Play Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD for Switch at Vocari Hub

The next meeting will be on June 29th at Vocari Hub again. It starts at 1 PM and ends at 10 PM. You don’t have to stay the whole time and can come and go as you please. The featured game is Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD for the Nintendo Switch which I will have available to play on two different systems. It has a four player mode called Scare Scraper, but we’ll have to settle for two player unless someone else bring two more systems with them. I’ll also have Luigi’s Mansion 3 on each Switch and you can play whatever else I have installed on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X or other systems I have setup during the event. I will have four large pizzas, Coca Cola, and bottle water for guests to eat at the party.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 was originally released in 2013 for the 3DS handheld, and because the 3DS didn’t have a second analog stick until the New 3DS model came out it was difficult to move and use the flashlight at the same time. This new Switch version is largely the same as it was on the 3DS, but the lighting, texture quality and some character models have been redone and look a lot better. The controls have also been adjusted to utilize both analog sticks and the extra set of shoulder buttons that the Nintendo Switch has. However some remnants of the 3DS controls remain such as being able to look up with the X button or aim down with the flashlight with the B button.

The story of Luigi’s Mansion 2 has Professor E Gadd moving to a new region with uncharacteristically friendly ghosts thanks to the purple moon in the sky which is pacifying them. King Boo then destroys the dark moon and scatters the pieces throughout the levels. Professor E Gadd then enlists Luigi again to help him capture the ghosts and restore the broken moon. Luigi uses the Poltergust 5000 a modified vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts, a flash light to stun them, explores each room and solves puzzles. Unlike the first game Luigi’s Mansion 2 is mission based. The Professor gives you a mission and then you’ll wander around until you find the ghost or item he wants at which point you’ll be returned to the menu and watch a summery cut scene. The problem is when you accept a new mission you’ll return to the entrance of the mansion and have to explore familiar rooms and fight the same ghosts again while searching for the current objective which seems needlessly repetitive.

Host or Publisher Andy Decarli