Luigi

Luigi (Japanese: ルイージ, ruīji) is Mario's younger brother from Nintendo video games. Luigi's full name is believed to be Luigi Mario, while his brother's full name is Mario Mario. (This is canon. According to the Mario Bros. movie, Shigeru Miyamoto and television series, their surname is Mario). He first appeared in Mario Bros. as the character of player two, and his role as player two's character continued in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World.

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Japanese - Mario - Brother - Nintendo - Video game - Canon - Mario Bros. movie - Shigeru Miyamoto - Television series - Mario Bros. - Super Mario Bros. - Super Mario Bros. 3 - Super Mario World

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Luigi's name was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, which was called Mario & Luigi's. His name also serves simultaneously as a pun of the Japanese word 類似 (ruiji), meaning "similar" or "analogous" (based on his original role as a copy of Mario).

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Nintendo of America - Redmond, Washington

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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. 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 was the thin, high-jumping Mama. Luigi's personality has also been developed over the years and he is depicted as being more nervous and panicky than his brother. However, as is stated in the Mario Party instruction manual, Luigi is more intelligent than Mario.

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Palette swap - Doki Doki Panic - Super Mario Bros. 2

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In America's Super Mario Bros. 2 (not to be confused with Japan's ), Luigi was one of the four characters that players could choose to play as. He was characterized in that game as having the highest and longest jump of the playable characters. This feature made him quite popular among fans of the series. Luigi has starred in two games, the first of which was the edutainment title Mario Is Missing!, released for the 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). The game 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 starring role was in Luigi's Mansion, released for the Nintendo GameCube, in which Luigi must brave a ghost-filled mansion to save Mario. He also co-starred in a 2003 game called ' (a Mario RPG along the lines of Paper Mario) in which you control both Mario and Luigi to save Princess Peach yet again.

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Super Mario Bros. 2 - Edutainment - Mario Is Missing! - SNES - PC - Japan - Russia - Luigi's Mansion - Nintendo GameCube - 2003 - Paper Mario - Princess Peach

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In ', Baby Luigi was kidnapped by Kamek the Magikoopa. He was freed due to the efforts of many Yoshies after the defeat of Baby Bowser.

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Kamek the Magikoopa - Yoshi

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In the remake of Super Mario World for Game Boy Advance, Luigi is slightly more integral, as you have a choice between Mario or Luigi. Luigi can jump higher and run faster.

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Super Mario World - Game Boy Advance

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Luigi is also a playable character in the Mario Party series, for the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo GameCube.

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Mario Party - Nintendo 64 - Nintendo GameCube

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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 since appeared in the Mario Party series, ', and Mario Power Tennis. That game also brought back the long-unused character Daisy, who is now believed by "gossips" to be Luigi's answer to Mario's Princess Peach. However, there is evidence (Charlie Nazawa's Nintendo Power comics, older media and books, etc.) suggesting that Luigi is secretly in love with Princess Peach, despite Mario's apparent claim to her.

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Mario Tennis - Nintendo 64 - Waluigi - Wario - Mario Party - Mario Power Tennis - Daisy - Princess Peach - Nintendo Power

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Luigi is also a hidden character in the N64 hit Super Smash Bros. and in the GameCube sequel Super Smash Bros. Melee. His style of fighting is similar to Mario's but Luigi jumps significantly higher, has immense hangtime, but has less traction and speed. Although he was very similar to Mario in the original, in Melee he was given a completely different set of physical attacks, including some extremely powerful aerial attacks.

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N64 - Super Smash Bros. - Super Smash Bros. Melee - Mario

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Luigi makes an appearance in '. He appears in the audience a couple of times, and he has own adventures that mostly hinge on his making poor choices.

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Luigi makes another appearance in Super Mario 64 DS for the new handheld Nintendo DS. He has high triple-jumping abilities (which is no surprise considering his reputation for high jumps) and a backflip that's nearly as high as his triple jump but that allows him to cover great horizontal distances by spinning with his arms outstretched. Luigi also has a scuttle jump ability that slows his descent. This makes him one of the more useful characters in the game. In this game, when Luigi gets a Power Flower, he becomes invisible, which allows him to walk through enemies as well as some walls.

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Super Mario 64 DS - Nintendo DS

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In the 1993 feature film Super Mario Bros., Luigi was played by John Leguizamo. In cartoons, he was voiced by Danny Wells and then Tony Rosato. Currently, he, like Mario, is voiced by Charles Martinet.

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1993 - Super Mario Bros. - John Leguizamo - Danny Wells - Tony Rosato - Charles Martinet

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In the game , Luigi goes on his own adventure, and becomes a bestselling author of the five book series "Super Luigi." Throughout the game, you (Mario) may talk to Luigi about his adventures in rescuing Princess Eclair.

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