In 2023, Nintendo Forgot About Waluigi

2023 felt off. One thing was unsuitable with the vibes. And now I do know what cursed the yr to be so terrible: Nintendo forgot about Waluigi.

, Waluigi: the tall, lanky, and decidedly villainous doppelganger of Luigi. Like Mario’s personal cranky and smelly evil copycat, Wario, in most Nintendo video games Waluigi is introduced as a devious, dastardly troublemaker. The odd character debuted in 2000’s Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64, created as a companion for Wario. And over the past 20 years he’s appeared in not less than one Nintendo sport yearly, typically playable, typically as a cameo. However one thing will need to have occurred final yr, as Nintendo seemingly forgot to incorporate the web’s favourite weirdo in any of its video games, giving us our first Waluigi-less yr for the reason that standard character’s inception.

On January 2, this horrible little bit of trivia was first spotted and shared on Twitter (or X or no matter, who cares) by the parents working the Tremendous Mario Wiki.

As seen on the in depth fan wiki, Waluigi has appeared as a playable character or cameo in not less than one Nintendo sport yearly since 2000. Like Outdated Trustworthy, Waluigi was predictably there yearly, even when different characters like Mario bought high billing. It didn’t matter. Waluigi is a real skilled and cares about his followers and his craft.

However in 2023, one thing occurred and the 22-year streak was damaged. Waluigi’s final look was in 2022’s Mario Strikers: Battle League.

Kotaku has contacted Nintendo about this horrible mistake.

Truthfully, we must always have anticipated this. Certain, followers love Waluigi—with of us even throwing bachelorette events themed across the character--but Nintendo has all the time appeared much less enamored with our favourite weirdo.

Living proof: It’s 2024 and Nintendo has but to launch a online game starring Waluigi. (There was supposedly a web-based Flash sport starring Waluigi, however its existence is debated.) Certain, I’m completely happy Peach is getting her personal sport this yr. That’s cool. However possibly after that Nintendo could make up for forgetting about Waluigi in 2023 by giving the dude his personal sport. He deserves it. Hell, all of us deserve it after making it by means of 2023.

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