Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: Difference between revisions

|developer=[[Next Level Games]]<br>[[Nintendo SPD Group No.3]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|genre=Action-adventure

|modes=Single-player, local multiplayer, online multiplayer

|input={{input|3ds=1}}

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The game's plot revolves around Luigi defeating [[King Boo]] once again while collecting shards of the [[Dark Moon]] to restore peace to the [[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|ghosts]] of [[Evershade Valley]]. Unlike its predecessor, much of the gameplay revolves around completing missions in different haunted locations, as opposed to the entirety of the game's exploration taking place in a single mansion. However, capturing ghosts and collecting treasure remain major mechanics in the game.

''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'' was the first game to be released as part of the "[[Year of Luigi]]," honoring 30 years since Luigi's debut.

==Story==

|align="center"|''Criminy! Someone's been casting illusions in the Gloomy Manor! We'll need my Dark-Light Device to see through this hooey. I'm pretty sure I left it in the Lab.''

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|align="center"|''Clean up those darn spiderwebs! They're blocking our progress AND they ruin the furniture AND they're just plain gross!''

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*"''Thanks Mar- Luigi! Is that you?''" - [[Toad (species)|Toad]]

*"''Why, if it isn't my old pal Luigi! Or is it Baby Luigi? I can't tell the difference.''" - [[King Boo]]

==Glitches==

{{Main|List of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon glitches}}

In Old Clockworks' Mission C-5: [[Piece at Last]], after saving Toad from his Painting, if the player heads to the Maintenance Hub, shoots the Toad across the chasm to the floor above (leading to the Service Elevator room) and makes their way to him, the Toad falls through the metal floor. There is no explanation for this glitch.

==Pre-release and unused content==

[[File:Luigis House.png|thumb|Luigi's house, based on the appearance of the Rank D mansion]]

*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': In Luigi's house, there is a trophy over the fireplace which has a plunger and a wrench on it, referencing Luigi's career as a plumber.

*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'': The mansion poster featured in the this game can be seen briefly on the wall during the opening. Luigi's house bears a strong resemblance to the [[Luigi's NEW Mansion|Rank D Mansion]] during the end of the game. In the first Mansion, Luigi opens the main door and says "...Hello?" in a scared voice. This is a tribute to the first game's opening sequence. The [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s trapped in paintings is very similar to [[Mario]]'s situation from the game, but Mario himself is again trapped in a portrait. Boos also have names that play on the word "Boo" just like in the first game. Also in the later missions in the [[Treacherous Mansion]], and after finishing the game, Luigi calls out "Mario" when using the + Control Pad instead of calling out "Hello" or "Yoohoo", another reference to ''Luigi's Mansion''. E. Gadd references the [[Ghost Portrificationizer]] and King Boo's painting, and in ''Luigi's Mansion'', when he first meets Luigi, he says he "knew [their] paths were destined to cross". When he meets him ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'', he says "he knew [their] paths would cross again". King Boo also states that his imprisonment in a painting at the end of the first game was his primary motivation for his actions in ''Dark Moon''. Additionally, several Boos in the Japanese version are named after Boos from the original ''Luigi's Mansion'', implying that they are the same characters.

*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'': By the version of the Poltergust going from the Poltergust 3000 in the original ''Luigi's Mansion'' to the Poltergust 5000 in ''Dark Moon'', the [[Poltergust 4000]] kart from this game is acknowledged.

==References in later games==

[[File:SSB4 WiiU LuigiPoltergust.jpg|thumb|Luigi holding the Poltergust 5000 during his Final Smash]]

*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'': Parts of the Library Piano music can be heard in the [[Twisted Mansion]] course.

*''[[StreetPass Mii Plaza]]'': A puzzle swap panel appears based on this game.

*The first letters of each mansion, possessor, and bonus mission, in the order of the story, make out the word "ghost." If [[ScareScraper]] is also included, it spells "ghosts".

**The trick is left intact in the German and Dutch translation. The first letters make out the words "geist" in German and "spook" in Dutch. In Dutch it only works with the first letters of the possessors and bonus missions, however. In the French translation, the first letter of each bonus mission in order read "Luigi".

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