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Martinet was flown to SimGraphics in South Pasadena the next day<ref>Geek To Me Radio (July 18, 2022). [https://youtu.be/TvNfIj8xPXE?t=1867 314-Nolan North, Charles Martinet, and Keith Coogan]. ''YouTube''.</ref> to be fitted for the [[Mario in Real Time]] system, wherein he had motion sensors attached to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a hidden camera and talked to them as Mario, used rather often by Nintendo for promotional events.<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09</ref> He would not start voicing Mario in games until the 1994 CD release of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' (featuring an altered form of Mario in Real Time), which, while the first confirmed game to have Mario portrayed by Martinet, has been contested by the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (pinball)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' pinball machine in 1992,<ref>https://gonintendo.com/stories/312100-charles-martinet-confirms-that-voiced-mario-for-the-1992-super-ma</ref> although no reliable source has been given to this claim. | Martinet was flown to SimGraphics in South Pasadena the next day<ref>Geek To Me Radio (July 18, 2022). [https://youtu.be/TvNfIj8xPXE?t=1867 314-Nolan North, Charles Martinet, and Keith Coogan]. ''YouTube''.</ref> to be fitted for the [[Mario in Real Time]] system, wherein he had motion sensors attached to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a hidden camera and talked to them as Mario, used rather often by Nintendo for promotional events.<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09</ref> He would not start voicing Mario in games until the 1994 CD release of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' (featuring an altered form of Mario in Real Time), which, while the first confirmed game to have Mario portrayed by Martinet, has been contested by the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (pinball)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' pinball machine in 1992,<ref>https://gonintendo.com/stories/312100-charles-martinet-confirms-that-voiced-mario-for-the-1992-super-ma</ref> although no reliable source has been given to this claim. | ||
He would not go on to voice the Mario brothers in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]] in English, respectively), but instead provide the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in various languages | He would not go on to voice the Mario brothers in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (with the characters instead being voiced by [[Chris Pratt]] and [[Charlie Day]] in English, respectively), but instead provide the voices of [[Papa Mario|their father]] and [[Giuseppe]] in various languages. | ||
Nintendo announced on August 21, 2023 that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the ''Super Mario'' franchise for currently unspecified reasons, and would be taking on the role of Mario Ambassador.<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108</ref> ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' is the first game to feature his replacement(s).<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-charles-martinet-is-not-involved-in-super-mario-bros-wonder</ref> | |||
==Portrayals== | ==Portrayals== | ||