For three decades, Charles Martinet was the official voice of Mario across Nintendo’s platforms. Although Martinet retired from the role in 2023, he still has a great deal of appreciation for his former alter ego.
Martinet recently took part in a Q&A session on the Nintendo Today app (via GamesRadar), and he reiterated the connection he felt to Mario as well as his desire to be more like the character he became synonymous with.
“Everything about Mario is someone I want to be like,” said Martinet. “Kind, passionate, always optimistic, facing adversity with a ‘let’s-a go!’ [These are] the sort of characteristics I think the whole world needs more of, and it’s certainly who I want to be as a man and as a human being.”
