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sometimes your voice sounds like a british luigi talking about his own game

I think you missed a bit on the last one. There is another fear that humans have from an early age--that of falling. Showing how high up you are in that way, then making you carefully navigate forward is part of the feeling, too. It primes the player to be in a spooky mood, same as the music, so the spiders seem even spookier.

Who's playing the ominous, discordant piano music? Must be Thomas himself.

Luigi's mansion isn't the only scary series though. Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, now that's the frightening stuff.

I'd love to see the research studies redone to evaluate how scary certain TV logos are. Some people are scared of the "Viacom V of Doom" and the "THX Deep Note".

Great video!! Another great example of nonlinear sounds is the mangled piano at the beginning of BOTW’s Guardian theme.

Everybody gangsta till Luigi mansion starts actually hacking your brain. Or maybe it's just you after being quarantined for about a week?

In my opinion, the scariest part of Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon was the 5th mansion's "investigation" section. I mean seriously, for all other 4 investigations where completely separate, and not really animated. It blew away expectations when you went to gather information on the king boo. I mean, it was really well done.

"Let's get that off the screen" *puts it right back on screen*

I get a heart attack every time at the ghost jumpscare in luigi's mansion 3. You go to the balcony with some flowers, ravens and a telescope. You obviously watch through it and see a big detailed panorama with dark colours. Then, at the PERFECT timing (after 5 seconds or so), a ghost shows up blocking your sight. The developers knew exactly when to make the ghost appear and it's my scariest moment of the playthrough.

“Luigi’s mansion is the only real scary series of games that Nintendo produce” Have you played Metroid fusion?

That moment when there's a room full of spiders that they put there to scare you But it's just a video game And you're not even scared of spiders

For me, the scariest part in the whole trilogy is when you are in the unnatural history museum in lm3 and you walk down the long corridor and after every flash of lightning the skeleton changes. This reminded me of the dinosaur from the wooded kingdom in super Mario odyssey. I hope they scare me that much in the next luigis mansion game.

When I was younger, I didn’t have a memory card. This meant that a fatal hit was a complete restart. For some reason this made the game more scary, as a fake door or a jump scaring ghost could mean the end of the run.

3:21 This technique is used a lot throughout the third game. >Tomb Suites consists of series of timed booby traps, where Luigi will be crushed or suffocate if he doesn’t make it. >Boilerworks throws you some tricky-to-avoid Goobs with shark fins, and Luigi will drown if they pop his raft. >Captain Fishook will possess a pirate ship and tip the boat, where Luigi has to hold onto a rope for dear life or take damage in the ship’s teeth. >Garden Suites surprised you with a living branch that begins to choke Luigi. >Castle MacFrights locks Luigi in a cellar, and he will die if Gooigi can’t make it to the lever in time. The threat is shown in all situations, but Luigi’s life is put on the line at the same time, meaning the player has to take serious action.

Luigi's Mansion 1 will forever be genuinely really scary to me. It always makes me feel uneasy

The sections in Dark Moon where you had to balance on the metal beams were really scary and intense because you could fall off and die at any moment while crossing to the other side.

The first Luigi's Mansion in its entirety was a masterclass in generating horror by keeping things unknown. Everything about the game--the setting, the camera angle, the fact that it's starring a character who is traditionally only a sidekick--they were all used to constantly make you feel like you didn't fully know what you were getting into. In my opinion, it worked fantastically.

The only scary series : earthbound wants to know your location

I really like the new intro drums you've been using! All your videos since you've come back from your hiatus have been great.

The dinosaur room was actually pretty freaky in Mansion 3. The skeleton moving as the lightning flashes was really well done. LoZ has a lot of scary things in it too, though, and I feel like Twilight could be called a horror game as well. Nintendo has a lot more 'dark' content in their games than most people assume imo.

How about the "Infinite Staircase" from Super Mario 64?

The scariest parts of Dark Moon were the two King Boo jumpscares near the end of the game!

I found the scariest part of the first game to be when all the power is shutdown. And you have to weave through all the previous areas you conquered.

What actually scared me in dark moon was when you entered the last mansion after getting the entrance key and king boo lighting up in the dark hall way That was horrifying

I thought the beginning of Luigi's Mansion 3, right after the hotel changes from normal to sp00ky, was quite scary too. With the empty, half-destroyed rooms, where a few hours ago you said goodnight to your brother and his girlfriend. I guess the opening section creates a false sense of security, and even though the entire game is made in such a cartoony style, it made an impression on me.

The thing is, i remember when Thomas asked if anyone had some footage of picking up Luigi's Mansion in a dark room, for a moment I became so hyped because my sister had the 3DS version, then he said that he needed the GameCube version, and i slowly sat down again, knowing that i wouldnt be able to do it

I remember in Dark Moon that when Luigi heads up to the Old Clockwork, there is a short cutscene in which Luigi shines his flashlight left and right while facing the screen and u see King Boo behind him smiling. Now that was a real spook.

I think Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon is HEAVILY underrated. It's a fascinating game, and it takes me back to getting my first 3DS in 2012.

I'm totally digging that Thomas is back! Also, the intro is great, and the sciencey aspect of your videos is terrific! Keep up the great work, you're an awesome creator!!

I can't believe that this video called my mind dumb

I love how creepy the first game is, and Dark Moon is also really creepy at times and is my favorite! In fact, it scares me more than the original did...still creeps me out in some places! That part with the strange music was definitely creepy, but when I first played Dark Moon the creepiness really started to pick up after the first mansion! Random unexplained things moving in the dark (being made even creepier when you realize there is no ghost playing around), really ominous atmospheres and sounds, unexplainable events and occurances (take the Secret Mine for example when that certain strange figure flies across the scenery, and you must wonder if something's about to happen...) and even completely unexpected jumpscares where the game makes sure you are least expecting it did a good job in creeping me out and even startling me in Dark Moon! Overall, it was a fun experience, one of the best experiences with a game I ever had. And its length matched my pace at playing games! Anyone who has played the entire game, Dark Moon, past the first mansion would definitely have to admit Dark Moon had its really dark, creepy moments. But when everyone stops at the first mansion and basically judge the book by its cover, they claim the game isnt scary and never give it a chance to really see what it has to offer. Of course that, along with the huge amount of adventure it contains and the SUSPENSE...it makes Dark Moon my favorite Luigi's Mansion. Even after Luigi's Mansion 3. Especially after Luigi's Mansion 3, actually. 3 kind of disappointed me, though the beginning was REALLY good I must admit. So good, I'm willing to replay the beginning again. But just the beginning. I'm surprised you couldn't find anything creepier to mention than a mere spider room. Really? Thats all you could find? When I went into a room full of spiders, I didnt have a problem flashing them and just being on my way, simple. The tiny little pests arent what make a Luigi's Mansion game scary. I thought you were going to mention that really ominous beginning I enjoyed, just as ominous as Dark Moon can get later on! (I can even make a whole list of the really creepy parts of Dark Moon. As you might expect, most arent a part of the first mansion...but past the first mansion, things do get good if thats what someones looking for).

i remember being tense while playing the first one and getting spooped by random ghost or boos, and with Dark moon and 3D the 1st boss gave me a heart attack :'^)

Dude I’m an adult but that chase scene at the beginning of luigis mansion 3 scared the SHIT outta me.

This is such a well done video, Thomas! You totally should make a video about Eternal Darkness! It's a horror game made by Nintendo and Silicon Knights, with people like Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Hiroshi Yamauchi as producers! Eternal Darkness is probably the most scary horror game I've ever played and no game hacks your brain more than that one. The game even mimicks things like save corruption and loading errors to screw with your mind.

I like that part of Dark Moon where Luigi gets spooked by a giant shadow from a small spider. That's some clever lighting!

Luigi games: Play mind games and scare you. Mario games: Run and jump and say "Yahoo!"

11:25 Personally I just was happy to have money by killing them

I thought the big thing for the spider room in Luigi's Mansion 3 was how cramped and trapped you were with spiders in every direction

The best scares happen when you least expect them. Second rule of horror.

wow okay you can use the comments section during a premier cool

The biggest scare I got in the Luigi's Mansion series is the "picture" on the start up of level E-3. That being in dark moon

Your videos always make me happy! They are so interesting and well made :3

I love the illustrations in this video! They’re beautiful as well as cohesive

Groovy video - your production quality has hugely improved since I last watched. Keep up the awesome work!

The new addition of illustrations are really satisfying to the eye. I applaud the artist 😌

Great video! Absolutely loved the illustrations!!! Keep it up!

This is such an interesting video I’m gonna watch this channel again

The scariest part is, I've played Luigis Mansion1, 2 and 3 and yet never heard of the existence of a Luigis Mansion remake for the 3ds until now

Just the other day I was wondering why are people so afraid of bugs and spiders, since they're so tiny. I didn't expect the answer would come from Thomas Game Docs XD. Good video, man

I remember when I first saw the orange blurry ghost I was like oh. ok. I was probably to dumb to understand it.

Man, you want to analyse spooky Nintendo? Just boot up Ocarina of Time and go beneath the well!

Eternal Darkness: Am I a joke to you?

0:41 this is a Turkish antique store, I can say by looking at the pictures and specifically Atatürk picture on top.

you sound like my teacher trying to fit the lesson's vocabulary into every single scenario

All I could think of when I saw the spider room was "Ooooh, a bunch of free money!" :D

i think whats scarier is the sudden jump scares. comes up out of no where.

Your videos make me so happy, Thomas. Thank you.

0:45 those words hurted me and i loved it

Also the original death animation of Luigi was super scary

Respect for all people on premiere.

I love how when you play that sorta intro scene backwards, it looks like Luigi's just like "I'm outta here!"

9:26 this room scared me a lot, I wasn't expecting that at all!! It gave me anxiety because i wanted all the money but at the same time i wanted to get out as fast as i could because of that creepy music. It felt like something was going to happen and that i should get out before it happen 😬

I remember getting the dark moon game on my 7th birthday ( I think ) and I thought the creepy piano was just background music haha

Another lesser example of the music, not as scary or anything, but the dark moon boss where the leadup was climbing up stairs. the music was simplistic, consisting of a single rising and dropping melody, but as you went up the stairs, it got more intense, and one mistake sent you back to the bottom. Youre 90% of the way up, and SHINK, you slide all the way back to the bottom. It wasnt scary, but it was intense, man. Also that boss at the top was the objectively lamest in the series.

The piano scarred me the first time I heard it as a kid

I'll never forgive Dark Moon for that jumpscare before the Area 5 mission.

Can we just mention how freakin scary the moma spider from dark moon and the polterkitty from lm3 are

this channel is so underrated

God damn, I played all three Luigi's Mansion games and there was at least ONE thing that scared me. In the original...it was the baby. In Dark Moon, it was the demented laughing of the Ghosts... In 3? The dinosaur boss fight.

Luigi's Mansion is pretty unique game imo, and does a good job of putting Luigi in the spotlight. I feel Luigi's Mansion is the most creepy one, Dark Moon was a bit more cartoonish, buy is respectable and does a great job at certain parts, and 3 did a good job of returning to the first one, while keeping the cartoonish look from Dark Moon.

1:38 Holy... THAT HAPPENS TO ME OMG. LIKE EVERY NIGHT. But that's probably just because I'm very paranoid and a wimp

Katie's drawings are so cool and so Katie I love them

For me luigis mansion was perfect in audio. I was just humming luigis theme, just like luigi did in-game

about the pupil experiment: pupils get bigger if you love something or feel comfortable pupils get smaller if you're tense and worked up that's why (for example) in anime, when a character goes full psycho, their pupils get unrealistically small (because that happens irl too) also, when you're high, (high, not stoned) your pupils get big af too

As soon as you started explaining non-linear sounds an earthquake occurred where I live, interesting

I remember when I went to bed and my little sister was hiding around the corner and I saw her hand And I guess she heard me and yanked her hand back I did not know what it was at first and that scared me more than seeing her

I actually wished they kept Luigi's mansion a bit more jumpy and scary. The first game scares me even now when I'm much older. And even when I was younger and watched my Brother play Dark Moon, the game wasn't AT ALL scary to me.. And that makes me a bit disappointed since the point of Luigi's Mansion was to make you feel on edge and constantly fearful. The next two Luigi's Mansion games weren't really like that. I was just sad that unique little feeling that made the whole game so special was taken away..

Luigi's Mansion 1 and 3 are such excellent games. In some ways, I truly believe 1 is the best - so atmospheric, such minimal music, ghosts quietly humming the main tune when the lights are off, out of site but ever present. And once the lights turned on, they STAYED on, giving you permanent safe rooms. 3 is probably the "best" game, as it has a good mixture of creepy and kooky. And King Boo looks freaking sweet, definitely Nintendo's scariest villain. Bowser is big and intimidating, classic great bad guy. King Boo, however, is truly terrifying, exuding and aura of evil, the likes of which Bowser just doesn't come close to. 2 fell short, in my opinion. Good game, but inferior to 1 and 3.

I think Luigi’s mansion 1 and 3 were amazing and I love them to this day

WOW! I’ll be sure to make a complain to Nintendo for privacy breech, they saw my brain!

The invisible man is exactly the same you dont know where he is it makes the film stand out. It's a masterpiece

About the spider attic, there are people (like me) who wouldn't be scared of these spiders because we know they aren't real.

9:42 Him: You're Horrified, Paralyzed, With Fear Me: *cries of laughter because of how the spiders are so cute and it's silly crab-like walking animation along with the quantity of them* Edit: I wasn't afraid at all in that part

I am oddly not scared of spiders, mildly more with snakes, but not very much once I'm used to it. For me it'd be just be a nice room spiders

Luigi’s mansion 3 had a jump scare and it scared the crap out of me 😔

Yeah this game scared the living shit out of me as a kid. I remember when the power goes out in the entire mansion and I just turned off my gamecube. Lmao.

8:00 I love the mental image of scientists playing music for one group and grating noise for another and comparing how each group felt about the 'music'. "Huh looks like nobody preferred the atonal mix of horrible screeching. fascinating!"

but i played the third one (the first too) and the spider room, i was like, ''ok, there a gem, how do i access it ? Oh spiders, get te vaccum luigi''

I was expecting the build up to the final boss for 3's moment. Not sure what it was, but I was very tense as you slowly follow Mario up to the top of the hotel

I really do love style and videos another amazing video

non linear sounds: speaker turned up too loud, marmot alert scream, violin bow scratch, bass boosted toad sings never gonna give you up. Deeply unsettling that last one is

Everyone: live chat Me: normal comments section lol

I actually am attrackted to the unknown as the known is kinda predictable, the unknown don't always have to be scary if its scary its kinda predictable too because you try to find someting scary.

9:46 - "Ok, let's get that off the screen, shall we?" *(Puts it right back up immediately after the fade to black)*

I can’t be the only one who thinks Luigi’s Mansion hasn’t felt the same since the first one. It’s not become “bad”. The games are great, but the first one is waaaaay better than the other two

Talks about the song from Dark Moon: doesn't stop talking over it so we can hear it.

Know this is like a year old, but I'm kinda on a binge.. Just wanted to add also as someone who grew up with literally zero dangerous spiders around me, I can tell right away those spiders look like huge black widow spiders..

just now relize how cold it is in the mansion