Japanese Luigi Is the Best, Scariest Luigi

At first, I was just delighted to see that Nintendo’s H25 iconic second fiddle was getting a live-action commercial in his native Japan. But, after finding out exactly who’s wearing Luigi’s overalls, this clip featuring Mario’s brother feels even more awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzPAh0FghBc The gentleman in the green cap is Junji Inagawa, best known as an actor, producer, and director involved in crafting horror stories for Japanese audiences. (Full disclosure: Kotaku East’s own Toshi Nakamura told me that.) He gained a following for telling ghost stories on the radio—complete with sound effects/onomatopoeia in his narrations—and spun that out into a successful film career.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1054451419","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"nintendo","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); I think it’s a bit of sly cleverness to have a guy best known for making people scared to pose as Nintendo’s h25 com สล็อต​ most frightened character. Here in the West, it’d be like having h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ Wes Craven dressed up as Luigi. Just imagine how weird THAT would be. https://kotaku.com/luigis-mansion-dark-moon-the-kotaku-review-5991963