A man of many voices, Charles Martinet is best known to gamers as the voice of Super Mario. It’s his iconic “It’s-a me, Mario!” that puts a smile on our faces, but how would you react if he were to provide the voice of another Nintendo star? That of the silent protagonist from The Legend of Zelda, Link? Apparently, he was interested in the role and even spoke to the chief about it.
“I spoke to Mr. Miyamoto and said, ‘I wanna be Link, I wanna be Link,’ and Miyamoto told me that Link isn’t going to have a voice; he is going to stay the way he is. Of course Mr. Miyamoto is always right! The way it works right now is the way it is supposed to be. It’s the genius of Miyamoto and he knows just the right formula for making his games more fun and more exciting.”
Can’t say I’m surprised, considering Nintendo’s stance that the player is Link. I guess we’ll just keep listening to the grunts and screams from Link’s current voice actors, Nobuyuki Hiyama and Akira Sasanuma.
