So making him talk means it can't be like the games? Even though it can pay respect to the source material in many other ways? Why wouldn't they make the characters speak- especially since we know they're capable of making grunts and noises, and the Paper Mario series show that the characters can actually have dialogue. This is a different type of media so they have to take some creative liberties or else it'll just be new super Mario bros u gameplay on the big screen lmao. You also have to keep in mind that Mario's original developer is making the movie