Luigi appears in many games throughout the Mario franchise, oftentimes accompanying his brother.
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Luigi appears in many games throughout the Mario franchise, oftentimes accompanying his brother.
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Luigi has appeared in every episode of the three DiC TV series based on the NES and Super NES games.
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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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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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Melee, Luigi has consistently had a medium-pitched voice, performed by Martinet.
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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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Luigi will be voiced by Charlie Day in the upcoming 2023 film adaptation.
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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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Luigi made a minor appearance in his baby form in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
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Luigi was conspicuously absent in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
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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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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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Luigi reprised his role in the third game, Luigi's Mansion 3, on Nintendo Switch.
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Luigi has been associated with the more difficult second acts of multiple Super Mario games.
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Luigi appears in Super Mario 3D Land as a playable character as well as New Super Mario Bros.
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Luigi appeared in Super Mario 3D World along with his brother, Peach, Rosalina and Toad.
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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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Luigi appears in all five installments of the Super Smash Bros.
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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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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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Luigi was a little more serious, but less courageous, than his brother Mario, who constantly daydreamed about Princess Peach.
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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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Luigi appears at the end of the video to save Mario and Peach from the Wicked Queen, portrayed by Koopa.
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Luigi is depicted as a more easy-going character in contrast to the cynical Mario, portrayed by Bob Hoskins.
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Luigi has appeared in several Robot Chicken sketches, always alongside Mario.
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Luigi was listed as the best sidekick in video games by Maximum PC.
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