Luigi



Luigi is Mario's younger brother who first appeared as a pallette swap of Mario in Mario Bros. for the Arcade (and later, for the NES). He wears green instead of red and is taller and slimmer than Mario. While Mario is everyone's favorite superstars, Luigi is not nearly as well known among the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. Countless times, especially in the Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi series, he is shown to be a coward, and rather clumsy. People in the Beanbean Kingdom never recognized him in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, simply referring to him as "greenie" or "the other guy". Several other games recognize that he is easily frightened. With his days on the NES as an exception, Luigi rarely goes on dangerous adventures when asked (fearing for his own safety), yet when Mario goes on one and nobody asks him, he is jealous.

Luigi's History
Luigi appeared in Mario Bros. where he helped his brother Mario defeat all the enemies coming through the pipes. He was the second player. He wore white overalls with a green shirt, but when he becomes Fiery Luigi, he becomes the same color as Fiery Mario.

In Super Mario Bros., Luigi went with Mario, to defeat the evil King Koopa, Bowser, and save Princess Peach and the Mushroomers. Luigi was the second player, as well.

In Super Mario Bros. 2 Luigi appeared as a playable character. He had the same dream of Mario, and Luigi accompanied Toad, Peach and Mario on the quest to defeat Wart. He had a better jumping ability than the other players.

In Super Mario Bros. 3 Luigi was the second player again, and jumped the same as Mario. In the game he went with Mario again to defeat Bowser and his Koopalings to save Peach.

In Super Mario World, Luigi was slower than Mario, but had a better jumping ability, similar to Yoshi's flutter kick move.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island features Baby Luigi. While the Stork was carrying the twins, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Kamek kidnapped Baby Luigi, while Baby Mario fell down on Yoshi's Island. For the whole game, Baby Luigi plays the role of the damsel, waiting for Baby Mario and Yoshi to rescue him. One notable inconsistency that appears in this game is that here, Luigi and Mario are twins, while other games refer to Luigi as the younger Mario bro.

Luigi got the starring role in Mario is Missing, a game similar to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Luigi had to find Mario while learning about geography.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Luigi does not appear at all except in the credits. A star in Star Hill clearly says, that Luigi wants to become a good plumber, just like his brother, Mario.

In Super Mario 64, many fans have been doing rumors that Luigi is an unlockable character in the game. Many people also say that in the countyard of Peach's Castle on the Star Statue it says "L is really 2045". However, the words are mostly Sribble, and you can barely read what it says. There was one person who made a video of Luigi in the game, but it proved to be a fake. They actually altered Mario's appearance with GameShark.

In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi won a mansion in a contest he never entered. Luigi called Mario and asked him to visit the mansion. However, Mario soon went missing. When Luigi went to the mansion, Mario was nowhere to be found and ghosts haunted the mansion. Luigi met Professor E. Gadd and recieved the Poltergust 3000, a vacuum that sucks up ghosts. Luigi eventually saved Mario from King Boo.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi was the main character of the game along with Mario. When Peach's voice was stolen by Cackletta Luigi didn't want to help get it back, but Mario and Bowser forced him. Luigi possessed the thunder hand ability and could burrow underground.

Luigi actually had an adventure while Mario looked for the Crystal Stars in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Unfortunately, you could not play Luigi's adventure, but you could hear bits of it in Rougeport as he tells you his story. It's hard to tell what of the story is true and what is made up, as Luigi sometimes exaggerates to make himself look better, while his partners that joined his party disagree with some of what he says. You can also buy 5 Super Luigi books in the item shop, which tell Luigi's story in more detail, but often stretch the truth to extremes.

Luigi's adventure involved rescuing Princess Eclair of the Waffle Kingdom from the Chestnut King. Luigi's story sounded extremely similar to Mario's in most aspects. He usually messed up during his adventure, such as accidentally knocking his partner Blooey the Blooper into lava.

Luigi has appeared in New Super Mario Bros. as a hidden character and the second player in multiplayer. He goes on an adventure with Mario again to defeat Bowser, Bowser Jr., and get Peach back.

He also helps Mario (along with Yoshi and Wario) in Super Mario 64 DS. Luigi even has some special abilities of his own in this game.

Luigi is also playable in the Mario Party and Mario Kart series, as well as the Mario sports games.

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 Mario Kart 64, its was considerably lower in pitch than Mario's, however, in Mario Party, he possessed a much higher pitched voice which was similar to Mario's. He retained this higher voice in Mario Party 2 and also had a high voice in Super Smash Bros. In Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Party 3, however, his voice returned to a lower state. Since then, with the exceptions of Mario Kart Super Circuit and Super Smash Bros. Melee, games have consistantly given Luigi a low-pitched voice. The high-pitched voice has always been used for Luigi in Japan.

Luigi's age in relation to Mario'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 the remake of that game (Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3) does not refer to Mario and Luigi as twins, but rather as brothers.

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.

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, he was a regular on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which cast Danny Wells as both his live portrayal and voice actor. Many sources reveal that future versions of Luigi in games were based on Danny Well's performance. 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.

Portrayals
Was voiced/portrayed by:
 * Danny Wells in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
 * Tony Rosato in the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons.
 * Charles Martinet in most of the video games.
 * John Leguizamo in the Super Mario Bros. movie.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3 info

 * Type: All-Around
 * Special Shot: Green Fire Shot

Mario Superstar Baseball Bio
"The younger Mario bro. He's a better jumper than Mario but lacks good traction. Always in Mario's shadow, Luigi tends to be a low-key but is always a dark horse in athletic contests. Despite perpetually finishing second, his exellent form and green fireball make him a force."

Mario Party Info

 * Partner: Mario
 * Special Orb: Fireball

Quotes
See Luigi (quotes) page.