Luigi's Mansion [Game] IGDB
Sept. 14, 2001
genre: Adventure platform: Nintendo GameCube developer: Nintendo EAD publisher: Nintendo
Luigi steps out from the shadow of his brother Mario and into the gloomy shadows of a very haunted house in this, his first-ever starring role. When Luigi learns that he's the proud new owner of a creepy old mansion, he's thrilled. Of course, his feelings immediately shift when his brother, the storied Mario, disappears from the house. Now, you'll have to help Luigi track his brother down, making your way through expansive 3D levels. Each stage is packed with ghosts and ghouls to put you on edge; and you'll be armed with a flashlight and a vacuum cleaner to help you capture your foes. Armed with a flashlight and a customized vacuum cleaner, Luigi must rid the mansion of Boos and ghouls -- and find his missing brother to boot!

One day, Luigi received an unexpected message: You've won a huge mansion! Naturally, He[sic] 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 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?

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This game is the perfect mix of a unique idea and complete "jank" in terms of gameplay. I always wanted this game as a child though never came across it or anyone who owned it in their #Gamecube collection. Though even now completing it for the first time 20 some years later it is still a lot of fun in what it offer even if some of the room puzzle are just obtuse even with reading everything in game. You can tell they really wanted to hide how short this game is. Even with all that said I wish more games would have unique gameplay experiences like this one. I played the PAL version with a 60FPS patch so I still have the Hidden Mansion mode to come back to later. Though after getting all 50 Boos and beating the (rough) final boss I can say I have my fill of this game at the moment. Even though it is mission based I am curious what the second game offers will probably give it a fair shake once #3DS every gets #RetroAchievements.