Edit: To those getting upset over my pronunciation of “Super Mario Bros.”, it will be okay. Life will continue lol. I don’t think anyone here didn’t know that “Bros.” is an abbreviation for “brothers”. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the video. Whose origins would you like to see next? Check out more Origin Oracle > kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtqcaLCfysq4YGQ.html

Cool thing about Luigi's Mansion is how they show the personality differences between Mario & Luigi. Mario is shown to be impatient and impulsive when it comes to protecting his loved ones. Luigi wins a mansion? Yeah, he definitely knew something was fishy, so he went ahead of time to protect Luigi. He didn't even stop to talk to Professor E Gadd on his way in. He survived long enough to even put his hat into the washing machine in the Laundry Room. And he was running from boos long enough to write a letter to Luigi to look out for them. With King Boo's abilities, Mario never stood a chance, and was shoved into a painting. He was so worried that Luigi would get hurt going to the mansion that he fought an enemy head on and failed. Meanwhile Luigi is shown to be more cautious. Mario faces his fears, no matter how scary. But Luigi runs away when things get too tough. It's this running away that caused him to run into E Gadd, and how he got ahold of the Poltergust. King Boo never even saw Luigi as being a problem, but things changed when he noticed he had the Poltergust. Luigi highlights the carelessness of Mario by commenting on how while Mario uses the washing machine, Luigi likes to hand-wash his hat. Luigi's Mansion was an absolute gauntlet for Luigi, but... Luigi was the only one who could've done it. Look at Luigi's Mansion 3. Mario is captured, but his room is an absolute mess. This is evidence of a battle. He had already been captured by King Boo twice before, so he should've known he isn't strong enough to defeat him. But he knew Luigi and Peach were in danger, so he fought back. Luigi only escaped because he ran away. If he wouldn't have run away, he wouldn't have stumbled upon E Gadd's car, to find the new Poltergust. At the end of the game, Mario almost immediately runs off to find Peach. He doesn't notice King Boo flying by in the window. He zooms up the stairs as fast as he can. And every now and then he tries to get Luigi to hurry: "C'MON C'MON C'MON!!" At first I thought this was weird, but it was definitely done to show how impatient Mario is in a dire situation. And I'm willing to bet the reason Mario was captured in Dark Moon, is because he once again decided to fight King Boo, instead of running away. He got in over his head. In other games like Odyssey he is struck down by Bowser pretty quickly. Mario's weakness is his love for his friends in dire situations. It pushes him to move faster and take on challenges he can't win. But when he slows down, that's when he's able to realize what he can use to his advantage and save the day. Luigi is also fueled by the love of his friends in dire situations. But that love is what pushes him forward to do his best. He is afraid and doesn't want to participate most of the time. But when his bro is in danger? He'll face anything. Even if it means running away. His fear is a powerful tool that pushes him to survive until he can handle the situation better. Man I love the Luigi's Mansion series.

I still think his first appearance is in Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) when we see 2 Mario’s at the start

Luigi’s Mansion reminds me of cartoons that are scared of ghosts like Courage the Cowardly Dog and Scooby Doo starring a cowardly yet courageous character who willingly face their fears to rescue their loved ones!!

What I think is ironic is that the name "Luigi," is apparently the Italian version of Louis, from the Germanic Ludwig, meaning "famous warrior," yet Luigi acts so frightened and cautious.

11:45 - his personality was the invention (at least partially) of the voice actor. He tells a story in one interview, I remember it very poorly, but the gist is that he spoken for the rendered Mario head during some public event, and when kids were asking him, where's Luigi, he were telling them that he's too shy / afraid to present himself, and he voiced Luigi as if he was talking off screen.

Something I wish was mentioned was Luigi’s more timid personality came from Charles Martinet himself. It was at a game convention near directly after Charles was cast as Mario where he was wearing a helmet with technology that mimicked his movement to a 3D Mario head exactly like Mario Teaches Typing. People asked to speak to Luigi, but Nintendo hadn’t made a 3D model or planned a voice actor for Luigi, and so Charles improvised saying Luigi was very shy and cooking spaghetti off screen. Despite the Super Mario 1986 Anime and American cartoons, I think that could technically be one of Luigi’s first depiction as timid and cautious from Nintendo without the shows and anime.

I guess now we need an origin vídeo on either Wario or Daisy, considering how they are some of the first characters made (or maybe the Toads or Yoshi too) Although tbh Wario is the one that has the most to speak about

I always admired Luigi. He shows up every single time even though he’s clearly afraid and nervous.

As a younger sibling who was always stuck playing Player 2, I have a fondness for Luigi.

I once heard something about the reason Luigi is a coward is because Mario’s VA (maybe his first VA?) was doing an in character bit (maybe at a convention?) and people kept asking to see Luigi, but that wasn’t possible so the VA made something up about Luigi being too shy.

8:30 Wow. Nintendo was a lot less strict back then.

Really like this, I didn’t know how much story came from Luigi’s development! Keep it up!

3:45 OH MY GOD *WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* *car* *crash* *sound* *effect*

The Year of Luigi was just a way to make something of an inordinate number of Luigi appearances

That's AMAZING that Luigi was the second most popular name and translates into "similar", that's like destiny lol

9:20 - Mario's head does a complete 180º.

Did NOT expect the character study of how their trauma created two different brothers. I missed out on Nintendo when I was young, your videos are helping me with catching up! Just got a switch and I'm eating up as much lore as I can!

8:50 "I think we need a game with this Luigi somewhere" According to Game Theory, that game is Super Paper Mario. No. seriously. If y'all haven't played SPM, DO IT. It's one of my favorite games of all time.

Gotta love that Dic cemented their parts in the games they adapted forever, sonic in having his favorite food and Mario Bros in a few parts of their personalities

2:54 The foreman?? So Foreman Spike is just as old lol

Fantastic video man! Luigi has been one of my most favorite Mario characters ever since I was a kid simply because he was in green and green has always been my favorite color haha. Great explanation as to why his personality is far more timid than Mario's

This editing is absolutely immaculate and perfect I respect it so much

I love when the YT algorithm drops me on the doorstep of a new channel - been listening to your dives into characters while gaming and I love the dedication, my dude. Have to say I'm learning info I didn't know or wouldn't think to look up.

8:37 Its The WAH

my favorite chartacter in mario kart, toad IS A BUFF BOI 6:20

Luigi has always been low key one of my favorite parts of the Mario universe and I'm glad they use him pretty well. He's hilarious in the Mario and Luigi titles and in the Mario + Rabbids game love how they make him a bad ass sniper.

9:30 KING DEDEDE!!?! Interesting thing about Luigi's nature is that in the original anime movie he was less timid than Mario and was very greedy.

Even the 1983 commercial of Luigi yelling out for Mario to help him put it in people’s minds he’s that way. Also, Mario 3’s story states Luigi is “reluctant” to help Mario, depicting he doesn’t want to go on the adventures

Bro, you found your niche these videos are so good! Keep up the history stuff!!

11:03 Fun fact, turtle shells are actually attached to the turtle's ribs and spine, so Luigi literally ripped Bowser's spine out of his body.

8:25 well that went south in a hurry.

I feel like Luigi’s „sinister“ personality from the weird comic you showed plays kind of a huge role in Super Paper Mario. Maybe Nintendo was up to something approving that comic. Then there’s tiny things like the Luigi death stare in MK8 and him having untold, possibly disturbing secrets in Mario&Luigi: Partners in Time

11:10 though its not official there exists Weegee, the chaotic meme version of Luigi.

I'm liking these videos bro! Always fun to get that in-depth background on these classic characters. Especially from the Nintendo staples

Also, please do a part two! I would love to continue diving into Luigi’s origins and more about him. 💚💙

I think they always intended for Luigi to be the cowardly one. The commercial for Mario Bros. depicts Luigi calling Mario for help.

0:41 why does Bowser look like Gargamel after he took a potion that turned him into a grey, spiky shelled, lizard monster ?

12:55 I actually played that at an arcade

3:30 you're too late suckers, I'm delivery truck certified!

0:32 I loved that transition

@9:46 dat Bowsette lol..

10:30 - To quote Freddy: “Sorry, kid. I don’t believe in fairy tales.”

the TOAD IS JACKED was perfect with the phonk music

If you read the secret diary entries by Luigi in Paper Mario, the entry that appears after chapter 3 is him absolutely terrified of any and all ghosts. First official depiction of him being timid in any games as far as I know.

1:06 - TWIN Brother?????

Love the thumbnail art on this video. Helps that it’s a good image on a good video 🤟

"so Wario can drive it to who knows where" Wario: *dies*

LUIGIIII

9:09 Correction: that’s Weegee and Malleo, not Luigi and Mario.

Dude your video composition and humor is god like

You got a new sub lol this was so funny

12:49 OMG THERS AN ARCADE I GO TO SOMETIMES WHERE THERE ACTUALLY IS A LUIGI'S MANSION ARCADE GAME AND I LOVE PLAYING AT IT IT FEEL SO DAMN REAL WHEN U CATCH THE GHOSTS OR GET SOME COINS DEAR LORD AAAAAAAAAAH

9:41 I have the SNES Version of this Game.

luigi is my favorite brother. i just feel like his personality is more fleshed out than mario’s, and i can identify with him a lot more

I will never be able to have enough Luigi in my life

where is that thumbnail art from? the pic at 5:05

Luigi is a very important existence in the history of the game in the sense that it gave personality to a character for 2p that had no personality until then. he is a great character

Thank you for putting the music names in the description

If Luigi's mansion is any indication we need a lot more games featuring him with different concepts. He can stand up on his own. I'd love to see a game where his vastly different jumping abilities are used.

It's interesting, but the idea of two best friends (brothers or not) who share adventures, in which the tallest one is displayed as the shyest, most cautious and passive is quite frequent. While the shortest being the opposite, and usually the leader of the duo. In comic books, you have Calvin and Hobbes, Joe Dalton and Averell Dalton, Astérix and Obélix, etc. There are other examples, also outside comics and cartoons.

i played the arcade one

I say we need an action adventure reversioning of Mario is Missing. Let Luigi go full badass

The real first Luigi Game is Luigi’s Hammer Toss, for the game and watch. It was released in the 1990s as a McDonald’s toy, so really, that was the first LUIGI BASED game.

That baby Luigi from the comic, he definitely grew up to be the Luigi in New Super Luigi U.

3:11 wtf bald mario

Toad has been hiding his true power this whole time if he uses 1% of his power he can end the world💀💀💀💀☠️

Solid video, I was amazed at how much I didn’t know here.

There's definitely a H-Game called Mario Is Missing 😂 I'm not even shocked it's based off the name of this title.

8:06 Why'd you show OJ 💀

7:49 I’d like to point out that you’re saying about Luigi being the scared one because of what he went through as a baby because in fact MARIO would be the scared one (if you use common sense) because babies will literally be TRAUMATIZED from being around what yoshi put baby Mario through.

11:21 also the Mario Bros commercial

I’m the first one to comment on the green Mario

PLEASE do a video on how Nintendo should bring back "The Year of Luigi" for Luigi's 40th anniversary this year and how YOU would suggest they celebrate it. :)

Loved the video, keep the Nintendo lore coming 🥳

I know a Dave & Busters that usually has that Dark Moon arcade game. I played it in full with my mom and I had a really great time with it! The ironic part is that I never played dark moon on the 3ds

luigi is not a coward. he is depicted as scared but allways does what he needs to anyway. That is true courage. Mario on the other hand has no fear. mario is not courageous, he's foolhardy.

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Just found this channel love it

Mario and Luigi are both fun characters. Great to see his original origin. Thanks for sharing.

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7:52 solid analysis. Love that 💪🏼

4:11 after playing donkey Kong, that would probably be what anybody would want

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Don’t forget, before Luigi’s mansion we had Mario’s tennis, mario kart, and mario party for n64. They all gave luigi the start to his personality in my opinion

12:50 I played that at an arcade with a friend! The first thing I noticed was that they were using the dark moon’s models and art style. Pretty fun game!!

5:04 Fun fact, a man by the name of Luigi Cordona was Responsible for losing 10 Battles over the Isonzo River in WW1 which claimed the lives of most of the 1.2 million Italians who died in WW1, which ended with the Greatest Military Disaster in Italian History at the Last Battle (12th) of Isonzo, also known as Capparetto. A Last Ditch Defense prevented Venice from being Captured. He had a Son with a Better military Record than he did. the Battle of Capparetto was where Erwin Rommel the Infamous Desert Fox of the Afrika Corps in WW2 entered the History books pioneering Early Blitzkrieg as a German imperial StormTropper. Described by post world war Historians as "Blitzkrieg without Tanks and only infantry". of the 300,000 soldiers from Italy lost after Capparetto, Romel Captured at least 9,000 using only a Small Contingent of 100 men while he himself was Wounded (His Gun Blew up on him injuring his leg). Luigi Cordona got fired and he never lived it down since. His Son would Lead an Italian Army in WW2 with a Greater Rate of Success... Poor Luigi was the Black sheep in a Family of Military Tradition as he himself was the Son of the General who marched on Rome and Completed the Risorgimento/Italian Unification wars in the 1860s, basically Italy's Version of Washington Crossing the Delaware river.

6:22 "I'm the Fantastic Fungus!" - Toad

i loved this video! great job!

Didn't think I would learn something new about classic Mario games, but I stand corrected.

8:06 yooo I was not expecting psychopath baby Luigi when I woke up this morning. 💀🤣

Sees a God on screen ...."I miss Iwata-san"... *RIP Satoru Iwata shows on screen*... "Sigh... We all miss Satoru Iwata"

impressed by the amount of research you did.

editing is hilarious.

Yes! Please do another video about Luigi's personality in the Paper Mario series/how competitive he is! Luigi in Paper Mario, especially TTYD, is what makes me choose him every time I play Mario Kart/Party games 💚

I ACTUALLY LIVE NEAR AN ARCADE THAT HAS THAT LUIGI'S MANSION ARCADE GAME

This was a hilarious and informative presentation. 😂👏

I believe the Game & Watch title was released less than a month before the arcade title rather than three months, with the former releasing in March 1983 and the latter in April 1983, but I'm splitting hairs. This is a really interesting video essay and it's presented brilliantly. I'm subscribing for more. Edit: Just a thought, but Luigi as a timid or more easily scared character could be said to have its genesis in the infamous Atari commercial for the Mario Bros game; the one where Luigi calls out "MARIO WHERE ARE YOU?!" to the tune of the song featured in the commercial.

The Nintendo Power Mario Mania guide for SMW mentions Luigi being scared of ghosts but they did not really dial up Luigi being more scared until Luigi's Mansion. It used to be much more subdued.

I like how Mario n Luigi started of as workers in a trade. Before superheroes they were blue collar