Character Sheet: Luigi (Arcade Series)

LUIGI

Now that we have all of the Arcade Donkey Kong/Mario titles under our belt, I think it's time we go through and evaluate every character we have picked so far as being playable.

This time we have six:

1. Mario

1e. Luigi

2. Donkey Kong

3. Donkey Kong Jr.

4. Stanley

5. Pauline

Next we will cover Mario's brother Luigi. As with Mario, Luigi will go on to be a major character in his brother's ridiculously successful video game franchise, which will yield up far more iconic moves for the character that will make him certainly not an echo fighter, but for now, let us simply build a character from what we have.

As his only appearance thus far has been in the Mario Bros. arcade game as a color swap of Mario, Luigi exists purely as an echo fighter. He doesn't wield the hammer or whip that Mario uses in the other games, only the POW block and shells from Mario Bros. However, as an echo fighter, we can assume him capable of much of the same, but we might put a Mario Bros. spin on them. He will also be slightly lighter and faster than his brother, as that has always been Luigi's way.

Here is the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Hammer

Luigi swings around a hammer just like Mario. It is a basic attack that does a little less damage than Mario's.

Side B: Whip and Shellcreepers

Luigi uses a whip as well, but instead of alligators, he sends Shellcreeper shells spinning after the opponent. Its a mid-to-long range attack that does more damage than Mario's.

Up B: Helicopter

Luigi clings to the rope ladder hanging from a helicopter with a big green L painted on the side. The helicopter has better than average recovery distance, but does little damage.

Down B: POW Block

Luigi throws down a POW Block  on the ground, causing an earthquake and knocking all in the vicinity off of their feet.

Final Smash: Massive POW Block

Luigi bumps his head against a giant POW Block which shakes the whole stage and sends anyone touching the ground flying offscreen.

Entrance: Enters through a Pipe from Mario Bros.

Taunts: Uncertain. Very little personality demonstrated in these early arcade games.

Next up: We will cover Mario's nemesis from these games, Donkey Kong!