Luigi

Luigi is Mario's brother who first appeared in Super Mario Bros. for the NES. He wears green and he is taller and younger than Mario.

In Super Mario Bros., Luigi could be played when you selected the 2-player mode. The second player controlled Luigi. He had all the same abilities as Mario, and he looked exactly the same except he was green.

However, this was fixed in Super Mario Bros. 2, where Luigi actually looked taller than Mario. His best ability in Super Mario Bros. 2 was his jumping. He also jumped higher than Mario in Super Mario: The Lost Levels (Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan).

In Super Mario Bros. 3, however, the characters were once again the same size and had the same abilities. And once again, Luigi could only be played with the 2nd controller. The same thing happened in Super Mario World for the SNES.

However, in SMW2: Yoshi's Island, Luigi is not playable at all. Baby Mario and Yoshi go through the whole game and rescue Baby Luigi at the end. The two Mario Bros. are brought to Mr. and Mrs. Mario by the Stork. The final screenshot is Mr. and Mrs. Mario holding their sons. Even though this would seem to prove that Luigi and Mario are twins, all other games say that Mario is the older brother.

Luigi never appeared throughout Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, except for in the ending credits. However, a star on Star Hill says I wish I could be a great plumber like my brother Mario. Clearly, it's Luigi who made this wish.

Luigi didn't appear at all in Super Mario 64. A statue said L is Real 2041, but nobody knows what that means. In Paper Mario, Luigi was just in his house for the whole adventure. However, Mario can look at Luigi's Diary in his basement by Spin Jumping a panel in his house.

But in the first Mario game on the GCN, Luigi finally got his own game! In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi wins a mansion in a contest he never entered. However, Mario is nowhere to be found and there are ghosts inhabiting the mansion. Luigi meets Professor E. Gadd, who gives him the Poltergust 3000 vacuum to suck the ghosts up. As the game progresses, Luigi finds that King Boo has trapped Mario in a portrait. Luigi battles King Boo in a Bowser suit and saves Mario.

Luigi didn't appear in Super Mario Sunshine, but on Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi was the main character of the game along with Mario. They used co-operative moves to get through the game and defeat the evil Cackletta and Fawful.

Luigi actually had an adventure while Mario had his adventure in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Partners of many different species joined Luigi's party, just as they did with Mario. Unfortunately, you can not actually play Luigi's adventure. Instead, you can find Luigi in various places around Rogueport and he tells you his story. You can also buy 5 Super Luigi Books from the Item Shop, which tell Luigi's story in more detail.

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