Here's What Mario And Luigi's New Voices Sound Like

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Nintendo has just shared some new gameplay footage for Super Mario Bros. Wonder following its dedicated Direct showcase, and it gives us our best listen yet at the new voices for Mario and Luigi.

When Super Mario Bros. Wonder was first announced earlier this year, a lot of Mario fans pointed out that there was something different about the moustachioed plumber's voice. This was initially taken as Martinet trying something new for the character but, as was revealed last week, it turns out that the theories were true and that Martinet had stepped down from the role to become a "Mario Ambassador", whatever the heck that means.

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Since then, fans have been pouring over the first reveal trailer to try and get as good a listen as possible to Mario and Luigi's new voice, which proved difficult since there were only a few instances where Mario made noise. Thankfully, Nintendo has released some new gameplay clips that give us a good chance to hear what both Mario and Luigi sound like now.

As shared by Twitter user SuperMarioOOC85, the new clips come from some gameplay footage that Nintendo released alongside previews for the game at Gamescom. Let's start off with Mario here, whose new voice actor speaks their first "It's a-me" in the opening few seconds of the clip. It sounds very close to Martinet's version, but is a little bit higher-pitched and just off enough that it's the most noticeably different voice lines.

Beyond that, the voice clips we hear from Mario in the footage sound just like Charles Martinet did. It might just be the Mandela effect talking but it's still kind of obvious that it's not Martinet and just