12-02-2009, 03:26 PM
The problem, in my opinion, doesn't reside with what Waluigi represents.
It's that Nintendo doesn't seem to want him to represent anything else.
They're hellbent on keeping him a throwaway character without throwing him away, when he's got much more potential.
Look at Mario Party 3, near the end of story mode. Waluigi jumps in from out of nowhere, steals the last stamp, kicks Bowser to the curb, and challenges the character you're playing as to defeat him on his own private island. That's badass. Why didn't they flesh this out more in later titles?
But that's beside the point now. I think Waluigi is worth keeping because we could do more with him than Nintendo will ever do. While I do understand that he doesn't represent the Wario series that well, he's still Wario's partner in crime, whether or not they actually commit any crimes worth being partners in.
It's that Nintendo doesn't seem to want him to represent anything else.
They're hellbent on keeping him a throwaway character without throwing him away, when he's got much more potential.
Look at Mario Party 3, near the end of story mode. Waluigi jumps in from out of nowhere, steals the last stamp, kicks Bowser to the curb, and challenges the character you're playing as to defeat him on his own private island. That's badass. Why didn't they flesh this out more in later titles?
But that's beside the point now. I think Waluigi is worth keeping because we could do more with him than Nintendo will ever do. While I do understand that he doesn't represent the Wario series that well, he's still Wario's partner in crime, whether or not they actually commit any crimes worth being partners in.