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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Mar 26, 2007 20:26:01 GMT -5
I know two girls who live across the street from me and they look exactly the same, like twins. But they are a year apart in age.
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Post by Jellyfloater on Mar 29, 2007 7:18:25 GMT -5
This is kind of Obsolete. YI has shown us that Mario and Luigi are twins. Why are we still arguing?
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Post by Rex on Mar 29, 2007 7:19:40 GMT -5
Becase other games have shown that mario is older than luigi.
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Post by L.D. on Mar 29, 2007 18:14:24 GMT -5
not shown just stated
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Post by Jellyfloater on Mar 30, 2007 7:53:22 GMT -5
Not Games. Materials accompianing them. Plus, like we've said before, Twins are born at different times.
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Post by Yoshi Master on Mar 30, 2007 16:31:31 GMT -5
Becase other games have shown that mario is older than luigi. Dear God twins arn't born at the exact same time!!! I swear I will lock this topic.... |
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Post by Rex on Mar 30, 2007 17:58:44 GMT -5
I swear I will lock this topic.... Oh dear lord mastar no! |
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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Apr 22, 2007 13:14:10 GMT -5
So...twins or nor, do we all still agree that Mario is older than luigi even if just by a second, a few minuts, or a day? (STORK)
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Post by L.D. on Apr 25, 2007 14:55:47 GMT -5
yes
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Post by Rex on Apr 25, 2007 15:11:39 GMT -5
Yes x2
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 26, 2007 19:48:43 GMT -5
Disagree and die
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Post by kingkoopa on Aug 6, 2008 15:03:57 GMT -5
I agree
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Post by Sarisa on Aug 19, 2010 15:06:23 GMT -5
Sorry to revive this ancient thread, but I'm genuinely surprised that no one brought up the real reason why the sources are so emphatic on age.
Japanese has no word for "brother".
In Japanese, you can say "older brother", or "younger brother", but saying simply "brother" with no age reference requires awkward circumlocutions. So even twins are usually differentiated by age; if Mario was born first it would be more natural Japanese to refer to him as the "older brother" even if he is older by just a few minutes.
So, the answer to the poll in this topic is "both".
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Post by PDoogan on Aug 19, 2010 18:14:51 GMT -5
Sorry to revive this ancient thread, but I'm genuinely surprised that no one brought up the real reason why the sources are so emphatic on age. Japanese has no word for "brother". In Japanese, you can say "older brother", or "younger brother", but saying simply "brother" with no age reference requires awkward circumlocutions. So even twins are usually differentiated by age; if Mario was born first it would be more natural Japanese to refer to him as the "older brother" even if he is older by just a few minutes. So, the answer to the poll in this topic is "both". Ok. so....what do the Japanese call Mario? Older? |
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Post by Sarisa on Aug 19, 2010 18:53:33 GMT -5
"Ani" (older brother), of course. In the PM1 opening, Luigi calls him "Nii-san" in direct address. (Luigi also calls himself "boku", for what that's worth.)
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Post by Koopalmier on Aug 19, 2010 21:49:03 GMT -5
Yet SMW2: Yoshi's Island show them being born at the same time.
And the issue was resolved in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where Luigi is called Mario's younger twin.
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Post by Sarisa on Aug 19, 2010 23:01:20 GMT -5
Yet SMW2: Yoshi's Island show them being born at the same time. And the issue was resolved in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where Luigi is called Mario's younger twin. That is good Japanese usage from my research. Even twins are distinguished as older and younger because it is very clumsy Japanese not to - an analogous situation in European languages is not distinguishing sex (brother vs. sister). IRL twins are not born at exactly the same time! |
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Post by Vent on Aug 27, 2010 20:13:25 GMT -5
I've sort of joked that Mario is technically older than Luigi because he popped out of the Stork's bag at the beginning of YI, while Luigi popped out at the end.
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 12, 2010 16:16:05 GMT -5
Mario and Luigi are twins. Twins are not born at the exact same time. Mario was born first. The end.
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Post by Vent on Sept 22, 2010 21:28:46 GMT -5
Yeah but the opening narration in YI GBA changed it to brothers. I imagine they'd be more apt to call them twins if they looked and sounded exactly alike in every conceivable manner, but they don't. This is the way fictional writing typically works.
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