Official Waluigi Thread

Magma said:
The characters you like the most and what you want for them seems to shift around a lot.
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no, i just choose what to reveal
Waluigi is still my number 1 but Daisy needs dat development more than anybody else. Waluigi's character is already strong without much development. True or false?
 
blanche said:
I still like her "aura" better than the two other princesses, I must admit. I'm surprised no one really took the time to actually tap into that.
She's done the best in Olympic games.
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Yeah,she's done much better in Sporting games...let's not get into kar-oh wait I like Go-Karting though....
 
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From Super Mario Kun.
 
blanche said:
I don't know why Princess Daisy was absent in the SNES era and I'm not going to pretend to know why either.

However, if you compare Daisy's introduction on a portable gaming system in 1989 vs Waluigi's introduction on the N64 in 2000 the contexts of the circumstances are completely different. Waluigi was created by Camelot to be Wario's partner in Mario Tennis. Daisy AND Wario were created by Nintendo SPD since they didn't want to use characters that weren't their own. The purpose and image behind the character directly influences their relevancy and importance to the game its in. I'd say the very fact that Daisy first appeared in a Nintendo-made game as an important plot device (albeit, a substitution, but still there) gives her more prestige and importance over Waluigi. The only time Waluigi had SOMETHING over a plot in a Mario game (not even mainline) was DDR Mario Mix where he was a faux-villain to the actual villain of the game, Bowser.

There's no other argument for Waluigi's supposed "relevancy" over Daisy other than the very weak "but she didn't appear in other games for a long time!"
So?
And besides, I don't understand why this a legit criticism anyway. Relevancy doesn't influence my liking over the character. Seems like people are just obsessed with image and popularity.

Captain Syrup is more of a Warupichi than Mona is because she actually follows similar character principles to Peach (being a mirror to Wario) while succeeding in being a good polar opposite to her (a darker beauty, more active than passive, greedy, selfish, harmful to the protagonist, ect)

Mona is more like "Wario's friend/love interest" than anything. Not really similar to Peach at all. Plus the Wario Land games are an adventure style like the Super Mario series. WarioWare is a completely different series.
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Very well said, I agree 100%.
 
This is an e-mail someone got from a Nintendo director in 2011. It may be old but I still think it's relevant.

"Hello Chris,
Waluigi's omission from Mario Kart 7 was a hard one for us here at Nintendo. It was due to the time constraints associated with the Christmas deadline for the game. Rest assured Waluigi will be making further appearances in the Mario series for at least the next few years. Also understand some characters, such as Waluigi, are more expendable then others and space was limited. The game needed Bowser, DK, Wario and it didnt need the few expendable characters that we here consider "cult classics". We needed a balance between new racers and our standards. Also, regarding Wario as an unlockable character for future games, that will not happen. This was a one-time instance to pay tribute to the SNES original and nothing more. Koopa Kid is retired.

Yasuyuki Oyagi"
 
I actually see a lot of people saying the Mario characters look horrible in 3D. Is it because of their cartoony faces or the way Nintendo does em?
 
Well when it comes to renders for the longest time I just felt they were not as expressive as they could be. Looking too stilted. Now though, I think that's starting to change.
 
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