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Captain N's Halloween Tradition: Luigi's Mansion


On 11/01/2015 at 02:39 AM by Captain N

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The tradition continues... 

Hello everyone, how have you been? Hope you all have/had a great Halloween! Every year on Halloween, I play Luigi's Mansion and go through the whole game in one sitting. I remember mentioning that my Nintendo Wii stopped reading discs, and unfortunately can't play Gamecube games anymore. I actually planned to stream a playthrough of Luigi's Mansion this year, but my Wii had other ideas. I thought that I couldn't continue the tradition anymore, but actually someone last year, as well as my little brother made a suggestion...

 

                                            Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

I managed to continue the tradition with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the sequel to the original. I had to actually play this a few weeks in advance on October because this game is longer than the original.

The game has 5 mansions and each mansion has its own levels with their own requirements to meet the goal. If you've played MGS: Peace Walker then you'll know what I'm talking about. Each mansion is themed, like one is a traditional mansion, while another takes you through an enormous tree, and another one in a snowy mountain. 

While it's not as good as the original, it does have variety and it never gets boring for me. Most of all I had alot of fun. There's plenty of moments that made me laugh and smile, and it really makes good use of the 3D effect.

On another note, I remember saying that how my Gamecube died many years ago. I found the cables for it a few days ago and decided to hook it up. Funny story, I remember 6 years ago that my Wii couldn't read certain GCN discs. I remember buying this disc cleaning liquid at Gamestop and they worked after I used it. I decided to give it a shot on Luigi's Mansion. Unfortunately it didn't work on the Wii. I decided to try the disc on the Gamecube, since what harm could it do? Well it actually read the disc, instead of trying another game, I just played the game instead, rushing through in case it stopped for good. Which is also why this post is rather late. It did give me a few read errors, but managed to beat it. I got a photo, but unfortunately I couldn't upload a picture of my score since I used my good camera and N3DS uses a microSD. 

Instead here is a clear game screenshot I took from Miiverse with Luigi and his ghost puppy Polterpup...

                           Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

All in all, I actually continued my tradition with some new tweaks. Maybe next year I can stream a playthrough if I have the right equipment. I will try to post the clear game picture I took if I can.

So, how was your Halloween? What did you do? Thanks for reading and Happy Halloween and Happy Dia de los Muertos.


 

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

11/01/2015 at 02:51 AM

I need a new GCN controller. And I kinda want a 3DS (New 3DS XL, really). Might buy Dark Moon on 3DS as my first game for it, since I got Luigi's Mansion for GCN when I got that.

I ate some candy and gave some out; watched Stand By Me, Pitch Perfect 2, and Horrible Bosses 2; now watching American Prime Time on Netflix. Was planning on renting Batman: Assault on Arkham, but my last free Red Box code didn't work and they didn't have it anyway. PLayed Bloodborne while doing a podcast with Blake and Jamie.

Cary Woodham

11/01/2015 at 06:47 AM

The Luigi's Mansion sequel is pretty good, but it's not as good as the first one.  I do love the ending with Polterpup, though.  That was so adorable.

I wish I could play the Luigi's Mansion arcade game that Capcom and Nintendo put out in Japan.

I just gave out little bags of Cheetos like I do every year for Halloween.  Most of the kids were superheroes, even the girls.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/01/2015 at 02:23 PM

Never played this or the 3ds version.  I know I really should...

KnightDriver

11/02/2015 at 02:23 AM

I'm playing Luigi's Mansion right now on my Wii. I might finish it tomorrow (uh, later today now). I'm totally loving it. I have Dark Moon too. Played it some, but will go back to finish it sometime. 

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