50 Fun Facts About Luigi
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He drew on the 1982 arcade game Joust when designing the two-player Mario Bros.
In which year did Luigi first appear?
He was the character controlled by the second player in an arcade game.
Luigi was originally created as what, in design terms?
Only later did he grow taller, jump higher and get a personality.
Which 1982 arcade game inspired Miyamoto's two-player Mario Bros. and thus Luigi?
He swapped Mario's colours to make the second player's character.
One theory says Luigi's name comes from the Japanese word 'ruiji', meaning what?
Another theory credits a pizza parlour near Nintendo of America called Mario & Luigi's.
Who voiced Luigi from 1992 until 2023?
He also voiced Mario, Wario and Waluigi.
Who took over as Luigi's voice actor in 2023?
He also succeeded to the role of Mario.
Who voices Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)?
In the film he is captured by Bowser's forces early on.
Who played Luigi in the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. film?
The film made him much younger than Mario rather than his twin, and gave him a romance with Daisy.
Who portrayed Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!?
He died in November 2013, during the Year of Luigi.
Which DiC cartoon episode featured Luigi without Mario appearing at all?
Luigi appeared in all 91 episodes of the three animated series.
Nintendo declared which year the 'Year of Luigi'?
It marked his 30th anniversary and ran until March 2014.
Which Nintendo CEO announced the Year of Luigi while wearing Luigi's cap?
He made the announcement in a February 2013 Nintendo Direct.
Which US city's elevated train was rebranded for the Year of Luigi in 2013?
Its Clark/Lake station also got the green treatment, promoting New Super Luigi U.
What was the green-themed arcade remix hidden inside Super Mario 3D World called?
It was unlockable as part of the 30th anniversary celebration.
Which Mario & Luigi RPG was part of the 2013 Year of Luigi line-up?
Nintendo declared the year partly because it and Dark Moon were in development at once.
Luigi's Mansion was a launch title for which console in 2001?
It was the first Mario-franchise game on the system.
Which professor equips Luigi with ghost-hunting gear in Luigi's Mansion?
Elvin Gadd first tries to fend off a ghost with his vacuum cleaner himself, unsuccessfully.
What is the name of the vacuum cleaner Luigi uses in the first Luigi's Mansion?
The sequels upgraded it to the 5000 and then the G-00.
What is Luigi's map-and-communication device in the first haunted-house title modelled on?
It is called the Game Boy Horror and beeps when a Boo is near.
Which ghost created the mansion Luigi 'wins' in a contest he never entered?
He built it to shelter the portrait ghosts E. Gadd had once captured.
What is E. Gadd's machine that turns ghosts into paintings called?
Portrait ghosts are restored to their paintings after each area.
Roughly how many copies did the first Luigi's Mansion sell?
That made it the fifth-best-selling game on its console.
Completing the first ghost-hunting adventure unlocks which harder mode?
In Europe the mansion is mirrored and the ghosts trickier.
Which studio co-developed the 2018 3DS remake of the first mansion game?
Grezzo also handled the 3DS Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask remakes.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) was released for which system?
It was one of the headline games of the Year of Luigi.
Which studio developed Luigi's Mansion 3?
Nintendo later bought the Vancouver studio outright.
What is Luigi's green ectoplasmic doppelgänger called?
He can squeeze through grates but dissolves in water or fire.
How many floors does the haunted hotel in Luigi's Mansion 3 have?
Each has its own theme, and Luigi needs elevator buttons to reach them.
Which award did Luigi's Mansion 3 win at The Game Awards 2019?
It has sold more than 14m copies.
Which 1986 game first gave Luigi a higher, farther jump than Mario?
The Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 started his evolution into a distinct character.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) established Luigi as the taller brother and the better what?
The game was later released in Japan as Super Mario USA.
Luigi was absent from Super Mario 64 but playable in its remake on which handheld?
He joined Mario, Yoshi and Wario on the roster of the 2004 remake.
In Super Paper Mario, a brainwashed Luigi works for the villain under what name?
He becomes playable once freed.
New Super Luigi U, with its higher-jump levels, was DLC for a game on which console?
It was also sold at retail as a standalone game.
In the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64, Luigi's high falsetto voice was provided by whom?
He was Nintendo's French translator at the time; Mario Party reused his clips.
The Mario Party manual describes Luigi as what, relative to his brother?
Polygon noted that since his mansion debut he has instead been defined by cowardice.
Where was the surname 'Luigi Mario' first notably used?
Miyamoto indirectly confirmed it in 2015 by declaring Mario's full name Mario Mario.
In the 1986 anime film, Luigi wore what colour shirt instead of his usual green?
He was also greedy, abandoning Mario at one point to hunt for coins.
In the 2023 movie, where is Luigi transported after the pipe separates the brothers?
Bowser's forces capture him there.
In how many video games has Luigi appeared, roughly?
They range from Dr. Luigi to Mario Tennis and every Super Smash Bros.
In which Super Smash Bros. game is Luigi available from the start rather than unlockable?
He is unlockable in the first three games and Ultimate.
Which 1983 game after Mario Bros. kept Luigi as the second player's character?
He then turned up in Super Mario Bros. for the NES.
Which 2015 indie game reimagined Luigi as an existentially troubled figure?
Josh Millard's game has him brood on the lack of narrative in Super Mario Bros.
Luigi made a cameo in his baby form in which Super Nintendo game?
Baby Luigi went on to become a Mario Kart regular.
Which voice actor replaced the Super Show's Luigi in the later DiC cartoons?
Mario's voice changed at the same time.
In Paper Mario: Color Splash, what does Luigi drive to help Mario reach Bowser's Castle?
In Sticker Star and Color Splash he mostly lurks in backgrounds for a coin reward.
Which 2013 puzzle game cast Mario's brother as a doctor?
It joined Dark Moon and New Super Luigi U in the 2013 line-up.
Which Club Nintendo exclusive marked the 2013 anniversary year?
Pins, coins and a special 3DS XL were also offered.
Which game with a one-letter rhyme was the first to cast Luigi as lead, before Luigi's Mansion?
Luigi's Hammer Toss came next, making the mansion game his third lead role.
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