Miyamoto Closes Year of Luigi Celebration

The father of Super Mario Bros, Shigeru Miyamoto, bid fans farewell with the Year of Luigi coming to a close.

With over 12 months celebrating the taller, quirkier of the Mario brothers - Luigi - Nintendo have ended proceedings with a personalised message from Miyamoto himself on Miiverse. There are also a handful of selected Miiverse posts on the official website to end the celebration in style.

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your warm comments for Luigi!

We selected a few of the comments and placed them on our website.

Well, ahem...now, without further ado... I hereby declare the Year of Luigi closed! Thank you all so very much for your kind support over the course of the year!

Even though the Year of Luigi has come to a close, I hope you will continue to cheer on Luigi. Thank you!

Would you like to see Nintendo celebrate any other mascot with a dedicated celebration?