Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario since Super Mario 64, has voiced his last lines as the iconic plumber. The upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and any future Mario games, will not feature his vocal talents.

Charles Martinet has been the voice of Mario for a landmark 27 years, and is also the voice of many supporting characters, including Wario, Waluigi, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.

While he may be retiring from his voice work, he isn’t leaving Nintendo altogether. Nintendo issued this statement on social media website X, formerly known as Twitter:

"Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64. Charles is now moving into the brand-new role of Mario Ambassador. With this transition, he will be stepping back from recording character voices for our games, but he'll continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario and interacting with you all!

It has been an honor working with Charles to help bring Mario to life for so many years and we want to thank and celebrate him. Please keep an eye out for a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles himself, which we will post at a future date. "

And with that in mind, stay tuned to N-Europe as we will bring you the aforementioned video when it releases. For now...