Luigi's Mansion (3DS)

Luigi's Mansion (3DS)
Developed By	Nintendo/Grezzo
Published By	Nintendo
Console	Nintendo 3DS
Genre	Action/Adventure
Number of Players	1-2

Luigi's Mansion is a 2-18 video game developped by Grezzo and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a remake of the original Nintendo GameCube game Luigi's Mansion. It was released on October 12, 2018.

The remake retains the gameplay mechanics of the original game, where players control Luigi hunting ghosts throughout the titular mansion, while adjusting graphics and controls for the system.

In the Nintendo Direct March 8th, 2018, Nintendo revealed a remake of the cult classic Luigi's Mansion. They revealed a new designed gallery and a boss rush mode. 6 months later in the Direct on September 13, 2018, they revealed the remake's amiibo support and a new 2 player co-op mode.

Differences from the original game

Gameplay changes

• The controls has been altered to resemble Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon's control scheme:
  • Interactions are now executed with the X button rather than the A button.
  • The flashlight and Strobulb are now used with the A button rather than the B button.
  • The Game Boy Horror is activated with the Y button rather than the X button.
    • The Game Boy Horror's Search mode can be interacted with the Touch Screen as well.
  • The inventory and map screens has been relocated to the Touch Screen with their respective tabs.
  • The Control Stick has been redesigned towards the B button. Holding the B button will change Luigi's control from Standard to Sidestep depending on the setting and action.
  • Elemental balls are now done by pressing the A button while holding L rather than quickly pressing the L button.
    • It is no longer possible to change the flow of elemental attacks and vaccuming.
  • Money and treasure now take twice as long as in the original to disappear.
  • When Luigi poses after collecting an item, every remaining item to collect is now paused.
  • The file select screen has been altered:
  • A file's progress is now displayed on the Touch Screen, now showcasing the four unique keys as well.
  • Money is updated at each save rather than at the end of an Area.
  • The player can also consult The Hidden's Mansion's progress.
  • The amount of playthrough completed in a save file is no longer shown. Instead, the file is marked as "Clear".
  • The Element Counter now progressively shows Luigi's remaining use of an element.
  • The Boo Radar is now shown on the bottom left of the Top Screen.
  • The Boo counter has been relocated to the Touch Screen and has a different design.
  • The Boo counter is also present during Boolossus' fight, and also updates when catching one of its Boos.
  • The Game Boy Horror does not change screen depending on the item Luigi has collected.
  • E.Gadd's calls are now shown on the Touch Screen. Answering him can also be done by touching the Touch Screen.
  • The Hidden Mansion has been heavily changed:
  • Damage given and recieved is mostly similar as in the PAL version, but the Mansion is not mirrored and Luigi doesn't ride the Poltergust 3000 during Boolossus' fight.
  • Every enemies except Bowling Ghosts and Ceiling Surprises have their HP multiplied by 1.5x.
  • Portrait Ghosts drop more Pearls.
  • Speedy Spirits has been relocated:
  • Anteroom, Master Bedroom, Bathroom (1F), Mirror Room (blackout only), Butler's Room, Conservatory, Rec Room, Tea Room (blackout only), Washroom (2F), Astral Hall, Projection Room, The Twins' Room (blackout only), Breaker Room, Sitting Room, and Cold Storage.
  • Additional Ceiling Surprises appear in the left hallway during the blackout.
  • The Pipe Room has Pink Flying Fish.
  • The Sealed Room's treasures has been altered, though the value remains the same.
  • Mario's items -- excluding the Star -- has been relocated:
    • Mario's Hat is found in the Kitchen.
    • Mario's Letter is found in The Twins' Room.
    • Mario's Shoe is found in the Billiards Room.
    • Mario's Glove is found in the Courtyard.
  • Slim Bankshot is now required.
  • Henry and Orville are now optional.
  • Bosses has higher difficulty:
    • Chauncey has the same battle effects from the PAL GameCube release.
    • Bogmire appears in one location for a few seconds before reappearing in another.
    • King Boo's spike bombs explode seconds upon being thrown the first time, while they may or may not explode the second time.

Visual changes

• Every character has now an updated model, most notably Luigi.
• Toad has now gold lining on his vest.
• Bowser has been updated to have his modern look.
  • King Boo can be wiggling in his body when he is ejected.
• Ghosts are not as transluscent as in the original due to the hardware's limitations.
• Boos now have four teeth, which was introduced in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
• King Boo now resemble closely to his Dark Moon appearance.
• The Mansion has been updated:
• Dust is now heavily reduced for the hardware's limitations
• Some elements have been redesigned.
  • The Breaker is now fully animated when active.
• Rooms are now brighter.
• Luigi has a new animation when failing to open an area door.
• Vines blocking a door are now seen through a cutscene.
• The area doors door no longer has vines. Their icon now flashes when approaching the door with the key.
• Dialogue boxes now takes the entirety of the top screen.
  • Every character now has its icon while speaking, with Mario's icon being restored from unused data in the original.
    • Mario's dialogue box is now red.
• When available, each cutscene has a prompt to skip. King's Boo cutscene before its fight must be played first and the player must lose to be able to skip it.
• The "More files mean more fear", "You can erase the file, but not the fear", and "You'll be leaving, and we'll be waiting" messages has been removed.
• In the Training Room, controls appear in the Touch Screen while fighting.

Gallery

The boss rush that was shown off which showed the Chauncey fight

The Mansion in the remake.

Comparison of King Boo in 2001 and 2018

Trivia

• In the advertisement for the remake, there is an unused voice line from Luigi for the original GameCube game that was meant to be used during the battle with Spooky. He was saying "Oww owww! Nice Doggy! Nice Doggy! Pet pet! during the advertisement.
• King Boo was redesigned to match his current look from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, and also changing the Purple Jewel to a Red Jewel to match his look in the 2001 version of King Boo.
• The First Red Diamond is found by watering a plant in The Balcony at the right top side but it is not the same from the Jewel King Boo uses and it is just a normal Jewel, and the player needs to defeat Boo.
• There is a extra frame in the Gallery called the "Platinum", the player can earn this frame if they defeated a Portrait Ghost in the Hidden Mansion.
• When Professor Elvin Gadd (E. Gadd for short) calls the player from the future, in the background, 3 Dark Moon pieces can be seen which means that Luigi is still out exploring the Old Clockworks.
• Gooigi was created during the time of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, when Gooigi was created, Professor E. Gadd wanted to use the old ghosts from the original mansion as a test if the creation was successful or not. But the original mansion disappeared years ago, so he decided to use the Pixelator to time travel.
• The jingle when pausing or saving is now more "dramatic" and when exiting there is now an exit jingle.