Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy top long-time Mario actor Charles Martinet's list of favorite Mario games, but "Luigi's Mansion just touches my little heart"
Sep. 2, 2024Martinet’s drawing plenty of praise for his picks
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Long-time Mario actor has revealed his personal favorite Mario games, and they include Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy.
“You can run around like ‘woo!'” Martinet adds, with the final word of that comment obviously being done in-character as Mario. The Mario actor namedrops Super Mario Odyssey as one particular “sandbox” game that he thinks is “fabulous,” which is chiefly because of its 3D world and music - at which point he brilliantly mimics Odyssey’s score.
“And to start, of course, with Mario Teaches Typing, because that solidified in my heart what I was going to do with that loving character,” Martinet continues, referencing the oft-forgotten 1991 game. “But then 64, Sunshine, Galaxy was unbelievable. And Luigi’s Mansion just touches my little heart,” Martinet concludes of his game selections.
Martinet is receiving a lot of love on social media for his personal favorite Mario games, like Super Mario Galaxy. “This is truly a common Charles Martinet W,” reads one tweet reacting to the actor’s picks, while another adds, “He’s so real for bringing up Luigi’s Mansion.” In actual fact, it’s arguably Luigi’s Mansion that’s being praised as Martinet’s best selection.
After 39 years, Nintendo’s legendary composer put his voice in Super Mario Bros Wonder when his idea for a “live-action” Mario with “human proportions” was rejected.
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