"Luigi: A life in the shadows" cover the other brother's origins from palette swap to star of his own (two) video games. Anybody else remember playing Mario is Missing? Yeah, that game starred Luigi.

Best bit? Right here...

But Luigi's heart has strayed at least once during the previously mentioned Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The Beanbean Kingdom the two stars explore has a prince to match the Mushroom Kingdom's Princess Peach. Prince Peasley is a dashing (if self-absorbed) pretty boy, who throughout the game slowly gains Luigi's attention. As time goes on, Luigi seems almost enamored with Peasley, blushing at his compliments and eventually trying to hug him, which Peasley deftly dodges, as Peasley seems to only love himself. But this bi-curious side of Luigi has yet to return, as he's since stayed pretty true to Daisy. However, that hasn't stopped the devs of the M&L series from continuing to ramp up Luigi's effeminacy to Tingle levels of fab.

I totally did not know that. I thought when Luigi wasn't with Daisy, he was letting Peach cheat on Mario with him. Also, I thought John Leguizamo and Samantha Mathis as the "ideal" Luigi/Daisy couple.

Check it out, if you're a little Luigi-curious:

Luigi: A life in the shadows [GamesRadar]

Source and Image: http://www.chapter6.net/index.php/150/jim-halpert-john-krasinski-from-the-office-looks-like-luigi/

Bitter Luigi cross stitch! [SpriteStitch]

Thanks Andy, sorry I called you Jason!

AUTOGRAPHED Club Nintendo Mario Family Set eBay
[Thanks, Steven]

Too cute! Back in 2002, these Nintendo character bobbleheads were released. Yup, Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and Bowser were all immortalized as 17cm tall statues with giant heads that bobble. They even have the official Nintendo stamp of approval. Ah, 2002 was a very good year.

Kotaku fun fact: Crecente has a bobblehead in his own likeness. No, really. Brian Ashcraft

Nintendo Bobbleheads [GameSniped, Thanks Chilly!]

Wow, that Peach sure does get around. Just a few months back we get an invitation to her wedding to Bowser and now she's marrying Link? But then I think we all know about Peach's questionable morals.

It really reminds me of the illustrations in the Little Golden Books I had as a kid. Some of my favorite parts of this image are Link's tie and the silhouettes of Pikachu, Megaman and Fox McCloud in the background. I also question exactly what Luigi is looking at as he wipes his tears away... Flynn De Marco

Nintendo Plot Twist [YTMND]
[via GayGamer]

Film maker Chris Preksta hit us on the tips line to let us know about his short, made in the E! True Hollywood Story fashion a few years back, The Luigi Story. It's an impressive piece of work, one that chronicles the sad rise to fame of that other plumber, consistently second-billed in Nintendo releases. Well, there was Luigi's Mansion, but I was hoping we'd just all try our hardest to forget about that GameCube tech demo. Michael McWhertor

A while back we brought you news that NCSX was going to be selling these awesome Mario and Luigi hats so you could wear them around town and elicit odd stares from strangers. As a matter of fact, NCSX thought they were selling hats too. But, when the shipment arrived it turned out these hats weren't hats at all, but pillows! Still pretty cool, but if i had been one of those that pre-ordered one of these I'd be pissed. But at least now you can put these on your couch an elicit stares from your friends rather than the cruel nameless hordes. Flynn De Marco

Super Mario Bros Cap Cushion [NCSX]
[via The Tanooki]

These impressive Mario and Luigi were created by folding two ¥1,000 bills. Found over at some-guy-named Masa's page, which has paragliding pics AND amazing origami. Besides that full body Mario below, other standouts include cartoon hero Astro Boy, monster Gamera and comedian HG.

*Round of applause* Brian Ashcraft

Mario Origami [Masa's favorite electronic GAMES!]

Blame the plastic cups. American college students know, love and live "Beer Pong." It's a drinking game in which players attempt to bounce a ping pong in their opponent's cup, forcing them to imbibe it. A couple readers at game site The Last Boss created this wonder:

Just some notes on it about detail which may not be visible: Mario is holding a Guiness bottle, Soda Popinski a Killian, Luigi has a bud light 6er, the Turtles are bathing in Heineken, Link attacking with a broken Corona and Bubble Bobble guys with a bud can beer-amid. The triangles for the cups are the Triforce and they are fully wired under the plexiglass so they light up for night games. My friend Paul T did the crafty cutting and I designed, drew and painted the entire table.

This was created back in 2004, proving that, yes, Beer Pong is timeless. Brian Ashcraft

Beer Pong Game Table [The Last Boss via Game|Life]

Familiar Nintendo faces become greedy, real-estate moguls along side some of the character of Square-Enix's Dragon Quest in Itadaki Street, a monopoly-like game from the DS coming out for the Japanese market in June.

Outside of regular Monopoly rules, players can also buy and sell stocks of an entire block of property (affecting their values), and there is also the option to level-up by collecting icons all over the board. Plus there are different boards like Castle of Torodaine, Death Volcano, Giant Demon's Statue and Yoshi's Island, so it's not like being in that Atlantic City Alcatraz for three hours waiting for some one to "JUST BUY BOARDWALK ALREADY SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME." Kim Phu

Meet the Characters of Itadaki Street DS [Siliconera]

I've always considered Mario's Italian accent to be on a par with the likes of Chico Marx; Not authentic by any means, but close enough for Americans. Brett Simmons directed this funny spoof for a fictitious Mario and Luigi Italian Lesson plan featuring his friends Tristan and Anthony. The opening credits state that this is "Tristan and Anthony's Italian Project" leading me to believe this might have been created as part of a school assignment. As live action Mario and Luigi spoofs go, this one is pretty clever, or at least that's my opinion. I'll let you judge for yourself. Flynn De Marco

Since White Ninja rarely if ever has crossed over into the realm of video games, today's comic is a real treat, even if it does manage to make Mario's brother cry and does horrible things to a true video game legend. Hit the link for the comic. Bring tissues. Michael Fahey

White Ninja and Luigi Drink Wine [White Ninja Comics - Thanks Steve!]

Back during the Japan Wii, a dude in a Luigi outfit, handed out the first console and posed for pictures and then got booted in a hurry. But, questions remain: Who was this Luigi? Why was he escorted out? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! The costume was far too good to be an amateur. Moreover, how could this individual have gotten access to Yodobashi Camera. Logic tells us that it had to be an inside job, someone connected with either Yodobashi or Nintendo. The why, the how and the wtf still remain unanswered. An otaku conspiracy, how cute. Brian Ashcraft

Who Was Luigi? [Disappearing Foreigner Ru- & Shi-]

While American console launches are rife with shootings, muggings, stampedes, and generally poor displays of human behavior, the Japanese console launches are, at worst, a display of gross otaku fashion and greasiness. Well, I suppose there's that whole mafia hiring of homeless dudes to camp out for PS3s and Wiis thing.

Sadly, now there are cosplayers posing as official Nintendo mascots. Allegedly, this Luigi fan wiggled his way into one Yodobashi Camera launch event, taking part in the festivities in a very unofficial capacity.

After handing out the first Wii and acting very Luigi like, it seems the Nintendo superfan's true identity was discovered and he was quickly escorted from the store. Man, those Yodobashi staffers look pissed! Michael McWhertor

More pics of fake Luigi working his magic [Arena Nikkei BPnet]