The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhy Waluigi is evillemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1551arrow-down15
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minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoThe names make a little more sense in Japanese as a pun; warui means bad, and Luigi is spelled Ruigi in katakana. So Waruigi is bad Luigi.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIronically, using Ruigi for Waluigi in English (as Ruin+Luigi) would sound less lazy.
The names make a little more sense in Japanese as a pun; warui means bad, and Luigi is spelled Ruigi in katakana. So Waruigi is bad Luigi.
Ironically, using Ruigi for Waluigi in English (as Ruin+Luigi) would sound less lazy.