I vote he neither replace, nor doesn't replace.
On a side note, is it my imagination or are there two threads about this with the same title? Maybe a browser malfunction. Maybe I'm going crazy. Maybe I ate some bad mushrooms. Maybe I'll grow really big for doing so and stomp turtles and what I think are goombas. Maybe I'll pick up a leaf and be able to fly. Ahh, japanese games about italian plumbers voiced by old mexicans. (seriously, for Super Mario 64, the voice was Tino Martinet who was I believe in his 80's). Could I be any more off topic? Yes.