Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Luigi will always be a second place, runner-up, wannabe Mario

A few years ago, it seemed Luigi — brother of Mario, hunter of ghosts, possessor of no surname — would finally assert himself as something more than a milquetoast other guy. In 2013, Luigi's fans linked arms to celebrate the secondary figure in the Year of Luigi, and the back-up plumber landed his own console game. Passion from those 12 months seeped into 2014, in which Luigi's shady side-eye in Mario Kart 8 revealed him to be more than the pushover we'd always assumed him to be.

2015 has been Luigi's year to prove himself as more than a fan fad, and he has failed. There have been no Luigi releases. Luigi's amiibos have not been the subject of great pining. In September, we will witness the release of Super Mario Maker. Luigi's name is...

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