Way back in 2001, Nintendo launched a new ‘Mario’ spin-off series starring the green-clad younger brother of the duo, Luigi. In this new series, ‘Luigi’s Mansion,’ not only did Nintendo produce a new IP by expanding on their existing IP, but they began exploring uncharted genre territory – for Nintendo, that is – by creating a Survival Horror game that was light enough on both the Survival and the Horror to make it accessible to a young audience (or, indeed, an audience with a yellow streak as wide as Luigi’s).
Nintendo would go on to neglect this new IP, leaving it fallow and untouched for a whopping 12 years, before their marketing gimmick of “The Year of Luigi” coincided with a new game in the spin-off series hitting the embattled and struggling 3DS in 2013, all ... |
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