37 Facts About Luigi

1.

Luigi appears in many games throughout the Mario franchise, oftentimes accompanying his brother.

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2.

Luigi would retain this role in many future games, including Mario Bros.

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3.

Luigi was first available as a primary character in Super Mario Bros.

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4.

Luigi has appeared in every episode of the three DiC TV series based on the NES and Super NES games.

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5.

Originally developed as a palette swap of Mario with a green color scheme instead of red, Luigi has since developed a personality and style of his own.

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In that game, Luigi was given the role of Mario's brother as the second playable character.

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7.

In terms of graphics and gameplay, the characters were completely identical; the green color scheme adopted for Luigi remained one of his defining physical characteristics in subsequent releases.

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Luigi's movement was no longer identical; he could now jump higher and farther than his brother, at the expense of movement response and precision.

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9.

Melee, Luigi has consistently had a medium-pitched voice, performed by Martinet.

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10.

In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Luigi's voice was the same high pitched voice from the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64.

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11.

Melee, Luigi's voice is made up of clips from Mario's voice taken from Super Mario 64, with raised pitches.

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12.

Luigi will be voiced by Charlie Day in the upcoming 2023 film adaptation.

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13.

Luigi is portrayed as the taller, younger brother of Mario, and is usually seen dressed in a green shirt, dark blue overalls, and a green hat with a green "L" insignia.

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14.

Luigi is voiced by Charles Martinet, just like his adult self.

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15.

Luigi's was his caddy in NES Open Tournament Golf as Peach was to Mario.

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16.

Luigi made a minor appearance in his baby form in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

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17.

Luigi was conspicuously absent in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.

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18.

Luigi received his own starring role in the GameCube game Luigi's Mansion, where he wins a mansion from a contest he never entered, and saves Mario from King Boo.

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19.

Luigi's Mansion has cultivated such a cult following that Nintendo made a sequel to the game nearly a decade after the original game's release date.

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20.

Luigi reprised his role in the third game, Luigi's Mansion 3, on Nintendo Switch.

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21.

Luigi has been associated with the more difficult second acts of multiple Super Mario games.

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22.

Luigi became playable in the Nintendo DS game New Super Mario Bros.

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23.

Luigi appears as a playable character in New Super Mario Bros.

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24.

Luigi appears in Super Mario 3D Land as a playable character as well as New Super Mario Bros.

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25.

Luigi appeared in Super Mario 3D World along with his brother, Peach, Rosalina and Toad.

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26.

Luigi appears in many of the Mario spin-offs, including Mario Kart, Mario Party, and all of the Mario sports titles.

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27.

Luigi appears in all five installments of the Super Smash Bros.

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28.

Luigi is a non-playable character in the original Paper Mario.

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29.

Super Paper Mario features him as a playable character after he is initially brainwashed into working for the antagonist under the name "Mr L " In Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash, Luigi plays a minor role and can be found in the background of certain levels for a coin reward.

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30.

In Color Splash, Luigi appears at the end of the game driving a kart and helps Mario reach Bowser's Castle.

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31.

Luigi made his animated debut in the 1986 film Super Mario Bros.

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32.

Luigi was a little more serious, but less courageous, than his brother Mario, who constantly daydreamed about Princess Peach.

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33.

Luigi later made an appearance in the third of a trilogy of OVA's entitled Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.

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34.

Luigi appears at the end of the video to save Mario and Peach from the Wicked Queen, portrayed by Koopa.

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35.

Luigi is depicted as a more easy-going character in contrast to the cynical Mario, portrayed by Bob Hoskins.

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36.

Luigi has appeared in several Robot Chicken sketches, always alongside Mario.

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37.

Luigi was listed as the best sidekick in video games by Maximum PC.

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