Editing The Year of Luigi

|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)

|preceded_by=[[Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 25th 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>

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>

 

*''[[New Super Luigi U]]''

*''[[Luigi Bros.]]'' in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''

*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>)

 

===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>

*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 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>

 

===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:

*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>

 

 

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Yearofluigilogowithoutluigi.png|The logo without Luigi

Luigi YoL.jpg|Luigi

Timeline - The Year of Luigi.png|Promotional timeline of Luigi

LM Dark Moon box art.jpg|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''

NSLU NA Box Art.png|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''

Box NA - Mario & Luigi Dream Team.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''

SM3DW Luigi Bros Title Screen.jpg|''[[Luigi Bros.]]''

Logo EN - Dr. Luigi.png|''[[Dr. Luigi]]''

WiiU nesremixpack screenshot 18.png|''[[Super Luigi Bros.]]''  

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|file1=Promotional Luigi Recording - Year of Luigi.oga

|title1=The Year of Luigi

==Notes==

*The Year of Luigi's logo is similar to that of the logo used for the 25th anniversary of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

*[[Danny Wells]], who portrayed and voiced Luigi in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', died during the Year of Luigi on November 28, 2013.

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