Luigi's Mansion 3

I bought this "for me" as a late Christmas gift. I play Mario Kart and Mario Party with my daughter (we'll call her Princess Peach), and Dad needs something fresh. I had seen the gameplay for Luigi's Mansion 3 and noticed you could play it with two players on story mode. I've been playing games my whole life and naturally wanted to get Peach into them. So knowing Peach's level of critical thinking, I thought she might do well to challenge herself and learn a game that didn't drive for her (i.e. mario kart drive assist). Peach will be 5 in July 2020. Peach has got a pretty good grip on most the controls. You'll be using both thumbs, the left to move Luigi around and the right to aim the Poltergust (vaccuum) or flashlight. She moves around just fine, can open doors and interact with objects. There was a learning curve that I had to walk her through, but it didn't take her long to pick up on it at all. She sometimes struggles with aiming the Poltergust and getting the ghosts (which can get tougher the further up the mansion you go). Still, we were able to beat the entire game, but there were times I had to take on Luigi so we didn't die. I tried to have her use Gooigi who can die and come back to life as many times as you want. One note on Co-Op: You will be unable to play the story on co-op until you get through a "tutorial" portion at the beginning of the game - once you get the poltergust and defeat the bellhop ghost in the garage, you'll have to get a briefcase which gives you access to Gooigi and finally a 5 minute tutorial on how to use him. Then you can turn on Co-Op through the pause menu. We needed a little help from youtube on some of the bosses/puzzles where I was just missing something to solve. Some of the later bosses were actually kind of tough. But we were able to talk to one another, explore together and solve puzzles together. You're able ot buy gold bones which revive you if Luigi dies, and we were never really at any point where we were in danger of getting the game over screen once they were available for purchase (got to beat few levels first). Mom or Dad don't have to be gaming professionals, but you will be doing most of the ghost encounters on your own until the little one picks up on it (early on, I had to take out 100% of ghosts, but even now, it's 90%/10% at best) and you will have to do most of the directing and prompting to get your 4-6 year old to solve puzzles. You'll also want to consider taking over Luigi on boss fights if your little one is unconcerned for Luigi's well being. But the game starts out easy and gets progressively harder, so you have time to get acquainted with the controls if you are generally new to gaming. But it was great fun and I'm so glad I bought this game. So much so, that Peach has asked that we play through the whole game a second time. I give this a 5 star because it is the perfect fit for what I was looking for - a game that challenges my daughter to think about how to solve the puzzle at hand, introduce her to the next step in coordinating both thumbs to move and aim concurrently, and it's super fun, silly and cute. It's not going to be that challenging for the experienced gamer, but Dad is happy sincec Peach is always asking me to play it with her and spending time with her is why I Luigi's Mansion 3 in the first place.

i like this game a lot! i think it's fun for all ages :) it's not too hard however if you or the person you're playing with has epilepsy, please make sure to check in with your physician since there are some light patterns