DAY 144 / GAME 144
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Just barely over a year ago, Nintendo released a sequel to the GameCube title Luigi's Mansion. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was built for Nintendo's handheld this time around, the 3DS. Following Mario's second-banana, Luigi as he nervously makes his way through a series of haunted mansions, each housing a piece of the shattered moon. Instructed by the eccentric Professor E. Gadd, Luigi is kitted out with various inventions designed to help with the capture and investigation of ghosts all around Evershade Valley. All who have suddenly become hostile after spending years living alongside the professor peacefully.
I really wasn't sure what to expect, having never played the first. I can't remember exactly why I decided to finally pony up and buy this, but I did it shortly after release with my only regret being that I didn't purchase it sooner. Dark Moon was easily one of the most fantastic looking games I had seen yet on the 3DS. Within each mansion there are rooms (of course) and each room has it's own fixed camera giving the whole game the feeling of wandering about in little dioramas. Every little piece of furniture, painting, vase and candlestick rattles about as you use your ghost capturing vacuum. To make it even better, using the glassless 3D option on the 3DS offers a great sense of depth that really reinforces the diorama feel.
Dark Moon was an incredible amount of fun. It offers so much charm, much more than I was expecting. Luigi hums to the background music as he nervously makes his way through the creepy mansions. All the ghosts have their own unique personalities, the spiders, rats, ghost dogs and even some props like plants and stuff all feel like major characters within the game. There is a ton of replay value as each level offers bits and pieces to go hunting for and there is even an online multiplayer gauntlet; The ScareScraper. In which you power through floor after floor of a tower as a team, capturing ghosts as quickly as you can.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is one of those games that is a fantastic example of how powerful and capable the Nintendo 3DS handheld is. It's a strong proponent for the 3D option and takes full advantage of the second touch screen as well. In fact, I've heard they plan on porting this game over to the Wii-U system, which would make it the second game that has successfully ported from the 3DS handheld of TV console. (Resident Evil: Revelations being the first.) If you have a 3DS, this is a game to own. In fact, if you have a 3DS, there's a good chance you already have it.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Just barely over a year ago, Nintendo released a sequel to the GameCube title Luigi's Mansion. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was built for Nintendo's handheld this time around, the 3DS. Following Mario's second-banana, Luigi as he nervously makes his way through a series of haunted mansions, each housing a piece of the shattered moon. Instructed by the eccentric Professor E. Gadd, Luigi is kitted out with various inventions designed to help with the capture and investigation of ghosts all around Evershade Valley. All who have suddenly become hostile after spending years living alongside the professor peacefully. Dark Moon was an incredible amount of fun. It offers so much charm, much more than I was expecting. Luigi hums to the background music as he nervously makes his way through the creepy mansions. All the ghosts have their own unique personalities, the spiders, rats, ghost dogs and even some props like plants and stuff all feel like major characters within the game. There is a ton of replay value as each level offers bits and pieces to go hunting for and there is even an online multiplayer gauntlet; The ScareScraper. In which you power through floor after floor of a tower as a team, capturing ghosts as quickly as you can.Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is one of those games that is a fantastic example of how powerful and capable the Nintendo 3DS handheld is. It's a strong proponent for the 3D option and takes full advantage of the second touch screen as well. In fact, I've heard they plan on porting this game over to the Wii-U system, which would make it the second game that has successfully ported from the 3DS handheld of TV console. (Resident Evil: Revelations being the first.) If you have a 3DS, this is a game to own. In fact, if you have a 3DS, there's a good chance you already have it.
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