Luigi's Mansion 3 is yet another game for the Nintendo Switch which showcases video game excellence from Nintendo. Arguably the best yet in the Luigi's Mansion series, the game showcases beautiful animation including movie quality cutscenes, fantastic music, tons of charm, great characterizations for the Mario gang, and, of course, really fun gameplay.
Rather than Mario saving the day, in these games, Luigi has to step up and be the hero, which makes for a wonderfully different Mario experience. This entry in the series sees Luigi exploring a resort hotel rather than a traditional mansion, which makes for some great themed hotel floors. The overall level design is fantastic. I won't give away any of the themes, but I will say don't sorry about any of the floors being repetive hotel levels-they aren't at all. Each one has a unique theme.
The main game mechanics are stunning ghosts with a bright light and then sucking them up with a vacuum. Luigi can also turn the vacuum into a blower, use a darklight to reveal hidden objects, shoot out a plunger and vacuum the end to break large objects or open things, and use a gooey clone named Gooigi to go through grates and explore hidden places. All of these game mechanics make for great gameplay with lots of fun puzzle solving. The ghost hunting in this game also introduces slamming, so you can slam ghosts around on the ground while Luigi is sucking them up with his vacuum, which is mighty satisfying.
I got between 15 and 20 hours of gameplay just from one playthrough of the main story. However, if you zoom through you can probably finish the story in around 10 hours. There's also some fun multiplayer modes to get more gameplay hours out of. There are modes for both online/local play and for co-op on one system.
If you enjoyed the previous Luigi's Mansion games, you'll love this one. And if you haven't played one, you can expect a Nintendo style 'spooky' game with great humor and tons of charm featuring the number 1 sidekick in the world taking the place of the hero!
Rather than Mario saving the day, in these games, Luigi has to step up and be the hero, which makes for a wonderfully different Mario experience. This entry in the series sees Luigi exploring a resort hotel rather than a traditional mansion, which makes for some great themed hotel floors. The overall level design is fantastic. I won't give away any of the themes, but I will say don't sorry about any of the floors being repetive hotel levels-they aren't at all. Each one has a unique theme.
The main game mechanics are stunning ghosts with a bright light and then sucking them up with a vacuum. Luigi can also turn the vacuum into a blower, use a darklight to reveal hidden objects, shoot out a plunger and vacuum the end to break large objects or open things, and use a gooey clone named Gooigi to go through grates and explore hidden places. All of these game mechanics make for great gameplay with lots of fun puzzle solving. The ghost hunting in this game also introduces slamming, so you can slam ghosts around on the ground while Luigi is sucking them up with his vacuum, which is mighty satisfying.
I got between 15 and 20 hours of gameplay just from one playthrough of the main story. However, if you zoom through you can probably finish the story in around 10 hours. There's also some fun multiplayer modes to get more gameplay hours out of. There are modes for both online/local play and for co-op on one system.
If you enjoyed the previous Luigi's Mansion games, you'll love this one. And if you haven't played one, you can expect a Nintendo style 'spooky' game with great humor and tons of charm featuring the number 1 sidekick in the world taking the place of the hero!