Editing Luigi (section)

==Appearances==
{{main|List of Luigi video games}}
Luigi's first appearance was in the 1983 arcade game ''Mario Bros.'' as the character controlled by the second player. He retained this role in ''[[Wrecking Crew (video game)|Wrecking Crew]]''. He later appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' for the NES,<ref name="ignluigi" /> and again in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''[[Super Mario World]]''. ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' introduced Luigi as the taller of the two brothers, as well as the better jumper. ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', and ''Super Mario World'' returned to featuring Luigi as identical to Mario. He made a minor appearance in his baby form in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Luigi was conspicuously absent in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. However, the [[Super Mario 64 DS|Nintendo DS remake]] of ''Super Mario 64'' features him as a playable character alongside Mario, [[Yoshi]], and [[Wario]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Luigi has been associated with the more difficult second acts of multiple ''Super Mario'' games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parish |first=Jeremy  |date=June 25, 2013 |title=New Super Luigi U Review |url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/new-super-luigi-u-review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122081922/http://www.usgamer.net/articles/new-super-luigi-u-review |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=April 3, 2015 |website=[[USGamer]]}}</ref> These include ''The Lost Levels'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' and the new game plus in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', which offer more challenging elaborations on their respective predecessors and allow the player to use Luigi as the main character, with whom reduced friction and higher jumping is consistent in all of these games. Luigi became playable in the [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as a hidden character, and as a hidden character in the Wii game ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. In its sequel, ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', the player can switch out for Luigi throughout the game.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Gilbert |first=Henry |date=April 23, 2010 |title=Luigi in Mario Galaxy 2? Official Japanese site says yes, Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii News |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/luigi-in-mario-galaxy-2-official-japanese-site-says-yes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203061217/https://www.gamesradar.com/luigi-in-mario-galaxy-2-official-japanese-site-says-yes/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |work=[[GamesRadar+]]}}</ref> He also appears as a playable character in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where four players can play at once cooperatively as Mario, Luigi, and two [[Toad (Nintendo)|Toad]]s. He also appears in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' as a playable character as well as ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', the latter having a DLC mode, where he is the main character, called ''New Super Luigi U''. It has levels altered to his specific play abilities, including higher jumping. The DLC is also available as a standalone retail version. Luigi also appeared in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' along with his brother, Peach, Rosalina and Toad.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Luigi appears in many of the ''Mario'' spin-off games, including ''[[Mario Kart]]'', ''[[Mario Party]]'', and all of the [[List of Mario sports games|''Mario'' sports games]]. He also appears in all five installments of the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series; in the first three installments and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Ultimate]]'', he is an unlockable character. Luigi received his own starring role in the 2001 video game ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', where he wins a mansion from a contest he never entered, and saves Mario from King Boo. He reprised his role in the installments ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' and ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Andrew |date=June 7, 2011 |title=Luigi's Mansion 2 to Haunt Nintendo 3DS |url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26596/luigis-mansion-2-to-haunt-nintendo-3ds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127030437/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26596 |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2011 |website=Nintendo World Report}}</ref>

Luigi has appeared in every [[Mario role-playing games|''Mario'' role-playing games]]. While he originally made a cameo appearance in the end credits of ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', he appears more prominently in the ''Paper Mario'' series. He is a non-playable character in the original ''[[Paper Mario]]''. In the sequel ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', he appears yet again as a [[non-player character]], going on a separate adventure from Mario's. ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' features him as a playable character after he is initially brainwashed into working for the antagonist under the name "{{visible anchor|Mr. L}}". In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', Luigi plays a minor role and can be found in the background of certain levels for a coin reward. In ''Color Splash'', Luigi appears at the end of the game driving a kart and helps Mario reach Bowser's Castle. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', he once again helps Mario by retrieving the keys of Peach's Castle himself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paper Mario: The Origami King |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Paper-Mario-The-Origami-King-1782440.html |access-date=June 13, 2020 |website=Nintendo of Europe GmbH |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128151823/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Paper-Mario-The-Origami-King-1782440.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series features Luigi as a main protagonist; the events of the games focus on him and his brother Mario. He has appeared in all seven ''Mario & Luigi'' games.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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Luigi made an appearance in the 1986 film ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!]]'' in which he was voiced by [[Yū Mizushima]]. He was not given his consistent color scheme, sporting a yellow shirt with a blue hat, and overalls. In the film, Luigi is a greedy character and even leaves Mario at one point to look for coins. He was also a little more serious, but less courageous than his brother Mario, who constantly daydreamed about Princess Peach.<ref name=":02">{{cite news |last1=Plunkett |first1=Luke |date=April 19, 2012 |title=There was a Good Super Mario Bros. Movie. Let's Watch it! |url=https://kotaku.com/there-was-a-good-super-mario-bros-movie-lets-watch-it-5903602 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007131408/https://kotaku.com/there-was-a-good-super-mario-bros-movie-lets-watch-it-5903602 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |accessdate=4 October 2020 |work=Kotaku}}</ref> Luigi later made an appearance in the OVA ''[[Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.]]'' released in 1989, in which the ''Mario'' characters portrayed in the story of [[Snow White]]. He appears at the end of the video to save Mario and Peach from the Wicked Queen, portrayed by [[Bowser|Koopa]].

Luigi regularly appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', airing from 1989 to 1990, which cast [[Danny Wells]] as both his live-action portrayal and voice. Like his brother, Luigi's voice actor changed in later cartoons, in his case to [[Tony Rosato]]. Even though he was not the starring character in the show, Luigi appeared in all 91 episodes of the three [[DiC]] [[List of non-video game media featuring Mario#Television|''Mario'' television animated series]], in one of which his brother himself did not appear ("Life's Ruff" from ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'').

Luigi played a different role in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], where he was portrayed by [[John Leguizamo]].<ref name="smbfilm">{{Cite web |title=At the Movies: Super Mario Bros. |url=http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=Super+Mario+Bros. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080921125750/http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=Super+Mario+Bros. |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |website=Bventertainment}}</ref> He is depicted as a more easy-going character in contrast to the cynical Mario, portrayed by [[Bob Hoskins]].<ref name="smbfilm" /> In the film, Luigi is not Mario's twin, but is much younger to the point that Mario is said to have been like a surrogate father to him since their parents' deaths, and his romantic relationship with Daisy is one of the film's main plot elements. Luigi appears in [[The Super Mario Bros. Movie|the 2023 film adaptation]] voiced by [[Charlie Day]].<ref name="u321">{{cite web | last=Schaffstall | first=Katherine | title='The Super Mario Bros. Movie': See Who Voices the Beloved Characters | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2023-04-10 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/super-mario-bros-movie-cast-voice-actors-guide/ | access-date=2024-11-13}}</ref> Luigi, alongside his brother Mario, are residents of Brooklyn who recently began their own plumbing business. Both stumble upon a Pipe, and while Mario is transported to the Mushroom Kingdom, Luigi is transported to the Dark Land where he is captured by Bowser and his forces. He later reunites with Mario near the film's climax to defeat Bowser.