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|genre=Action-adventure | |genre=Action-adventure | ||
|modes=Single-player, local multiplayer, online multiplayer | |modes=Single-player, local multiplayer, online multiplayer | ||
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|platforms=[[Nintendo Switch]] | |platforms=[[Nintendo Switch]] | ||
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'''''Luigi's Mansion 3''''' is a [[Nintendo Switch]] game, and the | '''''Luigi's Mansion 3''''' is a [[Nintendo Switch]] game, and the third original game in the [[Luigi's Mansion (series)|''Luigi's Mansion'' series]], after ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''. Unlike previous games in the series, the game takes place in a hotel run by ghosts rather than an actual mansion. Like the previous main installment, it was developed by [[Next Level Games]]. The game is 7.3 GB in file size, though it can be expanded with downloadable content (DLC). | ||
The third original entry and fifth overall in the ''Luigi's Mansion'' series, it will be followed up by ''[[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD]]'', which will release on the [[Nintendo Switch]] in June 2024. | |||
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
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|image1=LM3 The Last Resort illusion.jpg | |image1=LM3 The Last Resort illusion.jpg | ||
|caption1=The Last Resort in its daytime illusion | |||
|image2=LM3HotelArt.jpg | |image2=LM3HotelArt.jpg | ||
| | |caption2=The Last Resort's true form | ||
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'''Prologue from the guide:''' | '''Prologue from the guide:''' | ||
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[[File: LM3 Luigi wakes up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Luigi wakes up in his hotel room.]] | [[File: LM3 Luigi wakes up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Luigi wakes up in his hotel room.]] | ||
Luigi later wakes up on a dark night and hears Peach screaming, the hotel's atmosphere now haunted with everyone but him gone missing. He gets out of bed with simply a flashlight in hand, exits his room and sees mysterious purple energy lurking through the hallway. He walks towards the floor's elevator to be greeted by Hellen, who is revealed to be a ghost. Hellen explains she invited Luigi and his friends out of admiration for her idol whom she reveals as none other than Luigi's arch-nemesis, King Boo, much to his horror. King Boo explains that Hellen had freed him from [[Professor E. Gadd]]'s custody following his recapture in the previous game and announces his plan for revenge upon Luigi, showing his friends imprisoned in paintings. He begins chasing Luigi through the hallway to subject him to the same fate while placing [[Spirit Ball]]s on all the hotel room doors and corners him at the end of the hallway. However, Luigi manages to escape by jumping into a laundry chute and falls all the way into a laundry hamper in the [[Basement (Luigi's Mansion 3)|basement]]. | Luigi later wakes up on a dark night and hears Peach screaming, the hotel's atmosphere now haunted with everyone but him gone missing. He gets out of bed with simply a flashlight in hand, exits his room and sees mysterious purple energy lurking through the hallway. He walks towards the floor's elevator to be greeted by Hellen, who is revealed to be a ghost. Hellen explains she invited Luigi and his friends out of admiration for her idol whom she reveals as none other than Luigi's arch-nemesis, [[King Boo]], much to his horror. King Boo explains that Hellen had freed him from [[Professor E. Gadd]]'s custody following his recapture in the previous game and announces his plan for revenge upon Luigi, showing his friends imprisoned in paintings. He begins chasing Luigi through the hallway to subject him to the same fate while placing [[Spirit Ball]]s on all the hotel room doors and corners him at the end of the hallway. However, Luigi manages to escape by jumping into a laundry chute and falls all the way into a laundry hamper in the [[Basement (Luigi's Mansion 3)|basement]]. | ||
Luigi is woken up by Polterpup and manages to find the [[Poltergust G-00]] inside E. Gadd's car. He soon finds the professor trapped in another painting as well on the second floor and frees him by using the [[Dark-Light Device]] he finds in a vault. The now-freed E. Gadd asks Luigi to escort him out of the hotel, but he decides to stay when Luigi refuses to leave before saving his trapped friends. After Luigi and Professor E. Gadd return to the garage and the former defeats the Steward, E. Gadd sets up his portable lab, explaining how he too was tricked into visiting the hotel as part of Hellen's plan and gives him the [[Virtual Boo]] for communication. Professor E. Gadd then asks Luigi to retrieve his briefcase from the fifth floor, where Luigi recovers it from [[Chambrea]] and brings it back to him. The contents of the briefcase allow Luigi to call on [[Gooigi]], a ectoplasmic doppelgänger of him, for help. | Luigi is woken up by Polterpup and manages to find the [[Poltergust G-00]] inside E. Gadd's car. He soon finds the professor trapped in another painting as well on the second floor and frees him by using the [[Dark-Light Device]] he finds in a vault. The now-freed E. Gadd asks Luigi to escort him out of the hotel, but he decides to stay when Luigi refuses to leave before saving his trapped friends. After Luigi and Professor E. Gadd return to the garage and the former defeats the Steward, E. Gadd sets up his portable lab, explaining how he too was tricked into visiting the hotel as part of Hellen's plan and gives him the [[Virtual Boo]] for communication. Professor E. Gadd then asks Luigi to retrieve his briefcase from the fifth floor, where Luigi recovers it from [[Chambrea]] and brings it back to him. The contents of the briefcase allow Luigi to call on [[Gooigi]], a ectoplasmic doppelgänger of him, for help. | ||
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Luigi reaches the last floor, the Master Suite, but as soon as he arrives, Hellen Gravely appears on a monitor and reveals she has Mario's painting in her possession (meaning King Boo has Peach's), challenging him to confront her. Once Luigi navigates through the various traps and puzzles, he finds the four keys that lead to Hellen's office. Hellen furiously berates him for the trouble he caused, including capturing Polterkitty, and costing her King Boo's approval. To redeem herself in King Boo's eyes, she proceeds to battle Luigi directly. Luigi defeats and captures Hellen Gravely and then frees Mario, who then leads him to the [[Rooftop (Luigi's Mansion 3)|Rooftop]]. There, they find Peach's painting and Luigi sets her free. However, the group's embrace is interrupted when King Boo confronts them and reveals that he absconded with E. Gadd's lab, trapping E. Gadd and the Toads in another giant portrait. He attempts to do the same to Mario, Peach and Luigi, although he manages to get only the former two as Luigi is inadvertently shoved out of the way at the last second by Polterpup. King Boo, having lost his patience, then engages in battle with Luigi. | Luigi reaches the last floor, the Master Suite, but as soon as he arrives, Hellen Gravely appears on a monitor and reveals she has Mario's painting in her possession (meaning King Boo has Peach's), challenging him to confront her. Once Luigi navigates through the various traps and puzzles, he finds the four keys that lead to Hellen's office. Hellen furiously berates him for the trouble he caused, including capturing Polterkitty, and costing her King Boo's approval. To redeem herself in King Boo's eyes, she proceeds to battle Luigi directly. Luigi defeats and captures Hellen Gravely and then frees Mario, who then leads him to the [[Rooftop (Luigi's Mansion 3)|Rooftop]]. There, they find Peach's painting and Luigi sets her free. However, the group's embrace is interrupted when King Boo confronts them and reveals that he absconded with E. Gadd's lab, trapping E. Gadd and the Toads in another giant portrait. He attempts to do the same to Mario, Peach and Luigi, although he manages to get only the former two as Luigi is inadvertently shoved out of the way at the last second by Polterpup. King Boo, having lost his patience, then engages in battle with Luigi. | ||
With Gooigi's help, Luigi triumphs over King Boo once more before the Boo can entrap them all in the painting, although the hotel collapses immediately after the battle. Luigi is saved by Polterpup again and releases his friends from the painting. Soon after, the captured ghosts escape from E. Gadd's ghost canister, although | With Gooigi's help, Luigi triumphs over King Boo once more before the Boo can entrap them all in the painting, although the hotel collapses immediately after the battle. Luigi is saved by Polterpup again and releases his friends from the painting. Soon after, the captured ghosts escape from E. Gadd's ghost canister, although they become social when the jewel from [[crown (King Boo)|King Boo's crown]] vanishes, implying that they were brainwashed. The ghosts are saddened to see their home destroyed, so Luigi and his friends work with them to rebuild the hotel in E. Gadd's image and similar to [[Luigi's NEW Mansion]] from the first game, the rebuilt hotel takes a different look depending on how much money the player ends the game with. With the new hotel finished and the recaptured King Boo returned to E. Gadd's custody alongside Hellen and Polterkitty, E. Gadd, Gooigi and the ghosts bid farewell as everyone else departs for home on the charter bus. Luigi falls asleep on the bus with Polterpup as it rides into the sunset. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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*{{button|switch|leftstick}}: Move | *{{button|switch|leftstick}}: Move | ||
*{{button|switch|rightstick}}: Turn | *{{button|switch|rightstick}}: Turn | ||
*{{button|switch| | *{{button|switch|rightstickbutton}} (×1 down): Summon/select Gooigi or Luigi | ||
*{{button|switch| | *{{button|switch|rightstickbutton}} (×2 down): Store Gooigi | ||
*Tilt {{button|switch|joy-con}} or {{button|switch|pro}}: Aim up/down | *Tilt {{button|switch|joy-con}} or {{button|switch|pro}}: Aim up/down | ||
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|With the exception of the [[Master Suite]], a Boo can be found on each floor after collecting a floor's Elevator Button, leaving, then coming back. Each Boo has a pun name and a line of dialogue. Boos will hide in a random spot and the players' controllers will vibrate the closer they get to their hiding spot. Searching the wrong spot will make the Boo hide in a new spot and actually finding the Boo will activate its fight; it will turn invisible and sneakily hurt the player. Casting the [[Dark-Light Device]] on the Boo will reveal and daze it so the player can then grab its tongue with the [[Poltergust G-00]]'s suction and slam it repeatedly, doing a total of 10 HP damage. A Boo needs to be repeatedly slammed at least twice for it to be defeated. Defeating all of the Boos in the game will grant the player the "Captured All Boos" achievement and the [[Flashlight Type-B]]. | |With the exception of the [[Master Suite]], a Boo can be found on each floor after collecting a floor's Elevator Button, leaving, then coming back. The Boos start appearing once the Mezzanine is cleared then returning to Professor E. Gadd's lab. Each Boo has a pun name and a line of dialogue. Boos will hide in a random spot and the players' controllers will vibrate the closer they get to their hiding spot. Searching the wrong spot will make the Boo hide in a new spot and actually finding the Boo will activate its fight; it will turn invisible and sneakily hurt the player. Casting the [[Dark-Light Device]] on the Boo will reveal and daze it so the player can then grab its tongue with the [[Poltergust G-00]]'s suction and slam it repeatedly, doing a total of 10 HP damage. A Boo needs to be repeatedly slammed at least twice for it to be defeated. Defeating all of the Boos in the game will grant the player the "Captured All Boos" achievement and the [[Flashlight Type-B]]. | ||
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===Director=== | ===Director=== | ||
*[[Bryce Holliday]] | *[[Bryce Holliday]] | ||
The lead technical character artist was Jeff Zoern (credited as "Jeffrey Zoern"), who previously worked as the art director for ''[[Hotel Mario]]''. | |||
''Luigi's Mansion 3'' marks the final ''Super Mario'' game to feature newly recorded dialogue from [[Charles Martinet]] in the role of Mario and Luigi. | ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' marks the final ''Super Mario'' game to feature newly recorded dialogue from [[Charles Martinet]] in the role of Mario and Luigi. | ||
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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
===Critical reception=== | ===Critical reception=== | ||
''Luigi's Mansion 3'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Points of praise have included the graphics, gameplay, story, characters, level design, and puzzles; though some considered the controls to be outdated and | ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Points of praise have included the graphics, gameplay, story, characters, level design, and puzzles; though some considered the controls to be outdated and unfitting for the controllers, especially the use of the right analog stick. At {{wp|the Game Awards 2019}}, ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' won the award for Best Family Game. At the {{wp|16th British Academy Games Awards}}, ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' was nominated in four categories: Best Game, Best Animation, Best Multiplayer, and Best Family Game; winning Best Animation.<ref>[http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/bafta-games-awards-nominations-and-winners-2020 2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations]. ''BAFTA''. Retrieved March 5, 2020.</ref> | ||
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===Sales=== | ===Sales=== | ||
In the UK, ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' topped the charts within a week of its release as the best selling Switch game of 2019, and upon release was only under ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare''.<ref>https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-04-luigis-mansion-3-is-nintendo-switchs-biggest-launch-this-year</ref> By March 31, 2021, the game had sold 9.59 million units worldwide, making it the best-selling ''Luigi's Mansion'' game.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210506_3e.pdf Financial Results Explanatory Material (As March 31, 2021)]</ref> As of December 31, | In the UK, ''Luigi's Mansion 3'' topped the charts within a week of its release as the best selling Switch game of 2019, and upon release was only under ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare''.<ref>https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-04-luigis-mansion-3-is-nintendo-switchs-biggest-launch-this-year</ref> By March 31, 2021, the game had sold 9.59 million units worldwide, making it the best-selling ''Luigi's Mansion'' game.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210506_3e.pdf Financial Results Explanatory Material (As March 31, 2021)]</ref> As of December 31, 2023, the game had sold 13.98 million units worldwide.<ref>Nintendo (February 6, 2024). [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240206_3e.pdf].</ref> | ||
==Promotion== | ==Promotion== | ||