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Luigi has a secret meaning? - gamemaster1991 - 08-13-2013
I came across an interesting fact about Luigi that I want someone who know Japanese to double check. The trivia I found was that Luigi's Japanese name (ルイージ or Ruīji) is the same thing as/a pun off of the Japanese word for "Similar," as his sprites are just recolors of his brother's. I would love for this to be true but since I can't speak/read Japanese, I have no way of knowing. Can someone debunk/prove it for me?
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - Artwark - 08-14-2013
Well you can do this.
The name is the proof that the character has the same appearance of mario only with a different swap color indicating that only the second player can play as him.
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - gamemaster1991 - 08-14-2013
(08-14-2013, 04:38 AM)Artwark Wrote: Well you can do this.
The name is the proof that the character has the same appearance of mario only with a different swap color indicating that only the second player can play as him.
The name is just that. A name. I have his Japanese name and someone's word on what it means, but that's it. I went to a few sites to see if it is true but came up with nothing. I even went to a translation site and got (形) 同じような; 相似の ((Similar form); of the resemblance) and putting in his Japanese name, I just got Luigi. Unless someone can prove me wring, It looks like I just wasted my time.
I hate it when people give out fake facts because it makes me look stupid. I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time if this is false.
OK. Time to look really stupid in front of everyone right now. After writing that last post, I did one last search of "Luigi similar" on a different search engine. Low and behold, I was lead to the one place I avoid going when researching trivia, Wikipedia, and guess what, they have a news articular on the Super Mario Bros. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=JdRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=po4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2740,2455143&dq=super-mario&hl=en
So it turns out that Luigi's Japanese name, Ruīji, is similar in spelling to ruiji meaning "similar." I could only find the Japanese spelling for Luigi, so if someone could provide it for me, I would be grateful, though it could just be the same thing from reading the paper.
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - CryingWaffles - 09-30-2013
Yeah, I think this has been said countless times. Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi's names are puns based on Japanese words.
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - Kakariko Kid - 01-28-2014
Check this out - http://www.woodus.com/forums/?showtopic=27856. This will explain Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi.
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - becksiobros49 - 03-27-2015
(08-13-2013, 01:44 PM)gamemaster1991 Wrote: I came across an interesting fact about Luigi that I want someone who know Japanese to double check. The trivia I found was that Luigi's Japanese name (ルイージ or Ruīji) is the same thing as/a pun off of the Japanese word for "Similar," as his sprites are just recolors of his brother's. I would love for this to be true but since I can't speak/read Japanese, I have no way of knowing. Can someone debunk/prove it for me?That is correct, check out the dykg's video on the mario series, it mentions it.
RE: Luigi has a secret meaning? - Psychospacecow - 03-27-2015
Hey beck, this is two year old trivia. 1991 here is probably the reason that's in the video.