Local Multiplayer Sneaks Up On Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Like I said on my forums post, I hope the multiplayer will be like in Super Mario 64 DS. Whoever catches the most ghosts wins.

I don't care, I won't use it. Just give me a good solo campaign.

crap, i forgot this game is coming out!!!!! sigh I guess I might actually need a new 3DS for this

Does "Local Multiplayer" means "Download Play"?

If it's only local, I don't want it. If they want to include a multiplayer, let it be both local and online, if not... @DarkCoolEdge

maybe since toad helps u out on the singleplayer. maybe for the multiplayer one is luigi and the other is toad

I sure hope that if there is local multiplayer, and it ISN'T Streetpass, it is Download Play enabled. I'd like to be able to play Luigi's Mansion with my brother without forking over an additional forty dollars for a second game card. I doubt it will happen, but it would be nice if it did.

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Seriously, Nintendo? Uh, this was supposed to be a launch title and 2 years later we're still "speculating"?
No. I won't speculate. I just don't care anymore and whenever big N. gets so cryptic there's always something fishy behind the stale hype.
Thank God for all the 3rd party support.

@Nintendawg
Luigi's Mansion was never supposed to be a launch title. They showed it really early, along with Animal Crossing, but there was never anything about it coming right away.

Sounds neat. But if it doesn't exist oh well, it will still be a great game

@TrueWiiMaster @Nintendawg Not sure what either of you are talking about. Luigi's Mansion was unveiled at E3 2011, 4 months after the 3DS was released.

Launch title? When did that happen? Like C-Olimar said, this was revealed AFTER the 3DS came out

Multiplayer would be nice.
If it's there; cool. If not; oh well, will still be fun to play.

You know what I'll be doing when I get my white gloves on this!

Ninty, i love you, but... can you please make up your damn mind?

Hmm, I wonder what that would be like...

can't wait to get this game. i already have my pre-order ready to go.

I really want this game. I've been waiting what feels like FOREVER. Hmmm, what would the multiplayer be like?

@C-Olimar
"Not sure what either of you are talking about."
Help yourself and read it again.
As for the 4 months interval before its announcement... you may be right, I'm not sure as it's been a [long] while, but that wasn't even my point. We all know how hard those first months were for the 3DS. If anything, showing little snippets of a game "to-be-released-in-God-knows-when" made it quite evident that N. wasn't ready to launch the system. Even more so, in retrospect. It kind of reminds me of the N64 days, only they did a much better job back then with Super Mario 64 launching along with the system.
I don't know if this game will be good or not. I'm just saying it's long overdue. Old news.
'dawg out

Ive been waiting for this game ever since i beat the first one. I hope it is not the local play where you have to have two cartriges instead of the one. Also cant wait for Pikmin 3.

@Nintendawg Nintendo did a much better job in those days????? No they didn't. Mario 64 was pretty much the only good game for a year after launch. The games were so slow in coming plus were so expensive it was a bit ridiculous! Plus with all the instant access we have now to information back then we heard about oft and it was out in 6 months or less. Luigis Mansion 2 was never promised to us in a confirmed release date. Now kid Icarus was to be assumed to be a launch title. That one you could complain about!

Looking at Super Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros. There could still be very fun multiplayer included that isn't part of the main game - however it seems Nintendo is finished with such practices, seeing as...

• New Super Mario Bros. 2 dropped the minigame collection
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star had its minigames cancelled
• Mario Kart 7 had mission mode and VS mode removed

Following these unfortunate trends of laziness for 3DS games I suspect Luigi's Mansion will suffer from the same problems. I just hope to god they haven't messed up Animal Crossing.

The sticker star minigames were not implemented because of time.

@Eien1239 - Whatever the excuse, the point is that we're getting less extras than we used to for these first party retail games. All of those features didn't need to be there - but it was nice that Nintendo put them there, and losing that just means I'm much less inclined to buy the games.

Are the other characters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis?

@Geonjaha Nintendo also apear to be pumping out more releases then they used to and seem much more crunched for time and resources. This looks like a likely reason for less extras.

Interesting. Hopefully we'll find out more soon enough!

First the Nintendo Network Logo.... and now this..............

I bet they took the mini game from Nintendo Land and stuck it in here! lol

Reminds me of LEGO Ciy. We still don't have a straight answer on if LEGO City has 2 players or not. What is with Nintendo and not filling us in on multiplayer?

The next COD, for sure. XD

Is it going to have multiplayer or not

maybe the 1 player is a typo. like nintendolife's typo of saying etrian odyssey IV
came out in 2012 for U.S.

I agree with @Tech101. I made the mistake of buying a 64 at launch because of Mario 64, and a few months later I had played it to death and had nothing else to play or even look forward to, so I got a PS1 instead.

I also think people cannot be satisfied. If Nintendo don't show anything, they want Nintendo to throw them a bone. If they show it, then they want it now and say the wait is unbearable, fully knowing that most Nintendo games take long to be released and/or get delayed. If they show a game that no one knows about and say it releases next month, then you hear complaints of "why did you keep that a secret?" or suspect that the game may be rushed.

Anyway, I was bummed to hear this one did not release in October, but I won't cry or complain about it. The same with things like Bioshock Infinite or The Last of Us. There are many good games, new and old, to care about while those ones arrive.

I would love to see download play with this game! 3DS needs more of that. It's too bad not many people around here have one

Hmm.... I'd suspect based on the words "Local Multiplayer Mode" it is seperate from the main game. Possibly you are placed in a story mansion, and race to see who catches every ghost first.
It shouldn't be co-op based on the wording.

So it's got both local and Nintendo Network multiplayer? This game is sounding better by the day!

@Nintendawg I'm actually glad they pushed it back because they intended to put more things like mini games and such in Sticker Star but they rushed it out. So I don't want them to leave out the good stuff in this either.

Who knows? Maybe Mario's taking second fiddle this time around.

I bet everyone would be boring, multi-colored Toads if multiplayer would be included.

Another "star turn"? What the heck is a star turn?

I would love some mini-game collections like on NSMB and Mario 64 DS (better then the actual game, sadly).

@Austroid Seriously though, why the hell do we always play as generic Toads? It's downright f**kin stupid. How about some Wario or Waluigi? (who needs some sort of game inclusion in main games). Many people wanted Peach even.

im assuming this is why they have the delays and all -.- but who cares about local multiplayer bring on the online features then it be good if not hurry and release it already jeez <.<

Multiplayer would be nice except if it's local only with 2 gamecards.

@Tech101 I was being specific: Nintendo did a much better job with Super Mario 64 launching along with the system." The company's future depended on it. What happened with later releases is another topic of discussion and I'm sorry to hear you had such a rough time finding games, anyone can relate to that.
I remember when I got my ambassador 3DS all I had to show to my friends were those downloadable game videos, one of which was that of Luigi's Mansion, so we're talking way back. I just do not see the point of announcing a game 2 years prior to its release. Or rather, I do, but it's already been discussed (i.e. HYPE).
In contrast, look at Fire Emblem Awakening, for instance. It's only been a few months since it was confirmed for release, not just vaguely announced and we also have a demo to try (which is amazing, by the way and made me pre-order the game). Now that is good marketing strategy.
As for Kid Icarus, you're right and I have already expressed my complaints in the past. I have yet have to purchase that game and frankly I don't think I ever will. Part of what put me off was all the delay, it got to my nerves.

@sinalefa Please... I was making a point, not a rant. Give me a break, I'm not "crying" or anything
I'm not one of those people you describe. Plus, as an Ambassador, you know, those early adopters who actually prevented the 3DS from being a total flop, I feel I have the right to exercise some healthy criticism.
'dawg out

@Nintendawg Good post. I can see your frustration. After all almost two years is a long wait for an announced game with actual game footage. Don't think I haven't been waiting for Fire Emblem though for well over a year. Just because its not announced doesn't mean we don't think we will get them. As for Kid Icarus be mad if you want but at least give the game a rent some where. It's not for everyone but the game is just so much fun and the most story driven out of any Nintendo games.

I don't really care about multiplayer. I would rather the resources were put into making a bigger game with more levels and such.

Nintendo Never will grasp the online aspect will they ? They failed with the Wii u and now this .. Nintendo is a joke when it comes to online play-ability

@JogurtTheYogurt Exactly how have they failed with the WiiU? "and now this" This game shouldn't even have multiplayer in the first place, online or not.

This could be great, it could be awful, but either way I won't be able to play it. They didn't have online multiplayer in NSMB2, NSMBU, or Nintendo Land, and they there won't be any for Pikmin 3. Why?

Don't care much about the multiplayer for this game. My friends don't have 3DS anyway, so I'd rather get a blast solo game than some unexciting co-op or something like that...

Them trolls.

theres a demo for this...?
ive never seen 1

@domtoo2 They mean a demo at an event (ex. E3, PAX, TGS, etc.) not an eshop demo.