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  • News Next Level Games "Doing Only Nintendo Products Now"

    Still an independent company, however

    Next Level Games has produced a good number of Nintendo titles — including the excellent Punch-Out!! reboot on Wii — but truly shot to prominence with the critically and commercially successful Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. The studio has been working solely on Nintendo games for a number of years, and told us...

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  • News US Retailer Lists Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon For Wii U

    Newegg claims the 3DS title is making the jump to Wii U this year

    Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon — or Luigi's Mansion 2, if you're in Europe — was one of 2013's stand-out 3DS titles. It was so good that some lamented the fact that it was on a handheld — it was exactly the kind of epic experience that the Wii U could really have done with during...

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  • News Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Tops Japanese Charts

    3DS remains best selling hardware, too

    Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has successfully spooked its way to the top of the Japanese sales charts. The 3DS adventure sold 280,151 copies in its first week on sale. The arrival of Luigi's latest outing helped the 3DS shift 76,553 units, putting it ahead of the PS Vita, which sold 41,073 consoles in the same...

  • News Iwata Asks Shines A Light On Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

    Shigeru Miyamoto joins Nintendo's President in the latest interview

    It's been 12 years since Luigi's Mansion was released on the GameCube, and the long arduous wait for its sequel Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is close to being over. Next Level Games is the developer behind the title, and Nintendo President Satoru Iwata caught up with the studio in...

  • News Next Level Games Has A "Top Secret" Title In Development

    Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon developer is hard at work

    Next Level Games is the Canadian studio behind the upcoming Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and it appears it hasn't been taking any time off after the long development process. According to the LinkedIn profile of Devon Blanchet, a lead designer at the company, there's a "top secret" game that's been...

  • News Next Level Games on Working With Nintendo to Create Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

    Miyamoto demanded a multiplayer experience to rival Mario Kart

    Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is being released on the 3DS at the end of this month. It's been developed by the Canadian studio Next Level Games, the team behind a host of Nintendo games such as Punch-Out!!, Mario Smash Football and Mario Strikers Charged. There's no doubt that landing the...

  • News Shigeru Miyamoto: Luigi's Mansion is Suitable As "Lighter Fare"

    There are "quite a number of Luigi supporters internally, as well"

    Yesterday we brought you the latest comments from Shigeru Miyamoto on the subject of his eventual retirement, and now GameSpot has released a larger chunk of its interview with the iconic Nintendo executive. Looking at upcoming games, the ever-approaching Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon...