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* ChristmasRushed: Inverted. At least one game's release, ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'', was delayed in order to be released for this campaign rather than the holidays.
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** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Leaf'': Nintendo of America's dream town has Luigi themed items, and even a Luigi photo stand-in.

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** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Leaf'': ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'': Nintendo of America's dream town has Luigi themed items, and even a Luigi photo stand-in.

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* ReferencedBy: One benefit of a game developer creating games during a marketing campaign like this is that they can reference their own intellectual property (e.g. Luigi) in any of their games if they so wish. As part of this marketing campaign, Luigi got a lot of {{Shout Out}}s.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The series usually has him as a SecretCharacter, but [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU the fourth game]] has him as part of the starting lineup, with his trophy even mentioning the anniversary itself. Luigi's Palutena's Guidance, utilized in both ''4'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' as quoted on the main page, also mentions the anniversary.

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* ReferencedBy: One benefit of a game developer creating Various Nintendo games released during a marketing campaign like this is that they can reference their own intellectual property (e.g. Luigi) in any of their games if they so wish. As part of this marketing campaign, Luigi got a lot of {{Shout Out}}s.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The series usually has him as a SecretCharacter, but [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU the fourth game]] has him as part of the starting lineup, with his trophy even mentioning the anniversary itself. Luigi's Palutena's Guidance, utilized in both ''4'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' as (and quoted on the main page, page), also mentions the anniversary.



** ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': Was released on Wii U's UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. Luigi made his first appearance in ''Mario Bros.''.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU'': He's usually a SecretCharacter in the ''Smash'' series, but he was made into an initial character due to this anniversary, with his trophy even mentioning the anniversary itself. Luigi's episode for Palutena's Guidance also mentions the anniversary.

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** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU'': He's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The series usually has him as a SecretCharacter in SecretCharacter, but [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU the ''Smash'' series, but he was made into an initial character due to this anniversary, fourth game]] has him as part of the starting lineup, with his trophy even mentioning the anniversary itself. Luigi's episode for Palutena's Guidance Guidance, utilized in both ''4'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' as quoted on the main page, also mentions the anniversary.
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* ChristmasRushed: Inverted. At least one game's release, ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'', was delayed in order to be released for this campaign rather than the holidays.
* MilestoneCelebration: This campaign celebrates the 30th year of Luigi's appearance in ''VideoGame/MarioBros''.


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* StuckInTheirShadow: Luigi has been "stuck in the shadow" of Mario since Luigi's debut, but one of the points of this campaign was to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this.
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* ReferencedBy: One benefit of a game developer creating games during a marketing campaign like this is that they can reference their own intellectual property (e.g. Luigi) in any of their games if they so wish. As part of this marketing campaign, Luigi got a lot of {{Shout Out}}s.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU'': He's usually a SecretCharacter in the ''Smash'' series, but he was made into an initial character due to this anniversary, with his trophy even mentioning the anniversary itself. Luigi's episode for Palutena's Guidance also mentions the anniversary.
** ''VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza'': The Miis given out during E3 2013 via [=SpotPass=] wore Luigi hats.
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Leaf'': Nintendo of America's dream town has Luigi themed items, and even a Luigi photo stand-in.
** ''VideoGame/MarioBros'': Was released on Wii U's UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. Luigi made his first appearance in ''Mario Bros.''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'': The game, like ''VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU'', has 8-bit Luigis hidden in some courses. By completing the game, the player can play a remake of ''Mario Bros.'' named ''Luigi Bros.'', which has Luigi as the first player. If the player [[OldSaveBonus has a save file]] for ''New Super Luigi U'', the game is unlocked at the start.
** ''VideoGame/NESRemix'': Placed Luigi in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', a game that existed before he did.
** ''NES Remix 2'': Contains a MiniGame called "Super Luigi Bros.", a GameMod of VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 that flips the levels horizontally, and replaces Mario with Luigi, who has his physics from VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels. Also, 8-bit Luigis can occasionally be seen briefly in the regular game modes.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'': Although a post-Year of Luigi game, Starlow mentions the year by name at one point.
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