A dark day for Mario


While some may believe this is the best Mario game, if not the best game ever, it aint so perfect. Don't get me wrong: despite not being able to play as Princess Toadstool, this is one of my favorite video games of all time. However, there is a seemingly eternal flaw that can never be forgiven. I can't stand Mario's new voice. It's bad enough they changed Princess (Peach) Toadstool's hair from red/brown to blonde in Super Mario World. Now Mario sounds like a complete idiot with his fake itallian accent. I want the old Brooklyn plumbers back (that goes for Luigi too), and I want the Princess that not only has her crimson hair back, but doesn't sound like the ditzy stereotype of a dumb blonde.

...and I am NOT saying that blonde females are dumb. There are, I know, very intelligent women out there -- even blonde ones.

...and when I said "dark", I meant dismall, depressing, almost evil. If the Mario Brothers were African-Itallian-American, this would probably be a positive thing, as it could make for some interesting interracial romance, if Nintendo has the guts!!

The bottom line: Mario, Luigi, and Peach sound terrible. No disrespect to Leslie Swan (Peach's voice) who is probably great at designing games, but she needs to make herself not sound so moronic. Charles Martinet, you're fired!!

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From the cartoon series, Lou Albino, I think. I don't know who did the voices in Mario Teaches typing.

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In Super Mario Bros 2 for Game Boy Advance and in Super Mario All-Stars, The Princess' hair was blonde. In the original Nintendo Entertainment System version, her hair was red-brown, as it was in Super Mario Bros 1 and 3, and in the cartoon series.

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...Dero, Mario is a fictional character and ripping him from that fictional state to give him some dumb Brooklyn accent is an easy way to make american kids happy, but ruins him as a fun character in general. I myself watched the show when it was on and found the voice in Mario 64 to be much more fitting.
Mario's games are playable because of his unbelievable charm and age-lessness. If i want some wise cracking idiot hero that makes children laugh i'd play Jak and Daxter or Final Fantasy X. I'd rather play as someone who makes ME laugh, and Mario does. I want someone to save me from that trash, I want someone who's fun without cracking a joke every five minutes, and so there is Mario.
It wouldn't normally be fun to play as some overweight plumber from New York, but it is fun because Mario is as charming as anything.
I don't know if i could force myself to play the games if he had a thick Brooklyn accent and said lines as painfully humorous as, "We've got a cloggy situation, Luigi."(Cute, "hip" plumber lingo)... (stupid lingo)
Shigeru Miyamoto knew what was right for the character and if it were upto him Mario would have always had the voice he has today.

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They should at least give you/me the option of turning the voices off (better yet individually).
Imagine how cool it would be if you could turn off those horrible announcers in such games as Beach Spikers, Super Monkey Ball, the Mario Kart games, and Super Smash Bros Melee.
Super Mario Bros 3 on Game Boy Advance would be great if Mario didn't say "Just what I needed!" whenever he got a power-up or "Oh! Mamma Mia!" every time he died! It gets REALLY annoying!!
Heaven help us if they give Link voice dialogue (you know, beyond the grunts and cries he makes).

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The only game i've ever really disliked the voice acting in was StarFox 64, Slippy and the others whine all the time. DDR is another one (I'll ignore FFX for now).
If you don't like Mario's voice then you probably should never play Mario and Luigi: The Superstar Saga. Mario and Luigi say things all the time. You may not like their voices, but I think the game is only playable because of their voices. I feel that it adds so much character to Mario and Luigi.

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What's FFX? You mean Final Fantasy 10?
In Star Fox 64, if I remember correctly, you could turn the voices off while still having both the music and sound effects. And while I respect your opinion about the voices in Star Fox 64, the only lines that really ever bugged me were, "You're becoming more like your father," "Bow to the great Andross," and that sappy encounter between Fox McCloud (not spelled McCleod in Star Fox) and James McCloud. As for Kat... well, let's just say there could be a very good reason I haven't seen or heard about her in any info on Star Fox Armada.

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Well, Blonde chicks are hotter, and Mario barely ever talks in his game.

Now THAT's Italian

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I always thought that it was Princess Daisy with the browny hair in the old Mario games, and Princess Peach in the new Mario games. I thought this was explained in Mario Tennis on the N64

Different frogs, different times.

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Do you guys really play video games this much that you even know the voices and quotes? Guys! You need a walk in the park.

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The only thing dark about this day is that I read the insane rant of some insane dude who like brunettes, is from Brooklyn, obsesses over video games voices, and likes interracial pornography.

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Who are you talking about? I've never even been to Brooklyn.

UPDATE: I went to New York a few years ago. I didn't have time to go to Brooklyn though.

"There is no escape, John!"

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mario is italian american. he's originally from brooklyn. it's in all the mario back stories in the early games. mario had a deep voice with the ny accent. this game was the first thing to make him sound like an italian version of mickey mouse. EVERYBODY knew who mario was back then and most people i knew had seen the cartoon. we knew what he sounded like. therefore, we hated his new cutesy voice

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I'm glad not everyone disagrees with me.

"There is no escape, John!"

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