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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: CeleTheRef on January 30, 2004, 03:17:56 PM

Title: luigi who?
Post by: CeleTheRef on January 30, 2004, 03:17:56 PM

We all know that Mario got his name because of Mario Segali.  But what about Luigi?

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: TEM on January 30, 2004, 05:02:36 PM

Nintendo probably just picked the name because they needed a common Italian name for Mario's brother.

Time slowed and Reality bent.
But on and on the Eggman went.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Screech on January 30, 2004, 05:26:59 PM

With five letters.

"Walk softly and carry a Super Scope."

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: luigi~lover on January 30, 2004, 09:28:41 PM

I agree with both TheEggMan and Screech.

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Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 30, 2004, 10:20:47 PM

TEM and Screech are quite correct.

The Andorian Mining Consortium runs from no one.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: MarioMan93 on February 01, 2004, 09:46:53 AM

Ditto.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: TEM on February 01, 2004, 02:56:33 PM

I also agree.

Time slowed and Reality bent.
But on and on the Eggman went.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: n/a on February 01, 2004, 04:27:31 PM

I agree with all the posts except the first one.

I''m not dead, I''m electroencephalographically challenged.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Popple on February 01, 2004, 06:31:25 PM

I agree with n/a.

Or is it?... *shifts eyes supiciously*

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Super Mario on February 01, 2004, 06:45:32 PM

You can't agree with the first post, anyway, because it's not a stated opinion, it's a question.

I agree with myself, because I already knew that. "Luigi's Pastaria" is an excellent restaurant, too!

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Mario`s dream lives forever...



Dream on, Mario... dream on.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Lt Mou on February 01, 2004, 07:55:31 PM

I happen to agree with the first post.

"Griddle cakes, hotcakes, pancakes, and flapjacks; Why is it we have four words for "grilled batter" but only one word for "love"?"- George Carlin

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Luigison on February 01, 2004, 09:29:25 PM

I AGREE WITH NO ONE! (other people agree with me)

Okay, that wasn't as funny as it seemed it would be.  Anyway, Luigi who?  Luigison.  (or "LuigisAn" as it was supposed to be)

That wasn't funny either.

I give up.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 02, 2004, 01:01:43 AM

Luigison reminds me of the guy on the webcomic Elf Only Inn named Lord of Dorkness, because of a typo.

“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: n/a on February 03, 2004, 08:46:59 PM

What's wrong with agreeing with a question?

I''m not dead, I''m electroencephalographically challenged.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Lt Mou on February 04, 2004, 06:46:38 PM

I agree with n/a.

"Griddle cakes, hotcakes, pancakes, and flapjacks; Why is it we have four words for "grilled batter" but only one word for "love"?"- George Carlin

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Master Mario on January 26, 2005, 01:21:27 AM

I agree! ^_^ WITH NUNYA!!!!! \_/ They got Mario from Segali, but what's next door to the Nintendo company is the story! Luigi's name was from a Pizza Place called Luigi Mario's!

Resurrection! BWAHA BURP! (scuse me!) ~If this is against the rules, tell me and I'll stop.

TMK fan since three years ago!

Edited by - Master Mario on 1/25/2005 11:24:32 PM

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Hope(N Forever) on January 26, 2005, 09:41:29 AM

Luigi is a very common name in Italy, isn't it?

I am a pure Super Mario lover!!
...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!
I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: The_Great_Gonzalas on January 26, 2005, 11:49:33 AM

I think so, it tends to be the stereotypical Italian name, when you think of Italian names, Luigi tend to be one of the first to jump to mind (exculding any Mario relation).

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: n-fani on January 26, 2005, 02:02:08 PM

Actually, there's a pizza place near here and the owner's name is Luigi. How come I've never thought about that.

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: smfan1085 on January 26, 2005, 08:46:38 PM

I thought I read somewhere that in Japan the pronunciation of Luigi is "Ruiji", which is the Japanese word for "similar". That, added to the things mentioned before, may have had to do with the naming of Luigi. (After all, he was first just a recoloring of Mario, so he was certainly similar to him.)

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Hope(N Forever) on January 27, 2005, 03:33:53 AM

I bet Nintendo were very lazy during the production of Mario Bros. way back when...

I am a pure Super Mario lover!!

...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!

I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on January 27, 2005, 05:52:10 PM

I think it had more to do with hardware limitations in the 80's than lazyness.

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Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 27, 2005, 11:57:28 PM

Um, yeah. They needed another generic Italian name that was five letters long.

"Don’t look into car headlights and freeze, because you might get run over or shot."

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Ultima Shadow on February 09, 2005, 01:06:23 AM

I agree, Chupperson Weird. But Waluigi-- what on Earth were they thinking???

Actually, I saw a Mario War game on floppy disks, and it had a screen shot. It used the Mario Bros Battle (In the SMA games) Mario graphics, and Wario was named Fabio. Actually, that would have been better than Wario!

''If Timmy has seven apples and Peter has five apples, why don''t they just shut up and eat?''

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: Watoad on February 09, 2005, 01:42:53 AM

No wonder my nickname is Foad. ;P

“Hey, lemme borrow your bike. C’mon, I’ll give you some chips.”

Title: Re: luigi who?
Post by: smfan1085 on February 10, 2005, 10:21:13 PM

Warui (Japanese for "bad") + Ruigi (Japanese for Luigi) = Waruigi (Waluigi).

Seriously now, it's not that hard to write out "Japanese," is it?
Also, it is said to come from Ijiwaru, meaning something along the lines of bad-tempered, I believe.

~CW

Edited by - Chupperson Weird on 2/10/2005 9:48:51 PM