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Why Nintendo Kept Super Mario Bros. Wonder's New Mario Under Wraps (www.wired.com)
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Earlier this year Charles Martinet, who voiced Mario for decades, retired. After weeks of speculation about his replacement, Nintendo revealed the new voice actor with little fanfare. What gives?

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“We want people to enjoy the gameplay experience, and if they enjoyed the voice behind the gameplay experience, that’s what's most important to us, not necessarily highlighting [Mario’s actor],” Bowser told WIRED last week.

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[–] HairHeel@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All this concern over the guy who says "wahoo" and "it's-a-me, Mario" is fascinating. Seriously it's never been more than a few lines. Why is any of this such a big deal?

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

I think less about the changes to the sound itself but more people jsut got attached to Charles himself because he had been around for so long.

[–] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not concern, more like interest, escapism. Life is shit, let us enjoy things 😆