Nintendo Selects: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - Nintendo 3DS

I'd heard great things about Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, but had never played Luigi's Mansion on the GameCube. That was no problem as they just put you right into the action of finding the missing pieces of the Dark Moon to bring peace back to the ghosts. First off, this game is kind of an atmospheric adventure game with some action elements and a truckload of charm. This is the game that's making me really love Luigi. He's so well animated and you can tell he's scared, but when he does well, his exclamation of "I did it!" makes me so happy. This is a great little game to just go through but also there's loads to collect and there's online modes as well. I highly recommend this game and at the Selects price it's a great value.

The ghosts are back and Luigi's in for a bad night. In this sequel to the critically-acclaimed Luigi's Mansion for the Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo has dialed back the childhood-nightmare-production factor and instead delivers more on cartoonish "silly" scariness with smooth gameplay that makes the very most of the innovative Nintendo 3DS handheld. This time there's 5 mansions, although some of them really aren't mansions. All 5 of them are greviously haunted, and it's up to poor scared Luigi to suck them ghosts all up with the world's most advanced portable vacuum cleaner. Overall, very enjoyable.

What can I say about this game... It's awesome!! I used to grow up playing the first Luigi's Haunted Mansion on Gamecube so when I saw this, I just had to have it. The missions are so much fun and as you progress, some of them may be a little tricky but that just adds to the fun! (Who wants to play a game that's too easy anyway?) Luigi is so cute when he gets worried and I love that this game is more interactive. There's so many different ghosts to capture and different places to explore. If you like Super Mario games (more so if you like Luigi) and you liked the first Luigi's Haunted Mansion, definitely get this game! It's literally for all ages and I could spend hours playing it!

thought I had it all. You know? But it wasn't complete, wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with this 3DS game. I couldn't hear it's voice or laugh with it. I miss my -- I missed my game. We live in a cynical world, a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors. I love you Luigi's Mansion. You complete me.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon on the 3DS is everything you'd want a sequel to the GameCube launch title to be. The 3DS hardware may be limited in its power, but Dark Moon still shines very bright on the 3DS's tiny, standard definition screen. Colors are bright, character models are full of personality, particle effects look absolutely great and the stereoscopic 3D amplifies all of this in a terrific way while adding impressive depth.

I wasn't a huge fan of the original Luigi's Mansion. To be fair, I played it for the first time only last year, so I didn't play it back when it was new. Having said that, I really enjoy Dark Moon. Not everyone loves the mission structure, but I love it. I've always been a big fan of Nintendo handhelds, and this is a great game that fits right in on the 3DS. A must have game for your 3DS collection.

Overall, I have enjoyed the game. It is a good hide and seek game, where items and things you need are hidden and you have to find them. There are some things you have to do to reveal gems that are not at all obvious. But if you are having a particularly hard time, you can always google the solution. It will keep you busy for a while. Just be patient and keep trying different things.

I have played this some, but haven't beaten it. I get stuck quite a bit and my nephew bails me out. It's been a while since I just really sat down and just played video games, I get to play here and there so I like to play fun games. The more I get into it the easier it seems to get! I start to figure out how the game works.