Wega

About

Wega, also known as Wega Bros or Wega Storm, refers to a hue-shifted image of Luigi from the video game franchise Super Mario. The image shows Luigi with a shocked expression and purple skin, and originates from the cover of the 2001 Nintendo game Luigi's Mansion. The image is often accompanied by a distorted scream sound and is used for bait-and-switch videos, or to spam quote tweets and replies on Twitter.

Origin

On September 14th, 2001, Nintendo released the second Super Mario game, this one featuring Luigi as the main character, known as Luigi's Mansion.^[1] The cover art for the video game featured Luigi sporting a shocked expression (seen below).

In the Fall of 2022, people began to spam an edited version of the aforementioned cover in which Luigi is hue-shifted to appear purple. This image, which was often accompanied by the sound of a distorted scream, was dubbed "Wega." The earliest known posts using the word "Wega" were tweeted by @telemac0 in Mar 2022.^[2] On May 27th @telemac0 posted a screenshot of someone with a hue-shifted pink Luigi display picture, gathering seven likes in six months (seen below). ^[3] Subsequent early posts used similarly various hues to color Luigi.^{[4] [5]}

Spread

The "Wega" image and "Wega scream" were subsequently used to spam various posts. On October 1st, 2022, Twitter^[6] user @GP12810 posted a meme utilizing the "Wega scream" and gathering over 10,000 likes in nearly two months (seen below).

On October 12th, Twitter^[7] user @ioIetsgo posted a meme featuring Wega, gathering over 1,000 likes in over a month (seen below).

On October 21st, a tweet made by @YouTubeGaming was spammed by replies and quote tweets featuring the "Wega" image.^[8] The same occurred with a tweet made by @MarioRenders^[9] on October 31st, 2022.

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