


In short, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is without a doubt one of the most graphically-impressive games released on the Nintendo 3DS platform. And everything from the characters to the environments is absolutely bursting with personality. Of course, it’s not just the animation that’s top-notch here.The lighting and shadows in this game are phenomenal, the amount of environmental detail is superb, as well as the wonderful amount of interaction the environment has in response to your Poltergust’s blowing and sucking. Of course, the ghosts are well-animated too, but Luigi is absolutely the star of his own game here.

Much as with other games in the franchise, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is a showcase game for its platform - this is one of the games that helped developer Next Level Games to get a reputation for some of the best 3D animation in the industry, with Luigi himself being delightfully lively and well-animated, quivering in fear at each new encounter, jittering as he pushes himself to move forward, and comically jumping at every new surprise. Players take the role of Mario’s cowardly green-clad brother as they explore a series of haunted rooms, searching for various items they need to progress, while also fending off hostile ghosts with the vacuum-like Poltergust device. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, known in other regions simply as Luigi’s Mansion 2, is a family-friendly game released on Nintendo 3DS in 2013 that combines both Puzzle and Action elements in a way that’s unique to the Luigi’s Mansion series. Players: 1-4 Co-Op (Local Wireless, Online)
