Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon details highlight today’s green plumber-themed Nintendo Direct

Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata opened the Feb. 14 edition of Nintendo Direct calling it the “Year of Luigi.” The Nintendo president appeared wearing a Luigi hat for the first half of the 37-minute broadcast. “Even though he has appeared in so many games, he is still timid,” said Iwata, referring to Luigi’s limited role in past Mario games. Nintendo then kicked off the presentation with details on Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS, and Iwata handed things off to Nintendo game designer and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.