A recent article posted at IGN claims that another Luigi's Mansion title would be great for the gaming community. Though this idea may seem a little bizarre, you should give this a read:
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Do you realize it's been seven years since Nintendo released Luigi's Mansion alongside the launch of GameCube? I can hardly believe it. The project, which starred Mario's cowardly brother on a trek through a haunted house, proved a charming, funny, and polished affair. It played well, making use of the GameCube controller's dual-analog setup; it was meant to be a showpiece of the new pad, in fact, although I don't think Nintendo fully succeeded in that goal. It also looked good. As Luigi wobbled with fluid animation through eerie hallways and rooms filled with paintings and furniture, lightning bolts flashed in the foreground and cast shadows onto nearby walls. I'd be remiss if I didn't additionally note the catchy soundtrack full of jingles so memorable that I've adopted a couple of them as ringers for my iPhone. And using the character's flashlight and vacuum to find and trap ghosts was a clever, engaging mechanic. Obviously, I enjoyed the game -- the seemingly lower review score of 7.0 I gave it was the result of Mansion's shallow nature, nothing else. I mean, I breezed through the experience in five hours and rarely encountered genuine challenges.
Sandwiched between Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the pantheon of Nintendo console launch titles, Luigi's Mansion pales in comparison. Although the Big N still sold two million copies of the game, it's frankly neither as revolutionary as Mario 64 nor as epic as Twilight Princess. Yet, I really do feel like Mansion is a franchise worth continuing and more specifically, enhancing -- a real possibility with the added power of the Wii console and more importantly, its unique controller. Not only that, but there's an opportunity for the publisher to simultaneously migrate the series to its handheld. Just as a port of Mario 64 launched DS, so could a portable version of Luigi's Mansion help sell DSi.
Sandwiched between Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the pantheon of Nintendo console launch titles, Luigi's Mansion pales in comparison. Although the Big N still sold two million copies of the game, it's frankly neither as revolutionary as Mario 64 nor as epic as Twilight Princess. Yet, I really do feel like Mansion is a franchise worth continuing and more specifically, enhancing -- a real possibility with the added power of the Wii console and more importantly, its unique controller. Not only that, but there's an opportunity for the publisher to simultaneously migrate the series to its handheld. Just as a port of Mario 64 launched DS, so could a portable version of Luigi's Mansion help sell DSi.
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