Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (known as Luigi's Mansion 2 in Japan, Australia and Europe) is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the second installment in the Luigi's Mansion series, following Luigi's Mansion (2001). The story follows Luigi as he explores Evershade Valley, capturing its corrupted ghostly inhabitants with help from Professor E. Gadd. In order to restore peace to Evershade Valley, Luigi must defeat the recently-escaped King Boo and restore the eponymous Dark Moon. In Dark Moon, the player controls Luigi, who captures ghosts using a vacuum cleaner called the Poltergust 5000. In the single-player mode, the goal is to rescue Mario from King Boo and retrieve the shattered pieces of the Dark Moon, which can pacify Evershade Valley's ghosts. Exploration is divided into five unique areas, which are each split into multiple mission-based levels containing obstacles and puzzles. The Poltergust 5000 is equipped with features to capture ghosts and solve puzzles. Dark Moon also offers a cooperative multiplayer mode that can be played locally or online via the Nintendo Network on the Nintendo 3DS or via Nintendo Switch Online in the remaster for the Nintendo Switch. After experimentation to create a glasses-free 3D variant of the original Luigi's Mansion on the GameCube, the Luigi's Mansion series would remain dormant for roughly a decade. Dark Moon was outsourced to Next Level Games, a company that had worked on Nintendo titles in the past. Shigeru Miyamoto and select Nintendo employees supervised the project, but overall were hands-off with the project. The overall design goal was to create diverse experiences for the player, exploring how each game element could be used to its fullest. Many of these elements were altered to conform to the technology of the Nintendo 3DS, such as its dual screens and 3D capabilities.

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Developer

Next Level Games

Publisher

Nintendo

First release

March 20, 2013

Series

Luigi's Mansion

Cover

Official thumbnail

Record ID

Q2298261