Thread:CSaPForumWall/@comment-30300307-20170809161428/@comment-26374068-20170810040232

Well, in-character is naturally going to make both of them very hesitant on inflicting harm on one another. They do love each other, despite what theories say, lol.

Still. With that said, Mario is simply far more willing to kill than Luigi is. Mario is naturally braver and, while both are brash, Mario makes quick-on-the-draw decisions, while Luigi's decisions are more along the lines of giving up. Specifically, should he fight Mario. If they're in a sibling fight at the moment, which is what I can see happening, then Luigi'll be fine. But so will Mario. Overall, simple personality constraints already lean this in Mario's favor.

Next: prep-time is allowed. This means they both had time to gather power-ups and weaponry, right? In that case, Mario should win this handily. He's got a lot more experience, as we know. He uses his power-ups in every game (which are far more plentiful than Luigi), unlike his brother, who likes to swap out. Overall, Mario simply knows his power-ups far better than Luigi does. Luigi's intangibility with the Power Flower? Mario already knows how it works, since he's had the Vanish Cap. Overall, anything Luigi throws at Mario, Mario can counter via knowledge alone. Their profiles even state Mario's smarter.

Sure, they're small advantages. But experience and prep-time allow Mario to take this rather comfortably. Luigi will still give him a run, of course, as once he runs out of power-ups, he's still not, like, immediately out. And their stats are all around the same areas. But overall, I gotta give this to Mario.