Luigi

Luigi (Japanese ルイージ, Ruīji) is a heroic individual from the Mushroom Kingdom who has assisted or fought alongside his brother, Mario on many occasions. Throughout his life he has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and heroic tendencies. Mario Bros. marks his first appearance in a Super Mario arcade game. Originally a color swap of Mario, Luigi was created to facilitate a second player. Since the two player mode was dropped from Super Mario games beginning with Super Mario 64, Luigi has gained his own identity and personality.

Captured by Kamek
In the beginning of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi were being delivered to their mother and father's home by the Stork. However, Baby Luigi was quickly snatched away by Kamek and taken to Baby Bowser's castle. Fortunately, Baby Mario landed right on Yoshi's back on Yoshi's Island. Baby Mario somehow had the instinct to know where Baby Luigi was and pointed the way to Baby Bowser's Castle indefinately, and with that knowledge, Baby Mario and Yoshi teamed up with the other Yoshis to rescue Baby Luigi. After a lengthy expedition, Baby Bowser was defeated and Baby Luigi was rescued. After the credits, both Baby Luigi and Baby Mario are sent to their parents and finished the journey they had started in the beginning of the game.

Of Plumbing
Luigi's first playable appearance was in Mario Bros., where he was simply a palette swap of Mario with the same controls and abilities. There were no other differences in physical appearance.

In the game, Luigi and Mario were portrayed as plumbers. While working in the sewers one day, the Bros. found the sewers infested with Shellcreepers, Slipices, and many other monstrous creatures. They attacked the monsters, and were eventually able to cleanse the sewers of them. In the remake, they even had to fight off the evil King Bowser, and luckily, they succeeded.

The First Adventure
In Super Mario Bros., after Mario and Luigi fought the monsters of Mario Bros., they went to the Mushroom Kingdom where they were told by the Mushroom King that the evil king Bowser had kidnapped Princess Toadstool and her Mushroom Retainers.

Mario and Luigi then went to save the kidnapped Princess Toadstool and rescue her from the king of Koopas. The brothers fought many enemies, defeated Bowser, and saved the princess along with the Mushroom Retainers. In this game, Luigi had the same jumping powers, same traction, and the same running speed as Mario.

Later, in The Lost Levels, the Bros. were once again called to save Princess Peach from the Koopa Troop. This time, Luigi could jump higher and further than Mario, but he had less traction.

From then on, Mario and Luigi spent the remainder of their lives aiding the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser.

Destroying Walls
Luigi was once again the second player in Wrecking Crew. Luigi's sprite was still a palatte swap of Mario's, but this time Luigi was dressed in purple. In this game, Mario and Luigi work on a demolition site. The goal is to break down every stone wall on each stage. Defeating enemies in this game is not easy, as Mario and Luigi's regular hammer deals them no damage. However, it might make Foreman Spike fall down if one of the Mario Bros. can hit him with it. If an enemy wanders underneath a drum, Mario or Luigi can trap them by causing the drum to fall.

An Odd Dream
Luigi was one of four characters in Super Mario Bros. 2 that found himself in a very strange world called Subcon that was under attack. The culprits were King Wart and his large army of dream creatures. The next morning, the four friends decided to go on a picnic, and happen stumble upon the strange world they had dreamed of. They found that everything they had been told was true; it was under the rule of the evil Wart.

In Subcon, Luigi could jump higher than all of his friends, and was the third strongest in the group. Eventually, the whole adventure was shown to be Mario's dream.

King Koopa's Revenge!
Bowser now traveled with a massive Airship, and his children in Super Mario Bros. 3. He transformed all of the kings in the world into odd creatures, and then proceeded to make his children kings of all the different lands. Much like in Super Mario Bros. 2, Luigi was capable of jumping higher than Mario, but had reduced traction.

Mario and Luigi were called upon to save the day again, and as heroes they went on another adventure to save the Mushroom Kingdom. After defeating the Koopalings, and turning the kings back to their regular state, the brothers went to the Dark Land to save the kidnapped Princess Peach.

After saving the princess once again from Bowser, the plumbers returned to their home in the Mushroom Kingdom.

An Unresting Vacation in Dinosaur Land
After the events of Super Mario Bros. 3, Princess Toadstool and the Mario Brothers went on a vacation to Dinosaur Land in the game Super Mario World. Mario, Luigi and Toadstool hopped on a hot air balloon to get to the tropical island. Luigi had found a magical Feather on the island that allowed anyone who grabbed it to turn into cape form. Mario and Luigi flew around Dinosaur Island. When they returned, they found Toadstool missing again. Bowser and his children had kidnapped Princess Toadstool along with seven Baby Yoshis and trapped any Yoshis he met in eggs. Yoshi helped the brothers rescue the princess.

A Missing Bro.
In Mario is Missing!, Mario was kidnapped by Bowser and it was up to Luigi to find him. During his quest, Luigi learned about geography, battled Bowser's seven children, and got help from Yoshi, while traveling across the real world to find Mario. In the end he saved Mario. Then, the Mario Bros. loaded Bowser into a cannon and fired him into the snow. Bowser froze instantly and split in half. However, this ending only applies to the SNES version of the game. This game marked Luigi's solo-adventure debut and was the only solo adventure for Luigi until 2001.

Explorers of Hotels
Luigi is one of the main characters in the game Hotel Mario. Princess Peach was retained as a "permanent guest" by Bowser, who turned the Mushroom Kingdom into his own personal resorts. Eventually, Luigi and Mario destroyed each of the seven Koopaling Hotels. They then defeated Bowser at his own palace and rescued the princess. Luigi is controlled by the 2nd player, his sprite being a palette swap of Mario. This is Luigi's only run on the Phillips CD/I.

Cameoed with 1 wish
While Luigi doesn't appear much in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, in Star Hill Luigi made a wish: that he wants to be a good plumber, just like his brother. In the ending of the game, Luigi is also the leader of the parade. Luigi also hosts the manual of Super Mario RPG. A screenshot from the beta version of the game shows Luigi (along with Mario and Mallow) attending a banquet hosted by Valentina.

Writing a diary
During the events of Paper Mario, Luigi kept a diary where he wrote about various things, such as how he dislikes being left out of adventures with his brother. An entry in his diary foreshadows his next solo quest, Luigi's Mansion. He also leads the parade in the end credits, much like in Super Mario RPG.