Mario and Luigi
Nintendo's mustached brothers
Mario and Luigi are the mustachioed Italian-American plumber brothers who serve as Nintendo's flagship video game characters.
Mario, the shorter one in red, debuted in 1981 and became gaming's most recognizable icon.
Luigi, taller and in green, is the perpetual sidekick—loyal but overshadowed.
The pairing represents gaming's archetypal duo: We played Mario and Luigi all weekend.
References to them often invoke cooperative play or sibling dynamics where one person gets less glory.
- NintendoJapanese video game company
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
- brothersMale children of same parents
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- mushroomFleshy fungal body
fire flower · princess · Peach · fireball · pipes · green pipe · warp zone · coins · jumping · mustache · overalls · red · green · Mushroom Kingdom · Yoshi · kart · castle · warp
- Famous SiblingsThor and Loki, Cain and Abel, Romulus and Remus, Jacob and Esau, Hansel and Gretel
- Mario Games
- Nintendo DSDS Lite, dual screen, touch screen, touchscreen, stylus
- Sibling ActsBee Gees, Jonas Brothers, Hanson, Jackson 5, Everly Brothers
- 3DS GamesNintendogs, Pokemon Sun, Pokemon Moon