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Actually he got the role in 1987 though he would only voice the character officially from 1994 onwards. So there is still the possibility that Martinet would've ended up voicing Mario if this anime was dubbed in English.

Here's a source:

https://gamejunkienz.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/mariopagesept151.pdf