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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Hinopio on August 16, 2000, 01:20:11 PM
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I don't have a huge problem with Waluigi, except that he has a cheesy name and the whole concept isn't very original...
If anything, they should change his name to Waruigi, considering that 'warui' is the Japanese word for 'bad' anyway. (I think...)
->- That''s no moon; it''s a space station. -<-
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Super Luigi: I read that "igiwalui" thing in Nintendo Power. Personally, I don't believe it... I've never seen "igi" used to mean "someone." But then again, I've only been studying Japanese for a year...
Hinopio: In Japanese it is in fact "waruigi", but pronounced "waluigi" because R's are pronounced like L's most of the time. At first I thought Waluigi's name was a clever combination of "Luigi", "Wa" from Wario, and "warui" (meaning "bad"). Now with this "igiwalui" explanation in Nintendo Power, I'm not so sure...
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Oh yeah, like at the end of "A Christmas Story" when the guys at the Chinese restaurant are singing:
Manager: No, no, no! Like this! <ahem>
'Deck the halls with boughs of holly;
Fa la la la la, la la la la!'
Now you try.
Waiters with thick Chinese accents:
'Deck the harrs with boughs of horry;
Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra!'
->- That''s no moon; it''s a space station. -<-
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Heheh that's movie's a classic.
"You'll shoot your eye out!"
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In English games he's "Ruigi."
"I should have known. He was acting very peculiar for a dead assassin."
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Nintendo Power couldn't tell their translations from their arse. I've seen some of their Pokémon name translations... never seen such a big pile of errors.
And does anyone remember when they though Koffing and Weezing were called Ny and La in Japan? Nintendo Power aren't a very good source for info, I feel.
Fryguy - summoned from the flame
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I personaly don't see why everyone bashes Waluigi. I think he's pretty clever besides I don't think anyone gave him a fair chance. come on people has Miyamoto ever let you down? ( assumeing he made him )
"PARATROOPA'S, ATTACK"
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I vaguely bashing Waluigi a long, long time ago, but I've mended my ways caus' now I want to see his girlfriend.
Kweeh! Forget Whark! Kweeh! Is better!
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The Waluigi thing fits and all (Waruigi actually sounds good for a name, I think I'll call him that!), and Blue is the most fitting color (Not for who he is, but by the fact that the other 3 were taken..), but I still can't get over the fact that he looks like a mix of Luigi, Booster, and **** Dastardly!
Snarf