"Mama Mia!" Mario's Video Game Voice Actor Is Retiring After 27 Years

You may not know Charles Martinet's name, but you definitely know his voice: he's been the video game voice actor for Mario since Super Mario 64. His yelps, exclamations and proclamations helped Mario win the hearts and minds of millions of gamers, and now he's set to step out of the recording booth after 27 years. Nintendo announced in a recent tweet (or post, if you'd prefer, now that it's "X" and not Twitter) that Martinet will be "stepping back from recording character voices for our games" ...