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Like many other protagonists of Nintendo games, Mario rarely fully speaks in the mainline video games, making him a mostly semi-silent protagonist. In early games, however, Mario fully speaks for long periods of time, such as in ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals|Mario's Game Gallery]]'' and ''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]''. Mario, whose voice is provided by Charles Martinet, speaks sometimes broken English with a heavy Italian accent and in a soft, high-pitched voice, often referring to himself in the third person. There are some games where Mario has also been given complete dialogue bubbles, such as ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]'' and ''Fortune Street''. Mario has also spoken in full sentences in various promotional events, such as the 2006 interview for ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'',<ref>Inkydog (November 8, 2007). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxy2D8kXdHk Mario Interview - New Super Mario Bros.] ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 28, 2022.</ref> a [[Mario Press Conference|press conference released for ''Mario Sports Mix'']], the [[Nintendo 3DS]] system demonstration,<ref>mattwu64 (November 3, 2011). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYa7G467_Yo Super Mario's Nintendo 3DS Tour]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 16, 2022.</ref> and [[Play Nintendo]]'s series ''[[Mario Reads Your Letters]]''. In promotional venues with MIRT, people can communicate with Mario by asking various questions; there, too, Mario speaks for long periods of time.<ref name="Mario Mario"/><ref>Replay the past (November 7, 2007). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihWsOcbS_E mario diss to sony at e3 and also does impressions]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>Sly Peach (October 13, 2014). [https://youtu.be/BXyJwvhrNCY Mario In Real Time at New York Comic Con 2013]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 23, 2023.</ref> In ''[[The Cat Mario Show]]'', Mario can speak fully, but he has an entirely different voice. In games such as ''Super Mario 3D World'' and ''Super Mario Odyssey'', Mario's voice has become noticeably deeper (though not to the extent as the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'') and slightly weaker in energy due to Martinet aging.

Likewise, in some cases, Mario is a true silent protagonist, or he does not speak in English. In ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', Mario is completely silent, communicating solely through pantomime. In the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' titles]], he mainly communicates through simple nodding and hand gestures; while he is completely silent in ''Paper Mario'', however, he is given his usual voice in the latter games. Mario is also silent during dialogue scenes in the ''[[Mario Baseball (series)|Mario Baseball]]'' series, ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]], and the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series, although he can technically talk. In these games, other characters speak for him, mainly [[Lakitu]] and [[Toad]]. In the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' titles, Mario and Luigi speak in unintelligible Italian-sounding gibberish that the other characters can understand.