Will Waluigi ever be in a "regular" Mario game?

[Dogasu]

I just don't see the point.

You're saying "why?" while I'm saying "why not?"

It certainly wouldn't *hurt* anyone to let Waluigi have at least *some* role in a non-sports game. And it's not like you'd be forced to actually buy the game.

It's not like the character is THAT important to the series that he needs to be in more than what he's already in.

Well, to be fair, he *is* the evil twin of one of the two Mario Bros. and is seen as being the companion of one of the series' main villains. That has to count for something.

 

[Leviathan]

I could see a Mario vs. Wario platformer in which Mario and Luigi work against Wario and Waluigi. It'd be like how Mario vs. Donkey Kong assimilated the Rare DK into the main games.

 

[Marvin Tikvah]

Well, to be fair, he *is* the evil twin of one of the two Mario Bros. and is seen as being the companion of one of the series' main villains. That has to count for something.

Wario's not really a villain anymore. His last appearance in a platformer had him as an ally, and his spin-off titles all have him as a crude anti-hero.

Maybe they could use Waluigi for a multiplayer aspect in one of those titles, but since they're mostly handheld games, who knows whether they ever considered implementing multiplayer in them.

 

[Jave]

You're saying "why?" while I'm saying "why not?"

It certainly wouldn't *hurt* anyone to let Waluigi have at least *some* role in a non-sports game. And it's not like you'd be forced to actually buy the game.

Well heck. I did say they could start by giving him some role in the RPG games. Apparently you decided to skip that part of my post.

Well, to be fair, he *is* the evil twin of one of the two Mario Bros. and is seen as being the companion of one of the series' main villains. That has to count for something.

You know, it's not that I care much about what Nintendo decides to do with Waluigi. They can give him his own game for all I care. It's just that realistically, I definitely don't see it happening.

In fact, I'd argue that Rosalina has a bigger chance of getting her own game.

 

[wonderfly]

The News Team's DBTrilogy100 has a new editorial up on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Editorial: We Need More Waluigi!!"​

"In literary terms, a foil is a character that is intended to act as a contrast to another character. Nintendo’s mascot, Mario, has two notable foils in the form of Luigi (his brother) and Wario (his “bad counterpart”). The year 2000 would see both Luigi and Wario receiving a mutual foil in the form of Waluigi, who made his debut in the Nintendo 64 game, Mario Tennis, which was released in North America on August 28th of that year (the game was released in Japan on July 21st of that year).

While Waluigi has existed for 25 years now and has consistently appeared in games since his debut, it hasn’t been lost on many that he still has yet to appear in a mainline Mario game. He also has still not yet become a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. Franchise, for that matter. Over the years, I’ve seen many possible reasons given for why the Mushroom Kingdom’s purple and black clad plumber has yet to “formally” appear in an “in-house” Nintendo game (not counting Easter egg acknowledgements, such as in Super Mario Odyssey) but was never able to figure out which reasons were the truth and which were merely speculation. Regardless, I’m hopeful that Waluigi will have his chance to appear in a “major” game within the Mario Franchise, eventually. That hope has lead to me having some thought exercises on how he could appear in a “major” game.

To that end, I would consider a good first step would be to take a page from both the characters he acts as a foil to, Luigi and Wario. To elaborate, Luigi had been one of the playable characters since the early mainline Mario games that featured multiplayer options in some capacity. Wario gained his own spin-off series (which is split into two sub-series in the form of Wario Land and WarioWare) a little over a year after he made his debut as the main villain of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. I also think it’s worth noting that the only mainline Mario game that Wario has been playable in by this point in time is the Nintendo DS remake of the iconic Nintendo 64 game, Super Mario 64."

Read the full article here.

 

[Classic Speedy]

I want to see a flat out weird game with Waluigi. Just, go all out with nutty situations and visuals. Nobody's going to take the character seriously anyway, so you might as well lean into it.

 

[PF9]

Waluigi should be integrated into future Wario games since they are basically a duo. That way Waluigi could potentially be in future SSB titles as a representative of the Wario series.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

I don't really think it'd make sense to try and make Waluigi a representative of the Wario series.

1. Yes Yoshi and Wario despite starting in Mario games did get their own game series and thus represented themselves not Mario when they were put in Smash Brothers, but these were super popular characters right off the bat who were quickly being spun off only like a year or two later into their own series WITHOUT Mario. Like Yoshi's Cookie and Wario Land both came out YEARS before Smash Brothers was a concept so it makes sense to see them as their own characters who could expand out their own lore. However with characters who are still too tied to Mario or took ages to get their own titles they are still associated strictly as a Mario series. Like Luigi and Princess Peach may have titles but they still fall under the Mario umbrella. And keep in mind Peach may of only had her first game 20 years after her debut, but that's still better then Waluigi who has YET to have his own game in anyway.

2. Also Waluigi has been a part of the Mario sports series for like 20 something years without being in WarioWare at all. IMHO even if you did totally stop cold turkey and started pumping out WarioWare games regularly co starring Waluigi it would still take at least... a decade before kids stopped associating Waluigi as a Mario Sports character which yeah I don't see them ever doing.

Like I would want Waluigi in Smash Brothers but though a popular memish character and I feel over time establishing his own persona and status, is still a bit of a fringe choice and yeah still needs to be elevated some. Like Rosalina has a really compelling backstory that quickly made her a star and Bowser Jr. has the Bowser connection which is what gave them more prominence. IMHO what would push Waluigi to the top sans being a more prominent playable character in a mainline game is if he was pushed in say the new Mario movie coming out next year... granted I could be saying that cause for years I have had the idea for a sequel of that film focusing on introducing Wario and Waluigi and actually positoning Waluigi as the main baddie (since I feel the second movie should focus on Luigi being the main hero and thus that would be the best choice) but either way Waluigi's brand and point needs to still be upped for him to be a more regular in like the platforming titles. Daisy got hers thus why she can used in say Mario Wonder but Waluigi still needsd to net that climb.

 

[OverMaster]

A stealth action videogame.

Mario, Donkey Kong, Wario, Yoshi, those are characters meant for open, direct confrontations.

Luigi is more about hiding and running away in concept but in the practice he's most often functionally equal to Mario, and he isn't devious the way Waluigi is.

Waluigi is supposed to be a sneaky, treacherous, tricky, petty, irritating little jerk built like a twig and probably unable to take on the big guys one on one. So what kind of vidya you give him that the others don't already fulfill? A game where you've got to play dirty and sneaky instead of being dirty but bravely on your face like Wario.

That's the niche not occupied yet in Mario lore that Waluigi would be at home at.