While Luigi will no doubt remain in the shadow of his spotlight-hogging brother, Mario, the little-plumber-that-occasionally-could has had something of an increase in popularity of late. Given that there was an entire year of Nintendo games and marketing dedicated to him in 2013, this shouldn`t come as a surprise, but he`s also become a bit bolder as a character recently--who can forget the gifs of him giving dagger eyes to fellow racers as he passed them by in Mario Kart 8?Luigi`s Mansion 3 allows the lanky green boy to continue his side-hustle as an exorcist and ghost hunter but puts him up against his greatest challenge yet: an entire hotel full of ghouls to be vacuumed and vanquished. This time Mario and the gang have been captured, and it`s up to him to free them and save the day. This will require bravery the likes of which Luigi has never shown before, so could it also be a turning point in his life? Will we get a self-assured, composed Luigi on the other side?That`s one of the questions we posed to Kensuke Tanabe, producer of Luigi`s Mansion 3, and the game`s supervisor, Yoshihito Ikebata. We also discussed the surprising popularity of the character and what distinguishes him from Mario, as well as how moving to a hotel changes the ghost hunting experience, and Nintendo`s thinking on DLC for the game.GameSpot: During the presentation, you mentioned the Luigi`s Mansion games have done really well. Was that a surprise to you?Tanabe: I was genuinely surprised to see so many people so excited about this game. There was a very long gap in the time between the first and second game coming out, but the fact that the third one came out pretty much right away must have something to do with the fact that it was so popular. So, right now we`re talking to [Luigi`s Mansion 3 developer] Next Level Games, trying to get more out of the game; creating a more fun game featuring Luigi.Do you think that Luigi as a character is now more relatable to the common person? Everyo ...
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