Many were fans of Chris Pratt’s take on Mario. I initially heard complaining but once people saw the movie, clearly the box office numbers show they got over it quickly.
Also, having him not voice the video games has nothing to do with abandoning sequels. No one expected him to voice every Mario as that is not even feasible and would get expensive quickly.
Charles Martinet may have been a voice for Mario and company in video games for quite some time, but he is not the first to have provided a voice for the character. That honor goes to none other than Peter Cullen (a.k.a. Optimus Prime) in 1983 from the “Donkey Kong” segments of the “Saturday Supercade”. Then in 1989, there was “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show”, in which “Captain” Lou Albano not only voiced Mario in animation but portrayed him in live-action shorts. The early 1990s gave us both “The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3” and “Super Mario World” cartoons in which the late Walker Boone provided Mario’s voice. Let us not forget the late, great Bob Hoskins who played Mario Mario in the 1993 live-action film “Super Mario Bros.”.
As for Charles Martinet, his performances were limited to grunts, groans, and snippets of dialog. Let’s give thanks to whoever made that decision at Nintendo because there is no way that his high-pitched and highly stereotypical Italian speech patterns could have been tolerated in full sentences or any lengthy form of conversation with another character. This is precisely why I was glad that he was not the voice of Mario in the new animated movie! However, it was a nice tip of the hat to hear him speak in a more normal voice as the father of Mario and Luigi. I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Pratt’s performance as Mario, and I loved Charlie Day’s performance as Luigi!
As for the video games versus the movies, I never thought for an instant that Chris would be taking over. I am, however, disappointed that the new voice for “Super Mario Wonder” is nothing more than a carbon copy of Martinet’s work. Had they opted to maybe get someone who could blend the two vocal performance styles of Charles and Chris into one, I would have been happy.
Comments for Chris Pratt Abandoned For ‘Super Mario’ Sequels
Erica C
Many were fans of Chris Pratt’s take on Mario. I initially heard complaining but once people saw the movie, clearly the box office numbers show they got over it quickly.
Also, having him not voice the video games has nothing to do with abandoning sequels. No one expected him to voice every Mario as that is not even feasible and would get expensive quickly.
Michael
Charles Martinet may have been a voice for Mario and company in video games for quite some time, but he is not the first to have provided a voice for the character. That honor goes to none other than Peter Cullen (a.k.a. Optimus Prime) in 1983 from the “Donkey Kong” segments of the “Saturday Supercade”. Then in 1989, there was “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show”, in which “Captain” Lou Albano not only voiced Mario in animation but portrayed him in live-action shorts. The early 1990s gave us both “The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3” and “Super Mario World” cartoons in which the late Walker Boone provided Mario’s voice. Let us not forget the late, great Bob Hoskins who played Mario Mario in the 1993 live-action film “Super Mario Bros.”.
As for Charles Martinet, his performances were limited to grunts, groans, and snippets of dialog. Let’s give thanks to whoever made that decision at Nintendo because there is no way that his high-pitched and highly stereotypical Italian speech patterns could have been tolerated in full sentences or any lengthy form of conversation with another character. This is precisely why I was glad that he was not the voice of Mario in the new animated movie! However, it was a nice tip of the hat to hear him speak in a more normal voice as the father of Mario and Luigi. I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Pratt’s performance as Mario, and I loved Charlie Day’s performance as Luigi!
As for the video games versus the movies, I never thought for an instant that Chris would be taking over. I am, however, disappointed that the new voice for “Super Mario Wonder” is nothing more than a carbon copy of Martinet’s work. Had they opted to maybe get someone who could blend the two vocal performance styles of Charles and Chris into one, I would have been happy.
Obi-Wan
Pratt is fine for the Movies.
But who cares about the video games. Mario barely speaks in them. Lol.
Andrew
Can we get a petition going to boycott this page? Always giving us false info
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