mario voice prediction

With the morning's news that Charles Martinet is retiring / being retired from the voice of Mario, I can't shake a sense of deja vu with James Earl Jones selling the rights to his Vader voice so it can be created via AI. Prediction: because Nintendo has 30 years worth of Martinet's voice recordings, the next Mario will be an AI Martinet.

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Words (more than these) are coming, Jawan Koo's soundtrack to THE VILLAINESS (such a great film) is in my ears and, other than my tool bag falling on my toe which made me scream and nearly cry, I'm ok, a new week, etc etc etc, devoid – so far at least – of large construction projects necessitating another person being around. Unrelated yet pondering: given that it's been almost ten years since THE GOLDFINCH, aren't we due for a new Donna Tartt novel?