Shouting, grunting, and yahoo-ing may sound easy at first glance, but Super Mario voice actor Charles Martinet not only came up with a dozen or more different ways to make the same sound. He also imbued each falling yell, burned overalls, and triumphant leap with an enduring sense of joy that became as much a part of the Mario series as the Koopa King and platforming action. With the news that Martinet is leaving his role as Nintendo’s iconic plumber, we delved through his prodigious voice work over the past 25 years and picked out some of our favorite Super Mario voice lines.
