Luigi’s Mansion 2 details, made by Next Level Games… and no Pikmin talk

– Likely releasing early 2012
– Far along in development
– Miyamoto jokes about the lack of Pikmin, says no one can ask questions about it
– Miyamoto made the game because he wanted to
– Developed by Next Level Games (Punch-Out!! Wii)
– Miyamoto’s team isn’t overseeing the game, although he’s become personally responsible
– Exclusive Luigi’s Mansion 2 video shown at the roundtable
– Trailer shows: Luigi dancing in front of an old car, talks to E Gadd, E Gadd gives him a DS scanner
– Map on the touch screen
– Many secrets in the game
– X button: action button
– Gyro-sensor support
– Ice mansion level shown
– Help Toad find ghosts that only show up in mirrors
– Game is a mix of action and puzzles
– For male/female gamers
– Flashlight has a new strobe function, flash it at ghosts