Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Also known as: Luigi's Mansion 2 (JP/EU) Developers: Nintendo SPD Group No. 3, Next Level Games Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: March 20, 2013 Released in US: March 24, 2013 Released in EU: March 28, 2013, March 27, 2013 (UK) This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused music. This game has regional differences. This game has a notes page

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is the sequel to the popular GameCube game Luigi's Mansion. Going for a cartoonier slapstick comedy style this time around, it kicked off the Year of Luigi in ghost-busting style.

To do: There's unused cutscene music/audio. Can we decode the game's model/animation format? Are there any unused models? Add a Bugs page, as there are a few that can be mentioned. There's a TON of debug references in the code and assets. Can the debug mode be enabled? Tweaker folder seems to contain detailed descriptions of debug features

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Notes

English Translation Differences "Footbrawl" versus "American Footbrawl". Guess which is the European name.

Unused Layouts

To do: See if the menus themselves can't be loaded as well

Found in RomFS\art\fe folder are two unused debugging screen layouts. To see these in-game, simply replace one of the used layout .data and .dict files.

Mission Select

debugselectmissions.data seems to be a layout for a simple menu, containing a list of missions. The mission names don't seem to load.

(Source: Skawo)

Progress Debug

progressiondebug.data appears to be a menu allowing you to set some completion parameters.

(Source: Skawo)

Unused Cutscenes

To see these in-game, simply replace one of the used cutscene .data and .dict files.

RiseSandBoxCamera

Found in RomFS\art\levels\sandbox\nistest\nis\ridesandboxcamera is an unused script for a cutscene, which consists of some camera movements.
The level that would host this cutscene is gone from the game, so the overworld map was loaded to showcase it.

(Source: Skawo)

Mission00Zone, Poltergust Upgrade

RomFS\art\levels\bunker\mission00zone is an unused E.Gadd cutscene testing script. The cutscene first loads a sub-script found in RomFS\art\levels\bunker\art\nis\poltergust_upgrade, which shows E.Gadd don a welding mask and tinker with the Poltergust on Luigi's back. The cutscene then proceeds to go through every single Luigi and E.Gadd animation that can be used for the bunker scenes, whilst popping up undefined textboxes.

Mission307Zone

RomFS\art\levels\bunker\mission307zone is an unused end-of-level cutscene. After Luigi leaves the Pixelshifter, E.Gadd proceeds to say a few sentences and brings up the Parascope map, which indicates that Haunted Towers have been unlocked.

Mission208Zone

RomFS\art\levels\bunker\mission208zone is yet another unused end-of-level cutscene. The spoils from the mission are sent to the vault, after which E.Gadd says a few undefined sentences.

(Source: Skawo)

Unused Rooms

Gloomy Manor

room_treasureroom

A complex 3D Maze found in RomFS\art\levels\mansiona\room_treasureroom. Present is a chest, which awards you a modest amount of money, and a spring pad that launches you back to the beginning.

Haunted Towers

room_secretroom1

A barely-started bonus challenge found in RomFS\art\levels\mansionb\room_secretroom1. Aside from a textureless platform, it contains one of the Secret Mine teleporters, which crashes if interacted with.

room_secretroomtemplate

An even more barebones bonus challenge, with only the platform's outer walls modelled. Found in RomFS\art\levels\mansionb\room_secretroomtemplate.

(Source: Skawo)

Unused Missions

Gloomy Manor and the Secret Mine both have a mission00 folder. Secret Mine's is entirely empty, while Gloomy Manor's appears to contain a Greenie model and references Stage 4's ending cutscene - but neither of those appear in the stage when it's loaded in.

(Source: Skawo)

Unused Textures

Convergence Plane Texture

Found in RomFS\art\global.data is this texture reading "Convergence Plane" several times over.

(Source: CometMedal)

Unused Music

To do: There are still lots more unused audio and music to be found within the arcade version and the 3DS game. i.e. Haunted Towers apparently has an unused main theme. Unused "Curious" themes for all mansions.

Unused Gloomy Manor Music

Grouchy Possessor Capturing Music

Unused Boss Ghost Capturing Theme

For some reason, in the final game, capturing the first possessor ghost of the game plays the third possessor's capturing theme instead, thus making this capturing theme unheard. When extracted from Luigi's Mansion Arcade, which contains the entire soundtrack of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon uncompressed, the filename is "MUS_MansionA_SpiderBoss_4_160.wav" and has a filesize of 25.2MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Unused Boss Ghost Capturing Theme (Arcade Version)

The arcade version of the game, however, uses this theme as one of the capturing themes for the regular ghosts you encounter. It was modified slightly from the original unused track to contain more bass in the background.

(Source: Kraken)

Unused Old Clockworks Music

There is a lot of unused music for the third mansion of the game, the Old Clockworks.

Old Ruins Theme

Very similar to the Old Clockworks' ruins theme, but with a lower pitch, and slightly altered instrumentation. When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_Curious_1_90.wav" and has a filesize of 29.1MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Outlandish Interruption

Outlandish Interruption (Normal)

There is also unused music for this mansion's bonus mission, Outlandish Interruption. This rendition in particular is done in a style akin to the unused ruins theme. It comes in four speeds. For the normal speed, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_SideMission_100.wav" and has a filesize of 17.6MB.

Outlandish Interruption (Fast)

For the fast speed, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_SideMission_140.wav" and has a filesize of 13.1MB.

Outlandish Interruption (Faster)

For the faster speed, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_SideMission_180.wav" and has a filesize of 10.6MB.

Outlandish Interruption (Fastest)

For the fastest speed, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_SideMission_220.wav" and has a filesize of 9.02MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Old Clocktower Boss Music

An older version of the Old Clockworks boss ghost, the Overset Possessor's main theme. It's notably calmer and slower-paced compared to the final version. This version only has 3 stages, unlike the final version, which has 4.

Clock Boss: Stage 1

When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_ClockBoss_Stage01.wav" and has a filesize of 48.7MB.

Clock Boss: Stage 2

When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_ClockBoss_Stage02.wav" and has a filesize of 16.2MB.

Clock Boss: Stage 3

When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MUS_MansionC_Clockboss_Stage03.wav" and has a filesize of 48.7MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Unused Secret Mine Music

Unused Ghost Room Theme

The fourth mansion of the game, the Secret Mine, has an unused ghost room theme that plays when there are ghosts present in a dark room. It sounds notably different compared to the other ghost room themes. It is unknown if this is an older version of an already-existing ghost room theme for this mansion, or that it is an additional fourth ghost room theme alongside the other three. If the latter was the case, the Secret Mine would've been the only mansion in the game to have 4 ghost room themes, opposed to every other mansion having 3. When extracted from the arcade game, the filename for this track is "MUS_MansionD_Tense_3.wav", and has a filesize of 11.9MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Chilly Ride

Unused Chilly Ride Boss Music (E3 2012 Trailer Theme)

An unused variation of the Chilly Ride boss ghost that does not appear to loop in any way. This theme was actually used for the game's E3 trailer, which can be seen here. When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MansionD_IceBoss_E3_Edit.wav" and the filesize is 34.4MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Unused ScareScraper Music

30 Second Countdown Music

While this song is used for the actual game, only a short segment of the first half, along with the entirety of the second half can be heard in game. The rest is unheard unless extracted. When extracted via the arcade version, the filename is "Online_30sec_CountdownCue.wav" and has a filesize of 13.1MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Special Room Music

This music is very up-tempo. When extracted from Luigi's Mansion Arcade, the song is made up of two files, "MUS_Online_SpecialRoomA_115.wav" with a filesize of 3.35MB, and "MUS_Online_SpecialRoomB_115.wav", also with a filesize of 3.35MB. Suggested by the names, this could have likely been used for unused special rooms that would appear on certain ScareScraper floors.

(Source: CM30, Kraken)

Miscellaneous Unused Music

Elevator Music Extended Cut

The music played by the elevator in the Gloomy Manor has an unused extended version. Unfortunately, it also cuts off after a while. As expected, the rest of it is still based off the pause screen music from Mario Strikers Charged. When extracted from the arcade version, the filename is "MansionA_ElevatorEnter.wav" and has a filesize of 3.9MB.

(Source: Kraken)

Nursery Rhyme Music

This song's melody sounds similar to the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses". Interestingly, Luigi's Mansion Arcade uses this for the three Sisters boss battle. When ripped using HCS forum's BMS script (does not preserve filenames), the file name is "39864978.wem" with a filesize of 176kb.

(Source: CM30)

Faster Big Boo Music

A faster-paced remix of the Big Boo boss music is found in the game files. When extracted using HCS forum's BMS script, the filename is "72101746.wem" and has a filesize of 489kb.

(Source: CM30)

Stair Boss: 40 Seconds

There are three versions of this song in the files of Luigi's Mansion Arcade; however, this one is the longest. The file is named "MUS_StairBoss_Timer40.wav" and has a filesize of 7.79MB.

(Source: Mardz)

Old Title Theme

The original title screen music. It isn't the original but it is very similar. The track has been slowed down by approximately 19%. The track starts near the middle of "OutroNIS_FinalMusicStem.wav" and this cut version has a filesize of 4.50MB.

(Source: Mardz)

Configuration Files

Located in \ini are four files which seem to contain settings for the game, as well as general ROM information.

buildinfo.ini

Has what would likely be the last build time and date.

Current Changelist = CL 319042
Build Date = Feb 14 2013 - 13:06

releasetweakfilter.txt

Possibly the most recently used development and debugging software.

Most Recently Used
Animation
Audio
Camera
Effects
Engine
FE
Gameplay
GameplayConfig
Memory
MP
Network
NCL_Tweakers
Presentation
Profiling
Rendering
SDCard
Zones

rominfo.ini

Contains the game's "product code" serial (as seen in various places) and the unique ID part of the title ID.

CTR ProductCode = CTR-P-AGGE
CTR UniqueID = 0x0055F

user.ini

Appears to contain flags used during development of the game for debugging purposes. Unfortunately, it does not work if the flags are set to true, or the comment sign is removed.

Show Smiler = false
Warn When Too Fast = false
Colour Effects On Out Of Memory = false
#Always Unlock All Missions = true
#Skip SaveLoad = false
Show Low Memory Warning = false

Debug Features

By adding a dist.ini file with certain flags to the RomFS\ini directory, some debugging features can be enabled.

The format of the file follows the convention of user.ini, i.e

Flag Name = value

UseTestLevels

If set to true, the game sometimes loads into a glitched titlescreen. "Current: F1" is shown on the bottom screen, while a level seems to be loaded in the background. The game usually crashes not too long after.

Skip Frontend

If set to true, the game immediately loads into Gloomy Manor.

Smoke Test, Smoke Test Duration

Seems to be some sort of stability test. If set to true, it crashes the game, unless Smoke Test Duration is set to a non-zero value (e.g 190.0) and Skip Frontend is enabled. After loading into Gloomy Manor, a debug string is displayed on the bottom screen for the duration of the test. The game proceeds to warp Luigi around the manor.

Skip Frontend Mission

If set to true, it does nothing on its own, but makes the game load into Mission 1 instead of Mission 0 if Smoke Test or Skip Frontend is enabled.

Custom Level

Can be set to MansionA, MansionB, MansionC, MansionD or MansionE. If Smoke Test is enabled, the bottom screen map of that mansion will load, the debug string on the bottom screen will print the selected level, but the player will still end up in Gloomy Manor.

BootLanguage

Can be set to, for example, German. Allows one to override the game's language.

No function/unknown

The following flags are also referenced in the code, but seem to do nothing, or their function is unknown: Skip Frontend Level, King Boo Hack, Net Test Host, Net Test Players, TestStart, Intentionally Fail Assert, Intentionally Crash Game, Smoke Output By Platform, Changelist, AppNumber, BootRegion

(Source: Skawo)

Text Speed Tag

The text in the game can contain a {tp} tag, which can be used to control the text print speed. In every single instance of this tag being used in the final game value of 0.01 is used, however others work as well.

(Source: RoadrunnerWMC)

Unused Text

The following text in art/fe/english.data is related to debugging. Some of these strings are used in the unused layouts.

Wrong Version
Unlock Missions
100% Completion
FE Only Mode
Equipment Override
Debug Settings

POCS
Debug Menu

Interestingly, "Debug Settings" is replaced with "Debug Settings 13/12.2" in ukenglish.data (which contains all of the European English game text).

Oddities

"Pixelporter"

The device called the "Pixelator" in the North American version and the "Pixelshifter" in the European version is referred to internally by the game as the "Pixelporter".

The original name actually snuck into the final game text in a single line of dialogue (string ID 9065DC2E), but only in the North American version:

North American Quote	European Quote
We need to track h__ down. I'll pix__port you back so we c_n regroup.	We need to track h__ down. I'll pix__shift you back so we c_n regroup.

This line can be seen in the game at the end of mission C-2 ("Underground Expedition" in the North American version, "Underground Trek" in the European version).

Font Colors

A few space characters in the game's text have markup explicitly coloring them #FFFCFC (a slight off-white), a color not used for any visible game text (except in the Japanese translation, but hold that thought). Of course, this cannot be seen during gameplay. The colored spaces are marked below (as they appear in the North American version):

Those big-brained ghosts█sure put up a fight!

Remarkable! A ghost█that can possess other beings!

I've triangulated the powerful paranormal█signal, and it's coming from...the Cellar.

Luigi, my boy! What a fight! You really used your noggin to teach that ghost█a lesson!

The European English version also has colored spaces in the same places. Other translations do not.

The Japanese translation, however, is the only one that uses that font color (#FFFCFC) for any visible text. This only happens in one line (the color is represented below with an underline):

North American Text	Japanese Text
(Player name)'s ScareScraper	(Player name)のグループ

Unrelatedly, some other text in the game includes seemingly redundant font color markup:

North American Text	European Text
Why don't you check the {clr:FF9754}W{clr:pop}{clr:FF9754}{clr:FF9754}ater Supply{clr:pop} {clr:pop}on the roof?	Why don't you check the {clr:FF9754}water supply {clr:pop}on the roof?

Rewriting font color markup as parentheses, the North American text is equivalent to "Why don't you check the (W)((ater Supply) )on the roof?". Since the European text works correctly without the complicated markup, it's a mystery why it is present in the North American version.

StreetPass

The folder containing the ScareScraper-exclusive ghosts is named "streetpass" (\art\streetpass). The game doesn't support StreetPass at all...

Terror Tower

The folder containing assets for the ScareScraper rooms is named “terrortower” (\art\levels\terrortower). This may have been an early name for the ScareScraper. Note that Disney owns a theme park attraction called the “Tower of Terror”. Whether or not this was the reason for the name change is unknown.

(Source: luigim1)

Internal Project Name

The game is called LM3DS internally, according to the strings in the executables.

(Source: luigim1)

Bugs

To do: Find the version exclusivity. There are more

• When a mission is completed, sometimes there will be no light emitting from the screen behind Luigi. This ends once the screen transitions.