Luigi’s mansion has been a favorite of mine ever since it’s release in 2001. As a launch title for the Gamecube, it had big expectations to live up to as a new game in the franchise. I traditionally replay this game every Halloween, yet I discovered a hidden “secret” in my most recent play through. I say “secret” because apparently this was a very well known game mechanic. I figured I’d share this knowledge incase anyone else was as clueless as I was.
There are 5 locations where there is hidden cheese throughout the mansion. Taking a picture of the cheese with your Game Boy Horror, triggers the appearance of a rare Golden Ghost mouse, which will then dash across the hallway for you to suck up in your vacuum.
This mouse dispenses a large amount of money, and this can help you get a higher letter ranking at the end of the game. The golden mouse appeared several times for me without taking a photo of the cheese, so I always assumed it was a randomly triggered event. This block of Swiss is located in the Study behind the desk, The Fortune Teller’s room behind the chair, the Dining room behind the chair, the Tea room behind the left table, and the Safari room behind the crates. Knowing about these cheeses is sure to make my next game Gouda! Good luck ghost hunting everyone!
The fearsome ruler of the Koopas has always been a big, scary guy. Kidnapping the princess what seems like daily and running an entire army can really harden a turtle’s shell. However, Bowser has a sensitive side, and recently his fear of clowns was revealed! After bursting into the wedding hall in Super Mario Odyssey, you confront the Koopa King himself. If you are wearing the Clown costume that you can buy at the Crazy Cap, Bowser addresses you in an interesting way.
Weird that the fearless Bowser would be afraid of something like clowns, though actually it makes a lot of sense! If we look back to Super Mario World, Bowser used to own a Clown mobile which he rode around to terrorize Mario. He must have though that everyone was afraid of Clowns, and did his best to build the scariest thing he could imagine.
Now a days, he passed on his clown car to his son, Bowser Jr. He uses it to travel and ward off enemies, while trying to make his father proud.
Super Mario Odyssey has skyrocketed to the top of my Video game favorites list within the first 3 hours of playing it. This game is Nintendo’s love letter to the fans, bringing back the open world style of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, while implementing amazing graphics and beautiful sound design. In Odyssey, you travel the world with your hat shaped companion Cappy to rescue the Princess and her Tiara from being forced to marry Bowser! (Although I always thought they would make a good couple.) On your adventure you meet several adorable NPCs in different kingdoms, while on a mission to collect Power moons to power up your ship to make it to Bowser! He had stolen various wedding supplies from each kingdom an it is now your job to get them back. Beating the game is relatively easy, as many of the moons you must collect are optional. After beating the game is where the true game begins! After busting into the wedding hall and stopping Bowser once and for all, the princess returns to the Mushroom kingdom, packs her bags, and sets off with her sentient Tiara on a adventure of their own terms! Princess Peach packed accordingly, as the outfits she wears to each of the kingdoms are absolutely stunning! You can visit her in each of the kingdoms wearing these fabulous outfits and she will give you a moon for free! How sweet of her! I wouldn’t be surprised if the next game was titled, “Super Princess Peach 2: Fashion Entrepreneur”.
Around July 21st, the SNES Classic Edition was announced by Nintendo and fans went ballistic. Predecessor to the NES Classic Edition, the SNES Classic is a palm-sized version of the original Super Nintendo Entertainment System packed with 21 of the best games of the era, including a never before released game: Starfox 2.
After hearing this announcement, I freaked out. The SNES was my first console and I missed out on so many of the original games that I had to have this one. This proved to be MUCH harder than I expected. The demand for this console was incredibly high for the amount of product being sold, and this impossibly disproportionate ratio made preordering the product almost impossible. The first official preorders went live August 22nd at 2:00 AM PST. The reason they went live so early in the morning I will never know, and obviously I wasn’t awake to place my order. I had twitter notifications on for 2 different tracker accounts that would alert me to the product being available, and I sadly missed that opportunity by a few hours. To add insult to injury, Nintendo released a trailer shortly after for the announced product, hyping it up even more. Later the next morning, additional preorders went live and I thought I was ready. They only lasted for 15 seconds before Walmart, Target, and GameStop went down due to the preorders being filled and the servers being flooded. The SNES was IN MY CART but due to my information not being put in in advance, an error occurred and I lost my spot.This was extremely upsetting, and it was then I decided that I would camp out at Best Buy September 29th, the day it was being released. Weeks pass and a few more preorder opportunities slip me by, leading to more panic about the potential of me not receiving the product.
The big day eventually came! I was determined to camp out Thursday night before the Friday release. I pop by at around 8:00 PM, just to scope out to see if anyone was in line yet. I was planning to set up camp at around 4 AM, which would have failed seeing the line was already wrapped around the entire store. The store stock reports that I was following up on showed that only about 40 units would be in stock, so seeing this guaranteed I wouldn’t be getting a system by camping out. I figured welp, that’s it, I won’t get one, my dream’s are crushed. My last hope was to assume that some websites would be launching orders at midnight. And boy howdy was that a smart move to assume! That night I woke up at 11:30 and sat at my computer constantly refreshing the page in hopes on locking down an order on GameStop. 12:00 AM came and I clicked fast enough. My order actually went through! I got a confirmation email and I screamed so loud I woke my whole house. This was the happiest moment of my life! (sadly). I started getting nervous when a few weeks passed and I got no shipment notification or tracking information. Then out of the blue a package arrived in the mail and it was really him! My beautiful SNES Classic Edition in an adorable little package to match. I am so happy with my purchase, and I wish the best luck to anyone that hasn’t locked down a system yet! All the games are incredibly fun and I love it so much!
ses a large amount of money, and this can help you get a higher letter ranking at the end of the game. The golden mouse appeared several times for me without taking a photo of the cheese, so I always assumed it was a randomly triggered event. This block of Swiss is located in the Study behind the desk, The Fortune Teller’s room behind the chair, the Dining room behind the chair, the Tea room behind the left table, and the Safari room behind the crates. Knowing about these cheeses is sure to make my next game Gouda! Good luck ghost hunting everyone!
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