Luigi
Luigi is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is portrayed as the taller, younger brother of Nintendo's official mascot Mario. Luigi has appeared in many games throughout the Mario series. Although Luigi was originally created as a character identical to Mario except for being colored green instead of red, he has since developed a personality and style of his own. His voice is performed by Charles Martinet, the same actor who provides the voice for Mario, as well as other characters throughout the franchise. Luigi's name may be a pun on the Japanese word "ruiji"meaning "analogous", a play on the fact that his sprite was the same as Mario's in his original appearance. Because of the common reference to Mario and him as the "Mario Brothers," it has been speculated his full name is "Luigi Mario," and in certain non-game sources (such as comic books and the Super Mario Bros film), and even on the Nintendo of Europe's Megasite, this is the case. However, Nintendo of America stated in the 1980s that neither Mario nor Luigi have last names. Mario and Luigi are both Italian plumbers. According to the Super Mario Bros. film and the three animated series created by DiC, Mario and Luigi are from Brooklyn.
