The Year of Luigi



The Year of Luigi is a special event held in 2013 and 2014 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. In early December, Reggie Fils-Aimé stated that the Year of Luigi will continue in 2014.

Games

 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
 * New Super Luigi U
 * Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
 * Super Mario 3D World (indirectly), especially the Luigi Bros. mode.
 * NES Remix (indirectly)
 * Dr. Luigi

Console special editions

 * 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 North America, and exclusively via Nintendo's official online store in the United Kingdom. )

Merchandise

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * A Year of Luigi coin was made available with a small green bag for 1500 and 1250 stars in the European and Australian Club Nintendo websites, respectively.
 * A Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon diorama is available on the American Club Nintendo site for 1500 coins, and the European Club Nintendo for 7000 Stars.

Special elements to applications

 * 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.
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Satoru Iwata
 * Hideki Konno
 * Takashi Tezuka
 * Koichi Hayashida
 * Kensuke Tanabe
 * 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

Other

 * 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.
 * Every level in New Super Luigi U and in Super Mario 3D World feature Luigis as Easter eggs. However, every Luigi in Super Mario 3D World is hidden and in his 8-bit form, while not every one is 8-bit in New Super Luigi U and some are in plain sight.

Trivia

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