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Fumihide Aoki (the creator of Waluigi), said on instagram that the two of them have a workmate relationship, where they only help each other if their goals are the same. Also in the WarioWare games, Wario invites his friends to make microgames, and Waluigi is not among the group of friends, making it clear that the two are not friends.
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'''Waluigi''' is [[Luigi]]'s lanky rival and [[Wario]]'s partner. Waluigi made his debut in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'', and since then, he has made playable appearances exclusively in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]'s spin-off titles. He makes an appearance as a playable character in all but one game in the [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' series]]. He has been voiced by [[Charles Martinet]] ever since his debut. His name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words ''warui'', meaning "bad", and ''Ruīji'', meaning "Luigi". | '''Waluigi''' is [[Luigi]]'s lanky rival and [[Wario]]'s partner. Waluigi made his debut in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'', and since then, he has made playable appearances exclusively in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]'s spin-off titles. He makes an appearance as a playable character in all but one game in the [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' series]]. He has been voiced by [[Charles Martinet]] ever since his debut. His name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words ''warui'', meaning "bad", and ''Ruīji'', meaning "Luigi". | ||
Waluigi was originally conceptualized as Wario's brother<ref name="Aoki Instagram">[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz344UUyyAY/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D Thank you for 1000 subscribers!] (November 20, 2023). "Thank you.😄It seems like the two of them have a relationship like co-workers who only cooperate with each other when their goals are the same. When I first designed Waluigi, I intended him to be Wario's brother, but...😅". ''Instagram''. Retrieved November 21, 2023</ref> and referred to as such in some early material.<ref name="brothers1"/><ref name="brothers2"/><ref name="brothers3"/> However, later sources have instead described them merely as | Waluigi was originally conceptualized as Wario's brother<ref name="Aoki Instagram">[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz344UUyyAY/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D Thank you for 1000 subscribers!] (November 20, 2023). "Thank you.😄It seems like the two of them have a relationship like co-workers who only cooperate with each other when their goals are the same. When I first designed Waluigi, I intended him to be Wario's brother, but...😅". ''Instagram''. Retrieved November 21, 2023</ref> and referred to as such in some early material.<ref name="brothers1"/><ref name="brothers2"/><ref name="brothers3"/> However, later sources have instead described them merely as partners,<ref name="martinet"/> including the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series containing several explicit statements that the two are unrelated.<ref name="unrelated"/> | ||
==Creation and development== | ==Creation and development== | ||