Mario's New Voice Actor May Have Been Revealed Thanks To A Hacked Demo

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A datamine of a Super Mario Bros. Wonder kiosk demo reveals a list of possible candidates.

By Cameron Koch on

Mario will have a new voice actor in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and the internet thinks it has finally deduced who it (possibly) is--Mick Wingert.

Back in August, Nintendo confirmed fan speculation that longtime Mario voice actor Charles Martinet would not be voicing the character in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Martinet instead would be transitioning into a new role as a «Mario ambassador,» where he will travel the world to interact with fans. However, despite Nintendo announcing Martinet's departure, it didn't reveal who would be taking up the Mario mantle in his place, leaving fans to wildly speculate.

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Now Playing: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Preview

That brings us to today. Via Video Games Chronicle, a datamined list of voice actors allegedly from a hacked kiosk demo of Super Mario Bros. Wonder intended for US retail stores has made its way online. Though anyone can post anything on the internet and claim it to be true, the original poster did attach screenshots for previously unseen levels from World 1 of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, lending the list of datamined voice actors an air of authenticity.

The only problem is that the list of voice actors obtained from the datamine doesn't state which actors are voicing which characters, leading users like Famiboards' user MondoMega to do some sleuthing to find out who is playing whom. By cross-referencing each actor's previous voice work and eliminating voice