Waluigi

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Waluigi as a captain in Super Mario Strikers.
Waluigi
Species	Human
Relatives	Wario (possible brother)
Debut	Mario Tennis

Making his debut in a sports game, Mario Tennis 64 Waluigi is to Luigi what Wario is to Mario. Despite criticism as being a shallow character, Waluigi has firmly established himself as a major character among the lineup of Mario characters. He's easily the tallest of all the characters, despite being an extremely wiry fellow. Unlike Wario, he speaks in a whiny, nasally voice.

Background

Like Wario does with Mario, he takes on many of Luigi's attributes. From what we know of Luigi and Wario, it is possible to discern Waluigi's personality.

From Wario, we can easily expect Waluigi to be greedy, selfish, and have generally bad hygiene. The Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour intro provides some great characterization in which we see him (and Wario) actively trying to beat and humiliate other golf players. He also shows rivalry (and possibly jealousy and hate) for Luigi as well.

From Luigi, we can expect him to have considerable skills in jumping, technology, but be a bit clumsy. And while Luigi is constantly portrayed as an unknown character, it's quite likely in the Mushroom Kingdom that Waluigi is a good deal less famous than Wario.

Attempts at Villainy

Mario Party 3 features Waluigi (and Daisy) as new characters to the series. In Story Mode, a player will ultimately face Waluigi on the board known as Waluigi's Island, an otherwise pleasant island that has been overrun by Piranha Plants. As it turns out, this island originally belonged to Luigi, but Waluigi destroyed it in his hatred of the younger Mario Bro.

In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Waluigi steals the stage as the villain who breaks into Truffle Towers and scatters the Music Keys, keeping the blue key for himself. While he had planned to wait for the rhythm of the Mushroom Kingdom to fade and then make himself a dancing star, he is beaten in a dance contest and grudgingly surrenders the key to Mario.

Sports

Waluigi has appeared primarily in sports games and other Mario spin-offs.

• Golf: Waluigi is playable in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour (where he is unlocked by transferring 27 Best Badges from Toadstool Tour).
• Kart Racing: Waluigi is playable in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (where is partnered with Wario) and Mario Kart DS (where he is unlocked by completing the Retro Grand Prix in 100cc Mode).
• Tennis: Waluigi is playable in Mario Tennis 64, Mario Tennis GBC (through the Nintendo 64 transfer pak), Mario Power Tennis and Mario Tennis: Power Tour.
• Baseball: Waluigi is a playable captain in Mario Superstar Baseball.
• Soccer: Waluigi is also a playable captain in Super Mario Strikers, and he will be returning in Mario Strikers Charged.
• Basketball: Waluigi is playable in Mario Hoops 3-on-3.

Waluigi also appears in the Mario Party games as a playable character, starting in Mario Party 3. In Mario Party 3 he was originally only playable in Party Mode and was an opponent in Story Mode. In all later games he was playable in all modes. Waluigi was playable in Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 7 and will be playable in Mario Party 8.

Trivia

• In Japanese, the word 'warui' means bad... In Japan, 'L' and 'R' are interchangeable, making 'waruigi' and 'warui' rather similar.
• The upside-down 'L' on Waluigi's hat is probably meaningless, but it could either be a lower case r or the greek letter 'gamma'.
• In Paper Mario: TTYD, you can get a L Emblem badge and W Emblem badge to change your colors to a Luigi or Wario color scheme respectively. Wearing both will give you a Waluigi color scheme.