Nintendo confirms Mario and Luigi's new voice actor<p>Several weeks after <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/tag/nintendo/">Nintendo[/url] revealed Charles Martinet <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/mario-voice-actor-charles-martinet-steps-down-143213923.html">will no longer voice Mario[/url], the company has confirmed the identity of the actor who'll play its most famous character for the foreseeable future. Kevin Afghani is the new voice of <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MNEF7kjf9s" data-original-link="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MNEF7kjf9s">Mario Mario and Luigi Mario[/url] in Nintendo's games.</p>
<p>"Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in
Super Mario Bros. Wonder," Afghani, who was perhaps best known until now as the voice of Arnold in
Genshin Impact, <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://twitter.com/KevinAfghani/status/1712900880218181648" data-original-link="
https://twitter.com/KevinAfghani/status/1712900880218181648">wrote on X[/url].
"Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!" Nintendo confirmed to <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.polygon.com/23914663/nintendo-mario-new-voice-actor-charles-martinet-kevin-afghani" data-original-link="
https://www.polygon.com/23914663/nintendo-mario-new-voice-actor-charles-martinet-kevin-afghani">
Polygon[/url] that Afghani is voicing the characters and will have the honor of being the first actor to portray Elephant Mario.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="ce6417a677164d81b3dd42cb7d220f89"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!</p>— Kevin Afghani (@KevinAfghani)
October 13, 2023 </div>
<p>Fans <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fans-are-debating-if-mario-wonder-has-recast-charles-martinet/" data-original-link="
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fans-are-debating-if-mario-wonder-has-recast-charles-martinet/">noticed something different[/url] with Mario's voice when the first trailer for <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/super-mario-bros-wonder-hands-on-a-delightful-reinvention-of-a-classic-180012480.html">
Super Mario Bros. Wonder,[/url] which arrives on October 20, <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/play-as-elephant-mario-in-super-mario-bros-wonder-on-october-20th-145814400.html">emerged over the summer.[/url] They noticed a difference in Wario's voice in a <a data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/nintendos-new-warioware-game-wants-you-to-move-your-whole-body-161551788.html">
WarioWare: Move It![/url] clip too. It's not yet clear who's playing Mario's arch-rival in that game.</p>
<p>Martinet, who is 67, was the man behind Mario's "wahoo!" and <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow97gKWyLo0" data-original-link="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow97gKWyLo0">"here we go!"[/url] exclamations for well over two decades in games and since 1991 <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:11;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1t6iNG28zI" data-original-link="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1t6iNG28zI">at trade shows[/url]. He's played several other characters in the Mario-verse during that time, including Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Luigi and Baby Mario.</p>
<p>But whether it was Martinet's decision or Nintendo's, it was evidently time for a change. Martinet will continue to work with Nintendo as a “Mario Ambassador,” which will see him "continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario."</p>
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