Editing The Year of Luigi

[[File:YearofLuigilogo.png|thumb|Official logo of '''The Year of Luigi'''.]]
''' The Year of Luigi''' is a special event held in [[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]] in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of [[Luigi]]'s debut in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' As such, it features a series of [[games]], [[Merchandise|collectibles]], and [[:Category:Downloadable content|downloadable content]] with Luigi as the main focus.

==Games and Merchandise==
===Games===
*''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
*''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''

===Other===
[[File:Main.png|thumb|150px|The Luigi-themed Nintendo 3DS XL.]]
[[File:Snd package.png|thumb|150px|''The Year of Luigi'' Sound Selection.]]
[[File:Promotional Pin - The Year of Luigi.png|thumb|The promotional Luigi pin.]]
*A Luigi-themed [[Nintendo 3DS#Nintendo 3DS XL|Nintendo 3DS XL]] with the digital version of ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' pre-installed on the 4GB SD card. ([[Japan]] only)<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardware/pack/aymj/index.html</ref>
*Japan [[Club Nintendo]] members can get a copy of ''The Year of Luigi'' Sound Selection. It contains 30 songs from ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' 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.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/sound/</ref>
*Exclusive merchandise is available in Japan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/goods/</ref>
*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.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/gallery/first.html#Navi</ref>
*A ''New Super Luigi U'' scrapbook, with screenshots of Miiverse, the screenshots are chosen by MariChan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/album/album1.html</ref>
*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 currently wearing dark green clothes and [[Luigi's Cap]] on their [[Mii]]s in [[StreetPass Mii Plaza]].
**[[Shigeru Miyamoto|Miyamoto]]
**[[Satoru Iwata|Iwata]]
**[[Hideki Konno|Konno]]
**[[Takashi Tezuka|Tezuka]]
**[[Koichi Hayashida|Hayashida]]
**[[Kensuke Tanabe|Tanabe]]
*US and Canada [[Club Nintendo (Customer Rewards Program)|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.<ref>http://club2.nintendo.com/new-super-luigi-u-promo/</ref>
*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.
*A new Year of Luigi stationary has been released for [[Nintendo 3DS#Swapnote|Swapnote]].
*Two people from Nintendo have sent notes on Swapnote about the Year of Luigi.
**Miyamoto
**Tezuka
*The announcement of Luigi confirmed to appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''.
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==Gallery==
{{morepic}}
<center><gallery>
File:Yearofluigilogowithoutluigi.png|The logo without Luigi
File:Luigi YoL.jpg|Luigi
File:Timeline - The Year of Luigi.png|Promotional timeline of Luigi
File:Luigis_Mansion_dark_moon_boxart.png|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
File:Box NA (final) - New Super Luigi U.png|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
File:Box_NA_-_Mario_%26_Luigi_Dream_Team.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
</gallery></center>

== Trivia ==
*The logo is similar to ''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/ Official Japanese website]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Anniversary Editions]]
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-{{anniversary infobox
+[[File:YearofLuigilogo.png|thumb|Official logo of '''The Year of Luigi'''.]]
-|title=The Year of Luigi
+''' The Year of Luigi''' is a special event held in [[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]] in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of [[Luigi]]'s debut in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' As such, it features a series of [[games]], [[Merchandise|collectibles]], and [[:Category:Downloadable content|downloadable content]] with Luigi as the main focus.
-|image=[[File:YearofLuigilogo.png|280x330px]]
-|subject=[[Luigi|Luigi's]] debut in [[Mario Bros. (game)|''Mario Bros.'']]<br><small>(1983)</small></br>
-|years=30 years (as of 2013)
-|start=February 14, 2013
-|end=March 18, 2014
-|preceded_by=[[Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 25th Anniversary]]
-|succeeded_by=[[Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 30th Anniversary]]
-}}
-'''The Year of Luigi''' was a special event that was held in [[List of games by date#2013|2013]] and continued in [[List of games by date#2014|2014]] in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of [[Luigi]]'s debut in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', which was first released in 1983. Released during the event were several [[List of games|games]], [[List of merchandise|merchandise]], and [[:Category:Downloadable content|downloadable content]] with Luigi as the main focus. The Year of Luigi was originally announced during the February 2013 Nintendo Direct,<ref name=ND>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntz1GyM1Bs Nintendo Direct 2.14.2013] YouTube. (Retrieved February 20, 2014)</ref> and in early December, [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]] stated that it would continue into 2014, which was confirmed by [[Satoru Iwata]] in the Nintendo Direct on December 18, 2013.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS_gYzv02SQ Nintendo Direct 12.18.2013] YouTube. (Retrieved February 6, 2014)</ref>
+==Games and Merchandise==
-As announced by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] on February 18, 2014, the Year of Luigi officially ended on March 18, 2014.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171031204711/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKllG-_pxg Miyamoto's Miiverse post announcing the end of the Year of Luigi] (Retrieved February 20, 2014)</ref><ref>http://alwaysnintendo.com/miyamoto-year-luigi-will-end-march-18th-2014/</ref>
-{{br|toc=1}}
-==Events==
 ===Games===
-====Nintendo 3DS====
 *''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
+*''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
 *''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
-====Wii U====
+===Other===
-*''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
+[[File:Main.png|thumb|150px|The Luigi-themed Nintendo 3DS XL.]]
-*''[[Luigi Bros.]]'' in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
+[[File:Snd package.png|thumb|150px|''The Year of Luigi'' Sound Selection.]]
-*''[[Dr. Luigi]]''
+[[File:Promotional Pin - The Year of Luigi.png|thumb|The promotional Luigi pin.]]
-*''[[Super Luigi Bros.]]'' in ''[[NES Remix 2]]'' and ''[[NES Remix Pack]]''
+*A Luigi-themed [[Nintendo 3DS#Nintendo 3DS XL|Nintendo 3DS XL]] with the digital version of ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' pre-installed on the 4GB SD card. ([[Japan]] only)<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardware/pack/aymj/index.html</ref>
+*Japan [[Club Nintendo]] members can get a copy of ''The Year of Luigi'' Sound Selection. It contains 30 songs from ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' 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.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/sound/</ref>
-===Console special editions===
+*Exclusive merchandise is available in Japan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/goods/</ref>
-*A Luigi-themed [[Nintendo 3DS#Nintendo 3DS XL|Nintendo 3DS XL]] with ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' pre-installed on the 4GB SD card. (Available for retail in [[Japan]]<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardware/pack/aymj/index.html</ref> and North America,<ref>http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/Y7YJaDR7E02V1E7LRgy1E574BZwchQ7t</ref> and exclusively via Nintendo's official online store in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/go_green_with_the_luigi_special_edition_3ds_xl_available_in_the_uk_today</ref>)
+*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.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/gallery/first.html#Navi</ref>
+*A ''New Super Luigi U'' scrapbook, with screenshots of Miiverse, the screenshots are chosen by MariChan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/album/album1.html</ref>
-<gallery>
+*Four Miiverse communities open only during the event:
-Year of Luigi 3DS.png|The Luigi-themed Nintendo 3DS XL
+**A general type community for The Year of Luigi.
-Mario and Luigi Dream Team 3DSXL Bundle.jpg|The North American Special Edition Nintendo 3DS XL
+**A Developer's Room dedicated to The Year of Luigi.
-</gallery>
+**One for ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''.
+**One for ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''.
+*Six people from [[Nintendo]] are currently wearing dark green clothes and [[Luigi's Cap]] on their [[Mii]]s in [[StreetPass Mii Plaza]].
+**[[Shigeru Miyamoto|Miyamoto]]
+**[[Satoru Iwata|Iwata]]
+**[[Hideki Konno|Konno]]
+**[[Takashi Tezuka|Tezuka]]
+**[[Koichi Hayashida|Hayashida]]
+**[[Kensuke Tanabe|Tanabe]]
+*US and Canada [[Club Nintendo (Customer Rewards Program)|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.<ref>http://club2.nintendo.com/new-super-luigi-u-promo/</ref>
+*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.
+*A new Year of Luigi stationary has been released for [[Nintendo 3DS#Swapnote|Swapnote]].
+*Two people from Nintendo have sent notes on Swapnote about the Year of Luigi.
+**Miyamoto
+**Tezuka
+*The announcement of Luigi confirmed to appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''.
 {{br}}
-===Merchandise===
-*Japan [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|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.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/sound/</ref>
-*Exclusive merchandise is available in Japan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/goods/</ref>
-*US and Canada Club Nintendo members who purchased the ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' DLC 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.<ref>http://club2.nintendo.com/new-super-luigi-u-promo/</ref>
-*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.<ref> http://mynintendonews.com/2013/10/18/special-year-of-luigi-coin-on-european-club-nintendo/</ref>
-*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.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/this_year_of_luigi_diorama_brings_a_dark_moon_to_club_nintendo This Year of Luigi Diorama Brings a Dark Moon to Club Nintendo]</ref>
-*A Year of Luigi poster as part of a three poster set as an optional Platinum reward for Club Nintendo members who ranked the status by July 2013.<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/56658/club-nintendo-2013-elite-prizes-revealed-includes-posters-majoras-mask-soundtrack-more]</ref>
-*A Luigi [[wikipedia:Nendoroid|Nendoroid]] tying in with the Year of Luigi, was released in July 2014.<ref>[http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/4173/Nendoroid+Luigi.html]</ref>
-<gallery>
-Snd package.png|''The Year of Luigi Sound Selection''
-Promotional Pin - The Year of Luigi.png|The promotional Luigi pin
-Year of luigi coin.png|The coin
-Year of Luigi poster.jpg|Poster
-</gallery>
-===Special elements to applications===
-*Five drawing competitions in [[Miiverse]] were held, the themes of each contest being related to elements from ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''. The drawings were chosen by [[zeldawiki:Mari Shirakawa|MariChan]], who was in charge of the Luigi communities.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/gallery/first.html#Navi</ref>
-*A ''New Super Luigi U'' scrapbook, with screenshots of Miiverse, the screenshots being chosen by MariChan.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/album/album1.html</ref>
-*Four Miiverse communities were opened, and remained open only during the duration of the event:
-**A general community for the Year of Luigi.
-**A Developer's Room dedicated to the Year of Luigi.
-**A community for ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''.
-**A community for ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''.
-*Six Miis of [[Nintendo]] employees sent out to players' [[StreetPass Mii Plaza]]s wore dark green clothes and [[Luigi Cap|Luigi's Cap]] for the event:
-**[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
-**[[Satoru Iwata]]
-**[[Hideki Konno]]
-**[[Takashi Tezuka]]
-**[[Koichi Hayashida]]
-**[[Kensuke Tanabe]]
-*A Year of Luigi stationery was released for [[Nintendo 3DS#Swapnote|Swapnote]].
-*Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka sent out notes on Swapnote about the Year of Luigi.
-===Other===
-*The Wii U Summer Tour, which brought [[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] booths to major US cities for a limited time, featured Year of Luigi games.
-*Every course in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' features [[List of Luigi sightings in New Super Luigi U|Luigi sightings]], as do most courses in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', some courses in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', and some challenges in ''[[NES Remix 2]]''.
-*A short video was created by Nintendo of America called ''[[Finding Luigi - Legend of Parkour]]''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wplnqlqUD4</ref>
-*One of Chicago's Brown Line L-Trains was decorated for one day to promote ''New Super Luigi U'' and the Year of Luigi.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/08/chicago_l_train_transformed_to_celebrate_the_year_of_luigi Chicago L Train Transformed to Celebrate The Year of Luigi]. Nintendo Life (August 13, 2014). Retrieved October 25, 2014.</ref>
-*For a time, the North American [[Club_Nintendo_(rewards_program)|Club Nintendo]] website was changed to a Luigi theme, including changing the Mario hat logo to a special Luigi hat logo.
-<gallery>
-Club Nintendo website Year of Luigi NA.jpg|Luigi-themed North American Club Nintendo website
-</gallery>
-==References in later media==
-[[File:M&LPJ Year of Luigi.png|thumb|The Year of Luigi is referenced in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''.]]
-*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' Direct - When Luigi is shown losing a race in one segment, one of the announcers comments that "the Year of Luigi truly is over."
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' - Luigi's character trophy mentions that the attention from the Year of Luigi made him "even more shy and awkward." In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', during the [[Palutena]]'s Guidance [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations#Luigi|conversation about Luigi]], Pit mentions that "he even had his own year"; this reference reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', which features the same conversation.
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' - When Luigi is alone in [[Gloomy Woods]], [[Starlow]] encourages him. One thing she mentions is that Luigi even had a year named after him.
 ==Gallery==
-{{main-gallery}}
+{{morepic}}
-<gallery>
+<center><gallery>
-Yearofluigilogowithoutluigi.png|The logo without Luigi
+File:Yearofluigilogowithoutluigi.png|The logo without Luigi
-Luigi YoL.jpg|Luigi
+File:Luigi YoL.jpg|Luigi
-Timeline - The Year of Luigi.png|Promotional timeline of Luigi
+File:Timeline - The Year of Luigi.png|Promotional timeline of Luigi
-LM Dark Moon box art.jpg|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
+File:Luigis_Mansion_dark_moon_boxart.png|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
-NSLU NA Box Art.png|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
+File:Box NA (final) - New Super Luigi U.png|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
-Box NA - Mario & Luigi Dream Team.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
+File:Box_NA_-_Mario_%26_Luigi_Dream_Team.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
-SM3DW Luigi Bros Title Screen.jpg|''[[Luigi Bros.]]''
+</gallery></center>
-Logo EN - Dr. Luigi.png|''[[Dr. Luigi]]''
-WiiU nesremixpack screenshot 18.png|''[[Super Luigi Bros.]]''
-</gallery>
-==Media==
-{{media table
-|file1=Promotional Luigi Recording - Year of Luigi.oga
-|title1=The Year of Luigi
-|description1=Promotional recording of Luigi, released by Nintendo of America.
-|length1=1:47
-}}
-==Names in other languages==
-{{foreign names
-|Jap=ルイージの年
-|JapR=Ruīji no Toshi
-|JapM=Year of Luigi
-|Spa=Año de Luigi
-|SpaM=Year of Luigi
-|Fre=Année de Luigi
-|FreM=Year of Luigi
-|Dut=Jaar van Luigi
-|DutM=Year of Luigi
-|Ger=Jahr des Luigi
-|GerM=Year of Luigi
-|Ita=Anno di Luigi
-|ItaM=Year of Luigi
-|Por=Ano do Luigi
-|PorM=Year of Luigi
-|Rus=Год Луиджи
-|RusR=God Luidzhi
-|RusM=Year of Luigi
-}}
-==Trivia==
+== Trivia ==
-*Although Iwata claimed that Luigi's debut was in the ''Mario Bros.'' arcade game,<ref name=ND></ref> his actual first appearance in a released game was in the earlier ''[[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Mario Bros.]]'' [[Game & Watch]] game. He also claimed that the arcade game was released on July 14, 1983 when its actual release date was June 21, 1983.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19830701p/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater Game Machine July 1, 1983 page 22]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19830715p/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater Game Machine July 15, 1983 page 38]</ref>
+*The logo is similar to ''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''.
-*The Year of Luigi's logo is similar to that of the logo used for the 25th anniversary of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
-*In the Luigi-themed special edition of the Nintendo 3DS XL, at the back of the system, a Mario silhouette can be spotted surrounded by Luigi silhouettes.<ref>http://nintendoeverything.com/mario-spotted-on-japanese-year-of-luigi-3ds-xl-system/</ref>
-*[[Danny Wells]], who portrayed and voiced Luigi in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', died during the Year of Luigi on November 28, 2013.
 ==External links==
-{{Wikipedia|Year of Luigi}}
 *[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/luigi/ Official Japanese website]
-*[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Characters-Hub/Nintendo-UK-s-The-Year-of-Luigi-Hub/Nintendo-UK-s-The-Year-of-Luigi-Hub-764763.html Nintendo UK's The Year of Luigi Hub]
-*[http://officialyearofluigi.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr]
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{Special events}}
+[[Category:Events]]
-[[Category:Special events]]
+[[Category:Anniversary Editions]]
-[[it:L'Anno di Luigi]]