Luigi’s Mansion to be expanded for Europe!

News has emerged that the European version of the GameCube gamelet Luigi’s Mansion will be expanded for its European release. The American and Japanese versions came under hefty criticism for being too short, although the game received favourable reviews across the board.

When asked if Luigi’s Mansion turned out the way it was planned, Nintendo’s Mr Miyamoto said, “Actually, games like Luigi's Mansion and Animal Forest, which we've just recently released in Japan, are really being driven more by some of our younger directors at Nintendo. It's not so much my vision of what the game will be--I supervise the overall development of the game. It's true that the director of Luigi's Mansion still feels that if he'd had more time, he could have put a lot more into it and come out with a better game. And so to that extent I think he has some regrets about it. Though, in the case of Luigi's Mansion, for the European launch, we've added some new elements to the hidden mansion that become accessible after you clear the game and strengthened that mode so that people will probably be interested in playing it a little longer than they did the US version.”

Cheers Ninty!