About
Luigi(Japanese: ルイージ Hepburn: Ruīji) is a fictional character from the Super Mario Bros. Video Game series. He is the younger but taller brother of Mario, the main Protagonist in the series created by prominent game designer, Shigeru Miyamotu.
History
Luigi was first introduced in the Super Mario series in 1983 in the arcade game, “Mario Bros” as a playable second character to controll. After “Mario Bros.”, Luigi retained his role in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World. In Super Mario Bros. 2, Luigi was able to play as a Primary Character.
In events Leading to the 1983 arcade title, Shigeru Miyamotu was inspired by the Game, “Joust”, to have a simultaneous two player mode, which began the development of Super Mario Bros.. During Development, Luigi filled the role as the second playable character in Mario Bros. Luigi’s name was said to be inspired by the name of a pizza parlor near the Nintendo of America Headquarters named, “Mario and Luigi’s”. Miyamotu also observed the Japanese translation of the word similar (Ruigi) and created Luigi with the same traits and play style as his older brother.
In later years, Luigi appearances has increased with even his own titles from the 1991 educational title, “Mario is Missing”, to the Nintendo Gamecube Exclusive, “Luigi’s Mansion” and its sequel titled, “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon”, exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS. During the year of Luigi in 2013, Nintendo released a Wii U exclusive Titled, “New Super Luigi U” as exclusive downloadable content for, “New Super Mario Bros. U”. All four titles view Luigi as the main hero from his brother.
Reception
Luigi and his games has recieved generally positive attention. The original “Luigi’s Mansion” has scored 78 to critics and an 8.4 userscore on Metacritic. “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon” on Metacritic has scored an 8.6 on critic reviews and 4.5 on user reviews. Luigi has been ranked #1 on Machinima’s “Top 10 For the win” for the greatest of videogame sidekicks.
Fandom
Luigi has not only grown a personality over the years, but a fandom as well. The Miiverse community of the Year of Luigi is apart of the Featured Communities on the network.
Related Memes
Weegee
“Weegee” is a photoshopped meme of the DOS version of “Mario is Missing”
His akward body posture and creepy smile has inspired many photoshopped images of him and victims he scares.
Luigi Death Stares
“Luigi Death Stares” Depicts the odd and unsettling facial expressions that Luigi gives to his opponents in the 8th installment of the Mario Kart Series
Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing
“Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing” is a series of youtube videos that show Luigi in the Mario Party Franchise winning against the CPU by showing little or no effort at all.
Search Interest
External References
Know Your Meme – Weegee
Know Your Meme – Luigi Wins By doing absolutely nothing
Know Your Meme – Luigi’s Death Stare
Metacritic – Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
Metacritic – Luigi’s Mansion