Random: Luigi’s Mansion 2 Was Inspired By the British Sitcom ‘Mr. Bean’

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In 2013, Luigi’s Mansion fans rejoiced when a sequel to the 2001 GameCube classic finally launched on the Nintendo 3DS. Now, thanks to a new video from Did You Know Gaming, we now know that Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon was greatly inspired by none other than the iconic British sitcom Mr. Bean.

According to the video, developer Next Level Games experimented heavily with the sequel’s format during early pre-production – including trying out a detective format and a spin on the top-down hack ‘n’ slash Gauntlet – but it was Shigeru Miyamoto who encouraged them to keep the spirit of the original title intact, albeit with more of an episodic format.

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