 Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 2 (Europe/U.S.A.) Luigi (According to movie and TV show, surname Mario; Japanese: ルイージ) is Mario's younger brother in the Nintendo video games. He first appeared in Mario Bros. as the second player. His role as the second player continued in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World.
Luigi's name was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, which was called Mario & Luigi's.
Because of software constraints of the time, Luigi initially appeared as a palette swap of Mario, identical except in terms of color. As technology improved, Luigi evolved into a physically distinct character, taller and thinner than his brother. Luigi's personality has also developed, and he is said to be more nervous and cowardly than his brother; thus, he is rarely seen.
In Super Mario Bros. 2 he was one of the player-controlled characters, characterized by a hovering jump. This feature made him quite popular amongst fans of the games. Luigi has starred in two games, the first of which was the edutainment title, Mario Is Missing!, released for the SNES and PC. It was a fairly lacklustre game, involving Luigi traveling throughout the world and answering questions related to famous area he was in (Japan, Russia, etc.). It was not produced by Nintendo, and remains one of the few Mario games created and developed entirely by an American third-party developer. His second starring role was in Luigi's Mansion, released for the Nintendo GameCube. He also co-starred in a 2003 game called Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, the unofficial sequel to Paper Mario in which you control both the brothers equally to save the Princess again.
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Baby Luigi was kidnapped by Kamek the Magikoopa. He was freed by Yoshi after the defeat of Baby Bowser at the Koopa Kingdom.
In the remake of Super Mario World for Game Boy Advance, Luigi is slightly more integral; you have a choice between Mario or Luigi. Luigi can jump higher and run faster, and he is designed to be the easier character to play as.
Luigi was also a playable character in the Mario Party series, for the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo GameCube.
With the debut of Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, Luigi also gained his own rival, Waluigi (Waluigi is a counterpart to Wario).
Luigi is also a hidden character in the N64 hit Super Smash Bros., and in the GameCube sequel Super Smash Bros. Melee. He is similar to Mario. His Green Missile move is an addition to Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is similar to Pikachu's Skull Bash. His taunt pose is the only taunt pose in the game that inflicts damage; it inflicts 1% damage. Unlike Mario's fireballs, Luigi's fireballs are not affected by gravity. Luigi also has the lowest traction in the game, making him the best candidate for wavedashing.
Luigi made an appearance in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He appears in the audience a couple of times, and he has own adventures. (Mostly all of them included him making stupid choices.)
Luigi makes another appearance in Super Mario 64 DS for the new, popular handheld called the Nintendo DS. He has high triple jumping abilities, which is no surprise because he was known for his high jumping. He also had a backflip which was almost as high as his triple jump, but at the peak of the jump, he would spin around in the air with his arms out to his side, acting like a propeller. Luigi also had a flutter ability, which would make his feet struggle back and forth in the air, slowing his fall. When Luigi gets a Power Flower, he becomes transparent. When he was transparent, he could walk right through enemies as well as some walls.
In the 1993 feature film Super Mario Bros., Luigi was played by John Leguizamo.
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