Editing Luigi (section)

==Concept and creation==
[[File:Luigi emblem.svg|150px|thumb|left|This emblem appears on Luigi's hat and as a symbol for him in many game interfaces.]]
Luigi's creation began in 1982, during the development of ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'', where Shigeru Miyamoto had created Jumpman (later known as Mario), hoping that he would be able to recast the character in a variety of roles in future games. Miyamoto was inspired by ''[[Joust (video game)|Joust]]'' to create a game with a simultaneous two-player mode, which led to his development of the game ''Mario Bros.''<ref name="hiscore">{{Cite book |last=DeMaria |first=Rusel |url=https://archive.org/details/highscoreillustr0000dema/mode/2up |title=High score! : the illustrated history of electronic games |publisher=McGraw Hill-Osbourne |year=2002 |page=238|isbn=978-0-07-222428-3 }}</ref> Luigi was given the role of Mario's brother as the second playable character. Both Mario and Luigi were styled as Italian plumbers in ''Mario Bros.'', on the suggestion of a colleague.<ref name="ignhistory">{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Rus |date=November 8, 2007 |title=IGN Presents: The History of Super Mario Bros. |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/14/ign-presents-the-history-of-super-mario-bros |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214150252/http://au.games.ign.com/articles/833/833615p1.html |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> 

It is currently unconfirmed how Luigi received his name, although there are many theories. ''[[New Straits Times]]'' noted that Miyamoto observed the Japanese word ''ruiji'' means "similar", thus explaining the similarities of Luigi to Mario.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=August 10, 1986 |title=Super Mario: The New Craze in Japan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JdRHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2740,2455143&dq=super-mario&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310215225/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JdRHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2740,2455143&dq=super-mario&hl=en |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=[[New Straits Times]]|via=[[Google News]] |pages=10}}</ref> Rus McLaughlin of ''[[IGN]]'' wrote that the theories from a rhyme on the Japanese word for "analogous" and a pizza parlor near [[Minoru Arakawa]]'s office called Mario & Luigi's were considered. Software constraints at the time of the respective game's origins meant that Luigi's first appearance was restricted to a simple palette swap.<ref name="ignhistory" />

After the success of ''Mario Bros.'', Luigi was introduced to a wider audience in the 1985 video game ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'',<ref name=":0" /> while ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', marked the beginning of Luigi's development toward becoming a more distinguished character. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayward |first=Andrew |date=October 1, 2007 |title=VC Update: Sin and Punishment, Mario: Lost Levels |url=http://www.1up.com/news/update-sin-punishment-mario-lost |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629064034/http://www.1up.com/news/update-sin-punishment-mario-lost |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |website=[[1up.com]]}}</ref> Consequently, In 1988, an alternative release was developed to serve as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' for Western players (and later released in Japan as ''Super Mario USA''); this version played a key role in shaping Luigi's current appearance.<ref name="ignhistory" />

===Actor portrayal===
Much like his appearance, Luigi's vocal portrayal has fluctuated over the years. ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', in which many characters were voiced for the first time, some characters, including Luigi, had two different voices; the North American and European versions of the game feature a low-pitched voice for Luigi, provided by [[Charles Martinet]], who also voiced [[Mario]], [[Wario]], and [[Waluigi]]. The Japanese version uses a high-pitched, [[falsetto]] voice, provided by the then French translator at Nintendo, Julien Bardakoff. Inconsistent voice acting continued with many [[Nintendo 64]] games; all versions of ''[[Mario Party (video game)|Mario Party]]'' feature Bardakoff's high-pitched clips from ''Mario Kart 64''.<ref name="Mario in Real Time" />

Luigi retained this higher voice in ''[[Mario Party 2]]''. In ''[[Mario Golf (video game)|Mario Golf]]'', ''[[Mario Tennis]]'', and ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', his voice returned to a lower state. Since then, with the exceptions of ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', Luigi has consistently had a medium-pitched voice, performed by Martinet until 2023 and [[Kevin Afghani]] since 2023. In ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', Luigi's voice was the same high-pitched voice from the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. (video game)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', Luigi's voice is made up of clips from Mario's voice taken from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', with raised pitches. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', he has his own voice (which is medium-pitched) instead of a pitched-up version of Mario's.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Luigi was voiced by [[Charlie Day]] in the [[The Super Mario Bros. Movie|2023 film adaptation]] and was given a somewhat higher-pitched voice.<ref name="2023 film">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-pratt-nintendo-direct-super-mario-bros-movie-cast-illumination-entertainment |title=Nintendo Direct: Chris Pratt Will Voice Mario in the Super Mario Bros. Movie |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |work=[[IGN]] |date=September 23, 2021 |accessdate=September 24, 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923223916/https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-pratt-nintendo-direct-super-mario-bros-movie-cast-illumination-entertainment |archivedate=September 23, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>