Arcade machines are a medium that has waned in the West over the past few decades, but it's still an important part of Japanese gaming. An eagle-eyed Japanese blogger spied an interesting poster advertising an arcade machine that seems to be heavily based on the second entry in the Luigi's Mansion series, with the involvement of Capcom.
The image details a test period for the cabinet between 30th October and 3rd November, so sadly it has already finished and we are unable to get any details about how the game would have played. If it was deemed a success during this time we may well see more details in the future.
Does this Nintendo arcade game possibility tickle your fancy, or are you more interested in Pokkén Fighters? Let us know what you think with a comment below!
[source blog.esuteru.com, via nintendoworldreport.com]
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Nah, I don't think LM:DM is the kind of game to be in arcades.
Sounds dope, I wonder how it plays though?
Nice i hope they hit America with some!
What I think is that developing games for arcades only is a gross waste of Nintendo's time and resources. Arcades are dead outside of Japan.
Bring me Luigi's Mansion to the Wii U.
If this end up being good, I'd like for it to show up on the Eshop. I loved both the Luigi's Mansion games.
If this arcade Luigi's Mansion is like the beta version of the first Luigi's Mansion, I'd love to play it.
I think this is just a trap to have customers vacuum the place while paying money!! Genius!
Luigi's Mansion HD please. Or Gamecube VC.
Would seem weird for Nitneod to make a WW HD but not consider other HD ports, and why make a Gamecube controller but not consider Gamecube VC?
Nintendo - they only hate making money
@rjejr I'm pretty sure they're considering GC VC, and with the controller adapter I'm sure it'll come eventually.
Oh wow
@Samurai_Goroh Waste from what exactly ? Nintendo is barely developping anything themselves nowaday, with even the mighty Smash Bros. outsourced to Bandai-Namco. The news sounds like Capcom is the one developping this arcade game. Nintendo sounds like more a publisher than anything today.
And don't wish too much the return of Luigi's Mansion on Wii U, or else you'll have it literally, in a basic Virtual Console port.
My friend suggested that the arcade may be making a comeback in the next few years. Maybe Nintendo knows this and is preparing for it. I've being seeing more talk about Arcade games from them, from this, to Mario Kart, to Pokken Fighters.
@Kamalen umm.......Nintendo DOES make games a LOT even now. They have their EAD divisions and that's a lot of them!
@manu0 - "considering" "eventually"
Wii U is 2 years old now, which is 40% of a consoles lifespan, but it still seems like everything gamers want is in the future I've been waiting for Super Mario 128 since 1997
@Samurai_Goroh Which is why the game is only releasing i Japan, where they can make money of it. It's not like they are puting money and effort into a west-only arcade.
@rjejr Well, yeah..you know how slow Nintendo can be sometimes. But I think GC VC looks more likely than ever with the release of the adapter.
@rjejr: I think WWHD was so the WU had a Zelda game w/in the first year, or so of its existence(whatever time it came out I don't recall). Plus, as I understand it, WW was eventually considered a popular Zelda, if it wasn't to begin w/.
@Nicolai: Arcades may very well return, due to nostalgia of the concept w/ gamers my age(29), & older.
More Luigi's Mansion is always a plus to me! I really hope it plays closer to the first game, with one mansion to explore. This better come to the west. The original Luigi's Mansion is hands down my favorite game of all time.
@Artwark They certainely do. The Marios and NES Remix(EDIT : NOPE ^^") weren't outsourced. It is safe to believe that the new Zelda and the new Star Fox are in-house too. Plus some secret projects.
But, for now, I think Nintendo published more game than they have actually made themselves.
@Samurai_Goroh When something is play tested in an Arcade (And revised) the end result when it is ported is better. (Compare Tatsunoko vs. Capcom to any of the other rubbish made for console fighting games).
@Kamalen NES Remix was done at least in part (I would say mostly) by Indies zero Co.,Ltd
(Same people who did Curtain Call).
@Nicolai I don't see ppl in the west coming to the whole "pay for each game" boxes.
But, not so long ago, I wouldn't belive anyone who told me 3 maps DLC at 15€ can be multimillion-sellers.
I want Luigis Mansion very much, with the success of Dark Moon we should get another game/sequel soon, I loved both games, especially Dark Moon.
@Kamalen Well, the point my friend made is that when arcades were popular, it was because people either couldn't afford game machines in their home, or that it wasn't available. Once home consoles flooded the market, the arcade scene died. But now, with virtual reality starting to become a thing, and people starting to build entire rooms filled with a screen, and treadmill-based motion-control machines, and other ideas like that that are built for immersion but are too expensive for the average middle class family, it may be the kind of thing you need to go somewhere to experience. But traditional video games, of course, are no more fun out in an arcade than in your living room.
@Nicolai I haven't think of this side. But this as the arcade revival ? This kind of virtual reality rooms, to fit in public access building, will be in very small rooms. Or into rich people house.
More likely, the virtual reality will come with the affordable devices like Oculus Rift.
I actually wish this would come to the West because I, for one, enjoy arcade games and have an arcade near me. If this is as good as Mario Kart GP then I'm in.
@Kamalen I still think it's possible. You never know what else people might come up with that's expensive. Besides, companies will be looking for many different ways to get in on this virtual reality craze like they did with 3D.
I'm pretty sure this will be less exploration-driven and more "gimmicky", since it's arcades we're talking about.
Myself, I really want a Luigi's Mansion 3, preferrably for the Wii U in glorious HD. Dark Moon was such an excellent game.
Saw this on NeoGAF earlier.
I would play it.
@Peach64 0_0 that looks amazing
Lucky kid.
NA, NEED, MOAR, ARCADES!!
A friend in Japan who managed to play the game has told me it’s an obvious shorter mansion, much more so than Dark Moon, but with obvious much better graphics.The cabinet gives the illusion of 3D and depth to the graphics too with the space between the cabinet and screen looking like it's in a far away, twisted-ish corridor. She said she found it okay but she’s not a fan of the series anyway. Because she’s a lunatic. She also got told off for trying to take a photo of the game itself.
Interesting.....especially because I sold LM DM to get WWHD a year ago. I miss LM DM....
I'm glad this series is still getting attention.
Since it will most certainly never make it out of Japan I will just be have to be content with Dark Moon, which is fine by me!
http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/03/luigis-mansion-is-now-an-arcade-game-in-japan/
@unrandomsam If and that's only if this ends up getting a console port. I sure would like it to, because developing a brand new Luigi's Mansion just for the japanese arcade scene is a waste and believe it or not, the Wii U could use more exclusive games.
This is Luigi's Mansion a spin-off of the Super Mario series we are talking about, not some niche Japanese game. Everyone around the globe should have the chance to play it. So it really should not stay a Japan arcade only affair.
@Nicolai It is better environment playing in an Arcade. People still go to bars when you can buy beer from the supermarket.
Lucky Japanese gamers!
>.< i must play this! flys to japan
@KHaceattorney Like a Boo!
@unrandomsam that's because, with beer, you'd have to buy it at a commercial venue either way. With video games nowadays, you don't even have to leave the house, and you only have to purchase each kind once. I, for one, prefer to own a game, rather than to pay each time (which is why DLC sucks sometimes), whereas beer is more of a common commodity. The only reason that it is at the bar in the first place is to facilitate what most people are actually there for: to meet new people or party at a place that isn't their own house where they'd have to clean up afterward.
I suppose the same can be said about video games though. If you like going to a place where a lot of people are already, and there are a lot more games you can try all at once, with music, food, etc. then the arcade would be the place for you.
It's hard to tell but judging by the cabinet design and what I can see on the screen from @Peach64 's picture, it looks like either a rail shooter or some kind of puzzle game like puyo puyo or Pokemon puzzle league.
It would work well as an Arcade game
this is floating around twitter
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1mJkNYIIAAmnBg.jpg
@Samurai_Goroh If you look at the poster, it looks like its being developed by Capcom.... Nintendo has been doing a lot of outsourcing of development lately, and I will not fault them for that, as it means more games are going to be created.
Nintendo should just marry Capcom. You can clearly see it in his eyes, Nintendo loves Capcom.
@The_Ninja
They made the Zelda Oracle games, Four Swords and Minish cap. That love could involve more great adventure games.
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