Luigi

**Luigi** is a video game character made by Nintendo. The famous game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, made him. Luigi is the younger but taller fraternal twin brother of the Nintendo mascot, Mario. He is in many games all over the *Mario* series, almost always as an assistant to his brother Mario.

The first game Luigi was in was *Mario Bros. (Game and Watch)* (1983) as a character seen working in a factory. He later appeared playable in the 1983 arcade game *Mario Bros* and was played by the second player. It was also done in *Super Mario Bros.*, *Super Mario Bros. 3*, *Super Mario World*, and other games. The first game in which he was present as the first character was *Super Mario Bros. 2*. In the Mario series, he is usually not the main character. However, he has his own games where he is the main character, like Luigi's Mansion and Mario is Missing!. He also appears in many spin-offs, such as Mario Kart, Mario Party and the Super Smash Bros. series. Luigi has also been in every show of the three DiC TV series based on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System games.

At first, he was made as a copy of Mario with a green color instead of red. Later in the series, he became his own character with his own personality and abilities. As his part in the *Mario* series progressed, Luigi became taller and  than his brother.

Nintendo called 2013 "The Year of Luigi" to mark the thirty years of the character's existence. The games released in 2013 brought attention to Luigi, such as ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon*, *Mario & Luigi: Dream Team*, *Dr. Luigi*, and the level  *New Super Luigi U* for *New Super Mario Bros. U*. In *Super Mario 3D World*, a Luigi version of *Mario Bros.* called *Luigi Bros.* can be .

## Concept and creation
The events leading to the  of Luigi began in 1982, during the making of *Donkey Kong*. The Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto had created Mario (who used to be "Jumpman") hoping that he would be able to show the character in many different pars in future games. Miyamoto had been given ideas by the game *Joust* to create a game where two players can play at the same time. This was the cause of his  of the game *Mario Bros.'' in 1983, with Luigi as the brother of Mario and the second playable character. The name Luigi is said to have been  by a pizza business near the head office of Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington, called "Mario & Luigi's". Miyamoto noticed that the word *ruiji* means "similar" in the Japanese language and that Luigi was designed to have the same size, shape and gameplay as Mario.

At first, in *Donkey Kong*, Mario was a carpenter. In *Mario Bros.*, Mario and Luigi were designed as Italian plumbers by Miyamoto at the suggestion of a partner. Software limits at the time—almost the same as those that gave Mario his special look in *Donkey Kong*—meant the first appearance of Luigi was limited to a simple color swap of Mario, designed to be the second player. The characters were in every way the same, other than their colors. The green color for Luigi would be one of his physical characteristics in future releases.

After the success of *Mario Bros.*, Luigi was shown to a wider market in 1985 with the release of the NES game *Super Mario Bros. *Once again, his part was limited to a color swap of Mario, acting as the second-player in almost the same way as *Mario Bros. *The Japan-only form of *Super Mario Bros. 2* in 1986 (released in the west as *Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels *in the future) marked the start of Luigi becoming a separate character. As with his last appearances, Luigi was still a color swap of Mario. However, his moves were not the same. Luigi could now jump higher and a greater distance than his brother, at the cost of motion reaction and exactness.

While this form of *Super Mario Bros. 2* was released in Japan, it was thought to be too hard for the American public at the time. (Hidden character)
* Super Mario Galaxy 2
* Super Mario 3D Land
* New Super Mario Bros. (Hidden in one-player)
* New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Hidden character)
* New Super Luigi U
* Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
* Super Mario 3D World
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Hidden character)

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