Luigi is one of the two playable characters in B3313.
Description[]
Luigi is Mario's younger brother and the secondary playable character. While Mario is active by default when the game is started, the player can switch to Luigi by pressing the L Button while in the Castle Grounds. Character switching is disabled in the Nighttime Castle Grounds.
The player may also switch to Luigi by jumping into his painting in Internal Garden or by entering the double doors under the "L" behind the mirror in Big Boo's Fortress. Rarely, the player's character may randomly switch from Mario to Luigi while entering a door.
Luigi was not playable in the vanilla Super Mario 64, but his model was reconstructed from files found in the Gigaleak. Like Mario's beta model, in B3313 Luigi's sideburns are lighter than the rest of his hair. His model also has the darker beta shading seen on Mario's model, most noticeable on his skin color. The green of his hat and shirt is noticeably brighter and more intense compared to later renditions.
Moveset[]
Due to Luigi's thinner build, he has a different hitbox from Mario. However, his moveset is the same.
At the start of a new game in B3313, the brothers' moveset is similar to that of the Shoshinkai demo, but with a different jump height and inability to crawl. This limiting moveset is improved as the player collects red stars, which unlock additional moves:
- After 1 red star is collected, Mario/Luigi will gain the ability to long jump as well as kick flip (a move which replaces the vanilla game's slide kick maneuver). Additionally, Mario's/Luigi's side flip will be restored to its original height.
- After 2 red stars are collected, Mario/Luigi will also gain the ability to backflip, sweep kick/breakdance, and crawl.
Role in B3313[]
For the most part, Mario and Luigi are interchangeable throughout the hack, serving the same role. However, a few elements place Luigi as the secondary playable character:
- When a new game or an existing save file is loaded, the player always starts on the Castle Grounds as Mario, even if they were playing as Luigi at the time of their last save.
- Peach's ghost always calls for Mario, never Luigi.
- While Mario is shown drowned in Twisted Castle Grounds, there is no message or game crash associated with his body. In contrast, Luigi is shown dead, or at least imprisoned and tortured, in three separate instances: Fountain of Truth, Motos Factory, and the post-game area Inside the Walls. In all three areas, getting too close to Luigi will crash the game, and in two out of three, the message "GET ME OUT" flashes on the screen.
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Trivia[]
- Video footage of the Shoshinkai '95 demo of Super Mario 64 shows Luigi with Mario on a red and white checkerboard, which may be the inspiration for Beginnings.
- Before v0.7, the player could not switch between Mario and Luigi with the L button on the Castle Grounds; instead, separate patches with each plumber as the playable character were released. The ability to switch characters was added in v0.7 and has been available in subsequent versions.
- Luigi was initially the only playable character of B3313 up until v0.6.1.