The original Luigi's Mansion is much like Yoshi's Island. I remember the pre-release comments about both games, neither of which saw a lot of positive press. When the games finally came out, they were met with mixed reviews. Some people really loved the final product, others just didn't understand the direction that Nintendo took. Of course, that all changed years later.

Nowadays, Luigi's Mansion and Yoshi's Island are heralded as some of Nintendo's best work. They pushed boundaries and expanded ideas for the characters included. Perhaps that's why we had to wait so long to see a sequel. Nintendo wanted to wait for people to come around and see the games for what they were and what they offered, rather than what those critics supposedly wanted at the time.

Those memories have stuck with me all these years. During those years, little did I know that we would actually get a sequel. Hell, we even had a couple years of waiting for the finished product when the game was actually announced! That's a hell of a lot of waiting to get our first sequel. I don't know that any game could have lived up to that hype. Regardless of that, how did Nintendo and Next Level do with Luigi's return to a starring role position?

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