[grimshawish]

Wow this looks seriously impressive. Wished they'd shown more of this on stage. Love how it looks. Great stuff. Looks like awesome fun and just the levels actually play out in a really cool way.

Just took over Paper Mario on my list of excitment!

It may be more do to with getting a decent 3D effect. Dark scenes don't play well in 3D and too much light and shade would mean more 3D crosstalk.

Yup, this sounds about right - I think they've started to nail the right effect now; not sure how but not had a problem on more recent games.

Zelda 3DS was really quite bad for it but Kid Icarus seemed to nail it and I don't think I had any cross effect unless I was up at 3AM and my eyes were falling asleep!

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Have they set a release date yet? I just want this game to come out already. :(

[Wiggler]

Looks absolutely amazing, BUT...I really don't like how all the rooms are lit up. Are there any pitch dark rooms or mansions where you have to find your way through the dark with your flashlight? Otherwise, what's the point in having one? Seems like that would make the game more fun and spookier. I wanna be frightened and surprised more often than not.

Also, the music is soooooo good.

[Salvadora]

Looking great. Will buy day 1.

[loborzelda]

According to IGN the controls have you use X to look up and B to look down. They didn't mention any Circle Pad Pro options.

[King Boo]

seems like luigi and the midget scientist are the evil guys in this game. those two green ghosts were minding their own business. they tried to start the car and got dirty. got lost looking for the shower, and when they finally found it, luigi captures them.

[Ichor]

seems like luigi and the midget scientist are the evil guys in this game. those two green ghosts were minding their own business. they tried to start the car and got dirty. got lost looking for the shower, and when they finally found it, luigi captures them.

I always felt like a jerk capturing the portrait ghosts in the first game. Especially since most of them don't do anything until you piss them off.

[Franchuzas87]

seems like luigi and the midget scientist are the evil guys in this game. those two green ghosts were minding their own business. they tried to start the car and got dirty. got lost looking for the shower, and when they finally found it, luigi captures them.

King Boo
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lol

[Papercuts]

Looks great. I really dug Luigi's Mansion 1 and am glad this is even happening, the superior brother needs another title under his belt.

[Shahadan]

Hmm.....Shit. I need to replay the first one now. Like, immediately. The worst thing is I have my copy next to me but my GC and my Wii are in another castle.

What to do. What to do. :(

[Boerseun]

I can't believe I've been waiting a decade for this to come out! The Wii would have been a more suitable platform, but we've had a million people saying the same thing and Nintendo havn't listened. So I guess we'll have to make do with a 3DS version. Still, I'll be there Day One all the same.

[MyAbsolution]

im buying a 3DS for this game! My most anticipated title of the year actually. Need to get back into Nintendo games, the Wii didnt really do it for me. Can't believe its been a decade since I last played LM1...

This + Paper Mario + NSMB2 + 3DLAND + others.... gunna be good

[Piercedveil]

This game is going to be great.

[Dreamcast2]

According to IGN the controls have you use X to look up and B to look down. They didn't mention any Circle Pad Pro options.

I would say that there is almost zero chance that Luigi's Mansion would support the Circle Pad Pro. Nintendo included support for the peripheral in Kid Icarus because they knew it would be useful to left-handed folks.

Are there even any games in development that support the Circle Pad Pro?

[Andrex]

I would say that there is almost zero chance that Luigi's Mansion would support the Circle Pad Pro. Nintendo included support for the peripheral in Kid Icarus because they knew it would be useful to left-handed folks. Are there even any games in development that support the Circle Pad Pro?

Monster Hunter 4, presumably.

[Watch Da Birdie]

Are there no unique portrait ghosts this time around though?

[StreetsAhead]

Saw the videos last night, have to say, I'm impressed.

It looks as fun as the original, at least, and looks quiet polished for a 3DS game. Hopefully, it sells well and continues the partnership between Next Level and Nintendo.

[Kodiak]

I love so much about this game. Here are my impressions:

The environment design is absolutely beautiful. Something about how everything is shaded in a simple way with simple geometry, but composed in a nice way. It reminds me of the DOTA2 trailer or TF2. I really love that approach to 3D. This game will still look good down the road.

Everything is responsive and fluidly animated. The game fills alive.

The "scale" of the game is just right. It's refreshing to see a 3rd person game that isn't hyperactive. The camera zoom level is perfect for the system, making the game feel like an interesting 3D diorama.

[Mistle]

Are there no unique portrait ghosts this time around though?

There'd better be D: The main ghosts where you had to solve puzzles were the whole point of the original game.

Now that you mention it though we haven't really seen many "unique" looking ghosts

[DashReindeer]

GameXplain's got some video impressions of the game. They seem to really like what they saw.

Check it out.

[PK Gaming]

That NWR gameplay sure makes the game look nicer than last year. I wonder what the story is about this time considering the "Dark Moon pieces". Next Level Games is doing a great job! Also, I'm quite happy that we haven't seen footage of the bosses (except maybe the spider). The boss we saw last year didn't appeal to me, maybe they're considering another direction for them? I hope so. Either way, I'm sure this will be a good sequel. I can't wait for it! The average lenght of the game is around 5-6 hours. You must have went through it really slow to get that time. I did like 6 hours on my first playthrough and now I can clear it in around 2-3 hours. This is one of the things that I hope they fix, the lenght. But with the mansion variety this isn't looking like a problem.

Yeah I must have been suffering from some serious source amnesia. I ran through the game again and beat in about 5 hours. Haha

[Metroid Hunter]

I think this may be the box art (looks real enough):



Hmm... Nintendo Network?

[Andrex]

Ghost with glasses is so cool in a 90s way.

[grimshawish]

Hmm... Nintendo Network?

Could be a spot pass/street pass feature? Or possibly DLC?

Can't expect any significant multiplayer features.

Ghost with glasses is so cool in a 90s way.

With the dog as well I wonder if hes a returning character throughout the game?

[Currygan]

the sadness of seeing a ghost dog....:(

but yeah, game's going to be great. I'm going to explore every single inch of it

[Metroid Hunter]

Could be a spot pass/street pass feature? Or possibly DLC? Can't expect any significant multiplayer features.

Mario 3D Land never had a Nintendo Network logo for spot/street pass.

[grimshawish]

Mario 3D Land never had a Nintendo Network logo for spot/street pass.

Fire Emblem does, I don't think (?) that had multiplayer?
But did have DLC.

[Andrex]

With the dog as well I wonder if hes a returning character throughout the game?

I think it's a type of enemy that's immune to the strobe light attack.

[Mpl90]

Mmmh, the cover seems real enough. And yes, the NiNe logo makes me wonder the online function of the title.

Ghost editor where we create our ghost and we can send it to others and it'll appear when they'll play ( and we receive what others did)?
DLCs ( downloadable manors)?
Online rankings ( for...I don't know what, time attacks? )?

[The Bookerman]

It looks real nice. Next Level Games is doing a good job by the looks of things.

They have an amazing team of animators that's for sure. Punch out Sticks out for me.

[Mpl90]

They have an amazing team of animators that's for sure. Punch out Sticks out for me.

Punch Out's animations scared me when it released. They were outstanding.

[Andrex]

Mmmh, the cover seems real enough. And yes, the NiNe logo makes me wonder the online function of the title. Ghost editor where we create our ghost and we can send it to others and it'll appear when they'll play ( and we receive what others did)? DLCs ( downloadable manors)? Online rankings ( for...I don't know what, time attacks? )?

Surprise online co-op mode with player 2 being... Mario for the first time ever?!

I'd love if this game got DLC mansions for the next two years. They could really mix it up with weather/holiday themed mansions beyond what's included in the initial game.

[Forever]

DLCs ( downloadable manors)?

Would be cool. Maybe they could even throw in some levels based on other Nintendo franchises.

[Zeer0id]

I'm only realizing now (unlike when I played Luigi's Mansion in 2001) that E Gadd isn't just speaking pure gibberish, it's more like pseudo-Japanese gibberish.

[eXistor]

The first one was fantastic but was very low on content. You basically saw what the game had to offer within half an hour. The sequel looks to remedy that and looks utterly great.

[Mercutio]

Ohmigod ohmigod. I'm so glad this looks as good as it does. The first felt like kind of a ripoff price-wise for the amount of content, but it was just too well crafted to be angry at.

[PhantomOfTheKnight]

Why-Luigi-Is-Better-Than-Mario: The Video Game.

[Andrex]

Why-Luigi-Is-Better-Than-Mario: The Video Game.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

[The Technomancer]

Could be a spot pass/street pass feature? Or possibly DLC? Can't expect any significant multiplayer features.

It didn't occur to me until you said it, but now I really hope the game includes StreetPass features. Nintendo has been on an absolute roll with StreetPass, every game I've played with it has used it really well. If we could get Ghost Data (no pun inten...of course that one was intended) of speedruns or something that would rock.

[Smashing Drive]

I would love to get a handheld version of LM1

[EvilMario]

Why-Luigi-Is-Better-Than-Mario: The Video Game.

[Spieler Eins]

Oh god, the first game is 11 years old.

[Bumhead]

This is easily one of my most anticipated games of the year. Looks fantastic. Love all the subtle animations and touches they've added to this one. I loved the first game but this one definitely looks like more of a fully fledged videogame, and makes the first one look like a proof of concept by comparison.

Excited. Visually looks great too.

[tkscz]

I think this may be the box art (looks real enough): Hmm... Nintendo Network?

WHO THE FUCK KILLED POOCHIE!?

OT: I want a demo of this right now Nintendo. Do it!

[GameCenterXDS]

I haven't played the original but from what I can tell is this one really going to be better?
LM1 seems like a take on the survival-horror Biohazard type of game and breaking the game up into multiple worlds I think will lose this. That said, if they can take the elements like getting scored and ranked at the end of the missions and make that really compelling I could see this being its own fun take on LM but a different direction.

[J@hranimo]

Aw man this game looks really polished! Can't for it to release.

Also dat DS Horror ringtone.

[Yuterald]

Yeah, this game looks polished as shit! I can't wait for this game. Loved the original game and this is already looking pretty hot! Love the idea of a ranking system too!

[Qurupeke]

Why the ghost wears glasses. This is the most random thing ever. lol DL Manors is the most possible explanation for the NiN logo, but I wish for online co-op. :)

[Currygan]

Why the ghost wears glasses. This is the most random thing ever. lol

he's immune to Luigi's flashlight!

[klier]

Sorry for the ignorance, but what about Next Level? Are they Nintendo owned? Or second party? Or what?

I freaking love Luigi's Mansion. This game will buy me a 3DS, I just know it.