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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Exclusives
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Here’s How Twitter Reacted to Luigi’s Death in the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Direct

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Wesley LeBlanc
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Published: Aug 8, 2018 04:32 pm

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Today, Nintendo, nigh, the world, said goodbye to one of gaming’s most important characters. While viewers from around the world watched as Masahiro Sakurai announced incoming fighters, new stages, new assist trophies and more in today’s Super Smash Bros Ultimate direct, and did so with delight, not a single member of the audience was warned of the impending doom of our beloved plumber. And no, we aren’t talking about Mario. That guy’s a bore. We’re talking about the smarter, taller, more handsome, more effective and all-around better brother of the Mario bros: Luigi. You read that right. Ladies and gentlemen, Luigi is dead.

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While showing off the new Castlevania stage, which will serve as the home of not only the new fighter Simon Belmont, but his echo fighter, Richter, as well, we saw Luigi do all he could to survive.

Sadly, Luigi was first scared to death and then quite literally, consumed by death, or at least his life was (and if you haven’t seen it, go check it out — Nintendo is not holding back these days).

As a result of this death, fans of the green guy flocked to Twitter in droves to pour one out for the world’s best fighter, turn his death into a meme and express their feelings toward Sakurai and his decision regarding Luigi today.

With that said, here’s how Twitter reacted to Luigi’s death.

https://twitter.com/lesleycowley90/status/1027268717963603968

https://twitter.com/chasina64/status/1027259539211603969

https://twitter.com/lanPauI/status/1027268526673985536

https://twitter.com/aperez8696/status/1027247160780156928

https://twitter.com/AnOnlineFacade/status/1027223825522610176

I don’t like this next Tweet one bit. Highlight? How dare you!

Even Diplo weighed in.

You’re damn right he is.

And my personal favorite, if not just in effort:

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Wesley LeBlanc
Wesley LeBlanc is a graduate of the University of North Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. He has a passion for entertainment and the industry surrounding it. He's either playing video games or writing about them. When he isn't doing that, he's reading about them. Get a life, right? Wesley wrote for Twinfinite between 2018 and 2019 covering everything from the smallest indies up to the largest AAA blockbuster releases.
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