The Year of Luigi - Nintendo Takes the L

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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • After a year of their friend Sam pestering them, Jonii is finally taking a look at Nintendo's Year of Luigi, an infamous financial loss for the company. Will New Super Luigi U, Dr. Luigi, and Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon live up to the expectations set by the green plumber's pedigree? Will the other promotional events like the Chicago L Train make up for it? Will you watch this video?
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    People who helped/who I mentioned:
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    Credits:
    -Written by Jonii Vee and Ethan Thomas
    -Voiced, edited, and thumbnailed by Jonii Vee
    -Recorded and voice directed by Ethan Thomas
    -Additional writing and notes for "Dream Team" by Jester41
    -Luigi voiced by SlickFrame (voice directed by Jonii Vee)
    -Special thanks to Sam, Emily, and Aidan

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  • @KKlaryon
    @KKlaryon 2 роки тому +2510

    I've gotta say, I'm just so happy that our stupid inside joke turned out this way. A whole year and a half of on and off pestering and joking and countless dumb memes. Only you could have brought this to life and I'm happy to have been included. Hears to another hundred years of Luigi.
    (P.S. Where's the Birdo Video?)

    • @joniivee
      @joniivee  2 роки тому +150

      First and foremost, thank you very much for the topic! The year and a half of pestering ended up resulting in one of my favorite videos I've ever made and I think that's in large part because I wanted to make sure I got it right. Incredibly happy to have had your involvement and to have made this video something we could all enjoy.
      P.S: the Birdo video will be out when it's out :P

    • @xXDexter3000Xx
      @xXDexter3000Xx 2 роки тому +3

      @@joniivee hi powerstars its me liz congarytulations on oall the success can u awsk lord of the maner if ubnban me?

    • @Giggles_iJest
      @Giggles_iJest 2 роки тому +3

      *Here's

    • @xXDexter3000Xx
      @xXDexter3000Xx 2 роки тому

      @@Giggles_iJest shush

    • @peanuthead4049
      @peanuthead4049 2 роки тому

      Donkey kong isn’t a number 2 though, luigi is, that’s why we have the year of luigi.

  • @bigl8375
    @bigl8375 2 роки тому +1866

    "The year of Luigi ended. But the reign of Luigi has just begun."

  • @ToniBingi
    @ToniBingi 2 роки тому +2154

    Why is Luigi always described as cowardly?
    The only time we see him genuinely afraid is in the Mansion series, where he's depicted as being terrified of ghosts.
    In spite of this, when his brother (or his friends) needs him, he confronts his fears and fights the ghosts to save him/them.
    That is LITERALLY the definition of COURAGE.
    Luigi faces his greatest fears when the situation calls for it. He's not cowardly, he's incredibly brave.

    • @AngelGodinez
      @AngelGodinez 2 роки тому +69

      Luigi is just like Ron Weasley.

    • @bryanbkool1341
      @bryanbkool1341 2 роки тому +119

      He’s also scared in the Mario and Luigi games and practically forced along those journeys

    • @RemixedVoice
      @RemixedVoice 2 роки тому +150

      Yep. The definition of courage is literally the ability to do something that frightens you, the opposite of cowardly. He's always scared, but he always fights and overcomes it. He saved his brother by defeating King Boo by decapitating his Bowser costume and sucking him into his vacuum lmao.

    • @zoobmaball3697
      @zoobmaball3697 2 роки тому +3

      You say that like that’s a bad thing

    • @ToniBingi
      @ToniBingi 2 роки тому +29

      @@zoobmaball3697 it's bad that he's called a coward. He shouldn't be.

  • @buppyking4480
    @buppyking4480 2 роки тому +1531

    If they went with the year of Waluigi instead, they'd have a $456 million gain

    • @lunatic0verlord10
      @lunatic0verlord10 2 роки тому +57

      And then some.

    • @mikoaj5002
      @mikoaj5002 2 роки тому +43

      Imagine a Waluigi game

    • @Sonictheoofhog4
      @Sonictheoofhog4 2 роки тому +13

      No they'd have a 2818910108291039387371718919192828737474737171717993030393858575747474757474838 billion loss

    • @lunatic0verlord10
      @lunatic0verlord10 2 роки тому +40

      @@Sonictheoofhog4 Where hell did you get that number?

    • @mr.awesome6011
      @mr.awesome6011 2 роки тому +8

      No. They wouldn't have. Don't care if this is a joke.🤦

  • @TheJxR
    @TheJxR 2 роки тому +2774

    He's still the best bro, I mean he has way more personality than red luigi

    • @_-Lx-_
      @_-Lx-_ 2 роки тому +86

      Luigi and Wario are both amazing characters, infinitely more flavourful Good/Skinny Wario.

    • @rainbowspongebob
      @rainbowspongebob 2 роки тому +3

      True

    • @rainbowspongebob
      @rainbowspongebob 2 роки тому +47

      @@_-Lx-_ who’s wario? You mean fat yellow luigi

    • @williamz2548
      @williamz2548 2 роки тому +15

      Blue toad is the only one good Mario character

    • @SuperDrunkdragon
      @SuperDrunkdragon 2 роки тому +31

      Nah, it’s called Mario Bros. for a reason and not Luigi Losers 😎

  • @TheCartoonGamer8000
    @TheCartoonGamer8000 2 роки тому +782

    Now that was a fun and imformative retrospective. Year of Luigi was pretty fun, and I still hold out hope for a year dedicated to another Nintendo character, like say… Donkey Kong?

    • @joniivee
      @joniivee  2 роки тому +51

      Thank you very much, my friend! :D Honestly the concept of focusing on a whole character for a year has a lot of potential. Something like DK would be pretty sick cause there's such a large variety of games they could do. DKC, classic arcade DK, Mario Vs. DK, Donkey Konga FOUR? The possibilities are endless.

    • @Sly_Maverick_31
      @Sly_Maverick_31 2 роки тому +14

      Year of DK? It's time to return to monke if that's the case.

    • @magepumpkin
      @magepumpkin 2 роки тому +47

      donkey kong december

    • @JessieProductions
      @JessieProductions 2 роки тому +11

      We already have the yearly Donkey Kong December

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge 2 роки тому +1

      *informative

  • @nicccccccccccc
    @nicccccccccccc 2 роки тому +535

    the reason the green line wasn't the luigi line is simply cause the green line isn't that safe of a line. trying to explain why someone got shot on the luigi line wouldn't be a good time for anyone involved.

    • @guy-sl3kr
      @guy-sl3kr 2 роки тому +85

      Imagine the publicity though

    • @nicccccccccccc
      @nicccccccccccc 2 роки тому +156

      @@guy-sl3kr fair. Luigi don't fuck around, he stays straped 24/7.

    • @soundbreaker8174
      @soundbreaker8174 2 роки тому +17

      gang colors

    • @nicccccccccccc
      @nicccccccccccc 2 роки тому +2

      @sweet mint yeah but green and red are definitely the worst

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 2 роки тому +19

      Why tf would you do this in Chicago anyway?

  • @fawfulthegreat64
    @fawfulthegreat64 2 роки тому +920

    I love how of all characters, Starlow is the one explicitly credited for appreciating Luigi when one of her defining character traits in the M&L series is shitting on Luigi at every opportunity possible

    • @Tobunari
      @Tobunari 2 роки тому +87

      And that's why I hate Starlow

    • @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox
      @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox 2 роки тому +85

      Seriously out of all the M&L and Paper Mario characters Starlow is the one who continues to return?

    • @jimmybobfred696
      @jimmybobfred696 2 роки тому +90

      Starlow is kinda cute and sassy and has a few funny lines, but BOY she is savage to my boy Luigi and that is unacceptable and I do not like her because of that. If she had like an arc where she grew to respect Luigi as much as Mario, that would be better, but she just smack talks him whenever she gets the chance and that's just not cool. >:(
      Starlow to Mario: HI, Mario! Boy am I glad to see you! You're so great! Wow, everyone loves you!
      Starlow to Luigi: Oh... hi... uh... Linguine, right? (Gosh why did Mario have to bring his lame brother along?) Uhh... you won't slow Mario down, right?
      Totally rude.

    • @MacenW
      @MacenW 2 роки тому +3

      @@jimmybobfred696 I hate this

    • @t.funkthecoolmunk5472
      @t.funkthecoolmunk5472 2 роки тому +24

      @@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox Well, Mario and Luigi both speak gibberish, and they’re the only playable characters. Starlow, I guess, is supposed to be the voice for them, but Superstar Saga did just fine without a tagalong.
      At least she isn’t as bland as Stuffwell

  • @PipeGuy64Bit
    @PipeGuy64Bit 2 роки тому +758

    The Wii U and 3DS era was such a strange period in general. It felt like they were kinda going aimless though more on the Wii U but the first year of the 3DS was kinda... awkward. To anyone who didn't know, at first they wanted the 3DS to be a multimedia machine by having movies be available to purchase on the 3DS eShop but then they realized nobody would want to buy movies in 240p quality in the 2010's. And there was the botched way they handled Miiverse only for Nintendo to cast it aside when they themselves messed it up including forcing a 30 post daily limit and... overflowing the place with 3DS users that probably caused them to make a 30 post daily limit...

    • @edwardsaldana2534
      @edwardsaldana2534 2 роки тому +13

      Imagine watching movies and tv shows on that device that would’ve been cool, but that never happened

    • @TurbopropPuppy
      @TurbopropPuppy 2 роки тому +19

      remember when they made movie and TV show compilation cartriges for the GBA SP
      i had Lilo & Stitch and Kim Possible, Rugrats and Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Shrek 1 on mine

    • @NYCJoeBlack
      @NYCJoeBlack 2 роки тому +8

      There were supposed to be 3D movies and the Nintendo 3DS screen resolution is much higher than 240p.

    • @edwardsaldana2534
      @edwardsaldana2534 2 роки тому +15

      @@NYCJoeBlack they sure did make a video app that lasted from 2011-2015 and added Netflix, Hulu Plus, UA-cam, and 3D trailers to upcoming games at the time. I just wished we got more of it

    • @houraisheperd9721
      @houraisheperd9721 2 роки тому +25

      Back when the 3DS came with Dinosaur Office.

  • @Vailskibum
    @Vailskibum 2 роки тому +615

    Nintendo needs to take more risks like this

    • @muffin8460
      @muffin8460 2 роки тому +11

      I’m glad to be a Vailski fan and know this channel

    • @jorge69699
      @jorge69699 2 роки тому +2

      Hi

    • @averagejoe3099
      @averagejoe3099 2 роки тому +14

      Bravery is not merely the absence of fear, but continuing to go forward despite of fear just like Luigi...

    • @aidanlyons25
      @aidanlyons25 2 роки тому

      Merry Christmas dude

    • @Miriam_J_
      @Miriam_J_ 2 роки тому +11

      It wouldn't be a risk anymore seeing how well the Switch is doing. I guess they just don't want to, sadly.

  • @Spewa-em8cm
    @Spewa-em8cm 2 роки тому +292

    I dont know, as awful as the Wii U/3DS era was for Nintendo financially, there's something so charming about it all. Year of Luigi, Miiverse, the god awful advertisements that we could laugh at, all the special 3DS consoles Nintendo was putting out, the cool little Eshop games that were frequently released, and the first party support was crazy strong across both platforms. With how boring the current era has been, I really kinda miss it.
    this video rules BTW, definitely gonna have to check out more of your stuff.

    • @megasoniczxx
      @megasoniczxx 2 роки тому +32

      I actually really liked the Wii U/3DS era a whole lot. Pretty much had all of my favorite games of that console gen coming out at the time (W101, DKCR:TF, Splatoon, etc.) and quite frankly was the only console with a really charming and homey UI. I miss all of this with the switch since even though the console itself in execution is better, i'm not really as big into a lot of the releases and the UI just feels really safe. Not bad, just nothing overly ambitious either which is probably what Nintendo was going for anyway after the Wii U.

    • @OmegaDez
      @OmegaDez 2 роки тому +12

      Definitely some of my favorite years.
      This is coming from an older Gen-X gamer who kinda gave up on Nintendo, like most of my peers, when the N64 game out and all of the Japanese devs jumped ship to the PlayStation.
      I didn't care about the N64, thought the Gamecube was just okay, hated the Wii gimmicks...
      The 3DS/Wii U era is where Nintendo remembered to make good games that could draw me in. Pity it wasn't a huge success.

    • @Spewa-em8cm
      @Spewa-em8cm 2 роки тому +8

      @@OmegaDez Couldn't agree more, although coming from the perspective of a gen z gamer. Wii was a disappointment to me because of the gimmicky games and crappy graphics when compared to the competition. Wii U and 3DS just had the best first party support since the SNES and I found the Gamepad to be far more useful than any of the motion control stuff.

    • @diegomedina9637
      @diegomedina9637 2 роки тому +5

      When people say god awful advertising i don't understand what they mean. Nintendo had been horrible at advertising since like the SNES days. People like them now because they're nostalgic but alot of commercials for like N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U and even Switch are god awful.

    • @megasoniczxx
      @megasoniczxx 2 роки тому +9

      @@diegomedina9637 I think in the case of the Wii U it stood out more because a lot of casual audiences had a hard time distinguishing whether it was a new console or some new attachment for the Wii. You'll never get the N64, Gamecube, Wii and Switch mixed up with each other because they all look distinctly different, but the Wii and Wii U were very similar and like I said, had people second guessing whether it was a new system or not.

  • @WeirdToYourMother
    @WeirdToYourMother 2 роки тому +162

    The Year of Luigi is a good example of Nintendo's willingness to sell you ideas to keep you invested in the Nintendo gaming market sphere without ever putting any effort in or delivering on the modest desires of their fanbase

    • @lunatic0verlord10
      @lunatic0verlord10 2 роки тому +29

      If they did put any effort, we'd have gotten the Year of Waluigi instead.

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 2 роки тому +12

      Idk, there really was nothing more they could do. And I honestly appreciate the continuous presence of hidden pixel chars in 3D games.

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому +1

      @Exalt Chrom That just a mario game whit Luigi name on it.

    • @schwa4883
      @schwa4883 Рік тому

      Remove the word “ever” and yeah, this is 100% accurate.

  • @errantvice7335
    @errantvice7335 2 роки тому +152

    Luigi is a gigachad, dude is a homeowner, real estate mogul, actually has a stable relationship with a princess who isn’t kidnapped, dude is doing alright

    • @the-point-bearer6689
      @the-point-bearer6689 2 роки тому +3

      A princess who isn't kidnapped...you're not referring to Rosalina are you? If so, then that makes sense considering that both of them have the whole introverted feeling to them.

    • @rugalbernstein5913
      @rugalbernstein5913 2 роки тому +24

      @@the-point-bearer6689 most likely meant Daisy, who, while she _was_ kidnapped, it only ever happened once, and then never again, unlike peach's million and counting.

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 роки тому +7

      @@rugalbernstein5913 an daisy sent bowser flying in i think mario party 4

    • @rugalbernstein5913
      @rugalbernstein5913 2 роки тому +1

      @@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 Mario party 3 actually, 4's story mode more or less made all the playable characters do the exact same thing, but 3 made daisy and waluigi's introductions unique because they were non-playable.

    • @the-point-bearer6689
      @the-point-bearer6689 2 роки тому +1

      @@rugalbernstein5913 I know what he meant, and I was about to say Daisy, but cannot because I think that Rosalina's the only princess that does not get kidnapped.

  • @TectonicImprov
    @TectonicImprov 2 роки тому +584

    Year of Luigi striked me as something Nintendo cobbled together on short notice after realizing they had a couple of Luigi focused games coming out within a short timeframe of one another. Dark Moon is the only game from that year that really felt like its own fleshed out game about Luigi. Dream Team gives the guy a little more spotlight than usual but it still doesn't feel like he's the main star. The fact that the year just kinda ended with nothing proves to me it was hobbled together on short notice.
    Also fun fact the guy who played Luigi in the Super Mario Super Show died in November 2013. Happy Year of Luigi!

    • @crack4184
      @crack4184 2 роки тому +61

      WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FUN FACT!?

    • @Twasforthevine
      @Twasforthevine 2 роки тому +20

      @@crack4184 its a fun fact
      It only depends on the perspective

    • @KanaIzumiya
      @KanaIzumiya 2 роки тому +2

      @@Twasforthevine I'm concerned for the person that does see that as "fun".

    • @ddm_gamer
      @ddm_gamer 2 роки тому +6

      How is that a fun fact and why did you have to say "Happy Year of Luigi" right after telling us about the death....

    • @tonys6620
      @tonys6620 2 роки тому +23

      He shed his mortal coil and ascended to Luigi

  • @kieranstark7213
    @kieranstark7213 2 роки тому +415

    If Year of Luigi were a financial success for Nintendo, then there would have been Year of Daisy in 2019 (30th anniversary), Year of Birdo in 2018 (30th anniversary), Year of Wario in 2017 (25th anniversary), Year of Yoshi in 2016 (25th anniversary), Year of Rosalina in 2022 (15th Anniversary), Year of Waluigi in 2020 (20th anniversary m.ua-cam.com/video/3ZRyKHd530Y/v-deo.html), etc.

    • @_-Lx-_
      @_-Lx-_ 2 роки тому +88

      Year of Wario couldve been amazing hypothetically.

    • @elizabetharmitage2748
      @elizabetharmitage2748 2 роки тому +20

      Dang that would've been fun

    • @Sly_Maverick_31
      @Sly_Maverick_31 2 роки тому +22

      I'd be down for a year of Rosalina or Donkey Kong.

    • @kieranstark7213
      @kieranstark7213 2 роки тому +9

      Coming soon is more Years of Mario characters, but God knows we can’t have them because for whatever reason, it wastes Nintendo’s big budget!

    • @OmarAlikaj
      @OmarAlikaj 2 роки тому +28

      Funny enough, Nintendo didn't celebrate "Year of Daisy," but Daisy would be made playable in "Super Mario Run" and "Super Smash Bros Ultimate."

  • @aicelio
    @aicelio 2 роки тому +27

    Nintendo Lost the money amount of squid game

  • @kyubeyz_7062
    @kyubeyz_7062 2 роки тому +199

    I didn’t even know this is what the year of Luigi did and now I’m sad because I loved the idea of year of Luigi.

    • @Power11112
      @Power11112 2 роки тому +20

      Literally the only reason it existed was because the Wii U and 3ds were both experiencing early total failure so they tried to do something to excite Nintendo fans as two Luigi heavy games happened to be releasing that year

  • @Pixelcraftian
    @Pixelcraftian 2 роки тому +1095

    I bet 2022's gonna be another year of Luigi, it's probably not gonna happen, but it's the perfect opportunity.
    This was a really cool event Nintendo did! Even though I prefer Mario, it's nice seeing Luigi get the spotlight sometimes. Cool video! :D

    • @YMangaka
      @YMangaka 2 роки тому +7

      Forget it. We're in "Corona year" since 21 months !
      There's no other events anymore. 😒

    • @nostop5532
      @nostop5532 2 роки тому +25

      @@YMangaka it's so weird how as soon as 2010's end the world completely changed and as well as my view of it

    • @user-Insane_Ails
      @user-Insane_Ails 2 роки тому +11

      Luigi > Mario

    • @YMangaka
      @YMangaka 2 роки тому +8

      @@nostop5532 the world is screwed ! The government of the world decided to control us with that whole virus thing and they'll never let it go.
      We'll never go back to the way it was before.

    • @tentacles3851
      @tentacles3851 2 роки тому +13

      @@YMangaka lmao

  • @Weisz
    @Weisz 2 роки тому +495

    As a luigi stan, i approve this message

    • @zhereanprogamer
      @zhereanprogamer 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @MetaKnight68
      @MetaKnight68 2 роки тому +2

      Now I'm just imagining you building a fully functional Poltergust 3000/G-00

    • @Weisz
      @Weisz 2 роки тому +1

      @@MetaKnight68 HOLD ON

    • @DreamyyArt
      @DreamyyArt 2 роки тому

      Don't-a ship me with my bro.

  • @icecream_cake69
    @icecream_cake69 2 роки тому +39

    Luigi deserves a second year of Luigi

  • @ShadamAran
    @ShadamAran 2 роки тому +58

    dude dream team was so underrated. There is one part where mario is deep in luigi's dream psyche and you get a real look at just how much luigi cares about his bro. it's amazing.

    • @paulgilbert5278
      @paulgilbert5278 2 роки тому +5

      I loved that part. Also the Giant Bowser Battle part where Luigi’s confidence is through the roof. That was cool

  • @Real_Bossclips
    @Real_Bossclips 2 роки тому +119

    "I'm glad someone around here respects this man."
    Ignoring the hundreds of times Starlow insults and berates Luigi for no reason.

    • @castform7
      @castform7 2 роки тому +15

      Too be fair, literally everyone that has access to a textbox is after Luigi in that series. Starlow's just....a very extreme case.

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 2 роки тому +2

      Haven't played the game. Did they hook up in the end?

    • @Fermin-hw5pd
      @Fermin-hw5pd 2 роки тому +6

      @@nickwallette6201 Nah not really, Luigi dies

    • @3abdooogamer734
      @3abdooogamer734 2 роки тому +6

      like that one time in bowser inside story when Mario defended Luigi

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому +3

      Luigi get more respect then people released. He always voted the most popular mario character, has his own games over the years and now has his own Lego sets. So how is Luigi not getting any respect when he been getting it for the past twenty years?

  • @kylekiske_
    @kylekiske_ 2 роки тому +76

    Luigi's Joke is actually really fucking funny from Charles assuming he is just riffing off the cuff like he does in his own videos.

  • @mysticaxolotl8215
    @mysticaxolotl8215 Рік тому +2

    I never thought I'd hear the words "Luigi", "Starlow", and "respect" within 10 seconds of each other

  • @GAMEandRODO
    @GAMEandRODO 2 роки тому +72

    Hearing Charles Martinet speak full sentences with both Luigi and Mario just makes me wish more that the upcoming movie had the actual game voice cast and not some random Hollywood actors.

    • @diamondsmasher
      @diamondsmasher 2 роки тому +7

      Whaaaaaa….. you don’t want to see Jennifer Lawrence as Goomba and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Lakitu??? Can’t wait for the sequel with a reanimated Sean Connery as Cheep-Cheep.

    • @kaphizmey6229
      @kaphizmey6229 2 роки тому +6

      @@diamondsmasher i would pay a financially unhealthy sum of money to hear sean connery voice cheep-cheep.
      “mario, you piece of dirt!”

    • @sonyabladesbooty3890
      @sonyabladesbooty3890 2 роки тому +3

      Chris Pratt is a good cast choice. Dont care what any online nerd says

    • @paulgilbert5278
      @paulgilbert5278 2 роки тому +2

      True

    • @AnxietyRomanoff1994
      @AnxietyRomanoff1994 2 роки тому

      Hey! Don’t diss Jack Black as Bowser like that!

  • @Thedarkglave360
    @Thedarkglave360 2 роки тому +65

    Can we take a minute to appreciate Luigi taking the time to read his own tweets specifically for thus channel? Busy man, but he still remembers the little guys.

  • @MagillanicaLouM
    @MagillanicaLouM 2 роки тому +62

    A year is only a year if you let it be. The millennium of Luigi will carry on after all of our passings

  • @lordice5
    @lordice5 2 роки тому +24

    God I miss the early 2010's
    Long Live Luigi

  • @kieranwilkes-milne5280
    @kieranwilkes-milne5280 2 роки тому +7

    Seeing this when I was really young was wild me and my brother and cousin were mind blown by luigi as we all loved luigis mansion and seeing him with his own year was truly magical

    • @ectovampz
      @ectovampz 2 роки тому +1

      FR! but it was only me since i would non stop talk about luigi

  • @megamix5403
    @megamix5403 2 роки тому +43

    Honestly, the whole Year of Luigi thing is one of those events where you just had to be there. I remember seeing the standalone game at Walmart? And best part? You could play it without the base game at half the price. Still wish I had my copy. qwq
    Also, I love your Luigi impression when you read the Tweets. XD They should've gotten you for the Mario movie.

    • @joniivee
      @joniivee  2 роки тому +12

      Thanks for the nice comment! Standalone NSLU was truly a sight to behold.
      And that wasn't me doing Luigi, that was Slick Frame, another UA-camr who does a series called Ask Mario. I agree, he's very good. :D

    • @SlickFrame
      @SlickFrame 2 роки тому +6

      Thank you very much-a!

    • @megamix5403
      @megamix5403 2 роки тому +3

      @@joniivee Oh shit, that wasn't you? lol My bad. Still a good video.

    • @megamix5403
      @megamix5403 2 роки тому +1

      @@SlickFrame You're quite welcome, paisano! :D

    • @laureanouberalles5391
      @laureanouberalles5391 2 роки тому

      I lost my copy too. I bought both mario u and luigi u, miss them

  • @dylanzlol7293
    @dylanzlol7293 2 роки тому +9

    with a year of Wario Nintendo would get a lot of money because Wario loves money and therefore Money-loving character + Money-loving company = Money

  • @SlickFrame
    @SlickFrame 2 роки тому +54

    Thanks again for the voice commission Jonii! Glad i could be a part of this!

    • @michia3765
      @michia3765 2 роки тому +7

      I've listened to it like a second without knowing you where takin part in it, but immediately recognized you! XD
      Amazing job Slick :)

    • @joniivee
      @joniivee  2 роки тому +7

      Absolutely Slick, you're very welcome! Thank you for the amazing job. You were very fun to work with and I lit up seeing the premiere chat freak out and say that I got the real Luigi xD

  • @Davethe3rd
    @Davethe3rd 2 роки тому +102

    Honestly, I prefer Wario, and he certainly got his fair share of games, but not his fair share of fame.
    However, Luigi has his own unique vibe or groove. He's not my favorite brother, but I respect him.
    He certainly was my Main in Mario 2 back in the day. He jumped higher. And did a funny leg thing while he did it.

    • @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox
      @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox 2 роки тому +6

      I like Wario before he got Flanderized.

    • @LimeLoaf
      @LimeLoaf 2 роки тому

      Super Idol的笑容 都没你的甜 八月正午的阳光 都没你耀眼 热爱 105 °C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水

    • @crack4184
      @crack4184 2 роки тому

      @@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox Flanderized?

    • @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox
      @Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox 2 роки тому +3

      @@crack4184 'The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic.'
      - TV Tropes

    • @crack4184
      @crack4184 2 роки тому

      @@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox Thank you!

  • @leafyfeathers
    @leafyfeathers 2 роки тому +17

    Viridi talking about the Year of Luigi is the most aggressively early 2010s Nintendo thing I’ve ever seen

  • @stevensteviepryde5888
    @stevensteviepryde5888 2 роки тому +64

    Man I was really hoping for another year of Luigi. There's so many games they can still do! Paper Luigi, Super Luigi 64, Luigi & Knuckles at the spelling bee, the list goes on!

  • @AaronDamigos
    @AaronDamigos 2 роки тому +23

    The Japanese Luigi Nendoroid has the "The Year of Luigi" logo on the box. There's usually some delay in release between Japan and western releases with these figures, so they probably removed it from the English boxes.

  • @numberpi5473
    @numberpi5473 2 роки тому +16

    "They didn't focus on Luigi enough" I believe this. I see people talking about Year of Luigi as some grand event when Luigi himself is just part of reskinned games;

  • @mossbag69
    @mossbag69 2 роки тому +16

    EMERALD KING 🤴 🙌 💚

    • @time_to_exist9111
      @time_to_exist9111 2 роки тому

      Cool seeing you here still never watched one of your videos(really been meaning too they seem interesting) but if you made a Luigi lore video I’m sure that’s be an excellent place to start

    • @wantedbird55srandomchannel28
      @wantedbird55srandomchannel28 2 роки тому

      All hail Luigi x3

  • @cowboyznthehood
    @cowboyznthehood 2 роки тому +55

    I love Luigi more than I love my own son.

  • @Davethe3rd
    @Davethe3rd 2 роки тому +30

    Maybe Luigi is just hanging out with Ms. Pac-Man or something...
    (Wouldn't it be absolutely insane if Nintendo didn't have the rights to Luigi?)

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому

      Nintendo made and own Luigi. MS Pac-man is not own nor made by Namco . even if Nintendo by some nonsense lose Luigi they still have mario.

    • @Davethe3rd
      @Davethe3rd Рік тому

      @@INFERNO95 Congratulations for not getting the joke! You must have worked very hard to be this dense...

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 Рік тому

      @@Davethe3rd It took you this long to respond to this?

    • @Davethe3rd
      @Davethe3rd Рік тому

      @@INFERNO95 It did!

  • @NinjastarCompass
    @NinjastarCompass 2 роки тому +67

    I do really hope that nintendo does another "year of" celebration like this since this has so much potential honestly. Imagine like a "year of zelda" or something, that would be really cool to see zelda get more games based around her.

    • @Duskgusting
      @Duskgusting 2 роки тому +6

      Him*

    • @boom-jr8vi
      @boom-jr8vi 2 роки тому +5

      @@Duskgusting *Dying noises*

    • @wantedbird55srandomchannel28
      @wantedbird55srandomchannel28 2 роки тому +1

      There should be a game where you play as Zelda, not the CDI games, but a maybe canon Zelda game or a spinoff game.

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому +1

      Nintendo will only do it if they think the idea will make them money.

  • @Squaggies
    @Squaggies 2 роки тому +7

    finding luigi has always been a personal favorite of mine, as it is the best promotion nintendo did during the wii u era since it had no right existing at all

  • @josueproductions5007
    @josueproductions5007 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you Pitt and Starlow for giving our lord and savior Luigi the respect and attention he deserves, honestly a really cool and interesting video and I was pretty entertained also I’m pretty sure the Luigi Nendoroid was a promotional thing since it came out shortly after the year of Luigi ended and they made a Luigi Nendoroid before Mario and the whole Luigi & Mario: Dream Team thing was funny 😆

  • @_-Lx-_
    @_-Lx-_ 2 роки тому +15

    Luigi is a great character, such a shame it turned out like it did.
    If they spent the year celebrating him while actually making new games it could've been great but instead they only made reskins of existing titles and such, kinda their own fault considering the execution.
    I wish that they had celebrated him properly while yknow, actually making new titles. Did my boy and themselves dirty.

    • @DreamyyArt
      @DreamyyArt 2 роки тому +3

      Dream team?

    • @DreamyyArt
      @DreamyyArt 2 роки тому +2

      At least it's brand new.... kinda

    • @PipeGuy64Bit
      @PipeGuy64Bit 2 роки тому +4

      @@DreamyyArt Dream Team coming out that year was kinda incidental given how it most likely was in development before The Year of Luigi was a thought.

    • @DreamyyArt
      @DreamyyArt 2 роки тому

      @@PipeGuy64Bit yea I agree

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому

      Instead of blaming Nintendo blame each other for not supporting Luigi in his time of need.

  • @20000dino
    @20000dino 2 роки тому +26

    This is actually the first video of yours that I’ve watched and I loved it. Most gaming analysis youtubers try to be funny but fail miserably - you are one of the exceptions. That subscribe button is looking real tasty to me right now, ngl 👀

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому

      He did took shots at mario.

  • @thefreshkingofbel1179
    @thefreshkingofbel1179 2 роки тому +51

    We dont need a year of Luigi...
    WE NEED THE AGE OF LUIGI! NO! ALL OF EXISTENCE HAS TO BECOME LUIGI!

    • @Fermin-hw5pd
      @Fermin-hw5pd 2 роки тому +2

      MY WHOLE EXISTENCE WILL BECOME LUIGI!!
      EVEN THOUGH IT WILL KILL YOU?
      EVEN IF IT KILLS ME!!

    • @wantedbird55srandomchannel28
      @wantedbird55srandomchannel28 2 роки тому +1

      ALL HAIL OUR LORD AND SAVIOR LUIGI!!!

    • @LexxGee1234
      @LexxGee1234 2 роки тому

      Can you like stop being simps? Nintendo will NEVER Make another year.

  • @drsnoes6337
    @drsnoes6337 2 роки тому +14

    The L in luigi stands for lovable boy

  • @rin-chan-now
    @rin-chan-now 2 роки тому +21

    I know this had been said before, but I really hope there’s more ‘Nintendo years’. It’s really cool to have under-appreciated focused on by Nintendo, who has an ash tray of characters they’ll never use. Maybe even outside of Mario characters. I hope they bite the bullet and try it again despite how year of Luigi failed.

  • @SoshiTheYoshi
    @SoshiTheYoshi 2 роки тому +7

    Here’s a sad fact, Dream Team was the last new appearance of Toadsworth
    On the bright side, MKAGP FOOTAGE YOOO

    • @Klonoahedgehog
      @Klonoahedgehog 2 роки тому +2

      Just one other victim of Miyamoto's genéric Toad fetish

  • @charlottearanea7507
    @charlottearanea7507 2 роки тому +18

    You didn't mention the Luigi coins! They were given out at Best Buys during the limited demos for Wind Waker HD, Mario Kart 8, and probably other games I imagine.

    • @somebonehead
      @somebonehead 2 роки тому +2

      Bro I explicitly remember calling my local Best Buy asking about those coins, even having my mother repeatedly call while I was in school that day, and they had no idea what I was talking about. I was so mad that I couldn't go there that day.

  • @juanrojas6063
    @juanrojas6063 2 роки тому +4

    15:36 I seriously just left out the nastiest laugh at Luigi’s joke and ensuing awkwardness, what’s wrong with me

  • @michaeldougherty6036
    @michaeldougherty6036 2 роки тому +20

    And yet, Nintendo has enough cash on hand to make every year the Year of Luigi until 2050 without going under.

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому

      How do you know that? Nintendo has bill they have to pay just like everyone else. There people who work for them they have to pay crap loads of money to along whit making video games that cost even more money. If a game bombs they lead to lots of money lost or jobs lost too. There a reason why f-zero and earth bound don't have games being developed any time in the future. While the switch is selling well, they still probably have not recover from the failure of the Wii U. Working in the gaming business is not easy like you kids think it is.

    • @michaeldougherty6036
      @michaeldougherty6036 2 роки тому +1

      @@INFERNO95 Nah bro, Nintendo doesn't do business like most western companies that leverage themselves to the hilt. They have savings. MASSIVE savings. 30+ billion USD dollars. They are one of, if not the wealthiest company in Japan. Wanna idea of how confident Nintendo is in it's finances? When Microsoft attempted to buy them before launching the OG Xbox, Nintendo laughed them out of the boardroom. That's by Microsoft's own admission. According to an older release from former Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamaushi, he actually responded in person by saying "suck my yellow balls, Mr Ballmer...". I say this as someone who has owned and enjoyed gaming on every major console and PC in the last 20 year; Nintendo can do whatever the hell they want until well after I'm dead without ever worrying about money running out.

    • @LexxGee1234
      @LexxGee1234 2 роки тому

      @@michaeldougherty6036 Bro that doesn't mean you can waste your money on dumb luigi games.

  • @corbasm2
    @corbasm2 2 роки тому +13

    Fun Fact! Hidden Luigis are also in odyssey

  • @ArynBendah
    @ArynBendah 2 роки тому +14

    Jared became respected again, after the gaslighting he suffered from his ex-wife

    • @grantwilliams2571
      @grantwilliams2571 2 роки тому +2

      And how is this relevant to the video?

    • @ArynBendah
      @ArynBendah 2 роки тому +3

      @@grantwilliams2571 he's respected. That's how.

    • @grantwilliams2571
      @grantwilliams2571 2 роки тому +4

      @@ArynBendah I see they made a joke about ProJared in the video.

    • @grantwilliams2571
      @grantwilliams2571 2 роки тому +1

      @@ArynBendah That happened two years ago...

    • @ArynBendah
      @ArynBendah 2 роки тому

      @@grantwilliams2571 yup, and it took him a bit to recover. Law will usually side with the woman over any issues as opposed to being a fair and unbiased trial, which was what started to screw Jared in the first place. Then it just trickled downhill until What's Her Face was caught in some lies or whatever and things cleared up.

  • @rennythespaceguy7285
    @rennythespaceguy7285 2 роки тому +1

    The year of Luigi actually had a lot of personal significance to me at the time so I'm glad to see this video
    ESPECIALLY AS WE GET READY FOR THE YEAR OF TWOIGI NEXT YEAR BAYBEEEEEE, 2023 LESGO!

  • @KrookTM
    @KrookTM 2 роки тому +10

    Luigi took away my wife and kids. I miss them. But I'm sure they're happier now
    Anyways nice video

  • @mellowkidd
    @mellowkidd 2 роки тому +1

    Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon holds a lot of Memories in my heart. My brother and I would stay up late playing Scare Scrapper mode and catching ghosts.

  • @t.funkthecoolmunk5472
    @t.funkthecoolmunk5472 2 роки тому +10

    12:44 I actually own this 3DS, still in good condition too. Though yeah, I always thought it was disrespectful that Mario was on the “Year of Luigi” 3DS

  • @DarshanBhambhani
    @DarshanBhambhani Рік тому +5

    “Chicago you will always be the home of the L” this line aged beautifully

  • @wahoo8683
    @wahoo8683 2 роки тому +17

    Now If only Tails can do the exact same thing with his own year and missed opportunity to promote his movie counterpart to Kickstart It all.

    • @Turbulation1
      @Turbulation1 2 роки тому +2

      And that he gets some sort of spinoff based of Tails Adventure.

  • @Fhcghcg1
    @Fhcghcg1 2 роки тому +2

    That Luigi 3DS XL has hosted so many of my good memories.

  • @TheMicWillExperiment
    @TheMicWillExperiment 2 роки тому +19

    Underrated channel. Great Voice Talent, I can’t even imagine how many hundred hours this took to make. You have earned my sub easily lol great content.

    • @Andinus3000
      @Andinus3000 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, it's rare anymore the UA-cam algorithm throws smaller content creators a bone like this, even when they are genuinely talented.

  • @giga3132
    @giga3132 2 роки тому +1

    As a someone who travels to Chicago often, I think they chose the brown line because it goes through “hip” neighborhoods. The green line goes through the infamous South side.

  • @coalstocking
    @coalstocking 2 роки тому +3

    Great video, but the title and thumbnail are pretty misleading. I thought this was gonna be an analysis of the year of luigi's financial failure and the effects on nintendo as a company, but this is more of a retrospective of the year of luigi with only around 3 minutes of discussing the aforementioned topics. I think you should change the video's title and thumbnail to reflect the content of the video more accurately, and seem less clickbaity. Great video nonetheless, you've earned yourself a subscriber either way.

  • @username8878
    @username8878 2 роки тому +1

    "why is no one laughing"
    Bro in crying of laughter at 2am

  • @castform7
    @castform7 2 роки тому +19

    I really wish the year of Luigi did better and didn't feel like something thrown together last minute. We could've gotten Luigi really showing what makes him unique and different from Mario with new game experience Mario hasn't done. That being said, having an entire year centered around you isn't really something anyone gets (no matter how underwhelming it was).

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe if Luigi fans supported Luigi it would have done better. Blame Luigi fans not Nintendo for the failure.

  • @phorchybug3286
    @phorchybug3286 2 роки тому +2

    Year of Luigi iceberg explained.

  • @nathanielspohn3004
    @nathanielspohn3004 2 роки тому +3

    This should have been the time for a Paper Luigi. Always sad we never got that

  • @llee_gg
    @llee_gg 2 роки тому +10

    Nintendo: wow, people seem to really like Luigi! Let's make a whole year dedicated to appreciating him!
    *year of Luigi flops*
    Nintendo: so that was a fucking lie

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 2 роки тому

      These clowns spent much time hating Nintendo thinking they don't care about Luigi that when Nintendo give them the chance to show their love for Luigi and the clown fault him. Then have the nerve to blame Nintendo for something Luigi fans bought on themselves..

  • @ericwijaya2119
    @ericwijaya2119 2 роки тому +25

    The Year Of Luigi isn't a failure.
    The bank just really hates him.
    (Warning : you are approaching spoiler territory)
    That's why they made up for it by giving Luigi the most important role he's had in a long time in the Mario RPG universe.
    He's in charge of progressing the story.

  • @oat1000
    @oat1000 2 роки тому

    The guy on the right at 10:58 now works at Corridor Digital. If you really wanted to learn more about the editing of the "Finding Luigi - The Legend of Parkour" you might want to ask him. He probably didn't edit it, but being a VFX artist himself, he might have talked to the editors behind the scenes a bit.

  • @20000dino
    @20000dino 2 роки тому +11

    20:38 There’s nothing there, Jonii, I think you’re going insane

    • @joniivee
      @joniivee  2 роки тому +5

      I SWEAR TO GOD HE'S THERE

    • @guillaumechau6082
      @guillaumechau6082 2 роки тому +5

      @@joniivee Who's there? I didn't see anyone.

  • @Helmutlozzi
    @Helmutlozzi 2 роки тому +2

    I mean I'd buy more of their products if they weren't listed with a price tag of just released, even after 4 years.

  • @NoGoodNameHelpPLZ
    @NoGoodNameHelpPLZ 2 роки тому +4

    15:47 this actually made me chuckle because I wasn't expecting it

  • @nia5032
    @nia5032 2 роки тому +1

    guy tries to explain the year of luigi, goes insane

  • @Basile.BowBow
    @Basile.BowBow 8 місяців тому +5

    10:40 woah you predicted The Completionist’s downfall 😮

  • @Lukas-qf2uh
    @Lukas-qf2uh 2 роки тому

    the best part about the Chicago promotion is that Chicago is literally known as the "Second City"....... But everyone who lives here knows it's way better than New York.

  • @neonblocky9606
    @neonblocky9606 2 роки тому +8

    Luigi will be number one no matter what, No matter what.

  • @Davethe3rd
    @Davethe3rd Рік тому

    Guys. GUYS.
    The 10 year anniversary of the Year of Luigi is the year after next, 2024.
    That's how long ago this was.

  • @technik6744
    @technik6744 2 роки тому +6

    While I hate the uninspired graphics of super mario U and luigi U, the level design of luigi U is really great. It's much harder and some levels are similar to kaizo hacks.

  • @pastaman7278
    @pastaman7278 2 роки тому +13

    How am I supposed to tell my parents that I unironically chuckled at Luigi's joke

    • @ultra64dx77
      @ultra64dx77 2 роки тому

      *Don’t*

    • @Salieri01
      @Salieri01 2 роки тому +1

      They gonna put you on the streets man

  • @duoge9139
    @duoge9139 2 роки тому +6

    remember guys, luigi is also green on the political compass according to jonii

  • @CodyPoll
    @CodyPoll 2 роки тому +4

    Ladies, gentlemen, enbies…
    ❤️

  • @edwardsaldana2534
    @edwardsaldana2534 2 роки тому +4

    2013 was a good year for Nintendo, only the 3ds portion of it. The Wii U not that much

  • @MrBegliocchi
    @MrBegliocchi 2 роки тому

    9:35
    That’s strange that Luigi would spell Mamma mia “mama” instead of the correct “mamma” in his tweets.

  • @Bassi3D
    @Bassi3D 2 роки тому +23

    I'm glad Projared is still making good content.

  • @samurai6817
    @samurai6817 2 роки тому +1

    The russian anthem from Rocky 4 had me laughing in tears

  • @duuudewazzup8296
    @duuudewazzup8296 2 роки тому +8

    Hey man i gotta say I'm glad i found your channel
    and its pretty cool how informative and fun your vids are you also give me like old yt vibes that's pretty rad ngl
    Basically you rule

    • @duuudewazzup8296
      @duuudewazzup8296 2 роки тому

      Thanks for the heart homie
      hope your chanel gets more love cus you deserve it 😎

  • @thisisasupersayin376
    @thisisasupersayin376 2 роки тому +3

    17:48 the first female virus is called Confused? I didn't know the Dr Luigi devs were BASED

  • @DreamyyArt
    @DreamyyArt 2 роки тому +5

    People liked this year because Nintendo finally gave luigi the spotlight, people hated it.

  • @cdotwinterr
    @cdotwinterr 2 роки тому

    my little sibling had that year of luigi gold and silver 3ds and I was so jealous of them, I lowkey wanted to steal it because I thought it looked so cool

  • @gggooodddyyy
    @gggooodddyyy 2 роки тому +3

    Yup, ragging on ProJared, a fresh and original take that certainly is just as relevant today as it was 2 years ago!

  • @macplayzvc2889
    @macplayzvc2889 2 роки тому +6

    As a hardcore Mario and Luigi fan, everyone in that series constantly nags at Luigi for being #2. Starlow might have said that about his year, but she constantly belittles him for not being as good as Mario.
    It’s pretty messed up, but the games are amazing none the less.

  • @fernboy
    @fernboy Рік тому +3

    year of waluigi when. think about it we could have waluigi pinball, waluigi tax evasion simulator, waluigi dating sim, waluigi's taco stand 2: uncensored (he says egregious slurs)

  • @URAYULI
    @URAYULI 2 роки тому +4

    >subscribes to jonii
    >they upload a video 20 minutes later
    am i dreaming or is this heaven

  • @horushyperion76
    @horushyperion76 2 роки тому +3

    HOLY SHIT
    8:59 THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE PERFECT LUIGI. WHOEVER DID THAT NEED TO APPLY FOR THE LUIGI ROLE IN THE MOVIE OR WHENEVER THEY MAKE A TV SHOW OR UA-cam CHANNEL.

    • @Latintendo
      @Latintendo 2 роки тому

      They have a youtube channel on the description.

  • @ProjectTony
    @ProjectTony 2 роки тому +7

    My brother got me the gold year of luigi coin that they were giving away from the Nintendo world store in NYC that year.

    • @somebonehead
      @somebonehead 2 роки тому +1

      Was it the same one given away by Best Buy for the demo promotions?

  • @ClassicBentobox
    @ClassicBentobox 2 роки тому +5

    Always a shame what could’ve been with the Year of Luigi. Oh well.

  • @Dewmise
    @Dewmise 2 роки тому +2

    Man I hit the algorithm jackpot today! Absolutely love the video mate. I love the humor and format, and the energy you give off is amazing. Can't wait to go through your back catalogue and see your other great work. Amazing work man, can't wait to see more of you. Happy Holidays as well!

  • @ccggenius
    @ccggenius 2 роки тому +25

    Luigi tweeting about loving pizza while showing a picture of a casserole is a mood.

    • @duckysnake
      @duckysnake 2 роки тому +2

      Deep dish pizza counts as pizza, fight me

    • @mistyumbreon
      @mistyumbreon 2 роки тому

      It's a deep dish chicago style pizza pie isnt it

    • @doctorbrown5957
      @doctorbrown5957 2 роки тому

      @@mistyumbreon That shit ain't pizza, that's tomato soup in a bread bowl

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 2 роки тому +1

      You chose violence