Since Wario and Waluigi are the dark counterparts to Mario and Luigi, is it safe to assume that they are also Italian? Or are they some sort of opposite of Italian?

Watalians

@freakache said:

Nah, they don't seem like New Zealanders to me

They are from the mushroom kingdom you dolts

duh

As much as Mario and Luigi are, yes... but no.

Wario is German, as evidenced by him having German voice acting in the first few Mario Party games and the first Mario Kart, even in the US version.

Waluigi is Waluigi, nothing more nothing less.

Yes.

They are racist, villainous depictions of italians.

Shame, Nintendo. Shame on you.

@icicle7x3: I laughed way harder at that then it really deserves.

they're japanese. raysis

Armenians.

In my head canon they were created in the mushroom kingdom somehow, or pulled in from a mirror universe of "our"/Mario's original Earth.

Hmm.

Is Warsaw the evil version Rsaw? Or maybe Marsaw?

In my mind Mario and Luigi aren't Italian. Like sure, they seem Italian, but this is a nonsense world where people live in mushrooms and a turtle will kill you now. So no, I don't think Wario or Waluigi are Italian either.

Sicilians, sicili is the evil Italy. Actually with the theme 'evil Italy' maybe they're Vaticans

Forums vindicated.

They're Italian, but not European Italian. They're more New York Italian.

They're clearly from Wales.

But Mario and Luigi are New York Italian. Haven't you seen the movie?

Yes I have and if you consider that canon you're insane. Same goes with the Supershow. Those are all lies.

Polish. From Warsaw

"Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi." - Franck Ribery

I hope that helps

“Don Bradman will bat no more against England, and two contrary feelings dispute within us: relief, that our bowlers will no longer be oppressed by this phenomenon; regret, that a miracle has been removed from among us. So must ancient Italy have felt when she heard of the death of Hannibal.”

Yes. Wario definitely has an Italian accent.

The description at the top says that he loves garlic so Wario must be French.

Are Mario and Luigi Italian?

Yes.

Judging by this, they're Chinese. Yahoo Answers to the rescue.

Well as an Italian-American myself, I do find myself getting mildly offended by their designs, so yeah, I'd say they're probably Italians.

Only Italians love garlic as much as Wario does.

They are eye-talions

Wario is an Italian. Waluigi is just an abomination.

Greek

@geraltitude: "say what you will about mussolini, at least he made the trains run on time!"

Wamussolini didn't, also I hear he was a pretty cool guy.

@korwin said:

Little is known about the origin of Wamussolini, as he just appeared one day during a game of tennis with the other world leaders, and everybody just kind of rolled with it.

They're Lombardi.

I mean /thread come on.

Wario is Warioworldian. Waluigi is a tennis racquet and thus has no legal right to citizenship.

This actually makes a lot of sense when you consider the Watalian flag:

George Clinton is the truth.

I swear to god Wario says "Sieg Heil" when you pick him on the Mario Kart 8 select screen. I hope that this post doesn't get flagged I'm genuinely worried about one of my favorite video game character's political allegiances. At least I'm still pretty sure King Dedede isn't a Nazi

Oh, so like Sicilians.

It says on the wiki they're cousins so I'd assume they're also Italians

Makes perfect sense.

I mean if Warsaw is going as a theory based on the Wa factor, shouldn't someplace like Waunfawr, Wales, be doubly suspect?