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, released in 2001, is not only one of the first Video Game titles for the Nintendo GameCube system; it is also the second official '' Mario ''-series title for the system, after Super Mario Sunshine. ''Luigi's Mansion'' is also the second ''Mario'' title to feature only Luigi with a cameo of Mario after Mario Is Missing! , as opposed to most earlier ''Mario'' titles that featured the Mario character only or both Mario and Luigi. The video game features a unique set of goals and ways to attain those goals, involving stunning ghosts with a flashlight and promptly sucking them into a vacuum cleaner, which is aptly named " Poltergust 3000 " (a Portmanteau of " Poltergeist " and " Gust "). While loosely tied in with other Survival Horror games (such as the Resident Evil series), the game is also a mild homage to '' Ghostbusters ''. ''Luigi's Mansion'' is a Player's Choice title. STORYLINE One day, . "Mario? It's me, Luigi. I won myself a big mansion! Meet me there and we'll celebrate, what do you say?" Luigi tried to follow the map to his new mansion, but the night was dark, and he became hopelessly lost in an eerie forest along the way. Finally, he came upon a gloomy mansion on the edge of the woods. According to the map, this mansion seemed to be the only one Luigi was looking for. As soon as Luigi set foot in the mansion, he started to feel nervous. Mario, who should have arrived first, was nowhere to be seen. Not only that, but there were ghosts in the mansion! Suddenly, a ghost lunged at Luigi! 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. FIGHTING THE GHOSTS To combat the ghosts, Horror. The Poltergust 3000 is a high powered vacuum cleaner designed for capturing ghosts and ghouls. When a ghost approaches Luigi, he first shines his flashlight on them. This stuns them, causing them to show their heart in fright. Luigi then has a chance to capture the ghost by pointing his vacuum at the ghost and sucking the ghost until their health (starting from 1-500) reaches 0. However, the ghots will put up a good fight to not be sucked up. They try to flee from the vacuum's vortex, dragging Luigi around. But if the player tilts the control stick away from the rebelling ghost, Luigi will stand his ground and pull the ghost closer to the vortex, thereby making their health decrease faster. The ghosts are held inside the vacuum until Luigi returns to Professor E. Gadd's hut where the ghosts are then turned into and stored as paintings. Later in the game Luigi locates three mystical medallions which allows him to expel fire, water or ice from the Poltergust 3000 after first capturing an Elemental Ghost, which are only found near their elements (leaky taps for Water, candles and fireplaces for Fire, the fridge and champagne cooler for Ice). The Game Boy Horror is a portable device that allows Luigi to search items in the mansion to find out what they are or to find out if a Boo or Portrait Ghost is nearby and if so how to defeat it; The Game Boy Horror also contains a map of the mansion and lets Luigi contact Professor E. Gadd. MAIN GHOSTS AND BOSSES See Also: List of Luigi's Mansion Ghosts Contained in the 58 rooms there are 22 Main ghosts, 50 boos, and the King Boo main boss. 35 of the Boos have names, the other fifteen of them combine together to create the third boss, Boolossus, and are all captured at the same time. The names of all Boos are plays on various names and objects, such as Booigi, GameBoo, LimBooger, and ShamBoo. THE MANSION The mansion consists of five floors including the basement and the roof; in these five floors there are rooms. When Luigi clears a room of all ghosts, the lights come on and a chest appears. In these chests there are keys, money, gold or gems. When Luigi finds a key, his Game Boy Horror automatically tells Luigi which room is unlockable using that key. ''All'' rooms with mirrors give the opportunity to be transported back to the Foyer in the first floor except for the Mirror Room's by checking the Game Boy Horror and pressing A when the white circle is focused on the mirror. When Luigi enters a room for the first time the room will usually be dark. In the room there will be one or multiple ghosts. Luigi must work out how to defeat them. Some ghosts do not get stunned by Luigi’s flash light, so to combat these Luigi may have to expel fire, water or ice at them to stun them. Once King Boo is defeated players are rated on the amount of treasure they find and a second version of the mansion becomes playable (from the start of the game). Depending on the version, The position of everything in the house is reversed (including portrait ghosts), Luigi takes double damage, and the Poltergust 3000 is more powerful. GHOSTS AND NEW CHARACTERS
THE PAL VERSION The PAL version of ''Luigi's Mansion'' has bonus extras in the Hidden Mansion part of the game. The Hidden Mansion is "mirrored" and Boss fights are very different. The only reason why the PAL version has these features is due to its year after NTSC launch. Most people complained about lack of features in the NTSC version, so Nintendo added new things to the PAL version. SEQUEL? A flashlight demo for Nintendo's next console, the Wii , incited rumors that a new Luigi's Mansion game would be released for the system, though it should be taken as a rumor as no official announcement has been made. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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