Waluigi

"I'm-a Waluigi! I'm-a number one!"

- Waluigi



Waluigi is Luigi's evil counterpart and rival, and is generally Wario's partner. He made his debut in Mario Tennis, and was deliberately created to be a selectable character in various multiplayer games. Waluigi has appeared in several games, although none of them are actually Mario's adventures. He regularly appears in Mario sports games, Mario Party games, and other "spin-off" titles.

Due to his position as a "filler" in the Marioverse, Waluigi is considered a member of the Elite Underdogs and not the Big Eight.

A Sketchy Past
The details of Waluigi's past are a mystery, as he is an extremely undeveloped character. He simply "popped up" in the Marioverse with no explanation. From the scarce information that can be gathered from games, he has been antagonizing the Mario Bros. for quite some time; even before his debut. Any information beyond this is unconfirmed fan speculation.

Waluigi Joins the Marioverse


Waluigi first appeared in Mario Tennis. After his debut, Waluigi almost immediately rose up to the ranks of other Mario superstars, appearing in nearly every multiplayer game. He has appeared in every Mario Party game since the third installment of the ever popular series. He is also routinely available in Mario sports series.

Quirky Character
In his first appearance, Waluigi was personified as a dark and even sinister character, especially in the intro movie. Waluigi's back was originally somewhat hunched, the only sounds he made were horrid moans and evil laughter, and he had glowing purple eyes whenever he would win. However, his recent appearances portray Waluigi more as a form of comic relief, often making wisecracks and bearing the brunt of slapstick violence.

Waluigi is unpopular among citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom; it has been mentioned that he often spends Saturday nights alone while others are out. Whenever Waluigi interacts with characters in the Marioverse outside of his allies, he is usually met with rejection.

Waluigi is almost always a cocky, eccentric character. He is frequently shown to have a temper easy to set off and displays strange behavior. His special abilities include swimming through the air, dancing up a storm and creating a tornado, and hurling eggplants at his enemies that have the power to make them throw up upon contact.

Bad to the Bone
Waluigi is often seen as a Bob-omb wielding antagonist. He performed his first actual evil deed in his second appearance in Mario Party 3, where he stole the Mischief Star Stamp and challenged the player to a duel for it on his own board of explosive traps: Waluigi's Island.

Waluigi and Wario's antics were the primary focus of the opening movies in several Mario sports titles. He once formed an alliance with Bowser and Wario in the intro to Mario Power Tennis to destroy the Mario Bros. with Bob-ombs and Bullet Bills.

He played a pivotal role in the plot of Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix: Waluigi stole the Music Keys. Attempting world domination, Waluigi attempted to use the keys to make himself a better dancer, so that he could "hypnotize the entire world" with his fancy footsteps. However, keeping in his klutzy nature, Waluigi lost them, retaining only one. He also attacked Mario (or Luigi) and Toad with a barrage of Bob-ombs.

These incidents support the belief that Waluigi can still perform the same evil deeds as the rest of the bad boys, even though he may have a few setbacks.

Physical Description and Traits
Waluigi wears a purple cap with a yellow Γ symbol on it, as well as a purple undershirt and black overalls. He has a large, pink nose, orange shoes, and short, brown hair. His age is confirmed to be the same as Luigi's. Mario's evil counterpart, Wario, wears a "W", which is also an upside-down "M". Likewise, Waluigi wears a vertical mirror image of the letter "L".



Waluigi is the extreme form of his rival. While Luigi is tall and skinny, Waluigi is very tall and very skinny. Many biographies describing him in Mario sports games mention (and poke fun at) his odd facial elements, including his sharp jaw, pointy nose, and flat feet.

Games
Waluigi's first appearance was Mario Tennis. He has appeared in several sports titles released afterwards, confirming the fact that he was only created to be a selectable player in spin-off games, just as Princess Daisy was deliberately brought back into the Marioverse to fill the same role. In every annual installment of Mario Party, Waluigi is playable.

Waluigi has appeared in the Mario Kart Series since Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. In this game, he was available from the get-go, however, he had to be unlocked in Mario Kart DS. Interestingly, Waluigi was one of only two evil characters in Double Dash!! who was not a heavyweight (the other was Bowser Jr.).

He once again displayed his tennis skills in Mario Power Tennis, and also proved to be a good golfer in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Waluigi went on to appear in Mario Superstar Baseball. Strangely, whenever Waluigi charges up his hits in this game, they tend to have less power instead of more. Waluigi's pitching skills are top-notch, and Waluigi's strength in the throwing and jumping categories were taken advantage of in Baseball.

Waluigi made a very controversial gesture in Super Mario Strikers which is commonly interpreted as a crude command to "suck" his crotch. Also, some fans believe that, at some points in the game, Waluigi yells, "Kick 'em in the balls!", while others insist that he is actually telling his teammates, "Give me the ball!" While some were a bit startled at Waluigi's behavior, this actually increased his popularity to other players.

He also appeared in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, which once again made use of his ability to swim through imaginary water with his special Twist Dunk shot.

Waluigi is an unlockable character in Mario Golf: Advance Tour. He can only be unlocked if a Gamecube to Gameboy Advance Link Cable is used.



In Game & Watch Gallery 4, Waluigi appears in the modern version of Boxing as Luigi's final opponent. In Rainshower, Waluigi would try to mess up the player's work on Hard mode.

There is an alternate Waluigi costume that Mario can wear in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. By wearing both the L Emblem and the W Emblem together, Mario will wear a purple undershirt and black overalls, just like Waluigi.

For quite some time, Waluigi was totally absent from any Wario game, which was strange, considering his ties to Wario in the Marioverse. However, he has recently appeared in Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. He appears in a handfull of microgames, sometimes capless, sometimes clad in cycling helmet and goggles.

Waluigi has yet to star in his own game, although Waluigi fan games have been made. There are rumors that Waluigi will be playable in upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Waluigi will be appearing in the upcoming games Mario Party 8, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 and Itadaki Street DS.

Powers and Abilities
Despite the fact that he has not been featured in any Mario platformers, Waluigi still has some unique, yet atypical, abilities of his own.


 * Waluigi's standard abilities include jumping, punching, kicking, and throwing things.
 * In the way of weaponry, Waluigi prefers the Bob-omb, although he also favors the Sparky Sticker. The promotional art for Mario Party 3 features him holding a snippy Piranha Plant, implying that he uses them for his evil purposes, as well.
 * In Mario Power Tennis, Waluigi could distort his body into the shape of his logo, dance wildly, and create a tornado which would spin his opponent every which-way. He could also swim through the air, an ability which was present in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, as well.
 * Waluigi's special pitch in Mario Superstar Baseball is the Liar Ball, which allows him to throw two balls, one of them being a Whiskered Eggplant. It is rumored that the eggplant can make anyone it comes in contact with vomit.
 * Waluigi's Super Strike is called the Drop Rocket.
 * He and Wario both possess Professor E. Gadd's Coin Vacuum in Mario Party 7 and can use it to steal coins from opponents.

Fan Speculation
As was previously stated, Waluigi is an undeveloped character. As such, speculation abounds around him. The most popular theories have to do with two categories: His relationship with Wario, and his motives for the evil deeds he performs.

Relationship with Wario
It is widely theorized that he and Wario are brothers, just as Mario and Luigi are brothers. Sources outside of games suggest that they are related, however, his trophy bio in Super Smash Bros. Melee makes it clear that his relationship with Wario is unclear. In Mario Party 6, placing him and Wario on the same team produces the team name "Wicked Bros.", which implies that they are brothers. However, placing Luigi and Yoshi on the same team gives them the name "Green Bros." Luigi and Yoshi are obviously not brothers. It can be inferred that Wario and Waluigi are at least good friends.

Motives
He seems to nurture an especially hostile grudge against Luigi for unknown reasons. His motives are also prey for speculators. Some say that, like Wario, Waluigi's primary ambition is greed, while others suggest that he is after Luigi's supposed girlfriend, Princess Daisy. (It should be noted that the theory that Luigi and Daisy have a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship is also speculation.) Waluigi's actions seem to be mainly out of spite towards the Mario Bros., once again, for unknown reasons.

Other Speculation
Waluigi was once believed to be older than Wario. Since Waluigi's age is about the same as Luigi's, this would be impossible if Wario's age is the same as Mario's. However, since Nintendo has not released any clear information about any of the plumbers' ages, the theory is impossible to prove or disprove.

There was also once a rumor that Waluigi's last name was Spike. This started when Waluigi was first released to the public and he was still surrounded by mystery.

Criticism
Due to Waluigi's clunky name and the unoriginality behind his creation, Waluigi is disliked by many Nintendo fans, and is also criticized because of his role in the Marioverse as a "filler" character; that is, a character deliberately made to serve as an extra player in multiplayer games.

Waluigi's Name
Waluigi has two meanings in Japanese. The Japanese word for "bad" or "evil", warui, is also a condescending apology, instead of ones which are more polite. Waluigi's name is a portmanteau of "evil" and "Luigi", forming "Evil Luigi". However, some think his name is a cheap offshot of Wario's name, not knowing the name's Japanese origins.

Waluigi can also be pronounced in Japanese as waruiji, an anagram for ijiwaru, Japanese for "mean-spirited".

Also worth noting is that the same sound is used for L and R in Japanese.

Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy Info
"This tall, thin, evil-looking guy seems to be Luigi's rival. He works hard at his mischief: Waluigi reportedly spent a lot of time training for his debut in Mario Tennis by honing his ability to antagonize the Mario brothers. While it's general knowledge that he's the same age as Luigi, his relationship to Wario is unclear."

Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Kart: Waluigi Racer Special Item: Bob-omb Weight Class: Medium

Mario Kart DS
Karts: Standard WL; Gold Mantis; Zipper

Mario Power Tennis
Type: Defense Defensive Power Shot: Swimming Return Offensive Power Shot: Whirluigi

Mario Superstar Baseball
Teams: Waluigi Mashers, Waluigi Flankers, Waluigi Smart-Alecks, Waluigi Mystiques Type: Technique Starting Team Captain: Wario Status: Secondary Team Captain Stats: Player Profile:
 * Batting: 3/10
 * Pitching: 9/10
 * Fielding: 4/10
 * Running: 4/10
 * Strong Point: Pitching
 * Special Talents: Laser Beam, Super Jump
 * Trajectory:
 * Field: Left
 * Height: Low
 * Special Ball: Liar Ball
 * Default Batting Position: Right
 * Default Throwing Arm: Right
 * Sweet Spot: The "Γ" on the bat
 * Compatiable Relationships: Wario, Magikoopa
 * Bio: "Luigi's eccentric rival. Waluigi is a hardworking player who has been training night and day to gain enough power to best Luigi. The eggplant that his Liar Ball delivers is said to have the power to make those who touch it lose their lunches."

Super Mario Strikers
Type: Offensive Captain Super Strike: Drop Rocket Jersey Number: 0

Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Type: Technical Baller Name: The Question Special Dunk: Twist Dunk

Mario Party 7
Special Orb: Coin Vacuum

Trivia

 * Despite Waluigi's lack of popularity among most fans, Waluigi was one of the few Marioverse characters chosen to appear as a purchasable character in Nintendo Monopoly. Waluigi was the least expensive character to purchase, and as such he was also one of the least profitable characters.  The cost to purchase him was $60.
 * According to the official Mario Power Tennis website, Waluigi can be contacted via the following address: Waluigi, 26 Grimace Lane, Mushroom Kingdom, IMG EEK.
 * Waluigi's symbol (an "Γ") is also a letter in the Russian and Greek alphabets.
 * Waluigi bears striking resemblance to the cartoon character Dick Dastardly.
 * Waluigi seems to have connections with the Wrecking Crew games.
 * Waluigi and Foreman Spike both have similar noses, and their devious laughter sounds alike, as well.
 * In Mario Superstar Baseball, Waluigi's Liar Ball move revolved around his favorite food, the egglant. In, Wrecking Crew, Eggplant Men were enemies.
 * The Gold Mantis, one of Waluigi's karts in Mario Kart DS, was a construction crane.
 * Waluigi's song in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix was a remix of the theme song for Wrecking Crew.