16 Facts About Waluigi

1.

Waluigi plays the role of Luigi's arch-rival and accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, often for the sake of causing mischief and problems.

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2.

Waluigi was created during the development of the game Mario Tennis, to serve as the bitter rival to Luigi and as a doubles partner for Wario.

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3.

Waluigi was created by Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet.

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4.

Waluigi's name is a portmanteau of Luigi's name and the Japanese adjective warui meaning "bad"; hence, a "bad Luigi".

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5.

Martinet stated that the cornerstone of Waluigi's personality is one of self-pity, a character who feels that everything goes right for everyone but himself.

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6.

Waluigi borrows Wario's design principle as an evil, twisted version of his counterpart, pushing Luigi's leaner body type to the extreme, which renders him particularly skinny and angular, with a pointy chin and thin mustache.

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7.

Waluigi is the same age as Luigi and wears black overalls, a purple long-sleeved shirt, a purple hat with a yellow "G" symbol, orange shoes, and white gloves with a yellow "G" symbol as well.

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8.

Alongside Princess Daisy, Waluigi would join the Mario Party series starting with Mario Party 3, where he owns an island filled with traps and explosives.

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9.

Waluigi appears in the Mario Kart series, first appearing in Mario Kart: Double Dash.

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10.

Waluigi would go on to be featured in all future console installments with the exception of Mario Kart 7, where he was cut due to time constraints despite his course, Waluigi Pinball, being selectable.

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11.

Waluigi makes a very brief appearance in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as a figurine in the opening a Rabbid version, named Bwaluigi, appears as a boss alongside Wario's Rabbid counterpart, Bwario.

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12.

Gamervision editor Jonathan Cooper wrote an article entitled "Ten Reasons Waluigi is Awesome", listing such qualities as his developed personality, his role in Super Smash Bros.

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13.

Chris wrote about how Waluigi, despite being constantly ridiculed for his lack of importance, has one of the strongest and most developed personalities of the cast.

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14.

Kotaku editor Mike Fahey commented that Waluigi was his personal most annoying video game character.

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15.

Waluigi describes such an act as "plunging to the bottom of the intellectual barrel".

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16.

Waluigi calls Waluigi "disgustingly tall and thin" as opposed to Wario, who he calls a "fatass".

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