| Luigi | |
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| Information | |
| Game series | Mario series |
| First appearance | Mario Bros. (1981) |
| Alter ego: | Mr. L |
| Japanese name: | ルイージ, Ruīji |
| Occupation: | Plumber, golfer, tennis pro, baseball player, soccer captain, dancer, etc. |
| Species: | human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Dislikes: | Ghosts |
| Family: | Mario (older brother) |
| Home: | Mushroom Kingdom |
| Power: | Thunderhand |
| Weapon(s): | Hammer |
| Creator(s): | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Voice actor(s): | Charles Martinet |
| Trademark: | Blue/Geen overalls, Green "L" cap. |
Luigi is the often overlooked brother of videogame superstar Mario. Originally, he was just "Player 2", a palette swap of Mario. Over time, he became his own character, showing slight differences with Mario. In games such as Super Mario Bros. 2 or Super Smash Bros., Luigi is often categorized as being faster or jumping higher. However Luigi, in exchange, has little or no traction and has problems stopping in multiple games.
His first leading role was in the game Mario Is Missing!. It was not until the Nintendo GameCube launch title, Luigi's Mansion, that he got to be the main character again. Otherwise, Luigi is a staple of the Mario universe, being included in every mario sports game, and was even given his own arch nemesis, Waluigi, to compare to Mario's Wario.
Luigi has been called, "That Green Guy." Luigi's full name is "Luigi Mario". His name is a pun, as "Ruiji" is Japanese for 'similar'.
Trivia
- Luigi was first introduced in Mario Bros., a game that was not originally intended to be 2-player until Miyamoto saw Joust. He was very impressed with the concept, and wanted to introduce a second player to the gameplay, Mario's brother. His name is rumored to have come from a pizza parlor nearby the then-new Redmond, Washington headquarters of Nintendo of America called "Mario and Luigi's."
- Luigi's evil twin/rival Waluigi, is Luigi's answer to Mario's Wario.
- His full name is Luigi Mario.
- Luigi's tall, thin, and squirrel characteristics first distinguished him from Mario in Super Mario 2. This is because Mario 2 was basically the game Doki Doki Panic with a few sprite swaps. The original character that Luigi usurped was tall and thin with good jumping skills. These characteristics would later carry over into other games.
- Luigi's personality wasn't distinguished from Mario's until Luigi's Mansion, a survival horror that casted Luigi as a reluctant scaredy-cat hero.
- Luigi's use as a comic relief character wasn't really fully fleshed out until Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. His humorous (yet silently mimed) role in this game won many fans over. He now has a small following that appreciates him more than the real hero, Mario.
- In New Super Mario Bros., players can control Luigi in the single player game by holding the L + R buttons when selecting a save file.