Saturday, August 13, 2011

My Top Ten Mario Spin-Offs #10: Luigi's Mansion


Luigi's Mansion was a bittersweet treat for Nintendo fans. Our new GameCube was here and unlike every other Nintendo console before it, a major Mario game was nowhere to be found. Nintendo instead gave us a rather goofy spin-off to satisfy us until Smash Bros. Melee got here. 


Granted a game about Luigi being scared to death doesn't sound exciting in the slightest bit of the imagination. However it was a decent idea, just came out at the wrong time. Even the Ghostbuster-style vacuum cleaner didn't do enough to suck the dirt off of the GameCube's crappy reputation among angry video game nerds. 


I actually liked the game-play of sucking up ghosts. Sure it was probably too easy and a bit silly, but I had my fair share of fun with it. 



I just hated when the game turned into a crappy fetch-quest. I hope when Nintendo releases Luigi's Mansion 2 for 3DS that things might be a little better. 

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