Julien Bardakoff

Julien Bardakoff is a former French Nintendo of Europe France employee involved with translation and localization. He was also the voice of Luigi in the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 and again for Mario Party. He was replaced by Charles Martinet in the English version of Mario Kart 64 and all versions of most subsequent games. However, his voice clips were reused for Mario Party 2 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Bardakoff is currently affiliated with Ubisoft, and was responsible for translation and voice direction in the French localization of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.

Portrayals

 * Mario Kart 64 – Luigi (Japanese version only)
 * Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle – Luigi (in-game only)
 * Mario Party – Luigi
 * Mario Party 2 – Luigi
 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Luigi

Works

 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! – Special Thanks
 * Super Mario 64 – Screen Text Writer (French)
 * Diddy Kong Racing – NOE Thank You's
 * Donkey Kong Country – NOE France
 * Mario Party – French Localisation
 * Super Smash Bros. – French Localisation
 * Mario Party 2 – French Localisation
 * Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Translator / Voice Director (French)

Trivia

 * At the beginning, Julien Bardakoff wanted to be Toad's voice in Mario Kart 64, but after arguing with Koji Kondo and test his voice in studio, Koji tell him that he has more the Luigi's voice than the Toad one.
 * Julien Bardakoff was not initally choose to do Luigi's voice, he had to convince the sound programmer (Taro Bando or Yoji Inagaki) with a rare french card, in order to be redirected in the studio with Koji Kondo.