Let the Pun Hunt Begin!!

Hey Guys!

   I know it took me awhile, but my special Halloween activity that I promised is finally ready! First off, we need a quick background. Once I was old enough to play video games, Luigi introduced me to his game Luigi's Mansion for the first time. I was probably about 7 years old at the time, so I was pretty scared of the game initially, even when I was only watching Luigi play. As the game went on though he then started point out the puntastic Boo names and joke about the various cliches in the game to loosen me up, and it worked! Thanks to that experience I love the Luigi's Mansion games now, which explains my excitement for the new one in 2019! Then a few years later, Dark Moon came out on the 3DS, and Luigi and I did a playthrough of that as well. After finishing it 100%, we then went back and tried to look for those horror cliches and Boo puns, and even looked for anything that carried over from the first game. At some point, I started to take a notepad and write down every pun and theme I saw, so that when we came back to the game another day, we would have a sort of checklist of stuff we've seen and maybe add more in case we missed any. And so, those are the foundations of our annual Pun Hunt through Luigi's Mansion!

   Now that I explained the origins, I now have the honor to pass this fun tradition off to you guys! Of course these aren't the original notes that I wrote down, I simply doctored them on the computer a little so that they look more presentable. There are multiple pages for the puns and a separate list for all of the Boos. The Boo page in particular is my favorite, mainly because I left some of my flavor text in parenthesis that were based on my initial thoughts on each Boo's name. Luigi also left a nice message on it too, which is nice. I do need to clarify that these lists are based on the original Luigi's Mansion on the Gamecube. I know that on the 3DS remake there are several changes and additions, but I'll leave you guys to find those! I'll also challenge you guys to find the puns and cliches in Dark Moon as well! A good amount of the original puns did make it to the sequel, so it leaves a nice foothold to start on.

   Before I pass this challenge on to you though, I do need to establish some rules. These were some guidelines that even Luigi and I follow when we do these Pun Hunts, so here they are:

1. If you already know the story of the game, don't cheat and move ahead! Play it as it is and you'll have more fun that way!
2. If you don't have the game itself, walkthroughs online are perfectly fine to follow too. I recommend the 100% runs if you can find them.
3. NO HACKS OR GLITCHES!! You shouldn't need to do any of that to find all of these items and Boos.
4. Above all, have fun playing the game! <3

   Alright! I think that's everything for this challenge! I'll pass this off to you and let you guys take a swing at it, happy hunting! Oh! And if you guys manage to find anything different that Luigi and I haven't found yet that's not on the list, tell me in the comments! I'm extremely curious to how this will work out. Maybe next year I can make the lists for Dark Moon and the new game! Until then, blog ya soon guys! Happy Halloween!

- Dana ;)

This is the list for the Boo names.

Page 1 of the Pun Hunt.

Page 2 of the Pun Hunt.

Page 3 of the Pun Hunt.