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Charles Martinet is retiring as the voice of Mario (twitter.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mario seems like the perfect character to replace the voice actor with an AI. He barely says anything, and often it’s what he already said before.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's an insult to Charles' talent. The man is a professional voice actor and his sense can't be replaced by AI. Replicated maybe, but not replaced.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I think the thing AI can't do is inspired delivery of lines. Mario doesn't say much, but the way it is said is very important. I think it would be easier to replace most characters in Final Fantasy games with AI than it would Mario.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As long as they keep paying him to use his voice