2023 Was A Nintendo Disaster For One Weird Reason
On the surface, it would appear that Nintendo didn't have too bad of a year in 2023. Many great games were released over the months, including and, yet there was one glaring omission in Nintendo's lineup of games. One that could have been easily corrected and broke a decades-long streak that the company might not have even given enough attention to for them to know what they had done.
Nintendo's mascot, Mario, was one of the nominee choices for The Game Awards 2023's Game of the Year, with. Meanwhile, the remake of was one of the hot gift items shared for the holidays. The franchise was having a good year, yet one character has been neglected, casting a dark shadow over the year and ending a run that could easily have continued with his addition to .
Waluigi, the arch-rival to Luigi and Wario's best friend, has appeared in games every year since his original debut in 2000 until that record was broken in 2023. would have been the most likely opportunity for his reign to continue, yet Nabbit was somehow chosen to enter the Flower Kingdom instead.
Super Mario Wiki on X (formerly known as Twitter) reported the oversight, with accompanying spreadsheets documenting the games that Waluigi has shown up in over the past two decades.
It appears unlikely that the lanky Waluigi will be getting much more screen time in 2024 either, as it is doubtful he will be taking the stage in coming in March, nor will he be part of the remake without some very creative story changes. The only possibility that can be imagined from the currently announced lineup of Nintendo's releases for 2024 would be if Waluigi could somehow make a cameo in , although this is also not likely as he was not part of the original game.
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