How was Luigi's Mansion created?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2024
- A brief history of the development of Nintendo's game Luigi's Mansion and it's sequel, Dark Moon.
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Hi there! As Halloween is almost here, I thought today we could take a look at one of Nintendo's spookiest series, Luigi's Mansion.
By the way, I’ve never made any videos like this before, so feel free to throw feedback at me. I am ready!
Oh also, here's a fun anecdote about this video - for the research, I needed one specific interview from the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, but I couldn't find it anywhere online. I eventually messaged all the group chats I'm a part of, but not even they could find it. Eventually a good Samaritan on Reddit sent me photos of their copy. The whole thing was a bit of a palaver though!
SOURCES
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- Luigi's Mansion Official Nintendo Player's Guide, p88 - 93 - imgur.com/gallery/IOFWxBR
- www.nsidr.com/archive/the-mak...
- www.wired.com/2013/03/luigi-m...
- www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks...
- kotaku.com/5990793/creating-a...
- www.gamasutra.com/view/featur...
MUSIC
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0:00 - Hard Boiled, Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
0:29 - Menilmontant, Latché Swing
1:52 - Opportunity Walks, Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
3:01, 8:45 - Sweet Georgia Brown, Latché Swing
7:32 - Rythme Gitan, Latché Swing
9:35 - Long Stroll, Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
10:27 - Hungaria, Latché Swing
11:59 - Songe D'Automne, Latché Swing
13:20 - Swing 39, Latché Swing
15:23 - Uh, that one's me
CREDITS
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- Sound effects from freesound.org
- Shadow puppet video - • Phil Shadow - VW-Phaet...
- 2d mario characters - www.deviantart.com/joshuat1306
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To anyone watching this video, I'm sorry about the sound effects! I've toned them down a lot in my future videos!
I'm still learning how to make videos like these, so I'm definitely gonna slip up from time to time. Hopefully you'll stick it out with me!
you need money tizzed
I was going to offer a respectful critique about just that, but I'm glad to see you've addressed it.
I've recently subbed, and I enjoy these type of videos as audio only in the car (I have to drive a lot for work) so I had nooo idea what was with all the sound effects until I pulled over and saw the card changes.
Hi ! And thanks for your great work. I'm currently watching all your videos and that is pure pleasure!!
Just on this (old) episode, trumpet in the background was melting with your voice frequencies and made this episode harder to follow (for the French I am at least). I mean that jazzy music was a disturbing mix :)
Apart from that on that specific old episode... I love your work. Thanks. It has a little taste of the 'Iwata asks' we so miss !
I’m impressed by your work: @Thomas Game Docs, you should do more of Nintendo’s gaming history along with their partnership with other companies. 👍🏼✨
I just wanna know who the other mansion owners are in dark moon
If you ignore the low resolution, Luigi's Mansion is honestly gorgeous. The lighting of the rooms is really good and atmospheric, and exploring the rooms with the gameboy horror is great. It's amazing how good GameCube games actually look aside from the low resolution, even characters having thousands of faces on their models.
And the dUST PARTICLES MMM!! Details like that are very unnecessary but super cool, it's makes the world feel more alive! Also Luigi's Mansion 3 looks beautiful and I just can't anymore it's gonna be so good.
Many games from that era look beautiful in 720p.
Dash120z Nintendo games tend to look very good when upscaled and cleaned up
Dolphin emulator moment
Tbh the resolution isn’t even that low😂
Luigi’s mansion team about to finish the game, sitting in their money pile and sipping wine goblets: “but I can’t help but think we missed something”
*ominous closing in on the Gamecube controller’s A button*
“...”
“Get Charles back in here...”
*_MARIO_*
Charles would be like "Oh, Mamma Mia"
Mario? M-m-m-mario! *MARIOOOOOO!!!*
I like how most bosses are perfectionists that are so overly specific on what they want from you & Shigeru Miyamoto’s pretty much just like “Alright have fun guys” as his primary advice for game development lmfao. What a great man.
I was going to just listen to this in the background while doing household chores, but I just had to stop and watch to give it my full attention!
Haha, thanks! Sorry to distract you from your chores!
This is the same with me, just with video games
Same
The Gamer Weeb what
Same here, actually!
This video brought to you by "Pbbth."
And whooo. Can't forget him.
I have watched this video 7 times and I didn't notice any of the "pbbth" or "whoosh" noises. Shows how seemless his editing is. Great job man :)
When you said that i thought of bob ngl
Elliot Campbell same😂
0:16
No one :
Nintendo Workers : Works on Dust particles for 6 months
now that's dedication!
that original track slapped ngl
During every long pause I’m just like... Thomas u there?
Same I was confused why the music was playing but why he stopped talking
Really interesting and well presented video. Only real complaints are that some sound effects were really annoying and the lack of any gameplay or development screenshots. The two sound effects in particular that kept annoying me were the "whoosh" and the "fart" noises. I'd really recommend toning them down or removing them completely in future videos as at some points in the video I was thinking more about the sound effects than the content itself. I feel gameplay videos or screenshots are really important in these types of videos. It felt kind of bland without it. Once again, great video though!
I was going to comment exactly this. I also found the sound effects annoying due to their excessive use... I really liked the video, though! Very informative :)
Ah ok, I'll turn down the sfx in future videos. Thanks for the feedback!
Also, I'll try to include more development screenshots/gameplay. The difficulty with that is I'm getting most of the information from interviews, and there's not always screenshots of what the devs are talking about. Nevertheless, I'll try to incorporate more in future videos if I can find them. Thanks!
Thanks! I'll turn down the sfx / avoid using the same ones again and again in future videos. Thanks for the feedback!
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It's great that Luigi's Mansion eventually got the appreciation it deserves, much like the GameCube itself. :) Also, it's nice having an explanation as to the design choices for Dark Moon which while the style wasn't loved by everyone, I really did enjoy it.
Also, Luigi's Mansion craze? There's a Luigi's Mansion Arcade edition too. :)
Yeah. Same with me.
you know luigi mansion is a good game when they worked on dust for 6 months
Nintendo Employee: we should work on the main level storyline system
Other Nintendo employee: Naw lets work on the quality of the dust for 6 months
Still better than horrifically realistic horse testicles
I love this style of editing with the cut-in visual gags; I'm excited to see where this channel goes!
Thank you!
it went to a good place
This is where a legend began.
Yes
um yeah a fire flower cant kill a boo in any way you need a super star or at least A LUIGI
This was really interesting! I love hearing about the development of games I like, the editing in this video was very well done too!
Thank you so much! That's super kind!
I am a massive fan of King Boo. Thank you so much for providing me this genius content!
A little fact you missed: Luigi's Mansion was originally going to be developed for the N64, however it was ported to Project Dolphin due to the fact that the team wanted dynamic shadows and better graphics than the N64 could handle.
Actually it wasn't missed
Try to rewatch the video again (😀)
Bright and upbeat Mario games: *HOTEL MARIO*
That whet I was gonna say
Toasters toast toast!
N O P E
Whoa, is there a full version of that old Luigi's Mansion rearrangement?
Ye just look for luigi's mansion on the cutting room floor
he's so soft spoken in this one, like he's trying not to accidentally wake someone up
I feel like the sequel was quite underrated. I had a blast playing it but haven’t seen much talk about it.
Same.
Dark moon?
yeah
the music in the original also slows down the lower your health is which i find very subtly pleasing but at the same time it made me think i messed up the music. however i did mess up, but in a different way to get my health so low that the change in tempo was that noticeable so i suppose it still makes sense.
I prefer Dark Moon. I love the additions like the strobulb and dark light device. The plot and beginning and end cutscenes make the game so much more satisfiying to play. And who can forget about adorable little polterpup?! :3
Thomas Game Docs first video, this video is awesome!
WHOOSH
Although I'm glad that we ended up getting Luigi's Mansion instead, I would still like to see "Mario's Japanese Ninja House" as an actual game one day as that actually seems like it would be a pretty interesting Mario game.
Mario's Ninja Temple
And then we had Luigi’s Mansion 3
Before I finished the original Luigi’s Mansion, I thought Dark Moon was an great game. The way they used the 3DS’s hardware was really good and Next Level’s humour was great. I’m very happy about Next Level on Mansion 3 :)
I love that you actually played the theme song on your piano
This was very interested, I love the editing.
My only problem is certain sections of the video you take too long.
Anyways, great job.
I'd love more of this.
Thank you! Which areas do you mean, by the way? Like the script doesn't get to the point, or do you mean when I stop talking to let the song finish?
the mall near my house has an arcade called Round 1. and in that arcade, there's a Luigi's Mansion arcade game. It's really fun, and worth your money. You get to hold a poultergust gun styled controller, and it has 2 controllers so 2 people can play. (with not Peach, Daisy, or any other real character. It's Blue Luigi. Why.) It's better than messing with an analog stick, since you get to point your controller at the screen like a Wiimote. It's worth your cash. It's better than the Mario Kart arcade games also featured, in my opinion.
"It could be beaten in six hours which is pretty quick"
Speedrunners: is that a challenge?
Where is Luigi I’m still trying to get him STILL
Aye stay in your mansion Mr. Boo 🙄
Amazing "first" video: I put this in quotes because I'm not entirely sure if it is a first or not. If it is.... wow; you've done amazing.
Even if it isn't, I still find it pretty incredible: the editing and music (save perhaps the *whoosh*ing) feels super polished and coordinated and the video in general has such a cool style. Moreover, it's very informative and interesting to listen to: I love hearing about what lead to the creation of my favorite games and you have such a calming voice.
So yeah; you've definitely found a new subscriber. The next few hours will likely be used towards marathoning the rest of your stuff ^_^
nice pfp
Does anyone have a video of all the different “Mario!” screams?
I absolutely love your videos, I’m a huge fan. Thank you so much for making these!
6:03 The original version of the first Luigi's mansion theme sounds more dubstep than the original, and I like it!
I love Luigi’s mansion games! ❤️ They need to be a permanent series~
“...the future of Luigi's Mansion has never looked brighter!”
What ever happened to Luigi's Mansion being dark and spooky?
(sorry, I'm not good at jokes)
NO this is literally what I was gonna bag on tbh. Was gonna be like "Luigi's mansion 3 washed out with bright bloom effects instead of an attempt at an unsettling atmosphere and ghost design."
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Here from Thomas's 3-year-anniversary post. Really fun to see where you started my dude! Good to know you've always been super informative and fun to watch.
I always love the excuse they said for the mission structure in luigis mansion 2. Because idk about you guys. But i didnt play for a short session. I finished that bad boy in like. 2 days
This channel is pretty underrated
Eric103killer u got that right
Eric103killer ikr
Dark Moon was part of my Childhood. I played it so often when I was huh younger.
First video, and you're already doing great!
Happy 3rd anniversary to your first video, and i wish you a very good future, Thomas.
This is where it all started, good job getting so far on this game
who are you? Why I haven't found you before? I love these type of channels
Keep up the good work
To be honest, Luigi's Mansion 2 was my favorite game among all the others.
2:54 "A mansion and a Luigi. Luigi's Mansion has been created."
woah your first video was really good! really enjoyed it, been a fan for a few years but only decided to check your older videos today lol
I dont usually subscribe after only one video, but yours are great. Keep it up
Excellent! I would like to add that your ending is really cool: a music starts playing near the end and then it's "revealed" that it was you playing, very good indeed.
Aside from that, same praises and complains as most people.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed that bit! Going back and watching this video, there's so many things I'd do differently now - still, I guess it's all part of the learning process!
I love all 3 Luigi's Mansion games. (Unfortunately I haven't been able to play the Luigi's Mansion 3DS port but oh well.) I much prefer the dual stick control methods but that's not to say that Dark Moon/2 had worse controls, and in some respects I prefer it. Not the amount of options for affecting the game but how they affect the game. I've recently been playing a lot of Dark Moon online because I find it quite fun as I've already beat the main game. The controls defiantly feel a lot more snappy than the original and by far the best thing about Dark Moon/2 is the run button oh my goodness the run button is the best edition to the series why did they remove it in 3?
this man has the most calming voice on the bloody planet
Wonderful work! Really enjoyed this! Thank you!
i usually get bored after 6 minutes on a 16 min video, but this was so good i watched it all! :D
Love ur vids keep them like this
I like the fact that the staircase boss's tune is an epic version of one of the parts of the main theme.
"The original game would not be visible on the 3DS"
"The original game is inseparable from the gamecube"
and here I am in the future playing Luigi's Mansion 1 on my 3DS...
Love your channel Thomas!
5:12
Even if this is an old video... every person that knows of the " totaka song" knows who is this man, because of this single gingle that's Soo iconic and apareas in every title he has work on.
the legend said if a new Nintendo game comes out, and Kasumi Totaka is part of the team, then at least, one player will be searching for the legendary song
And here a legendary game podcaster was born
Hi, Thomas! I loved your video, but would like to offer some criticism to help you get better videos done!
First and most important, lower your sfx. They're so loud they outlevel your own voice. Remember that in minidocs your voice is to be above everything else, in a great quality.
BGM and SFX should be waaaay lower, specially when the effects are so frequent. Consider lowering both their volume and frequency, so they don't annoy your viewer. So many "wooshs" are not very pleasant, and the stapler sounds are too loud.
Try listening to your video, rather than watching it before finishing it. Deprived of the visual stimulum you might perceive better the audio and make adjustments =)
Have a great time making content!
Woahhh, that's a lot of feedback! Thank you so much!
So I've definitely learned quite a bit after making the two videos after this one, and I've toned down the sound effects considerably. I agree that they were really over the top in this one, and hopefully I've learned my lesson ;)
That's a really great tip, by the way, about just listening to the audio. Thanks for that, and thanks for all the really valuable feedback!
So... 2nd reply is me huh? Noice
Me 3rd
I absolutely love your video 😄
I enjoyed playing Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon was I younger because at the time I only had a 3DS XL. The good times playing Mario kart 7, Super MARIO bros 2, super Mario 3D land, and most important Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon. Beat the game twice because my little sister deleted my save where I completed the hole game which made me sad that I had to start all the way back, but beating the game faster and having fun playing the story mode again.
0:00 a legend was born
I’m happy we got the newer version of the theme song
a legend was born
you do such a good job keep up the good work
Which one would you prefer? *Exploration of a Haunted Mansion?* or *A Series Of Ghost Catching Missions?*
(I prefer #1)
Woosh
But very worth watching anyway
Klasse Video,vielen Dank.Es war sehr informativ und unterhaltsam.
Can’t believe how far your channel has come by 2022!
This is like: Did You Know Gaming? + Game theory..... I'm sold!
Oh wow, I feel honoured to be compared to them, thank you so much!
And thus,a legend came to TH-cam
He switched the text bubbles at 2:10 So the gamecube Team asked the Mansion Team for changes on the gamecube. But still good Video!
And a legendary TH-cam channel was born
Love these types of videos. Can you do one for Mario Party?
Very good video, well done
You are such a good pianist I like how you did the Luigi’s mansion came at the end on your piano #coololdmusic
So glad they decided on working with Next Level games.
Ah yes Miyomoto, he should teach new developers the art of the game.
this was awesome
This was really interesting video, I love Luigi's Mansion. Now I wanna play the original game!
In all the games Totaka worked on you can hear a secret song called Totaka's Song
O h r e a l l y ?
It's not in wii play...
@@malindarusse6527 Oh.
@@Shadow2237 I meant Wii music! My bad..
0:00 A legend was born… 3 years later… almost 400k subscribers…
Why do people ALWAYS comment this?
Ahh the nostalgia
His voice has become so much more pronounced since this vid
Great video but man those "woosh" noises in the transictions is the most annoying thing I have ever heard, are they even necessary?
I agree that they're WAY too prominent and repetitive in this video - I'm making sure to turn down the sfx a bit plus using a greater variety in the next videos I'm working on. I definitely think there should be *some* sound effects though - I think the video would seem like it was lacking something without them. I guess I'll see what the feedback's like on the next video and go from there. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video other than that though!
@@ThomasGameDocs I think there definitely could be sound, but for example GMTK does fine with just voice and background music, and very very occasional sound effects. I think you can do fine with that too. As right now, the amount of sound effects, and especially the wooshes, make the video hard to listen to.
@@tyker77 I definitely toned down the sfx in the videos I made after this (the Layton one, in particular, is the closest to my vision for these videos), but I do take your point. However, GMTK videos have a completely different visual style to mine - I'm going for a lot more of a skeuomorphic, paper cut-out styled look, similar to Lindsay Ellis' series It's Lit (th-cam.com/video/Mn3aKZ8ZVFo/w-d-xo.html). I think in these first 3 videos I didn't really reach the level of papery-ness that I wanted, which makes the sfx stand out a lot (plus they were far too loud and annoying). The video I'm currently working on about Super Mario Kart has a much stronger paper look and I think the sound effects really fit into it. I'm definitely listening to the feedback though, and if people find the sfx annoying in my other videos then I'll definitely considering taking them out / seriously reducing them. For now though, most/all of the criticism about the sfx has been on this video, where imo they were executed pretty poorly.
Anyway, that turned into a bit of an essay! Can you tell I've thought too much about this, haha? Basically, I'm listening to feedback and will get rid of them if people keep hating them.
video: exists
video: *insert unfunny subreddit here*
Chaziz bruh
Frankly I loved the first game. It stuck to the creepy factor instead of making it more funny or silly. It only gave you any relief when you cleared a room in the mansion unlike Dark Moon which had occasional comedic relief. There was so much more creepy atmosphere to the original than the more recent games. Younger me was scared to play the game for a while because of the constant hallway jump scares and really really dark rooms. As I got older I came to appreciate it much more. Not to say the series took a dive into garbage; I think the series is great and really builds up on my childhood and I’m happy new games are coming out; but I find the original game the best in the series.
Would love a remaster of Luigi’s Mansion for Switch ... never played the GameCube game (or GameCube at all) 😞
Use a nintendo gamecube emulator
Use a gamecube emulator
Surprisingly good for a first video
3.3M sales compared to Mario 64's 11M is GREAT. In fact, Luigi's Mansion was the 5th most sold GameCube game.
That breathing noise every time something moved in this video drive me crazy
Me too
11:06
They were working on kid icarus
I love how Hotel Mario shows up there.
Also funny because Luigi's Mansion 3 takes place in a hotel.
very well done video
Thanks, that's really kind!
@@ThomasGameDocs this is your first comment ever
First video coment
love the self-made sfx
Wow. The story behind of my most hated games of all time makes this game worth a shot past the baby for a fifth try I think, and it makes me want to try out the second and the third one just because it is, like here said, different, and I did not know that until now.