That same year, Waluigi hit the courts again in the handheld iteration of Mario Tennis, and he revisited Nintendo’s aging console by crashing Mario Party 3. And like the three adventurers he’s derivative of, voice actor Charles Martinet assumed the role of Waluigi.Ĭamelot had also asked Nintendo about providing Wario and Waluigi with girlfriends, an idea Miyamoto rejected. Various names were tossed around during his inception, but Waluigi – a portmanteau of Luigi’s Japanese name “Ruiji” and “warui,” which translates to “bad” – was ultimately settled upon. Just as Wario’s cartoonish obesity was a caricature of Mario’s plump physique, Luigi’s Bizarro would be a rail-thin exaggeration of his leaner build.
MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED DAISY CROTCH SERIES
Character designer Fumihide Aoki was tasked with designing this stranger, with Mario brainchild Shigeru Miyamoto and series artist Yoichi Kotabe aiding in the process. As Wario lacked a doubles partner and Luigi an arch-rival, a newcomer was created whose presence would solve both predicaments (curiously, a 4koma manga previously explored the concept of such a character). However, issues arose when comprising its roster: the Mario universe hosts a diverse pool of characters, but the nature of this sport limited Camelot to characters who had hands, inspiring a desire for more human participants (future Mario Tennis games would find innovative ways around this). Waluigi’s HistoryĬamelot, following up on its earlier successes with the Mario license, was developing a tennis game starring the versatile mascot for the Nintendo 64. Similar to Wario, this fellow was an ill-mannered hooligan who happened to hold a grudge against the kingdom’s other plumber. While he initially entered Mario’s competitions by himself, Wario made a friend on J– exactly nineteen years ago today. Waluigi, seen in last year’s Super Mario Party (Image: Nintendo)
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