The Year of Luigi



The Year of Luigi is a special event held in 2013 and 2014 in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Luigi's debut in Mario Bros. As such, it features a series of games, collectibles, and downloadable content with Luigi as the main focus. In early December, Reggie Fils-Aimé stated that the Year of Luigi will continue in 2014.

Games

 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
 * New Super Luigi U
 * Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
 * Luigi Bros.-An unlockable built-in game in Super Mario 3D World which is based on the original Mario Bros. However, Luigi Bros. is available from the start of Super Mario 3D World if the player has save data for New Super Luigi U on their Wii U console.
 * NES Remix
 * Dr. Luigi

Console special editions

 * A Luigi-themed Nintendo 3DS XL with the digital version of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team pre-installed on the 4GB SD card. (Available for retail in Japan and North America, and exclusively via Nintendo's official online store in the United Kingdom. )

Merchandise

 * Japan Club Nintendo members can get a copy of The Year of Luigi Sound Selection. It contains 30 songs from Luigi's Mansion to Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. It costs 400 points, but members who have purchased and registered any Year of Luigi games can get the CD for only 200 points.
 * Exclusive merchandise is available in Japan.
 * US and Canada Club Nintendo members who purchased New Super Luigi U from the Nintendo eShop by August 1, 2013 and completed the surveys within four weeks after downloading had a chance to win 1 of 980 Luigi pins.
 * A Year of Luigi coin was made available with a small green bag for 1500 and 1250 stars in the European and Australian Club Nintendo websites, respectively.
 * A Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon diorama is available on the American Club Nintendo site for 1500 coins, and the European Club Nintendo for 7000 Stars.

Special elements to applications

 * Five drawing competencies in Miiverse about five topics related to Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the drawings were chosen by MariChan, who is in charge of the Luigi communities.
 * A New Super Luigi U scrapbook, with screenshots of Miiverse, the screenshots are chosen by MariChan.
 * Four Miiverse communities open only during the event:
 * A general type community for The Year of Luigi.
 * A Developer's Room dedicated to The Year of Luigi.
 * One for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
 * One for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
 * Six people from Nintendo are wearing dark green clothes and Luigi's Cap on their Miis in StreetPass Mii Plaza during this year.
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Satoru Iwata
 * Hideki Konno
 * Takashi Tezuka
 * Koichi Hayashida
 * Kensuke Tanabe
 * A new Year of Luigi stationary has been released for Swapnote.
 * Two people from Nintendo have sent notes on Swapnote about the Year of Luigi.
 * Miyamoto
 * Tezuka

Other

 * The Wii U Summer Tour, which brought Wii U and Nintendo 3DS booths to major US cities for a limited time, featuring Year of Luigi games.
 * Every level in New Super Luigi U and in Super Mario 3D World feature Luigis as Easter eggs. However, every Luigi in Super Mario 3D World is hidden and in his 8-bit form, while not every one is 8-bit in New Super Luigi U and some are in plain sight.

Trivia

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