Luigi
Luigi is Mario's brother who first appeared in Mario Bros. for the Arcade (and later,on the NES). He wears green and he is taller and younger than Mario. While everybody knows about Mario, few even give a care about Luigi. Countless times, especially in the Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi series, he is shown to be a coward, clumsy, and downright hilarious at times. On his adventure in the Waffle Kingdom, he won an award for having the role of grass in a play. People in the Beanbean Kingdom just call him "the other guy," and the Star Gate at the Star Shrine in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time says that Luigi isn't courageous like Mario, but instead has many dark secrets and is wimpy. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Partners in Time reveals that he is a crybaby and easily frightened. He refuses to go on any sort of adventure when he is asked (perhaps fearing for his safety), yet when Mario goes on one and nobody asks him, he is jealous.
Luigi's History
Luigi appeared in Mario Bros. where he helped his brother Mario, defeat all the enemies coming through the pipes. He was the second player.
In Super Mario Bros., Luigi went with Mario, to defeat the evil King Koopa, Bowser, and save Peach and the Mushroomers. Luigi was the second player too.
In Super Mario Bros. 2 Luigi appeared as a playable character. He had the same dream of Mario, and Luigi accompanied Toad, Peach and Mario on the quest to defeat Wart. He jumped higher than Mario in the game.
In Super Mario Bros. 3 Luigi was the second player again, and jumped the same as Mario. In the game he went with Mario again to defeat Bowser and his Koopalings to save Peach.
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Luigi is a baby. While the stork was carring the twins, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Kamek kidnaps Baby Luigi, while Baby Mario falls down on Yoshi's Island For the whole game Baby Luigi is in Bowser's Castle, and Baby Mario and Yoshi go on an adventure to save him.
In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Luigi does not appear at all except in the credits. A star in Star Hill clearly says, that Luigi wants to become a good plumber, just like his brother, Mario.
In Super Mario 64, many fans have been doing rumors that Luigi is an unlockable character in the game. Many people also say that in the countyard of Peach's Castle on the Star Statue it says "L is really 2045". However, the words are mostly Sribble, and you can barely read what it says.
In Luigi's Mansion Luigi wins a mansion in a contest he never entered. Luigi called Mario, and told him to visit his mansion, and Mario got there first than Luigi. Luigi goes to the mansion to look for Mario, however, Mario is nowhere to be found and there are ghosts inhabiting the mansion. Luigi meets Professor E. Gadd, who gives him the Poltergust 3000 a vacuum that sucks the ghosts up. Luigi finds out that Mario has been kidnapped by the ghosts and goes out to save him.
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Luigi was the main character of the game along with Mario. When Peach's voice was stolen by Cackletta Luigi didn't want to go get it back, but Mario and Bowser forced him.
Luigi actually had an adventure while Mario had his adventure in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Partners of many different species joined Luigi's party, just as they did with Mario. Unfortunately, you can not actually play Luigi's adventure. Instead, you can find Luigi in various places around Rogueport and he tells you his story. You can also buy 5 Super Luigi Books from the Item Shop, which tell Luigi's story in more detail.
Luigi also appeared as a playable character in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix where he went to get the Music Keys. He danced, and dance until he got them all, and beat Bowser in a dance-off.
Luigi has appeared in New Super Mario Bros. as a hidden character and the second player in multiplayer. He goes on an adventure with Mario again to defeat Bowser, Bowser Jr. and get Peach back.
He also helps Mario (along with Yoshi and Wario) in Super Mario 64 DS. Luigi even has some special abilities of his own in this game.
Luigi is also playable in the Mario Party and Mario Kart series, as well as the Mario sports games.
Luigi's voice
Unlike Mario, whose voice has remained basically the same since its debut in Super Mario 64, Luigi's voice has fluctuated between high and low-pitched varieties throughout games. When his voice was first introduced in Mario Kart 64, its was considerably lower in pitch than Mario's, however, in Mario Party, he possessed a much higher pitched voice which was similar to Mario's. He retained this higher voice in Mario Party 2 and also had a high voice in Super Smash Bros. In Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Party 3, however, his voice returned to a lower state. Since then, with the exceptions of Mario Kart Super Circuit and Super Smash Bros. Melee, games have consistantly given Luigi a low-pitched voice. The high-pitched voice has always been used for Luigi in Japan.
Luigi's age in relation to Mario's age
Luigi is now generally accepted as the younger (yet taller) brother of Mario, though in the game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, he was said to be his twin brother. This was possibly either a mistake, or a fact that was later changed, as the remake of that game (Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3) does not refer to Mario and Luigi as twins, but rather as brothers.
Luigi outside of the games
Though Luigi has become less prominent in the games lately, he would accompany Mario in all of his jumps to other forms of media, with the exception of the Saturday Supercade.
His film debut came in the obscure 1986 Mario anime movie, The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, where he was voiced by Mizushima Yu. He does not appear in the three Super Mario Bros. 3 OVA films until the end of the Shirayukihime story, where he saved the day. Afterwards, he was a regular on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which cast Danny Wells as both his live portrayal and voice actor. Many sources reveal that future versions of Luigi in games were based on Danny Well's performance. Like his brother, Luigi's voice actor changed in later cartoons, in his case to Tony Rosato. Notably, on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Luigi starred in "Life's Ruff", the only Mario cartoon episode where Mario did not appear.
When Mario made the jump to comics in 1990, Luigi made the jump with him. Oddly enough, in the Nintendo Comics System, Luigi did not play the role of Mario's sidekick as frequently as in the cartoons, to the point that in one story Mario referred to Toad as his sidekick.
Luigi played quite a different role in the Super Mario Bros. movie, where he was portrayed by John Leguizamo. There, Luigi was a more easy-going character in contrast to the cynical Mario of the film.
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Portrayals
Was voiced/portrayed by:
- Danny Wells in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
- Tony Rosato in the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons.
- Charles Martinet in most of the video games.
- John Leguizamo in the Super Mario Bros. movie.
Mario Superstar Baseball Bio
"The younger Mario bro. He's a better jumper than Mario but lacks good traction. Always in Mario's shadow, Luigi tends to be a low-key but is always a dark horse in athletic contests. Despite perpetually finishing second, his exellent form and green fireball make him a force."
