Something that makes no sense

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In Yoshi's Island, the stork was carrying both baby Mario and baby Luigi in the same bag, and he was going to deliver them both at the same time to their parents, Mr and Mrs Mario. That means they should have the same age, right?

If so, why the hell is Luigi younger than Mario?
 
That's because at birth time, Luigi is born probably a few moments after Mario. People ask me who's the older of the twins and I said I am and it's a 15 minute difference. Same applies to Mario and Luigi. You wouldn't believe how many times nontwins seem to ask why Mario is older and Luigi is younger when I feel the answer is very obvious, as if age differences have to be long-term or something.
 
As a twin, makes perfect sense to me, as LGM already explained. I'm the younger twin.
 
I mean wouldn't mario look physically as young as Luigi then? He looks like he's 2-3 years older, not 10 minutes lol. Also, the voices. Mario sounds way older that Luigi.
 
They look the same age to me. Mario just has a more mature demeanor I'm guessing, so it looks like he's taking care of Luigi despite similar age differences. I've had someone tell me I act older than my sister because I keep telling her to do important tasks while she's on the computer.

And about the voice and appearances, I've seen people who thought Mario was the younger of the two. Luigi's voice quality is arguably more mature (especially back in the non-Bardakoff N64 days) and he's taller.
 
As for why Mario's older, it's exactly what LeftyGreenMario and Baby Luigi said: There's going to be one twin who's slightly older, even if it is only by a couple of minutes. A pair of twins I know were born three minutes apart, so one of them is three minutes older than the other. I'd guess some apparent differences between the age may have been caused by Nintendo flip-flopping between whether they were twins or just brothers earlier on, though I think Mario and Luigi look the same age, but I've come across a fair few people who think that Luigi is the older of the two. Their age can look slightly different if you were to compare artwork from two different games, but they always look the same age if you compare the two from the same game. I've always though that Luigi acted slightly younger though, but I think that's more part of his personality.
 
Well, correct me if I'm wrong but there is such a thing as non-identical twins isn't there?
 
Mario was the first to get out of the cloth carried by the stork at the beginning of Yoshi's Island. Luigi wouldn't do the same until after he was rescued at the end of the game. Symbolically, that means Mario was born before Luigi. Problem solved.
 
Or, "there is no real continuity and whenever Luigi is specified as younger, that's typically in a game that doesn't involve the SMW2 plot."

'sides, there are plenty of things that don't make sense, we have a fire-breathing turtle-ox-hippo-ankylosaurus thing and his army of shiitake mushrooms and various tortoises stealing a conspicuously-human princess of mushroom people, leading her to be rescued by some short guy who is allegedly a plumber and/or his slightly-taller brother. Both of which can jump ridiculously high, ride a stretchy-tongued theropod that lays eggs even if it isn't female, and gain weird powers and clothes by touching various herbs.
 
Mario's Drunken Holiday Special said:
They look the same age to me. Mario just has a more mature demeanor I'm guessing, so it looks like he's taking care of Luigi despite similar a