Luigi’s Mansion 3
Slam, blow away, and vacuum up ghosts with the all-new Poltergust G-00, and join forces with Gooigi to overcome the puzzling contraptions and mischievous boss on each themed floor. And that’s just the Last Resort. Enter the ScareScraper for 8-player local wireless* or online** co-op gameplay. Play Luigi’s Mansion 3 now.
See if you can defeat all the ghosts, rescue all the toads, or clear other objectives before time runs out…in the ScareScraper! And for more mini-game madness, compete on teams at the ScreamPark! Whether you play with friends or wander the hotel alone, you’ll be sucked in by the atmospheric music and ghoulish décor of every cobwebby corner you explore. Why not take in the cinematic sights and sounds with a friend? In the main adventure, you and a friend can play together as Luigi and Gooigi in two-player co-op! Gooigi can walk on spikes, slip through tight spaces, and help Luigi overcome obstacles he can’t tackle alone. Never hurts to have a friend in this hotel; it may not be very spooky, but Luigi begs to differ!
- Catch ghosts and solve puzzles to rescue Mario and friends in the Last Resort hotel
- Each floor of this towering hotel is themed, from the décor to the puzzles to boss!
- Utilize the functions of the all-new Poltergust G-00: Pummel ghosts with a Slam, break through defenses with the Suction Shot, and blow back groups with a Burst
- Luigi can call upon and control Gooigi, his all-green doppelganger, who can do what Luigi can’t
- Gooigi can slip through tight spaces, walk on spikes, and help Luigi overcome obstacles
- Change between Luigi and Gooigi in single player, or let a friend play as Gooigi for 2-player co-op
- Up to 8 players can work together to ascend the Scarescaper via local wireless* or online**
- It’s Team Luigi vs. Team Gooigi in a mini-game battle to see which is the ultimate team of ghost hunters
Luigi’s Mansion 3 Review
Luigi’s base directive is simple enough. Get the elevator buttons to ascend the hotel and rescue his friends. To do that though, he’ll need to solve increasing complex puzzles and battle all manner of eccentric specters. In each and every room and corridor of Luigi’s Mansion 3, there’s something to find. Each area is like a detail and secret-filled living diorama, which Luigi can pick apart with his trusty ghost vacuum.
This tool quickly fills out with all of its abilities, but the sheer variety of ways those abilities can be used over the course of 15 hours is impressive. The basic suck function pulls objects, cash, and ghosts towards Luigi, while the blow well…blows stuff away. Combined they allow Luigi to do a little powered jump, good for dodging certain attacks and surprising enemies.
Star of the show though is the sentient gelatinous blob known as Gooigi. Gooigi is Luigi, but made of green goo, and he (it?) can be used as a co-op partner of sorts. Gooigi has the same abilities as Luigi, but can’t open doors and dissolves if touched by water. What he has to his advantage is the ability to walk through gates and grated pipes to access places Luigi cannot. This opens up the potential for what kind of puzzles can be created and it’s fair to say the challenge has been met in a strong fashion.
The biggest knock on the puzzling joy is the default controls. The use of the analog sticks feels at odds with the layout of the hotel. as the right stick controls the direction Luigi points his flashlight, but it is applied in a clunky fashion. Thankfully it’s easy to muddle through this imperfection, but there’s a water-based boss fight where the flighty nature of this control setup drove me nuts, especially as it often left me vulnerable to attack, and Luigi can only take a few hits.
Despite some small grievances with it, I still believe Luigi’s Mansion 3 is one of the best Nintendo Switch exclusives to date. It’s full of fun, humor, joyous discoveries, and clever design. It’s atmospherically spooky in patches, and doesn’t quite feel as creepy as the original did, but there’s a commitment to throwing up all sorts of crazy takes on ghosts that is so very Nintendo.
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