bugsonglass said:

No Boos in the game then?   Also Bowser found his way as the end boss in the original if I remember correctly ... so I would be expecting him too if I were you.  I always thought that Luigi's Mansion was kind of an expansion on ideas from the Haunted House type levels found in Mario world and other Mario games but with the platforming replaced by ghostbuster type mechanics.

I think Travo was also saying how impressed he was with the animation work done with Luigi

Forgot about Boos LOL. I meant lack of the mushroom kingdom and mario tropes. There is the occasional reference but its virtually all specific ghosthouse not mariohouse.

I just checked out the Gamespot 6.5 review, it only had three criticisms, two of which I thought were odd.

1. There are no mid-level checkpoints and you have to redo stuff because of it. Like I said before you have to complete the level you are on because it doesn't save. But most missions are like 13-25 minutes long so this tells me the reviewer was quitting to do something else then returning and finding they had to redo the stage from the start. Or that this reviewer was so terrible she kept getting killed? Which is baffling as the game is not in any way difficult.

2. You can't rotate the poltergust fully which makes zapping ghosts hard? I don't get this, the rooms are usually so small and you can charge the torch for a wide angle shot. I just put my back against a wall and charge up a wide shot and it hits everything close to me easily.

3. One particular section with lots of ghosts - I haven't been here yet.

travo said:

The animations and lighting effects are just stunning.  It's the kind of lighting that I kind if expect from a HD system.  Yes, there are jaggies, but it is a portable GC system we are playing on, right? That should be expected. They're really not noticeable 95% of the time.    I love how everything runs smoothly with no slowdown.

I love it when lightning flashes and when you point luigi towards the screen and get lens flare.

Also the 3D adds something to the game that you wouldn't feel playing in 2D. I've tried turning the 3D off to test it. In 3D you get this dolls house effect like you've cut your little sisters dollhouse in half and are looking right into it.

"Among this game's virtues is some of the finest animation you've ever seen in a video game. The care lavished on Luigi himself is astonishing. Every movement will make you smile, from his pot-bellied scamper when you hold down the run button to his tiptoed ghost-hunting stance, or the elaborate Stan Laurel set-ups for each scripted pratfall. The sound is magnificent too: Charles Martinet, long-time voice of both the Bros., outdoes himself with a classic comic performance. He offers dozens of variations on wordless, nervous, nasal ineptitude and hums tremulously along with the catchy Scooby-Doo tunes" - Eurogamer

gamingeek said:

I love it when lightning flashes and when you point luigi towards the screen and get lens flare.

Also the 3D adds something to the game that you wouldn't feel playing in 2D. I've tried turning the 3D off to test it. In 3D you get this dolls house effect like you've cut your little sisters dollhouse in half and are looking right into it.

"Among this game's virtues is some of the finest animation you've ever seen in a video game. The care lavished on Luigi himself is astonishing. Every movement will make you smile, from his pot-bellied scamper when you hold down the run button to his tiptoed ghost-hunting stance, or the elaborate Stan Laurel set-ups for each scripted pratfall. The sound is magnificent too: Charles Martinet, long-time voice of both the Bros., outdoes himself with a classic comic performance. He offers dozens of variations on wordless, nervous, nasal ineptitude and hums tremulously along with the catchy Scooby-Doo tunes" - Eurogamer

DVader was talking about that.  Calling it the "diorama effect".  Sounds so awesome.  Really looking forward to it

gamingeek said:

Anyone else checked out the Fire Emblem 3DS demo yet? I DL it but haven't had the time to try it. Vader loved it right?

Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

Anyone else checked out the Fire Emblem 3DS demo yet? I DL it but haven't had the time to try it. Vader loved it right?

Excellent game but one thing that annoys me now that I noticed it, the characters have no feet. WTF?

I remember in Final Fantasy Tasctics that nobody had any noses. It was like the first thing I noticed too lol!

(Still played that game for 500 hrs though   

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

Yup it's one of those things that once you see you cannot unsee. Where are your damn feet you mutants? ARRRRG!

Nice, now thats all I'll be able to think about when playing!

Cover art:

Dvader said:

I want a dog in GTA.