
Luigi, who is sleeping at home with his television on, wakes up when it suddenly displays static. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was the first game to be released as part of the " Year of Luigi," honoring 30 years since Luigi's debut. However, capturing ghosts and collecting treasure remain major mechanics in the game. Unlike its predecessor, much of the gameplay revolves around completing missions in different haunted locations, as opposed to the entirety of the game's exploration taking place in a single mansion. The game's plot revolves around Luigi defeating King Boo once again while collecting shards of the Dark Moon to restore peace to the ghosts of Evershade Valley. Another sequel, titled Luigi's Mansion 3, was released worldwide on Octofor the Nintendo Switch. An arcade version of the game was released in 2015. This is the third game to feature Luigi as the main character with Mario playing a supporting role, the first two being Mario is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion. It is also pre-loaded with various applications including an online distribution store called Nintendo eShop a social networking service called Miiverse (shut down on November 8, 2017) an Internet Browser the Netflix, Hulu Plus, and YouTube streaming video services Nintendo Video a messaging application called Swapnote (known as Nintendo Letter Box in Europe and Australia) and Mii Maker.Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, known as Luigi's Mansion 2 in European languages, is a Nintendo 3DS game released in 2013 as a sequel to the 2001 Nintendo GameCube launch title Luigi's Mansion. The handheld's most prominent feature is its ability to display stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories, and offers new features such as the StreetPass and SpotPass tag modes, powered by Nintendo Network augmented reality using its 3D cameras and Virtual Console, which allows owners to download and play games originally released on older video game systems.

As an eighth-generation console, its primary competitor was Sony's PlayStation Vita. The system features backward compatibility with older Nintendo DS video games. It was announced in March 2010 and unveiled at E3 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS.

The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo.
