With the retirement of Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario and various Super Mario characters, earlier this year, some strong discussions have circled around who will take over the role behind the mic. It's been made official, and individual providing the pipes (ha, see what I did there?) for everyone's favorite Plumber Bros. will be Kevin Afghani. After seemingly keeping cards close to the chest, the announcement was clarified October 13th, a week before the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!

Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!

— Kevin Afghani (@KevinAfghani) October 13, 2023

At 26 years of age, Kevin's other voice roles include Raditz in the fan-made web show, Dragonball R&R (created by Dragonball Z Abridged writers Team Four Star), the Detective in the short, Secret History of Cuphead and "Ask-Me-For-Directions" Arnold, a Summertime Odyssey event exclusive character in Genshin Impact. This will be Kevin's biggest role yet, and we here at Game Fix wish him the best of luck.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder launches for the Nintendo Switch October 20th.