Luigi's Mansion
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | November 18, 2001 |
| Genre | Action Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) ELSPA: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
Luigi's Mansion, released in 2001, is not only one of the first video game titles for the Nintendo GameCube system; it is also the first official Mario-series title for the system. Luigi's Mansion is also the second Mario title to feature only Luigi, as opposed to most earlier Mario titles that featured the Mario character only or both Mario and Luigi. The video game features a unique set of goals and ways to attain those goals, involving stunning ghosts with a flashlight and promptly sucking them into a vacuum cleaner, which is aptly named "Poltergust 3000" (a play-on-words with "poltergeist" and "gust"). Luigi's Mansion is a Player's Choice title.
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Storyline
Luigi's Mansion is also one of the few Mario video games that has a storyline other than simply "save the princess."
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One day, Luigi received an unexpected message: You've won a huge mansion! Naturally, he got very excited and called his brother, Mario. "Mario? It's me, Luigi. I won myself a big mansion! Meet me there and we'll celebrate, what do you say?"
Luigi tried to follow the map to his new mansion, but the night was dark, and he became hopelessly lost in an eerie forest along the way. Finally, he came upon a gloomy mansion on the edge of the woods. According to the map, this mansion seemed to be the only one Luigi was looking for. As soon as Luigi set foot in the mansion, he started to feel nervous. Mario, who should have arrived first, was nowhere to be seen. Not only that, but there were ghosts in the mansion!
Suddenly, a ghost lunged at Luigi! "Mario! Help meee!" That's when a strange old man with a vacuum cleaner on his back appeared out of nowhere! This strange fellow managed to rescue Luigi from the ghosts, then the two of them escaped...
It just so happened that the old man, Professor Elvin Gadd, who lived near the house, was researching his favorite subject, ghosts. Luigi told Professor E. Gadd that his brother Mario was missing, so the Professor decided to give Luigi two inventions that would help him search for his brother.
Luigi's not exactly known for his bravery. Can he get rid of all the prank- loving ghosts and find Mario?- Introduction to Nintendo Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet
Fighting the ghosts
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To combat Bowser, the ghosts and the Boos, Professor E. Gadd arms Luigi with two of his inventions: a Poltergust 3000 and a Game Boy Horror. The Poltergust 3000 is a high powered vacuum cleaner designed for capturing ghosts and ghouls. When a ghost approaches Luigi, he first shines his flashlight on them , this stuns them causing them to show their heart in fright this then gives Luigi a chance to capture the ghost. He does this by pointing his vacuum at the ghost; he then sucks the ghost until their health (starting from 1-100) reaches 0. The ghosts are then held inside the vacuum until Luigi returns to Professor E. Gadd's hut where the ghosts are then turned into and stored as paintings. Later in the game Luigi develops a skill which allows him to expel fire, water or ice from the Poltergust 3000. The Game Boy Horror is a portable device that allows Luigi to search items in the mansion to find out what they are or to find out if a ghost is nearby and if so how to defeat it; The Game boy Horror also contains a map of the mansion, and also lets Luigi contact Professor E. Gadd.
Main ghosts and bosses
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Contained in the 58 rooms there are 22 Main ghosts, 50 boos, and the Bowser/King Boo main boss. The main ghosts are:
- Neville, The Bookish Father
- Lydia, The Mirror-Gazing Mother
- Chauncy, The Spoiled Baby
- The Floating Whirlindas, The Dancing Couple
- Shivers, The Wandering Butler
- Melody Pianissima, The Beautiful Pianist
- Madame Clairvoya, The Freaky Fortune-Teller
- Mr. Luggs, The Glutton
- Spooky, The Hungry Guard Dog
- Bogmire, The Cemetery Shadow
- Biff Atlas, The Bodybuilder
- Miss Petunia, The Bathing Beauty
- Nana, The Scarf-Knitting Granny
- Slim Bankshot, The Lonely Poolshark
- Henry and Orville, The Twin Brothers
- Boolossus, Jumbo Ghost
- Uncle Grimmly, Hermit of the Darkness
- Clockwork Soldiers, The Toy Platoon
- Sue Pea, The Dozing Girl
- Jarvis, The Jar Collector
- Sir Weston, The Chilly Climber
- Vincent Van Gore, The Starving Artist
- King Boo, The Big Boo Boss and Bowser, The King Koopa turtle
All 50 of the Boos have names, except 15 of them which combine together to create the Big Boo Boss; Boolossus. Here are the names of all the other Boos you must catch:
- BamBoo
- Bootha
- GameBoo Advance
- TaBoo
- Boolicious
- TurBoo
- Boo la la
- Game Boo
- Kung Boo
- Boogie
- GumBoo
- PeekaBoo
- Boomero
- Booligan
- Boodalicious
- Booregard
- Mr. Boojangles
- Showerbody
- Limbooger
- Boonswoggle
- Boohoo
- Shamboo
- Booris
- Booigi
- Little Boo Peep
- Boo B. Hatch
- Borripedas
- Boomerang
- Boocaster
- Booliva
- Boonita
- UnderBoo's
- Tamboorine
- Boofant
- Boolderdash
- Bootique
The mansion
The mansion consists of 5 floors including the basement and the roof, in these 5 floors there are 58 rooms. When Luigi clears a room of all ghosts the lights come on and a chest appears, in these chests there are keys, money, gold or gems. When Luigi finds a key, his Game Boy Horror automatically tells Luigi which room is unlockable using that key. When Luigi enters a room for the first time the room will usually be dark, in the room there will be a ghost, Luigi must work out how to defeat them. Some ghosts do not get stunned by Luigi’s flash light, so to combat these Luigi may have to expel fire, water or ice at them to stun them.
As it is, Luigi's Mansion is a shining example of Nintendo gaming, it is original, highly playable, full of lovely touches and polish, with ground-breaking graphics and animation, robbed of classic status only by its lack of longevity.
See also
External links
- Game F.A.Q. (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/game/516494.html)
- Nintendo official website (http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-585)ja:ルイージマンション