yes, wario is a fun character people want more of that. it would be inappropriate to make waluigi not also fun and silly.

this creates an enormous design challenge. this can be used to feed hype and market the series, simply because it is difficult to do.

They just want to smash waluigi.

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yes, wario is a fun character people want more of that. it would be inappropriate to make waluigi not also fun and silly.

this creates an enormous design challenge.

That is an interesting point.

This question gave me a moment to reflect on the fact that my Nintendo phase was pre-Waluigi, and so I have no familiarity with the character, and therefore, I have no imagination for Waluigi.

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yes, wario is a fun character people want more of that. it would be inappropriate to make waluigi not also fun and silly.

this creates an enormous design challenge.

That is an interesting point.

This question gave me a moment to reflect on the fact that my Nintendo phase was pre-Waluigi, and so I have no familiarity with the character, and therefore, I have no imagination for Waluigi.

One must ask oneself, "what is Waluigi?" And, seeing the internet, it is clear: the answer is uncertain.

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That is an interesting point.

This question gave me a moment to reflect on the fact that my Nintendo phase was pre-Waluigi, and so I have no familiarity with the character, and therefore, I have no imagination for Waluigi.

One must ask oneself, "what is Waluigi?" And, seeing the internet, it is clear: the answer is uncertain.

Crazy how this became philosophical

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One must ask oneself, "what is Waluigi?" And, seeing the internet, it is clear: the answer is uncertain.

Crazy how this became philosophical

Well, in a more grounded sense people got MAD about fighting Wario. They started to associate intense negativity with the brand.

Waluigi would be wasted on such a thing. So he has to be fun to play and fun to fight against, and that's generally considered a secondary or tertiary consideration. Which is sad.

For instance Yoshimitsu became split between fun and effective, primarily by assigning him limits and granting everyone else kit gaps. Pretty sad.

Smash has a lot of kit gaps, and in many ways the game is about making up for those gaps. It's a bomb waiting to happen.

Waluigi is the definition of aura

i mean, who doesn't wanna smash waluigi?

I got second hand hype for him to be in smash. I just wanted him in smash to see what Nintendo would do with him as a smash character because like he really is just some guy.

♥♥♥♥ Nintendo.

Waluigi's alright.

Eff that. Kumatora in Smash, you bastards!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KPXtOc06fA

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One must ask oneself, "what is Waluigi?" And, seeing the internet, it is clear: the answer is uncertain.

Crazy how this became philosophical

maybe the real Waluigi was the friends we made along the way

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One must ask oneself, "what is Waluigi?" And, seeing the internet, it is clear: the answer is uncertain.

Crazy how this became philosophical

I have this "hunch" that the Mario Bros. are anchored in the Gemini Twins of Astrology and the Zodiac.

I think that these Gemini twins are related to Polybius' anacyclosis cycle. Each form of government has a corrupt "twin", which it progresses into before the government falls.

Mario represents Democracy, while Luigi represents a differing ideology (Presumably, Monarchy). Wario and Waluigi are their evil twins. While Luigi is presumably a fan of Link, King Arthur, and Thor, and by extension Mario, Waluigi, is just a minion. A "useful idiot". Comic relief. That is how my current theory goes.

For additional philosophical discussion material, I was prompted by a YouTube algorithm recommendation from the "AfterSkool" YouTube channel. The video "Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete", largely focused on Polybius' anacyclosis cycle. Mr. Aldrete (Ph.D) is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin, in Green Bay, Wi.

Yes, people legitimately want Waluigi as a playable character. Vinesauce fans can tell you that the moment Vinny saw him deconfirmed for Ultimate was pretty real anger. And there were allegations of a small group of pricks who harassed Sakurai by email when Ultimate deconfirmed him.

Waluigi is actually very popular all his own, rivaling even Wario's popularity. When Waluigi was confirmed to be getting an amiibo, fans overwhelmingly rejoiced. There was even a comic named Brawl In The Family that adored Waluigi so much, it basically changed how the entire internet used to dislike the character and instead made everyone love him, and most of the internet doesn't even know it.

Fans want Waluigi in Smash so badly, some have even dedicated their skills to create fanmods that do exactly that. Waluigi's moveset usually incorporates elements from the spin-off Mario Party and sports games, which have surprisingly little representation in Smash, so they end up hitting two birds with one stone. It's actually quite admirable.