The Story of Luigi

[Bacon]

The events leading to Luigi's creation began in 1981 during the development of Donkey Kong, where the famous Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto had created Mario (then known as "Jumpman") hoping that he would be able to recast the character in a variety of different roles in future games.Miyamoto had been inspired by the game Joust to create a game with a simultaneous two-player mode, which lead to his creation of the game Mario Bros. in 1983 with the inclusion of Mario's brother as the second playable character.In accordance with Nintendo's marketing policy of naming and promoting individual characters,the new character was given the name Luigi, which was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, called "Mario & Luigi's".While Mario was originally portrayed as a carpenter in Donkey Kong, the duo of Mario and Luigi in Mario Bros. were instead styled as Italian plumbers. Software constraints of the time meant that Luigi's first appearance was restricted to a simple palette swap of Mario designed to represent the second player. Graphically and in terms of gameplay, the characters were completely identical (like twins) except for their color schemes. These constraints would also play a role in determining the look of Mario and Luigi that would be reflected in their future appearances. The limited pixels and colors the programmers had available at the time meant they could not animate the characters' movement without making their arms "disappear". Making their shirts a solid color and giving them overalls fixed this. They also did not have the space to give him a mouth or ears, and they could not animate hair, so Mario and Luigi received a moustache, sideburns, and a cap to bypass these problems.

Luigi was introduced to a wider audience in 1985 with the release of the console game Super Mario Bros. Once again he would function as a second-player palette swap of Mario, this time appearing with matching white hat and overalls and a green shirt and green shoes to contrast with Mario's red cap and overalls and brown shirt and brown shoes. It wasn't until the release of Super Mario Bros. 2 (known as "The Lost Levels" outside Japan) that Luigi began to become more distinguished from Mario. In that title, Luigi was a better jumper than Mario; he jumped higher and fell more slowly, though he did jump with less accuracy and also had less traction when walking. In 1988, a version of Doki Doki Panic with the graphics altered to represent characters from the Mario franchise was released in the United States as Super Mario Bros. 2, after the Japanese sequel was deemed to be too difficult for American audiences. In this version, the character of "Mama" was redesigned as Luigi in his new taller, thinner look, marking the introduction of the new design to English-speaking audiences. Luigi's newly distinguished appearance and color scheme were later adopted in Japan as well, and has since remained consistent in most subsequent promotional art and in-game appearances.

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[Fawful]

You can delete the score and comment part. But at the top of your post you must have your story title. Then on a new line, the author of the article.

[supertoad]

This entry is disqualified for plagiarism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi

[Bacon]

Oh well,delete my friend.

[Poisentoad]

XD Nice try.

[Fawful]

Oh my god, how dare you do plagiarism.

[Mr.Nose]

Oh my god, how dare you do plagiarism.

Well thats one fewer competitor

[Poisentoad]

XD

[mario64mario]

In accordance with Nintendo's marketing policy of naming and promoting individual characters,the new character was given the name Luigi, which was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, called "Mario & Luigi's".

Wikipedia's wrong. Jumpman was first named Mario becuase he was named after Miyamoto's landlord, who also happened to be a plumber, and thus lead to the design for Mario Bros.' underground pipe setting.

[Mr.Nose]

In accordance with Nintendo's marketing policy of naming and promoting individual characters,the new character was given the name Luigi, which was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, called "Mario & Luigi's".

Wikipedia's wrong. Jumpman was first named Mario becuase he was named after Miyamoto's landlord, who also happened to be a plumber, and thus lead to the design for Mario Bros.' underground pipe setting.

Mario Segali (SP?) was his name I think.

[mario64mario]

Okay, I dont know THAT much, but I do know the origins. It's my duty as a fan! ^_^

[Poisentoad]

In accordance with Nintendo's marketing policy of naming and promoting individual characters,the new character was given the name Luigi, which was inspired by a pizza parlor near Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, called "Mario & Luigi's".

Wikipedia's wrong. Jumpman was first named Mario becuase he was named after Miyamoto's landlord, who also happened to be a plumber, and thus lead to the design for Mario Bros.' underground pipe setting.

What are you talking about? That little article thing is talking about Luigi, you're talking about Mario.

[Goombachi]

"Mario & Luigi's" Pizza restaraunt.

[Poisentoad]

<_< <-----If that ^ was a response to me.

[mushroom_mage]

He probably got the name Mario from his landlord, but thought of the name Luigi from the restaurant.