How was Luigi's Mansion created?

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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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@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@nathanieljones8043 5 жыл бұрын

you need money tizzed

@EasyCure0 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@pinkcellvideo 4 жыл бұрын

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 !

@alex_creations__ 4 жыл бұрын

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. 👍🏼✨

@shureborn 4 жыл бұрын

I just wanna know who the other mansion owners are in dark moon

@trulyinfamous 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@luckyworm_9453 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Dash120z 4 жыл бұрын

Many games from that era look beautiful in 720p.

@connormclernon26 3 жыл бұрын

Dash120z Nintendo games tend to look very good when upscaled and cleaned up

@fetusman2248 3 жыл бұрын

Dolphin emulator moment

@phillipe4742 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh the resolution isn’t even that low😂

@OhNoBohNo 4 жыл бұрын

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...”

@TheSweetnik80 4 жыл бұрын

*_MARIO_*

@kanashikinota799 3 жыл бұрын

Charles would be like "Oh, Mamma Mia"

@petra080171 2 жыл бұрын

Mario? M-m-m-mario! *MARIOOOOOO!!!*

@juumoji 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! Sorry to distract you from your chores!

@curvedtoaster5931 4 жыл бұрын

This is the same with me, just with video games

@kingbowser4542 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@larniieplayz6285 3 жыл бұрын

The Gamer Weeb what

@roxers7531 3 жыл бұрын

Same here, actually!

@niknunya7348 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@EggmanlandResident 4 жыл бұрын

This video brought to you by "Pbbth."

@hollywang227 3 жыл бұрын

And whooo. Can't forget him.

@elliotcampbell7284 3 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@naazriin 3 жыл бұрын

When you said that i thought of bob ngl

@daltonwhitehead8145 3 жыл бұрын

Elliot Campbell same😂

@jell-o7649 3 жыл бұрын

0:16

@goohb9511 4 жыл бұрын

No one : Nintendo Workers : Works on Dust particles for 6 months

@tammytimothy8424 4 жыл бұрын

now that's dedication!

@oliviart7151 4 жыл бұрын

that original track slapped ngl

@lackingcool127 4 жыл бұрын

During every long pause I’m just like... Thomas u there?

@Arminangiminal 3 жыл бұрын

Same I was confused why the music was playing but why he stopped talking

@driftwoodods 3 жыл бұрын

you know luigi mansion is a good game when they worked on dust for 6 months

@1Thunderfire 4 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@GalaxyDogenut 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Same with me.

@nuggetysysys 3 жыл бұрын

This is where a legend began.

@Unkown-il9oz 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@dryt0a5t7 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rinnnnnnnnnnrin 4 жыл бұрын

Still better than horrifically realistic horse testicles

@Data3rror 5 жыл бұрын

I love this style of editing with the cut-in visual gags; I'm excited to see where this channel goes!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@limeedhot Жыл бұрын

it went to a good place

@fink3262 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@Fogokhost 5 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll turn down the sfx / avoid using the same ones again and again in future videos. Thanks for the feedback!

@PabTSM-OfficialChannel 2 жыл бұрын

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@emperorbooglitch8540 4 жыл бұрын

I am a massive fan of King Boo. Thank you so much for providing me this genius content!

@cityofcolour_9053 5 жыл бұрын

This was really interesting! I love hearing about the development of games I like, the editing in this video was very well done too!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That's super kind!

@chrisperkins2597 4 жыл бұрын

um yeah a fire flower cant kill a boo in any way you need a super star or at least A LUIGI

@TwiliPaladin 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Cheeseburger897 2 жыл бұрын

Actually it wasn't missed Try to rewatch the video again (😀)

@onionbot2 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like the sequel was quite underrated. I had a blast playing it but haven’t seen much talk about it.

@GalaxyDogenut 3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@FuzaketeSatsugai 2 жыл бұрын

Dark moon?

@onionbot2 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@MrMemez-em6hg 4 жыл бұрын

Thomas Game Docs first video, this video is awesome! WHOOSH

@Doodlebugthegoldenhamster 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gamernation1829 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@wyxyr9495 4 жыл бұрын

Bright and upbeat Mario games: *HOTEL MARIO*

@mihyroiz_heatlair 3 жыл бұрын

That whet I was gonna say

@FROGDUDESPOND 3 жыл бұрын

Toasters toast toast!

@Superemie401 2 жыл бұрын

N O P E

@NoahBuie 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you actually played the theme song on your piano

@YoutubePizzer 4 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@plant7371 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@colorbar.s 3 жыл бұрын

he's so soft spoken in this one, like he's trying not to accidentally wake someone up

@mikumika3819 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ThunderSpeedStudios Жыл бұрын

Mario's Ninja Temple

@kingboo6210 3 жыл бұрын

Where is Luigi I’m still trying to get him STILL

@bunny0rgans845 3 жыл бұрын

Aye stay in your mansion Mr. Boo 🙄

@tobiasfeil1993 Жыл бұрын

3.3M sales compared to Mario 64's 11M is GREAT. In fact, Luigi's Mansion was the 5th most sold GameCube game.

@Yash-os2gu 4 жыл бұрын

And then we had Luigi’s Mansion 3

@eric103killer4 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is pretty underrated

@Yash-os2gu 4 жыл бұрын

Eric103killer u got that right

@Person-ig6yv 4 жыл бұрын

Eric103killer ikr

@Kictor 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos, I’m a huge fan. Thank you so much for making these!

@michaelpimentel9076 4 жыл бұрын

6:03 The original version of the first Luigi's mansion theme sounds more dubstep than the original, and I like it!

@Scharfster 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa, is there a full version of that old Luigi's Mansion rearrangement?

@larshmallows 4 жыл бұрын

Ye just look for luigi's mansion on the cutting room floor

@AB39 3 жыл бұрын

First video, and you're already doing great!

@InvadeleYogurt 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@AZGamezYT 2 жыл бұрын

This is where it all started, good job getting so far on this game

@nathaliesantibanez 2 жыл бұрын

Happy 3rd anniversary to your first video, and i wish you a very good future, Thomas.

@MarioLuigi0404 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have a video of all the different “Mario!” screams?

@Suki022 3 жыл бұрын

I love Luigi’s mansion games! ❤️ They need to be a permanent series~

@realsamir7374 2 жыл бұрын

And here a legendary game podcaster was born

@happyfellowship4291 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@NonisLuck 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@KittyKaijuWorks 4 жыл бұрын

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

@GentlemanGamer94 5 жыл бұрын

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 ^_^

@onionbot2 4 жыл бұрын

nice pfp

@instantregretplaylist 4 жыл бұрын

"It could be beaten in six hours which is pretty quick" Speedrunners: is that a challenge?

@cosmicvoidtree 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@kmcamesome3799 5 жыл бұрын

This is like: Did You Know Gaming? + Game theory..... I'm sold!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I feel honoured to be compared to them, thank you so much!

@ToastyBro221 Жыл бұрын

This was really interesting video, I love Luigi's Mansion. Now I wanna play the original game!

@kgratia4748 2 жыл бұрын

a legend was born

@Mrmeoggy 3 жыл бұрын

this man has the most calming voice on the bloody planet

@YEWCHENGYINMoe Жыл бұрын

2:54 "A mansion and a Luigi. Luigi's Mansion has been created."

@sen9688 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Nintenblox Жыл бұрын

Can’t believe how far your channel has come by 2022!

@theogmoron3190 3 жыл бұрын

I dont usually subscribe after only one video, but yours are great. Keep it up

@_KDP Жыл бұрын

i usually get bored after 6 minutes on a 16 min video, but this was so good i watched it all! :D

@AAAGamesMaster 4 жыл бұрын

"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...

@fortniteconnoisseur_ 4 жыл бұрын

Dark Moon was part of my Childhood. I played it so often when I was huh younger.

@zach_c 4 жыл бұрын

“...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)

@Nepgearaf 4 жыл бұрын

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."

@theguy5783 2 жыл бұрын

0pl

@erteyzfan3090 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, Luigi's Mansion 2 was my favorite game among all the others.

@JAB_the_Tab 2 жыл бұрын

love the self-made sfx

@alessandrovalentino3406 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work! Really enjoyed this! Thank you!

@aramkimodo 3 жыл бұрын

And thus,a legend came to KZfaq

@_sparrowhawk 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel Thomas!

@wizardthebizard2092 3 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly good for a first video

@bentheman69 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@calebcrafts8011_Edits Жыл бұрын

And a legendary KZfaq channel was born

@samlindberg 4 жыл бұрын

Woosh But very worth watching anyway

@joalgarcia8770 6 ай бұрын

0:00 a legend was born

@HBRO_04 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@RetroArcadeGuy 4 жыл бұрын

who are you? Why I haven't found you before? I love these type of channels Keep up the good work

@devonali3555 4 жыл бұрын

Love ur vids keep them like this

@Loewenzahnfanclub 2 жыл бұрын

Klasse Video,vielen Dank.Es war sehr informativ und unterhaltsam.

@JS-pk8gv 4 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that the staircase boss's tune is an epic version of one of the parts of the main theme.

@goldensun1167 3 жыл бұрын

You are such a good pianist I like how you did the Luigi’s mansion came at the end on your piano #coololdmusic

@Wanking_wanker 4 жыл бұрын

I’m happy we got the newer version of the theme song

@volfreude2637 4 жыл бұрын

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

@BuckBlaziken 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@candacethompson3099 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your video 😄

@cadendicky1855 2 жыл бұрын

So glad they decided on working with Next Level games.

@XanderHGX 2 жыл бұрын

0:00 A legend was born… 3 years later… almost 400k subscribers…

@Dunnay48 2 жыл бұрын

Why do people ALWAYS comment this?

@floydbooth5908 10 ай бұрын

you do such a good job keep up the good work

@Denny_1776 5 жыл бұрын

Very good video, well done

@TomTheCasual 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh the nostalgia

@SN64YT 2 жыл бұрын

Thomas Game Docs used to sound a bit more quiet in this old video It could be because he was getting used to the mike and kinda shy, but I am not fully sure on that. It's just a guess I had anyways. It is a good video while looking back at it, but some stuff he would have refined or changed to make the video more intriguing I guess. That's what improvement does to you later on when you are getting more experience handling this KZfaq video channel stuff.

@daniellauretti8378 3 жыл бұрын

His voice has become so much more pronounced since this vid

@someonenamedgreen 2 жыл бұрын

0:00 When a legend born.

@Shadow2237 4 жыл бұрын

In all the games Totaka worked on you can hear a secret song called Totaka's Song

@captaintoad5539 4 жыл бұрын

O h r e a l l y ?

@malindarusse6527 4 жыл бұрын

It's not in wii play...

@Shadow2237 4 жыл бұрын

@@malindarusse6527 Oh.

@malindarusse6527 4 жыл бұрын

@@Shadow2237 I meant Wii music! My bad..

@JogaLee 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@ThomasGameDocs 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@an0therm1nute 3 жыл бұрын

So... 2nd reply is me huh? Noice

@AltQuik 3 жыл бұрын

Me 3rd