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, and his shirt is a different color.]] is a Fictional Character featured in Video Games and related media released by Nintendo . Luigi is the younger (sometimes twin, see Luigi's Age , below) Brother of Nintendo mascot Mario . He first appeared in '' Mario Bros. '' as the character controlled by the second player, and his role as the second player's character continued in '' Super Mario Bros. '', '' Super Mario Bros. 3 '', and '' Super Mario World ''. It is commonly believed among fans that his full name is Luigi Mario, as he and Mario are referred to as the Mario Brothers. This theory has been supported by Nintendo Of America . Luigi's name was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo Of America 's headquarters in Redmond, Washington , called ''Mario & Luigi's''. His name is also a pun on the Japanese word , meaning "similar", a play on the fact that his Sprite was the same as Mario's in his original appearances. Luigi's voice is performed by Charles Martinet , the same actor who provides Mario's voice. GAME HISTORY Because of software constraints of the time, Luigi initially appeared as a Palette Swap of Mario, identical except in terms of color. As technology improved, Luigi evolved into a physically distinct character, taller and thinner than his brother. He also can jump very high and is distinct by kicking his legs while jumping. This is at least in part due to the conversion of the Japanese game '' Doki Doki Panic '' to the American '' Super Mario Bros. 2 '', where Luigi's character is the thin, high-jumping brother. Although Luigi is taller than his brother, he is actually the younger of the two. Luigi's personality has also been developed over the years: he is depicted as being more nervous and panicky than his brother (a trait that spills over into gameplay; in some games Luigi is considerably harder to control). Other information states that Luigi is simply the smarter, more careful sibling. Other writers have sometimes suggested this is a complex related to being less famous than his brother. This has also been suggested in canon: in the first release of '''', Bowser refers to him as a green wimp and call Mario by his regular name. Also, in '' Super Mario 64 DS '', while playing as Luigi, Toad will comment on Luigi being less important than Mario, although one Toad in particular explains his respect for Luigi by giving him a star hidden from Bowser. In '' Super Princess Peach '', the game states that Peach saved a "Green Man," and Luigi gets accidentally thrown by her in her usual boss victory dance (holding hands with the character she saved and swinging around). In these ''Mario & Luigi'' games, Luigi is the target of constant abuse, which can be caused by any character (including himself). Usually, Mario will perform some trick, then Luigi imitates it and ends up injuring himself. For example, in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', the Mario quartet (accompanied by Baby Mario and Baby Luigi ) emerge on a stage next to the evil Princess Shroob , who's surrounded by four guards. Mario leaps from high above and squishes a guard. Baby Mario does the same for another guard. Baby Luigi also performs this stunt successfully, squishing the third guard. Luigi, however, misses the fourth guard and crashes into a wall to the left offscreen. As Mario's Sidekick When Luigi originally appeared, he was simply Mario with a different color palette. Aside from wearing green instead of red, playing as Luigi was the same as playing as Mario. In America's '''' for the Nintendo DS. The Game Boy Advance remake of ''Super Mario World'' for Game Boy Advance featured the same playability for Luigi. These distinctions are also present in '' Super Mario All-Stars '' and ''Super Mario World'' for the Super NES . Non-playable appearances After '' Super Mario World '', Luigi became less of a frequent character in Mario's platforming titles. In these more recent games, Luigi either has a minor role in which he is not a playable character, or he does not appear at all. In '''', Baby Luigi was kidnapped by Kamek The Magikoopa . He was freed due to the efforts of many Yoshi s who helped defeat Baby Bowser. He also garnered a minor role in '' Super Mario RPG '', where his only actual appearance had him leading the parade in the end credits. However, he was also seen in the game's instruction booklet, offering comments on various aspects of the game. Also, one of the wishes on Star Hill is clearly his, stating that he wishes he was as good of a plumber as his brother Mario. Luigi was surprisingly absent from '' Super Mario 64 '', but rumors immediately spread that he was hidden somewhere in there, most of them revolving on the inscription on the statue in Peach's castle's courtyard. In less than a year, many had made up various methods of how to unlock Luigi, and there were even fake screenshots of Luigi in the game, but they were all proved to be false. (Regardless, Luigi would show up as a playable character in The Nintendo DS Remake , discussed below). Nintendo Power noticed player outrage at Luigi not appearing in Mario 64, and printed a spoof article in which CEOs of Nintendo were asked about Luigi. Most of the responses were variations on "Who's Luigi?" Mention is made of several spin-off games, but Luigi is denied. The end of the article has a 'quote' that "Luigi is the big snowman, right? Yeah, he's getting his own game sometime next year!" Six years later, Luigi was left out of '' Super Mario Sunshine '', and this time was not even mentioned. A sly mention was made to '' Luigi's Mansion '', however; one of the Pianta islander characters, working in Sirena Beach's haunted hotel, asks Mario , "Why doesn't someone come and suck all the ghosts up with a vacuum? Hey...what? Why are you staring at me like that?". Some players stated that Luigi, having rescued Mario in the aforementioned Luigi's Mansion, should have been on holiday with him - or at least mentioned - but surprisingly, there was not as much controversy this time around. Solo appearances Luigi played the starring role of two completely separate games, the first of which was the Edutainment title '' Mario Is Missing! '', released for the NES , SNES , and PC . It was a fairly lackluster game, involving Luigi traveling throughout the world and answering questions related to well-known lands he was visiting (e.g., Japan and Russia ). ''Mario Is Missing!'' was not produced by Nintendo and remains one of the few ''Mario'' games created and developed entirely by an American third-party developer. His second and more prominent starring role was in '' Luigi's Mansion '', the launch title for the Nintendo GameCube , in which Luigi must brave a ghost-filled mansion that he supposedly won (in a contest that he didn't enter) to save Mario. Waluigi and Daisy With the debut of '' Mario Tennis '' for the Nintendo 64 , Luigi also gained his own rival, Waluigi . (Waluigi is a counterpart to Wario ). Waluigi has appeared since in the '' Mario Party '' series, Mario Kart games, '' Mario Power Tennis '', and just about every other game featuring Mario's all-star supporting cast. ''Mario Tennis'' also saw the return of the long-unused character Daisy , who is now believed by some to be Luigi's counterpart to Mario's Princess Peach . There has also, however, been speculation that Luigi, like Mario, is in love with Princess Peach. A cutscene in ''Mario Power Tennis'' when players win any tournament with Princess Peach, shows her blowing kisses to both Mario and Luigi, who both hover a little and swoon. This belief is reinforced by older forms of media involving the Mario Bros. and Princess Peach. There is also an officially licensed Tee-shirt bearing the slogan "I Scored With The Princess," featuring an image of Luigi and Peach from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' running whilst holding hands (although it does look more like Peach is being pulled by Luigi rather than running alongside him). However, it may just be a Tongue-in-cheek joke and doesn't necessarily have any bearing on the Canon of the game series. It is interesting to note though that the image on the tee-shirt has the "L" on Luigi's cap removed. This might suggest that the designers were trying to avoid the fact that it is blatantly Luigi in the depicted artwork. Luigi in the Smash Bros. games Luigi is also a hidden character in the N64 hit '' Super Smash Bros. '' and its GameCube sequel '' Super Smash Bros. Melee ''. His style of fighting is separate from Mario 's due to his one-hit power shots instead of Mario's combo-friendly attacks. His Fireballs are green and have shorter range than Mario's. However, whereas Mario's Fireballs bounce along the ground, Luigi's Fireballs travel in a straight horizontal line. Although he was very similar to Mario in the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', he was given a completely different set of physical attacks in the sequel ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', including some extremely powerful aerial attacks. He was also given the Green Missile attack, similar to Pikachu 's Skull Bash, though Luigi's technique occasionally malfunctions and sends him careening uncontrollably across the stage. This does a lot more damage than a normal Green Missile, but Luigi risks getting propelled off the edges of the arena. The game itself claims the chances of such misfire occurring are 12.5% (1 in 8). Luigi is the most slippery character in the game, which is conducive to an expert technique called "wave-dashing." Luigi also seems to slowly glide around as he jumps. These odd movements are probably a reference to his control in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Luigi's stage (fighting area) is Subcon . All characters in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' have a "fighter's stance", which is usually just a taunt or a way for the character to make fun of the defeated opponent. His fighter's stance a humble pose (Luigi blushes and kicks at the ground with his head ducked and hands behind his back). It is unique in that it also does damage to the opponent and can be used to kick opponents off an edge. Luigi in the RPGs Luigi shows up as a supporting character in ''''. One of them is within the stars containing wishes in Star Hill (One of them says "I wish to be a great plumber, just like my brother Mario") the second one is at the end of the game: he leads the ending victory parade. Luigi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Luigi makes an appearance in '''', released for the Nintendo GameCube. He appears in the audience of the battle sequences a couple of times and can periodically be found in the game's central city where he is willing to recount tales from an adventure of his own that he is apparently undertaking. Ironically, his "adventure" storyline follows many of the elements of the main game's plot. Mario & Luigi RPG series In , Luigi plays a more prominent role, sharing his role with his brother (these games are actually the first that put both brothers working together in order to solve certain tasks). Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS In '' Super Mario 64 DS '' Luigi has high triple-jumping abilities (which is no surprise considering his reputation for high jumps) and a back flip that's nearly as high as his triple jump, but allows him to cover great horizontal distances by spinning with his arms outstretched. Luigi also has a scuttle jump ability that slows his descent. He can also run on water for a few moments. This makes him one of the more useful characters in the game. In this game, Luigi can obtain a Power Flower, with which he becomes invisible, allowing him to walk through enemies, as well as some walls. The fact that Luigi is the only one out of the four playable characters that turns invisible may be a reference to the fact that the is overlooked in the shadow of this brother Mario. Baby Luigi 's minions, called '' where he got kidnapped by Kamek , only to be rescued by his brother Mario and Yoshi later on. Like his older self, Baby Luigi is voiced by Charles Martinet. Baby Luigi more recently appeared in '' Yoshi Touch & Go '', where Yoshi must rescue Luigi by throwing eggs in order to hit the Toadies carrying him. In the multiplayer mode, the second player's Yoshi will be carrying Baby Luigi instead of Baby Mario. Baby Luigi rides along with Baby Mario in '''' in a converted Baby Carriage and appears in '' Mario Superstar Baseball '' as unlockable character with speed ability. Baby Luigi also stars in '''', along with Baby Mario, his older self, and Mario. His abilities in battle appear to be identical to those of Baby Mario. The game explains the co-existence of the two sets of brothers in this game by saying that Mario and Luigi are Sent Back In Time after an experiment with Princess Peach goes terribly wrong. They must battle the evil Princess Shroob to restore order to the shattered past of the Mushroom Kingdom. LUIGI'S VOICE Unlike Mario, whose voice has remained basically the same since its debut in ''Super Mario 64'', Luigi's voice has fluctuated between high and low-pitched varieties throughout games. When his voice was first introduced in '''' and ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', games have consistently given Luigi a low-pitched voice. In Super Mario Strikers, the beginning credits randomly have different characters say "Nintendo" or "Next Level Games". Luigi sounds shaky and frightened when saying either logo. Luigi is voiced by Charles Martinet . LUIGI'S AGE Luigi is now generally accepted as the younger (yet taller) brother of Mario, though in the game ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', he was said to be his twin brother. This was possibly either a mistake, or a fact that was later changed, as a port of that game (''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'') does not refer to Mario and Luigi as twins, but simply as brothers. Yet it is possible for Mario to be a few minutes older than Luigi, considering him as being an older twin brother. LUIGI OUTSIDE OF THE GAMES Though Luigi has become less prominent in the games lately, he would accompany Mario in all of his jumps to other forms of media, with the exception of the '' Saturday Supercade '', which came out at roughly the same time as his first appearance. Interestingly, on the ''Supercade'', Pauline from ''Donkey Kong'' was stated to be Mario's niece, which would logically make Luigi, or an unknown brother of Mario, her father. anime video.]]His film debut came in the obscure 1986 Mario anime movie, '' The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach '', where he was voiced by Mizushima Yu. He does not appear in the three Super Mario Bros. 3 OVA films until the end of the Shirayukihime story, where he saved the day. Afterwards, Luigi was a regular on '' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show '', which cast Danny Wells as both his live portrayal and voice actor. Like his brother, Luigi's voice actor changed in later cartoons, in his case to Tony Rosato . Notably, on '' The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 '', Luigi starred in "Life's Ruff", the only Mario cartoon episode where Mario did not appear. When Mario made the jump to comics in 1990, Luigi made the jump with him. Oddly enough, in the Nintendo Comics System , Luigi did not play the role of Mario's sidekick as frequently as in the cartoons, to the point that in one story Mario referred to Toad as his sidekick. Luigi played quite a different role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie , where he was portrayed by John Leguizamo . There, Luigi was a more easy-going character in contrast to the cynical Mario of the film. Luigi also regularly appears in the unofficial web comic series '' Neglected Mario Characters ''. In the earlier comics, he was portrayed as fed up with having to play second fiddle to Mario all the time and often defected to the Koopas. When he did this, he assumed his alter ego Darth Butch . In this form, he has mastered the power of the Worse and represented the "Slightly-Black Side." In later comics, he is portrayed as the "unsung hero," often has weird dreams, and is very gullible. He is also quite taken with Celes and Daisy . He was one of the Mario Busters along with Toad, Stanley The Bugman , Dr. Donez, and Lemmy The Lemming . He is also one of the few characters to appear in multiple Deathmatches and remain undefeated. Another running gag with Luigi is to not put him in comics and then have him complain about it at the end. As with that strip, Luigi is usually portrayed in fan-made Internet material as being bitter towards his brother, such as in "The Colour of Envy", where he enlists Wario to help him conquer the Mushroom Kingdom and imprison Mario. Ultimately, Mario becomes Fire Mario, KOs Wario and rescues Toad, who has been severely wounded. The most notable exception, however, is Randy Solem's '''s castle with a bloodthirsty army of Yoshi s and Toads. Upon finding out that it is in fact Wart who is responsible for Mario's murder, Luigi wakes up just in time to find out that Wart's now committing the deed for real. Luigi manages to save Mario, but in the process dies himself. While Mario storms through Subcon in a quest for vengeance, Princess Peach ventures to find a 1-Up Mushroom with which she uses to restore life to Luigi, who then flies to Subcon himself to help Mario defeat Wart. CAMEO APPEARANCES In '''' also features Luigi's hat, as well as a green shirt with the L from Luigi's hat on it. It's called the "Li'l Bro's Shirt". He was in Warioware : Touched for a minigame. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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