History WMG / LuigisMansion3

* Well, given how she speaks in the trailers, she sounds a lot like one. And given everything she's done so far, this trooper suspects that she might be the one to set them up ready for King Boo to go after. Also, her name is Hellen Gravely... Make of that what you will.

** Her name is Hellen Gravely. [[DarknessVonGothickName She's totally a ghost]].

[[WMG: Alternatively, King Boo [[TheStarscream will be ursuped by Hellen Gravely]]]]
It will turn out that Hellen's mostly working with him to open a chain of hotels across the world, but she gets frustrated and upset with how he keeps using her staff as [[WeHaveReserves undead shields]]. Eventually, near the end, she turns on him, calls out his behavior - and also reveals that King Boo is such a BadBoss [[TheDogBitesBack she's won over the Boos]], who help knock him out and stuff him [[LaserGuidedKarma into a painting]]. She then possesses the Last Resort itself [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever to attack Luigi]], wanting to keep the portraits of Mario and Peach as tourist attractions for the Koopa Troop ([[EvilIsPetty to laugh at]]).

When Luigi and his friends arrive at the hotel, we can see that Hellen has a decent disguise but the staff? They are literally wearing paper masks that anyone could see through! They were probably disguised through the same magic that hid the true form of the hotel in their eyes and it's just shown as masks for comedy's sake.

* Hellen Gravely

* [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs King Boo and Hellen Gravely]]

* A DualBoss against King Boo and another character (Hellen or Bowser)

*** Confirmed for working with King Boo. Currently unknown if she would make the HeelFaceTurn though.

*** Confirmed for working with King Boo. Currently unknown if she would make the HealFaceTurn though.

[[WMG: Alternatively, King Boo [[TheStarscream will be ursuped by Hellen Gravely]]

** It won't tell you how much damage you took.
** There won't be a part where there's a random path, with a ghost laughing at you as fall helplessly back to the start.[[note]]This really did happen in the previous game. Furthermore, the "correct" path was random every time, so even a guide won't help you with this part.[[/note]]

* The music hall themed floor, which has a poster resembling the mad piano from Mario 64, is also a great opportunity to give Melody Pianissima a potential comeback, or at least a cameo. She's a fan favourite after all.

* Partially jossed. As shown [[https://youtu.be/VzG8w9skKjQ?t=77 here]], at least part of the neon area is actually themed after a nightclub, complete with a disco floor. There may still be a casino room somewhere, though.

After having been imprisoned, ''twice'', it is very safe to assume that King Boo is pretty much done with any subtleties and is just wanting to destroy Luigi in the most horrific ways imaginable. And considering that he had ''tried destroying the universe and beyond'' in ''Dark Moon'', imagine the depths he would stoop to now if his demeanor is already this angry and malicious.

** From the preview of most of the floors - which this trooper assumes is Bacement 1 or 2 through Floor 12 - none of them are themed like that. Unless one of the currently as yet unexposed floors is that, which this trooper feels is unlikely, this will most likely be Jossed.

* Well, given how she speaks in the trailers, she sounds a lot like one. And given everything she's done so far, this trooper suspects that she might be the one to set them up ready for King Boo to go after.

Considering that the MonsterClown trope just keeps getting more and more prevalent in media, maybe they'll do a more silly take on it? (On the other hand, ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld'' had some monster clowns played [[SurpriseCreepy surprisingly straight]].)

* The other villain will be revealed as Bowser.

This theory is again a strawgrasp based on the fact that it feels like we're being drawn away from the real villain. As we've seen King Boo, and he seems to have completely lost his mind, he may be vulnerable to a new character taking advantage of his grudges to bear out one of their own: Why would King Boo bother capture everyone, when he could just deal with Mario like he's done in the past? Working off the evidence in the above WMG, it could be said that he's having influence from an unknown villain applied to his plan, making it possible that there's somebody we don't know about pulling the strings this round. This could be very, very interesting indeed if it's true, since we don't know what their motivations are to get at the heroes.

[[WMG: This game will at some point have a non-ghostly or unpossessed enemy and/or boss to take advantage of the suction shot mechanic.]]

They will appear as portraits around the hotel or photos of previous guests.

This theory goes off the new mechanic of the suction shot: It allows Luigi to break physical objects, and draw items away from ghosts. A potential extension of breaking objects would be a boss or enemy that’s not a ghost, or simply a possessed item. This type of foe wouldn't be likely to give up it’s ghost unless it’s body is too badly broken, or it was forced out. This theoretical enemy or boss could be some type of sentient and malfunctioning machine, or something like a possessed suit of armour. Although we don’t know where they’ll fit in what we know, we haven’t seen all the floors yet, so the first type could appear in a workshop, or even in E.Gadd’s new base, while the second type could pop out from anywhere. Although it’s unlikely due to potential problems for new players, this type of opponent would be a surprise and able to encourage the use of the new suction shot move, and a boss using it as a key weakness would be an interesting challenge for both old and new players.

** There won't be a part where there's a random path, with a ghost laughing at you as fall helplessly back to the start.[[note]]This really did happen in the previous game. Furthermore, the "correct" path was random every time, so even a guide won't help you with this part.[[/note]]

After having been imprisoned, ''twice'', it is very safe to assume that King Boo is pretty much done with any subtleties and is just wanting to destroy Luigi in the most horrific ways imaginable. And considering that he had ''tried destroying the universe and beyond'' in ''Dark Moon'', imagine the depths he would stoop to now if his demeanor is already this angry and malicious.

After having been imprisoned, (presumably) having his crown become infected by an unknown force, and then being imprisoned ''again afterwards'', it is very safe to assume that King Boo is pretty much done with any subtleties and is just wanting to destroy Luigi in the most horrific ways imaginable. And considering that he had ''tried destroying the universe and beyond'' in ''Dark Moon'', imagine the depths he would stoop to now if his demeanor is already this angry and malicious.

With Bowser Jr. having been sealed inside of a painting, Bowser was the only one able to escape the now utterly insane King Boo's clutches: but now he has no choice but to perform another EnemyMine with Luigi to save his son and the others, [[NominalHero even though Bowser would only care about saving Peach and Jr.]]. If not sharing the deuteragonist role, Bowser could even be a second playable character - fighting the ghosts with his brute force and fire breath.

With Bowser Jr. having been sealed inside of a painting, Bowser was the only one able to escape the now utterly insane King Boo's clutches: but now he has no choice but to perform another EnemyMine with Luigi. If not sharing the deuteragonist role, Bowser could even be a second playable character - fighting the ghosts with his brute force and fire breath.

* Part of the hotel's exterior, near the top, has neon and other colorful lights, and definitely looks like it could be the exterior of a casino. And with the return of unique ghosts similar to the Portrait Ghosts, maybe we'll get a new gambler ghost.

While casinos and hotels often go together (in high-class hotels, at least), casinos are sometimes associated with King Boo as well, such as the PlayingCardMotifs in the first Luigi's Mansion and King Boo being fought in the hotel casino in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''. Since this game is in a hotel again, this might be a great opportunity to make King Boo, or maybe other ghosts, TheGambler again.