So with out additional ado, let’s set our Poltergust’s strobe gentle to stun and get cracking, lets?
#1 Cruise Ship
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The largest potential problem with this one is {that a} cruise ship is successfully a floating lodge, so we fear it could merely rehash concepts seen in Luigi’s Mansion 3.
That mentioned, there is a sense of isolation that solely comes whenever you’re caught in the course of the ocean, so we reckon Subsequent Stage might have enjoyable with this. An enormous cruise ship additionally has a complete bunch of distinctive areas, together with its personal waterpark, health centres, promenades, and crew decks.
If a cruise ship would not work, then an oil rig much like Nonetheless Wakes the Deep may be an thought.
#2 Isle Delfino
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A generic tropical island got here to thoughts first, however once we imagined Isle Delfino corrupted by darkness (much more so than in Mario Sunshine) and teeming with ghosts, we simply could not resist. It will make sense, too, for the reason that F.L.U.D.D. (Flash Liquid Extremely Dousing Machine), very like the Poltergust, was invented by Professor E. Gadd.
The unique recreation performed round with the concept of manipulating parts, together with water, so how superior wouldn’t it be if Luigi might rapidly swap between the Poltergust and F.L.U.D.D. on the fly?
You may even have ranges set in core Mario Sunshine places, equivalent to Ricco Harbour, Bianco Hills, and maybe most significantly, Pinna Park, ticking off the considerably apparent selection of a haunted theme park for a brand new entry.
#3 Bowser’s Fort
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Can we think about a situation during which Bowser, king of the Koopas, enlists the assistance of Mario’s brother for a Fort-wide exorcism? Heck yeah, we are able to! Peach’s Fort could possibly be a possible contender, however actually, that is rather more attention-grabbing.
We have seen Bowser’s Fort featured many instances over time in varied guises, however we have by no means actually gotten an excellent sense of its scale and magnitude. What higher strategy to showcase Bowser’s residence than to present us full entry for Boo-busting functions?
The unlikely truce might additionally result in some attention-grabbing interactions with basic villains like Iggy Koopa, King Bob-Bomb, and Bowser Jr.
#4 Village
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When floating the concept of potential settings, one of many first issues all of us agreed on was that the sequence in all probability wanted to ditch the titular setting for one thing extra formidable.
So, what about a complete haunted village? In case you’ve ever performed Medievil, we’re pondering one thing alongside the strains of the ‘Sleeping Village’ stage; a Lovecraftian location full of intriguing homes, retailers, parks, and spooky colleges. Though we might even be fairly eager on a extra picturesque, countryside village like these in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy. “No luck catchin’ them ghosts, then?”
Shifting to a location like this may necessitate evolving the two.5D ‘diorama’ setup of the earlier video games right into a full-on 3D explorative expertise. We would be completely wonderful with that.
#5 Coconut Mall
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Ah, curse you Daybreak of the Lifeless for turning procuring malls into the proper setting for horrific situations. We’re solely kidding, we find it irresistible.
However sure, whereas Luigi’s Mansion 3 had its personal ground devoted to lodge retailers (during which it cleverly took inspiration from Resident Evil’s basic locked-door / themed-key setup), a full-blown Coconut Mall loaded with distinctive shops and eating places could be superior to discover.
You may prolong it to the workers areas, together with loading bays, huge ol’ industrial elevators, parking heaps, and extra. Granted, there is a hazard right here of limiting the potential environmental selection with a shopping center, but when Lifeless Rising can do it, then so can Luigi’s Mansion.
#6 House!
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Okay, hear us out on this one. [But in space, no one can hear yo—I’ll see myself out. – Ed.]
We’re optimistic some folks scoffed on the thought of Mario heading into house when Tremendous Mario Galaxy was first introduced, however why not let Luigi enterprise to the far reaches of the photo voltaic system?
Maybe he finds himself misplaced in a sprawling house station stalked by malfunctioning robots and horrifying ghosts of former astronauts. Anti-grav sections might power Luigi to make use of the Poltergust as a thruster pack and propel himself round.
Plus, we’ll take any alternative we are able to get for Rosalina and Luma cameo!
#7 New Donk Metropolis
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What’s that? A complete village is not fairly formidable sufficient? Nicely okay, let’s go for New Donk Metropolis then.
We’re imagining a full-blown Ghostbusters-inspired situation right here with spectres roaming the streets, pink slime flowing by means of sewers, and a large Keep Puft Marshmallow Man smashing his means by means of buildings. Okay, that may be a bit too comparable, however you get the concept.
Naturally, a city-wide emergency necessitates radically totally different technique of traversal and exploration. Might Luigi have his personal Ecto-1-style car? Possibly E. Gadd might whip one thing up, or perform as a taxi driver of kinds.
Both means, executed proper, this might actually elevate the sequence to a complete new stage.
#8 Tremendous Nintendo World
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We talked about Pinna Park within the Isle Delfino entry however what if Nintendo simply went full meta and launched a fictional, haunted model of its real-life Tremendous Nintendo World theme park?
It might have an analogous opening to LM3 during which you discover the park in the course of the day and permit these of us who have not had an opportunity to go to in actual life to get a really feel for it. Then, night time descends, ghosts rise out of the bottom to take over Toadstool Café and Mario Kart: Koopa’s Problem, and it is as much as you to wash issues up earlier than company arrive the following day.
#9 Deserted Jail
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Now, we’re not pondering of something fairly as oppressive as Silent Hill 2’s Toluca Jail, however we reckon an Alcatraz-inspired deserted jail facility could be fairly superior.
You may even have some kind of time journey setup during which you rescue a youthful model of E. Gadd from the confines of his cell. Doomed to a lifetime of imprisonment for his Doc Brown-inspired whimsy, E. Gadd’s ramblings about ghosts lastly come true; however whereas the cowardly guards and inmates flee in terror, Luigi steps as much as save the day.
So these are our concepts for potential places in a hypothetical Luigi’s Mansion 4. Hopefully we can’t have to attend too lengthy to listen to about what Subsequent Stage Video games has been engaged on. A brand new Luigi’s Mansion would probably be focused for the upcoming Change 2, so we have excessive hopes for a brand new entry.
Now, the one factor left to ponder is which console Luigi will likely be utilizing to speak with E. Gadd. To date, he is had the Recreation Boy Horror, the DS (Twin Scream), and the Digital Boo. A Change Fright, maybe?
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