Review: Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Suck up your fears and embark on a supernatural, comical quest to save Mario in Luigi’s Mansion for Nintendo 3DS In this remake of the Nintendo GameCube classic, tread carefully through a haunted house – alone or with a friend – as you solve pesky puzzles and guzzle up ghouls with your trusty vacuum cleaner.
Pros:
- Fantastic graphics.
- 1827 Blocks download size.
- Opening tutorial area.
- Three save slots.
- In engine cutscenes.
- Spooky soundtrack.
- Options- Move- Standard or sidestep, Sensitivity, C-stick- Standard or inverted, Up/down sensitivity and circle pad, Pro adjustment and on/off setting.
- The playfully spooky atmosphere.
- Amiibo support- Gives items and rewards.
- Download play support- One game copy, Two people can play it and take part in the practice area and view the gallery.
- Gooigi- Co-op partner. Green gelatinous form your co-op mat takes.
- Uses Gyro controls.
- Brightness slider 1-4.
- Gameboy color is used as the in-game gadget.
- The lower screen is the map and you can zoom in/out, Your position is displayed as an 8 bit Luigi model from the NES. You can also check on any caught ghosts and the map that shows doors/keys/points of interest.
- Own in-game achievements.
- Can save in the game.
- Cool ghost catching mechanic. You can stun the ghost with your torch then suck them up, Moving the opposite way to keep them hooked. Each ghost has a timer that goes down until you catch them.
- Collect coins in the game, Find them in hidden places, Behind pictures/vases etc.
- Camera- Take in-game screenshots.
- Gallery ghosts- Search them once found to learn about them and their weaknesses. Acting like mini-bosses and once captured are put in the gallery where you can challenge them again later alone or in download play.
- 100 hearts- Can get hearts back from finding them and defeating ghosts.
- Co-op= For full co-op play you need two copies of the game.
Cons:
- Cannot skip all cutscenes.
- The Co-op within download play is very limited and serves more like a mini demo.
- Cannot turn off gyro controls. making it hard to play at times as Luigi tends to keep looking at the ground.
- Levels are long and not very commute friendly.
- Achievements don’t pop up in game.
