{"id":119586,"date":"2020-10-20T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/luigi_can_be_unlocked_as_a_secret_playable_character_in_super_mario_bros_35"},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:50:00","slug":"luigi-can-be-unlocked-as-a-secret-playable-character-in-super-mario-%ef%bb%bfbros-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/luigi-can-be-unlocked-as-a-secret-playable-character-in-super-mario-%ef%bb%bfbros-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Can Be Unlocked As A Secret Playable Character In Super Mario \ufeffBros. 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5b4075d2ee29d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5b4075d2ee29d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 35\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5b4075d2ee29d\/luigi-in-super-mario-bros-35.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5b4075d2ee29d\/luigi-in-super-mario-bros-35.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 35\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/super_mario_bros_35\">Super Mario Bros. 35<\/a> has been available to play on the Nintendo Switch eShop for almost three weeks now, and players have finally discovered a very exciting secret indeed.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Luigi is available in the game as a playable character \u2013 something that Nintendo hasn&#8217;t publicly revealed up until this point. There are a couple of things you&#8217;ll need to do to unlock him, which probably explains why it&#8217;s taken so long for players to notice his inclusion.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Unlock Luigi In Super Mario Bros. 35<\/h3>\n<p>First of all, you&#8217;ll need to have reached a &#8216;star rank&#8217;, meaning a level over 100 (when your level ticks above 99, it&#8217;ll actually go to &#8216;1-Star&#8217; rather than 100, with &#8216;2-Star&#8217;, &#8216;3-Star&#8217; and so-on following thereafter). Then, you&#8217;ll need to hold down the &#8216;L&#8217; button while loading up a game.<\/p>\n<p>You can see Luigi appear in this video below from Twitter user @CombotronRobot:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hold L when you start a match and you can be a Luigi! L is real in SMB35! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperMarioBros35?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperMarioBros35<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitchOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitchOnline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ixEM5FtU5r\">pic.twitter.com\/ixEM5FtU5r<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Combo @ Open Commissions (@CombotronRobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CombotronRobot\/status\/1318499713528733696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>CombotronRobot notes that the timing for this button holding isn&#8217;t quite clear, so it&#8217;s perhaps safest to hold the button throughout the entire game loading process. Of course, reaching level 100 takes time, so that should be your first goal if you&#8217;re hoping to play as Mario&#8217;s number two.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Ironically, reaching level 1-Star rewards you with a Luigi icon \u2013 <em>perhaps Nintendo was hinting that this could be done all along?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Mario Bros. 35 has been available to play on the Nintendo Switch eShop for almost three weeks now, and players have finally discovered a very exciting secret indeed. It turns out that Luigi is available in the game as a playable character \u2013 something that Nintendo hasn&#8217;t publicly revealed up until this point. 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