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Contents 1 In Japan too? 2 MP3 voice clip needs to be OGG'd 3 Pink flamingoes 4 Expansion?

[edit] In Japan too?

Is Martinet's voice work used in the original Japanese versions of the Nintendo games, or just in the English ones? What of other languages? -- J44xm 20:24, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

From what I can tell, he's Mario globablly. I can guarantee Japan, at any rate: a pre-release video of Mario & Luigi, taken (I think) from a Japanese website (or at least having the Japanese logo) had several voiceclips acted by Martinet's voice. --Shadow Hog 20:50, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

I thought so. Thanks for the info. I'll add a not-too-specific blurb in the article. -- J44xm 01:03, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MP3 voice clip needs to be OGG'd

Although 99% of the world can play an MP3, it isn't patent-free, yet. 65.67.98.193 19:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pink flamingoes

He also has an arguably unhealthy obssesion with Pink Flamingoes Trunksamurai 23:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion?

I've noticed that there is a marked difference between his official site and his wikipedia page. The wikipedia page seems to focus in on his Nintendo works while omitting a good number of his other performances. His website, on the other hand, puts Nintendo on equal footing with about a dozen other companies he has worked for at tradeshows. I figure the Wikipedia page should reflect that...