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Luigi's Mansion
	; For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Release date	Original release:; September 14, 2001[?]; November 18, 2001[?]; May 3, 2002[?]; May 17, 2002[?]; Player's Choice release:; April 4, 2003[?]; September 25, 2003[?];
Language(s)	English (United States); French (France); German; Spanish (Spain); Italian; Japanese;
Genre	Action-adventure
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- Three years and older
ELSPA:	- Three years and older
ACB:	- Eight years and older
USK:	- All ages
ClassInd:	- General audience
SELL:	- All ages
Mode(s)	Single player;
Format	Nintendo GameCube: Optical disc
Input	Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo GameCube Controller
Serial code(s)	DOL-GLMJ-JPN;

Latest revision as of 22:14, November 11, 2024

This article is about the game Luigi's Mansion. For the mansion itself, see Luigi's Mansion (location). For other uses, see Luigi's Mansion (disambiguation).

Luigi's Mansion is a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube initially released in 2001, and is the first installment of the Luigi's Mansion series. It marks the second time where Luigi is the main protagonist, with Mario playing a supporting role, the first being Mario is Missing!. The game marks the debuts of King Boo, Luigi's main antagonist, as well as Professor E. Gadd, a major supporting character in the series. It was also one of two Super Mario-related games on the GameCube to continue the use of N64-era artwork and renders, along with Super Smash Bros. Melee (another early GameCube title), though it also introduced the current 3D art direction of the Super Mario franchise, particularly with Mario and Bowser's in-game designs.

A sequel to Luigi's Mansion, titled Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, was released for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on March 20, 2013, with a third installment released for the Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2019. A remake of Luigi's Mansion, developed by GREZZO Co., Ltd., was released for the Nintendo 3DS on October 12, 2018.

Story[edit]

Instruction booklet[edit]

And the grand prize is a big, haunted mansion!?

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?

Area 1[edit]

The Mansion.

Luigi, having won a mansion in a contest he did not enter, arrives in Boo Woods and locates it. He enters the mansion and is soon frightened by a ghost, but Professor E. Gadd appears and attempts to vacuum the ghost with his Poltergust 3000. Though his attempt fails, he introduces himself to Luigi before quickly escorting him to his laboratory near the mansion when more ghosts appear. In the lab, E. Gadd tells Luigi that the house is an illusion that has appeared out of thin air, where Mario has been captured by King Boo and his minions. He gives Luigi the Poltergust 3000 to vacuum up ghosts and the Game Boy Horror to communicate with E. Gadd, scan objects, and see a map of the mansion.

Luigi enters the mansion, sucking up ghosts and finding keys, while meeting Toad along the way, until he encounters a portrait ghost named Neville and defeats him with the Poltergust 3000. He does the same to Lydia, Neville's wife, and fights their baby, Chauncey, who sucks Luigi into his crib and fights him as a giant ghost, but is defeated and sucked into the Poltergust 3000. With his ghost-hunting vacuum filling rapidly, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and empties it, turning Neville, Lydia, and Chauncey back into portraits.

Area 2[edit]

Luigi after defeating Bogmire

Luigi enters Area 2, another area through a previously blocked door and fights more ghosts. After defeating The Floating Whirlindas, he enters the Storage Room and hits a switch, which opens a fake door where 50 Boos and their leader, King Boo, are hiding. All of them escape, flying into different rooms of the mansion. Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and E. Gadd tells him that the Boos were the ones who released the portrait ghosts. Luigi must capture the Boos to weaken their power, as they are stronger in greater numbers. So Luigi goes through the many rooms of the mansion, vacuuming up any Boos he sees. He also meets Madame Clairvoya, a fortune teller ghost, who tells him to bring her any of Mario's items he finds lying around in the mansion so she can get details on his whereabouts. The items are Mario's Hat, Mario's Glove, Mario's Shoe, Mario's Letter, and Mario's Star. After sucking up Shivers the butler, Melody Pianissima, Mr. Luggs, and Spooky the dog, Luigi enters the Cemetery and fights the shadowy ghost, Bogmire. He defeats him and sucks him into the Poltergust. Afterwards, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab once again and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts back into portraits.

Area 3[edit]

Luigi looking at the Secret Altar

Luigi enters a third area into the courtyard. Down the well, he sees into King Boo's altar and discovers that King Boo has imprisoned Mario in a portrait. Luigi becomes desperate to save his big brother as he reaches out for him. He goes through new rooms of the mansion, finding Mario's items and vacuuming up ghosts, including portrait ghosts Biff Atlas, Miss Petunia, Nana, Slim Bankshot, and the twins Henry and Orville. After Luigi brings Madame Clairvoya all five of Mario's items, she tells him that she sees Bowser in a vision, which is shocking because Mario defeated Bowser and she suspects that King Boo revived him. With her job done, she tells Luigi to suck her into the Poltergust so she can return peacefully to her portrait. After he does so and defeats 20 Boos, he enters the balcony and fights Boolossus, a Big Boo made up of fifteen Little Boos, and he lures him into either unicorn statue to split him into his individual Boos and sucks them all into the Poltergust. Then, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab once more and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts, including Boolossus, back into portraits.

Area 4[edit]

Luigi in the Breaker Room

When Luigi enters Area 4 in the attic, the mansion is suddenly struck by lightning, creating a blackout throughout the mansion. He then goes to the breaker room to turn the power back on, but finds it locked. Luigi looks for the key and soon encounters a ghost named Uncle Grimmly and defeats him to get the key. After he turns the power back on, he catches more Boos and portrait ghosts, including the Clockwork Soldiers, Sue Pea, Jarvis, and Sir Weston, before entering the room of Vincent Van Gore, one of the most prominent portrait ghosts who is painting regular ghosts. He sends several waves of ghosts after Luigi, but Luigi defeats them all, causing Van Gore to go into a state of depression and Luigi sucks him into the Poltergust without much resistance. He then goes to the Secret Altar down a creepy hallway in the basement and encounters King Boo, who reveals that he was the one who told Luigi that he won the mansion in a contest and set it up as revenge for all the trouble the Mario brothers had caused him. King Boo goes into Mario's portrait, which turns into a Bowser portrait and sucks Luigi into it. In an arena resembling the roof of the mansion with fire in the background, Luigi fights what appears to be Bowser (as Madame Clairvoya's vision had seen), but when he hits him in the head with an explosive, spiked metal ball, "Bowser" is revealed to be a protective suit worn by King Boo. Luigi defeats King Boo while avoiding the Bowser suit's head and sucks him into the Poltergust 3000.

Luigi's Rank B mansion.

Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab one last time and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts, including King Boo, back into portraits. E. Gadd then reverses the Portrificationizer to release Mario from his portrait. After Mario goes through a painful and overwhelming reverse-procedure of all the portrait ghosts captured, he rockets out of the machine, colliding with Luigi, very dizzy and semiconscious afterwards, but otherwise alright. And then, Luigi laughs with tears in his eyes that his brother is safe.

Since King Boo has been defeated, his illusion of the mansion fades away, though the money and jewels Luigi had collected in the mansion were real, and with it he gets a new residence, which varies in size depending on the player's rank.

Gameplay[edit]

The Blue Twirler holding the Nintendo GameCube controller, showing the standard and sidestep controls.

Luigi uses two devices given to him by E. Gadd to progress through the game: the Poltergust 3000 to suck up ghosts and the Game Boy Horror (which is designed to resemble a Game Boy Color) to investigate objects, navigate the mansion and communicate with E. Gadd. On top of its primary function, the Poltergust has various other uses as well, such as sucking up money and being used as a flashlight to help Luigi see and even stun ghosts. Once Luigi collects the corresponding element medal, he can also use the Poltergust to suck up Elemental Ghosts and expel their fire, water or ice powers to fight other ghosts and deplete their HPs so that Luigi can capture them. In turn, Luigi's own HP is lowered whenever he takes damage and requires him to replenish it by collecting Hearts, or risk a Game Over (at which point he collapses and the words "Good night" appears overhead).

Controls[edit]

- Move (in sidestep mode, the stick does not change Luigi's facing direction)
- Examine an object / Open a door / Call out for Mario / Reply to E. Gadd
- Hold to turn the flashlight off, release to turn it on
- Search, using the Game Boy Horror
- Check the map
- Check the inventory
- Change direction Luigi faces
- Shoot an element
- Use the Poltergust

Characters[edit]

Character	Description
Luigi	The hero and single playable character of the game. Luigi arrived at a mansion he supposedly won, only to find it is extremely haunted. He must push through his cowardice and explore the mansion and find his missing brother, armed with a flashlight and the Poltergust 3000 ghost-catching vacuum.
Professor E. Gadd	The inventor of the Poltergust, Prof. Elvin Gadd is a paranormal researcher who has a hideout right outside where the mansion appeared one night. He communicates with Luigi throughout the game via the Game Boy Horror, and asks for Luigi's help in recovering his escaped portrait ghosts and the Boos - the latter of which allows E. Gadd to save his game.
Toad	Four of these mushroom-headed people can be found throughout the mansion, at first crying. If Luigi cheers them up, he is able to save with them whenever he speaks with them.
Mario	Luigi's more-famous brother, who arrived at the mansion beforehand and has gone missing thanks to the ghosts.
Ghosts	The main enemies of the game, a plethora of ghosts infest the mansion's dark rooms, from weak-and-simple normal ghosts, the more powerful-and-complex portrait ghosts, and the quick-and-sneaky Boos.
King Boo	The game's villain, the king of the Boos wants revenge on Mario and Luigi for foiling the Boos in previous games and on E. Gadd for imprisoning his ghost allies in paintings.

Ghosts[edit]

“As a result of extensive research, I have divided ghosts into several categories.”

—Professor E. Gadd, Instruction Booklet

Normal ghosts[edit]

Small[edit]

Small ghosts can be sucked into the Poltergust without any resistance. They do not have hearts, so they do not need to be surprised before pulling them in, either. They are not required to suck up to complete a room; if a room is completed and the lights turn on while they are still present, they will fade away. The exceptions to this are the Elemental Ghosts, which remain in lit areas.

Ghost	Description	Locations (normal)	Locations (PAL Hidden Mansion)
Mice
Blue Mouse	Tiny ghost mice that slowly scuttle along the floor, moving through walls.	Hallway 3	Anteroom, Armory, Kitchen, Safari Room
Blue Mouse		Breaker Room, Butler's Room, Hallway 1, Hallway 2
Purple Mouse	Tiny ghost mice that walk along the floors and walls.	Hallway 2
Purple Mouse	Tiny ghost mice that walk along the floors and walls.	Hallway 1, Hallway 3
Gold Mouse	Tiny ghost mice that appear randomly in certain places or after examining a piece of cheese. They move extremely fast, but catching one earns a large amount of treasure.	Dining Room, Fortune-teller's Room, Hallway 2, Hallway 3, Kitchen, Safari Room, Sealed Room, Study, Tea Room
Bats
Purple Bat	Swarms of bats that attack Luigi when he approaches.	Hallway 2, Hallway 3
Yellow Bat	Swarms of bats that attack Luigi when he activates the Poltergust.	Hidden Room^☽︎	Breaker Room
Yellow Bat		Hallway 2, Hallway 3
Elemental Ghosts
Fire Elemental Ghost	Small spirits that spawn from strong flames after the Fire Element Medal is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot fire.	Ball Room, Butler's Room, Cold Storage, Dining Room, Graveyard, Study, Hallway 2, Hallway 3, Roof, Sitting Room
Water Elemental Ghost	Small spirits that spawn from sources of water after the Water Element Medal is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot water.	Bathroom (2F), Boneyard, Courtyard, Kitchen, Sitting Room, Washroom (2F)
Ice Elemental Ghost	Small spirits that spawn from frosty areas after the Ice Element Medal is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot ice.	Balcony (3F), Ceramics Studio, Kitchen, Pipe Room, Tea Room
Flying Fish
Pink Flying Fish	Floating ghosts that spawn endlessly and float through the air, moving at medium speeds.	Courtyard	Ball Room
Green Flying Fish	Floating ghosts that spawn endlessly and float through the air, moving at fast speeds.		Ball Room, Butler's Room, Courtyard
Green Flying Fish		Pipe Room
Miscellaneous
Shining Ghost	Meteor-like ghosts that cannot be fully sucked in, but pulled against the Poltergust's nozzle and released to shoot them out at a high speed.	Observatory
Spark	Slow-moving spiky red ghosts that come out of walls and explode.		Hallway 2
Spark		Hallway 3, Hallway 4

Large[edit]

Large ghosts must be stunned in order to show their hearts before they can be sucked up. Often times, this is done by shining the flashlight on them. Before they can be pulled all the way in, the Poltergust needs to pull on them enough to bring their HP down to 0.

Ghost	HP	Description	Locations (normal)	Locations (PAL Hidden Mansion)
Punching ghosts
Gold Ghost	10	The most basic ghost enemy, these orange ghosts appear from behind Luigi and punch to attack.	Anteroom, Armory, Sealed Room, Sitting Room, Wardrobe Room	Cellar, Roof, Storage Room, Tea Room
Gold Ghost	10		Astral Hall, Balcony (3F)^☽︎, Billiards Room^☽︎, Butler's Room^☽︎, Conservatory^☽︎, Dining Room^☽︎, Kitchen^☽︎, Master Bedroom^☽︎, Nursery^☽︎, Parlor, Safari Room^☽︎, Telephone Room^☽︎, The Artist's Studio
Purple Puncher	20	A magenta-colored intermediate ghost which attacks Luigi by punching from behind.	Armory, Kitchen^☽︎, Storage Room	Kitchen, Parlor, Pipe Room, Roof, Safari Room
Purple Puncher	20		Anteroom, Balcony (3F)^☽︎, Cellar, Conservatory^☽︎,Fortune-teller's Room^☽︎, Laundry Room, Nana's Room^☽︎, Nursery^☽︎, Sealed Room, Telephone Room^☽︎, The Artist's Studio
Blue Twirler	30	Powerful ghosts that slam the ground around them to attack. They are the strongest of the physically attacking ghosts.	Armory, Sealed Room	Anteroom, Cellar, Laundry Room, Parlor, Pipe Room, Roof, Storage Room, Tea Room, Wardrobe Room
Blue Twirler	30		Balcony (3F)^☽︎, Bathroom (2F)^☽︎, Fortune-teller's Room^☽︎, Hidden Room^☽︎, Nursery^☽︎, Rec Room^☽︎, Telephone Room^☽︎, The Artist's Studio
Element-protected ghosts
Temper Terror	10	White-sheeted Gold Ghosts with fiery energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with a water attack before they can be stunned.	Bathroom (1F)^☽︎, Boneyard^☽︎, Sitting Room, Washroom (2F)
Flash	20	White-sheeted Purple Punchers with icy energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with a fire attack before they can be stunned.	Hidden Room	Armory, Tea Room
Flash	20		Butler's Room^☽︎, Kitchen, Roof
Blue Blaze	30	White-sheeted Blue Twirlers with watery energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with an ice attack before they can be stunned.		Telephone Room
Blue Blaze	30		Safari Room, Tea Room^☽︎
Grabbing Ghosts
White Grabbing Ghost	10	Lavender ghosts that latch onto Luigi from behind, slowing him down until shaken off.	Bathroom (1F), Pipe Room, Tea Room
White Grabbing Ghost	10		Astral Hall, Billiards Room^☽︎, Hidden Room^☽︎, Rec Room^☽︎, Safari Room^☽︎, The Twins' Room^☽︎
Red Grabbing Ghost	20	Ghosts that latch onto Luigi from behind, damaging him until they are shaken off.	Armory, Laundry Room, Storage Room	Astral Hall, Bathroom (1F), Roof, Tea Room
Red Grabbing Ghost	20		Master Bedroom^☽︎, Pipe Room, Study^☽︎, The Artist's Studio, Washroom (1F)^☽︎
Mirror Ghost	20	Teal damaging Grabbing Ghosts that can only be seen through a mirror until they are stunned.		Wardrobe Room
Mirror Ghost	20		Mirror Room
Waiter	10	Stocky cyan Grabbing Ghosts that shuttle food to Mr. Luggs, ignoring Luigi completely.	Dining Room
Cinema Ghost	20	Purple damaging Grabbing Ghosts that can only be seen by their shadows against a projected backdrop until they are stunned.	Projection Room
Masked ghosts
Shy Guy	20	Differently colored masked ghosts. The red ones jab at Luigi with spears, while the green ones twirl them when close enough. Their masks must be pulled off with the Poltergust before they can be stunned.		Hidden Room, Laundry Room, Sitting Room, Tea Room
Shy Guy	20		Astral Hall^☽︎, The Artist's Studio, The Twins' Room^☽︎
Dancing masked ghost	20	Multicolored Shy Guys that dance in pairs. Their red-and-white masks must be removed before they can be stunned, but catching one causes its partner to start pursuing.	Ball Room, Roof
Hallway ghosts
Ceiling Surprise	0	Harmless lavender ghosts that dangle down behind Luigi to startle him, usually in hallways.	Bottom of the Well, Courtyard
Ceiling Surprise	0		Hallway 2, Hallway 3
Purple Bomber	0	Purple Ceiling Surprises that drop a bomb when they appear.	Sealed Room	Armory, Bottom of the Well, Pipe Room, Safari Room
Purple Bomber	0	Purple Ceiling Surprises that drop a bomb when they appear.	Courtyard, Hallway 2, Hallway 3, Hallway 4, The Artist's Studio
Bowling Ghost	0	Yellow ghosts that roll a purple ball at Luigi in the hallways.		Roof, Telephone Room
Bowling Ghost	0		Hallway 2, Hallway 3, Hallway 4
Miscellaneous
Garbage Can Ghost	40	Sloppy green ghosts that drop banana peels on the ground every few moments rather than attack.	Armory, Safari Room, Wardrobe Room	Astral Hall, Roof, Storage Room
Garbage Can Ghost	40		Dining Room^☽︎, Laundry Room^☽︎, The Artist's Studio
Mr. Bones	30	Skeleton ghosts that throw a bone, then fall apart, which is the only time they are vulnerable.	Telephone Room	Astral Hall
Mr. Bones	30		Boneyard, Graveyard
Speedy Spirit	10	Cyan-colored Gold Ghosts that hide in objects in dark rooms, flying away at high speeds when discovered. If caught, they drop a large amount of treasure. If stunned and not vacuumed immediately or if left alone for too long, they disappear forever.	Billiards Room, Breaker Room, Cellar, Conservatory^☽︎, Dining Room, Hidden Room^☽︎, Kitchen, Nana's Room, Nursery^☽︎, Rec Room, Sealed Room, Storage Room, Study, The Twins' Room, Wardrobe Room

^☽︎ - Only during the blackout

Boos[edit]

Luigi discovers PeekaBoo in the Butler's Room.

Main article: List of Boos in Luigi's Mansion

There are 50 (excluding King Boo) Boos that hide in the various rooms of the mansion. 35 of these are named to differentiate between them, while the remaining 15 are smaller ones which make up the third Boss of the game, Boolossus. The magic of the King Boo's spells increase based on the number of his minions nearby. Because of this, Luigi must capture 20 Boos to break the seal designed to block Boolossus from him. After capturing 20 more (hence, five more after what he gets from Boolossus), the seal separating Luigi from King Boo is broken. If Luigi catches all 50 Boos, he will be rewarded with the extremely valuable Gold Diamond. Each of the 35 main Boos' names are puns. For example, "Booigi" is a pun on "Luigi" and "Game Boo" is a nod to the Game Boy.

The 35 main Boos can only be found in rooms that have been cleared and lit, where they hide in interactive objects and occasionally switch positions when they laugh. The Boo Radar helps to find them, but a Boo Ball and a bomb hide nearby and also shuffle positions. When a Boo is discovered, it attempts to flee to another room, with some also trying to attack Luigi from behind. Boos can have anywhere from 30 to 300 HP and lack hearts, meaning they cannot be latched onto, but also cannot pull Luigi - as such, he must keep pointed at them manually. Their HP goes down at a steady quick rate in light areas, but if they travel into a dark one, their HP falls much slower. If a Boo is left in another room for too long, it will hide in the new room, or if left in a hall, in its original room.

Portrait ghosts[edit]

Main article: Portrait ghost

In his exploits, Luigi captures up to twenty-three gallery ghosts (five are optional). These ghosts (excluding the third and the final/fourth boss) have 100 HP, but their hearts are not automatically shown like other ghosts: Luigi must find each ghost's weakness before he can suck them up. The following are listed in the rough order they can be caught in the game:

Area One[edit]

Ghost	Gold frame	Necessity	Location	Description	Biography and heart quote
Neville The Bookish Father	1	Required	Study	Neville is found reading on his rocking chair, launching a book from the bookshelf at Luigi. Occasionally while Luigi is looking away, he will yawn, exposing his heart.	Age 42 "Neville spends his afterlife reading all the books he missed while living." "Ho ho ho ho... Go ahead, try to find me. I can see you, but you cannot see me, ho ho ho ho..."
Lydia The Mirror-Gazing Mother	2	Required	Master Bedroom	Lydia is found brushing her hair at the mirror. The curtain on a nearby broken window needs to be opened, allowing a gust of wind to mess up her hair and exposing her heart.	Age 34 "She's stashed her secret savings away to prepare for her long afterlife." "Isn't my hair just gorgeous? Of course, I do spend a lot of time on it. I was so bored cooped up in that painting... Now I spend all my time in front of the mirror. It seems to scare people, though, so everything is coming up roses!"
Chauncey The Spoiled Baby	4	Area boss	Nursery	The first boss, Chauncey sleeps at his crib until Luigi moves his rocking horse. After he wakes, Chauncey follows Luigi while making teddy bears fly at him. Luigi needs to use a ball to hit Chauncey, which angers him into shrinking Luigi into a battle arena on his crib. Chauncey then attacks by leaping around and launching rocking horses and balls at Luigi; hitting him with a ball again stuns him and exposes his heart.	Age 1 "He cries loudly and never sleeps through the night, but since he was born a ghost, this seems natural." "Horsey... rocky... horsey..." "Stay away!"

Area Two[edit]

Ghost	Gold frame	Necessity	Location	Description	Biography and heart quote
The Floating Whirlindas The Dancing Couple	10	Required	Ball Room	The Floating Whirlindas dance above spinning floor plates. Their hearts are exposed after the husband exclaims and they pose for each other.	Age ?? "Once the local waltz champions, they can no longer compete since their feet don't touch the floor." "So, you can see me? Well, that may be, but you will never find my weakness!" "I don't think this gent can even see us!"
Shivers The Wandering Butler	8	Required	Butler's Room	Shivers is found pacing in the Area 2 hallway. Luigi needs to use fire on his candlestick, causing him to panic and flee to his room. He ends up accidentally sitting on the candle, however, exposing his heart.	Age 72 "He wanders the house, endlessly searching for his master's will. He hopes he's included in it!" "Ah, the beautiful Melody will not even give me the time of day... What must I do to win her? Passion! Yes! That's it! I will show her I burn for her! My unbridled passion will scorch her soul!" "The burning flames of unbridled passion! Or... wait, how about the passionate flames of unbridled burning?"
Melody Pianissima The Beautiful Pianist	5	Required	Conservatory	Melody is found playing her piano. Luigi needs to start up the other instruments to cause her to appear, then answer a trivia question about her music correctly. After this she sends her music sheets to attack Luigi. Sucking them all up causes her heart to be exposed.	Age 26 "Despite playing moving melodies, she has a surly disposition. Oddly enough, she loves video games." "Hmph! This ragamuffin looks as if he couldn't play a note!" "Show him the power of genius, my music sheets!"
Mr. Luggs The Glutton	11	Optional	Dining Room	Mr. Luggs is found gorging himself on a plate of yellow food. The candles next to him need to be lit with fire, and then the food needs sucked up while preventing the two Waiters from refilling it. Once the food is gone, Luigi needs to avoid an onslaught of several fireballs Mr. Luggs belches at him. Eventually, he will tire out and his heart is exposed.	Age 30 "He prefers all-you-can-eat buffets to three meals a day. He ate himself to death but still wasn't satisfied." "No one can see me in this darkness! No one no one no one noooooooooo-one!" "It's so bright here. Everyone can see me eat! ...I don't care, I'll just keep eating!"
Spooky The Hungry Guard Dog	13	Required	Boneyard	Spooky is found resting at its doghouse. When it sees Luigi, it tries to latch onto him while barking. Luigi needs to suck up a Mr. Bones disturbed by the barking, causing it to drop a bone which distracts Spooky and causes its heart to become exposed.	Age 4 "This creepy canine will sink its chops into any seemingly edible thing in sight." "Woof woof woof!"
Bogmire The Cemetery Shadow	19	Area boss	Graveyard	The second boss, Bogmire emerges from a lightning-struck grave and warps Luigi to his arena. Bogmire makes shadowy copies of himself while teleporting around. The copies can be sucked into the form of a ball of shadowy goo, which can be launched onto Bogmire to expose his heart.	Age ?? "A product of the mansion's fear and despair, he's not sure who to fear or what to despair these days." N/A

Note: Although Luigi first meets Madame Clairvoya in Area Two, he captures her after he begins Area Three.

Area Three[edit]

Ghost	Gold frame	Necessity	Location	Description	Biography and heart quote
Biff Atlas The Bodybuilder	16	Optional	Rec Room	Biff is found lifting a barbell. Luigi must repeatedly knock a punching bag into him, angering him further until he is stunned on the third hit, exposing his heart.	Age 26 "This kind body builder loves muscles and lilies. Why lilies? They symbolize purity." "Look at this buffness! I'm huge! How'd you like to be my punching bag, weakling?"
Miss Petunia The Bathing Beauty	6	Required	Bathroom (2F)	Miss Petunia is found taking a hot bath, and blasts Luigi with scalding water if she sees him looking in. By cooling her bath with ice, her heart is exposed.	Age ?? "The Miss Ghost runner-up from six years ago, she hasn't had much modeling work lately." "Ahh...a piping hot shower!"
Nana The Scarf Knitting Granny	3	Required	Nana's Room	Nana is found knitting in her rocking chair. Luigi needs to knock over her basket of three yarn balls, and hit her with each while avoiding her movement and eye lasers. Once hit with all three, her heart is exposed.	Age 76 "She's still knitting the scarf she never finished in life. It now stretches to 871 feet." "Hey, it's a funny man. Should I play with him?"
Slim Bankshot The Lonely Poolshark	17	Optional	Billiards Room	Slim is found pacing the pool table and occasionally playing 3-ball pool, causing the balls to bounce around the room through the air. After he is hit with three balls, his heart is exposed.	Age 29 "Slim's a legend in the world of competitive pool. Too bad he's never played a living soul." "You want some of this?"
Henry and Orville The Twin Brothers	14	Required	The Twins' Room	The twins appear when Luigi spins their helicopter mobile, and they then challenge him to a game of hide-and-seek. Once both are found, they attack him while riding a toy car and plane. When a vehicle is sucked up, that twin's heart is exposed.	Age 5 "The twins like to play hide and seek, but since they both hide, the game never seems to end." "SMASH!" "Guh-waaaa!"
Madame Clairvoya The Freaky Fortune Teller	7	Required	Fortune-teller's Room	Madame Clairvoya is found in front of her crystal ball when the flashlight is shined on it long enough. She provides clues based on the five of Mario's items Luigi finds throughout the mansion, after which she exposes her heart willingly.	Age ?? "Her close connection to the spirit world lets her see nearly 49 days into the future." "Destiny chooses our paths..."
Boolossus Jumbo Ghost	22	Area boss	Balcony (3F)	The third boss, Boolossus combines from 15 Mini Boos after taking Luigi to its arena. As a Boo, it lacks a heart entirely, and also lacks HP. It bounces around after him and must be moved against a unicorn statue to temporarily pop it back into the smaller Boos. These Boos must be frozen and sucked up. They get more wary and erratic the fewer of them remain, while the combined form gets smaller, faster, and slipperier.	Age ?? "When the shy, timid Boos get together, their body and their attitude get BIG!" N/A

Area Four[edit]

Ghost	Gold frame	Necessity	Location	Description	Biography and heart quote
Uncle Grimmly Hermit of the Darkness	20	Required	Wardrobe Room^☽︎	Uncle Grimmly is found in front of a mirror during the blackout. Occasionally, he tries to be spooky by sticking his arms out and moaning, exposing his heart.	Age 45 "Adrift in the darkness, he tends to keep to himself, which suits the rest of the family just fine." "Nobody will find me because I'm old, cranky and, by gum, people are afraid of me!"
Clockwork Soldiers The Toy Platoon	15	Required	Clockwork Room	The Clockwork Soldiers stand at attention until all the cuckoo clocks in the room are activated, at which point they march after Luigi to attack with their popguns. The Poltergust much be used to unwind their keys to the point they fall out, exposing their individual hearts.	Age ?? "They once belonged to a tightly-wound toy collector, but now they march on their own without any winding." "Heyyyyy, stooooppp lookkkinnnggg at meeee!" "Squeak squeak" "The valve... The valve..."
Sue Pea The Dozing Girl	9	Optional	Guest Room	Sue Pea is found sleeping in her upside-down bedroom. Water must be sprayed on her three times to wake her and expose her heart, though this also angers her into launching her dolls at him.	Age 7 "What was meant to be a short nap seems to have turned into eternal rest for sweet Sue Pea." "I won't wet the bed... I promise."
Jarvis The Jar Collector	12	Optional	Ceramics Studio	Jarvis is found in a pot and challenges Luigi to a Whac-A-Mole-style game involving freezing him when he pops out of his different jars. Afterwards, he gets mad and launches his jars while he continues popping out of the remainder, heart now exposed.	Age ?? "He loves his antique jars so much that he now lives in one. He can hardly contain himself!" N/A
Sir Weston The Chilly Climber	18	Required	Cold Storage	Sir Weston is found frozen in a block of ice, summoning icicles to drop. By lighting a bonfire on both sides, Weston is awakened and sends trails of icy spikes along the floor at Luigi. Continuing to flame the ice block eventually shatters it, exposing Weston's heart.	Age 30 "This strange fellow's icy abode may be the reason he hasn't warmed up to being a ghost." "Darn, I love the cold, I mean, I just plain love it!"
Vincent Van Gore The Starving Artist	21	Required	The Artist's Studio	Vincent Van Gore is found painting, and sends several waves of normal ghosts he painted at Luigi. Once all of his ghost paintings are gone, his heart is exposed.	Age 59 "Despite failing to sell a single painting in 30 years, this stubborn man refuses to let his art die." "Now does he grasp zee power of my creations?"
King Boo		Final boss	Secret Altar	The fourth and final boss, King Boo is found watching Mario's painting and takes Luigi to an infernal recreation of the mansion's roof. He battles him in a giant costume of Bowser capable of charging around, leaping through the air, swinging its tail to defend from the back, throwing spiked bombs, inhaling, and breathing fire. One of the spiked bombs must be grabbed and launched into his face during his next breath attack. This temporarily knocks off the head and sends King Boo panicking out of it, while the head continues to spit ice at Luigi. As a Boo, King Boo lacks a heart and as such cannot be properly latched onto while sucking, but he also cannot pull Luigi. With 500 HP, King Boo has the most health of any individual ghost in the game. When his HP falls below 200, from then on, each time King Boo reenters the Bowser suit, he wil reattach the head backwards, causing the suit to run out of control for a few seconds before it screws its head on straight and functions properly.	N/A

Obstacles[edit]

Various haunted objects also impede Luigi throughout the game.

Obstacle	Description	Locations
Armor	Certain suits of armor have maces held high, which they swing forward when interacted with. If Luigi is in front, he will be damaged.	Armory
Banana Peel	Litter the floor and cause Luigi to slip if not sucked up. They are usually dropped by Garbage Can Ghosts.	Dining Room
Bomb	Bombs are found in furniture near Boos or dropped by Purple Bombers. They create a huge explosion.	Various
Book	A book is repeatedly launched at Luigi from a bookshelf by Neville until it or Neville is sucked up.	Study
Chandelier	The foyer's chandelier will drop on Luigi should he stand under it before completing Area 1.	Foyer
Doll	Clown-like dolls are launched at Luigi by Sue Pea after he wakes her up. They respawn until they or her are sucked up.	Guest Room
Fake door	Doors with no entrances behind them, they flatten Luigi if he tries to walk through them. They can be burned away.	Hallway 1, Hallway 2, Hallway 3, Hallway 4, Laundry Room
Flame wall	Large walls of fire block certain doorways until extinguished with water.	Hallway 3, Kitchen
Icicle	Icicles grow from the ceiling, dropping when Luigi moves under them.	Cold Storage
Jar	Jarvis's collection of pots, which he launches at Luigi during their battle. They respawn until they or Jarvis are sucked up.	Ceramics Studio
Music sheet	Melody Pianissima's music sheets she uses in her battle. Sucking them all up renders her vulnerable.	Conservatory
Pan/pot	An assortment of pots and pans launch themselves at Luigi until they are all sucked up or all the ghosts in the room are defeated.	Kitchen
Refrigerator	The refrigerator's heavy door slams into Luigi and damages him if he opens it from the front.	Kitchen
Plate	Various plates launch themselves at Luigi until they are all sucked up or all the ghosts in the room are defeated.	Tea Room
Shed	The door to the shed a Toad hides in will damage Luigi if he opens it from the front.	Courtyard
Teddy bear	Three stuffed bears launched by Chauncey at Luigi until they are sucked up or Chauncey is hit with a ball.	Nursery

Items[edit]

Money[edit]

Normal Mansion Total score: 142,390,000 G

Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score	Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score	Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score
Gold Coin	5,000 G	1536	7,680,000 G	Bill	20,000 G	1260	25,200,000 G	Gold Bar	100,000 G	61	6,100,000 G
Blue Sapphire	500,000 G	10	5,000,000 G	Green Emerald	800,000 G	10	8,000,000 G	Red Ruby	1,000,000 G	10	10,000,000 G
Blue Diamond	2,000,000 G	5	10,000,000 G	Red Diamond	5,000 G	2	10,000 G	Gold Diamond	20,000,000 G	2	40,000,000 G
Small Pearl	50,000 G	76	3,800,000 G	Medium Pearl	100,000 G	76	7,600,000 G	Big Pearl	1,000,000 G	19	19,000,000 G

PAL Hidden Mansion Total score: 186,440,000 G

Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score	Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score	Name	Score	Maximum Count	Maximum Score
Gold Coin	5,000 G	1686	8,430,000 G	Bill	20,000 G	1425	28,500,000 G	Gold Bar	100,000 G	76	7,600,000 G
Blue Sapphire	500,000 G	5	2,500,000 G	Green Emerald	800,000 G	5	4,000,000 G	Red Ruby	1,000,000 G	5	5,000,000 G
Blue Diamond	2,000,000 G	30	60,000,000 G	Red Diamond	5,000 G	2	10,000 G	Gold Diamond	20,000,000 G	2	40,000,000 G
Small Pearl	50,000 G	76	3,800,000 G	Medium Pearl	100,000 G	76	7,600,000 G	Big Pearl	1,000,000 G	19	19,000,000 G

Luigi's NEW Mansion[edit]

All of the money, with a perfect score in the NTSC version.

Main article: Luigi's NEW Mansion

All of the money and treasure Luigi collects is used to build Luigi's NEW Mansion in place of the old one. The size and general quality of the mansion depends on exactly how much he collects, with the lower ranks featuring smaller mansions and the upper ranks featuring larger mansions. A painting of the mansion Luigi receives then appears at the front of the Gallery, with Luigi's total money on the bottom-left corner. The message reads "Welcome to Luigi's NEW Mansion!" unless Luigi achieves Rank A or H. The requirement to achieve Rank A was increased significantly during localization for PAL regions.

Rank A: Finish the game at or above 100,000,000G (NTSC) or 150,000,000G (PAL). + Message: Congratulations! Your mansion is complete!
Rank B: Finish the game with 70,000,000 to 99,999,999G (NTSC) or 70,000,000 to 149,999,999G (PAL).
Rank C: Finish the game with 60,000,000 to 69,999,999G.
Rank D: Finish the game with 50,000,000 to 59,999,999G.
Rank E: Finish the game with 40,000,000 to 49,999,999G.
Rank F: Finish the game with 20,000,000 to 39,999,999G.
Rank G: Finish the game with 5,000,000 to 19,999,999G.
Rank H: Finish the game with 5,000 to 4,999,999G. + Message: The haunted mansion disappeared without a trace...
The Rank A Mansion appears at the side of Luigi Circuit in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! However, Rank D is shown in the opening of the sequel, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.

Mario's items[edit]

Luigi may find several items that Mario has dropped in the mansion. Once he has received one, he can show it to Madame Clairvoya for information of Mario's whereabouts.

Item	Location	Text
Mario's Hat	Laundry Room	You found Mario's Hat! And it's been laundered recently!
Mario's Letter	Courtyard	You found Mario's Letter! I wonder what it says...
Mario's Shoe	The Twins' Room	You found Mario's Shoe! It smells...like Mario's feet.
Mario's Glove	Projection Room	You found Mario's Glove! Eew... It's a little sweaty.
Mario's Star	Observatory	You found Mario's Star! My, what a glittering beauty!

Miscellaneous items[edit]

Professor E. Gadd's Gallery[edit]

Professor E. Gadd had trapped the portrait ghosts into paintings during his past ghost adventures and put them for display in his personal gallery - until King Boo released each of them. As Luigi recaptures gallery ghosts, they will be framed in three colors: bronze, silver, or gold. The frame color of non-boss ghosts depends on how much HP Luigi sucks in one go, which produce pearls:

Bronze. Only small pearls, which Luigi earns one of for every 10 HP sucked in one go. The portraits show the ghosts in poor quality.
Silver. At least one medium pearl, which the ghost gives up for every 50 HP sucked and every 10 after. So for 60, 70 and 80 HP in one go, Luigi earns another medium pearl. The portraits show the ghosts in better quality.
Gold. The only big pearl possible is given up if Luigi can suck 90 HP in one go. The portraits of the ghosts are often just what they looked like when Luigi captured them.

If Luigi sucks all 100 HP at once, no extra pearl is awarded. The maximum amount of money to be gained per portrait ghost is 1,600,000G: 4 small pearls, 4 medium pearls and 1 big pearl. Boss gallery ghosts' (Chauncey, Bogmire, Boolossus, and King Boo) frames and quality are determined by how high Luigi's health is after capturing the ghost.

Bronze. If Luigi fails to keep his health above 60 HP, he will get this painting.
Silver. To get this portrait, Luigi's health must be kept above 60 HP at the end of the battle.
Gold. To obtain this high-quality painting, his health must not have declined below 90 HP at the end of the battle.

Hidden Mansion[edit]

Once the player beats the game for the first time, the quest can be restarted in the normal mansion or the "Hidden Mansion". In the Japanese and North American versions of Luigi's Mansion, the Hidden Mansion only differs from the normal mansion in doubling the amount of damage that Luigi takes and increasing the Poltergust 3000's damage by 1.5×. Additional changes were made to the Hidden Mansion featured in the European and Australian versions of Luigi's Mansion, making it more of a standard hard mode with better rewards. They are listed as follows:

The PAL Hidden Mansion is mirrored from left to right when compared to the normal Mansion. The NTSC version keeps the layout the same.
Rooms are much darker in the PAL version.

NTSC version

PAL version

There are more normal ghosts around the mansion; for example, in The Artist's Studio, Luigi must fight five of each ghost instead of three. More powerful ghosts are also encountered earlier than in the Normal Mansion; for example, in the Normal Mansion, Blue Twirlers are unique to Area 4 and the blackout, while in the PAL Hidden Mansion, they appear as early as the first room of Area 1.
Bosses are more difficult, such as having different attacks. Chauncey's rocking horses, for example, are much bigger and swerve left to right, instead of going straight, while his beach balls spawn from the near side of the bed instead of the far side. Bogmire's attacks remain mostly the same, but he and his clones move and attack much faster. Another example is the Boolossus battle, in which the player rides around on the Poltergust 3000's wheels while trying to pop Boolossus, which makes movement more slippery.
Boos are usually more agile and difficult to catch. Most of them have more HP, although some have the same, and some have less. The ones with less HP are often much faster and can leave a room in seconds, or cross a room within a second to round Luigi and attack him from behind, especially in Area 4.
Ghost placements are different.
Fewer hearts are available. Locations that have hearts in the Normal Mansion do not have them. Hearts that heal 50 HP exist in the Courtyard by vacuuming the Slim Bankshot-like statue, and rarely in the Foyer when checking the drawer.
Speedy Spirits and Gold Mice always drop a Blue Diamond when caught, raising the maximum possible amount of money from 142,390,000G to 186,440,000G.^[1] Because the amount of money required for an A rank was increased to 150,000,000G (instead of 100,000,000G in the NTSC version), this means the Hidden Mansion is necessary to play through in order to get an A rank.
Instead of 40 Boos, 45 are required to fight the final boss.

Quotes[edit]

Main article: List of Luigi's Mansion quotes

Luigi[edit]

"Hello?"
"MARIO!/MARIOOO?/Mario?/M-M-M-M-Mario?"
"Way to go, genius. Got the hang of that thing yet?"
"Exquisite..."

Mario[edit]

"Get me outta here!"
"'Ey, Luigi, what's the hold-up?"

Professor E. Gadd[edit]

"I'm getting too old for this ghost-catching tomfoolery."
"I swear, this house seems to have more and more ghosts every day!"
"Alright, youngster! Look lively! Follow me, posthaste!"

King Boo[edit]

"I don't plan to give up my favorite decoration. I like Mario where he is."
"This Mario painting looks lonely... I must have a Luigi painting as well! Then my gallery will truly be complete! Bleah HA HA!"
"I am not afraid of you, fool! I fear only that infernal Poltergust 3000 you carry on your back! Stupid machine!"

Development[edit]

The idea for Luigi's Mansion was first centered around exploration many different rooms, similar to The Legend of Zelda's dungeons. Mario was initially chosen as the protagonist. The team wanted the location to be a huge house from the start, and it began as a "Japanese-style Ninja house." After some playtests, the setting was retooled to resemble a dollhouse, as the player would always be looking through one of the walls to see the rest of the room. As the lighting scheme was developed, the team focused on darkness and shadows, which turned the dollhouse into an "American-style haunted mansion." With the change in setting and the new emphasis on ghosts, Luigi was chosen to be the new protagonist, as the team wanted a cowardly character and Mario was more known for being brave. The portrait ghosts were created in order to distinguish them from the rest of the Super Mario franchise' ghosts, namely Boos. The team also considered using no characters at all from the rest of the Super Mario franchise besides Luigi and Mario to establish the game as not just "another chapter in the Mario series," though they eventually resolved to use the series' characters sparingly.^[2]

As development for Luigi's Mansion took place alongside the Nintendo GameCube's development, the team was able to make recommendations for increasing the console's capabilities. Among those requests was dynamic lighting, something that team chiefly wanted, which was eventually added to the graphics chip. Working with the Nintendo GameCube instead of the Nintendo 64 saved a lot of time that might have otherwise been spent overcoming the latter console's technical hurdles. The game had also started development before the Nintendo GameCube's console was designed, though the team wanted to use two analog sticks from the start and base the controls largely around the sticks, generally simplifying the controls. Once the controller was finalized and put into use, many of the game's testers commented on how the C Stick was uncomfortable to use for a long time, causing a redesign that made it wider and more comfortable for thumbs.^[2]

The game's elements, fire, water, and ice, came as a result of the team wanting to "display fire water, and atmospheric effects realistically." Early on, dust clouds used a fixed animation every time the dust was interacted with and the team wanted to make it more interesting through dynamic interactions. One programmer worked on the dust for six months. Another effect that the team handled was the "stretch" effects produced by the ghosts when being vacuumed and a lot of work was spent making sure it functioned properly. Motion capture was used in the game's intro (notably while Luigi is walking in a "very cowardly way") and ending.^[2]

A lot of time was spent discussing how difficult the team wanted the game to be. This led to work on a control scheme that only used a single analog stick, which was eventually scrapped, though it led to the "Standard" control scheme being added with the "Sidestep" control scheme. This also led to keys automatically showing which door they opened on the map and the team felt that players would be frustrated otherwise. Eventually, the team concluded that they wanted the difficulty to be well-balanced, which was important for a launch title. In a similar vein to Yoshi's Story, they wanted the game to only need a few hours to beat, but also make the player feel motivated to replay it again. This philosophy led to an emphasis on puzzle elements and not item collection and the ability to ignore certain elements of the game.^[2]

The game's schedule was tight; there were several arguments between the designers and the programmers over which features might not be implemented, but by the end of development, more ideas were being added and not many features were removed. The ability to turn off the flashlight was among those late features, after a suggestion by Shigeru Miyamoto to let the players do more with the other buttons. Miyamoto also suggested that Luigi immediately tap the wall when pressing instead of going through a long animation. Luigi's whistling and humming, as well as his ability to call for Mario, were all added late into the game's cycle as well. The humming came about after the team decided that background music would be uninteresting and Luigi's call came about after a staff member suggested it to reinforce Luigi's goal of finding Mario. The team intended for their end result to not be scary for the players; the team wanted to create something innovative that functioned well just from a technical standpoint. They spent time creating a unique style to the game and not worrying about how it matched up to other games, as their game is "different, unique."^[2]

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Luigi's Mansion staff

The original game's producers were Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, and the director of the game was Hideki Konno. The music was composed by Kazumi Totaka and Shinobu Tanaka. This was the last original entry in the Super Mario franchise to be produced under Hiroshi Yamauchi's administration as president of Nintendo.

Pre-release and unused content[edit]

Main article: List of Luigi's Mansion pre-release and unused content

Concepts for Luigi's Mansion, such as character designs, were being planned during the Nintendo 64's lifetime. Many rooms had different names in one or more early builds; for example, the Foyer was originally called the "Entrance". The Poltergust 3000 used to have a pressure meter and, if it overheated, the Poltergust 3000 would ignite and injure Luigi.^[3] The Poltergust's shape is also more rectangular in one or more early versions.

Glitches[edit]

Main article: List of Luigi's Mansion glitches

Shadow Bogmire glitch[edit]

This glitch occurs when Luigi faces a wall just as a Shadow Bogmire is about to be sucked in. The Shadow Bogmire becomes stuck on the nozzle of the Poltergust 3000. The outline of the ball that was supposed to be the Shadow Bogmire becomes stuck on the wall Luigi was facing. To end this glitch, the player must have Luigi take damage, hit a wall, or release .

Reception[edit]

The game has received mostly positive reviews. GameSpot gave the game a 7.9/10, saying that it featured creative and refreshing ideas, but it strays too far from the Super Mario franchise.^[4] IGN also gave it a positive review, giving it a 7/10, praising its graphics, sounds, and gameplay, but heavily panning the lack of any replay value.^[5] Nintendo Life gave it an 8/10, claiming it's a well-crafted game, but criticized how short the length of the game was.^[6] The game was mainly praised for its clever features and for giving Luigi a starring role. However, it was criticized for its short length.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo GameCube	Matt Casamassina, IGN	7/10	Luigi's Mansion is fun while it lasts, it really is. The control is top notch, the puzzle solving elements mildly enjoyable, and the house a big, unexplored thing overflowing with spirits. The technology powering the game is phenomenal, you won't find better lighting and shadow effects, not to mention cloth physics, in any other game for a good while to come...The problem is that the game doesn't really offer much in the vein of variety. Exploring room after room and hallway after hallway only to suck up ghost after ghost becomes redundant. And the adventure ends abruptly five or six hours after it's started...This may be Nintendo's internal flagship launch title, but it's certainly not the GameCube equivalent of Mario 64, as many of us were hoping for.
Nintendo GameCube	Shane Satterfield, GameSpot	7.9/10	Luigi's first solo excursion has flashes of brilliance and is fun while it lasts, but the short amount of time it takes to complete it makes it a hard recommendation. There is some incentive to play through the game a second time, but even that can be done within an average rental period. If you're a serious video game collector or just want a game that will adequately show off your new console, Luigi's Mansion is worth picking up. But for everyone else, a trip to the local rental shop should suffice.
Nintendo GameCube	Tom "Mugwum" Bramwell, Eurogamer	7/10	Luigi’s Mansion is a delightful little game, instantly appealing to anybody with more than a passing interest in its heritage, but it isn’t the GameCube equivalent of those platform classics I name-checked at the start of the review. A competent, atmospheric adventure and truly a new direction for the characters, but at this length it simply isn’t worth the £35, let alone the cost of the console. If Miyamoto’s vision of shorter games more often is to become reality, then the pricing structure will need serious adjustment.
Nintendo GameCube	Jacob Crites, Nintendo Life	8/10	What Luigi's Mansion lacks in content and longevity, it makes up for with a remarkably well-crafted and unique single campaign that will keep you consistently entertained from front to back. It's not quite on the same level as Mario's better outings, but the game is so entirely different from anything Mario has ever starred in that it feels almost unjust to compare them; and, really, it's this complete departure from the Mario formula that makes the game so successful in the first place. The gameplay design is so uncommon that it's pretty difficult to slap a genre label on it, but suffice to say that if you consider yourself a gamer, you owe it to yourself to give this one a shot.
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		78
GameRankings		79.16%

Awards[edit]

Luigi's Mansion won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for audio in 2002.^[7]

Sales[edit]

Luigi's Mansion is the 5th best selling game for the Nintendo GameCube, having sold approximately 3.33 million copies, including 2.19 million in the US, 348,000 copies in Japan and 100,000 units in the UK, as of 2020.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Luigi's Mansion.

Luigi
A Boo
A Gold Ghost
Professor E. Gadd with the Poltergust 3000.
Some of the different kinds of Ghosts (with Biff Atlas in the center) found in the game

Media[edit]

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Luigi's Mansion media.

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Adaptations[edit]

Volume 26 of Super Mario-kun

Luigi's Mansion appears in volume 26 and volume 29 of Super Mario-kun. In volume 26, which usually follows the story of Paper Mario, the Luigi's Mansion section is condensed into one chapter. The story begins similarly to the game: Luigi wins a mansion. He tries calling Mario's name, but Mario is absent. Luigi then treks to the mansion by himself. After a walk through the forest at night, Luigi is horrified to see his mansion. There, he meets a harmless Boo (案内役テレサ) that leads him into the mansion. Inside the mansion, he and the Boo find a vacuum, so he tests it on the Boo, much to the Boo's anger. Luigi proceeds to vacuum the ghosts and he even encounters a Ghost Guy, which he doodles on its face.

Luigi then finds Mario trapped in a painting. Luigi is then ambushed by Bowser. Luigi attempts to run behind Bowser, but Bowser twists his head and burns Luigi. While Bowser throws a spike ball, Luigi uses his vacuum to deflect it at him, knocking off the head. King Boo flies out and Luigi proceeds to suck in King Boo, breaking the spell and freeing Mario. The Bowser head, still flying, lands on Luigi's head and Mario, mistaking him for Bowser, fights him. Once Mario realizes his mistake, he immediately regrets what he has done and the Boo watches them. Despite the chapters being seemingly disjointed, Luigi later joins Mario during a fight with Huff N. Puff and uses a new Poltergust to vacuum the Tuff Puffs.

Not much is known about the segment in volume 29, but Toad travels along with Luigi.

Charlie Day, the voice of Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, has publicly expressed interest in doing a Luigi's Mansion film if the Super Mario film is successful enough to spawn future installments, though nothing has been confirmed.^[11]

References to other games[edit]

Luigi's Game Boy Horror sprite

Mario Bros. and Super Mario World: Both games were mentioned during Melody's quiz.
Super Mario Bros.: The game's Ground Theme is played if Luigi taps all the various instruments in the Conservatory. One of the songs that Melody plays on the piano is a rearrangement of the Underwater Theme. Additionally, an arranged excerpt of the Underground Theme is played during the credits. The mysterious "Bowser" manned by King Boo may also be loosely based on the fake Bowsers from this game.
Super Mario Bros. 3: One of the songs that Melody plays on the piano is a rearrangement of the Athletic Theme.
Super Mario All-Stars: The sprite of Luigi from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels in this version is shown on the Game Boy Horror when a Stone or Di amo nd is collected.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3: Luigi's NEW Mansion at the end of the game depends on the score the player has, similar to how Wario's abode will end up better with a higher score.
Super Mario 64: When Luigi is talking to Toad, an arranged excerpt of "Toad's Message" is played. Some sound effects are taken from this game, including the sound effect for collecting a Power Star plays when one of Mario's items is collected.
Mario Golf: Mario's artworkMedia:LM Mario.jpg is an altered and sepia recoloring of his artworkMedia:Mario golf lean.png from this game.
Mario Tennis: Some of Toad's voice clips were reused from this game.
Paper Mario: Although this reference was lost during translation, one of Neville's books (in the Japanese version) is titled "Mario Story" which is both Paper Mario's Japanese title and the title of the book Herringway wrote about the game's story (also in the Japanese version).
Animal Crossing: Professor Elvin Gadd's vocalizations were inspired by the animal speech from the Animal Crossing series.

References in later media[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee: A Luigi's Mansion trophy appears in this game, which depicts Luigi using the Poltergust 3000.
Super Mario Sunshine: One of the game's bosses is named King Boo in the English version, though the character is otherwise unrelated to the antagonist from Luigi's Mansion. Professor E. Gadd is said to have invented F.L.U.D.D. and Bowser Jr.'s magic brush and is mentioned by Bowser Jr. as "a strange old man in a white coat". A Pianta cleaning the ducts of Hotel Delfino in the episode 'Mysterious Hotel Delfino' at Sirena Beach wishes that someone would suck up the ghosts in the hotel with a vacuum, as a reference to the Poltergust 3000.
Mario Party 4: The Gaddlight is an item in the game used to repel Boos and keep them from stealing coins or stars.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: Luigi's Mansion appears as an unlockable battle stage in this game. Several of the portrait ghosts appear in the main area, including King Boo's gold frame. Luigi's Rank A Mansion appears in the background of Luigi Circuit.
Wario World: The ending conditions to restoring Wario's Castle are similar to those of the endings in this game.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Professor E. Gadd makes a cameo appearance and Luigi occasionally takes out the Poltergust 3000. A few of the ghosts appear in the Starbeans Café and are vacuumed by E. Gadd, while the Luigi's Mansion theme plays.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: A crow in Twilight Town says he will set up an estate pay site named Luigi's Mansion, and his crow friend says that "he's heard that name somewhere before".
Mario Power Tennis: Luigi's Mansion is also a playable tennis court that has the ghosts rising from their graves trying to distract the players. Luigi uses the Poltergust 3000 for his defense shot.
Super Mario 64 DS: King Boo appears as a boss in this game, capturing Luigi after vowing to catch him in Luigi's Mansion. After he was defeated by Mario, Luigi can be unlocked, which is the opposite of what happened in Luigi's Mansion. There is a minigame in the Rec Room based on Luigi's Mansion called Hide and Boo Seek, where Luigi has to find a certain amount of Boos in the darkness by scribbling out the black to reveal them. Some of Luigi's voice clips were reused in this game.
Mario Kart DS: Luigi's Mansion appears as a race course in this game. The Poltergust 4000 (based on the Poltergust 3000) was Luigi's first character-specific kart.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: Professor E. Gadd appears again and has a more major role than in the previous Mario & Luigi game. When the Mario Bros. travel into the past, they meet the younger E. Gadd whose lab is destroyed by a volcanic eruption and he says he will set up a new lab in Boo Woods, foreshadowing Luigi's Mansion. In most scenes with Professor E. Gadd, an arrangement of the Luigi's Mansion theme can be heard.
Mario Hoops 3-on-3: Luigi's Mansion appears as a basketball court, where the ghosts from Luigi's Mansion fly around trying to grab the basketball.
Super Paper Mario: The main foyer of the mansion appears to be the location of the Mansion Patrol arcade game.
Mario Party 8: The ghosts from Luigi's Mansion re-appear in the minigame (which may be somewhat based on Luigi's Mansion) Specter Inspector.
Super Mario Galaxy: Luigi appears in the Ghostly Galaxy after being kidnapped by the ghost Bouldergeist and Mario must save his brother. This is the exact opposite of what happens in Luigi's Mansion.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Luigi's Mansion appears as an unlockable stage and trophy in this game. An arrangement of the Luigi's Mansion main theme is one of the selectable music themes for this stage. In the "King Dedede steals Peach" and "King Dedede steals Zelda" cutscenes of the Subspace Emissary (where Luigi is introduced), a different arrangement of the Luigi's Mansion theme plays.
Mario Super Sluggers: Luigi's Mansion is a playable baseball park.
Mario Sports Mix: Luigi's Mansion makes an appearance as a basketball court and a volleyball court. He also uses his Poltergust 3000 whenever he uses his special shots.
Mario Kart 7: Luigi's Mansion from Mario Kart DS returns as a retro stage.
Mario Party 9: In Boo's Horror Castle, there are painting references of Garbage Can Ghosts and Vincent Van Gore. Some of the rooms of the mansion are also referenced.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: One of the messages floating in Luigi's Dream's Deep says "I fight ghosts!", a reference to this game.
Mario Kart 8: Luigi's Mansion can be seen in the background of Baby Park.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Luigi's Mansion remains unchanged as the stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Paper Mario: Color Splash: The owner of Dark Bloo Inn makes a reference to the game by telling Mario that he had tried to call Luigi earlier to take care of the paranormal activity, but he didn't answer.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Luigi's Mansion from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! returns as a retro battle course.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Luigi's weapons are modeled after vacuum cleaners, in reference to the Poltergust 3000. Additionally, several of Luigi's voice clips from this game are reused.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Luigi's Mansion once again returns as a stage, with the layout unchanged. Simon and Richter Belmont's debut trailer has Luigi traversing Dracula's Castle with his Poltergust and being extremely terrified of his surroundings before being killed by Death, a clear allusion to Luigi's role in the game and to a lesser extent its sequels. Dracula being the final boss of Luigi's Classic Mode is most likely a reference to his role in the franchise as a whole.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions: In Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, Captain Boo complains that there are no mansions inside of the Chucklehuck Woods.
Luigi's Mansion 3: Aside from it being one of the game's sequels, the ending has the main location's status varying depending on how much G the player collected, similar to Luigi's NEW Mansion in this game.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Luigi uses a flashlight and calls Mario's name in a similar fashion to Luigi's Mansion. In the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing voicemail, Luigi mentions (and puts emphasis on) a mansion when listing examples of residences customers may own. On the map shown in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a street in Queens (located where Farmers Boulevard would be in real life) is named "Mansion Street". Notes from the Main Theme are arranged in the track "The Darklands". King Boo (in his Super Mario design) appears at Bowser and Peach's wedding. The mansion in Luigi's Mansion is featured in leaked concept art for the movie, showing it as a location in the Dark Lands.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ルイージマンション^[?] Ruīji Manshon	Luigi Mansion
Chinese (simplified)	路易吉洋馆^[?] Lùyìjí Yángguǎn	Luigi Mansion
Chinese (traditional)	路易吉洋樓^[?] Lùyìjí Yánglóu	Luigi Mansion
French	Luigi's Mansion^[?]	-
German	Luigi's Mansion^[?]	-
Italian	Luigi's Mansion^[?]	-
Spanish	Luigi's Mansion^[?]	-

Trivia[edit]

The box art resembles the cover photo of the 1990 Christmas film Home Alone.
A mistake on page 30 of the American and Australian editions of the Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet shows Professor E. Gadd speaking in Japanese.
Totaka's theme can be heard by going to the Training Room and waiting at the tutorial screen (the one where Luigi learns how to use the Poltergust 3000) for 3 minutes and 15 seconds.

References[edit]

^ Luigi’s Mansion – PAL → Mansion Value – Video game high scores and fast times. cyberscore.me.uk (British English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sinfield, George (2001). Luigi's Mansion Player's Guide - "Developer Interview" with team members Hideki Konno, Tadashi Sugiyama, and Hiroki Sotoike. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-14-3. Page 88-93.
^ Patrick Kite (August 31, 2020). E3 2K1 Tape 1 (8:20). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ Satterfield, Shane (May 17, 2006). Luigi's Mansion Review. GameSpot (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ Casamassina, Matt (November 16, 2001). Luigi's Mansion. IGN (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ Crites, Jacob (October 9, 2010). Luigi's Mansion Review (GameCube). Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ Interactive in 2002. BAFTA (English). Retrieved July 11, 2018.
^ US Platinum Videogame Chart. The Magic Box (English). Archived January 10, 2016, 00:11:21 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
^ Japan GameCube Charts. Japan Game Charts (English). Archived March 8, 2008, 23:08:10 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
^ ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver. Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (British English). Archived April 17, 2010, 22:38:49 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
^ Valentine, Evan (February 18, 2022). Charlie Day Confirms Interest in Starring in a Luigi's Mansion Movie (Exclusive). Comicbook (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

External links[edit]

Luigi's Mansion coverage on other NIWA wikis:

StrategyWiki

The Cutting Room Floor has an article on Luigi's Mansion.

Japanese website
European (UK) microsite ^{[dead link]}
North American website (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)

[1] Luigi’s Mansion – PAL → Mansion Value – Video game high scores and fast times. cyberscore.me.uk (British English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[Player.27s_Guide_Interview-2] Sinfield, George (2001). Luigi's Mansion Player's Guide - "Developer Interview" with team members Hideki Konno, Tadashi Sugiyama, and Hiroki Sotoike. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-14-3. Page 88-93.

[3] Patrick Kite (August 31, 2020). E3 2K1 Tape 1 (8:20). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[4] Satterfield, Shane (May 17, 2006). Luigi's Mansion Review. GameSpot (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[5] Casamassina, Matt (November 16, 2001). Luigi's Mansion. IGN (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[6] Crites, Jacob (October 9, 2010). Luigi's Mansion Review (GameCube). Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[7] Interactive in 2002. BAFTA (English). Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[8] US Platinum Videogame Chart. The Magic Box (English). Archived January 10, 2016, 00:11:21 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

[9] Japan GameCube Charts. Japan Game Charts (English). Archived March 8, 2008, 23:08:10 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

[10] ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver. Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (British English). Archived April 17, 2010, 22:38:49 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

[11] Valentine, Evan (February 18, 2022). Charlie Day Confirms Interest in Starring in a Luigi's Mansion Movie (Exclusive). Comicbook (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.

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[Edit] Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo GameCube) / Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Characters		Luigi • Gooigi^a • Mario • Professor E. Gadd • Toad • King Boo
Tools and equipment		Boo Radar • Flashlight • Game Boy Horror • Poltergust 3000 • Strobulb^a
Items and objects		Bill • Blue Diamond • Blue Stone • Bomb • Boo Ball • Cheese • Circular tile • Coin • Crown • Gold Bar • Gold Bone^a • Gold Diamond • Green Stone • Mario's Glove • Mario's Hat • Mario's Letter • Mario's Shoe • Mario's Star • Mirror • Pearl • Red Diamond • Red Stone
Ghosts	Normal ghosts	35 Boos • Bat • Black Bogmire • Blue Blaze • Blue Twirler • Bowling Ghost • Ceiling Surprise • Elemental Ghosts • Flash • Flying Fish • Garbage Can Ghost • Ghost Guy • Gold Ghost • Gold Mouse • Grabbing Ghost • Mouse • Mr. Bones • Purple Bomber • Purple Puncher • Shining Ghost • Spark • Speedy Spirit • Temper Terror • Waiter
Ghosts	Portrait ghosts	Biff Atlas • Bogmire • Boolossus • Chauncey • Clockwork Soldiers • Floating Whirlindas • Henry and Orville • Jarvis • King Boo • Lydia • Madame Clairvoya • Melody Pianissima • Miss Petunia • Mr. Luggs • Nana • Neville • Shivers • Sir Weston • Slim Bankshot • Spooky • Sue Pea • Uncle Grimmly • Vincent Van Gore
Rooms	Lab	Gallery • Portrificationizer Chamber • Lab • Training Room
	Area one	Anteroom • Balcony • Foyer • Master Bedroom • Nursery • Parlor • Study • Wardrobe Room
	Area two	Ball Room • Bathroom • Boneyard • Butler's Room • Conservatory • Dining Room • Graveyard • Hidden Room • Kitchen • Laundry Room • Mirror Room • Storage Room • Washroom
	Area three	Astral Hall • Balcony • Bathroom • Billiards Room • Bottom of the Well • Courtyard • Fortune-teller's Room • Nana's Room • Observatory • Projection Room • Rec Room • Safari Room • Tea Room • The Twins' Room • Washroom
	Area four	Armory • Artist's Studio • Breaker Room • Cellar • Ceramics Studio • Clockwork Room • Cold Storage • Guest Room • Pipe Room • Roof • Sealed Room • Secret Altar • Sitting Room • Telephone Room
Miscellaneous		Blackout • Ghost Portrificationizer • Ghost's heart • Luigi's Mansion • Luigi's NEW Mansion • Mario's Painting • Polterpup^a
Further info		Gallery (GCN · 3DS) • The Lab (Ask Madame Clairvoya · The Bookshelf · The Drafting Table · PolterCue) • Pre-release and unused content • Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal^a • Quotes • Staff (GCN · 3DS)
^a Exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version

[Edit] Super Mario games
Platformers	Super Mario series	Main	Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
		Reissues	VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Related games	Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Canceled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
	Donkey Kong series		Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong series		Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
	Mario Bros. series		Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
	Wrecking Crew series		VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
	Other		Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
	Reissues		Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. Returns (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U)
Mario Kart series	Main		Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Arcade		Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
	Other		Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
	Ports		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Mario Party series	Main		Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch) • Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024, Switch)
	Handheld		Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
	Arcade		Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
	Other		Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games	Mario Golf series		Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
	Mario Tennis series		Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
	Super Mario Stadium series		Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
	Mario Strikers series		Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
	Famicom Grand Prix series		Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
	Other		Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Easy Racer (1996, SNES) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
	Canceled games		Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games	Paper Mario series		Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
	Mario & Luigi series		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024, Switch)
	Other		Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
	Remakes		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
Dr. Mario series	Main		Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Other		Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
	Remakes		Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series	Main		Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
	Arcade		Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
	Remakes		Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
Educational games	Mario Discovery Series		Mario is Missing! (1992, MS-DOS) • Mario is Missing! (1993, SNES) • Mario is Missing! (1993, NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, SNES) • Mario's Time Machine (1994, NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
	Mario Teaches Typing series		Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
	Other		Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
	Ports		Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
Art utilities	Mario Artist series		Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Art utilities	Other		I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
Miscellaneous	Picross series		Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
	LCD handhelds		Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
	Pinball		Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
	Arcade		Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Super Donkey Kong 2 Swanky no Bonus Slot (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (1997, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
	Browser		Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
	DSiWare applications		Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
	Other games		Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
	Tech demos		NDDEMO (2001, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS)
Crossovers	Game & Watch Gallery series		Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Itadaki Street series		Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
	Mario & Sonic series		Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
	Mario + Rabbids series		Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
	Other		Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, SNES) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)

[Edit] Nintendo GameCube games
Super Mario franchise	Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Power Tennis (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005) • Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) • Mario Party 7 (2005) • Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Konga (2003) • Donkey Konga 2 (2004) • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004) • Donkey Konga 3 JP (2005)
Wario franchise	Wario World (2003) • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003)
Other	Super Mario 128 (2000, demo) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) • NBA Street V3 (2005) • SSX on Tour (Nintendo Village) (2005) • Donkey Kong Racing (cancelled) • Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (cancelled)

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-'''''Luigi's Mansion''''' (Japanese: ルイージマンション ''Luigi's Mansion'') was a launch title for the [[Nintendo GameCube]], released in September [[2001]].  The game started its development cycle as a [[Nintendo 64]] title, but the N64 version was eventually canceled near the end of the system's lifecycle.{{fact}} It also marks the second time where [[Luigi]] is the main character, with [[Mario]] playing a supporting role, the first being ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''. [[Professor E. Gadd]] and [[King Boo]] are also introduced in this game.
+'''''Luigi's Mansion''''' is a launch title for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] initially released in 2001, and is the first installment of the ''[[Luigi's Mansion (series)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' series. It marks the second time where [[Luigi]] is the main protagonist, with [[Mario]] playing a supporting role, the first being ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]''. The game marks the debuts of [[King Boo]], Luigi's main antagonist, as well as [[Professor E. Gadd]], a major supporting character in the series. It was also one of two ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-related games on the GameCube to continue the use of [[Nintendo 64|N64]]-era artwork and renders, along with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' (another early GameCube title), though it also introduced the current 3D art direction of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, particularly with Mario and [[Bowser]]'s in-game designs.
-==Storyline (Chronological Order)==
+A sequel to ''Luigi's Mansion'', titled ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'', was released for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] family of systems on March 20, 2013, with [[Luigi's Mansion 3|a third installment]] released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] on October 31, 2019. A [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|remake]] of ''Luigi's Mansion'', developed by [[GREZZO Co., Ltd.]], was released for the Nintendo 3DS on October 12, 2018.
-{{construction}}
-===The Study of Ghosts===
-[[Image:LM_Lab_Outside.jpg|thumb|200px|[[E. Gadd]] stands outside of his lab.]]
-[[Professor Elvin Gadd]], informally known as E. Gadd, had been researching the paranormal from his [[Professor Elvin Gadd's Lab|lab]] since he was a young man. He moved to [[Boo Woods]] to study ghosts after his lab at [[Thwomp Volcano]] was destroyed by the volcano's eruption. As a result of his research he discovered methods of capturing and containing previously invincible ghosts. Using the [[Poltergust 3000]], a vacuum-like device, was Gadd's preferred method for capturing ghosts.  After capturing them, he was able to use the advanced containment equipment in his lab.  The most powerful of these methods was called portrification, made possible through the [[Ghost Portrificationizer]].  Portrification locks spirits inside portraits.  In his younger years Elvin traveled [[Mushroom World]] finding rare or troublesome ghosts to study and add to the [[Gallery]] in his lab.
-One such specter was [[Boolossus]], a massive beast formed of many individual [[Boo]]s.  Gadd was able to turn him into a painting.  Unfortunately, news of this occurrence reached [[King Boo]], the leader of [[List of Boos in Luigi's Mansion|the Boos]], and he set out to get exact revenge on the professor.  After waiting many years, King Boo finally attacked the lab and released all of the [[Portrait Ghost]]s; E. Gadd remained unharmed during this attack.  This gave King Boo an idea of what to do with two other people who had been fighting against the Boos for years: [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]].  King Boo created a [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|mansion]] from thin air next to E. Gadd's lab and sent a message to Luigi, telling him he had won the mansion.  One of the portrait ghosts, [[Vincent Van Gore]], began painting small, less powerful ghosts and bringing them to life in order to assist King Boo.
+==Story==
+===Instruction booklet===
+;''And the grand prize is a big, haunted mansion!?''
+<blockquote>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?"<br>
+<br>
+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!<br>
+<br>
+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...<br>
+<br>
+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.<br>
+<br>
+Luigi's not exactly known for his bravery. Can he get rid of all the prank-loving ghosts and find Mario?</blockquote>
-===Traveling to the Mansion===
+===Area 1===
-[[Image:LM_Luigi's_Map.jpg|thumb|200px|Luigi looks at the map describing the location of his new mansion.]]
+[[File:LuigiMansion.png|thumb|The Mansion.]]
-One day, Luigi was surprised to receive a message informing him of the results of a contest.  The note read, "You've won a huge mansion!"  Despite the fact that he had not even entered a contest, Luigi was so excited he decided to claim the prize.  Calling his brother, Luigi said, "Mario?  It's me, Luigi.  I won myself a big mansion!  Meet me there and we'll celebrate, what do you say?"
+[[Luigi]], having won a [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|mansion]] in a contest he did not enter, arrives in [[Boo Woods]] and locates it. He enters the mansion and is soon frightened by a [[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|ghost]], but [[Professor E. Gadd]] appears and attempts to vacuum the ghost with his [[Poltergust 3000]]. Though his attempt fails, he introduces himself to Luigi before quickly escorting him to his laboratory near the mansion when more ghosts appear. In the lab, E. Gadd tells Luigi that the house is an illusion that has appeared out of thin air, where [[Mario]] has been captured by [[King Boo]] and his minions. He gives Luigi the Poltergust 3000 to vacuum up ghosts and the [[Game Boy Horror]] to communicate with E. Gadd, scan objects, and see a map of the mansion.
-So, Luigi and Mario set off independently after one another into [[Boo Woods]].  Mario arrived at the mansion first, where he was quickly kidnapped by the ghosts.  King Boo forced Mario through the Portrificationizer and hung the painting in the [[Secret Altar]] deep within the mansion.  Having seen Mario enter the mansion, E. Gadd entered with his Poltergust 3000 on his back in order to investigate.
+Luigi enters the mansion, sucking up ghosts and finding keys, while meeting [[Toad]] along the way, until he encounters a [[portrait ghost]] named [[Neville]] and defeats him with the Poltergust 3000. He does the same to [[Lydia]], Neville's wife, and fights their baby, [[Chauncey]], who sucks Luigi into his crib and fights him as a giant ghost, but is defeated and sucked into the Poltergust 3000. With his ghost-hunting vacuum filling rapidly, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and empties it, turning Neville, Lydia, and Chauncey back into portraits.
-Luigi left for the mansion with only his flashlight and the map that arrived with the message, completely unaware of his brother's fate.  Although the map showed a highly idealized version of the mysterious forest, he pressed onward along the path, eventually arriving at the spot circled on the map, which had an image of a beautiful house.  Looking up, he saw his new mansion was actually a horrifying, menacing building illuminated by two bolts of lightning.
+===Area 2===
+[[File:LuigiMansion Graveyard.png|thumb|Luigi after defeating Bogmire]]Luigi enters Area 2, another area through a previously blocked door and fights more ghosts. After defeating [[The Floating Whirlindas]], he enters the Storage Room and hits a switch, which opens a [[fake door]] where 50 [[Boo]]s and their leader, King Boo, are hiding. All of them escape, flying into different rooms of the mansion. Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and E. Gadd tells him that the Boos were the ones who released the portrait ghosts. Luigi must capture the Boos to weaken their power, as they are stronger in greater numbers. So Luigi goes through the many rooms of the mansion, vacuuming up any Boos he sees. He also meets [[Madame Clairvoya]], a fortune teller ghost, who tells him to bring her any of Mario's items he finds lying around in the mansion so she can get details on his whereabouts. The items are [[Mario Cap|Mario's Hat]], [[Mario's Glove]], [[Mario's Shoe]], [[Mario's Letter]], and [[Mario's Star (item)|Mario's Star]]. After sucking up [[Shivers]] the butler, [[Melody Pianissima]], [[Mr. Luggs]], and [[Spooky (character)|Spooky]] the dog, Luigi enters the Cemetery and fights the shadowy ghost, [[Bogmire]]. He defeats him and sucks him into the Poltergust. Afterwards, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab once again and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts back into portraits.
-===Luigi's Mansion===
+===Area 3===
-Gathering his wits about him, Luigi walked through the gate and up the steps of the mansion, shining his light through the door and meekly asking, "Hello?" before entering.  Arriving in the [[Foyer]], Luigi found the door on the first floor to be guarded by a strange grate and the two on the second floor to be locked.  As he turned to leave, a Gold Ghost appeared, leaving a key for Luigi.  Terrified, Luigi used the key to open the second story door to the [[Parlor]], where a Gold Ghost appeared and slowly advanced on Luigi, who screamed and fell over onto his backside.  Suddenly, [[Professor Elvin Gadd]] burst out of hiding and began sucking up the ghost with the Poltergust.  The ghost resisted, dragging the aging professor around the room before turning around and sending him into a backwards somersault with a punch.  Fearful, the ghost disappeared.
+[[File:LuigilookingAltar.png|thumb|left|Luigi looking at the [[Secret Altar]]]]
+Luigi enters a third area into the courtyard. Down the well, he sees into King Boo's altar and discovers that King Boo has imprisoned Mario in a portrait. Luigi becomes desperate to save his big brother as he reaches out for him. He goes through new rooms of the mansion, finding Mario's items and vacuuming up ghosts, including portrait ghosts [[Biff Atlas]], [[Miss Petunia]], [[Nana]], [[Slim Bankshot]], and the twins [[Henry and Orville]]. After Luigi brings Madame Clairvoya all five of Mario's items, she tells him that she sees [[Bowser]] in a vision, which is shocking because Mario defeated Bowser and she suspects that King Boo revived him. With her job done, she tells Luigi to suck her into the Poltergust so she can return peacefully to her portrait. After he does so and defeats 20 Boos, he enters the balcony and fights [[Boolossus]], a [[Big Boo]] made up of fifteen [[Mini Boo|Little Boo]]s, and he lures him into either unicorn statue to split him into his individual Boos and sucks them all into the Poltergust. Then, Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab once more and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts, including Boolossus, back into portraits.
-As E. Gadd recovered, he and Luigi introduced themselves, but were interrupted by the reappearance of the Ghost with two of his gold comrades.  Luigi followed E. Gadd at a run back to his lab.
+===Area 4===
+[[File:Breaker Room.png|thumb|Luigi in the Breaker Room]]When Luigi enters Area 4 in the attic, the mansion is suddenly struck by lightning, creating a [[blackout]] throughout the mansion. He then goes to the breaker room to turn the power back on, but finds it locked. Luigi looks for the key and soon encounters a ghost named [[Uncle Grimmly]] and defeats him to get the key. After he turns the power back on, he catches more Boos and portrait ghosts, including the [[Clockwork Soldiers]], [[Sue Pea]], [[Jarvis]], and [[Sir Weston]], before entering the room of [[Vincent Van Gore]], one of the most prominent portrait ghosts who is painting regular ghosts. He sends several waves of ghosts after Luigi, but Luigi defeats them all, causing Van Gore to go into a state of depression and Luigi sucks him into the Poltergust without much resistance. He then goes to the Secret Altar down a creepy hallway in the basement and encounters King Boo, who reveals that he was the one who told Luigi that he won the mansion in a contest and set it up as revenge for all the trouble the Mario brothers had caused him. King Boo goes into Mario's portrait, which turns into a Bowser portrait and sucks Luigi into it. In an arena resembling the roof of the mansion with fire in the background, Luigi fights what appears to be Bowser (as Madame Clairvoya's vision had seen), but when he hits him in the head with an explosive, spiked metal ball, "Bowser" is revealed to be a protective suit worn by King Boo. Luigi defeats King Boo while avoiding the Bowser suit's head and sucks him into the Poltergust 3000.
-===The Plan===
+[[File:Rank B Portrait.png|thumb|left|Luigi's Rank B mansion.]]
-Following the professor out of the house, they entered E. Gadd's underground lab, where Luigi introduced himself and his situation.  The professor responded:
+Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab one last time and empties the Poltergust to turn all the ghosts, including King Boo, back into portraits. E. Gadd then reverses the Portrificationizer to release Mario from his portrait. After Mario goes through a painful and overwhelming reverse-procedure of all the portrait ghosts captured, he rockets out of the machine, colliding with Luigi, very dizzy and semiconscious afterwards, but otherwise alright. And then, Luigi laughs with tears in his eyes that his brother is safe.
-<blockquote>"So your name's Luigi?  I think our paths were destined to cross.  Well met, Luigi.  Hmm?  Where's this, you ask?  Why, these cozy quarters are where I do my ghost-studying.  Professor E. Gadd's Ghost research laboratory!  The Lab, if you're of a shortening mind.  You won this mansion in a contest you didn't even enter?  Sounds pretty fishy to me...  So, you believe the mansion actually exists, then... Strange.  I've been living here since I was a lad of twenty or so, and I'll tell you: that mansion appeared just a few days ago!  The spirits have fooled you!  I don't know if it's a dream, an illusion, or what-all, but I surely wouldn't be too happy winning a haunted house!  Now that I get a look at you, I just recalled... A guy with a red hat kind of like yours went up to the mansion without even stopping to chat...and he never returned.  Was he a dream, too?  What?  That guy was your brother?  Oh no!  That's horrible!  He wouldn't stand a chance against those ghosts without my help!  You have to go after him!  Here's the plan: I'll teach you to deal with ghosts so you can rescue your brother, Luigi."</blockquote>
+Since King Boo has been defeated, his illusion of the mansion fades away, though the money and jewels Luigi had collected in the mansion were real, and with it he gets [[Luigi's NEW Mansion|a new residence]], which varies in size depending on the player's rank.
-Agreeing, Luigi began his training.  Elvin lent him the Poltergust 3000 and the [[Game Boy Horror]], a device with a variety of communication and ghost tracking functions.  To catch ghosts, E. Gadd instructed him to shine his flashlight at the ghosts when they came in close, scaring them stiff momentarily.  At this point, the [[ghost heart|ghosts' hearts]] appear, and Luigi can begin sucking them into the nozzle of the Poltergust.  In order to win the tug-of-war that follows a ghost being pulled in by the slipstream, Luigi would have to wear out the ghost by swinging it around until its energy, or [[HP]], depleted.  At this point the ghost would be pulled effortlessly into the vacuum.  To test Luigi on the concept, E. Gadd placed Luigi in an enclosed room where he slowly released ten of his captured Gold Ghosts from their prison.  Luigi saw that ghosts had methods of fighting back beyond running away, and would attack him if he did not petrify them with his light fast enough.  After this, E. Gadd allowed Luigi to view his Gallery before sending him on his way towards the ominous mansion.
+==Gameplay==
+[[File:LM Control Setting.png|thumb|200px|The [[Blue Twirler]] holding the [[Nintendo GameCube]] controller, showing the standard and sidestep controls.]]
+Luigi uses two devices given to him by E. Gadd to progress through the game: the [[Poltergust 3000]] to suck up ghosts and the [[Game Boy Horror]] (which is designed to resemble a [[Game Boy Color]]) to investigate objects, navigate the mansion and communicate with E. Gadd. On top of its primary function, the Poltergust has various other uses as well, such as sucking up money and being used as a [[flashlight]] to help Luigi see and even stun ghosts. Once Luigi collects the corresponding [[element medal]], he can also use the Poltergust to suck up [[Elemental Ghost]]s and expel their fire, water or ice powers to fight other ghosts and deplete their HPs so that Luigi can capture them. In turn, Luigi's own HP is lowered whenever he takes damage and requires him to replenish it by collecting [[Heart Point|Heart]]s, or risk a Game Over (at which point he collapses and the words "Good night" appears overhead).
+===Controls===
+*{{button|gcn|Stick}} - Move (in sidestep mode, the stick does not change Luigi's facing direction)
+*{{button|gcn|A}} - Examine an object / Open a door / Call out for Mario / Reply to E. Gadd
+*{{button|gcn|B}} - Hold to turn the flashlight off, release to turn it on
+*{{button|gcn|X}} - Search, using the [[Game Boy Horror]]
+*{{button|gcn|Y}} - Check the map
+*{{button|gcn|Z}} - Check the inventory
+*{{button|gcn|C}} - Change direction Luigi faces
+*{{button|gcn|L}} - Shoot an element
+*{{button|gcn|R}} - Use the Poltergust
-===Area 1===
+==Characters==
-Luigi stepped from the lab, shaking and shivering with every pace as E. Gadd waved encouragingly.  When he arrived at the front door of the mansion, he cautiously opened the door and entered the Foyer.  To his surprise, he found one of [[Princess Peach|Princess Peach's]] [[Toad (species)|Toads]] sitting on the floor crying, "Boo hoo hoo!  Where did you go, Mario?  Waaaaaah! Wah!"  Luigi walked forward, and recognizing him, the Toad stood up, relieved and cheerful. He then addressed Luigi:
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Character
+!Description
+|-
+![[File:LM Luigi Flee.png|150x150px]]<br><big>[[Luigi]]</big>
+|The hero and single playable character of the game. Luigi arrived at a mansion he supposedly won, only to find it is extremely haunted. He must push through his cowardice and explore the mansion and find his missing brother, armed with a flashlight and the [[Poltergust 3000]] ghost-catching vacuum.
+|-
+![[File:Professor Elvin Gadd.jpg|150x150px]]<br><big>[[Professor E. Gadd]]</big>
+|The inventor of the Poltergust, Prof. Elvin Gadd is a paranormal researcher who has a hideout right outside where the mansion appeared one night. He communicates with Luigi throughout the game via the [[Game Boy Horror]], and asks for Luigi's help in recovering his escaped [[portrait ghost]]s and the [[Boo]]s - the latter of which allows E. Gadd to save his game.
+|-
+![[File:SM64 Toad hands raised.png|150x150px]]<br><big>[[Toad]]</big>
+|Four of these mushroom-headed people can be found throughout the mansion, at first crying. If Luigi cheers them up, he is able to save with them whenever he speaks with them.
+|-
+![[File:LM Mario.jpg|150x150px]]<br><big>[[Mario]]</big>
+|Luigi's more-famous brother, who arrived at the mansion beforehand and has gone missing thanks to the ghosts.
+|-
+![[File:LM Ghosts.jpg|150x150px]]<br><big>[[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|Ghost]]s</big>
+|The main enemies of the game, a plethora of ghosts infest the mansion's dark rooms, from weak-and-simple normal ghosts, the more powerful-and-complex [[portrait ghost]]s, and the quick-and-sneaky [[Boo]]s.
+|-
+![[File:KingBoowser.jpg|150x150px]]<br><big>[[King Boo]]</big>
+|The game's villain, the king of the Boos wants revenge on Mario and Luigi for foiling the Boos in previous games and on E. Gadd for imprisoning his ghost allies in [[painting]]s.
+|}
-<blockquote> "Huh?  Luigi?  Waa... Wow!  It's Luigi!  You finally made it!  Oh, joy!  Thank goodness!  Me?  Well, Princess Peach asked me to come here to look for Mario.  He left when he heard that you'd won a mansion, and he never returned!  Th...then when I arrived here, the mansion was full of ghosts and I didn't see Mario anywhere, and I kind of freaked out a little, and I didn't know what to do!!  It's been awful!  Please, please, please, you HAVE to help me find Mario!  If he doesn't get back, you have no idea how upset the princess will be!  She'll flip!"</blockquote>
+==Ghosts==
+{{quote|As a result of extensive research, I have divided ghosts into several categories.|[[Professor E. Gadd]]|Instruction Booklet}}
+===Normal ghosts===
+====Small====
+Small ghosts can be sucked into the Poltergust without any resistance. They do not have hearts, so they do not need to be surprised before pulling them in, either. They are not required to suck up to complete a room; if a room is completed and the lights turn on while they are still present, they will fade away. The exceptions to this are the [[Elemental Ghost]]s, which remain in lit areas.
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!Description
+!Locations (normal)
+!Locations (PAL Hidden Mansion)
+|-
+!colspan=4|Mice
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Mice.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Blue Mouse]]
+|rowspan=2|Tiny ghost mice that slowly scuttle along the floor, moving through walls.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Anteroom}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|hotpink|Breaker Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 1}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Mice.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Purple Mouse]]
+|rowspan=2|Tiny ghost mice that walk along the floors and walls.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}
+|
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|darkorange|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 1}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}
+|-
+![[File:Gold Mouse.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Gold Mouse]]
+|Tiny ghost mice that appear randomly in certain places or after examining a piece of [[cheese]]. They move extremely fast, but catching one earns a large amount of treasure.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Fortune-teller's Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+!colspan=4|Bats
+|-
+![[File:LM Purple Bats.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Bat (ghost)|Purple Bat]]
+|Swarms of bats that attack Luigi when he approaches.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Gold Bats.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Bat (ghost)|Yellow Bat]]
+|rowspan=2|Swarms of bats that attack Luigi when he activates the Poltergust.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Breaker Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}
+|-
+!colspan=4|Elemental Ghosts
+|-
+![[File:Fire Elemental Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Elemental Ghost|Fire Elemental Ghost]]
+|Small spirits that spawn from strong flames after the [[Element medal|Fire Element Medal]] is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot fire.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Ball Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Cold Storage}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Graveyard}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sitting Room}}
+|-
+![[File:Water Elemental Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Elemental Ghost|Water Elemental Ghost]]
+|Small spirits that spawn from sources of water after the [[Element medal|Water Element Medal]] is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot water.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Bathroom (2F)}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Boneyard}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sitting Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Washroom (2F)}}
+|-
+![[File:Ice Elemental Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Elemental Ghost|Ice Elemental Ghost]]
+|Small spirits that spawn from frosty areas after the [[Element medal|Ice Element Medal]] is collected. Sucking them in lets the Poltergust shoot ice.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Balcony (3F)}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Ceramics Studio}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+!colspan=4|Flying Fish
+|-
+![[File:Pink Flying Fish.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Flying Fish|Pink Flying Fish]]
+|Floating ghosts that spawn endlessly and float through the air, moving at medium speeds.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Ball Room}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:Green Flying Fish.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Flying Fish|Green Flying Fish]]
+|rowspan=2|Floating ghosts that spawn endlessly and float through the air, moving at fast speeds.
+|
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Ball Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}
+|-
+!colspan=4|Miscellaneous
+|-
+![[File:Meteor Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Shining Ghost]]
+|Meteor-like ghosts that cannot be fully sucked in, but pulled against the Poltergust's nozzle and released to shoot them out at a high speed.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Observatory}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Spark.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Spark (ghost)|Spark]]
+|rowspan=2|Slow-moving spiky red ghosts that come out of walls and explode.
+|
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 4}}
+|}
-With enthusiasm, Luigi responded, "Leave it to me!" to which the Toad exclaimed, "Yay!  Thanks, Luigi!  You made my dark and stormy night!" Then the electric lights in the room suddenly turn on, and Toad continues, "I wish I could do something to help you... Talk to me for help anytime!"
+====Large====
+Large ghosts must be stunned in order to show their hearts before they can be sucked up. Often times, this is done by shining the flashlight on them. Before they can be pulled all the way in, the Poltergust needs to pull on them enough to bring their HP down to 0.
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!HP
+!Description
+!Locations (normal)
+!Locations (PAL Hidden Mansion)
+|-
+!colspan=5|Punching ghosts
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Gold Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Gold Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|10
+|rowspan=2|The most basic ghost enemy, these orange ghosts appear from behind Luigi and punch to attack.
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Anteroom}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sitting Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Cellar (Luigi's Mansion)|Cellar}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Balcony (3F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Billiards Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Master Bedroom (Luigi's Mansion)|Master Bedroom}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Parlor (Luigi's Mansion)|Parlor}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Purple Puncher.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Purple Puncher]]
+|rowspan=2|20
+|rowspan=2|A magenta-colored intermediate ghost which attacks Luigi by punching from behind.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Parlor (Luigi's Mansion)|Parlor}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|darkorange|Anteroom}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Balcony (3F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Cellar (Luigi's Mansion)|Cellar}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}},{{color-link|limegreen|Fortune-teller's Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Nana's Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Blue Twirler Screenshot.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Blue Twirler]]
+|rowspan=2|30
+|rowspan=2|Powerful ghosts that slam the ground around them to attack. They are the strongest of the physically attacking ghosts.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Anteroom}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Cellar (Luigi's Mansion)|Cellar}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Parlor (Luigi's Mansion)|Parlor}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Balcony (3F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Bathroom (2F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Fortune-teller's Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Rec Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|-
+!colspan=5|Element-protected ghosts
+|-
+![[File:Temper Terror.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Temper Terror]]
+|10
+|White-sheeted Gold Ghosts with fiery energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with a water attack before they can be stunned.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Bathroom (1F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Boneyard}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sitting Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Washroom (2F)}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Flash.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Flash]]
+|rowspan=2|20
+|rowspan=2|White-sheeted Purple Punchers with icy energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with a fire attack before they can be stunned.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Blue Blaze.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Blue Blaze]]
+|rowspan=2|30
+|rowspan=2|White-sheeted Blue Twirlers with watery energy protecting their hearts. They must be hit with an ice attack before they can be stunned.
+|
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|-
+!colspan=5|Grabbing Ghosts
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM White Grabbing Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Grabbing Ghost|White Grabbing Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|10
+|rowspan=2|Lavender ghosts that latch onto Luigi from behind, slowing him down until shaken off.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Bathroom (1F)}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Billiards Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Rec Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|The Twins' Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Red Grabbing Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Grabbing Ghost|Red Grabbing Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|20
+|rowspan=2|Ghosts that latch onto Luigi from behind, damaging him until they are shaken off.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Bathroom (1F)}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|darkorange|Master Bedroom (Luigi's Mansion)|Master Bedroom}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Washroom (1F)}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Turquoise Grabbing Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Grabbing Ghost|Mirror Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|20
+|rowspan=2|Teal damaging Grabbing Ghosts that can only be seen through a mirror until they are stunned.
+|
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Mirror Room}}
+|-
+![[File:LM Waiter.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Waiter]]
+|10
+|Stocky cyan Grabbing Ghosts that shuttle food to [[Mr. Luggs]], ignoring Luigi completely.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}
+|-
+![[File:LM Purple Grabbing Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Grabbing Ghost|Cinema Ghost]]
+|20
+|Purple damaging Grabbing Ghosts that can only be seen by their shadows against a projected backdrop until they are stunned.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Projection Room}}
+|-
+!colspan=5|Masked ghosts
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:Shy Guy ghost LM.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Ghost Guy|Shy Guy]]
+|rowspan=2|20
+|rowspan=2|Differently colored masked ghosts. The red ones jab at Luigi with spears, while the green ones twirl them when close enough. Their masks must be pulled off with the Poltergust before they can be stunned.
+|
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sitting Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}, {{color-link|limegreen|The Twins' Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|-
+![[File:LM Shy Guy Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Ghost Guy|Dancing masked ghost]]
+|20
+|Multicolored Shy Guys that dance in pairs. Their red-and-white masks must be removed before they can be stunned, but catching one causes its partner to start pursuing.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Ball Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}
+|-
+!colspan=5|Hallway ghosts
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Ceiling Surprise.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Ceiling Surprise]]
+|rowspan=2|0
+|rowspan=2|Harmless lavender ghosts that dangle down behind Luigi to startle him, usually in hallways.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Bottom of the Well}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}
+|
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:Purple Bomber.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Purple Bomber]]
+|rowspan=2|0
+|rowspan=2|Purple Ceiling Surprises that drop a bomb when they appear.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Bottom of the Well}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Pipe Room}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 4}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:BowlinGhost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Bowling Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|0
+|rowspan=2|Yellow ghosts that roll a purple ball at Luigi in the hallways.
+|
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 4}}
+|-
+!colspan=5|Miscellaneous
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:GarbageCanGhost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Garbage Can Ghost]]
+|rowspan=2|40
+|rowspan=2|Sloppy green ghosts that drop [[banana|banana peel]]s on the ground every few moments rather than attack.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Safari Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|-
+!rowspan=2|[[File:LM Skeleton Ghost.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Mr. Bones]]
+|rowspan=2|30
+|rowspan=2|Skeleton ghosts that throw a bone, then fall apart, which is the only time they are vulnerable.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Telephone Room}}
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Astral Hall}}
+|-
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Boneyard}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Graveyard}}
+|-
+![[File:LM SpeedySpirit.png|150x150px]]<br>[[Speedy Spirit]]
+|10
+|Cyan-colored Gold Ghosts that hide in objects in dark rooms, flying away at high speeds when discovered. If caught, they drop a large amount of treasure. If stunned and not vacuumed immediately or if left alone for too long, they disappear forever.
+|colspan=2 align=center|{{color-link|limegreen|Billiards Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Breaker Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Cellar (Luigi's Mansion)|Cellar}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hidden Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Nana's Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Rec Room}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Sealed Room}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}, {{color-link|limegreen|The Twins' Room}}, {{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}
+|}
+*{{footnote|note|☽︎|Only during the [[blackout]]}}
-Luigi again found the [[Parlor]] to be the only unlocked room, so he entered it again.  When no ghosts jumped out at him, Luigi began to explore with his Poltergust 3000, snuffing out the six purple flames coming from the candles in the process.  With the room pitch-black, the portraits surrounding Luigi began to shake and emit voices. They warned him about dark areas, saying that ghosts are quite fond of them. After defeating the ghosts that appeared afterward Luigi continued on to the next room where he defeated more ghosts and was able to receive a key to another room after clearing the [[Anteroom]] and [[Wardrobe Room]], which held a [[Speedy Spirit]], of their ghost infestation. Receiving this key Luigi went back to the main room and used the key to unlock the door to the left. Right before entering this room E. Gadd used the G.B.H to tell Luigi that there were strong portrait ghosts ahead. After entering the hallway, Luigi entered the first door on the north, where he found the first [[Portrait Ghost]], [[Neville]], reading a book in the [[Study]]. Before Luigi faced the ghost though, he inspected Neville's chair which concealed a [[Speedy Spirit]]. After he captured the ghost, Luigi looked behind Neville's chair and saw a piece of cheese. By inspecting the food product, a [[Gold Mice]] appeared and tried to escape. The hero captured the golden mouse too. Neville attacked Luigi by throwing books at him. Once Luigi dodged the attack, the ghost would yawn. Unfortunately, Neville revealed his heart whenever he yawned. Luigi eventually defeated the ghost and obtained a key that led to the [[Master Bedroom]], the last door to the north. In this room, he found Neville's wife, [[Lydia]], combing her hair. After capturing the wife, a key to the [[Nursery]]. As Luigi exited the door, he heard the sounds of a baby's cry from the hall. The plumber entered the room and found a baby asleep. By moving the rocking horse next to the crib, [[Chauncey]] wanted to "play" with Luigi. After Luigi hits Chauncey, the baby becomes enraged and shrinks Luigi. Luigi dodged giant rocking horses, giant bouncy balls, and even the baby himself. However, Luigi was easily able to defeat the toddler and obtain the key to the next area. Before doing so, however, Professor E. Gadd warned Luigi that after catching a boss, the Poltergust was near explosion. Luigi went to the lab where he turned the ghosts back to portraits and was able to save.
+===Boos===
+[[File:LM PeekaBoo.png|thumb|Luigi discovers PeekaBoo in the Butler's Room.]]
+{{main|List of Boos in Luigi's Mansion}}
+There are 50 (excluding King Boo) [[Boo]]s that hide in the various rooms of the mansion. 35 of these are named to differentiate between them, while the remaining 15 are [[Mini Boo|smaller one]]s which make up the third Boss of the game, Boolossus. The magic of the King Boo's spells increase based on the number of his minions nearby. Because of this, Luigi must capture 20 Boos to break the seal designed to block Boolossus from him. After capturing 20 more (hence, five more after what he gets from Boolossus), the seal separating Luigi from King Boo is broken. If Luigi catches all 50 Boos, he will be rewarded with the extremely valuable [[Gold Diamond]]. Each of the 35 main Boos' names are puns. For example, "Booigi" is a pun on "Luigi" and "Game Boo" is a nod to the [[Game Boy]].
-===Area 2===
+The 35 main Boos can only be found in rooms that have been cleared and lit, where they hide in interactive objects and occasionally switch positions when they laugh. The [[Boo Radar]] helps to find them, but a [[Boo Ball]] and a [[bomb]] hide nearby and also shuffle positions. When a Boo is discovered, it attempts to flee to another room, with some also trying to attack Luigi from behind. Boos can have anywhere from 30 to 300 HP and lack hearts, meaning they cannot be latched onto, but also cannot pull Luigi - as such, he must keep pointed at them manually. Their HP goes down at a steady quick rate in light areas, but if they travel into a dark one, their HP falls much slower. If a Boo is left in another room for too long, it will hide in the new room, or if left in a hall, in its original room.
-After entering the mansion again Luigi used the dropped boss key to open the door in the [[Foyer]] leading to Area 2. Luigi opened a door to find himself in a hallway. As Luigi ventured through [[Ceiling Surprise]]s, [[Purple Bomber]]s, [[Bowling Ghost]]s and [[Bat (ghost)|Bats]], he found the only door open led to the [[Bathroom]]. Inside, Luigi had to defeat a few [[Grabbing Ghost|Pink Grabbing Ghosts]]. After the dilemma, a key appeared, which led Luigi to the [[Ball Room]]. In this area, Luigi sucked up all 6 [[Shy Guy Ghost]]s and was able to reveal the portrait ghosts in the area, the [[Floating Whirlindas]]. After Luigi captured them, he was able to enter the [[Storage Room]] after obtaining the key. He defeated all the ghosts in this room and captured a [[Speedy Spirit]] during this mayhem. The room brightened and revealed a switch adjacent to the mirror. The plumber pressed this and revealed another area of the room. Luigi sucked up the poster on the other side to reveal another switch. The green-clad hero pressed the button and, unfortunately, released 50 [[Boo]]s and their [[King Boo|leader]]. E. Gadd calls Luigi and warns him that they were the exact same Boos that caught his [[Mario|brother]]. On E. Gadd's suggestion, Luigi went back into the Main Area 2 hallway and found a small bathroom containing a [[Toad]] who announces he'll help Luigi whenever he needs help and after finding a key in the room, Luigi sets out to open the next door. The next door is the [[Fortune-Teller's Room]], and Luigi found that he can bring any lost items he finds to the fortune teller, [[Madame Clairvoya]]. He found a door in the room that leads to the [[Mirror Room]]. Here, Luigi had to defeat [[Grabbing Ghost|Turquoise Grabbing Ghosts]]. After the hero defeated them, got the [[Elemental Medal|Fire Elemental Medal]], enabling his Poltreugust 3000 to spew fire after capturing a [[Fire Elemental Ghost]]. Luigi used a Fire Elemental Ghost to light all the candles in this room to open the shut door. Back in the Fortune-Tellers room, Luigi lit all the candles to get the key to the [[Butler's Room]]. With his new Fire ability, Luigi found floating candles, held by [[Shivers]], the butler, who has a crush on [[Melody Pianissima]]. Luigi lit the candles on fire and chased Shivers to his room. Shivers sat down on the chair, revealing his heart. Luigi sucked up the old butler and he got the key to Melody's room. Luigi also found Mario's cap in the [[Laundry Room]] before the Butler's room by checking the washing machine. Luigi went to [[Conservatory|Melody's room]]. Here, Luigi found some instruments. Luigi had to check all the instruments. The instruments play themselves to the Super Mario Bros. tune when they are all checked, revealing Melody on the piano. Melody plays the piano, and after doing a music trivia with Luigi, forced Luigi to have a battle with her Music sheets. Luigi sucked up the music sheets and revealed Melody's heart. He proceeded to suck up Melody, getting the key to the [[Dining Room|next area]]. In the Dining Room, [[Mr. Luggs]] ate food. Luigi sucked up the food, but Mr. Luggs had waiters to bring him more food. After Luigi sucked up the waiters, he sucked up the rest of the food until there was none left. Mr. Luggs, angered, shot fireballs at Luigi, but eventually got tired. That is when Luigi vacuumed him up and revealed a chest filled with many treasures. Luigi went through the door to the [[Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen]]. By checking the fridge, Luigi discovers a [[Flash]]. By using the newly obtained fire element, Luigi defeats the Flas and earns a [[Elemental Medal|Water Elemental Medal]]. The medal enabled his vacuum to spit water after sucking up a [[Water Elemental Ghost]]. Luigi used the water from the sink to put out a fire, revealing a door. Luigi went through the door to the [[Boneyard]], where [[Spooky]] the dog was sleeping. Luigi woke up the dog and the dog went crazy, trying to attack the armed plumber. [[Skeleton Ghost|Mr. Bones]] then popped up telling Luigi to make the dog be quiet. Luigi used his vacuum to suck up Mr. Bones, but one of his Bones remained, which Spooky started licking, revealing his heart. Luigi then sucked up Spooky the Dog and also watered the seed near the faucet. Using Spooky's Doghouse, Luigi got to the other side of the door to the Graveyard. By examining a gravestone, three more Skeleton Ghosts emerged. Luigi eventually defeated these ghosts, causing the big gravestone to give off a creepy blue aura. When Luigi walks up to it, the Cemetery Ghost known as [[Bogmire]] then appears in front of Luigi, coming it with a bolt of lightning. He then suddenly warps Luigi to a mystifying area. Once there, Bogmire spawns other Bogmires by his shadow to attack Luigi. The objective is to vacuum up one of these shadows, which will cause them to turn into a ball, then shoot them at the real Bogmire, entrapping him. Depending on how big the shadows were, the player will have a period of time to shine their flashlight onto Bogmire and suck him up. After Bogmire is successfully beaten, Luigi is transported back to the cemetary, where a golden chest shines right in front of him. When the chest is opened, a green key to Area 3 comes out. Once collected, it prompts E. Gadd to call Luigi, who tells him to come back to the lab. After turning the Portrait Ghosts into portraits, Luigi overviews the past ghosts of Area 2 and is able to save. Luigi then heads to Area 3.
-===Area 3===
+===Portrait ghosts===
-Luigi then goes back into Area Two and walks all the way to the back of the hallway. The thorns on the door disappear and Luigi is able to enter it. Luigi opens the door and finds himself in the [[Courtyard]]. The Courtyard is a huge area outside with many plants and dead trees and even includes a well. Many ghosts lurk here including [[Ceiling Surprise]]s and [[Purple Bomber]]s. If Luigi manages to defeat all the ghosts here, the lights will turn on and a green chest filled with money and a white diamond will appear. The hero should also water the four plants around the fountain to get some money. Luigi notices a shed. He then proceeds to knock on it from the side because he will lose money and health if he opens it from the front. The plumber finds a [[Toad]] who says that there is something scary in the well. Luigi climbs down the well and goes through a narrow tunnel. At the end, he sticks his head out of a statue and looks around the room. He can vaguely see [[King Boo]], but that's not the least of his worries. The green-clad hero notices [[Mario|his brother]], who has been trapped in a painting and is demanding to get out. Luigi vows to free his brother. As he walks back, a Ceiling Surprise blocks the exit from the well. Using his handy vacuum, Luigi sucks up the ghost which drops a key. Luigi informs Toad about the news. Toad, both shocked and relieved, tells Luigi that Mario dropped five items and [[Madame Clairvoya]] can tell him how Mario was trapped in the painting. Luigi then proceeds opens the door near the shed and enters the [[Rec Room]] where he sees the bodybuilding ghost, [[Biff Atlas]], lifting a barbel. By inspecting a yellow machine in the lower right corner, Luigi will reveal a [[Speedy Spirit]]. After the plumber catches the poltergeist, he proceeds to punch a punching bag into Biff. Biff is hit and becomes angered, but after two more hits with the bags, he reveals his heart. The hero vacuums up the ghost and reveals a green chest filled with money and a diamond. By running on the treadmill to the left, Luigi will reveal a key. This key opens the door to the left of the Rec Room, making easy access to Area 2. Luigi went through the door he just opened and headed to the [[Dining Room]]. Once inside, he captured a fire element and headed back to the stairwell. Luigi climbed up the stairs and entered the door across from the stairwell. There was hallway that is perpendicular to the one Luigi was walking on. Luigi headed south and enetered the door to the right. Luigi was  then inside the [[Astral Hall]]. Using the fire element, He lit all of the candles up and stood in the middle. Suddenly, a few [[Shy Guy Ghost]]s and [[Grabbing Ghost]]s appeared and attacked the ghost hunter. Luigi then defeated all of the enemies that appeared and gained access to the [[Observatory]]. In here, Luigi inspected the telescope, which triggered a short cutscene displaying the moon and after the cutscene, the walls of the room disappeared. The plumber headed to the right and captured a shooting star with his vacuum. He aims at the moon and fires the star, which makes the top half of the moon explode, revealing [[Mario's Star]]. A new pathway formed and Luigi got the item. After that, he headed back to the hallway and to the upper right hand corner into the [[Tea Room]]. He went to the back of the room and inspected the cheese to the left to reveal a [[Golden Mouse]]. After capturing the rodent, Luigi opened the green box to the right of the table. A [[Flash]] appeared. Luigi then used the fire element to defeat the ghost and the lights lit up. A treasure chest appeared on top of the table. By using the gravity pad to the right of the room, Luigi could walk on the ceiling where another gravity pad brought him down. Luigi obtained the [[Elemental Medal|Ice Elemental Medal]]. E. Gadd called Luigi and explained that with his new ice ability, he could defeat ghosts with [[Blue Blaze|water protecting their hearts]] and can also freeze water in general. Luigi then exitted the room and opened the door to the left. He continued walking to the left and up the hallway into the door to the right, avoiding two [[Spark (ghost)|Sparks]]. Inside [[Nana's Room]], Luigi saw [[Nana]] knitting a scarf. Before he caught her, however, Luigi revealed a [[Speedy Spirit]] hiding in a chair to the right of the couch. When Luigi caught the spirit, he knocked the balls of yarn off its stand. The green-clad hero sucked up one of the yarn and hit Nana with it. Nana retaliated by firing two lasers at the hero. After Nana was hit three times with the yarn, her heart was revealed. Luigi sucked up the ghost and the lights lit up. A key appeared, leading to the Twins room. Before going there, Luigi visited the Bathroom. Inside, Luigi noticed a ghost showering in the bathtub. Luigi brought the curtain back and shot the water with the ice element and the ghost sneezed and revealed her heart. Luigi vaccumed up the ghost and got a key to the Billards room. Now Luigi used Nana's key to go to the Twin's room. Luigi span around 2 toy helocopters, waking up 2 identical ghost wins, [[Henry and Orville]]. They played hide and seek, but Henry accused Luigi of cheating. So, Henry and Orville started attacking Luigi. One drove a race car and one used an airplane. Luigi vaccumed up the vechiles and then the ghost children. Luigi then  found a chest containing Mario's shoe. Luigi then used the key he previously found in the Bathroom to get to the Billards room. Luigi saw the Lone Poolshark. Luigi shot pool balls at him and then vaccumed him up. He then went on to the Projection room.
+{{main|Portrait ghost}}
+In his exploits, Luigi captures up to twenty-three gallery ghosts (five are optional). These ghosts (excluding the third and the final/fourth boss) have 100 HP, but their hearts are not automatically shown like other ghosts: Luigi must find each ghost's weakness before he can suck them up. The following are listed in the rough order they can be caught in the game:
+====Area One====
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!Gold frame
+!Necessity
+!Location
+!Description
+!Biography and heart quote
+|-
+![[File:LM Neville Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Neville]]</big><br>The Bookish Father
+|align=center|[[File:NevilleGold.png|128px]]<br><big>1</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}
+|Neville is found reading on his rocking chair, launching a book from the bookshelf at Luigi. Occasionally while Luigi is looking away, he will yawn, exposing his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 42'''<br>"Neville spends his afterlife reading all the books he missed while living."<hr>''"Ho ho ho ho... Go ahead, try to find me. I can see you, but you cannot see me, ho ho ho ho..."''
+|-
+![[File:LydiaLM.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Lydia]]</big><br>The Mirror-Gazing Mother
+|align=center|[[File:LydiaGold.png|128px]]<br><big>2</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Master Bedroom (Luigi's Mansion)|Master Bedroom}}
+|Lydia is found brushing her hair at the mirror. The curtain on a nearby broken window needs to be opened, allowing a gust of wind to mess up her hair and exposing her heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 34'''<br>"She's stashed her secret savings away to prepare for her long afterlife."<hr>''"Isn't my hair just gorgeous? Of course, I do spend a lot of time on it. I was so bored cooped up in that painting... Now I spend all my time in front of the mirror. It seems to scare people, though, so everything is coming up roses!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Chauncey Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Chauncey]]</big><br>The Spoiled Baby
+|align=center|[[File:ChaunceyGold.png|128px]]<br><big>4</big>
+|''Area boss''
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}
+|The first boss, Chauncey sleeps at his crib until Luigi moves his rocking horse. After he wakes, Chauncey follows Luigi while making teddy bears fly at him. Luigi needs to use a ball to hit Chauncey, which angers him into shrinking Luigi into a battle arena on his crib. Chauncey then attacks by leaping around and launching rocking horses and balls at Luigi; hitting him with a ball again stuns him and exposes his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 1'''<br>"He cries loudly and never sleeps through the night, but since he was born a ghost, this seems natural."<hr>''"Horsey... rocky... horsey..."''<br>''"Stay away!"''
+|}
-==Storyline (plot summary)==
+====Area Two====
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!Gold frame
+!Necessity
+!Location
+!Description
+!Biography and heart quote
+|-
+![[File:LM Floating Whirlindas Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[The Floating Whirlindas]]</big><br>The Dancing Couple
+|align=center|[[File:WhirlindasGold.png|128px]]<br><big>10</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Ball Room}}
+|The Floating Whirlindas dance above spinning floor plates. Their hearts are exposed after the husband exclaims and they pose for each other.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"Once the local waltz champions, they can no longer compete since their feet don't touch the floor."<hr>''"So, you can see me? Well, that may be, but you will never find my weakness!"''<br>''"I don't think this gent can even see us!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Shivers Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Shivers]]</big><br>The Wandering Butler
+|align=center|[[File:ShiversGold.png|128px]]<br><big>8</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Butler's Room}}
+|Shivers is found pacing in the Area 2 hallway. Luigi needs to use fire on his candlestick, causing him to panic and flee to his room. He ends up accidentally sitting on the candle, however, exposing his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 72'''<br>"He wanders the house, endlessly searching for his master's will. He hopes he's included in it!"<hr>''"Ah, the beautiful Melody will not even give me the time of day... What must I do to win her? Passion! Yes! That's it! I will show her I burn for her! My unbridled passion will scorch her soul!"''<br>''"The burning flames of unbridled passion! Or... wait, how about the passionate flames of unbridled burning?"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Melody Pianissima Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Melody Pianissima]]</big><br>The Beautiful Pianist
+|align=center|[[File:MelodyGold.png|128px]]<br><big>5</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory}}
+|Melody is found playing her piano. Luigi needs to start up the other instruments to cause her to appear, then answer a trivia question about her music correctly. After this she sends her music sheets to attack Luigi. Sucking them all up causes her heart to be exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 26'''<br>"Despite playing moving melodies, she has a surly disposition. Oddly enough, she loves video games."<hr>''"Hmph! This ragamuffin looks as if he couldn't play a note!"''<br>''"Show him the power of genius, my music sheets!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Mr Luggs Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Mr. Luggs]]</big><br>The Glutton
+|align=center|[[File:MrLuggs.png|128px]]<br><big>11</big>
+|''Optional''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}
+|Mr. Luggs is found gorging himself on a plate of yellow food. The candles next to him need to be lit with fire, and then the food needs sucked up while preventing the two [[Waiter]]s from refilling it. Once the food is gone, Luigi needs to avoid an onslaught of several fireballs Mr. Luggs belches at him. Eventually, he will tire out and his heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 30'''<br>"He prefers all-you-can-eat buffets to three meals a day. He ate himself to death but still wasn't satisfied."<hr>''"No one can see me in this darkness! No one no one no one noooooooooo-one!"''<br>''"It's so bright here. Everyone can see me eat! ...I don't care, I'll just keep eating!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Spooky Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Spooky (character)|Spooky]]</big><br>The Hungry Guard Dog
+|align=center|[[File:SpookyGold.png|128px]]<br><big>13</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Boneyard}}
+|Spooky is found resting at its doghouse. When it sees Luigi, it tries to latch onto him while barking. Luigi needs to suck up a [[Mr. Bones]] disturbed by the barking, causing it to drop a bone which distracts Spooky and causes its heart to become exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 4'''<br>"This creepy canine will sink its chops into any seemingly edible thing in sight."<hr>''"Woof woof woof!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Bogmire Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Bogmire]]</big><br>The Cemetery Shadow
+|align=center|[[File:Bogmire.png|128px]]<br><big>19</big>
+|''Area boss''
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Graveyard}}
+|The second boss, Bogmire emerges from a lightning-struck grave and warps Luigi to his arena. Bogmire makes [[Black Bogmire|shadowy copies]] of himself while teleporting around. The copies can be sucked into the form of a ball of shadowy goo, which can be launched onto Bogmire to expose his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"A product of the mansion's fear and despair, he's not sure who to fear or what to despair these days."<hr>''N/A''
+|}
+'''Note:''' Although Luigi first meets Madame Clairvoya in Area Two, he captures her after he begins Area Three.
-[[Luigi]], having won a mansion in a contest he didn't even enter, enters the [[Boo Woods]] and finds it. He enters the mansion and is soon attacked by ghosts, but Professor [[E. Gadd]] appears and fights off the ghosts. He tells Luigi that the mansion appeared out of thin air and is an illusion, and that [[Mario]] was captured by the ghosts. He trains Luigi to use his vacuum invention, the [[Poltergust 3000]], to vacuum up ghosts, and that he had several ghosts captured and turned into portraits, but they were released by [[Boo|other ghosts]].
+====Area Three====
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!Gold frame
+!Necessity
+!Location
+!Description
+!Biography and heart quote
+|-
+![[File:LM Biff Atlas Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Biff Atlas]]</big><br>The Bodybuilder
+|align=center|[[File:BiffAtlasGold.png|128px]]<br><big>16</big>
+|''Optional''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Rec Room}}
+|Biff is found lifting a barbell. Luigi must repeatedly knock a punching bag into him, angering him further until he is stunned on the third hit, exposing his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 26'''<br>"This kind body builder loves muscles and lilies. Why lilies? They symbolize purity."<hr>''"Look at this buffness! I'm huge! How'd you like to be my punching bag, weakling?"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Miss Petunia Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Miss Petunia]]</big><br>The Bathing Beauty
+|align=center|[[File:MissPetuniaGold.png|128px]]<br><big>6</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Bathroom (2F)}}
+|Miss Petunia is found taking a hot bath, and blasts Luigi with scalding water if she sees him looking in. By cooling her bath with ice, her heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"The Miss Ghost runner-up from six years ago, she hasn't had much modeling work lately."<hr>''"Ahh...a piping hot shower!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Nana Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Nana]]</big><br>The Scarf Knitting Granny
+|align=center|[[File:NanaGold.png|128px]]<br><big>3</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Nana's Room}}
+|Nana is found knitting in her rocking chair. Luigi needs to knock over her basket of three yarn balls, and hit her with each while avoiding her movement and eye lasers. Once hit with all three, her heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 76'''<br>"She's still knitting the scarf she never finished in life. It now stretches to 871 feet."<hr>''"Hey, it's a funny man. Should I play with him?"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Slim Bankshot Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Slim Bankshot]]</big><br>The Lonely Poolshark
+|align=center|[[File:SlimBankshotGold.png|128px]]<br><big>17</big>
+|''Optional''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Billiards Room}}
+|Slim is found pacing the pool table and occasionally playing 3-ball pool, causing the balls to bounce around the room through the air. After he is hit with three balls, his heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 29'''<br>"Slim's a legend in the world of competitive pool. Too bad he's never played a living soul."<hr>''"You want some of this?"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Henry and Orville Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Henry and Orville]]</big><br>The Twin Brothers
+|align=center|[[File:HenryandOrvilleGold.png|128px]]<br><big>14</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|The Twins' Room}}
+|The twins appear when Luigi spins their helicopter mobile, and they then challenge him to a game of hide-and-seek. Once both are found, they attack him while riding a toy car and plane. When a vehicle is sucked up, that twin's heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 5'''<br>"The twins like to play hide and seek, but since they both hide, the game never seems to end."<hr>''"SMASH!"''<br>''"Guh-waaaa!"''
+|-
+![[File:MadameClairvoya.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Madame Clairvoya]]</big><br>The Freaky Fortune Teller
+|align=center|[[File:Clairvoya.png|128px]]<br><big>7</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Fortune-teller's Room}}
+|Madame Clairvoya is found in front of her crystal ball when the flashlight is shined on it long enough. She provides clues based on the five of Mario's items Luigi finds throughout the mansion, after which she exposes her heart willingly.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"Her close connection to the spirit world lets her see nearly 49 days into the future."<hr>''"Destiny chooses our paths..."''
+|-
+![[File:LM Boolossus Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Boolossus]]</big><br>Jumbo Ghost
+|align=center|[[File:BoolossusGold.png|128px]]<br><big>22</big>
+|''Area boss''
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Balcony (3F)}}
+|The third boss, Boolossus combines from 15 [[Mini Boo]]s after taking Luigi to its arena. As a Boo, it lacks a heart entirely, and also lacks HP. It bounces around after him and must be moved against a unicorn statue to temporarily pop it back into the smaller Boos. These Boos must be frozen and sucked up. They get more wary and erratic the fewer of them remain, while the combined form gets smaller, faster, and slipperier.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"When the shy, timid Boos get together, their body and their attitude get BIG!"<hr>''N/A''
+|}
-Luigi enters the mansion, sucking up ghosts and finding keys, while meeting several Toads along the way, until he encounters a portrait ghost, [[Neville]]. He defeats him, sucking him into the Poltergust. He does the same to [[Lydia]], Neville's wife, and fights their baby, [[Chauncey]], who sucks Luigi into his crib and fights him as a giant ghost, but is defeated and sucked into the Poltergust, which begins to get full, so Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and empties the Poltergust, turning Neville, Lydia, and Chauncey back into portraits. What becomes of the common ghosts is unknown.
+====Area Four====
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Ghost
+!Gold frame
+!Necessity
+!Location
+!Description
+!Biography and heart quote
+|-
+![[File:LM Uncle Grimmly.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Uncle Grimmly]]</big><br>Hermit of the Darkness
+|align=center|[[File:UncleGrimmlyGold.png|128px]]<br><big>20</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Wardrobe Room}}{{footnote|main|☽︎}}
+|Uncle Grimmly is found in front of a mirror during the [[blackout]]. Occasionally, he tries to be spooky by sticking his arms out and moaning, exposing his heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 45'''<br>"Adrift in the darkness, he tends to keep to himself, which suits the rest of the family just fine."<hr>''"Nobody will find me because I'm old, cranky and, by gum, people are afraid of me!"''
+|-
+![[File:LM Clockwork Soldiers Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Clockwork Soldiers]]</big><br>The Toy Platoon
+|align=center|[[File:ClockworkSoldiersGold.png|128px]]<br><big>15</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Clockwork Room}}
+|The Clockwork Soldiers stand at attention until all the cuckoo clocks in the room are activated, at which point they march after Luigi to attack with their popguns. The Poltergust much be used to unwind their keys to the point they fall out, exposing their individual hearts.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"They once belonged to a tightly-wound toy collector, but now they march on their own without any winding."<hr>''"Heyyyyy, stooooppp lookkkinnnggg at meeee!"''<br>''"Squeak squeak"''<br>''"The valve... The valve..."''
+|-
+![[File:SuePea.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Sue Pea]]</big><br>The Dozing Girl
+|align=center|[[File:SuePeaGold.png|128px]]<br><big>9</big>
+|''Optional''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Guest Room}}
+|Sue Pea is found sleeping in her upside-down bedroom. Water must be sprayed on her three times to wake her and expose her heart, though this also angers her into launching her dolls at him.
+|align=center|'''Age 7'''<br>"What was meant to be a short nap seems to have turned into eternal rest for sweet Sue Pea."<hr>''"I won't wet the bed... I promise."''
+|-
+![[File:Jarvis.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Jarvis]]</big><br>The Jar Collector
+|align=center|[[File:JarvisGold.png|128px]]<br><big>12</big>
+|''Optional''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Ceramics Studio}}
+|Jarvis is found in a pot and challenges Luigi to a ''{{wp|Whac-A-Mole}}''-style game involving freezing him when he pops out of his different jars. Afterwards, he gets mad and launches his jars while he continues popping out of the remainder, heart now exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age ??'''<br>"He loves his antique jars so much that he now lives in one. He can hardly contain himself!"<hr>''N/A''
+|-
+![[File:LM Sir Weston Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Sir Weston]]</big><br>The Chilly Climber
+|align=center|[[File:LM Sir Weston Gold Frame Artwork.png|128px]]<br><big>18</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Cold Storage}}
+|Sir Weston is found frozen in a block of ice, summoning [[icicle]]s to drop. By lighting a bonfire on both sides, Weston is awakened and sends trails of icy spikes along the floor at Luigi. Continuing to flame the ice block eventually shatters it, exposing Weston's heart.
+|align=center|'''Age 30'''<br>"This strange fellow's icy abode may be the reason he hasn't warmed up to being a ghost."<hr>''"Darn, I love the cold, I mean, I just plain love it!"''
+|-
+![[File:Vincent Van Gore LM.png|200x200px]]<br><big>[[Vincent Van Gore]]</big><br>The Starving Artist
+|align=center|[[File:VincentVanGoreGold.png|128px]]<br><big>21</big>
+|''Required''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|The Artist's Studio}}
+|Vincent Van Gore is found painting, and sends several waves of normal ghosts he painted at Luigi. Once all of his ghost paintings are gone, his heart is exposed.
+|align=center|'''Age 59'''<br>"Despite failing to sell a single painting in 30 years, this stubborn man refuses to let his art die."<hr>''"Now does he grasp zee power of my creations?"''
+|-
+![[File:LM King Boo Released Screenshot.png|200x200px]]<br><big><big>[[King Boo]]</big></big>
+|align=center|[[File:KingBooGold.png|128px]]
+|''Final boss''
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Secret Altar}}
+|The fourth and final boss, King Boo is found watching [[Mario]]'s [[painting]] and takes Luigi to an infernal recreation of the mansion's [[Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|roof]]. He battles him in a giant costume of [[Bowser]] capable of charging around, leaping through the air, swinging its tail to defend from the back, throwing spiked bombs, inhaling, and breathing fire. One of the spiked bombs must be grabbed and launched into his face during his next breath attack. This temporarily knocks off the head and sends King Boo panicking out of it, while the head continues to spit ice at Luigi. As a Boo, King Boo lacks a heart and as such cannot be properly latched onto while sucking, but he also cannot pull Luigi. With 500 HP, King Boo has the most health of any individual ghost in the game. When his HP falls below 200, from then on, each time King Boo reenters the Bowser suit, he wil reattach the head backwards, causing the suit to run out of control for a few seconds before it screws its head on straight and functions properly.
+|align=center|''N/A''
+|}
-Luigi enters another area through a previously blocked door and fights more ghosts. After defeating the [[Floating Whirlindas]], he enters the Storage Room and hits a switch, which opens a trapdoor that 50 Boos and their leader, [[King Boo]], are hiding in. All of them escape. Luigi returns to E. Gadd's lab and E. Gadd tells him that the Boos were the ones who released the portrait ghosts, and Luigi must capture the Boos to weaken their power, as they are stronger in greater number. So Luigi goes through the many rooms of the mansion, vacuuming up any Boos he sees. He also meets [[Madame Clairvoya]], a fortune teller ghost, who tells him to bring her any of Mario's items he finds so she can get details on his whereabouts. After sucking up [[Shivers]] the butler, [[Melody Pianissima]], [[Mr. Luggs]], and [[Spooky]] the dog, Luigi enters the Cemetery and fights the shadowy ghost, Bogmire. He defeats him and sucks him into the Poltergust, which he then empties at E. Gadd's lab to turn all the Portrait Ghosts into portraits.
+===Obstacles===
+Various haunted objects also impede Luigi throughout the game.
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Obstacle
+!Description
+!Locations
+|-
+|Armor
+|Certain suits of armor have maces held high, which they swing forward when interacted with. If Luigi is in front, he will be damaged.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Armory (Luigi's Mansion)|Armory}}
+|-
+|[[Banana|Banana Peel]]
+|Litter the floor and cause Luigi to slip if not sucked up. They are usually dropped by [[Garbage Can Ghost]]s.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Dining Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Dining Room}}
+|-
+|[[Bomb]]
+|Bombs are found in furniture near [[Boo]]s or dropped by [[Purple Bomber]]s. They create a huge explosion.
+|Various
+|-
+|Book
+|A book is repeatedly launched at Luigi from a bookshelf by [[Neville]] until it or Neville is sucked up.
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Study (Luigi's Mansion)|Study}}
+|-
+|Chandelier
+|The foyer's chandelier will drop on Luigi should he stand under it before completing Area 1.
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Foyer (Luigi's Mansion)|Foyer}}
+|-
+|Doll
+|Clown-like dolls are launched at Luigi by [[Sue Pea]] after he wakes her up. They respawn until they or her are sucked up.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Guest Room}}
+|-
+|[[Fake door]]
+|Doors with no entrances behind them, they flatten Luigi if he tries to walk through them. They can be burned away.
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 1}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 2}}, {{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|hotpink|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 4}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room}}
+|-
+|Flame wall
+|Large walls of fire block certain doorways until extinguished with water.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Hallway (Luigi's Mansion)|Hallway 3}}, {{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}
+|-
+|[[Icicle]]
+|Icicles grow from the ceiling, dropping when Luigi moves under them.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Cold Storage}}
+|-
+|Jar
+|[[Jarvis]]'s collection of pots, which he launches at Luigi during their battle. They respawn until they or Jarvis are sucked up.
+|{{color-link|hotpink|Ceramics Studio}}
+|-
+|Music sheet
+|[[Melody Pianissima]]'s music sheets she uses in her battle. Sucking them all up renders her vulnerable.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory}}
+|-
+|Pan/pot
+|An assortment of pots and pans launch themselves at Luigi until they are all sucked up or all the ghosts in the room are defeated.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}
+|-
+|Refrigerator
+|The refrigerator's heavy door slams into Luigi and damages him if he opens it from the front.
+|{{color-link|dodgerblue|Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen}}
+|-
+|Plate
+|Various plates launch themselves at Luigi until they are all sucked up or all the ghosts in the room are defeated.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Tea Room}}
+|-
+|Shed
+|The door to the shed a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] hides in will damage Luigi if he opens it from the front.
+|{{color-link|limegreen|Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard}}
+|-
+|Teddy bear
+|Three stuffed bears launched by [[Chauncey]] at Luigi until they are sucked up or Chauncey is hit with a ball.
+|{{color-link|darkorange|Nursery}}
+|}
-Luigi enters a third area into the courtyard. Down the well, he sees into King Boo's altar, and discovers that King Boo has Mario imprisoned in a portrait. He goes through new rooms of the mansion, finding Mario's items and vacuuming up ghosts, including portrait ghosts [[Biff Atlas]], [[Miss Petunia]], [[Nana]], [[Slim Bankshot]], and twins [[Henry and Orville]]. After Luigi brings Madame Clairvoya enough of Mario's items, she tells him that she sees [[Bowser]] in a vision, which is shocking because Mario defeated Bowser, and she suspects that King Boo revived him. With her job done, she tells Luigi to suck her into the Poltergust so she can return peacefully to her portrait. After he does so, and defeats enough Boos, he enters the balcony and fights Boolossus, a big Boo made up of 15 Boos. He throws him into a spiky statue to split him into the 15 Boos and sucks them all into the Poltergust. He then empties the Poltergust at E. Gadd's lab to turn all the portrait ghosts, including Boolossus, into portraits.
+==Items==
+===Money===
+'''Normal Mansion''' Total score: 142,390,000 G
+{|class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Gold Coin Sprite.png]]||[[Coin|Gold Coin]]||5,000 G||1536||7,680,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:Bill.png]]||[[Bill]]||20,000 G||1260||25,200,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GoldBar.png]]||[[Gold Bar]]||100,000 G||61||6,100,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Blue Jewel Sprite.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Blue Sapphire]]||500,000 G||10||5,000,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GreenJewel.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Green Emerald]]||800,000 G||10||8,000,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:RedJewel.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Red Ruby]]||1,000,000 G||10||10,000,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Blue Diamond Sprite.png]]||[[Blue Diamond]]||2,000,000 G||5||10,000,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:LM Red Diamond Sprite.png]]||[[Red Diamond (Luigi's Mansion)|Red Diamond]]||5,000 G||2||10,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GoldDiamond.png]]||[[Gold Diamond]]||20,000,000 G||2||40,000,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:SmallPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Small Pearl]]||50,000 G||76||3,800,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:MediumPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Medium Pearl]]||100,000 G||76||7,600,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:BigPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Big Pearl]]||1,000,000 G||19||19,000,000 G
+|}
+'''PAL Hidden Mansion''' Total score: 186,440,000 G
+{|class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+!Image!!Name!!Score!!Maximum Count!!Maximum Score
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Gold Coin Sprite.png]]||[[Coin|Gold Coin]]||5,000 G||1686||8,430,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:Bill.png]]||[[Bill]]||20,000 G||1425||28,500,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GoldBar.png]]||[[Gold Bar]]||100,000 G||76||7,600,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Blue Jewel Sprite.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Blue Sapphire]]||500,000 G||5||2,500,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GreenJewel.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Green Emerald]]||800,000 G||5||4,000,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:RedJewel.png]]||[[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Red Ruby]]||1,000,000 G||5||5,000,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:LM Blue Diamond Sprite.png]]||[[Blue Diamond]]||2,000,000 G||30||60,000,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:LM Red Diamond Sprite.png]]||[[Red Diamond (Luigi's Mansion)|Red Diamond]]||5,000 G||2||10,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:GoldDiamond.png]]||[[Gold Diamond]]||20,000,000 G||2||40,000,000 G
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:SmallPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Small Pearl]]||50,000 G||76||3,800,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:MediumPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Medium Pearl]]||100,000 G||76||7,600,000 G
+|align=center|[[File:BigPearl.png]]||[[Pearl|Big Pearl]]||1,000,000 G||19||19,000,000 G
+|}
+====Luigi's NEW Mansion====
+[[File:Luigi Mansion Money.png|thumb|225px|All of the money, with a perfect score in the NTSC version.]]
+{{main|Luigi's NEW Mansion}}
+All of the money and treasure Luigi collects is used to build Luigi's NEW Mansion in place of the old one. The size and general quality of the mansion depends on exactly how much he collects, with the lower ranks featuring smaller mansions and the upper ranks featuring larger mansions. A painting of the mansion Luigi receives then appears at the front of the Gallery, with Luigi's total money on the bottom-left corner. The message reads "Welcome to Luigi's NEW Mansion!" unless Luigi achieves Rank A or H. The requirement to achieve Rank A was increased significantly during localization for PAL regions.
+*'''Rank A''': Finish the game at or above 100,000,000G (NTSC) ''or'' 150,000,000G (PAL). + ''Message: Congratulations! Your mansion is complete!''
+*'''Rank B''': Finish the game with 70,000,000 to 99,999,999G (NTSC) ''or'' 70,000,000 to 149,999,999G (PAL).
+*'''Rank C''': Finish the game with 60,000,000 to 69,999,999G.
+*'''Rank D''': Finish the game with 50,000,000 to 59,999,999G.
+*'''Rank E''': Finish the game with 40,000,000 to 49,999,999G.
+*'''Rank F''': Finish the game with 20,000,000 to 39,999,999G.
+*'''Rank G''': Finish the game with 5,000,000 to 19,999,999G.
+*'''Rank H''': Finish the game with 5,000 to 4,999,999G. + ''Message: The haunted mansion disappeared without a trace...''
+*The Rank A Mansion appears at the side of [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' However, Rank D is shown in the opening of the sequel, ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''.
-When Luigi enters Area 4 in the attic, the mansion is suddenly struck by lightning and it goes dark. Luigi goes to the breaker room to turn the power back on, but finds it locked. Luigi looks for the key and soon encounters a ghost named [[Uncle Grimmly]] and defeats him to get the key. After he turns the power back on, he catches more Boos and portrait ghosts, including the [[Clockwork Soldiers]], [[Sue Pea]], [[Jarvis]], and [[Sir Weston]], before entering the room of [[Vincent Van Gore]], one of the most prominent portrait ghosts who is painting regular ghosts. He sends several waves of ghosts after Luigi, but Luigi defeats them all, causing Van Gore to go into a state of depression, and Luigi sucks him into the Poltergust without much resistance. He then goes to the Secret Altar down a creepy hallway in the basement and encounters King Boo, who reveals that he was the one who told Luigi that he won the mansion in a contest, and set it up as revenge for all the trouble they caused him (though they may not have met him before, they have been fighting against Boos for years, plus King Boo works for Bowser). King Boo goes into Mario's portrait (which turns into a Bowser portrait) and sucks Luigi into it. In an arena resembling the roof of the mansion (and with a slight resemblance to the arena at the end of ''[[Super Mario 64]]''), Luigi fights Bowser (as Madame Clairvoya had seen), but when he hits him in the head with a bomb, it is revealed to be King Boo in a Bowser costume. Luigi defeats King Boo and sucks him into the Poltergust.
+===Mario's items===
+Luigi may find several items that Mario has dropped in the mansion. Once he has received one, he can show it to [[Madame Clairvoya]] for information of Mario's whereabouts.
+{|class="wikitable sortable"border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse
+!Item
+!Location
+!Text
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Mario's Cap.png]]<br>[[Mario Cap|Mario's Hat]]
+|[[Laundry Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Laundry Room]]
+|''You found Mario's Hat! And it's been laundered recently!''
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Mario's Letter LM.png]]<br>[[Mario's Letter]]
+|[[Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard]]
+|''You found Mario's Letter! I wonder what it says...''
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Mario's Shoe.png]]<br>[[Mario's Shoe]]
+|[[The Twins' Room]]
+|''You found Mario's Shoe! It smells...like Mario's feet.''
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Mario's Glove.png]]<br>[[Mario's Glove]]
+|[[Projection Room]]
+|''You found Mario's Glove! Eew... It's a little sweaty.''
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Mario's Star LM.png]]<br>[[Mario's Star (item)|Mario's Star]]
+|[[Observatory]]
+|''You found Mario's Star! My, what a glittering beauty!''
+|}
-Luigi returns to the lab and turns all the portrait ghosts, including King Boo, into portraits again. E. Gadd reverses the Portrificationizer to release Mario from his portrait. Since King Boo has been defeated, his illusion of a mansion fades away, though the money and jewels Luigi collected in the mansion was real, and through it he gets a new mansion or house.
+===Miscellaneous items===
+*[[Heart (item)|Heart]]s
+*[[Poison Mushroom]]s
+*[[Key]]s
+*[[Cheese]]
+*[[Element medal]]s
+*[[Crown (King Boo)|Crown]]
-==Controls==
+==Professor E. Gadd's Gallery==
-[[Image:LM Controller Setting.jpg|thumb|200px|The game featuring the [[Blue Twirler]] holding the [[Nintendo GameCube]] controller that showing the standard and sidestep controls for beginners and advanced [[player]]s respectively.]]
+Professor E. Gadd had trapped the portrait ghosts into paintings during his past ghost adventures and put them for display in his personal [[Gallery (Luigi's Mansion)|gallery]] - until King Boo released each of them. As Luigi recaptures gallery ghosts, they will be framed in three colors: bronze, silver, or gold. The frame color of non-boss ghosts depends on how much HP Luigi sucks in one go, which produce pearls:
-''Luigi's Mansion'' has some interesting controls that shaped the Nintendo GameCube controller (according to interviews in the Nintendo Players' Guide) The Poltergust 3000 is controlled by pressing and holding the R button. When the ghost(s) are being sucked, the player must tug the control stick in ''the opposite direction'' of the nozzle to take away HP. The player can move only the Poltergust but not Luigi with the C stick, most helpful in capturing the sneaky [[Boo]]s.
+*'''Bronze'''. Only small pearls, which Luigi earns one of for every 10 HP sucked in one go. The portraits show the ghosts in poor quality.
+*'''Silver'''. At least one medium pearl, which the ghost gives up for every 50 HP sucked and every 10 after. So for 60, 70 and 80 HP in one go, Luigi earns another medium pearl. The portraits show the ghosts in better quality.
+*'''Gold'''. The only big pearl possible is given up if Luigi can suck 90 HP in one go. The portraits of the ghosts are often just what they looked like when Luigi captured them.
+If Luigi sucks all 100 HP at once, no extra pearl is awarded. The maximum amount of money to be gained per portrait ghost is 1,600,000G: 4 small pearls, 4 medium pearls and 1 big pearl.
+Boss gallery ghosts' ([[Chauncey]], [[Bogmire]], [[Boolossus]], and [[King Boo]]) frames and quality are determined by how high Luigi's health is after capturing the ghost.
+*'''Bronze'''. If Luigi fails to keep his health above 60 HP, he will get this painting.
+*'''Silver'''. To get this portrait, Luigi's health must be kept above 60 HP at the end of the battle.
+*'''Gold'''. To obtain this high-quality painting, his health must not have declined below 90 HP at the end of the battle.
-The A button examines objects or makes Luigi call out for Mario (he'll sound increasingly distressed as his health goes down). The B button controls Luigi's flashlight in dark areas. Ghosts are naturally afraid of the light, and will freeze for a short time when Luigi points the flashlight at them. The trick to capturing ghosts is holding the B button to turn off the flashlight, then allowing the ghosts to come close, then releasing B. The ghosts stop right in front of the Poltergust, where the player can now suck them up with R. Finally, the L button emits an element once an [[Elemental Medal]] is collected.  The X, Y, and Z buttons bring up the [[Game Boy Horror]]'s different modes.
+==Hidden Mansion==
+Once the player beats the game for the first time, the quest can be restarted in the normal mansion or the "Hidden Mansion". In the Japanese and North American versions of ''Luigi's Mansion'', the Hidden Mansion only differs from the normal mansion in doubling the amount of damage that Luigi takes and increasing the Poltergust 3000's damage by 1.5×. Additional changes were made to the Hidden Mansion featured in the European and Australian versions of ''Luigi's Mansion'', making it more of a standard hard mode with better rewards. They are listed as follows:
+*The PAL Hidden Mansion is mirrored from left to right when compared to the normal Mansion. The NTSC version keeps the layout the same.
+*Rooms are much darker in the PAL version.
-There is also the option to switch the control stick to either "standard" or "sidestep" mode. In standard mode, Luigi will turn to face a direction before walking in that direction. In sidestep mode, Luigi won't turn to face a direction before walking that way. In both modes, the c-stick is then used to change the direction he's facing manually.  No matter what mode the player chooses, Luigi uses sidestep mode controls while vacuuming.
+{{multiple image
+|align=center
+|footer=
+|image1=Parlor Hidden Mansion - NTSC.png
+|width1=240
+|caption1=NTSC version
+|image2=Parlor Hidden Mansion - PAL.png
+|width2=270
+|caption2=PAL version
+}}
-==Characters==
+*There are more normal ghosts around the mansion; for example, in [[The Artist's Studio]], Luigi must fight five of each ghost instead of three. More powerful ghosts are also encountered earlier than in the Normal Mansion; for example, in the Normal Mansion, [[Blue Twirler]]s are unique to Area 4 and the blackout, while in the PAL Hidden Mansion, they appear as early as the first room of Area 1.
-<center><gallery>
+*Bosses are more difficult, such as having different attacks. [[Chauncey]]'s rocking horses, for example, are much bigger and swerve left to right, instead of going straight, while his beach balls spawn from the near side of the bed instead of the far side. [[Bogmire]]'s attacks remain mostly the same, but he and his clones move and attack much faster. Another example is the [[Boolossus]] battle, in which the player rides around on the Poltergust 3000's wheels while trying to pop Boolossus, which makes movement more slippery.
-Image:LM_Luigi_Flee.jpg|<center>[[Luigi]]
+*Boos are usually more agile and difficult to catch. Most of them have more HP, although some have the same, and some have less. The ones with less HP are often much faster and can leave a room in seconds, or cross a room within a second to round Luigi and attack him from behind, especially in Area 4.
-Image:Professor Elvin Gadd.JPG|<center>[[Professor E. Gadd]]
+*Ghost placements are different.
-Image:LM_Ghosts.jpg|<center>Ghosts
+*Fewer hearts are available. Locations that have hearts in the Normal Mansion do not have them. Hearts that heal 50 HP exist in the [[Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard]] by vacuuming the Slim Bankshot-like statue, and rarely in the [[Foyer (Luigi's Mansion)|Foyer]] when checking the drawer.
-Image:LM_Mario.jpg|<center>[[Mario]]
+*[[Speedy Spirit]]s and [[Gold Mice]] always drop a [[Blue Diamond]] when caught, raising the maximum possible amount of money from 142,390,000G to 186,440,000G.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|url=cyberscore.me.uk/chart/18493|title=Luigi’s Mansion – PAL → Mansion Value – Video game high scores and fast times|publisher=cyberscore.me.uk|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref> Because the amount of money required for an A rank was increased to 150,000,000G (instead of 100,000,000G in the NTSC version), this means the Hidden Mansion is necessary to play through in order to get an A rank.
-</gallery></center>
+*Instead of 40 Boos, 45 are required to fight the final boss.
-==The Ghosts==
+==Quotes==
-===Portrait Ghosts===
+{{main|List of Luigi's Mansion quotes}}
-In his exploits, Luigi captures up to twenty-three gallery ghosts (five are optional). These ghosts (excluding the third and the final/fourth boss) have 100 HP, but their hearts are not automatically shown like other ghosts: Luigi must find each ghost's weakness before he can suck them up. The following are listed in order of appearance appear in the game:
+===Luigi===
+*"''Hello?''"
+*"''MARIO!/MARIOOO?/Mario?/M-M-M-M-Mario?''"
+*"''Way to go, genius. Got the hang of that thing yet?''"
+*"''Exquisite...''"
-====Area One====
+===Mario===
-<center><gallery>
+*"''Get me outta here!''"
-Image:Neville.jpg|<center>'''[[Neville]]'''<br>The Bookish Father<br>''(Required)''
+*"'''Ey, Luigi, what's the hold-up?''"
-Image:Lydia.jpg|<center>'''[[Lydia]]'''<br>The Mirror-Gazing Mother<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Chauncey.jpg|<center>'''[[Chauncey]]'''<br>The Spoiled Baby<br>''(Area Boss)''
-</gallery></center>
-====Area Two====
+===Professor E. Gadd===
-<center><gallery>
+*"''I'm getting too old for this ghost-catching tomfoolery.''"
-Image:FWhirlindas.jpg|<center>'''[[The Floating Whirlindas]]'''<br>The Dancing Couple<br>''(Required)''
+*"''I swear, [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|this house]] seems to have more and more ghosts every day!''"
-Image:1375.jpg|<center>'''[[Shivers]]'''<br>The Wandering Butler<br>''(Required)''
+*"''Alright, youngster! Look lively! Follow me, posthaste!''"
-Image:Melody-Portrait.jpg|<center>'''[[Melody Pianissima]]'''<br>The Beautiful Pianist<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Mr.Luggs.jpg|<center>'''[[Mr. Luggs]]'''<br>The Glutton<br>''(Optional)''
-Image:Spooky.jpg|<center>'''[[Spooky]]'''<br>The Hungry Guard Dog<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Bogmirethegravekeeper.jpg|<center>'''[[Bogmire]]'''<br>The Cemetery Shadow<br>''(Area Boss)''
-</gallery></center>
-''Note: Although Luigi first meets Madame Clairvoya in Area Two, however, he captures her after he begins Area Three.''
-====Area Three====
+===King Boo===
-<center><gallery>
+*"''I don't plan to give up my favorite decoration. I like Mario where he is.''"
-Image:Biff.jpg|<center>'''[[Biff Atlas]]'''<br>The Bodybuilder<br>''(Optional)''
+*"''This Mario painting looks lonely... I must have a Luigi painting as well! Then my gallery will truly be complete! Bleah HA HA!''"
-Image:Petuniamiss.jpg|<center>'''[[Miss Petunia]]'''<br>The Bathing Beauty<br>''(Required)''
+*"''I am not afraid of you, fool! I fear only that infernal [[Poltergust 3000]] you carry on your back! Stupid machine!''"
-Image:Nana.jpg|<center>'''[[Nana]]'''<br>The Scarf Knitting Granny<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Slimb.jpg|<center>'''[[Slim Bankshot]]'''<br>The Lonely Pool Shark<br>''(Optional)''
-Image:LM_Henry_and_Orville.jpg|<center>'''[[Henry and Orville]]'''<br>The Twin Brothers<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Madame.jpg|<center>'''[[Madame Clairvoya]]'''<br>The Freaky Fortune Teller<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Boolossus2.jpg|<center>'''[[Boolossus]]'''<br>The Jumbo Ghost<br>''(Area Boss)''
-</gallery></center>
-====Area Four====
+==Development==
-<center><gallery>
+The idea for ''Luigi's Mansion'' was first centered around exploration many different rooms, similar to ''The Legend of Zelda''{{'}}s dungeons. Mario was initially chosen as the protagonist. The team wanted the location to be a huge house from the start, and it began as a "Japanese-style Ninja house." After some playtests, the setting was retooled to resemble a dollhouse, as the player would always be looking through one of the walls to see the rest of the room. As the lighting scheme was developed, the team focused on darkness and shadows, which turned the dollhouse into an "American-style haunted mansion." With the change in setting and the new emphasis on ghosts, Luigi was chosen to be the new protagonist, as the team wanted a cowardly character and Mario was more known for being brave. The portrait ghosts were created in order to distinguish them from the rest of the ''Super Mario'' franchise' ghosts, namely Boos. The team also considered using no characters at all from the rest of the ''Super Mario'' franchise besides Luigi and Mario to establish the game as not just "another chapter in the Mario series," though they eventually resolved to use the series' characters sparingly.<ref name="Player's Guide Interview">{{cite|author=Sinfield, George|title=''Luigi's Mansion'' Player's Guide - "Developer Interview" with team members [[Hideki Konno]], [[Tadashi Sugiyama]], and Hiroki Sotoike|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-14-3|page=88-93}}</ref>
-Image:Grimmly.jpg|<center>'''[[Uncle Grimmly]]'''<br>Hermit of the Darkness<br>''(Required)''
-Image:ClockworkSoldiers.PNG|<center>'''[[Clockwork Soldiers]]'''<br>The Toy Platoon<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Sue.jpg|<center>'''[[Sue Pea]]'''<br>The Dozing Girl<br>''(Optional)''
-Image:Jarvis.jpg|<center>'''[[Jarvis]]'''<br>The Jar Collector<br>''(Optional)''
-Image:Sirweston.jpg|<center>'''[[Sir Weston]]'''<br>The Chilly Climber<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Vincent Van Gore.jpg|<center>'''[[Vincent Van Gore]]'''<br>The Starving Artist<br>''(Required)''
-Image:Kingboo2.jpg|<center>'''[[King Boo]]'''<br>''(Final Boss)''
-</gallery></center>
-===The Boos===
+As development for ''Luigi's Mansion'' took place alongside the Nintendo GameCube's development, the team was able to make recommendations for increasing the console's capabilities. Among those requests was dynamic lighting, something that team chiefly wanted, which was eventually added to the graphics chip. Working with the Nintendo GameCube instead of the [[Nintendo 64]] saved a lot of time that might have otherwise been spent overcoming the latter console's technical hurdles. The game had also started development before the Nintendo GameCube's console was designed, though the team wanted to use two analog sticks from the start and base the controls largely around the sticks, generally simplifying the controls. Once the controller was finalized and put into use, many of the game's testers commented on how the C Stick was uncomfortable to use for a long time, causing a redesign that made it wider and more comfortable for thumbs.<ref name="Player's Guide Interview"/>
-[[Image:PeekaBoo.jpg|frame|Luigi discovers PeekaBoo in the Butler's Room.]]
-{{main|List of Boos in Luigi's Mansion}}
-There are fifty Boos that hide in the various rooms of the mansion. Thirty-five of these are named to differentiate between them, and the remaining fifteen make up the third Boss of the game, Boolossus. The magic of the King Boo's spells increase based on the number of his minions nearby. Because of this, Luigi needed to capture twenty Boos to break the seal designed to block Boolossus from him. After capturing twenty more, the seal separating Luigi from King Boo was broken. If Luigi catches all fifty Boos, he will be rewarded will the extremely valuable [[Gold Diamond]]. Each of the [[Boo|Boos']] names are puns. For example, "Booigi" is a pun on "Luigi" and "Game Boo" is a nod to the [[Game Boy]].
-===Common Ghosts===
+The game's elements, fire, water, and ice, came as a result of the team wanting to "display fire water, and atmospheric effects realistically." Early on, dust clouds used a fixed animation every time the dust was interacted with and the team wanted to make it more interesting through dynamic interactions. One programmer worked on the dust for six months. Another effect that the team handled was the "stretch" effects produced by the ghosts when being vacuumed and a lot of work was spent making sure it functioned properly. Motion capture was used in the game's intro (notably while Luigi is walking in a "very cowardly way") and ending.<ref name="Player's Guide Interview"/>
-*[[Bat (ghost)|Bat]]
-*[[Blue Blaze]]
-*[[Blue Mouse]]
-*[[Blue Twirler]]
-*[[Bowling Ghost]]
-*[[Ceiling Surprise]]
-*[[Flash]]
-*[[Flying Fish]]
-*[[Garbage Can Ghost]]
-*[[Grabbing Ghost]]
-*[[Gold Ghost]]
-*[[Gold Mouse (ghost)|Gold Mouse]]
-*[[Purple Bomber]]
-*[[Purple Puncher]]
-*[[Purple Mouse]]
-*[[Shy Guy (ghost)|Shy Guy]]
-*[[Skeleton Ghost]]
-*[[Spark (ghost)|Spark]]
-*[[Speedy Spirit]]
-*[[Temper Terror]]
-*[[Waiter (ghost)|Waiter]]
-===Other Spooks===
+A lot of time was spent discussing how difficult the team wanted the game to be. This led to work on a control scheme that only used a single analog stick, which was eventually scrapped, though it led to the "Standard" control scheme being added with the "Sidestep" control scheme. This also led to keys automatically showing which door they opened on the map and the team felt that players would be frustrated otherwise. Eventually, the team concluded that they wanted the difficulty to be well-balanced, which was important for a launch title. In a similar vein to ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', they wanted the game to only need a few hours to beat, but also make the player feel motivated to replay it again. This philosophy led to an emphasis on puzzle elements and not item collection and the ability to ignore certain elements of the game.<ref name="Player's Guide Interview"/>
-*[[Bogmire Shadow]]
-*[[Elemental Ghost|Fire Elemental Ghost]]
-*[[Elemental Ghost|Ice Elemental Ghost]]
-*[[Trapdoor]]
-*[[Elemental Ghost|Water Elemental Ghost]]
-==The Money==
+The game's schedule was tight; there were several arguments between the designers and the programmers over which features might not be implemented, but by the end of development, more ideas were being added and not many features were removed. The ability to turn off the flashlight was among those late features, after a suggestion by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] to let the players do more with the other buttons. Miyamoto also suggested that Luigi immediately tap the wall when pressing {{button|GCN|A}} instead of going through a long animation. Luigi's whistling and humming, as well as his ability to call for Mario, were all added late into the game's cycle as well. The humming came about after the team decided that background music would be uninteresting and Luigi's call came about after a staff member suggested it to reinforce Luigi's goal of finding Mario. The team intended for their end result to not be scary for the players; the team wanted to create something innovative that functioned well just from a technical standpoint. They spent time creating a unique style to the game and not worrying about how it matched up to other games, as their game is "different, unique."<ref name="Player's Guide Interview"/>
-*[[Gold Coin]] - 5,000G
-*[[Bill]] - 20,000 G
-*[[Gold Bar]] - 100,000G
-*[[Jewel|Blue Jewel]] - 500,000G
-*[[Jewel|Green Jewel]] - 800,000G
-*[[Jewel|Red Jewel]] - 1,000,000G
-*[[Silver Diamond]] - 2,000,000G
-*[[Red Diamond (Luigi's Mansion)|Red Diamond]]/[[King Boo's Crown]] - 5,000G
-*[[Gold Diamond]] - 20,000,000G
-*[[Pearl|Small Pearl]] - 50,000G
-*[[Pearl|Medium Pearl]] - 100,000G
-*[[Pearl|Big Pearl]] - 1,000,000G
-==Gallery==
+==Staff==
-Professor E. Gadd had trapped the Portrait Ghosts into paintings during his past ghost adventures and put them for display in his personal gallery &ndash; until King Boo released each of them. As Luigi recaptures gallery ghosts, they will be framed in three colors: bronze, silver, or gold. The color depends on how much HP (out of 100 for each ''non-boss'' gallery ghost) Luigi sucks ''in one try'', which produce pearls:
+{{main|List of Luigi's Mansion staff}}
+The original game's producers were [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and [[Takashi Tezuka]], and the director of the game was [[Hideki Konno]]. The music was composed by [[Kazumi Totaka]] and [[Shinobu Nagata|Shinobu Tanaka]]. This was the last original entry in the ''Super Mario'' franchise to be produced under [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]'s administration as president of Nintendo.
-*'''Bronze'''. Only small pearls, which Luigi earns one for every 10 HP sucked at once. The portrait ghost itself is poor in quality.
+==Pre-release and unused content==
-*'''Silver'''. At least one medium pearl, which the ghost gives up for every 50 HP sucked ''and every 10 after.'' So for 60, 70, and 80 HP at once, Luigi earns another medium pearl. The portrait ghost is shown in better quality. 90 is reserved for...
+{{main|List of Luigi's Mansion pre-release and unused content}}
-*'''Gold'''. The only big pearl possible is given up if Luigi can suck 90 HP in one turn. The quality of the portrait ghost is most often just what it looked like when Luigi captured it.
+Concepts for ''Luigi's Mansion'', such as character designs, were being planned during the [[Nintendo 64]]'s lifetime. Many rooms had different names in one or more early builds; for example, the Foyer was originally called the "Entrance". The Poltergust 3000 used to have a pressure meter and, if it overheated, the Poltergust 3000 would ignite and injure Luigi.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=8:20|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0tqxyYlXk&t=500|title=E3 2K1 Tape 1|date=August 31, 2020|author=Patrick Kite|accessdate=July 4, 2024|publsher=YouTube|language=en-us}}</ref> The Poltergust's shape is also more rectangular in one or more early versions.
-If Luigi sucks all 100 HP at once, no extra pearl is awarded, but he made capturing a Portrait Ghost a lot easier. The max amount of money to be gained per Portrait Ghost is 1,600,000G: 4 small pearls, 4 medium pearls and 1 big pearl.
+==Glitches==
+{{main|List of Luigi's Mansion glitches}}
+===Shadow Bogmire glitch===
+This glitch occurs when Luigi faces a wall just as a [[Shadow Bogmire]] is about to be sucked in. The Shadow Bogmire becomes stuck on the nozzle of the Poltergust 3000. The outline of the ball that was supposed to be the Shadow Bogmire becomes stuck on the wall Luigi was facing. To end this glitch, the player must have Luigi take damage, hit a wall, or release {{button|gcn|R}}.
-''Boss'' gallery ghosts' (Chauncey, Bogmire, Boolossus, and King Boo) frames and quality are determined by how high Luigi's health is after capturing the ghost. Luigi must enter the battle at full health (100) if he wishes to have a chance to receive a gold frame, it won't do if he doesn't take damage but started out at 50 HP (that's a bronze frame). To gain a gold frame Luigi's health must not decline below 90.
+==Reception==
+The game has received mostly positive reviews. GameSpot gave the game a 7.9/10, saying that it featured creative and refreshing ideas, but it strays too far from the ''Super Mario'' franchise.<ref>{{cite|author=Satterfield, Shane|url=www.gamespot.com/reviews/luigis-mansion-review/1900-2823415|title=''Luigi's Mansion'' Review|date=May 17, 2006|publisher=GameSpot|accessdate=July 4, 2024|language=en}}</ref> IGN also gave it a positive review, giving it a 7/10, praising its graphics, sounds, and gameplay, but heavily panning the lack of any replay value.<ref>{{cite|author=Casamassina, Matt|date=November 16, 2001|url=www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/16/luigis-mansion|title=''Luigi's Mansion''|publisher=IGN|language=en|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref> Nintendo Life gave it an 8/10, claiming it's a well-crafted game, but criticized how short the length of the game was.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/10/luigis_mansion_retro|title=''Luigi's Mansion'' Review (GameCube)|author=Crites, Jacob|date=October 9, 2010|publisher=Nintendo Life|accessdate=July 4, 2024|language=en}}</ref> The game was mainly praised for its clever features and for giving Luigi a starring role. However, it was criticized for its short length.
+{| class="wikitable reviews"
+!colspan="4"style="font-size:120%; text-align:center; background-color:silver;"|Reviews
+|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
+|Release
+|Reviewer, Publication
+|Score
+|Comment
+|-
+|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
+|Matt Casamassina,<br>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/16/luigis-mansion IGN]
+|7/10
+|''Luigi's Mansion is fun while it lasts, it really is. The control is top notch, the puzzle solving elements mildly enjoyable, and the house a big, unexplored thing overflowing with spirits. The technology powering the game is phenomenal, you won't find better lighting and shadow effects, not to mention cloth physics, in any other game for a good while to come...The problem is that the game doesn't really offer much in the vein of variety. Exploring room after room and hallway after hallway only to suck up ghost after ghost becomes redundant. And the adventure ends abruptly five or six hours after it's started...This may be Nintendo's internal flagship launch title, but it's certainly not the GameCube equivalent of Mario 64, as many of us were hoping for.''
+|-
+|Nintendo GameCube
+|Shane Satterfield,<br>[https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/luigis-mansion-review/1900-2823415/ GameSpot]
+|7.9/10
+|''Luigi's first solo excursion has flashes of brilliance and is fun while it lasts, but the short amount of time it takes to complete it makes it a hard recommendation. There is some incentive to play through the game a second time, but even that can be done within an average rental period. If you're a serious video game collector or just want a game that will adequately show off your new console, Luigi's Mansion is worth picking up. But for everyone else, a trip to the local rental shop should suffice.''
+|-
+|Nintendo GameCube
+|Tom "Mugwum" Bramwell,<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020605165145/https://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_luigismansion_gc Eurogamer]
+|7/10
+|''Luigi’s Mansion is a delightful little game, instantly appealing to anybody with more than a passing interest in its heritage, but it isn’t the GameCube equivalent of those platform classics I name-checked at the start of the review. A competent, atmospheric adventure and truly a new direction for the characters, but at this length it simply isn’t worth the £35, let alone the cost of the console. If Miyamoto’s vision of shorter games more often is to become reality, then the pricing structure will need serious adjustment.''
+|-
+|Nintendo GameCube
+|Jacob Crites,<br>[http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/10/luigis_mansion_retro Nintendo Life]
+|8/10
+|''What Luigi's Mansion lacks in content and longevity, it makes up for with a remarkably well-crafted and unique single campaign that will keep you consistently entertained from front to back. It's not quite on the same level as Mario's better outings, but the game is so entirely different from anything Mario has ever starred in that it feels almost unjust to compare them; and, really, it's this complete departure from the Mario formula that makes the game so successful in the first place. The gameplay design is so uncommon that it's pretty difficult to slap a genre label on it, but suffice to say that if you consider yourself a gamer, you owe it to yourself to give this one a shot.''
+|-
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+|colspan=2|Metacritic
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+|-
+|colspan=2|GameRankings
+|colspan=2|[https://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/516494-luigis-mansion/index.html 79.16%]
+|}
+===Awards===
+''Luigi's Mansion'' won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for audio in 2002.<ref>{{cite|url=awards.bafta.org/award/2002/interactive/games|title=Interactive in 2002|language=en|publisher=BAFTA|accessdate=July 11, 2018}}</ref>
-==Luigi's New Mansion==
+===Sales===
-{{spoiler}}
+''Luigi's Mansion'' is the 5th best selling game for the Nintendo GameCube, having sold approximately 3.33 million copies, including 2.19 million in the US, 348,000 copies in Japan and 100,000 units in the UK, as of 2020.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20160110001121/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml|title=US Platinum Videogame Chart|publisher=The Magic Box|accessdate=February 18, 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20080308230810/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gc.php|language=en|title=Japan GameCube Charts|publisher=Japan Game Charts|accessdate=February 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100417223849/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942|language=en-gb|title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver|publisher=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association|accessdate=February 18, 2023}}</ref>
-All the money Luigi collects in his adventure is used to build a new mansion on top of the old one. The more money he collects from treasure rooms, watering plants, catching Portrait Ghosts and examining furniture, the better the mansion will be (it will be a large / small house in the lower ranks). The house will become a painting at the front of the Gallery, with Luigi's total money on the bottom-left corner. The message will be "Welcome to Luigi's NEW Mansion!" unless Luigi achieved Rank A or H.  The requirement to achieve Rank A was increased significantly during localization for PAL regions, hence the two values given for Rank A below.
-*'''Rank A''': Finish the game with over 100,000,000G ''or'' 150,000,000G. + ''Message: Congratulations! Your mansion is complete!''
+==Gallery==
-*'''Rank B''': Finish the game with 70,000,001 to 100,000,000G.
+{{main-gallery}}
-*'''Rank C''': Finish the game with 60,000,001 to 70,000,000G.
+<gallery>
-*'''Rank D''': Finish the game with 50,000,001 to 60,000,000G.
+LM Luigi Flee.png|[[Luigi]]
-*'''Rank E''': Finish the game with 40,000,001 to 50,000,000G.
+LMBoo.jpg|A [[Boo]]
-*'''Rank F''': Finish the game with 20,000,001 to 40,000,000G.
+Gold Ghost LM.png|A [[Gold Ghost]]
-*'''Rank G''': Finish the game with 5,000,001 to 20,000,000G.
+Professor Elvin Gadd.jpg|Professor E. Gadd with the [[Poltergust 3000]].
-*'''Rank H''': Finish the game with 5,000 to 5,000,000G. + ''The haunted mansion disappeared without a trace...''
+LM Ghosts.jpg|Some of the different kinds of Ghosts (with [[Biff Atlas]] in the center) found in the game
+</gallery>
-Oddly enough, it may be considered more difficult to achieve Rank H than Rank A, as Luigi will usually collect more than 5,000,000G without actively trying to get money.  Thus, the player must work to ''avoid'' money if he or she wishes to achieve rank H.
+==Media==
+{{Main-media}}
+{{media table
+|file1=LM Menu.oga
+|title1=Menu
+|length1=0:30
-It should be noted that the Rank A Mansion appears at the side of [[Luigi Circuit]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''.
+|file2=the mansion.oga
-{{endspoiler}}
+|title2=Main Theme
+|length2=0:30
-==Hidden Mansion==
+|file3=LM The Lab.oga
-Once the player beats the game once, the quest can be tried over again in the normal mansion or the "[[Hidden Mansion]]". It is the same gameplay, except for two things: a) Ghosts (including Boos) give double the damage to Luigi, b) The Poltergust 3000 has 1.5 times more power. This can help get more pearls, which means more money and nicer frames. One could say this is the hard mode of ''Luigi's Mansion''.
+|title3=The Lab
+|length3=0:30
-===PAL Differences===
+|file4=LM Whistle.oga
-The PAL version of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' (Europe and Australia) increased the number of changes for the Hidden Mansion than the NTSC (Japan and US, the first countries to get the game) version:
+|title4=Mansion (Light Room)
+|length4=0:30
-*The PAL [[Hidden Mansion]] is mirrored from left to right when compared to the Normal Mansion. The NTSC version keeps the layout the same.
+|file5=LM Game Boy Horror Ringtone.oga
-*There are more normal ghosts around the mansion.
+|title5=Game Boy Horror's Ringtone
-*Bosses are harder, having different attacks ([[Chauncey]]'s rocking horses, for example, are much bigger, and swerve left to right instead of going straight). A major change in the [[Boolossus]] battle is that the player rides around on the vacuum cleaner while trying to pop Boolossus, making movement more slippery.
+|length5=0:30
-*Rooms are much darker in the PAL version; this, however, is only as dark as in the NTSC version of both mansions, the normal PAL mansion being lighter.
+}}
-*Most Boos have more HP in the PAL version, although some have less, and some of the Boos' HP(s) do not change.
-*Fewer hearts. Locations that always had hearts in the Normal Mansion no longer have them. Hearts that heal 50 HP no longer exist.
-*[[Speedy Spirit]]s and [[Gold Mice]] always give up a [[Silver Diamond]] when caught, raising the maximum possible amount of money from 142,390,000G to 192,390,000G.  Since the requirement to achieve a Rank A mansion in PAL regions is higher than the amount of money in the normal mansion, it is necessary to play through the hidden mansion to receive Rank A in those regions.
-*45 rather than 40 Boos are required to fight the final boss.
-*Boos are, in general, more agile and harder to catch.
-*Five, rather than three ghosts each, fight Luigi in [[The Artist's Studio]].
-These changes were made after American and Japanese gamers complained that the Hidden Mansion offered virtually no changes. Shigeru Miyamoto himself thought up some things to add to the PAL version's Hidden Mansion. Most of the changes made seem to make the PAL version harder than the NTSC version.
+==Adaptations==
+[[File:Luigi SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|Volume 26 of ''Super Mario-kun'']]
+''Luigi's Mansion'' appears in volume 26 and volume 29 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. In volume 26, which usually follows the story of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', the ''Luigi's Mansion'' section is condensed into one chapter. The story begins similarly to the game: Luigi wins a mansion. He tries calling Mario's name, but Mario is absent. Luigi then treks to the mansion by himself. After a walk through the forest at night, Luigi is horrified to see his mansion. There, he meets a harmless Boo (案内役 テレサ) that leads him into the mansion. Inside the mansion, he and the Boo find a vacuum, so he tests it on the Boo, much to the Boo's anger. Luigi proceeds to vacuum the ghosts and he even encounters a [[Ghost Guy]], which he doodles on its face.
-==Artwork==
+Luigi then finds Mario trapped in a painting. Luigi is then ambushed by Bowser. Luigi attempts to run behind Bowser, but Bowser twists his head and burns Luigi. While Bowser throws a spike ball, Luigi uses his vacuum to deflect it at him, knocking off the head. King Boo flies out and Luigi proceeds to suck in King Boo, breaking the spell and freeing Mario. The Bowser head, still flying, lands on Luigi's head and Mario, mistaking him for Bowser, fights him. Once Mario realizes his mistake, he immediately regrets what he has done and the Boo watches them. Despite the chapters being seemingly disjointed, Luigi later joins Mario during a fight with [[Huff N. Puff]] and uses a new Poltergust to vacuum the Tuff Puffs.
-<center><gallery>
-Image:LM_BLUE_TWIRLER.jpg|<center>A [[Blue Twirler]]
-Image:LM_Luigi_Flee.jpg|<center>'''[[Luigi]]'''
-Image:Luigimansionart1.png|<center>Luigi with the [[Poltergust 3000]].
-Image:Luigimansionart2.png|<center>Luigi's terrified
-Image:Professor Elvin Gadd.JPG|<center>'''[[Professor E. Gadd]]'''
-Image:LM_Ghosts.jpg|<center>Many Ghosts
-Image:LM_Mario.jpg|<center>'''[[Mario]]'''
-Image:LM_logo.jpg|<center>The game's logo
-Image:Luigismansion-01.jpg|<center>[[Luigi]] being chased by Ghosts
-Image:KingBoo.jpg|<center>'''[[King Boo]]'''
-Image:Luigi Masion box.jpg|<center>Japanese box art
-Image:Gold Ghost.jpg|A common [[Gold Ghost]]
-Image:Boolossus1.jpg|'''[[Boolossus]]''' and his 15 [[Boos]].
-</center></gallery></center>
-==Quotes==
+Not much is known about the segment in volume 29, but Toad travels along with Luigi.
-{{main|List of Quotes in Luigi's Mansion}}
-==Beta elements==
+[[Charlie Day]], the voice of Luigi in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', has publicly expressed interest in doing a ''Luigi's Mansion'' film if the ''Super Mario'' film is successful enough to spawn future installments, though nothing has been confirmed.<ref>{{cite|language=en|url=comicbook.com/gaming/news/luigi-mansion-movie-nintendo-mario-charlie-day-exclusive-interview|author=Valentine, Evan|date=February 18, 2022|title=Charlie Day Confirms Interest in Starring in a Luigi's Mansion Movie (Exclusive)|publisher=Comicbook|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>
-{{main|Luigi's Mansion/Beta elements}}
+{{br}}
-==Staff==
+==References to other games==
-{{main|Luigi's Mansion/Staff}}
+[[File:LuigiGBHorror.png|frame|right|Luigi's Game Boy Horror sprite]]
+*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'': Both games were mentioned during [[Melody Pianissima|Melody]]'s quiz.
+*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': The game's [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] is played if Luigi taps all the various instruments in the [[Conservatory (Luigi's Mansion)|Conservatory]]. One of the songs that Melody plays on the piano is a rearrangement of the [[Underwater Theme]]. Additionally, an arranged excerpt of the [[Underground Theme]] is played during the credits. The mysterious "Bowser" manned by King Boo may also be loosely based on the [[Impostor Bowser|fake Bowsers]] from this game.
+*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': One of the songs that Melody plays on the piano is a rearrangement of the [[Athletic Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3)|Athletic Theme]].
+*''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'': The sprite of Luigi from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' in this version is shown on the Game Boy Horror when a [[Stone (Luigi's Mansion)|Stone]] or [[Blue Diamond|Di]][[Red Diamond (Luigi's Mansion)|amo]][[Gold Diamond|nd]] is collected.
+*''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'': Luigi's NEW Mansion at the end of the game depends on the score the player has, similar to how Wario's abode will end up better with a higher score.
+*''[[Super Mario 64]]'': When Luigi is talking to Toad, an arranged excerpt of "Toad's Message" is played. Some sound effects are taken from this game, including the sound effect for collecting a Power Star plays when one of Mario's items is collected.
+* ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'': {{file link|LM Mario.jpg|Mario's artwork}} is an altered and sepia recoloring of his {{file link|Mario golf lean.png| artwork}} from this game.
+*''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'': Some of Toad's voice clips were reused from this game.
+*''[[Paper Mario]]'': Although this reference was lost during translation, one of [[Neville]]'s books (in the Japanese version) is titled "Mario Story" which is both ''Paper Mario''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Japanese title and the title of the book [[Herringway]] wrote about the game's story (also in the Japanese version).
+*[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing|''Animal Crossing'']]: [[Professor Elvin Gadd]]'s vocalizations were inspired by the animal speech from the ''Animal Crossing'' series.
-==References to Other Games==
+==References in later media==
-*''[[Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'': Both games were mentioned during [[Melody Pianissima|Melody]]'s quiz.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'': A ''Luigi's Mansion'' trophy appears in this game, which depicts Luigi using the Poltergust 3000.
-*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': One of the songs that Melody plays on her piano is a remix of the underwater stage theme. Also, the Luigi sprite shown on the Game Boy Horror is a sprite from the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of the game.
+*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'': One of the game's bosses is named [[King Boo (Super Mario Sunshine)|King Boo]] in the English version, though the character is otherwise unrelated to the antagonist from ''Luigi's Mansion''. Professor E. Gadd is said to have invented [[F.L.U.D.D.]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]'s magic brush and is mentioned by Bowser Jr. as "a strange old man in a white coat". A [[Pianta]] cleaning the ducts of Hotel Delfino in the episode 'Mysterious Hotel Delfino' at Sirena Beach wishes that someone would suck up the ghosts in the hotel with a vacuum, as a reference to the [[Poltergust 3000]].
-*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': One of the other songs played on Melody's piano is a remix of the grass stage theme.
+*''[[Mario Party 4]]'': The [[Gaddlight]] is an item in the game used to repel Boos and keep them from stealing coins or stars.
-*''[[Super Mario 64]]'': When talking to Toad, a remix of the theme heard when talking to Toads in ''Super Mario 64'' is played. Several other sound effects were taken from this game as well.
+*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'': [[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as an unlockable battle stage in this game. Several of the portrait ghosts appear in the main area, including King Boo's gold frame. Luigi's Rank A Mansion appears in the background of [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]].
+*''[[Wario World]]'': The ending conditions to restoring Wario's Castle are similar to those of the endings in this game.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': Professor E. Gadd makes a cameo appearance and Luigi occasionally takes out the Poltergust 3000. A few of the ghosts appear in the Starbeans Café and are vacuumed by E. Gadd, while the Luigi's Mansion theme plays.
+*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'': A crow in [[Twilight Town]] says he will set up an estate pay site named Luigi's Mansion, and his crow friend says that "he's heard that name somewhere before".
+*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'': Luigi's Mansion is also a playable tennis court that has the ghosts rising from their graves trying to distract the players. Luigi uses the Poltergust 3000 for his defense shot.
+*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'': King Boo appears as a boss in this game, capturing Luigi after vowing to catch him in ''Luigi's Mansion''. After he was defeated by [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] can be unlocked, which is the opposite of what happened in ''Luigi's Mansion''. There is a minigame in the [[Rec Room (Super Mario 64 DS)|Rec Room]] based on ''Luigi's Mansion'' called [[Hide and Boo Seek]], where Luigi has to find a certain amount of Boos in the darkness by scribbling out the black to reveal them. Some of Luigi's voice clips were reused in this game.
+*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'': [[DS Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as a race course in this game. The [[Poltergust 4000]] (based on the Poltergust 3000) was Luigi's first character-specific kart.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'': Professor E. Gadd appears again and has a more major role than in the previous ''Mario & Luigi'' game. When the Mario Bros. travel into the past, they meet the younger E. Gadd whose lab is destroyed by a volcanic eruption and he says he will set up a new lab in Boo Woods, foreshadowing ''Luigi's Mansion''. In most scenes with Professor E. Gadd, an arrangement of the Luigi's Mansion theme can be heard.
+*''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (Mario Hoops 3-on-3)|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as a basketball court, where the ghosts from ''Luigi's Mansion'' fly around trying to grab the basketball.
+*''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': The main foyer of the mansion appears to be the location of the [[Mansion Patrol]] arcade game.
+*''[[Mario Party 8]]'': The ghosts from ''Luigi's Mansion'' re-appear in the minigame (which may be somewhat based on ''Luigi's Mansion'') [[Specter Inspector]].
+*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': Luigi appears in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] after being kidnapped by the ghost [[Bouldergeist]] and Mario must save his brother. This is the exact opposite of what happens in ''Luigi's Mansion''.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': Luigi's Mansion appears as an unlockable [[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|stage]] and [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] in this game. An arrangement of the ''Luigi's Mansion'' main theme is one of the selectable music themes for this stage. In the "[[King Dedede]] steals [[Princess Peach|Peach]]" and "King Dedede steals [[Zelda]]" cutscenes of the [[Subspace Emissary]] (where Luigi is introduced), a different arrangement of the ''Luigi's Mansion'' theme plays.
+*''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (baseball stadium)|Luigi's Mansion]] is a playable baseball park.
+*''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (Mario Sports Mix)|Luigi's Mansion]] makes an appearance as a basketball court and a volleyball court. He also uses his [[Poltergust 3000]] whenever he uses his special shots.
+*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'': [[DS Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] from ''Mario Kart DS'' returns as a retro stage.
+*''[[Mario Party 9]]'': In [[Boo's Horror Castle]], there are painting references of [[Garbage Can Ghost]]s and [[Vincent Van Gore]]. Some of the rooms of the mansion are also referenced.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'': One of the messages floating in Luigi's [[Dream's Deep]] says "I fight ghosts!", a reference to this game.
+*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'': Luigi's Mansion can be seen in the background of [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]].
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|Luigi's Mansion]] remains unchanged as the stage from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
+*''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'': The owner of [[Dark Bloo Inn]] makes a reference to the game by telling Mario that he had tried to call Luigi earlier to take care of the paranormal activity, but he didn't answer.
+*''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'': [[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' returns as a retro battle course.
+*''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'': Luigi's weapons are modeled after vacuum cleaners, in reference to the [[Poltergust 3000]]. Additionally, several of Luigi's voice clips from this game are reused.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|Luigi's Mansion]] once again returns as a stage, with the layout unchanged. Simon and Richter Belmont's debut trailer has Luigi traversing Dracula's Castle with his Poltergust and being extremely terrified of his surroundings before being killed by Death, a clear allusion to Luigi's role in the game and to a lesser extent its sequels. [[Dracula]] being the final boss of Luigi's Classic Mode is most likely a reference to his role in the franchise as a whole.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'': In ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'', [[Captain Boo]] complains that there are no mansions inside of the [[Chucklehuck Woods]].
+*''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'': Aside from it being one of the game's sequels, the ending has the main location's status varying depending on how much G the player collected, similar to [[Luigi's NEW Mansion]] in this game.
+*''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'': Luigi uses a [[flashlight]] and calls Mario's name in a similar fashion to ''Luigi's Mansion''. In the [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing]] voicemail, Luigi mentions (and puts emphasis on) a [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|mansion]] when listing examples of residences customers may own. On the map shown in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a street in Queens (located where Farmers Boulevard would be in real life) is named "Mansion Street". Notes from the [[Main Theme (Luigi's Mansion)|Main Theme]] are arranged in the track "The Darklands". [[King Boo]] (in his ''Super Mario'' design) appears at Bowser and Peach's wedding. The mansion in ''Luigi's Mansion'' is featured in leaked concept art for the movie, showing it as a location in the [[Dark Land]]s.
-==References in Later Games==
+==Names in other languages==
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'': There was a ''Luigi's Mansion'' trophy, where Luigi was using the Poltergust 3000.
+{{foreign names
-*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'': A Boo-based boss in this game is named [[King Boo (Super Mario Sunshine)|King Boo]] in the English version, though the character is otherwise unrelated to the antagonist from ''Luigi's Mansion''. Also, E. Gadd is said to have invented [[FLUDD]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]'s magic brush, and is mentioned by Bowser Jr. as "a strange old man in a white coat". A guest in the level, Sirena Beach wishes that someone would suck up these ghosts with a vacuum.
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-*''[[Super Princess Peach]]'': King Boo appears again as a boss, and is destroyed again upon being defeated by Peach.
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-*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (place)#Mario Kart: Double Dash!!|Luigi's Mansion]] appears as an unlockable battle course in this game. King Boo also appears as an unlockable playable character. Several of the Portrait Ghosts appear in the main area, including King Boo's gold frame.
+|JapM=Luigi Mansion
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': Professor E. Gadd makes a cameo appearance, and Luigi occasionally takes out the Poltergust 3000. A few of the ghosts appear in the Starbeans Cafe and are vacuumed by E. Gadd, while the Luigi's Mansion theme plays.
+|ChiS=路易吉洋馆
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'': Professor E. Gadd appears again, and has a more major role than in ''Superstar Saga''. In addition, when the Mario Bros. travel into the past, they meet the younger E. Gadd whose lab is destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and he says he will set up a new lab in Boo Woods, forshadowing ''Luigi's Mansion''.
+|ChiSR=Lùyìjí Yángguǎn
-*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'': King Boo appeared as a boss in this game. There was also a mini-game in the Rec room that was based off of ''Luigi's Mansion'' called [[Hide and Boo Seek]], where Luigi had to find a certain amount of Boos in the darkness by scribbling out the black to reveal them.
+|ChiSM=Luigi Mansion
-*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'': [[Luigi's Mansion (stage)|Luigi's Mansion]] is a race course in this game. Plus, the 'Poltergust 4000' was Luigi's first character-specific kart.
+|ChiT=路易吉洋樓
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': Luigi's Mansion also appears as an unlockable stage in this game.
+|ChiTR=Lùyìjí Yánglóu
-*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': Luigi appears in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] after being kidnapped by the ghost [[Bouldergeist]], and Mario must save his brother. This is the exact opposite of what happens in ''Luigi's Mansion''.
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+|Fre=Luigi's Mansion
+|Ger=Luigi's Mansion
+|Ita=Luigi's Mansion
+|Spa=Luigi's Mansion
+}}
 ==Trivia==
-*Some rooms of this game have [[cheese]] in them; this cheese is used to summon [[Golden Mouse|Gold Mice]].  Nintendo published the [[Rare, Ltd.]] game ''Perfect Dark'', in which wedges of cheese also appeared.  These were easter eggs rather than elements of gameplay.
+*The box art resembles the cover photo of the 1990 Christmas film ''{{wp|Home Alone}}''.
-*The ending of this game is similar to the endings of the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]]; The more treasures collected, the more beautiful the prize at the ending (in this case, the mansion).
+*A mistake on page 30 of the American and Australian editions of the ''Luigi's Mansion'' instruction booklet shows Professor E. Gadd [[:File:LM Manual Wrong Language.jpg|speaking in Japanese]].
-*The start of the music played on the press start screen is a remix of the tune that plays when the game is started in ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''.
+*[[Kazumi Totaka|Totaka]]'s theme can be heard by going to the [[Training Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Training Room]] and waiting at the tutorial screen (the one where Luigi learns how to use the Poltergust 3000) for 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
-* A mistake on Page 30 of the US edition of the ''Luigi's Mansion'' instruction booklet shows [[Professor E. Gadd]] speaking in Japanese.<ref>United States Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet, Page 30</ref>
-*This game has dialogue from every character, including Mario & Luigi.
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+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/glmj/index.html Japanese website]
+*[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/luigismansion/enGB/ European (UK) microsite] {{dead link}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20011130141838/http://luigis-mansion.com:80/ North American website] <small>(Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)</small>
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