A group of modders working on the recreation of the E3 2001 version of Luigi’s Mansion have been assisted by the discovery of beta assets in the new WarioWare game.
WarioWare: Get It Together is a compilation of microgames that riff on classic Nintendo games and levels from the Super Mario series. One of the levels tasks the player with hunting down ghosts in Luigi’s Mansion, in a room that holds several pre-release assets from the game.
The project to restore the E3 2001 version of Luigi’s Mansion arose when the GameCube game was released, looking different from the version first shown at E3 and missing several characters and assets. The discovery of these beta assets, which are higher quality than those included in the finished version of Luigi’s Mansion, has given the team a whole new selection to work from.
Portable Productions, the team behind the restoration, shared several tweets detailing the find, including a compilation video of all the assets from the dump.
Last tweet of the day (MAYBE)😛
Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, all of the ported asset pieces from the Warioware asset dump, models, and textures included, working in Luigi's Mansion Beta Restoration💗enjoy!https://t.co/q0JTfgYxeC
— Portable Productions (@PortableProduc1) September 11, 2021
The quality difference in the beta assets compared to the ones that made the final cut of Luigi’s Mansion are clearly displayed in these tweets, which also speculate the reason for the lower resolution models being used was down to space restrictions for the 2001 game.
Thanks @Beta64Official for the multiple retweets this week, you're awesome! ♥
