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Panel from a Game Boy comic in the Nintendo Comics System series by Valiant Comics.
That moment when @rose-of-pollux points out that Luigi’s Mansion 3 could be one huge homage to the Super Mario Bros Super Show!
Honestly, I would not mind at all if this ends up happening, or at least being an acknowledgment of the show’s 30th anniversary–this was where we first got to see Mario and Luigi being portrayed as Best Bros who support each other.
What better way to have those call-backs/shout-outs than in a spinoff series which is all about Luigi facing his fears to rescue his bro?
Stop STOP you’re blowing my mind here!
It doesn’t surprise me that Nintendo make these obscure references (Nintendo leaves no stone unturned); but as fun as the Super Show was, I don’t think Nintendo would put it up there as their crowning achievement.
Therefore it surprises me that they seem to be dedicating an entire Luigi game filled with major references that relate back to the show. Plus, is the Super Show even a licensed Nintendo product? I mean yeah it stars official Nintendo characters but has Nintendo officially trademarked it?
That I’m not sure of but if Nintendo are going to have fun with this and stick references in to what is to many a childhood show, I have no problems with it!
I admittedly have no idea about the trademarks, but as I understand it, Nintendo did delegate the airing of the show, so I guess they do “own” it? I dunno.
And of course, I could be reading way too much into it, and it’s really all just a coincidence/me seeing what I want to see in my nostalgia (yep, I was one of those kids who grew up watching it). Yep, it is a fun show and memetic at times, and things like Luigi dabbing in the Rabbids crossover or his MK8 Death Stare shows that Nintendo does acknowledge how popular memes can get, so it’s definitely still “Is it…?” territory right now.
But if I’m right and it is a deliberate set of call-backs, then I will absolutely be over the (dark) moon!
That moment when @rose-of-pollux points out that Luigi’s Mansion 3 could be one huge homage to the Super Mario Bros Super Show!
Honestly, I would not mind at all if this ends up happening, or at least being an acknowledgment of the show’s 30th anniversary–this was where we first got to see Mario and Luigi being portrayed as Best Bros who support each other.
What better way to have those call-backs/shout-outs than in a spinoff series which is all about Luigi facing his fears to rescue his bro?
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??
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