Thank you . Don't know why it took me so long to realize to check back on the elevator lol Edit : also didn't even remember that there was an elevator door in that kitchen area lol. I forget so many things in these type of games
You have to complete another part first, on the east side of the mansion second floor there is a statue puzzle, you unlock the door with the helmet key on the second floor near the save room
It all depends on how far into the game you. If you are early into the game, you won’t encounter the switch until you are about halfway through the game.
I remember renting this game when it first came out on psone. Me and my mother would play it but got stuck and couldn't find the battery. We needed to return the game in a few day's and wanted to see more really bad. We looked at the booklet that came in the case and it had a hotline number for questions and guides about the game. For anyone who doesn't know calling one of those back in the day was expensive. So we decided to call it and prepared before hand so that we wouldn't be on the line that long. I can't remember if we happen to ask about another clue since we were on the line anyway or if we called once more. Anyway we did beat the game and that's when I got hooked.