The Story of Luigi's Forgotten Debut Game

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  • Luigi started as a palette swap a long time ago. When did he first pop up in the Super Mario series and why did Nintendo forget this fact? I'll answer one of those questions. On this exciting episode of Origin Oracle, we take a look at Luigi's origins and how he went from a color swapped character to his own fully-fledged character.
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:34 - Luigi's First Appearance - Mario Bros (Game and Watch)
    3:55 - Conception and Design of Luigi
    5:20 - Do Mario and Luigi Control Differently in Super Mario Bros?
    6:26 - Luigi's Origins - Yoshi's Island
    8:53 - Luigi's First Solo Game - Mario Is Missing
    11:13 - When Did Luigi Become a Coward?
    13:00 - The Year of Luigi
    13:55 - Like and comment if you enjoyed :)
    #luigi #luigismansion3 #originoracle
    Credits:
    Super Luigi Bros Gameplay - YTSunny - • Super Luigi Bros (NES ...
    Mario Bros (Game and Watch) Gameplay - Nintendo Unity - • Every Game & Watch Gam...
    Game and Watch Gallery 4 Gameplay - Cgdb3742 - • Game & Watch Gallery 4...
    Super Mario Bros All-Stars - Super Mario Bros 2 Gameplay - XRavenXP - • [Longplay] SNES - Supe...
    Super Mario Daishuugo Screenshots - @_kairy_draws_
    Mario is Missing MS-DOS Gameplay - Mr. Eight-Three-One - • Mario is Missing! CD-R...
    Thanks to the Mario Wiki for all the useful references and archives.
    Music:
    Luigi's Mansion 3 OST - Boilerworks
    New Super Mario Bros Wii OST - Underground
    Super Mario Odyssey OST - Bubblaine
    Super Mario Bros 2 US - Overworld
    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island OST - Underground
    Super Mario World - Castle Hip Hop Remix - BKnapp - • Super Mario World - Ca...
    Super Mario Odyssey OST - Steam Gardens
    Super Mario 64 - Haunted House
    Mario's Time Machine OST - Castle
    Luigi's Mansion 3 OST - Castle MacFrights
    Super Mario Strikers Charged - Luigi's Theme
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  • @TheMentok
    @TheMentok  ปีที่แล้ว +302

    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 > th-cam.com/video/0tl5MnedT00/w-d-xo.html

    • @superdalen7140
      @superdalen7140 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Donkey Kong

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A round-up on Luigi, Daisy, Wario, and Waluigi would be cool after their own episodes, with summaries on Camelot Software Planning and all kinds of weirdness like Azalea.
      '-'-'-'-'
      My own fan fiction, is that Daisy has an older sister who was the original successor to the throne, the one with darker skin and magenta crown.
      It gets pretty convoluted with all this stuff about fake or "honorary" names, and such. Mario's world would be branching off from ancient Athens, and that's why DoraKinon, an old name for PEACHES, is the root word in Dragon Coins and Kinopios (Japanese for Toads). So Princess Dorakinon, ruler of Yoshis and Toads, was simplified as Peach.
      ωαρίο and γιώλιγι actually take on the names to reflect
      Μαριο and λυιγι, which is localized to English as Wario and Waluigi for Mario and Luigi.

    • @lucasgibbs4050
      @lucasgibbs4050 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m more interested in the comic where Baby Mario dies and Baby Luigi is like “Guess I’m Player 1 now, bitch!” Can you make a video on specifically that?

    • @mattl_
      @mattl_ ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Considering saying “Brothers” next time

    • @LEXICON-DEVIL
      @LEXICON-DEVIL ปีที่แล้ว +1

      5:04 😂So its pronounced like South Park.

  • @DaNintendude
    @DaNintendude ปีที่แล้ว +439

    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.

    • @JayGSC
      @JayGSC ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Imagine all this typing just for the only
      Reply to be a bot bruh

    • @DaNintendude
      @DaNintendude ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@JayGSC lol

    • @brinbin_
      @brinbin_ ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Awe man I love this analysis of the brothers so much!
      There was one comic I saw a while ago about King Boo's perspective in the first Luigi's mansion. When he confronts Luigi infront of the passed out Mario portrait he thought Luigi was quivering in fear because of how scary of a ghost he is, but he realized that he wasn't even afraid of him but infact more terrified of losing his brother as his gaze was fixated on Mario and not King Boo. I thought that headcanon was brilliant and I wanted to share it since this comment was about the Luigi's Mansion series (I've yet to play 3, I need to get it soon!)

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  ปีที่แล้ว +22

      When I first played Luigi's Mansion 3 on release, that moment where you save Mario, I swore that it was King Boo in disguise or something. First time I'm seeing someone else point out how weird that moment was but I like the analysis you mentioned because if it was a normal Mario game, we would be flipping up to the rooftop the same exact way. 😄

    • @DaNintendude
      @DaNintendude ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheMentok
      I think they might've purposefully exaggerated it to really contrast Mario and Luigi.
      But in the end it felt a little weird and led to a lot of people assuming he was possessed or actually King Boo in disguise 😅

  • @jaimedelena5575
    @jaimedelena5575 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    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!!

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      And he wear green like saggy.

    • @Zoinkin89
      @Zoinkin89 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@INFERNO95ah yes my favorite scooby doo character. Saggy

    • @chrisdoe3642
      @chrisdoe3642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those two did a crossover

    • @andyghkfilm2287
      @andyghkfilm2287 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Saggy and Sooby Do

    • @googleman3255
      @googleman3255 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was the point

  • @Kyleeeeeeeee
    @Kyleeeeeeeee ปีที่แล้ว +448

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

    • @kieranstark7213
      @kieranstark7213 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      And as for Mario Bros., well, Wikis say it was his debut. But honestly, I think that was his second appearance after DKJR.

    • @hollaluyah
      @hollaluyah ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if there's any footage?

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane ปีที่แล้ว +28

      In hindsight, it makes sense that this was Luigi. But I don't think he was named that back then. The name Luigi first appears on that Mario Bros handheld the video mentioned, AFAIK.

    • @elvisthedawg3366
      @elvisthedawg3366 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I thought of the two Marios in DKJR being Mario and his father, Jumpman

    • @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden
      @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too

  • @adawm
    @adawm ปีที่แล้ว +637

    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.

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  ปีที่แล้ว +120

      I can definitely see this. I wanted to focus on a segment within this video on Charles Martinet since I have yet to talk about him but I decided to save it for when I get to Wario’s vid.

    • @gentlemancharmander4411
      @gentlemancharmander4411 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Uh, no, it was in the American cartoon. This is just plain misinformation

    • @delicioustoes1136
      @delicioustoes1136 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@gentlemancharmander4411 literally mentioned in the comment

    • @adawm
      @adawm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gentlemancharmander4411 th-cam.com/video/UReCxGzQRvw/w-d-xo.html
      This is a qna with Charles Martinet where he literally tells the story and describe just what I commented.
      It's not misinformation.
      th-cam.com/video/qrXKklRLUq4/w-d-xo.html
      Here is a full video by a deepdiving Nintendo TH-camr TGD, describing Luigi's voice and personality where the story and footage is included.

    • @gentlemancharmander4411
      @gentlemancharmander4411 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@delicioustoes1136 that’s the confusing part, he mentioned it, and disregarded it in the same sentence

  • @MidnightWonko
    @MidnightWonko ปีที่แล้ว +177

    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.

    • @HeathenDance
      @HeathenDance ปีที่แล้ว +26

      But still a warrior, nevertheless. And definitely famous. He was the most played character on Super Mario 2. At least by me, and by my friends who also owned the game. As kids, to beat that game, was something else. So, Luigi was considered a faithful and victorious companion throughout that adventure.

    • @Mikgwerd
      @Mikgwerd ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Indeed, that's what it means. Since Miyamoto said he only picked that name because it was the second most popular Italian name, that Japanese character transcription (NOT translation) of Luigi's name meaning "the same" was just a chance double-entendre and nothing more.

    • @AsianNonBinary
      @AsianNonBinary ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can be a famous warrior and still have fear doesn't mean you can't be courageous at the same time.

    • @ArjunTheRageGuy
      @ArjunTheRageGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean, it's not like Luigi calls himself as number one

    • @alessandrorossi1294
      @alessandrorossi1294 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Interesting, and Ludwig is one of the Koopalings (Bowser's children).

  • @Mafon2
    @Mafon2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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.

  • @realsalu634
    @realsalu634 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    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

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They have similar origins, too--both from the Game Boy versions, and only appearing at the end of the games.

    • @mr.rustysoup7590
      @mr.rustysoup7590 ปีที่แล้ว

      his purpose?

    • @OyajiMusic
      @OyajiMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't Wario an "alien" in the SMB GB games?

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@OyajiMusic No, just Mario's childhood rival. Tatanga, the main villain of the first game (and shows up in the second), is an alien.

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@OyajiMusic That alien you referred to is named "Tatanga" from Super Mario Land, not Wario.

  • @eddvcr598
    @eddvcr598 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @sacktheargonian
    @sacktheargonian ปีที่แล้ว +110

    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.

    • @TheChamp820
      @TheChamp820 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes,it was the reason (I think)

    • @metalmario1231
      @metalmario1231 ปีที่แล้ว

      First va? Charles Martinet.....how you not get that?

    • @geschnitztekiste4111
      @geschnitztekiste4111 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And he was also speaking through a thing that tracked his mouth and showed it as Mario moving his mouth on a screen, which is why Luigi‘s voice is him not opening his mouth that much. I hope that made any sense. He was playing Luigi off-screen while Mario was technically mouthing it.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@metalmario1231 I mean, Martinet wasn't the first VA for Mario or Luigi. Hell, Mario's canonically from Brooklyn, so Martinet's accent makes no goddamned sense.

    • @advanturepie
      @advanturepie ปีที่แล้ว

      @@metalmario1231 Mario had many voices before he got his iconic voice that everyone knows

  • @plushiesdx
    @plushiesdx ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @misskimbly123
    @misskimbly123 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @v1de0gam3r2
    @v1de0gam3r2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

  • @coolioanimated
    @coolioanimated ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @marie-op
    @marie-op ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @benoliver5593
    @benoliver5593 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:37 Its The WAH

  • @captainboon2978
    @captainboon2978 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @plantbasedbooch
    @plantbasedbooch ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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!

  • @Vidiocity92
    @Vidiocity92 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @professorfreddy
      @professorfreddy ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same with Wario. I remember seeing somewhere that Wa translates or relates to a word that means "bad" or something like that in Japanese, so his name was just supposed to mean "bad Mario". It was just a fun coincidence that a W is an upside down M

    • @geschnitztekiste4111
      @geschnitztekiste4111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@professorfreddy warui

    • @andyghkfilm2287
      @andyghkfilm2287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@geschnitztekiste4111 Waruio-And Waruigi!

  • @orsonzedd
    @orsonzedd ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Year of Luigi was like the worst year Nintendo has had in recent memory, which is very fitting in a way.

  • @GhostieToasterStrudel
    @GhostieToasterStrudel ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @ShinGoji1987Official
    @ShinGoji1987Official ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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

  • @JoelTheParrot
    @JoelTheParrot ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @kricket7134
    @kricket7134 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @Unquestionable
    @Unquestionable ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

  • @iyan.manbun
    @iyan.manbun ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @captainmario_
    @captainmario_ หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

  • @allenroman1038
    @allenroman1038 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @astoldbywhomever9756
    @astoldbywhomever9756 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ClutterTrot
    @ClutterTrot ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:25 well that went south in a hurry.

  • @geschnitztekiste4111
    @geschnitztekiste4111 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @jo-mi4966
    @jo-mi4966 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @PrimroseHarmony
    @PrimroseHarmony ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Cyclone861
    @Cyclone861 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jacksullivan4741
    @jacksullivan4741 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    12:55 I actually played that at an arcade

  • @Dhalin
    @Dhalin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @9:46 dat Bowsette lol..

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why she isen't canon, Mario has kids with his audience because it's meant to be suitible for kids to adults. Having a character that was popular with NSFW drawnings would be out of place in a family-friendly franchise

    • @Dhalin
      @Dhalin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mariajimenafigueroa233 _Obviously_ she isn't canon because she is, you know, a _fan character_ made off of Rule 63 of Bowser.

  • @paulinetrivago.7540
    @paulinetrivago.7540 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jfickrow
    @jfickrow ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:06 - TWIN Brother?????

  • @theeguy458
    @theeguy458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

    • @zgaotedsnazzyy1727
      @zgaotedsnazzyy1727 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @__Soya__
      @__Soya__ หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bowser isnt a turtle though, hes a koopa.

  • @blakewatson33
    @blakewatson33 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @marioboi323
    @marioboi323 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The feeling when holding the vacuum is so satisfying. Would love to see a follow up to that game sometime

    • @marioboi323
      @marioboi323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheMentok yeah

  • @anthonyminimum
    @anthonyminimum ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @drokuuu
    @drokuuu ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude your video composition and humor is god like

  • @thishouseofglass
    @thishouseofglass ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TheS1lent0ne
    @TheS1lent0ne ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

    • @rosencvetanov6129
      @rosencvetanov6129 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was also a teaser for Luigi's Mansion because they were already developing it by the time PM released

  • @Sonictails54321
    @Sonictails54321 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @glauciarochelle
      @glauciarochelle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      mario don't help luigi becuse he have a date with pauline

  • @M1DAS_theoppdestroyer
    @M1DAS_theoppdestroyer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the TOAD IS JACKED was perfect with the phonk music

  • @wesin_
    @wesin_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:32 I loved that transition

  • @HeathenDance
    @HeathenDance ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @user-fh7di8st6l
    @user-fh7di8st6l ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @Tetrispriter
    @Tetrispriter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @DeaDBeaT187
    @DeaDBeaT187 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You got a new sub lol this was so funny

  • @firedevxd
    @firedevxd ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LUIGIIII

  • @RobinRhombus2
    @RobinRhombus2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @thesupervideogamenerdmore3171
      @thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now I have a fan theory that New Super Luigi U is an alternate universe where Mario is a legend in the past (the Cap is the only thing that shows up in NSLU) and Luigi is the star, following his dead brother's footsteps. That is why the Cap is kept. It is kept as a memory of him.

  • @thatterrariaguidenpc8054
    @thatterrariaguidenpc8054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @BurstGrad
    @BurstGrad ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

    • @BurstGrad
      @BurstGrad ปีที่แล้ว

      Surprised no one brought this up in the comments

  • @2yoyoyo1Unplugged
    @2yoyoyo1Unplugged ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @collaborisgaming2190
    @collaborisgaming2190 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @RelaxAlexX
    @RelaxAlexX ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for putting the music names in the description

  • @collaborisgaming2190
    @collaborisgaming2190 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @shinra356
    @shinra356 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:11 wtf bald mario

  • @firedevxd
    @firedevxd ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i played the arcade one

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s pretty fun especially with a friend

  • @GoodJujuGrant
    @GoodJujuGrant ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:52 solid analysis. Love that 💪🏼

  • @rayminishi689
    @rayminishi689 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU. As the one person in my town that knew and liked the Game & Watch Gallery series back in the early 2000s.
    Mario Bros on the G&W had hard evidence that Luigi made his earliest appearance as far as that game.
    G&W Gallery 4 had a history section that given the years these little handhelds were released.
    Also, Warioware paid more respects for Game & Watch and especially the rest of Gunpei Yokoi's creations
    WW Gold having the section of explaining all of the Nintendo licensed products

  • @thewarpath5982
    @thewarpath5982 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:06
    Why'd you show OJ 💀

  • @kamothe1
    @kamothe1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @thebatman9482
    @thebatman9482 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DLAbaoaqu
    @DLAbaoaqu ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @sonicray1
    @sonicray1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @JezElectro13
      @JezElectro13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who's green mario? You mean green red Luigi?

    • @nicknetwork118
      @nicknetwork118 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JezElectro13 whos green red luigi
      Isnt it green red green luigi

    • @JezElectro13
      @JezElectro13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nicknetwork118 i meant that for Lugi some people say it's Green Mario. but i see it as Mario being Red Lugi. so Green Mario is in reality Green Red Luigi.

  • @IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist
    @IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are both courageous stop being a asshole.

    • @IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist
      @IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@INFERNO95 Wow. Really. i was being an as***le?

    • @__Soya__
      @__Soya__ หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@IzzyTheDyspraxicArtistPretty much

  • @priestesslucy3299
    @priestesslucy3299 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @slackateer
    @slackateer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the video, keep the Nintendo lore coming 🥳

  • @supermariof0521
    @supermariof0521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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. :)

  • @Board64
    @Board64 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The waffle house has found a new host

    • @halpee7690
      @halpee7690 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Waffle House has found its new host

  • @WesleyWhiteside
    @WesleyWhiteside 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ivanThaOoze
    @ivanThaOoze ปีที่แล้ว

    i loved this video! great job!

  • @anything_productions_lol2354
    @anything_productions_lol2354 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The waffle House has found it's new host.

  • @penti8345
    @penti8345 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @SaintlySaavy
    @SaintlySaavy ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a hilarious and informative presentation. 😂👏

  • @MeeMtheMemer
    @MeeMtheMemer ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Waffle House has found it’s new host

  • @chococoveredlemons
    @chococoveredlemons ปีที่แล้ว

    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 💚

  • @JeroenHoningh
    @JeroenHoningh ปีที่แล้ว

    impressed by the amount of research you did.

  • @cannibalisticrequiem
    @cannibalisticrequiem ปีที่แล้ว

    What I've always liked about Luigi's Mansion is the similar vibes it gives me that I get from the Disneyland Haunted Mansion ride. The outside of the mansion looks kinda like the Shiply-Lydecker House which Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is based on, the portrait ghosts remind me of the portraits you pass on the way to the loading area of Disneyland's version of the ride, as well as when the portrait ghosts are outside of their portraits, they really remind me of the different "Happy Haunts" on the ride-- Luigi's Mansion even has a ghost couple dancing around in the Ballroom like the Ballroom Scene from the ride. Even the butler ghost from Luigi's Mansion reminds me of The Endless Hallway scene from the ride, where as your Doom Buggie ride vehicle rounds the first corner, the first thing you see is the Endless Hallway with the floating candelabra, which you see recreated with the butler ghost carrying a candelabra and sometimes disappearing so only a floating candelabra is seen in the game.
    Heck, about a year or so after Luigi's Mansion was released, Disney released their own Haunted Mansion game to promote the Haunted Mansion movie Eddie Murphy starred in - though the game actually had nothing to do with the movie except for both taking place inside the Haunted Mansion.
    The game is centered around a young man named Zeke, and it is mentioned to take place "after the war"-- I _think_ it's supposed to be The Civil War, who answers a newspaper ad for a job listing at the mansion but of course it turns out to be a cover for a more supernatural goings-on, and the Haunted Mansion game replicates the gameplay of Luigi's Mansion, but instead of sucking up ghosts and Boos into a vacuum, Zeke uses an enchanted lantern to capture the ghosts. (The rooms will also get brighter after you cleared out all the ghosts like in Luigi's Mansion!)
    Even The Last Resort Hotel in Luigi's Mansion 3 looks like The Tower of Terror ride, which Caddicarus pointed out in his video. Although the one in particular he was talking about and showed a photo of is Tokyo's version of the Tower of Terror ride, which is completely different to the original in Orlando (The Hollywood Tower Hotel aka "The Tower of Terror" - which was also in Disney California Adventure park before getting re-themed to it's current Guardians of the Galaxy version "Mission Breakout"), and is called "The Hotel Hightower" named after its owner Harrison Hightower. (Which fun fact: Tokyo's Tower of Terror actually ties into Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride, as The Black Widow Bride, Constance Hatchaway, aka The Attic Bride/The Beating Heart Bride was married to a man named George Hightower, speculated to be the brother of Harrison Hightower, owner of The Hotel Hightower and disgraced former member of The S.E.A. - The Society of Explorers and Adventurers, a fun little secret society Disney came up with to tie some of their attractions together for park fans), as in The Attic Scene of the Disneyland ride, we see a wedding portrait of Constance and George, and George looks a lot like Harrison.)
    So, even in a roundabout way, I can still tie Luigi's Mansion to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion!

  • @Krystalmyth
    @Krystalmyth ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @panikk2
    @panikk2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think nintendo did a good job with the Year of Luigi. it's the only character celebration event that anyone really remembers. i still hear it parodied for other characters in reference to the Luigi one.

  • @_The_Worst_
    @_The_Worst_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lot's of good clues were found, that's for sure...🤘🏼💯✔️

  • @JaddyOG
    @JaddyOG ปีที่แล้ว

    editing is hilarious.

  • @KingBr33ch
    @KingBr33ch ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

    • @__Soya__
      @__Soya__ หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah getting kindapped by an evil wizard would definitely be more traumatizing.
      Hek you could even say Mario got his sense of adventure and his courage from the OG yoshi.

  • @murlocrj3108
    @murlocrj3108 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @andreworders7305
    @andreworders7305 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    11:21 also the Mario Bros commercial

  • @PrimroseHarmony
    @PrimroseHarmony ปีที่แล้ว

    Luigis always been my favorite! I’ve always love being player too and I really think he’s underrepresented and he should have his own game that isn’t just a side game or something aside from Luigis mansion. I do love mansion set. I love that his personality is so opposite of Mario that he is shy and timid but then he faces his fears and does a good job in the end. Very underrepresented and seriously needs more celebration! I would like to see more of Nintendo celebrating Luigi and his accomplishments again! 💚💙💚💙💚

  • @TH-zl6jz
    @TH-zl6jz ปีที่แล้ว

    Luigi is great. He shows that old adage that courage is not never being afraid, it's being afraid and doing it anyway. Being said, I was a younger brother when Super Mario World hit, I've always been biased towards the green plumber

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @sunbeames1847
    @sunbeames1847 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Oretal
    @Oretal ปีที่แล้ว

    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!!

  • @TheCoolBeanie
    @TheCoolBeanie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found this channel love it

  • @PoutingTrevor
    @PoutingTrevor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

    • @right_hand_power7960
      @right_hand_power7960 ปีที่แล้ว

      The song in that commercial is a parody of an old sitcom, "Car 54, Where Are You?!". The melody is the same, too, just a different tempo (speed). The lyrics end with, "Car 54, Where Are You?!", so the commercial was parodying the show's theme song.

  • @junkyardjim
    @junkyardjim ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  ปีที่แล้ว

      I had to let that clip run. I miss him hosting the Directs

  • @robertpennington1019
    @robertpennington1019 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was epic in a way when the Wii U was floundering at the time.. I still posit that the Luigi U levels were some of the best 2d Mario gameplay I’ve ever experienced! My buddy and I were finishing our undergrad at the time and would unwind with Mario 3D World and Nee Super Mario Bros U and then Luigi U hit.. they are shorter tougher levels, especially if you’d get all the stars.. epic times, and great game, imo. It was tough in ways that reminded me of The Lost Levels in ways, but was more fun for me at the time!
    Great video! Luigi is number 1 haha

  • @reggiebuttsmash2321
    @reggiebuttsmash2321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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