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Mario or Luigi? You Choose!
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PersonSP
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I tend to base my opinion on the two on their RPG games since those really show their character. (I really don't care about who jumps higher.) While Mario has more character in those games I think I like Luigi slightly more because he is a lot funnier. By accident. 
Stats-wise however, I like Mario better. While Luigi has much better defences and support skills I usually go head-first into battle and Mario has a lot more bashing-power.
Stats-wise however, I like Mario better. While Luigi has much better defences and support skills I usually go head-first into battle and Mario has a lot more bashing-power.
T-Player Guy
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I'll go with the rest and say Luigi,and of course,mainly because of his own character.When comparing the two,I tend to typically think Mario is a bit like the poster-boy of the two,while Luigi has more in-depth descriptions about him rather being the hero who saves the day.Luigi is pretty distinct from Mario in terms of abilities too,so I choose him for not being a complete copied-and-pasted version with a shy personality as a difference,and being just more generaly likable and recognazible as a character,in my opinion.
I'm not necessarily criticizing Mario,and in the end,he's still awesome too!
I'm not necessarily criticizing Mario,and in the end,he's still awesome too!
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mrmaster
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I have to go with luigi because he is a very funny character use and the first game I played was luigi haunted mansion. Also his attacks in super smash bros is super funny and his victory cheer is amazing. Luigi is also good to use if you need that higher jump in some games. It's very fun to watch his reactions in games when he gets scared and the pic you see at the end when he gets captured in super mario 3d land. And that is why I like luigi. Mario can be pretty good to sometimes but i find luigi much more funny.
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Mario is bestest he is more iconic than luigi, seems to be stronger than uigi and ive not seen his fear anything or anyone unlike luigi... luigi is cool but wat i dont like is thath they gave him coward personality and that ruins the character for me so i go with my favourite Nintendo hero... Mario!
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I would have to pick Mario because he's more iconic. No one will ever remember Luigi unless you want to care about Nintendo characters. Mario is in more adventures than Luigi so Mario deserves more credit. Luigi is more of a joke than Mario though so he gets some credit for being the sillier of the two.
Pandaxclone2
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Luigi all the way. Here are the reasons why: while it's not exactly something Nintendo picked up on until later, at least up until Super Mario World Luigi wouldn't even be given the credit of beating a Koopaling or saving the Princess from Bowser, it instead going over to Mario. A simple oversight of course seeing as you'd normally play as Mario in the game but still makes you cringe when you're player 2 and you see that.
Of course, later games in the franchise pick up on this and lampshade the fact that Luigi has always lived in his brother's shadow, like the Mario & Luigi franchise. Luigi's character and personality however is very endearing if his feats are anything to go by. He's rescued Mario from a haunted mansion even when he's deathly afraid of ghosts, basically putting his fear aside for his brother.
At the time of writing this, Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. sticks out most in my mind how Luigi feels for Mario; without spoiling too much, you enter a part of his mind that is basically the raw emotion, feelings and thought. And what do you see amongst it all? Messages of his thoughts:
"Hey! Nobody messes with my bro!" "Big Bro, I can help!" "My bro is the best!" "Wait for me, Big brooooo!" "Big Bro, it's your choice. Luigi will follow you." amongst some other messages of a similar caliber.
It's clear that Luigi thinks very highly of his brother. Later on when they are in danger, the first thoughts that comes to Luigi's mind are "Gotta help my Big bro!" This is only part of why Luigi is my favourite, but a major one. Another side of him is that he is awkward, silly and weird in such a way that it's really funny, like poking something or someone in a half bored state while they continue talking to Mario, or as is usual tripping up during each beginning of M&L title, be it falling out of a blimp or running halfway to where Mario is while still dressing and tripping over. In fact he's so oddball that apparently he has some weird thoughts even by a star spirit's standards.
Finally, in some games he ultimately serves as a pivotal point to the plot or even a living Macguffin. This isn't all to say that Mario doesn't care since there's evidence of him truly caring about Luigi albeit not showing it much, but all the qualities Luigi has makes him sympathetic, hilarious and the underdog to boot.
tl;dr Luigi's more fleshed out of a character than Mario.
Luigi all the way. Here are the reasons why: while it's not exactly something Nintendo picked up on until later, at least up until Super Mario World Luigi wouldn't even be given the credit of beating a Koopaling or saving the Princess from Bowser, it instead going over to Mario. A simple oversight of course seeing as you'd normally play as Mario in the game but still makes you cringe when you're player 2 and you see that.
Of course, later games in the franchise pick up on this and lampshade the fact that Luigi has always lived in his brother's shadow, like the Mario & Luigi franchise. Luigi's character and personality however is very endearing if his feats are anything to go by. He's rescued Mario from a haunted mansion even when he's deathly afraid of ghosts, basically putting his fear aside for his brother.
At the time of writing this, Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. sticks out most in my mind how Luigi feels for Mario; without spoiling too much, you enter a part of his mind that is basically the raw emotion, feelings and thought. And what do you see amongst it all? Messages of his thoughts:
"Hey! Nobody messes with my bro!" "Big Bro, I can help!" "My bro is the best!" "Wait for me, Big brooooo!" "Big Bro, it's your choice. Luigi will follow you." amongst some other messages of a similar caliber.
It's clear that Luigi thinks very highly of his brother. Later on when they are in danger, the first thoughts that comes to Luigi's mind are "Gotta help my Big bro!" This is only part of why Luigi is my favourite, but a major one. Another side of him is that he is awkward, silly and weird in such a way that it's really funny, like poking something or someone in a half bored state while they continue talking to Mario, or as is usual tripping up during each beginning of M&L title, be it falling out of a blimp or running halfway to where Mario is while still dressing and tripping over. In fact he's so oddball that apparently he has some weird thoughts even by a star spirit's standards.
Finally, in some games he ultimately serves as a pivotal point to the plot or even a living Macguffin. This isn't all to say that Mario doesn't care since there's evidence of him truly caring about Luigi albeit not showing it much, but all the qualities Luigi has makes him sympathetic, hilarious and the underdog to boot.
tl;dr Luigi's more fleshed out of a character than Mario.
Zukrad
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*BE WARNED! BIG WALL OF TEXT COMING YOUR WAY!*
Luigi all the way. Here are the reasons why: while it's not exactly something Nintendo picked up on until later, at least up until Super Mario World Luigi wouldn't even be given the credit of beating a Koopaling or saving the Princess from Bowser, it instead going over to Mario. A simple oversight of course seeing as you'd normally play as Mario in the game but still makes you cringe when you're player 2 and you see that.
Of course, later games in the franchise pick up on this and lampshade the fact that Luigi has always lived in his brother's shadow, like the Mario & Luigi franchise. Luigi's character and personality however is very endearing if his feats are anything to go by. He's rescued Mario from a haunted mansion even when he's deathly afraid of ghosts, basically putting his fear aside for his brother.
At the time of writing this, Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. sticks out most in my mind how Luigi feels for Mario; without spoiling too much, you enter a part of his mind that is basically the raw emotion, feelings and thought. And what do you see amongst it all? Messages of his thoughts:
"Hey! Nobody messes with my bro!" "Big Bro, I can help!" "My bro is the best!" "Wait for me, Big brooooo!" "Big Bro, it's your choice. Luigi will follow you." amongst some other messages of a similar caliber.
It's clear that Luigi thinks very highly of his brother. Later on when they are in danger, the first thoughts that comes to Luigi's mind are "Gotta help my Big bro!" This is only part of why Luigi is my favourite, but a major one. Another side of him is that he is awkward, silly and weird in such a way that it's really funny, like poking something or someone in a half bored state while they continue talking to Mario, or as is usual tripping up during each beginning of M&L title, be it falling out of a blimp or running halfway to where Mario is while still dressing and tripping over. In fact he's so oddball that apparently he has some weird thoughts even by a star spirit's standards.
Finally, in some games he ultimately serves as a pivotal point to the plot or even a living Macguffin. This isn't all to say that Mario doesn't care since there's evidence of him truly caring about Luigi albeit not showing it much, but all the qualities Luigi has makes him sympathetic, hilarious and the underdog to boot.
tl;dr Luigi's more fleshed out of a character than Mario.
I agree with you in everything, the character development of Luigi is much better than Mario's
This is something a little bit off topic, but I hate Mario's personality in Sm4sh, is like Nintendo forced him to be "awesome" an "cool", while Luigi is still the same guy as ever
PersonSP
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Thanks!
Agreed.*BE WARNED! BIG WALL OF TEXT COMING YOUR WAY!*
Luigi all the way. Here are the reasons why: while it's not exactly something Nintendo picked up on until later, at least up until Super Mario World Luigi wouldn't even be given the credit of beating a Koopaling or saving the Princess from Bowser, it instead going over to Mario. A simple oversight of course seeing as you'd normally play as Mario in the game but still makes you cringe when you're player 2 and you see that.
Of course, later games in the franchise pick up on this and lampshade the fact that Luigi has always lived in his brother's shadow, like the Mario & Luigi franchise. Luigi's character and personality however is very endearing if his feats are anything to go by. He's rescued Mario from a haunted mansion even when he's deathly afraid of ghosts, basically putting his fear aside for his brother.
At the time of writing this, Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. sticks out most in my mind how Luigi feels for Mario; without spoiling too much, you enter a part of his mind that is basically the raw emotion, feelings and thought. And what do you see amongst it all? Messages of his thoughts:
"Hey! Nobody messes with my bro!" "Big Bro, I can help!" "My bro is the best!" "Wait for me, Big brooooo!" "Big Bro, it's your choice. Luigi will follow you." amongst some other messages of a similar caliber.
It's clear that Luigi thinks very highly of his brother. Later on when they are in danger, the first thoughts that comes to Luigi's mind are "Gotta help my Big bro!" This is only part of why Luigi is my favourite, but a major one. Another side of him is that he is awkward, silly and weird in such a way that it's really funny, like poking something or someone in a half bored state while they continue talking to Mario, or as is usual tripping up during each beginning of M&L title, be it falling out of a blimp or running halfway to where Mario is while still dressing and tripping over. In fact he's so oddball that apparently he has some weird thoughts even by a star spirit's standards.
Finally, in some games he ultimately serves as a pivotal point to the plot or even a living Macguffin. This isn't all to say that Mario doesn't care since there's evidence of him truly caring about Luigi albeit not showing it much, but all the qualities Luigi has makes him sympathetic, hilarious and the underdog to boot.
tl;dr Luigi's more fleshed out of a character than Mario.
I also like his reaction when he gets hurt. Mario just says: "Ooh." Luigi gets super melodramatic with his "Awawawawawaw!". Luigi is definitely the funnier of the two.