Tag: Luigi

So, in the Luigi’s Mansion 3 trailer, @caz-cina pointed out the stacks of pizza boxes in (what is presumably) Mario’s room in this haunted hotel and the question was raised as to why pizza instead of pasta, which had been long established as Mario’s favorite food.

And that got me thinking… we have seen Mario leave stacks of pizza boxes around before–in the live-action segments of the SMB Super Show, Mario did this all the time, much to Luigi’s exasperation.

…And upon further inspection of this literally 30-second trailer, I found a total of 4 possible shout-outs to the Super Show.

1. The aforementioned pizza boxes

2. The wanted posters of Toad, Luigi, Mario, and Peach–the same lineup as the Super Show, which had been based on SMB 1 and 2.  While the first three have all been in the previous Luigi’s Mansion games, Peach, on the other hand, has never been in one before, so it definitely seems odd to bring her in now, unless they were intentionally trying to do that call-back.

3. The plunger attack.  In the Super Show, the bros used plungers for literally everything–weapons, climbing tools, you name it.  Luigi using one as a weapon against the ghosts also seems to hearken back to that–an interesting choice, when none of the other games, whether main series or spinoffs, have had plungers being used (as far as I know).

4. One could say that the very notion of the Luigi’s Mansion series got started with one of the Super Show’s live-action segments, where Luigi was seen fighting off a Slimer-esque ghost with a broom after it had invaded their apartment.  Fast forward to 2001, and Luigi started using a vacuum against ghosts instead.

…So, yes.  Four possible shout-outs.  Maybe it’s all just a coincidence…

…Or maybe, just maybe, it’s a nod and acknowledgement of the Super Show’s 30th anniversary??