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"You're lousy!"
—Waluigi, Mario Party 6 and Mario Party 7

Waluigi is a recurring character in the Mario franchise designed to rival Luigi. Since his first appearance in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, most of Waluigi's appearances are in the spinoff Mario games, in which he is frequently partnered with Mario's rival Wario. Despite this, Waluigi has very rarely appeared in the Wario franchise aside from a few cameos. Waluigi has been portrayed by Charles Martinet.

The details of Waluigi's past are unclear since he has no confirmed background, although he was evidently been antagonizing the Mario Bros., especially Luigi, for quite some time before his debut as seen in the opening of Mario Tennis, where he and Luigi confront each other.

Originally, Waluigi was established as Wario's younger brother.[2][3][4] However, Mario Super Sluggers depicted them as friends in 2008,[5] and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games stated they were unrelated in 2009.[6] Charles Martinet describes them as "two nice, evil guys who found each other",[7] leaving their contemporary relationship ambiguous.

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Physical description[]

Waluigi is a tall man with a narrow face and a pointy, thin mustache. His usual clothing consists of a purple long-sleeved shirt with black overalls, pointed shoes, and white gloves. He also wears a purple cap with an "Γ," an inverted L symbol that parallels Wario's "W" as an upside-down "W". Waluigi's gloves also bear this symbol.

Waluigi borrows Wario's design principle as an evil, twisted version of his counterpart, pushing Luigi's leaner body type to the extreme, which renders him particularly skinny and angular, with a pointy chin and thin mustache. While these features contrast strongly with Wario's, the two still share a lot of physical attributes, including a large pink nose, pointy shoes, a W-shaped mustache, a wide permanent grin with blocky teeth, and bags under their eyes. Waluigi has a high-pitched, nasal voice.

In Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged, Waluigi wears a purple shirt, which has the number zero, and shorts of the same color.

Powers and abilities[]

Waluigi is skillful in various sports. Waluigi can perform various skills. He can summon cyclones[8][9] and thorny vines.[10]

Waluigi is usually a technical character in most of the Mario spin-offs, valuing precision and finesse over power. These range from simple actions, such as jumps, punches, and kicks, to unusual actions, such as spinning to make a small tornado, creating thorny vines, and swimming in midair. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, Waluigi is a medium weight, balanced character, but since Mario Kart Wii Waluigi is one of the heavyweight characters. In the Mario Strikers series, Waluigi is an offensive character in Super Mario Strikers, and a defensive character in Mario Strikers Charged, boasting high run speed and tackling, but low kicking power and passing. His speed is doubled when he uses the Wall-Luigi! skill, enabling him to cross the field in a very short time. Due to his good reach, he is classified as a Defensive character in Mario Power Tennis. However, some games portray Waluigi as slow and weak, for balance purposes.

Waluigi's legs are shown to be particularly powerful, as he easily defeats Bowser with a kick in Mario Party 3, and he is able to stomp characters into the ground in the Super Smash Bros. games. He shows his leg strength in Super Mario Strikers, with his Drop Rocket technique. In addition, Waluigi is demonstrated to be an great jumper. His stats are seen to come close to Luigi's jumping skills, if not surpassing it.

Personality[]

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Waluigi with glowing eyes in Mario Tennis

Waluigi is personified as a comic relief character and a boastful, ill-tempered foil to the more humble and gentle Luigi. He has bad chemistry with most other characters besides Wario, and is an openly rude and mean-spirited troublemaker. He has a perpetual scowl and is quick to anger, with earlier bios stating that he dislikes others being happy. In his one outing as a central antagonist in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Waluigi claims that his reason for obtaining the Music Keys is to be the best dancer in the world, while bragging about using his power to spread chaos and control "the masses". In Mario Tennis Aces, Waluigi points out that his and Wario's reasons for attaining Lucien was so that they could become the best tennis players in the world. Waluigi's original bio in Mario Tennis also pointed out that he seeked to become as popular and as beloved as the Mario Brothers.[11] His victory celebrations often highlight his self-aggrandizing nature and vanity, and occasionally contain vulgar elements as well, such as in Super Mario Strikers where one of his victory animations involve him performing a pelvic thrust.

In the Mario Party series, as of Mario Party 4, Waluigi abandons his arrogance to play fairly against his opponents, something that is also the case for Wario. However, Waluigi's victory animations still depict him as somewhat of a boastful character, due to him ranting about "being a superstar."

However, despite his overconfidence, Waluigi is also characterized by the great amount of self-pity he displays at other times. According to his voice actor Charles Martinet, Waluigi feels that good things are always happening to others and not to him, causing him great frustration. Martinet considers his self-pity to be "the cornerstone of Waluigi's character",[7] such as how he constantly points out his own disadvantages and is quick to attribute his losses to his opponents cheating, while hypocritically taking pride in his own cheating. While Waluigi has many unsavory characteristics and appears aggressive at times, Martinet has nevertheless stated that he prefers to play up Waluigi's more conceited and self-pitying traits, as he feels that direct hostility is unfitting for Mario villains.[12] In Mario Super Sluggers, Waluigi shows a bit more sportsmanship; after his scout mission is cleared, he subtly states the gang cheated but commends them for their sneakiness, and congratulates them when they beat the Wario Muscles in a ball game along with accepting the player's decline for one.

As a comic relief character, he is often given comical and nonsensical animations, often displaying very poor sportsmanship, being quick to taunt his opponents and cheer for himself, while at the same time scowling in resentment for any progress made by his opponents. In Wario's Warehouse, Wario often portrays Waluigi as extremely stupid, often making idiotic and foolish decisions. However, this contrasts with most of his other descriptions which depict him as the more cunning of the two.

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Waluigi speaks to the player in Mario Golf: World Tour

In Waluigi's trophy description for Super Smash Bros. Melee, it is said that he puts a lot of effort into his antagonistic schemes, although in the end, he never manages to succeed against his rivals. In Super Mario Odyssey, the Waluigi Suit's description claims "This outfit makes you want to lurk in the shadows, waiting for a turn in the spotlight.", either further defining Waluigi to be envious of the Mario Bros, or a likely reference to Waluigi never being a major, or important character. The Waluigi hat's description also says "It's rarely worn", likely alluding to Waluigi's few and insignificant appearances.

Waluigi has been shown as quite secretive about his personal life and has demonstrated a more cynical and skeptical point of view compared to the other characters, as even his oldest descriptions mentioned his egotism and his outsider status in the Mushroom Kingdom. However, recent games have played up Waluigi's hardworking and less malicious personality traits, as shown in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games when he sardonically warns the player that people will not cheer on them forever just because they win medals, and in Mario Golf: World Tour when he interacts with the player character to either tell them to not let their victory get to their heads, or that they should be honest with themselves and happy because they earned it. Additionally, he remarks that his favorite thing to do in between rounds is just to relax and have fun.

Association with Wrecking Crew[]

Although Waluigi has never appeared in Wrecking Crew, he has been associated with the game on a few occasions, presumably done in place of Foreman Spike. The earliest instance of this is in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, in which Waluigi's song is Destruction Dance, a remix of Wrecking Crew's bonus game tune. Another possible instance is Waluigi's Star Skill from Mario Superstar Baseball, Liar Ball and its corresponding Challenge mode item, Whiskered Eggplant, which is purple like the Eggplant Men from Wrecking Crew. In Mario Kart DS, one of Waluigi's personal karts in the Gold Mantis, a reference to the construction site crane used by Foreman Spike.

Relationships[]

Wario[]

Waluigi and Wario appear to have a complicated relationship, sometimes working together (as seen in Mario Super Sluggers) or competing. Waluigi's partner in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is Wario, as well, so many people think they are brothers just like Mario and Luigi. However, Waluigi has never been explicitly confirmed to be related to Wario family-wise. At times, Waluigi and Wario also seem to have a somewhat negative relationship, as they break into an argument in Mario Super Sluggers.

Princess Daisy[]

Waluigi has a crush on Daisy. However, the two share bad chemistry and Daisy has never returned her feelings to him. But they do team up in some games, mostly in Mario party games.

Luigi[]

Waluigi and Luigi are rivals, in a similar fashion to Mario and Wario's rivalry. Waluigi likes to pick on Luigi, and the two share bad chemistry in Mario Super Sluggers. In Waluigi's first appearance in Mario Tennis, Luigi mocked Waluigi when he asked to play tennis with them. However, Waluigi considers Luigi a rival more than Luigi considers him a rival. But after all they do team up in some games, mostly Mario Party games.

Timeline[]

Main article: Waluigi/Appearances
Game Role Year Console Notes
Mario Tennis Playable character 2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis Unlockable playable character 2000 Game Boy Color Unlocked by using Transfer Pak from Mario Tennis for Nintendo 64
Mario Party 3 Playable character, main antagonist 2000 Nintendo 64 Main antagonist of Story mode and playable in Party mode
Super Smash Bros. Melee Cameo 2001 Nintendo GameCube Featured as a Trophy
Mario Party 4 Playable character 2002 Nintendo GameCube First Mario Party game in which Waluigi is playable in all modes
Game & Watch Gallery 4 Boss, playable character 2002 Game Boy Advance Waluigi appears in the Modern versions of Boxing and Rain Shower; in the former game, Waluigi can be played by player two if using a Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable
Mario Party-e Playable character 2002 Game Boy Advance (e-Reader) Appears in two minigames, Waluigi's Reign and Time Bomb Ticks!, being the first player's character in the latter.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Playable character 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Playable character 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 5 Playable character 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Unlockable playable character 2004 Game Boy Advance Unlocked via transfer using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Link Cable
Mario Power Tennis Playable character 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 6 Playable character 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Yakuman DS Unlockable opponent 2005 Nintendo DS Unlocked alongside Wario after completing all Easy challenges
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix Main antagonist, boss 2005 Nintendo GameCube Second appearance as main antagonist, following Mario Party 3
Mario Superstar Baseball Playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Tennis: Power Tour Playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube First and only appearance to feature Waluigi without Wario
Mario Kart Arcade GP Cameo 2005 Arcade One of the audience members during the awards ceremony
Mario Party 7 Playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart DS Unlockable playable character 2005 Nintendo DS Completing all Retro Cups in 100cc in Grand Prix mode
Super Mario Strikers Playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Playable character 2006 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Playable character 2007 Arcade
Mario Strikers Charged Playable character 2007 Wii
Mario Party 8 Playable character 2007 Wii
Itadaki Street DS Playable character 2007 Nintendo DS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Playable character 2007 Wii
Mario Party DS Playable character 2007 Nintendo DS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Playable character 2008 Nintendo DS
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Non-playable character, cameo 2008 Wii Physically appears as an Assist Trophy; cameos in his own Trophy and two Stickers
Mario Kart Wii Playable character 2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers Playable character 2008 Wii
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis Playable character 2009 Wii Same as in Mario Power Tennis
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Playable character 2009 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Playable character 2009 Nintendo DS
Mario Sports Mix Playable character 2010 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Playable character 2011 Wii
Mario Kart 7 Cameo 2011 Nintendo 3DS The course Waluigi Pinball returns, including the large Waluigi statue, but Waluigi is not a playable character.
Fortune Street Playable character 2011 Wii Only playable in Multiplayer mode
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Playable character 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Tennis Open Playable character 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Unlockable playable character 2013 Arcade
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Playable character 2013 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour Playable character 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Golf: World Tour Playable character 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Playable character 2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Non-playable character, cameo 2014 Nintendo 3DS Physically appears as an Assist Trophy character; cameos in his own Trophy
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Non-playable character, cameo 2014 Wii U Same as in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 10 Playable character 2015 Wii U
Super Mario Maker Playable character 2015 Wii U Featured as a Mystery Mushroom costume
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Playable character 2015 Wii U
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable character 2016 Nintendo 3DS Only playable in the Long Jump and BMX events
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition Playable character 2016 Arcade
Minecraft: Wii U Edition Playable skin 2016 Wii U Featured in the Super Mario Mash-up pack
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable character 2016 Wii U
Mario Party: Star Rush Playable character 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Sports Superstars Playable character 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Playable character 2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Playable skin 2017 Nintendo Switch Same as in the Minecraft: Wii U Edition iteration of Super Mario Mash-up
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Cameo 2017 Nintendo Switch A figure of Waluigi is shown in the opening cutscene
Mario Party: The Top 100 Playable character 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Playable skin 2018 New Nintendo 3DS Same as in the Minecraft: Wii U Edition iteration of Super Mario Mash-up
Minecraft (Bedrock version) Playable skin 2018 Nintendo Switch Same as in the Minecraft: Wii U Edition iteration of Super Mario Mash-up
Mario Tennis Aces Playable character 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party Playable character 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Non-playable character, cameo 2018 Nintendo Switch Physically appears as an Assist Trophy character; cameos as a Spirit
Dr. Mario World Unlockable playable character 2019 iOS, Android Unlocked through the Staffing menu at random; as of version 1.2.0, Waluigi can be unlocked after clearing World 6's Special Stage
Mario Kart Tour Playable character 2019 iOS, Android
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Playable character 2019 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition Playable character 2020 Nintendo Switch Playable since the March 20, 2020 update
Mario Golf: Super Rush Playable character 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Strikers: Battle League Playable character 2022 Nintendo Switch

Behind the scenes[]

Etymology[]

Waluigi's name is a portmanteau of Luigi's name and the Japanese adjective warui (悪い) meaning "bad," hence, a "bad Luigi".

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

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References[]

  1. Nintendo Official Website Archived from the Wayback Machine
  2. "His name is Waluigi, and the only person who's pleased to meet him is his big brother, Wario." (August 17, 2000). Mario Tennis 64: Introducing Waluigi.
  3. "Naturally I let Waluigi go first with the shopping. After my beanpole of a brother had slipped through, squealing with glee like an idiot, I followed… and promptly got stuck." Wario's Warehouse
  4. "Wario's weird sibling constructed this high-speed track inside a giant pinball table; complete with bumpers, flippers, ramps and enormous steel spheres that bounce you around like - well, like a pinball." - Waluigi Pinball description, European Mario Kart DS website
  5. "traitor friend" Mario Super Sluggers
  6. "News Brief: Wario and Waluigi aren't brothers." Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
  7. 7.0 7.1 Charles Martinet Celebrates 15 Years of Wario with Kombo" (Archived). Kombo.com.
  8. Camelot Software Planning. Mario Power Tennis. Nintendo. 2004-11-08.
  9. Square Enix. Mario Hoops 3-on-3. Nintendo. 2006-09-11.
  10. Next Level Games. Mario Strikers Charged. Nintendo. 2007-07-30.
  11. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nm8j/chara/walu.html
  12. The Eurogamer TV Show: The Voice of Mario, Charles Martinet (Accessed on 8-2-09)

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