Nintendo revealed in August that longtime Mario voice actor Charles Martinet would now not be voicing Mario. Amongst hypothesis of a special voice actor for Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder trailers, Nintendo additionally introduced Martinet was not jumpman’s voice within the sport, leaving followers to surprise who the brand new voice is. After months of web sleuthing, guesswork, and extra, Nintendo has confirmed that Genshin Impact voice actor Kevin Afghani is the brand new voice of Mario.
“The voice actor’s name is Kevin Afghani,” Nintendo tells Game Informer in a press release.
Afghani celebrated the information with a tweet in the present day about how excited he’s to voice each Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
“Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom.”
Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!
— Kevin Afghani (@KevinAfghani) October 13, 2023
Afghani’s credit embody Arnold within the aforementioned Genshin Impact, Raditz in Dragon Ball R&R, and Short Detective, General, and Grunt within the Secret History of Cuphead brief.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder hits Switch solely on October 20. Ahead of its launch, Mario graced the duvet of the most recent situation of Game Informer, and we have been diving deep into the making of the sport and extra in our unique Super Mario Bros. Wonder protection hub. Here are a number of the tales you could find in it:
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