2/2/2008 - Perpetual Luigi Machine

I've featured a handful of "Perpetual Mario Machine" videos on this blog, and something seemed missing... Oh, that's right, he has a brother, Luigi! Mario is such a big star in the video game world that it's easy to overlook Luigi. After all, he was just a color swap of Mario in Mario Bros. and in Super Mario Bros. (and they were both the same color if you caught the Fire Flower). He finally became a distinct character in the U.S. version of Super Mario Bros. 2, being taller and skinner than Mario, and he was able to jump higher than Mario, but he is slower and harder to control. However, in Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, Luigi loses these distinctions and becomes just a color-swap of Mario again. This was probably because our version of Super Mario Bros. 2 wasn't recognized in Japan until after part 3 came out. Luigi was then unceremoniously dumped from the 3-D Mario games, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario sunshine. He did get is own game in Luigi's Mansion, but he might as well have been a stepbrother of Mario instead. Luigi returns to glory in Super Mario Galaxy, with his unique controls from Super Mario Bros. 2. It's time that he got the recognition he deserves, and to celebrate, here's a "Perpetual Luigi Machine" video: