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However, Luigi has not always chosen to wear his usual green and blue clothes. ''Mario Bros.'' originally dressed Luigi in a black shirt and green overalls, although artwork showed his shirt to be red. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that the green color of clothing for Luigi was inspired by the enemy [[Shellcreeper]]<ref>[http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/03/11/luigi-101-with-shigeru-miyamoto-origins-importance-and-his-role-in-new-super-luigi-u/]</ref>. ''Wrecking Crew'' gave him a magenta pair of overalls and helmet, seemingly leaving him shirtless. Even ''Super Mario Bros.'' gave its Luigi a green shirt and white overalls (although ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' replaced this with a less aberrant brown shirt and green overalls, leaving his original colors to Fire Luigi, who usually has an inverse scheme), even though his usual palette and appearance had emerged in artwork.
Luigi was initially rather infamous for being a [[Wikipedia:Palette swap|palette swap]] of Mario in his earlier adventures. This applies to ''Mario Bros.'', ''Wrecking Crew'', ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario World'', ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', and even the rare solo quest that is
Both Mario and Luigi have been described as "cutesy," to the extent that Shigeru Miyamoto considered redesigning them to "become a bit more grown-up" in the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] era, for instance by removing their trademark [[Wikipedia:V sign|V sign]].<ref>[http://cube.ign.com/articles/069/069250p1.html IGN] (Accessed on 7-6-09)</ref> However, aside from growing more realistic as graphics have advanced, Luigi and his brother have changed little over the years, and continue to flash the V sign regularly.
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