
More than three decades later, he still hasn't stopped. I guess everybody else stopped, but I never did," he said. "The only direction was, don't stop until you run out of things to say. He was the last one to get there and was told to talk like an Italian plumber from Brooklyn.

Martinet did end up going to the audition. "I said, 'I'm a professional actor, I would never crash an audition… where should I go?'" I was at the beach doing what actors do, waiting for my pager to go off," he said, adding he got a call from a friend telling him to crash the audition. "Oh my goodness, I crashed an audition 31 years ago. He's been doing what he loves to do since his official debut as Mario in 1992. "I'm just doing what I love to do, but it has such an impact." "People come up to me (and say), ' You're the voice of my childhood,'" he said. Martinet said he can't wait to be at the event and meet the fans – many sharing the impact he has had on their lives. Martinet, the voice actor for Nintendo's Mario, Luigi, and many others, is in town for the Winnipeg ComicCon which runs at the RBC Convention Centre from Oct. "It's-a me, Super Mario," Martinet said with a big grin in the voice of an Italian plumber known around the globe.Ĭharles Martinet, the voice of Nintendo's Mario, reveals his iconic character during an interview on CTV Morning Live in Winnipeg on Oct. In a dramatic reveal in the CTV News studio Friday morning, akin to that of Superman or Spiderman rushing to save the day, Charles Martinet pulled open his top shirt revealing his alter ego. Super Mario would agree – or at least the voice behind the iconic character. Super Mario Bros.The saying goes if you love what you do you never work a day in your life. For now, there’s plenty to be excited about.

Nintendo will likely hold a dedicated Direct prior to the game’s release to run down more gameplay features. There’s still plenty more for Nintendo to reveal in terms of gameplay, but based on what’s been shown so far, it seems truly Wonderful. The trailer also offered a look at some interesting gameplay features, such as the ability to grind on rails, and a new stretching mechanic that makes your character tall. which, of course, took the internet by storm. Nintendo hasn’t shown off much of this new feature, but it did end the reveal trailer with a look at Mario as an elephant.

While the fundamental gameplay will mirror recent 2D entries, this new installment will include new items called Wonder Flowers.Ĭollecting a Wonder Flower will impact the stage in wild ways, like turning your character into a spiky ball or certain parts of the level coming to life. Wonder is a 2D side-scroller that will seemingly play a lot like the New Super Mario Bros. Wonder Flowers will change the game’s stages in surprising ways.
