Luigi

"I'm-a Luigi, Number one!"

- Luigi

Luigi (Japanese: ルイージ, Ruīji) is Mario's younger, taller, thinner twin brother, and the deuteragonist of the Mario series. Luigi has helped and fought alongside his brother on many occasions. Throughout his life, he has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and heroic tendencies. Mario Bros. marks his first appearance in the Mario series and his debut in general. Originally a palette swap of Mario, Luigi was created to facilitate a second player option. Since the two player mode was dropped from most main Super Mario games beginning with Super Mario Land, Luigi had gained his own identity and personality. This is especially noticeable in Luigi's Mansion, its sequel, and the Mario & Luigi series.

Creation and Development
Luigi was born when Shigeru Miyamoto set out to create Mario Bros. after being told that Mario resembled a plumber, a notion he wanted to officially establish. However, after observing the two-player competitive and cooperative gameplay of the arcade game Joust, Miyamoto wished to incorporate a two-player mode into this game. Miyamoto's answer to Joust's stork-riding player 2 was Luigi, Mario's green-clad younger twin brother with whom he could compete or cooperate. While Mario's name was based on Mario Segale, Luigi's name was based on a popular pizzeria near Nintendo of America landmarks, named Mario & Luigi's. With 2-player mode in mind, Nintendo and publishing companies such as Atari gave Luigi immediate publicity, making him the star of multiple advertisements for the game.

Since his debut in 1983, Luigi has been constantly developing. Gameplay differences between him and Mario were first seen in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. After spending years as a palette swap of his brother, Luigi had consistently been given his own graphics since Super Mario Kart in 1992, with earlier exceptions including the American Super Mario Bros. 2. As aforementioned, Luigi had begun earning his own personality in the post-Super Mario 64 era, starting with Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion.

Mario Bros.
Luigi's first playable appearance was in Mario Bros., where he is simply a palette swap of Mario with the same controls and abilities. There are no other differences in physical appearance. In the game, Luigi and Mario are portrayed as plumbers, who are trying to rid the sewers where they are working from Shellcreepers, Slipices, and many other monstrous creatures.

Luigi was played by an unknown actor in a live-action commercial for the Atari 2600 version of Mario Bros.. The commercial portrays Luigi as a coward. It is unknown if this might have inspired Luigi's current personality or not.

Super Mario Bros.
In Super Mario Bros., after Mario and Luigi fight the monsters of Mario Bros., they end up in the Mushroom Kingdom where they were told by the Mushroom King that the evil king Bowser had kidnapped Princess Toadstool and her Mushroom Retainers.

Mario and Luigi then go to save the kidnapped Princess Toadstool and rescue her from the king of Koopas. The Mario brothers travel eight different worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom – each world complete with its own challenges that Luigi and Mario had to face. The brothers fought many enemies, defeated Bowser, and saved the princess along with the Mushroom Retainers. In this game, Luigi had the same jumping powers, same traction, and the same running speed as Mario. He is only playable in 2-player mode.

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Later after Super Mario Bros., in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, the Mario brothers were once again called to save Princess Toadstool from the Koopa Troop. Luigi and his older brother traveled in various different lands of the Mushroom Kingdom, with more enemies of the Koopa Troop. Bowser had set up many more traps for the Mario Bros., but nevertheless, they prevailed, saved the princess and the Mushroom Kingdom yet again. For the first time, Luigi could now jump higher and further than Mario, but he had less traction. He is no longer the second player, but a different playable character.

Super Mario Bros. 2
Luigi was one of four characters in Super Mario Bros. 2 that found themselves in a very strange world called Subcon that was under attack while dreaming. The next morning, the four friends decided to go on a picnic, and happened to stumble upon the strange world they had dreamed of. They found that everything they had been told in the dream was true; it was under the rule of the evil Wart. Luigi and his three friends confronted Wart and his forces, defeating them one by one. The four heroes traveled to Wart's lair and battled him by choking him with Vegetables. Wart finally fell and the four heroes were able to release the Subcons. At the end of the game, it was revealed that the events of the game was just Mario's dream.

In Subcon, Luigi could jump higher than all of the others, but was the second weakest in the group, after Princess Peach.

Super Mario Bros. 3
Bowser now travels in a massive Airship with his children in Super Mario Bros. 3. He transformed all of the kings in the world into odd creatures and then proceeded to make his children kings (and queen) of all the different lands.

Mario and Luigi were called upon by Princess Toadstool to save the day again. The brothers went on another adventure to save not only the Mushroom Kingdom, but the entire Mushroom World. Luigi and Mario faced many challenges and obstacles, from the Koopalings' Airships to the scorching climate of Desert Land to the chilling weather of Ice Land. The brothers defeated every enemy that confronted them. After defeating the Koopalings and turning the kings back to their regular state, the brothers found a letter sent from Bowser that he kidnapped the Princess while they were away. The Mario Bros. went to the frightening home of Bowser, Dark Land, to save the kidnapped Princess Peach.

After saving the princess once again from Bowser, the plumbers returned to their home in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Super Mario World
After the events of Super Mario Bros. 3, Princess Toadstool and the Mario Brothers went on a vacation to Dinosaur Land in the game Super Mario World. Mario, Luigi and Toadstool travelled on a hot air balloon to get to the tropical island. Luigi had found a magical Feather on the island that allowed anyone who grabbed it to turn into cape form. Mario and Luigi flew around Dinosaur Land. When they returned, they found Toadstool missing again. Bowser and his children had kidnapped Princess Toadstool along with seven Baby Yoshis and trapped any Yoshis he met in eggs. Luigi, Mario, and Yoshi traveled the many different areas of Dinosaur Land in search of the princess. The brothers used Yoshi as their trusty steed throughout their adventure. After defeating all seven of the Koopalings the Mario Bros. uncovered Bowser's secret hideout. Ready for anything, the brothers and Yoshi charged to Bowser's Castle. After fighting many enemies, the brothers finally confronted Bowser and his Koopa Clown Car. Using the Mecha Koopas that Bowser tossed down at the brothers against him, the Mario brothers were able to defeat Bowser once again and rescue the Princess and the seven Yoshi Eggs. In the GBA port, Luigi had different abilities to set him apart from Mario, such as his Flutter Jump, and his Yoshi being able to spit out enemies.

Super Mario 64 DS
Although Luigi did not appear in Super Mario 64 (though he was supposed to), he did appear in its remake: Super Mario 64 DS. Luigi, along with Mario and Wario, entered Princess Peach's Castle after she invited them. Bowser and his Koopa Troop shortly then took over the castle and captured each of the plumbers. Luigi was locked behind a door, and the key to the said door was guarded by King Boo. Eventually, Yoshi, who was sleeping on the castle roof and therefore didn't get captured by Bowser's troop, managed to rescue Mario, who then managed to find King Boo's hideout and defeat him in battle, allowing him to get the key needed to free Luigi. While only Luigi can get several stars, several Luigi Caps can be found on a few courses. The Luigi caps allowed the bearer to mimic Luigi's appearance and abilities perfectly, excluding his voice. Every level in the game would have a Luigi Cap appear once Luigi was rescued. Luigi was also the only character who could save Wario from Chief Chilly's grasp, as he was needed to walk through a mirror using his invisibility flower to get to Wario's painting.

Although Luigi runs a bit slower than his brother Mario, the instruction booklet for Super Mario 64 DS says that he has the greatest agility. Luigi is also the best jumper, tied with Yoshi, but is the second weakest character, meaning his attacks do less damage to enemies than Mario's or Wario's attacks. If Luigi performed a backward somersault, he would spin in midair. This effect is similar to jumping on a Fly Guy. Luigi can also Scuttle for a short period of time (a reference to the trait applied to him in the Advance remakes of SNES games), and he could also run on water for a short period of time because of his lighter weight. Luigi's Special Ability from a Power Flower was to become invisible, similar to the invisible power Mario gets in the original game when wearing the Invisible Cap. This ability allowed him to evade enemies and run through certain walls.

All of Luigi's minigames from the Rec Room (which later re-appear in New Super Mario Bros. in minigame mode, along with most of the other minigames) revolve around poker and casino games. Luigi acts as the dealer in all of the card games, and he does not wear his usual attire, instead wearing a white shirt with a black vest and a green bow tie.

New Super Mario Bros.
Once again, in New Super Mario Bros., Princess Peach was kidnapped and had to be saved by Mario and Luigi. This time, she had been kidnapped by Bowser Jr., Bowser's son. The Mario Bros. set out on their adventure to save the princess. Mario and Luigi traveled to the many areas of the Mushroom Kingdom, fighting the many enemies that Bowser and Bowser Jr. put in their way. At the castle in World 8, Mario and Luigi ended up fighting Dry Bowser (an undead version of Bowser). After being tricked into believing that they had finally defeated Bowser, Bowser Jr. stole Peach and the Mario Bros. had to follow him to Bowser's Castle where they finally confronted a now-revived, bigger Bowser and Bowser Jr.. Again, the Mario Bros. defeated Bowser and his son and rescued Peach once again. After the credits rolled, the secret code to play as Luigi was revealed as ++,though,the player can choose Luigi even before the player finishes the game. Luigi will say his name to indicate that the code worked correctly. His role was the same as Mario's. Luigi also appeared in this game's multiplayer mode "Mario vs. Luigi" where he battles Mario for Big Stars.Luigi also appears in some of the minigames, Whack-a-Monty,and the card games.

Super Mario Galaxy
Luigi appeared in Super Mario Galaxy. When Bowser abducted Peach's Castle, Luigi and the Toad Brigade were apparently inside. However, they all escaped and got lost in space. Luigi was imprisoned in the Ghostly Galaxy. Mario must come and rescue him, after which he will help Mario in three different galaxies, by collecting stars (although he gets lost every time and must be rescued). After collecting three stars, Luigi left the rest up to Mario.

After the player collected all 120 Power Stars and defeated Bowser again, the player had to play as Luigi in order to collect the next 120 Power Stars. There were several differences when playing as Luigi: he could run faster, but took more time to build up speed; it is harder for him to stop running; he could jump higher and further; and the air meter dropped faster while spinning underwater. Additionally, Cosmic Luigi was faster and more intelligent than Cosmic Mario while racing.

In Luigi's playthrough of the game, Mario would be absent, resulting in two Luigis. The playable Luigi was a little shorter and had a different head shape than the NPC Luigi, and his clothes were slightly lighter. The NPC Luigi referred to the playable Luigi as "me" though he called Mario "bro" in his letters as if he were writing to Mario. Also, Rosalina called the NPC Luigi his "twin".

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Luigi appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The game begins at Peach's Castle, where the princess's birthday is being celebrated. A large cake suddenly arrives, which is revealed to be a trap; Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings burst out, then kidnap Peach. Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad, all attendees of the party, venture through the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue her, this time not only with his brother, but with the two Toad companions. Later in the story, after Bowser is defeated, he opens the door for Mario and Peach in his hot-air balloon but they take off and leave Luigi behind. Blue and Yellow Toad take him in theirs instead. Also, when a player hits the Super Guide Block, Luigi will guide the player through the level the player is stuck on. He can also be played in co-op mode.

Super Mario Galaxy 2
"Hey, Bro! I'm all over the place these days, exploring the universe!"

- Luigi

Luigi appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2 where he often teams up with Mario and Yoshi to save the universe from being ruled by Bowser, and to retrieve the Power Stars.

As a playable character, he is controlled the same way as in Super Mario Galaxy and is still unlockable. Luigi can be found at the beginning of some levels. When Mario walks over and talks to Luigi, he will ask Mario if he can get the Power Star instead. In this game, like in Super Mario Galaxy, he is faster and can jump higher than Mario but is harder to stop. Also, completing levels with Luigi will unlock staff ghosts for as many missions as the player is able to complete as Luigi. If the player uses the Co-Star Luma to spin in front of Luigi when he appears in a galaxy, he releases several Star Bits.

Once the player completes Bowser's Galaxy Generator, they can alternate between using Mario or Luigi, via the Starship Mario; the Mailtoad will have mail from Luigi, telling the player that Mario can now switch with Luigi.

This game differs from the first game in that Mario can switch to and from Luigi while under the same game file, as opposed to leaving the game file and switching from Mario to Luigi or vice versa via a button on the game file selection screen.

Super Mario 3D Land
Luigi appears as a playable character in Super Mario 3D Land, where he plays like he did in Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels and the Super Mario Galaxy games, having a better jump in exchange for worse traction. Mario can unlock Luigi in the first castle in Special World 1. He is held prisoner by Dry Bowser and can be unlocked by defeating him. He cannot use the Invincibility Leaf or the P-Wing unless the player skips a level as Mario in the Normal Worlds by using a Warp Zone.

Tanooki Luigi appears differently from Tanooki Mario; while the latter appears like a tanuki, the former actually appears like a kitsune (a Japanese Fox) rather than a tanuki like in Super Mario Bros. 3, being given honey colored fur and a fox-like tail and ears. Most foreign languages also call this form of Luigi "Kitsune Luigi."

New Super Mario Bros. 2
Luigi reappears in New Super Mario Bros. 2 as the second player in the Co-Op Mode. His Raccoon form is similar to his Tanooki form in Super Mario 3D Land, looking more like a kitsune or a fox rather than a raccoon, and in order to differentiate from Gold Mario, his Gold Flower form is metallic silver instead. After beating the final Bowser in world 6, hold +  when starting the game, and the player is allowed to play as Luigi in single player mode. He is not playable in the Coin Rush mode.

New Super Mario Bros. U
Luigi reappears in the game New Super Mario Bros. U along with Mario, Toads and Miis. He is a playable character only in multiplayer mode. The game starts off with them enjoying some cake with Princess Peach, but their dessert is soon interrupted by Bowser and the Koopalings' airships which invade the castle and throw the Mario Bros. and the Toads all the way to the far off Acorn Plains. The bros and the Toads then begin their journey back to Peach's castle to save her and stop Bowser.

Luigi is set to appear as the solo playable character in the DLC, New Super Luigi U.

Wrecking Crew
Luigi was once again the second player in Wrecking Crew. Luigi's sprite was still a palette swap of Mario's, but this time Luigi was dressed in red and had purple eyes and hair with a purple hammer. In this game, Mario and Luigi worked on a demolition site. The goal was to break down every stone wall on each stage. Defeating enemies in this game was not easy, as Mario and Luigi's regular hammer dealt them no damage. However, it could make Foreman Spike fall down if one of the Mario Bros. could hit him with it. If an enemy wanders underneath a drum, Mario or Luigi could trap them by causing the drum to fall.

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!
The first animated Luigi appeared in the anime movie Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! ("The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach"), where he was voiced by Yuu Mizushima. For some reason, he was mis-colored in the movie as wearing a blue cap and overalls and a yellow shirt (and a red shirt in the promotional artwork for the anime), although it may be worth noting that, at the time of Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!'s creation, Luigi had not yet been given a consistent palette and his current color scheme had not been introduced in-game. The anime also marked the first time Luigi was ever given a personality; Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! depicted Luigi as very greedy, typically thinking only of profits and characterized by his pick-axe and shovel, both of which he used to mine for Coins. (As a matter of fact, Luigi often left adventuring with Mario and Kibidango to search for Coins, though he usually ended up helping them progress in various ways through his miserly efforts.) Luigi in the anime was also noticeably more serious and less dreamy than Mario, and he seemed to lack his brother's almost otherworldly connection to Princess Peach.

Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.
Luigi also appeared in another anime, the Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros., which depicted as wearing his traditional blue overalls and green shirt. Luigi only appears in the last story of the Super Mario anime series film, Shirayuki-hime (Snow White) appearing just in time to save Mario and Princess Peach from Bowser, who was portrayed as the stories' wicked queen.

DIC cartoons


Luigi appeared in all ninety-one episodes of the three cartoon series produced by DIC Entertainment, though Mario only appeared in ninety episodes.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
On the tv show The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Luigi, portrayed by Danny Wells, is seen living in Brooklyn together with Mario in the live-action segments. Like his brother, Luigi works as a Plumber, running Mario Brothers Plumbing together with him. The episode Plumbers Academy shows that he graduated from the Brooklyn Plumbers Academy together with Mario. The live-action segments show the two as having gained a reputation for their plumbing skills, even being awarded the title Plumbers of the Year in the segment of the same name. In the cartoon segments of the show, Luigi regularly joins his brother in various adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is the origin of Luigi's cautious, easily-frightened personality which Nintendo later brought into the games as well, including Luigi's Mansion.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Luigi is played by Tony Rosato in the two cartoon follow-ups to the Super Show: The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. The former is almost exactly like the Super Show, except the Koopa Kids join their father in making trouble for Luigi and the others.

In episode The Beauty of Kootie, Casanova Koopa is what Luigi turned into to trick Kootie Pie into letting Toad, Toadstool, and the King of Desert Hill free. Kootie tricked Mario by having her brother Cheatsy change her into a human so she could flirt with him and distract him in order to carry out their plan. After the trick was revealed and the Mario brothers got away, Mario used a swiped Magic Scepter to transform Luigi into Kootie's "dream reptile" as a distraction. The trick worked for awhile, but after Casanova Koopa tricked Kootie Pie into releasing the prisoners and Kootie started kissing him, she accidentally activated her wand. Subsequently, Luigi was reverted into his true state, which made Kootie Pie scream.

Super Mario World
The Super Mario World television series shifts the setting from the Mushroom Kingdom to Dinosaur World, but once again, is relatively the same as the earlier cartoons, with Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool stopping the evil plots of King Koopa and his Koopa Kids. However, the heroes are now aided by the dinosaur Yoshi (replacing Toad), who was actually discovered by Luigi, who found a Yoshi Egg after falling down a waterfall. When he hatched, Yoshi affectionately called Luigi Mama Luigi.

Super Mario Bros. film
A character named Luigi Mario appeared in the Super Mario Bros. film. He is based on Luigi, but he isn't considered as the same character due to many differences.

NES Open Tournament Golf
Luigi has appeared in every game of the Mario Golf series. His first appearance was in NES Open Tournament Golf. In the game, Luigi's caddy was Princess Daisy.

Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)
Luigi reappeared in Mario Golf (Nintendo 64). He was one of the first characters that could be unlocked. He could be unlocked by beating him on the "Get Character Mode". He had a unique course (in the sense that it was the only course in the game set up like a mini-golf course) named Luigi's Garden. He had a drive of 220 yards and his shot was "Fade".

Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)
Luigi is a default character in the Game Boy Color game,Mario Golf (GBC).

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Luigi made his fourth Mario Golf series appearance in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour as a default character. In the game opening, he and Mario were admiring a trophy when Princess Peach and Princess Daisy called to them saying that it was time to tee off. Luigi, along with his brother and the two princesses, were shown making perfect tees, making Wario and Waluigi envious. After a series of mess ups, Wario and Waluigi accidentally hit Bowser in the eye with a result of giving Bowser a black-eye with their golf ball. Enraged, Bowser started chasing them in his Koopa Clown Car, throwing Bob-ombs at them. He eventually trapped them, threatening to drop a bomb right on them. Mario, who had Luigi, Daisy, and Peach right behind him, hit the golf ball, making it knock the bomb out of Bowser's hand, ultimately resulting in an explosion claiming Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser as its victims. Luigi, along with the other three who were with him, stood there shocked, not knowing what caused the explosion.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Although Luigi is not a default character, he is unlockable by linking the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo GameCube.

Club Nintendo
Luigi also made several appearances in the Club Nintendo comic series, usually as a companion of his brother Mario. In the story "Super Mario: Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit", however, Luigi worked as a policeman and actually imposed a fine on Mario when the latter was violating the speed limit of Brooklyn while riding Yoshi. Luigi also insisted on being called "Officer Luigi."

Super Mario Adventures
The Super Mario Adventures comic serial's depiction of Luigi, oddly, features him in an opposite portrayal to his personality in the games and cartoons. In the first installment, Luigi wants to eat his lunch first and whines about his hunger as Mario continues with their plumbing job. Later, Luigi is actually willing to go into a Ghost House that Bowser has set as a trap for them, despite Mario's warnings, and then ends up going in when Bowser lets loose the scent of a giant hunk of aged provolone cheese. It is also worth noting is that Luigi disguises himself as Princess Peach to infiltrate the Koopalings' hideout at one point, a strategy he would later use in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Super Mario Kart
Luigi appeared in Super Mario Kart as a playable character. He was classified as "medium" in every category (acceleration, top speed, weight, and handling) along with Mario. Super Mario Kart was one of the few games in the Mario Kart series that did not have a course based on Luigi. When he was a computer-controlled character, he had a tendency to use star power in races.

Mario Kart 64
Luigi reappeared in Mario Kart 64, yet again as a playable character. He was classified as a middleweight character, along with Mario. This was the first appearance of his course, Luigi Raceway, which was a part of the Mushroom Cup.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Luigi was playable in the third game in the Mario Kart series with his speed and weight being average. Another version of Luigi's course appeared in the game, as a part of the Lightning Cup. Notably, in this game, his voice (also being his Mario Kart 64 Japanese voice) is higher than his other voices.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Luigi appeared in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. He was a medium weight character and Mario's default partner. His special item is the Green Fireball and his Kart is the Green Fire. Once again, he had a course named Luigi Circuit, and the haunted mansion where Luigi rescued Mario from King Boo, also appeared as a battle course, as well as making a cameo in the background of the Luigi Circuit course.

Mario Kart Arcade GP
Luigi also appeared in the first Mario Kart game for the arcade, Mario Kart Arcade GP. His and Mario's special character items were the Star, Fireball, Hammer, and Chain Chomp. Unlike most other Mario Kart games, Luigi did not have a course based on him in the game.

Mario Kart DS
Luigi appeared once again as a middleweight character in Mario Kart DS. His karts are the Poltergust 4000, the Streamliner and the Standard LG. Luigi's karts each offer all-around stats for the speed, acceleration, and handling categories. However, they also have poor drifting abilities. They are the second worst when compared to R.O.B.'s karts.

His mansion reappears as a course in the Mushroom Cup (different from the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! battle course), as well as the Luigi Circuits from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!; they reappear in the Leaf Cup, and the Shell Cup, respectively.

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
Luigi appeared again in the second Mario Kart game for the arcade. He was an all-around character along with Mario, Pac-Man, and Waluigi. Unlike most other games in the series, he did not have a course.

Mario Kart Wii
Luigi appeared as a middleweight character again in Mario Kart Wii, and could use a variety of karts and bikes. The only course based on Luigi in this game was Luigi Circuit, the first course of the Mushroom Cup.

Luigi featured a small speed boost, but his best bonus was the weight stat.

Mario Kart 7
Luigi returns as a playable character in Mario Kart 7. He is portrayed as a middleweight racer again, and as a result, receives relatively balanced stat boosts for his karts. Unlike with the past games, however, Luigi does not get his own new personal track. However, Luigi Raceway and Luigi's Mansion do return as retro tracks for the Shell Cup.

Mario is Missing!
In Mario is Missing!, Mario was kidnapped by Bowser, and it was up to Luigi to find him. During his quest, Luigi learned about geography, battled Bowser's seven children, and got help from Yoshi while traveling across the real world to find Mario. In the end, he saved Mario. Then, the Mario Bros. loaded Bowser into a cannon and fired him into the snow. Bowser froze instantly and split in half. However, this ending only applied to the SNES version of the game. This game marked Luigi's solo-adventure debut and was the only solo adventure for Luigi until 2001 when the game Luigi's Mansion was released marking his second time as a main character in the Mario series.

Mario & Wario
In Mario & Wario Luigi appeared as the level's goal and the player had to navigate the level to get to Luigi.

Hotel Mario
Luigi is one of the main characters in the game Hotel Mario. Princess Peach was retained as a "permanent guest" by Bowser, who turned the Mushroom Kingdom into his own personal resorts. Eventually, Luigi and Mario destroyed each of the seven Koopaling Hotels. They then defeated Bowser at his own palace and rescued the princess. Luigi was controlled by the second player, his sprite being a palette swap of Mario once again. This was Luigi's only appearance on the Philips CD-i.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Luigi only made several cameos in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. In Star Hill, Luigi made a wish: he wanted to be a great plumber, just like his brother. In the ending of the game, Luigi was the leader of the parade. Luigi also hosted the manual of Super Mario RPG. A screenshot from the beta version of the game showed Luigi (along with Mario and Mallow) attending a banquet hosted by Valentina, suggesting he might have been playable.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
In the beginning of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are shown being delivered to their mother and father's home by the Stork. However, Baby Luigi is snatched away by Kamek and taken to Baby Bowser's castle. His kidnapping is the primary reason for Baby Mario and the Yoshis to embark on their adventure in this game. At the end of the game, Baby Luigi is rescued from Baby Bowser. After the credits, he and his brother are brought to their parents, who discover the two on their doorstep.

Yoshi's Story
Luigi made a small cameo in Yoshi's Story in the level Torrential Maze of the second world. His name was printed in the background of the stage.

Yoshi's Island DS
Baby Luigi appears again in Yoshi's Island DS. Here, he is one of several babies that are kidnapped by Bowser and Kamek in their search for the Star Children. He is eventually rescued by Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario and the Yoshis at the end of the game. After his rescue, Baby Luigi is revealed to be one of the Star Children along with all the other babies.

Mario Party series
Luigi was a part of the main cast in the Mario Party Series, and has appeared in every game. Along with his brother and everyone else, Luigi wants to become the Superstar. In the earlier Mario Party games, his character color was green, but has recently been changed to blue in Mario Party 4. In Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 3, his favorite item is the Skeleton Key, and his Duel Mode partner is Goomba. In Mario Party 3, Luigi was the only character to have a different Star Stamp (5, to be exact) and had every single one, except for mischief and beauty. In Mario Party 7, he shared his Character Orb with Mario, the Fireball Orb. Luigi's partner in these games is usually his brother, Mario. Whenever Mario throws an orb, it has Luigi's symbol on it; a green letter L.

Game & Watch Gallery series
Luigi has appeared in each of the Game & Watch Gallery titles. His roles have varied from game to game.

In Game & Watch Gallery game Fire, Luigi assists Mario in trying to save passengers who are escaping from the top of a burning castle. In Oil Panic, Luigi will normally be sleeping. However, if Mario spills any oil on him, he'll wake up, get mad and the player will get a miss.

Game & Watch Gallery 2, Luigi appears in Chef as one of the cooks who will deliver food to Princess Peach.

In Game & Watch Gallery 3, Luigi appears in Mario Bros., where he assists Mario in moving cakes onto a truck.

In Game & Watch Gallery 4, Luigi maintains his roles in Chef and Mario Bros., but he also appeared in Rain Shower and Boxing. In Rain Shower, one of the characters that Mario has to keep dry is Luigi himself. In Boxing, Luigi has to face a Wiggler, a Boo, and Waluigi in a set of three different boxing matches.

WarioWare series
Luigi rarely appears in the WarioWare series. In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Luigi (or a look-alike) appears as the bullfighter in Raging Rhino.

In WarioWare: Twisted!, the plumber appears again alongside his brother in Super Mario Bros. 3-Lift, where the objective is to avoid being hit by any of the obstacles, and in Mario Brothers, though they don't have an important role in the microgame, except that the player must avoid all of the enemies.

In WarioWare: Touched!, Luigi appears alone in the third level of microgame Spin a Yarn. However, he looks thinner than usual.

In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Luigi is one of the main instrumentalists and plays the violin in 9-Volt's game Opening Night.

Super Smash Bros. series
Luigi is a secret (unlockable) character in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. He is unlocked by beating Bonus stages as all eight of the default characters, and then beating him in a fight. Despite being unlockable, he always fights alongside Mario in Stage 4 of 1-P Mode. He briefly appears (alongside all unlockable characters) in the opening. He also makes a brief appearance in the How to Play tutorial.

Luigi also appears as a secret character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the sequel for Super Smash Bros.. To unlock him, one has to play the first level of Adventure Mode with a 2 in the "seconds" area of the remaining time. If done correctly, there will be a short cutscene with Luigi kicking Mario off the stage. The players then have to battle Luigi in Mario's place. If Luigi is beaten in less than a minute, Luigi will appear again to challenge the player if the player completed Adventure mode. Alternatively, the player can participate in 800 vs. matches. The winner of the 800th match will be challenged to a fight as above.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Luigi appears as an unlockable character once more (he is one of the only two characters that are unlockable in all three games, the other being Jigglypuff). To unlock him, the players have to play 22 brawls, complete Classic mode without using continues, or simply get him to join the players' party in The Subspace Emissary. Luigi's white color scheme in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl resembles Luigi's colors in Super Mario Bros. and his fire power form. He is rather strong, has fast attacks, and is middleweight. However, he has the lowest traction and very slow movement in both air and ground. He also seems to be more prone to tripping than all the other fighters in Brawl. Also, Luigi seems to be a bigger coward in Brawl (based on his voice effects) than in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Luigi's voice is just a high pitched variation of Mario's voice. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl though, his voice sounds just like his basic voice in many Mario series titles.

Solid Snake Codec Conversation

 * Snake: That guy with the mustache...
 * Colonel: Ha. You mean the "King of Second Bananas"?
 * Snake: Hey, that's Luigi! Show him a little respect!
 * Colonel: Look at that pale skin. He's been living in his brother's shadow for too long.
 * Snake: That's a low blow, Colonel!
 * Colonel: Face it, Snake! Once a kid brother, always a kid brother!
 * Snake: Colonel, what's gotten into you?!
 * Colonel: La li lu le lo. La li lu le lo. La li lu le lo.
 * Snake: Colonel, snap out of it! Colonel!! COLONEL!!!!!!!!!

Role in the Subspace Emissary
Luigi first appears where he pretends to threaten and attack on-coming Waddle Dees. They were harmless and made no move to attack him, but he was frightened by them, nonetheless. From behind, he gets attacked by King Dedede, who slammed Luigi with his mallet, sending him flying into the air. After he comes back down, he becomes a trophy. King Dedede placed him on the road as bait for Wario, who was coming down the road. Wario took the bait, and Dedede managed to steal the princess and Ness trophies, along with Wario's Cargo.

Dedede places a special badge on Luigi, Ness, and the princess, though the princess's badge later gets knocked off when Bowser flew off with the princess in his Koopa Clown Car, and is later swallowed by Kirby. Later, when Tabuu transforms everybody into trophies, the badges turn Luigi and Ness back into living beings. The badges have the power to bring trophies back to life. Luigi and Ness afterward turn King Dedede back to life. The unlikely trio set off to help out Mario, Donkey Kong, Samus, Fox, Link, Yoshi, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Falco, Pit, Captain Olimar, Lucas, Diddy Kong, the Pokémon Trainer, and Ike. Luigi, along with Ness, then watch Dedede battle Bowser, and later help him convince Wario to join them. After they turn the trophies back to normal, they all face off against Tabuu.

Fireball
Luigi uses green Fireballs in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and still uses them in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Although the move is called Fireball, the same name as Mario's move, it differs slightly in both appearance and effect. Luigi's fireballs are green, matching his choice of clothing, and the fireballs are not affected by gravity (unlike Mario). This means the fireballs will always go straight, and won't bounce on the ground (unless it is ricocheted by the enemy). However, other than that, nothing else is changed. Kirby gains the ability to use Green Fireballs when he inhales and copies Luigi.

Green Missile
The Green Missile is Luigi's side special move in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. When executed, Luigi flies like a rocket across the stage, smashing into any other characters and burning them. Luigi is able to charge this move up, which will allow him to fly farther and harder than usual. This would cause more damage to the opponent, sometimes rocketing the foe into the skies.

In Brawl, Luigi can hold the charged Green Missile attack until he takes damage from an opponent. Green Missile is actually a better horizontal recovery than his Super Jump Punch attack, because Luigi's Super Jump Punch can only go straight up. This attack compensates for his slow lateral air speed. The attack is very similar to Pikachu's Skull Bash attack, as stated by Luigi's trophy. Luigi's Green Missile has a 12.5% chance of overpowering and going too far and causing more damage to his opponents (in Brawl a misfire didn't go as far as in Melee, making it less risky).

Oddly, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a CPU-controlled Luigi always uses this move to recover, and never even tries to use the Super Jump Punch. If the CPU Luigis are unable to grab on to the edge of the level, they will continue going downward and be defeated. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, however, a CPU-controlled Luigi will hardly ever use the Green Missile on the easier difficulty levels.

Super Jump Punch
The Super Jump Punch is a jumping move that Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Mario can perform in the Super Smash Bros. series. It is executed by pressing while holding  upwards at the same time. When Luigi performs it, he jumps forward like Mario in the original Super Smash Bros., but he jumps straight up in Melee and Brawl. Therefore, his Green Missile is usually a better recovery move. When Luigi performs it without being adjacent to the opponent, only 1 coin flies out of the enemy and only 1% damage is dealt. But if Luigi does this adjacent to the enemy, the enemy becomes cloaked in fire and receives up to 25% damage. This powerful move is known as the Fire Jump Punch.

If done perfectly in the original Super Smash Bros., the opponent flies away into the background and might get KO'd as a result. Luigi's helpless falling state is the same as Mario's in the first two games, but the helpless animation is completely different in Brawl. Luigi will become seemingly top-heavy, and get his head stuck in the ground momentarily after performing his Super Jump Punch in Brawl. This leaves Luigi defenseless and wide open for an attack for a short period of time. Fortunately, Luigi has more horizontal control with his Super Jump Punch in Brawl than in Melee. If used correctly, the Super Jump Punch could be a Meteor Smash.

Luigi Cyclone
Luigi Cyclone is a special move that Luigi can perform in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. After pressing while tilting  in the down position, Luigi will spin around in similar fashion to Mario's Mario Tornado. He will pull in nearby opponents, spin them around, severely damaging them in the process, and then fling them in the air, which will leave them open for more attacks. However, the move takes a while to use. Because of its lack of effect on a single opponent, the move is best used when surrounded. Also, Luigi Cyclone has the ability to move faster than Mario Tornado, making it ideal if characters are far from Luigi. In all three games, the cyclone allows Luigi for vertical movement if is pressed repeatedly. However, in Brawl, Luigi can fly a lot farther up. The Cyclone is also changed in Brawl to make it more similar to the Mario Tornado; it will suck in foes instead of just launching them away, and it's much easier to gain height.

Negative Zone
Negative Zone is Luigi's Final Smash in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is a rather bizarre Final Smash, in which after Luigi breaks open the Smash Ball and utilizes it, he starts dancing around in a strange, almost hypnotic way, while Arabian-style music plays. A large green circle appears on the stage, which has a fairly large radius. Everything in the circle is altered to look like a negative or inverted image, hence the name. Any opponents caught in this circle can be affected by a variety of effects, such as uncontrollable taunting, being more vulnerable to KOs, sleeping, and even constant tripping. Even airborne opponents are affected by this move, which can easily stop them from recovering. It doesn't affect teammates, however (unless team attack is ON).

Opponents can escape from the circle and possibly avoid the effects after leaving the circle. They will be affected while the green circle is still on the stage, and will stay affected a little bit after the circle disappears. Luigi is slightly slowed down while preforming the Final Smash, but not attacked or hurt in any way. The effects wear off after a while, when the green circle starts to shrink. It is stated in Luigi's Final Smash trophy that Negative Zone is a sorcerer's magic attack that is fueled by his dislike of being in his brother's shadow.

The effects are:
 * Drastically reduced attack power
 * Greater launch distance when hit
 * Increased likelihood of slipping
 * Steady increase in damage percentage
 * Flower growth on head
 * Dizziness
 * Uncontrollable taunting
 * Sudden sleepiness
 * Decreased movement speed
 * Tumbling midair (the player couldn't use their midair jump)

Dash Attack
If the player presses the attack button while Luigi is running at full speed, he will perform a dash attack. His dash attack involves doing repeated hits to inflict damage on opponents. Most of the hits are weak, but the last hit tends to have more knockback than the other hits (although that is easier to notice in Brawl). This move appears in all three installments of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Mario Tennis series
Luigi also appeared as a regular occurring character in the Mario Tennis cast. Luigi was an All-around tennis player like his brother. Luigi also gained a rival by the name of Waluigi in Mario Tennis. In Mario Power Tennis, Luigi's Mansion appeared as a court. Luigi's Offensive Power shot was the Squeaky Mallet, and his Defensive Power Shot was the Poltergust Return. In the cut scenes of Mario Power Tennis, Luigi usually appeared playing alongside with his brother, Mario, on the court. A specific cutscene with Mario and Luigi played when Luigi wins a championship. Luigi wove around his trophy and Mario walks up, congratulates him (slapping him on the back and saying things like "Good Job"), meanwhile stepping on his foot. Luigi's taunt in Mario Power Tennis was to wave his arms and say "Luigi Time!". Also, in Mario Power Tennis, Luigi discovers the secret of what's under a Shy Guy's mask.

Paper Mario
During the events of Paper Mario, Luigi was left to protect and maintain his home while his brother pursued the Star Spirits. Luigi spent most of his time lamenting his own inactivity, begging for Mario to take him along and practice for future quests. With all his downtime, Luigi also built a basement in which he kept a secret diary where he wrote about various things, such as how he disliked being left out of adventures with his brother. One notable entry in his diary had him dreaming about starring in his own game, foreshadowing his next solo quest, Luigi's Mansion. After Mario gets the Ultra Hammer and Ultra Boots, Luigi could be found outside, sitting on a Metal Block or very high Brick Block respectively. Mario could use his new moves to break the blocks, triggering some humorous dialogue. He also led the parade in the end credits, much like in Super Mario RPG. Also notable is that a Duplighost tries to turn himself into Kooper, but instead manages to turn himself into Luigi.

''He's Luigi. I don't have to say anything about him, do I? He's your brother!''
 * Tattle information

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
While Mario saved Princess Peach and collected the Crystal Stars in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Luigi also had a mission of his own. After every chapter in the game, Mario could hear Luigi's story in Rogueport. When telling Mario the story, Luigi constantly exaggerated to make the story better and to make himself sound much more heroic; Luigi's partners, who generally hated him and only traveled with him because Luigi owed them a debt, almost always secretly told Mario what really happened. Later, Luigi got interviewed and five Super Luigi books were sold. 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 the lava.

He also appeared in the audience when in battle. He cheered Mario on during the final battle with the Shadow Queen; one of the word bubbles in that battle reads "YOU GO, BRO!" in green letters. He also appears in Glitzville when Mario is fighting some wrestlers, like Rawk Hawk. His fan club, whose members include Toadia, a Toad from Poshley Heights, was also given two mentions in the game. The "L Emblem" Badge changed Mario's clothes to Luigi's. The log for the enemy Iron Cleft states that the Cleft in the green shoes was younger, probably a reference to Luigi. Pennington constantly mistook Mario for Luigi until almost the very end of the game. Lastly, it is worthy of note that Luigi's silhouette was the first of the many white character silhouettes who walked across varying areas of the screen during the game's ending credits, continuing Luigi's past RPG roles as a parade leader.

''Who's this guy? ...Come on, you really need to ask me that? Gimme a break! That's your brother, Luigi! But...I wonder why he's here? I'm sure he'll tell you if you ask him.''
 * Tattle information

Super Paper Mario
In the game Super Paper Mario, Luigi is playable. He is noticeably braver here, rushing in to save Princess Peach, jumping on Bowser, and calling Count Bleck a goon. His special move is a jump that is so powerful it sent him out of the screen. He is the last character to join Mario's party.

At the beginning of the game, Luigi is unconscious and at the location of Peach and Bowser's forced marriage. Luigi then wakes up and tries to stop the wedding, but fails. He is then rendered unconscious until the end of Chapter 2, where he a pair of Goombas witness his awakening. Luigi wishes to try and save the princess again, but the Goombas convince him to help them escape. They head off, but are stopped by a dead end. As they try to think of what to do next, Nastasia appears and hypnotizes one of the Goombas. Trapped by her and a group of Koopa Troop-turned-Bleck minions, the other Goomba simply surrenders to her and willingly joins Bleck's forces. Nastasia then orders the minions to hold him in place as she brainwashes him. It is due to this that Luigi became Mr. L, also known as "The Green Thunder".

Before Mario could get his hands on the fifth Pure Heart, Mr. L made his dramatic appearance in the Whoa Zone. Mario and his team didn't recognize that Mr. L was really Luigi. He attacked with a super jump and could use Shroom Shakes during battle. To stop him from using the Shroom Shake, the player could attack him before it heals him, or steal it for themselves with Thoreau. When he was bested in combat, he revealed his trusted giant-robot "brother", Brobot, with which he attacked Mario in space. When he was defeated, he vowed to return. Later, at Count Bleck's lair, Mr. L did not seem to be pleased with Bleck's minions, going so far as to call them "junior" minions and calling them weak.

He returned as a boss in Chapter 6, after Sammer's Kingdom was destroyed. Here, he fought with Brobot L-Type. After being defeated, Dimentio betrayed him and sent him to The Underwhere. He lost all memory of his having been Mr. L and returned to his normal state. Mario found him scared in The Underwhere (Chapter 7), and the two soon regrouped with the other playable characters (Bowser and Princess Peach) as well.

Eventually, Luigi faced Dimentio in Castle Bleck alone, not even with a single Pixl by his side. He managed to defeat Dimentio, but gets knocked out by Dimentio's fake suicidal attack. Peach found and awakened him, and they and Bowser later rejoined Mario, and their combined strength allowed them to defeat Count Bleck. However, Dimentio then snatched the Chaos Heart, and activated a mind-controlling Floro Sprout he had planted on Luigi much earlier, turning his mind back into Mr. L. After explaining that the prophetic Dark Prognosticus stated that Luigi was the ideal host for the Chaos Heart, Dimentio merged himself and Luigi with the Chaos Heart, becoming Super Dimentio. The other three heroes managed to defeat Super Dimentio and turn Luigi back to normal, and they all witnessed Count Bleck and Tippi using their love to stop The Void.

Mr. L's name and attitude were likely taken from Mr. T, a wrestler. His personality and attire also seemed to be similar to the "gentleman thief" archetype of classic literature. The pose he did represented ballet, and was mostly opposite of O' Chunks' disco-like pose, even in its colors. Mr. L's other name, "The Green Thunder", may be a reference Luigi's Thunderhand ability in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Mr. L was also referenced in Paper Luigi's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, however, he was mentioned as "Mister L" instead (which is what he was called in Japan).

Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Luigi makes another appearance in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Here, he can be seen in the backgrounds and scenery within five areas:


 * W1-6: Goomba's Fortress - While Mario crosses the bridge to the tower, Luigi is seen sitting on the wall in the background.
 * W2-5: Drybake Stadium - Reach the fourth floor, take the exit on the left and find Luigi sitting near a window on the right.
 * W3-12: Whitecap Beach - As Mario walks along the pier, Luigi can be seen sitting on the rock on the right.
 * W4-5: Whiteout Valley - Near the end of the ski ride, Luigi is seen sitting on one of the ski lifts going downhill.
 * W5-5: Rugged Road - After the Save Block, Mario will reach an area with volcanic rocks falling from the sky, creating holes in the ground. Cause one rock to make a hole below an ledge to reach the underground. Head north to a hot spring, with Luigi seen in another spring in the background.

The player can paperize the environment then pull Luigi out, who appears in a small size. Luigi will then jump out of the scenery and leave. Upon finding Luigi in the five areas, he'll be seen leading the parade at the credits (replacing the Green Toad), much like in Paper Mario,and Paper Mario:The Thousand-Year Door. In Shy Guy Jungle, if the player keeps digging through the pile of paper, they may find a piece of paper that says a "mysterious green guy" was spotted at Goomba's Fortress. The player can also read articles about Luigi's various appearances in the northernmost house in the east section of Decalburg.

Luigi's Mansion
During Luigi's Mansion, Luigi won a mansion in a contest he hadn't even entered. Luigi called Mario and asked him to visit the mansion. Mario got to the mansion first. When Luigi arrived, Mario was nowhere to be found and ghosts haunted the mansion. Luigi met Professor E. Gadd and received the Poltergust 3000, a vacuum that allowed him to capture ghosts.

Luigi went through the mansion, vacuuming many ghosts in order to save his helpless brother from the King of all Boos. In order to fill E. Gadd's gallery and find King Boo, Luigi had to capture twenty-three special ghosts. These ghosts were more powerful than regular ghosts, and each had a special ability unique to that ghost. After defeating all of the spooks, Luigi had to confront King Boo himself. Dressed in a Bowser Suit, King Boo had all the powers of Bowser and more. But nevertheless, Luigi prevailed and captured the King of all ghosts. After Luigi returned to E. Gadd's Lab, E. Gadd transformed them into paintings. Luigi saw that Mario had been turned into a painting as well. With the help of E. Gadd, he was freed from his pastel prison in a rather comedic way. After cleaning his mansion of the ghosts, Luigi was able to build a new and better version of his spooky mansion. After Mario was rescued, he went with Peach on another vacation, but this time without Luigi.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi appears in the 3DS sequel to Luigi's Mansion, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, as the protagonist. Luigi is shown as a cowardly hero, similar to the first game, but he can always get over his fear of ghosts to save the day. Luigi is shown to be afraid of Professor E. Gadd's Pixelator, even though it was tested on him several times without any ill effects. Luigi also becomes very friendly with all of the ghosts, who like him immediately. Luigi also makes E. Gadd feel very proud of him by the end of the game.

To celebrate his 30th anniversary, Nintendo has named 2013 the Year of Luigi and will release a line of games with Luigi having a stronger role, starting with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
After Mario returned from his latest adventure, in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi had to go on another adventure. When Cackletta stole Princess Peach's voice, Mario and Luigi had to go to the Beanbean Kingdom to get it back. Luigi wanted to stay in the Mushroom Kingdom, but after a series of tragic and hilarious events, he ended up going with Mario. Mario and Luigi used the Koopa Cruiser to get to the Beanbean Kingdom and save Princess Peach's voice from Cackletta and Fawful. Luigi sees how much help he is to Mario and decides to stay on the adventure, even though he was fearful the majority of the time. Luigi even has to dress as Peach for a while. Luigi also had to rescue Mario during the game when Mario got Bean Fever. He got hypnotized by Psycho Kamek into thinking he was Mario to get him more relaxed about going into the scary Guffawha Ruins. He went to the Ruins to get Crabbie Grass, the cure for Bean Fever (which might not make sense because if Luigi thinks he is the real Mario he will not understand that the true Mario is sick; however, it could be possible that he was merely trying to save the man who looked strikingly like him). On the way back to the Mushroom Embassy in Little Fungitown to deliver the grass, he got shocked by a lightning bolt and came back to his normal self. Luigi provides comic relief here, like in a few other games. For the first half of the game, most people recognize Mario, then called Luigi names like "Mr. Green Stache" or "Mr. Other Mario Bro". This was humor derived from Luigi always being in Mario's shadow. When he is hypnotized and thinks he is Mario, everybody recognizes him and asks him if he is okay because he says he is Mario.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Once again, both Mario brothers unite in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. The princess had recently used E. Gadd's Time Machine to go back in time. She was trapped there by the Shroobs. Mario now had to go save her again and takes Luigi for some help.

Both brothers went back in time to find Peach. However when they went to the past, they were in the time period of the Shroob invasion. Later in the game, Mario and Luigi met their younger selves, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, who helped them find the princess.

The brothers looked all over the past Mushroom Kingdom collecting Star Shards. The brothers ran into many different enemies, both new and old. They also ran into a few allies. Near the end of the brothers' journey, they traveled to Star Hill to find the remaining two pieces of the Cobalt Star. There, they met the Star Gate. Although passing Mario and the Babies worthy enough to travel through it, the Star Gate judged Luigi and said that he was not worthy enough to go in because of a dark secret in his past. After whispering to Luigi what that dark secret was, the Star Gate gave them three choices: go home and have a nice pasta dinner ending their quest, leave Luigi behind and continue without him, or finding the Aurora Block. The brothers searched through the entire Star Shrine and find the Aurora Block. Giving the block back to the Star Gate, the Gate asks Luigi who found the block, with only three answers (1. Mario, 2. The babies, or 3. Me, me, ME!) to choose from. Whichever answer he picked from, the Star Gate counted them all wrong and said there was a fourth answer, Everyone. Saddened, Luigi began to cry. Angry by the actions of the Star Gate, Mario and Baby Mario confronted the gate. After seeing them stand up for their brother the Gate labeled them the best siblings ever and allowed Luigi to pass. The Star Gate told the brothers that it was just a test and told Luigi to strike the Aurora Block with all of his new found might. The Star Gate told him that the block can grow by the size of the heart of the person who hits it. After saying that, the Aurora Block grows to gigantic proportions and flattened Luigi. With new found love for each other, the brothers continued on with their journey. After collecting enough shards, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi went to the past of Princess Peach's Castle, which has been turned into Shroob Castle.

Luigi and company defeated all the enemies, Princess Shroob, Elder Princess Shroob, and Shrowser. They finally saved Peach and went back to their own time. They watched sadly as Baby Mario and Baby Luigi traveled back to their time period. In this game Baby Luigi is significantly more brave than Luigi despite him being a baby.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Yet again, Luigi joined Mario on an adventure in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. This time, the Bros. went to an emergency meeting in Princess Peach's Castle, warning about the dangerous disease plaguing the Mushroom Kingdom, called the Blorbs. Mario and Luigi arrived in the castle so hastily that Luigi was first shown hopping on one foot while trying to put on his overalls, causing him to trip and fall face-first on the floor, losing even a shoe. Later, for some odd reason, Luigi started feeling tired during the meeting and fell fast asleep without anyone noticing. He didn't wake up even when Bowser invaded the conference. However, Luigi did wake up when a mind-controlled Bowser came back to the castle and inhaled everyone there, including Luigi (due to Fawful's Vacuum Mushroom). Upon landing in the Trash Pit, Luigi must be rescued by Mario. Both of them, along with Starlow, must then find Princess Peach, and then a way out of Bowser's body. After they found Princess Peach, she told them of Fawful's plan of stealing the evil artifact known as the Dark Star. However, Fawful then took Peach away, and went to steal the Dark Star and re-awaken it using Peach's powers. The Mario Bros. then had to stop Fawful from using the Dark Star to bring darkness to the kingdom.

During most of the adventure, Luigi and Mario explored Bowser's insides and even helped him secretly because Bowser wanted to stop Fawful too. Fawful took control over his castle and was trying to conquer the kingdom Bowser wanted to. Though Bowser had no idea he had inhaled his sworn enemies, the Mario Bros. helped him in the backstages, with Starlow explaining to him what's going on with his body. She always used her false name Chippy to avoid being recognized while inside Bowser. The Mario Bros. could also use the Warp Pipes in the Pipe Yard to get out of Bowser's Body and go out on their own missions. Again, Luigi proved to be an invaluable help to Mario, often helping him throughout the adventure. At one point, Luigi even had to rescue Mario from a group of Sockops that had taken him. In order to do that, Luigi made use of a Sockop to traverse a field of thorns.

The unlikely trio eventually engaged the Dark Star in their final battle with the Dark Star itself already having used Bowser's DNA to turn into Dark Bowser. Bowser had to reduce Dark Bowser's HP to 0 so that the Dark Fawful Bug could fully revive him and make him bigger. Bowser then had to punch Dark Bowser's belly to have him spit out the Dark Fawful Bug and return to normal size. After that, Bowser inhaled the Dark Fawful Bug (while Dark Bowser tried to do the same) and (unknowingly) let the Mario Bros. fight it. In a battle similar to the one they had with Fawful's former mistress, they had to defeat the Dark Fawful Bug's body parts before being able to reach the Dark Star Core. Once they destroyed the Dark Fawful Bug, Dark Bowser became unstable. Then Bowser charged his punches to deliver the final blows on Dark Bowser until he exploded, freeing the kingdom forever from an age of darkness. The Mario Bros. then met up with a beaten Dark Fawful Bug. They were surprised to see that he survived. However, without a body or the Dark Star to sustain him, he didn't have much time left. With one last psychotic smile, Fawful explodes, hoping to destroy the Marios with it, however it instead released everyone from Bowser's body. Everyone then cheered on Mario and Luigi for saving the kingdom, but the celebration was cut short as Bowser was angry when he saw that Mario and Luigi were in his body, and engages the Marios and Starlow in what was to be another epic battle. As the credits rolled, the battle was shown.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Luigi (or Mario, depending on who the player chose) danced to save the Mushroom Kingdom during the events of Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. Waluigi went to Truffle Towers to steal the Music Keys and grant him the power to "hypnotize the rhythmless masses". However, after he opened the door, all but one key flew to various locations in the Mushroom Kingdom. One of the music Keys went down the sea, another one to Wario's Carnival and another one to Freeze Mountain. Toad, witnessing these events, rushed to tell Luigi. If all keys were not returned, they could fall into the wrong hands.

Luigi set out to find all four Music Keys, along with Toad. Using the S.S. Brass to navigate, Luigi challenged Waluigi (and other characters) to a "dance-off" and got all four Music Keys back.

After Luigi retrieved all the keys, Bowser accosted them. Bowser retreated into his castle and Luigi followed him on the S.S. Brass. Luigi won the "Final Dance Off" with him and got the Music Keys back. All the keys were subsequently returned to Truffle Tower.

Mario Superstar Baseball
In Mario Superstar Baseball, Luigi was an alternative captain to Mario. His team names were the Luigi Gentlemen, Luigi Vacuums, Luigi Mansioneers, and Luigi Leapers. Luigi had similar stats and abilities to Mario in the series, but Luigi could perform a Super Jump on the field while Mario could not, and his Star Pitch was the Green Fireball.

Luigi's stats were well balanced, although his batting skills were slightly weaker than his other skills.

Mario Super Sluggers
In Mario Super Sluggers, Luigi appeared as a captain, and his team name was called the Luigi Knights. Luigi, Bowser Jr. and Daisy are the only secondary team captains to have a home stadium, with Luigi's being Luigi's Mansion. Compared to the predecessor, Luigi's batting, fielding, and running have been improved slightly, while his pitching skills remained the same. He also gained a new star pitch called the Tornado Ball to differentiate him from his brother. In challenge mode, Luigi was the first player that joined the team.

Luigi's Mario Super Sluggers baseball card listed his Rookie Year as 1982, despite the fact that Mario Bros., the game that he first appeared in, was released in 1983.

Super Princess Peach
In Super Princess Peach, Bowser's minions, using the power of the Vibe Scepter, kidnapped Mario. They also kidnapped Luigi and Toad because they got in the way. Peach went on a quest to rescue them.

Bowser makes sure that he hid Luigi well because of what he had done in the past, which led him to hiding him late in the game.

Peach found Luigi trapped in a bubble in the boss level of Giddy Sky instead of a Toad. She defeated the boss, Giant Kamek and then freed Luigi.

Super Mario Strikers
Luigi was a team captain in Super Mario Strikers (also known as Mario Smash Football in the PAL regions). He was a Balanced player and his Super Ability was Super Luigi!. Luigi's number in Super Mario Strikers is 2, probably referring to the fact that he was Mario's "second brother". In the game, his Super Strike was the Vicious Vortex.

Mario Strikers Charged
Luigi returned as a team captain in the sequel to Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged (also known as Mario Strikers Charged Football in the PAL version). He is a balanced player, and his Mega Strike uses electricity, most likely referring to his ability from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Thunderhand.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Luigi appeared in the game Mario Hoops 3-on-3, as a playable character. Luigi is a balanced-type character. To use his Special Shot the player had to tap the "L" to shoot the amazing Green Fire Shot. Luigi's baller name was the Mushroom Dynamite.

Itadaki Street DS
Luigi also appeared in Itadaki Street DS, where he joined many of his friends and Dragon Quest characters.

Mario & Sonic series
Luigi appeared in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, as a playable character. Luigi's stats were balanced meaning he had no glaring weakness in any event. Luigi's emblem was his trademark green "L". Luigi also appeared in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. He's found in Frostown Plaza where he challenges Mario and Sonic to a cross-country race. If the player wins, Luigi will join the party. Luigi is later used in a minigame in Sparkleton, where he had to grab a key from Boos by collecting batteries for a lamp, then finding the key inside one of the Boos. This causes a chain reaction later in the game when they meet King Boo. He says that his boos have been attacked and he won't let them pass until Luigi competes against King Boo in a match. He later appears again in the third installment, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Mario Sports Mix
Luigi appeared in Mario Sports Mix, where he is classified as an all-rounder (all-around in North America) type character. His speed is average, while he has an above average technique. However, Luigi's power is below average. His special move involves Luigi pulling out his trusty Poltergust 3000 from Luigi's Mansion. Before shooting his special shot, Luigi would use the vacuum cleaner to suck in his opponents.

Fortune Street
Luigi returns as a playable character in the Wii follow-up to Itadaki Street DS, Fortune Street.

Other Appearances
The first live-action portrayal of Luigi was in a commercial for Mario Bros. from 1983. Mario himself would not appear in live-action until The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! aired in 1989.

Luigi is the second best "property" in Nintendo Monopoly, losing only to his famous brother, Mario. Here, he replaces Park Place and costs $350.

In the board game Super Mario Chess, Luigi is the queen on Mario's team.

Physical Description
Luigi is very similar to his older brother in appearance, although Luigi is slimmer and taller. His face is noticeably thinner and chinless. Luigi has a smoothed mustache and light blue eyes. He wears unfaded denim jean overalls, brown work shoes, and a green long-sleeve shirt.

Luigi's Cap is similar to Mario's Cap, being green instead of red and having an "L" replace Mario's signature "M." Artwork for the Mario & Luigi series has consistently depicted Luigi as wearing red and white striped socks; this trait is not present in any other games.

Mario and Luigi's color preferences are reflected throughout the land in the form of various enemies, such as Koopa Troopas and Cheep-Cheeps, who also come in red and green varieties. These foes even reflect the brothers' personalities, with red ones being more aggressive and green ones acting cautious. In fact, Mario and Luigi are not the only known red and green brothers, with similarly color-coded siblings including Cork and Cask, Red and Green, the Armored Harriers, and Gigi and Merri. When tattling the younger of the Armored Harriers, Goombella theorizes that it may be some sort of rule that younger brothers must wear green, offering a possible explanation for Luigi's trademark green shirt and hat.

However, Luigi has not always chosen to wear his usual green and blue clothes. Mario Bros. originally dressed Luigi in a black shirt and green overalls, although artwork showed his shirt to be red. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that the green color of clothing for Luigi was inspired by the enemy Shellcreeper. Wrecking Crew gave him a magenta pair of overalls and helmet, seemingly leaving him shirtless. Even Super Mario Bros. gave its Luigi a green shirt and white overalls (although Super Mario Bros. Deluxe replaced this with a less aberrant brown shirt and green overalls, leaving his original colors to Fire Luigi, who usually has an inverse scheme), despite the fact that his usual palette and appearance had emerged in artwork.

Luigi is rather infamous for being a palette swap of Mario in his earlier adventures. This applies to Mario Bros., Wrecking Crew, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and even the rare solo quest that is Mario is Missing!. Luigi's first unique sprites came in Super Mario Bros. 2, in which his artwork appearance conveniently coincided with the tall Mama's sprite. Nintendo of Japan would not adapt Luigi's artwork differences to his in-game sprite until Super Mario Kart, although Luigi's various models have been unique almost ever since, even in remakes of games where he was originally a palette swap (such as Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Super Mario Advance 2, and Super Mario Advance 4).

Both Mario and Luigi have been described as "cutesy," to the extent that Shigeru Miyamoto considered redesigning them to "become a bit more grown-up" in the GameCube era, for instance by removing their trademark V sign. However, aside from growing more realistic as graphics have advanced, Luigi and his brother have changed little over the years, and continue to flash the V sign regularly.

Luigi's appearance does, however, tend to lend itself to heavy stylization. The Luigi's Mansion graphical team took it upon themselves to animate every part of Luigi to convey emotion, resulting in such exaggerations to the plumber's body as head-expanding screams during boss cutscenes and complete flattenings by fake doors. The Super Smash Bros. series applies Luigi's cowardice to his actions, making most of his attacks look reckless and unwilling and giving him awkward movements, securing his official title as the series' "dreamy, comical poster boy."

Personality
Luigi is portrayed as timid and a bit of a coward. His cowardly attitude was first shown in Super Mario Adventures. He also worries and is considerably self-conscious. However, he overcomes his fears and acts like a hero when necessary. On the New Super Mario Bros. Wii website, it describes Luigi as "Mario's fearless brother". In keeping with his personality-based Power Flower, a sign in Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64 DS describes Luigi as "wispy."

Arguably, Luigi's most apparent trait is his seeming cowardice. Though he showed several instances of cowardice in early non-game media such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, his cowardly nature was not actually shown in-game until Luigi's Mansion (aside from a few hints in Paper Mario), and has carried over to almost all of Luigi's subsequent appearances. Although Luigi's phasmophobia is his most overbearing fear, he usually reconsiders at the mere thought of any monsters or trials, especially in the Mario & Luigi series. However, Luigi can be quite brave, and has saved the Mushroom Kingdom alongside his brother multiple times. Super Paper Mario especially glimpses into Luigi's more courageous side, showing him boldly rushing into dangerous situations and rarely even implicating his cowardice. In addition, the ending for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also hinted that he got over his phasmophobia, or at the very least takes exception to polterpups.

Another strong element of Luigi's personality is his apparent complex over being overlooked. Although his Superstar status has earned him many fans, including an entire fan club led by Toadia and multiple supporting Toads (one of which claims to be his biggest fan in Super Mario 64 DS), even Bowser and the Koopa Troop have occasional trouble with remembering his name (as seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga), and he appears to be almost unknown in the Beanbean Kingdom. Although Luigi's biggest reactions to his frequent overlookings in the Mario & Luigi series are a few "…"s and face-faults, his inattention was played up for comic relief in Paper Mario, with the snarky man in green complaining about being left behind and perpetually training for that elusive next adventure. Luigi's bio in Mario Party 5 states that he has been gaining popularity in recent years.

Luigi's state of being in the shadow of his brother shows strongly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. An example would be the way Luigi is almost never happy, how his commentary is very monotoned, and how one of his taunts is a bashful kick of the ground. Also, his Final Smash, Negative Zone, seemed to have developed because of living in his brother's shadow forever. Additionally, whenever the crowd cheers for Luigi, not too many people are heard cheering for him and when the announcer says Luigi's name, he sounds a little surprised. Despite this, however, Masahiro Sakurai did not intend to play up Luigi's overshadowed status, instead aiming to make him "everyone's favorite man in green."

When Luigi finally went on a quest of his own in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, he's presented as be more arrogant and somewhat of a liar, as he changes the stories of his adventure to make himself look better; his partners claim his stories are false. The novelizations of his escapades describe them with even more flowery exaggerations, stating for instance that he played an earth spirit in the Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam (whereas he actually played grass on the side of the road, according to Hayzee) and that he awoke Cranberry with "a soft call" (rather than a sneeze).

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Star Gate (which supposedly knows all) passes Luigi as "unworthy" to enter. This most likely has something to do with Luigi's "dark secret from his past," which it also mentions; Luigi did something either embarrassing or foolish which he has kept a secret ever since. However, in a interview with a member of staff, he stated Luigi had no dark secret, and it was actually a reference to the fact Luigi constantly lives in the shadow of his brother. He also added: "Why make Luigi into a bad guy? We have Waluigi for that instead!" Even the game itself makes a straightforward point that Luigi has a large heart, as proven when he hits the Aurora Block and it grows to a gigantic size, flattening him.

In Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Kart Wii, Luigi is a crybaby like Baby Mario from Yoshi's Island series. Whenever Luigi lost, he cries. In Mario Strikers Charged, Luigi speaks in a Spanish accent.

Luigi is also portrayed as somewhat refined, leading the "Luigi Gentlemen" in Mario Superstar Baseball. Luigi's Mansion shows him to be a bit of a neat freak, constantly criticizing the dustiness of his mansion and even mentioning at one point that he hand washes his cap as opposed to using a washing machine as his brother does. He also seems to have an eye for art, but doesn't appreciate many of King Boo's decorations. Luigi has been known to cross-dress three times. The first time was in Super Mario Adventure, second in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga and third was (implied) in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Like Toadette, Luigi can be sensitive when someone insults him, especially if the jab in question regards his mustache (as proven prior to his showdown with Dimentio). Luigi also appears to show concern for cruelty to animals; he is horrified by the deer heads and leopard skin rugs in the Safari Room in Luigi's Mansion and declares that he won't stand for an animal being treated in such a manner.

Whereas Mario rarely speaks aside from numerous yells and grunts (a point is made out of this in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars with Toad and The Thousand-Year Door with Doopliss), Luigi is proven to be quite the conversationalist in the Paper Mario series, with the exception of Paper Mario: Sticker Star. In Super Paper Mario, Luigi is almost Mario's "mouth." He does all the speaking for Mario in the beginning of the game (a role later taken by Tippi). Once he joins Mario's party, however, he only talks during scenes where the four heroes are shown together. Curiously, the inverse seems to be the case in the rare instance of a Luigi-only quest; both brothers are capable of captioned speech in Luigi's Mansion, but Luigi is limited to ellipses and question marks when interacting with another character. In the Mario & Luigi series, Luigi, as well as Mario, talks in gibberish that the player can't interpret, but the other characters in the game do.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Luigi is consistently portrayed as being the smarter of the two, but the cowardice trait is also shown as Luigi is scared of things going very wrong. He also doesn't take as many risks as Mario does.

Overall, Luigi's personality is hard to determine and tends to change depending on the appearance. Very few games have portrayed him with a personality that lasts throughout the subsequent release. Overall, however, Luigi can be described as timid and cautious, yet kindhearted and willing to protect his homeland with Mario's help, and a bit negative - It is perhaps this irony, the basis of Luigi's character, that makes his personality so complex.

Age
Originally, Luigi was introduced as Mario's younger brother. The first indication of their specific age difference was in "Family Album "The Early Years"", which implied that Luigi was born after Mario by several years. However, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi Touch & Go described the brothers as twins. The remake of the game, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, did not expressly call them twins, but noted that Luigi was Mario's younger brother, carried to their parents at the same time. However, many video game sources still refer to Luigi as the younger brother, indicating that Luigi may have been the second born twin, regardless of his delivery by the Stork. Since Luigi is still said to be Mario's younger twin brother it can be assumed that he was born right after Mario, making them just about the same age. In Super Paper Mario, Luvbi refers to Mario and Luigi as twins at the end of chapter 7-1. In the same game, though, Luigi referred to Mario as "big bro" on more than one occasion. Also, Luigi's Trophy description in Super Smash Bros. Brawl also referred to him as "younger twin brother". However, Colonel Roy Campbell calls Luigi a "kid brother" to Snake during Snake's Codec conversation in the same game. In the Mario Cartoon Series Luigi referred to Mario as his "Little big brother". Mario is stated to be 26 years old in the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Melee, what could mean that this is Luigi's age as well.

Powers and Abilities
As to not give players advantages over each other, Luigi's abilities are usually exactly the same as Mario's, such as in Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario World. In most instances where one player can choose between the two brothers, however, Luigi is given his own gameplay quirks. This first occurred in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, where Luigi can jump higher than Mario but has lower traction and speed. In the American Super Mario Bros. 2, Luigi once again features the highest jump, but comparatively low speed and power. Luigi's high jumps but low traction would return in Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, which, unlike its original version, allowed players to switch between Mario and Luigi at any time on the map screen. In three-dimensional adventures, such as Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 Luigi is usually faster than Mario (at the cost of poorer acceleration), but retains his classic high jumps and poor traction.

As aforementioned, Luigi has a higher top speed but poorer acceleration than his brother in Super Mario 64 DS, along with poor traction and increased agility. In this game Luigi along with Yoshi are the fastest swimmers. Luigi's jumps are perhaps at their strongest in this game; not only can Luigi jump higher than his brother, but he can also scuttle to slow his fall. His backflip has the same effect as being caught in a Tweester or stomping a Fire Guy, allowing for a very slow descent. Unlike Mario, however, Luigi cannot Wall Jump in this game. As a result of his agility and lightness, Luigi can walk on water for a short time. Luigi's Power Flower is Vanish Luigi, allowing him to disappear for invincibility and the ability to walk through certain obstacles.

In Super Paper Mario, Luigi's specialty is the Spring Jump, which sends him just off the screen to bound over obstacles and damage enemies mid-air. His standard jumps are also higher than any other character's and he has lower traction once more. However, the player can simply press down to stop instantly in this game (due to his Spring Jump).

Electricity is sometimes depicted as Luigi's answer to Mario's fire. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi is given the ability to harness and release electricity with a technique known as the Thunderhand (alongside his other specialty, the High Jump). This is referenced in Super Paper Mario with Mr. L's nickname of "The Green Thunder," and in Mario Strikers Charged, where Luigi's Mega Strike involves controlling electricity.

In addition to actual gameplay differences, Luigi often executes his moves differently than his brother. In Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Luigi jumps with his legs back and descends with them forward, kneels when sliding, and appears to spit fireballs rather than throwing them. The Super Smash Bros. series and Mario Kart: Double Dash!! give Luigi green fireballs, and in the former games his fireballs levitate. Perhaps most famously, Luigi's jumping animation in Super Mario Bros. 2 is merely his walking animation sped up; although Luigi's "kicking" jumps were momentarily ignored, they returned in the Super Mario Advance series, complete with a high-pitched warbling sound effect in Super Mario Advance 2 and 4. Luigi's aforementioned scuttle from Super Mario 64 DS also involves walking in mid-air, and the Eternal Understudy "kicks" during his Triple Jump in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Luigi has also exhibited many unique traits in various sports and spin-off games, despite usually being a balance character like his brother. In games such as Mario Kart Wii, Luigi has a higher top speed than Mario, but has lower handling and acceleration. In the Mario Golf series, Luigi his with less power than his brother but features better control, although his shots consistently curve left. Luigi is slightly faster than Mario in Mario Superstar Baseball, and reveals his special pitch and swing (the Tornado Ball and Tornado Swing, respectively) in Mario Super Sluggers.

Despite his skills, Luigi is also somewhat clumsy. For example, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, he accidentally bumps one of his partners, Blooey the Blooper, into a volcano while trying to stop evil, burning him to a golden crisp but not killing him. Usually, though, he is very agile and can do many stunts Mario can not, and in fact appears to be the best jumper in the Mushroom Kingdom and he is shown to be a good breakdancer in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games whenever he gets a gold medal he breakdances like Sonic, and in the events Sychronized Swimming, Figure Skating, and Rhythmic Ribbon, he is shown to be flexible and a good gymnast because of his long legs.

Roles Taken
Luigi is a hero, but usually a sidekick, although in some media and games he is referred to as a partner. In the Mario & Luigi games, he is the cowardly partner to Mario, and is occasionally forced to be brave. He is the hero of a separate adventure the player doesn't get to play or see in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where he is a coward who changes the story to make himself look more heroic. In Super Paper Mario he was not a sidekick, but rather one of the four heroes, which made him equal to Mario. He was also brainwashed by Nastasia to become a villain, Mr. L, and was later brainwashed again by Dimentio to become Super Dimentio, the final boss. His sidekick role was completely different in Mario is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion, where he was the sole main character who had to rescue Mario.

Nicknames
Since Mario has starred in many more games and has been on many more adventures than Luigi, he has received most of the popularity. Almost everyone knew who Mario was. Luigi, on the other hand, has smaller popularity compared to Mario's and is unknown to most. Luigi's nicknames usually have to do with the color of his clothing.


 * The Luigi Kid - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
 * Long John Spaghetti (by Mario) - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
 * Mama Luigi (by Yoshi, and later himself) - Super Mario World television series
 * Weegee (by Mario) - Super Mario Adventures
 * Plunger Puss (by Larry Koopa) - Mario is Missing!
 * Plumber Dude (by Larry Koopa) - Mario is Missing!
 * The Eternal Understudy - Super Smash Bros.
 * Master Luigi (by Toadsworth) - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Mr. Green (by Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Green Guy - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Super Princess Peach
 * Mr. Green Mario Brother Guy (by Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Green man of mustache (by the star gate) - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
 * Green 'stache (by Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (also called by a Whittle in Super Mario Galaxy 2)
 * Mr. Lean 'n' Green - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Mr. Greenie - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * What's-yer-name (by Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * The Other Guy - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Lip Hair (by Baby Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
 * Shabby green mustachioed man (by Princess Lipid) - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
 * Man in Green (by Dark Prognosticus) - Super Paper Mario (also known as the "man in green" in Super Smash Bros. Melee in the notice after unlocking Luigi)
 * Mr. Lime-Green - Luigi's Mansion
 * The Mustachioed Green Baron - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 * Mr. Eyeballs (by Waluigi) - Mario Power Tennis
 * Mushroom Dynamite - Mario Hoops 3-on-3 baller name
 * Sweetie (by Daisy) - Mario Power Tennis
 * King of Second Bananas (by Colonel) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Green Wimp (by Bowser) - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
 * The Green Thunder (as Mr. L) - Super Paper Mario
 * The Great Dweeb (by a Goomba) - Super Paper Mario
 * Green Wonder - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Everyone's favorite man in green (by Masahiro Sakurai) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl website (Smash Bros. DOJO!!)
 * Air Luigi (by Koopa Koot) - Paper Mario
 * Mysterious Green Guy - Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Princess Daisy


Daisy's only appearance between Super Mario Land and Mario Tennis was in NES Open Tournament Golf, where she caddied for Luigi just as Peach did for Mario; this would be Luigi's first documented interaction with Daisy. In Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), when choosing Luigi in the doubles tournament mode, his default partner will be Daisy. Luigi and Daisy have been portrayed as a couple on numerous occasions. In Mario Golf Toadstool Tour, they're seen golfing alongside Peach and Mario. Their team names from the Mario Party series include: "Steady Sweeties", "Tango Tanglers", and "Shy Sidekicks". Perhaps the most telling occurrence was in Mario Power Tennis, wherein Daisy says to Luigi, "Hey, sweety! I'll take that", while receiving her trophy from Luigi. Also, in the Mario Baseball series, Luigi and Daisy are "buddy players", and they share good chemistry. Most recently, in Mario Kart Wii, there is a giant, golden statue on the Daisy Circuit that shows the two holding hands and dancing together, along with another of Baby Luigi and Baby Daisy. Nintendo's only official word on this matter came in Super Smash Bros. Melee, where Daisy's trophy biography states, "After her appearance in Mario Golf, some gossips started portraying her as Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach". It was stated in the official Mario Party 4 guide that Luigi has quite the crush on Daisy, and that it's rumored there's an attraction between them. Luigi and Daisy also appear together commonly in the Miracle Book pages from Mario Party 6 (most often in a situation where something bad happens to Luigi, but Daisy is left unharmed).

Mario


Mario is Luigi's older twin brother. Luigi often joins Mario in missions to save Peach, but Mario tends to go on adventures without him. Despite their lifelong sibling rivalry and Luigi's jealousy toward Mario, Mario and Luigi have always maintained a unique "brotherly love" for each other which is further proven when Luigi rescues his brother in Mario is Missing!, Luigi's Mansion, and its sequel. In Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Mario calls Luigi "number one" when he saved him.

Baby Mario himself aided Yoshi in Luigi's rescue in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS. Luigi also has a great admiration for his older brother and looks up to him, wishing to be "a great plumber like his brother Mario" in Super Mario RPG. Mario and Luigi are automatic partners in most games. In the Mario & Luigi installments, Luigi often does his best to help his brother and relies on him quite a lot. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi even saved Mario from becoming a bean by getting Crabbie Grass that would recover his health.

Bowser


Bowser is Luigi's first enemy. Luigi and Bowser have almost always been enemies, but Bowser's main conflict is with Mario, which is further shown in Super Mario 64 DS. It may be worthy of note that, in Super Paper Mario, Luigi was seemingly unaware of Bowser's almost clichéd past attempts, stalling to realize that Bowser was the sort of person who would kidnap Princess Peach, and even then not remembering Bowser's name until he actually encountered the Koopa King. Similarly, Bowser does not recognize Luigi when they meet in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, although he does remember who he is in Super Paper Mario. Worth noting is that Bowser seems to recognize Luigi as being almost as great a threat as Mario, and remembers his name in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Luigi has always been one of the three main heroes Bowser hates with a passion, with Mario and Yoshi being the other two.

King Boo


Luigi first met King Boo in the GameCube launch title Luigi's Mansion where King Boo had tricked Luigi into thinking he had won a mansion in a contest. Luigi soon found out that it was a trap to kidnap Mario, and later himself. Luigi manages to rescue Mario from the painting in the Mansion and trap King Boo himself inside a painting. After these events, Luigi and King Boo have since been bitter arch-enemies. Through out the Mario series this has been shown in various ways. One example is that in Super Mario 64 DS King Boo is the one who kidnaps Luigi and locks him away. Another example of the rivalry they share is seen in the Mario Baseball series; as seen so far in all of the games, they both have bad chemistry at each other. King Boo also plays the role of the main antagonist in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon further showing his rivalry with Luigi. However despite this rivalry between the two, King Boo is able to act civil to Luigi when Luigi confronts him at the end of both Luigi's Mansion and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.

Princess Peach
Princess Peach is portrayed to be Luigi's very close friend. In any game where Luigi can switch Mario for the same role, Peach reacts to him in the same manner she does to Mario, like in New Super Mario Bros., where Peach will give Luigi a kiss after he saves her. Similarly, Super Mario Galaxy's identical storyline for both Bros. has Rosalina referring to Peach as both Mario and Luigi's special one. Luigi is seen swooning over Peach after she blows a kiss in her Mario Power Tennis victory scene. They were both together in Mario Power Tennis in Diddy Kong's and Koopa's endings. In Super Paper Mario, Luigi comes to Peach's rescue in an attempt to stop Count Bleck and the wedding between Peach and Bowser, focusing on Peach rather than attempting to save Mario. The two share chemistry in Mario Superstar Baseball, and are called Green Eschort in Mario Party 5.

Rosalina


Rosalina met Luigi in Super Mario Galaxy. Luigi helped her by aiding Mario in retrieving the Power Stars. In Battlerock Galaxy, he tells Mario that he'll only give him the Green Star if he tells Rosalina that he found it for her. Upon collecting all 121 stars with both Mario and Luigi, Mailtoad sends a picture when the player talks to him in the Grand Finale Galaxy. Luigi's picture shows him, Rosalina, and the Toad Brigade with Peach's Castle in the background, while Mario's picture is of Mario, Peach, and three Lumas on the first planet of Good Egg Galaxy.

Starlow
Starlow is a friend of Luigi and Mario, but she generally interacts with Mario more so than with Luigi. Starlow also acts more coldheartedly toward Luigi, as in one humorous scene, before the battle with Alpha Kretin, Luigi asks Starlow to fight alongside Mario instead, and she responds by angrily knocking him into the beast, or even after (optionally) finding and defeating the three frozen Shroobs, in which she comments that only Mario could have been able to defeat the Shroobs as a baby. Mario responds that Luigi also helped, and Starlow, dubious about it, says that Luigi possibly attacked them with some "ferocious crying" (This is actually somewhat true). This, of course, made Luigi sad, and Mario says to Starlow that Luigi was the one who defeated the Shroobs in the end. Starlow, impressed about Luigi's potential, then apologized to him, saying that he is indeed super like his brother, thus making Luigi happy again. Starlow also helps Mario and Luigi in some battles on Mario and Luigi Bowser's inside story like when they fight Bowser, Fawful (in a different form). What Starlow does help them she lets Mario and Luigi hang on to her when something is breathing fire and the fire is about to hit them.

Toad


Toad directly adventured with the brothers in Super Mario Bros. 2. Besides giving Luigi tips and the occasional pick-me-up, Toad doesn't spend nearly as much time with Luigi as he does with Mario. The various Toads' opinions of Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS greatly differ from one another, with one denying that he could have retrieved so many Power Stars and another referring to Luigi as "The world's most inept and least charismatic brother," while another refers to himself as Luigi's biggest fan and another states that "We'll have to call you the Luigi Brothers soon!". Toad also acted as Luigi's major ally in Luigi's Mansion, giving special items (such as keys) and allowing the player to save their game. He will also be a major help to Luigi in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon as he will be helping Luigi solve puzzles throughout the various mansions. In the Mario cartoons, Toad appears as both a helper and a close friend of Mario and Luigi. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Toad makes a few mentions of wanting to see Luigi again (if the player is playing as Mario). Toad has been on good terms with Luigi for a very long time.

Waluigi


Waluigi seems to nurture an especially hostile grudge against Luigi due to unknown reasons. In Mario Tennis, it is revealed that the two have shared some sort of rivalry, also Luigi makes a gesture at Waluigi which Waluigi reacted negatively to. It is stated in the Mario Party 4 guide that Luigi has a crush on Daisy and so does Waluigi. This might be a reason that the two share rivalry. In all, they have bad chemistry in all the games they appear in together. Their relationship is similar to Mario and Wario's. But sometimes they get along as shown at the end of the opening of Mario Power Tennis.

Wario


Wario was saved from Chief Chilly by Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS. In the past, Baby Wario saved Baby Luigi from Kamek along with Yoshi and other characters in Yoshi's Island DS. Wario seems to have a competitive rivalry with Luigi, as shown when they argue over whether being a superstar requires brains or brawn in the Mario Party introduction. Wario also enjoys tying Luigi's shoelaces together.

Yoshi
Yoshi is one of Luigi's closest friends. Luigi and Yoshi are often seen going on adventures together alongside Mario, playing the roles as the second or third playable characters. In most spin-off games, Luigi and Yoshi are commonly referred to as 'The Green Team' if they are both partnered up together. Luigi and Yoshi could be considered to be just as good friends to each other as they are to Mario, as they both show connections to each other like true friends would. Oddly, however, in Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Super Sluggers, their chemistry is neutral.

According to the ''Super Mario World TV Show's episode, Mama Luigi: Luigi found Yoshi, and at first, Yoshi thought that Luigi was his "mama." And it seems that Yoshi likes Luigi more than Mario, due to the fact that Luigi brings Yoshi to bed, and Yoshi asked him to tell a bedtime story.

Mario Tennis

 * Type: All-Around
 * Instruction Booklet Bio: His height lets him hit even the balls that look like they're out of reach.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

 * Speed: ***
 * Weight: ***
 * Bio: Like his brother, Luigi is a well-rounded driver. He has average Speed and Weight, which makes his kart very easy to keep under control.

Mario Party 4 Present Room

 * Luigi's Table: A red-ish table with a black top marked "L".
 * Luigi's Airbike: A green "hoverbike" that looks similar to a motorized scooter.
 * Luigi's Dumbell: A dumbell with color similar to that of the table legs.
 * Luigi's Chair: A green plushy chair.
 * Luigi Doll: A rather plump doll of Luigi.
 * Bowser Television: A television shaped like Bowser's Head.

Mario Party 5

 * Quote: Try hard a' play fair!
 * Bio: Mario's once overlooked brother is back to settle some scores, party style! Luigi's spotlight seems to finally be shining as he has gotten his own game and even gets equal billing with Mario in the new GBA game Mario and Luigi. Will things get even better soon.
 * Mario: Mario Bros.
 * Peach: Green Eschort
 * Yoshi: Green Bros.
 * Wario: Unloving Bros.
 * Daisy: Steady Sweeties
 * Waluigi: Unlikely Bros.
 * Toad: Good Pals
 * Boo: Scare Pair
 * Koopa Kid: Friendly Enemies

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

 * Baller Name: Mushroom Dynamite
 * Type: All-Around
 * Special Shot: Green Fire Shot
 * Letter to Tap: L

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

 * Distance: 206 yds
 * Star Distance: 240 yds
 * Trajectory: Fade

Mario Power Tennis

 * Type: All-Around
 * Offensive Power Shot: Squeaky Mallet
 * Defensive Power Shot: Poltergust Return
 * Stats:
 * Power: 6/10
 * Speed: 7/10
 * Reach: 7/10
 * Serve: 6/10
 * Lunge: 7/10
 * Control: 7/10
 * Doubles Partner: Mario
 * Bio: Luigi has better ball control than his famous sibling and is especially skilled at volleying.

Mario Kart DS

 * Class: Medium
 * Default Karts: Poltergust 4000, Standard LG
 * Unlockable Kart: Streamliner
 * '''Stats:
 *  Acceleration: **/***
 *  Top Speed: **/***
 *  Off- Road: **/***
 * Bio: Mario's younger brother. Luigi is ready to race. His superb traction makes him harder to spin out.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

 * Partner: Mario
 * Class: Middleweight
 * Personal Kart: Green Fire
 * Special Item: Green Fireball
 * Instruction Booklet Bio: He's lean, he's not so mean, and his Fireballs are green! Everybody's favorite brother is here, too!
 * Bio: He may look timid, but don't underestimate Luigi. He's not afraid to knock you off your block with his deadly green fireballs.

Mario Superstar Baseball

 * Teams: Luigi Gentlemen, Luigi Vacuums, Luigi Mansioneers, Luigi Leapers
 * Type: Balanced
 * Starting Team Captain: Mario
 * Status: Alternative Team Captain
 * Stats:
 * Batting: 5/10
 * Pitching: 6/10
 * Fielding: 6/10
 * Running: 6/10
 * Player Profile:
 * Strong Point: Might
 * Special Talents: Wall Jump, Super Jump
 * Trajectory:
 * Field: Center
 * Height: Normal
 * Special Ball: Fireball
 * Default Batting Position: Left
 * Default Throwing Arm: Right
 * Sweet Spot: The "L" on the bat
 * Compatible Relationships: Daisy, Mario, Peach
 * 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 low-key but is always a dark horse in athletic contests. Despite perpetually finishing second, his excellent form and green Fireball make him a force."

Mario Party 7

 * Partner: Mario
 * Special Orb: Fire Orb

Mario Strikers Charged



 * Type: Balanced
 * Super Ability: Super Luigi!
 * Deke: Normal

Stats

 * Movement: 6
 * Shooting: 6
 * Passing: 6
 * Defense: 6

Mario Party 8

 * Website Bio: The Number-Two Bro has his sights on the Number-One spot!
 * Team Names:
 * Mario: Mario Bros.
 * Peach: Waltzing Brawlers
 * Yoshi: Green Machine
 * Wario: Green 'n' Greedy
 * Daisy: Tango Tanglers
 * Waluigi: Lean 'n' Mean
 * Toad: Savage Sidekicks
 * Boo: Scaredy Pants
 * Toadette: Cha-Cha Chasers
 * Birdo: Samba Smashers
 * Dry Bones: Cry Bones
 * Blooper: Blooper Scoopers
 * Hammer Bro: Longtime-Foe Bros.

Mario Party DS

 * Team Names:
 * Mario: Mario Bros.
 * Peach: Green Peaches
 * Daisy: Shy Sidekicks
 * Wario: 'Stache Clashers
 * Waluigi: Lean Meanies
 * Yoshi: Green Machines
 * Toad: Green Mushrooms
 * Site Bio: Wherever Mario goes, his bro is sure to follow - and this game is no exception!

Mario Kart Wii

 * Size: Medium
 * '''Stats:
 * Acceleration: **/***
 * Speed: **/***
 * Handling: **/***
 * Bio: Test out Luigi's superb traction with the agility of a dirt bike.
 * Guide Bio: Luigi has cleared all the ghosts from his mansion, and part of the treasure he got has gone into a brand new circuit. Nice work!
 * Actual Bonuses
 * Speed: +2
 * Weight: +6

Online Collectible Card Bio
''With his trusty Tornado Ball and signature green cap, Luigi is the talented team captain of the Luigi Knights. He may not have as much confidence as his superstar brother Mario, but not everyone can be a hero, right?''

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games bio
''Luigi is Mario's brother and the family resemblance is obvious. Like Mario, Luigi is an All-Around type of guy, not excelling in any one area but showing solid ability in many events in the Olympic Games.''

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games bio
''Luigi is the taller and younger twin brother of Mario. He has been on many adventures with Mario and now comes to Vancouver to compete in the ultimate winter competition. Using the Luigi Rocket technique on the Wii and DS or Green Fire Dash on the DS, he brings a unique advantage that he hopes will propel him to the top.''

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games bio
''Luigi is Mario's twin brother and the family resemblance is obvious. Like Mario, Luigi is an all-round guy, excelling in any one area but showing solid ability in many events in the London Olympic Games.''

Super Smash Bros. profile
''Though often hidden in his older brother Mario's shadow, Luigi is, in reality, very popular. Taller than Mario, Luigi also jumps higher. Although he didn't appear in Super Mario 64, in Mario Kart 64 he performed to the best of his ability. For one who seems to always be in the background, he has many fans who eagerly await his appearance.''

Bio from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Writers Bible
''Mario couldn't have a better teammate than his younger in age, but bigger in size, little brother Luigi, even though they approach their adventures with very different attitudes. Luigi always wishes Mario would take more time to weigh the risks before he leaps, swims, or flies into the unknown. But no matter how much he questions Mario's plans, Luigi always loyally follows him into the wildest dangers any Koopa could conceive. Luigi is your basic soft touch. A defender of downtrodden Mushrooms and Koopa-nabbed maidens. Naïve, trusting and innocent, Luigi is not a bumbling fool. It's just that he's so nice and straightforward, which allows him to be sucked into a Koopa scheme, a Toad prank, or a Mario madcap plan.

Mario Kart Wii Trading Card Description
"Luigi win! Luigi Number one!" ''Watch out for Mario's brother because he is revved up and ready to use Mini-Turbos with his custom green & blue Karts and Bikes. Don't expect Luigi to team up with anyone on the track this time however. He's done riding shotgun and gearing up for the win!''

Fortune Street

 * Bio: Mario's brother. Though normally quiet and unassuming, he's a shrewd and powerful man.

Mario Kart 7

 * Class: Medium
 * Stat Boosts
 * Speed: 3.5
 * Acceleration: 3
 * Weight: 3.25
 * Handling: 2.75
 * Off-Road: 3.75
 * Site Bios:
 * Flag of USA.png "Mario's brother may get the short end of the stick sometimes, but he's no slouch once in his kart."
 * Flag of Europe.png "Just like his brother Mario, Luigi is a steady and stable driver, capable of dealing with any situation."

Mario Party 9

 * Site Bio: Mario's slender sibling has always been there to back up his bro in the past, but in Mario Party 9 it’s every man for himself!

Mario Tennis Open

 * Type: All-Around
 * Bio: Compared to Mario, he is a bit less powerful, but Luigi is good at ball handling. His specialty is playing up front, at the net.
 * Bio 2: Like his brother, Luigi is pretty good at everything. Although not as powerful as Mario, he has greater accuracy and is excellent at coming into the net.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

 * Website Bio: Mario's tall, green-clad brother gets quite a bit of game time in this adventure, and looks pretty sharp with fox ears and tail.

New Super Mario Bros. U

 * Website Bio: Living up to the high platforming standards set by his sibling, Luigi will get you through platforming challenges in a jiffy.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

 * Website Bios:
 * Flag of USA.png Mario's timid brother may not have as much time in the spotlight... but he sure does know a thing or two about dealing with ghosts, even if he is clumsy and scared.
 * Flag of Europe.png Mario's scaredy-cat brother is what you'd call an... unlikely hero. A haunted mansion is his worst nightmare - he's scared of ghosts, not to mention the dark, lightning, sudden movements, loud noises... Despite all this, he still offers to tackle Professor E. Gadd's poltergeist problem out of friendship, or maybe he's just afraid of saying no, too.

Portrayals
A list of all the people who have portrayed Luigi.


 * Yuu Mizushima - Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!
 * Charles Martinet - 1996 - Present
 * Danny Wells - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
 * Tony Rosato - The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World
 * Julien Bardakoff - Mario Kart 64; (Japanese version only), Mario Party 2, Mario Kart Super Circuit