Charles Martinet — who has given Mario his voice since 1995 — will attend a special Mario-themed event at the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis on September 7th.
The event — which takes place from 9.30am to 8pm on Saturday 7th September and 12.30pm to 6pm on Sunday 8th September — will also feature hourly Mario Kart 7 competitions as well as Wii U and 3DS demo pods showcasing some of the Italian plumber's most recent adventures.
Martinet — who also lends his vocal talents to Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi — will be available on the Saturday for autograph and photo opportunities between 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.
Are you planning on making the trip? Let us know by posting a comment below. In the meantime, let's remind ourselves of Martinet's greatest moment on video:
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I'll never forget when left a voicemail on my phone to let me know that my Wii was ready to be picked up at Gamestop on launch day. I was a little kid again. LOL Good to see he's doing great!
Nice bloke, I met him this year at an autograph fair, he was the only person not charging for his autograph.
Wish I could be there to meet that wonderful man!
He's also the voice of RUNNER 2, which is one of my favorite games right now..
@Undead_terror Same!
I'd love to go there and meet the man himself. Whether I do or not, who knows...? It'd be nice if 3D World was at the demo pods.
Very animated guy lol. Its weird to put that voice with something other than Mario's face hahah
I can't forget his name while I'm playing Runner 2...
He's great in Runner 2. What a true voice talent in the industry.
I can't believe how old he's looking. That man needs to live forever.
I dont have too. He was at an Anime convention in Sacramento last month. I wasn't going to go but my friend talked me into it. Imagine my surprise when I saw Charles there. I was glad that I went after all. Lol
He looks so cheerful and humble, it must be great to know him.
There was a Youtube video where he, as Luigi, talked in Spanish. That was awesome.
He's almost more the face of nintendo than mario is. I mean he's humble, good natured, very quirky and almost eyebrow raisingly weird at times but overall a brilliant and talented icon of the industry
@sinalefa What's the youtube video called? I would like to watch it, it sounds interesting.
I wish i could be there!! It would be awesome to get Martinet's Autograph.
@Alpha2797
Here you go. He talks in Spanish to a girl at 3:17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocJiVhDf-Fo
@sinalefa Thanks. It so weird hearing Luigi in spanish, but awesome at the same time!
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