Developer: Next Level Games
How do you follow up Luigi's Mansion? Throw in more mansions!
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (known outside America as Luigi's Mansion 2) is a pretty neat game starring everybody's favorite Player 2, Luigi. It’s part of Nintendo's ‘Year of Luigi’ that currently consists of a grand total of one game; it seems like he’ll be a supporting cast member in the rest. Yeah, totally seeing a lot of green this year Nintendo…
Since his last adventure Luigi has settled into his home, enjoying a nice sit down, when suddenly some asshole "Professor" pixelizes him and sends him to his laboratory. There he tells Luigi that he NEEDS to retrieve six pieces of the Dark Moon, because it being broken is what’s causing ghosts to go berserk. And so Luigi reluctantly re-enters the ghost hunting business. Luigi is sent to his first mansion with nothing but a flashlight. Gee, thanks, E. Gadd, for forgetting to grab the damn vacuum while you ran away from your home like a girl.
As you progress through the game the mansions seem to get shorter and shorter. I felt like the first was very fleshed out, had pretty cool puzzle ideas and a very awesome boss fight, but after that it seems like something was missing, or the game was hurried for the schedule release.
You can add to your playtime if you spend time grabbing the emeralds from each mansion. No, I think I know what you're thinking, you don't turn into Super Luigi.
The multiplayer is a great way to pass the time if you have a couple of buddies that want to go ghost hunting while you have the Ghostbusters theme blasting in the back. ScareScraper (Thrill Towers as it's known in different parts of the world) can be unlocked as soon as you complete a couple of chapters from the first mansion. In ScareScraper you can have up to 4 players at a time. Various modes and difficulties can be set, including how many rooms you want to scale; or if you’re feeling a little ballsy, infinite rooms. I played a couple of rooms with random players. I found it fun but very time consuming. Definitely play when you have extra time in your hands.
Controls are pretty cool; every button has a function and it doesn't feel overwhelming.
The 3D looks awesome. If you've played Super Mario Land 3D then you’ll know that it was done correct.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is all about the right lighting, which is excellent; from small shadows to a single candle it looks great.
Though not a perfect game it is a very good game for our green overall wearing friend. I enjoyed my time as Player Two. If you liked the first game, then I’d recommend giving this one a try too.
Buyers Guide:For the 3DS. It’s still pretty new at time of writing, and being a Nintendo game you’ll probably see it stay a steady $35-$40.
4 big fat vomiting ghosts out of 5
Nutted by ASH
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