Super Mario is "who I want to be as a man," says legendary voice actor Charles Martinet: "Kind, passionate, always optimistic"

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The world could always use some more Mario

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Charles Martinet, the man who voiced all of Super Mario's wahoos and let's-a-go and it's-a-me quips for well over three decades, says the red-hatted plumber is who he aspires to be as a person.

Not in the sense that he wants to become a mushroom-eating Italian/Japanese plumber who dabbles as a doctor, acrobat, golfer, and general multi-threat, that is, but the iconic voice actor thinks the world could always use some more of Mario's best qualities.

Kaan Serin
Freelance contributor

Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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