How Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi Are Related
Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi — Nintendo's premier platforming franchise characters who all share a similar fashion sense and naming convention. While Luigi joined Mario on his first exploits before striking out on his own ghost-hunting ventures, Wario was one of Mario's first rivals right alongside Bowser, and Waluigi showed up when Wario needed a tennis partner. For someone who first picked up the series on the Nintendo Switch, the familial relations between these similar-looking characters may be unclear, but the answers are quite straightforward.
As far as Nintendo's original pair of protagonists go, the answer to their relationship is in the name of their games. Luigi was first introduced as Mario's green-suited brother in That arcade game eventually became on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Luigi has been an important part of Mario's adventures ever since. Although Luigi is taller, he takes the status of the younger brother and lives routinely in Mario's shadow if the mockery he receives from Toads in is anything to go by. Mario and Luigi even share the last name «Mario,» according to the much-maligned 1993 film.
Wario originated in Mario's second Game Boy game outing as the villain. According to 's backstory, Wario is Mario's childhood acquaintance, and the two have never been portrayed as blood relations despite their similar appearance. Wario's similarity to Mario instead stems from the developers of 's discomfort with making Mario games (according to a now-archived article on ) since a different division of Nintendo was behind the NES originals. This is why Wario eventually took over the series, becoming an antihero with his own cast of characters in both the and franchises.
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