a little bit of a curious factor. Mario hasn’t been essentially the most vocal character, so it shouldn’t be that jarring to have one other actor within the function. Nonetheless, Martinet has been virtually inseparable from the character for an extended whereas now and had beforehand said in 2021, “I need to voice Mario till I drop useless.” Actually, I’m simply hoping that agreeable circumstances led to him leaving the function.

I additionally hope Nintendo isn’t planning on taking Mario video games right into a extra dialogue-reliant course, however that’s a private choice.

Nintendo didn’t state if Martinet will nonetheless be taking part in his roles in upcoming video games, such because the Tremendous Mario RPG remake or Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise. Extra data is forthcoming.