The Year of Luigi



The Year of Luigi is a special event held in 2013 in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Luigi's debut in Mario Bros. As such, it features a series of games, collectibles, and downloadable content with Luigi as the main focus.

Games

 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
 * New Super Luigi U
 * Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
 * Luigi Bros., an unlockable, built-in game in Super Mario 3D World which is based on the original Mario Bros.

Merchandise

 * A Luigi-themed Nintendo 3DS XL with the digital version of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team pre-installed on the 4GB SD card. (Available for retail in Japan, and exclusively via Nintendo's official online store in the United Kingdom. )
 * Japan Club Nintendo members can get a copy of The Year of Luigi Sound Selection. It contains 30 songs from Luigi's Mansion to Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. It costs 400 points, but members who have purchased and registered any Year of Luigi games can get the CD for only 200 points.
 * Exclusive merchandise is available in Japan.
 * Five drawing competencies in Miiverse about five topics related to Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, the drawings were chosen by MariChan, who is in charge of the Luigi communities.
 * A New Super Luigi U scrapbook, with screenshots of Miiverse, the screenshots are chosen by MariChan.
 * Four Miiverse communities open only during the event:
 * A general type community for The Year of Luigi.
 * A Developer's Room dedicated to The Year of Luigi.
 * One for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
 * One for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
 * Six people from Nintendo are wearing dark green clothes and Luigi's Cap on their Miis in StreetPass Mii Plaza during this year.
 * Miyamoto
 * Iwata
 * Konno
 * Tezuka
 * Hayashida
 * Tanabe
 * US and Canada Club Nintendo members who purchased New Super Luigi U from the Nintendo eShop by August 1, 2013 and completed the surveys within four weeks after downloading had a chance to win 1 of 980 Luigi pins.
 * The Wii U Summer Tour, which brought Wii U and Nintendo 3DS booths to major US cities for a limited time, featuring Year of Luigi games.
 * A new Year of Luigi stationary has been released for Swapnote.
 * Two people from Nintendo have sent notes on Swapnote about the Year of Luigi.
 * Miyamoto
 * Tezuka
 * The announcement of Luigi confirmed to appear in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.
 * A Year of Luigi coin will be available with a small green bag for 1500 stars in the European Club Nintendo website.

Trivia

 * The logo is similar to that of the logo used during the Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary.