Luigi’s mansion 3
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Trivia
- A special animation plays whenever Luigi collects a gem. There are two versions for it. The one for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and the one for Luigi’s Mansion 3.
- There are 162 gems in total throughout both Luigi’s Mansion games.
- The Suction shot type-C may have been based on all the Gems that Luigi collected.
| Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game Modes | ScareScraper • Dark Moon Quest | |
| Protagonists | Luigi • Mario • Professor Elvin Gadd • Toad | |
| Objects | Balloon Berry • Bill • Clock Hand • Coin • Dual Scream • Dark Moon • E-Gate • Gear • Gemstone • Gold Bar • Gold Bone • Heart • Key • Money • Paranormal Portal • Paranormal Shield • Parascope • Pixelator • Red Coin • Ribbon • Robomb • Rotor • Special Compass • Spike Ball Plant • Treasure Chest • Vane | |
| Poltergust 5000 | Dark-Light Device • Flashlight • Strobulb | |
| Ghosts | Boo • Creeper • Gobber • Gold Greenie • Greenie • Hider • Mummy Greenie • Polterpup • Slammer • Sneaker • Spirit Ball • Statue Armour Ghost • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Hider • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker | |
| Bosses | Ancient Poltergeist • Big Boo • Grouchy Possessor • Harsh Possessor • King Boo • Overset Possessor • Poltergeist • Shrewd Possessor • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker • Strong Poltergeist • The Three Sisters • Tough Possessor | |
| Non-ghost enemies | Bat • Beetle • Crow • Carnivorous Plant • Frigid Beetle • Frog • Fuzzball • Mouse • Orange Flower • Robotic Bomb • Spider • Trapdoor | |
| ScareScraper Ghosts | Aweberry • Awelligator • Bad-minton • Banegal • Beetle Whisperer • Blimp Reaper • Blobberfly • Blue Pimpernel • Bomb Brother • Cawe • Clown Fishy • Cold Catcher • Creeper Launcher • Daisy • Dreadonfly • Footbrawl • Freaker Sneaker • Fright Fly • Fright Knight • Goolf • Go-Bee • Horrorca • Jack-goo-lantern • Lady Gug • Leoprank • Pink Zinnia • Pondguin • Primordial Goo • Scareambles • Scars • Scool • Scorn • Soccer Ball • Shriek Shark • Spooky Spook • Spookumber • Sun Flower • Terrible Teleporter • Terrorange • Tether Jacket • The Brain • Violet • Wurdle • Yukata Ball • Zebrawl | |
| Rooms | Gloomy Manor | Balcony • Bedroom • Cellar • Coatroom • Common Hall • Dining Room • Entrance • Foyer • Front Yard • Garage • Guard Hall • Kitchen • Lab • Library • Lobby • Master Hall • Mudroom • Mudroom Exterior • Parlor • Patio • Rafters • Secret Pocket • Studio • Study • Under the Stairs |
| Haunted Towers | Botany Lab • Conservatory • Courtyard • Crow’s Nest • Crypt • East Hall • Eerie Staircase • Family Room • Garden • Gardener’s Dwelling • Gardener’s Lab • Greenhouse • Haunted Towers Entrance • Hollow Tree • Hydro Generator • Laboratories • Lounge • Maintenance • Old Graveyard • Plant Nursery • Rooftop Pool • Rumpus Room • Seedling Laboratory • Sewer • Skybridge • Solarium • Tool Shed • Toolshed Stairs • Tower Lobby • Tree House • Tree Root • Water Supply • West Bathroom • West Bedroom • West Garden • West Hall | |
| Old Clockworks | Antechamber • Belfry • Belfry Clock • Canyon Hall • Canyon Narrows • Canyon Stairs • Cargo Room • Clock Tower Gate • Clockmaker’s Chambers • Clockworks Court • Container Yard • Crank Room • Drafting Office • Finishing Room • Gear Chamber • Kiln Room • Maintenance Hub • Movements • Pit Slide • Quarry • Roundhouse • Roundhouse Pit • Service Elevator • Storage Room • Storm Cellar • Synchro Gantry • Synchronization Room • Tomb • Transportation Hall • Warehouse • Workshop | |
| Secret Mine | Airway • Basin • Chalet • Chalet Approach • Cinder Mine • Coward’s Chasm • Crossroads • Crystal Quarry • Deep Hall • Drift Hall • Frozen Pit • Fishing Hut • Gondola • High Wires • Ice Lake • Maintenance Room • Pit Mine • Prospector’s Crossing • Shaft • Skip Slope • Smokehouse • Smuggler’s Hideout • Terminal • Under the Ice • Workshop • Workshop Landing | |
| Treacherous Mansion | Ancient Exhibit • Archives • Aviation Exhibit • Bottom of Well • Ceremonial Chamber • Cliffside • Dark Age Exhibit • Dungeon Cells • East Balcony • East Corridor • East Gallery • Front Entrance • Gargoyle Roof • Grand East • Grand West • Guard Tunnel • Haunted Catacombs • Ice Age Exhibit • Inner Courtyard • Jungle Exhibit • Kitchen • Nautical Exhibit • Restrooms • Space Exhibit • Study • Terrace • Train Exhibit • Underground Lab • Veranda • West Balcony • West Corridor • West Gallery | |
| King Boo’s Illusion | ??? | |
| Others | Beta Elements • Bunker • Curse • Damage • Good Night! • HP • Paranormal Dimension • Vault • Evershade Valley |
Characters
Protagonists
| Character |
|---|
| Description |
| Luigi |
| The main protagonist of the series, the cowardly Luigi, must fight his fears in order to rescue his brother and defeat King Boo, with the help of the different Poltergust models: the Poltergust 3000 in the first game and its remake, the Poltergust 5000 in the second game and spin-off, and the Poltergust G-00 in the third game. In the first game, Luigi’s cowardice is greatly exaggerated, but as the series progresses, he becomes somewhat braver and less afraid of ghosts. Additionally, the first game gives Luigi extensive dialogue, an aspect that is absent in later games. |
| Professor Elvin Gadd |
| Professor Elvin Gadd, or E. Gadd for short, is an elderly ghost researcher who invented the Poltergust series, among many other things, such as the Game Boy Horror, Dual Scream, Virtual Boo, Parascope, and Pixelator, all of which have helped Luigi throughout his adventures. E. Gadd also gives advice to Luigi. |
| Mario |
| Instead of being the main protagonist like in the Super Mario series, in the Luigi’s Mansion series, Mario is the one in need of saving just like Princess Peach in the Super Mario series, as King Boo traps him within a painting. In Luigi’s Mansion, Mario is somewhat impatient with Luigi and wants to be saved quickly, but in Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, he thanks him for his efforts. |
| Polterpup |
| A specific Polterpup who repeatedly makes trouble for Luigi in the second game. After the Dark Moon is restored, he returns to being well-behaved, and becomes Luigi’s dog. He later reappears in the third game to help Luigi in his adventure; giving him tutorials and helping him capture ghosts by pulling Luigi back to make him able to drain the ghosts’ health faster. |
| Gooigi |
| Gooigi is a clone of Luigi who appears in the Nintendo 3DS remake of Luigi’s Mansion and Luigi’s Mansion 3. He appears in Luigi’s image, but is entirely composed of green goo, hence his name, and wields a gooey version of the Poltergust 3000 and Poltergust G-00. He also has a letter «G» on his hat instead of an «L». He was created by the future Professor E. Gadd from Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. He is edible, and may taste like coffee. |
Major Antagonists
| Character |
|---|
| Description |
| King Boo |
| The leader of the Boos, King Boo is the main antagonist of the series. In the first game, he releases several of E. Gadd’s captured Portrait Ghosts and tricks Mario and Luigi into thinking Luigi won a mansion in a contest. In the second, he destroys the Dark Moon to cause the friendly ghosts in Evershade Valley to turn hostile. In the third, he is released from his painting by Hellen Gravely and takes on a much more serious tone compared to the last two games. |
| Boolossus |
| A Big Boo composed of several smaller Boos, Boolossus appears as the third boss in the first game. Prior to the game’s events, Boolossus had been captured by Professor E. Gadd, although King Boo attacked his lab and freed Boolossus, along with the rest of the portrait ghosts. Boolossus also appears in the ScareScraper in the third game. |
| Vincent Van Gore |
| A ghost artist who is responsible for all the minor ghosts Luigi must capture in the first game, as well as the one who guards the key to the Secret Altar. |
| Hellen Gravely |
| A big fan of King Boo’s and the owner of the Last Resort Hotel, she acts as an antagonist of Luigi’s Mansion 3, where she captures Mario and several of his friends in paintings in order to impress King Boo. |
Personality traits
Greenies can be described as childish, playful and mischievous, even before the Dark Moon was shattered and after it was restored. Before it was shattered, Greenies are shown to be very helpful and co-operative, especially towards E. Gadd. Like with other ghosts during the Dark Moon’s absence, Greenies became aggressive.
However, Greenies were not all aggressive unlike some other ghosts. They did, however, take pleasure in scaring and frightening Luigi, as well as hiding and stealing key objects from him.
Greenies are shown to work well with Slammers, as they are almost always seen together in formations, specifically ScareScraper. Although because the absence of the Dark Moon drove the ghosts mad, a Slammer was seen chewing on a Greenie before being calmed by the restored Dark Moon. It then hugged the Greenie, as a form of an apology.
Greenies seem to adore E. Gadd and helping him with his latest discoveries, as shown in the beginning. A trio of Greenies lifted E. Gadd and Luigi. Two of them even rode a bomb sled with the professor.
Gallery
Luigi’s Mansion
King Boo in Luigi’s Mansion with his Bowser Costume.
King Boo’s first appearance.
King Boo blowing Luigi back to the Foyer.
King Boo with Mario trapped in a frame in Luigi’s Mansion before his Boss Fight.
Close up of King Boo during his confrontation with Luigi.
Frames
King Boo’s Game Over at the beginning of Luigi’s Mansion 3.
King Boo in Luigi’s Mansion 3 before his Boss Fight.
Hellen Gravely with Polterkitty admiring King Boo in one of the photographs that appear in the final credits of Luigi’s Mansion 3.
King Boo chasing Luigi down a hallway in Luigi’s Mansion 3.
Other media
Luigi’s Mansion appears in volume 26 and 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’s 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 in the segment in volume 29, but Toad travels along with Luigi.
King Boo Guide
King Boo is back for an epic showdown on top of the Last Resort Hotel. If there are any Golden Bones left in E. Gadd’s shop then buy them now, as this is the last challenge of the game. King Boo uses several attacks during the battle, including striking the stage with his tongue (dodge this), whipping across the stage with his tongue (use the Stomp to avoid), lighting up the floor with electricity (run to the uncolored area of the floor), and spitting out fireballs which need to be avoided.
The most important attack that King Boo uses is when he throws a huge spiked ball at the ground, as bombs will come out and land on the stage. Grab a bomb with the Poltegust and fire it into King Boo’s mouth, knocking him down to the stage. Use the Poltegust to grab King Boo’s tongue and get Gooigi to do the same for a double slam attack.
King Boo will summon a clone for his second phase. It’s easy to tell which is which, as the clone’s eyes will go dark throughout the battle, while King Boo’s will always stay bright purple. Repeat the same process as before and make sure to fire the bomb at the real King Boo. The third and final phase will involve King Boo splitting himself into three. Use the same tactic as before to identify the correct one. The attacks will become more intense, so just keep dodging and wait for the right time to strike before finishing King Boo off for good.
Next: Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Where To Find The Secret Boos
Luigi’s Mansion 3 is available now for the Nintendo Switch.
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Legacy
Since its release, elements of Luigi’s Mansion have been applied to future titles. The most notable feature is giving Luigi spectral flames instead of the traditional fireballs. A battle stage based heavily on it was included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where Luigi’s final smash was a spectral blast called the Negative Zone. The stage returns in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, where Luigi’s final smash was replaced by a move based on the Poltergust 5000.
A stadium based on the game appears in Mario Super Sluggers. There is also a race track based around Luigi’s Mansion in Mario Kart DS (this course would reappear in Mario Kart 7), wherein some of the Portrait Ghosts’ portraits are hanging on the walls, including Chauncey and King Boo. King Boo himself has also appeared in many other games after he was introduced in this game, such as Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Super Mario Sunshine, but with a completely different design.
Johnny Deepend Guide
This battle requires the help of Gooigi to complete, but he needs to be careful, as Johnny Deepend can spit out a jet of water that can melt Gooigi where he stands.
Summon Gooigi and have him hide behind the pillar next to the valve at the far end of the room. Switch to Luigi and grab a ball with the Poltergust. Wait for Deepend to start building up for a water attack and fire the ball at him, leaving him stunned. Switch back to Gooigi and use the Poltergust to activate the valve, causing the water in the swimming pool to drain and trapping Deepend in the plug socket.
Climb down the ladder into the pool and grab a ball with the Poltergust. Fire the ball at Deepend to stun him, pull off his sunglasses with the Poltergust, hit him with the Strobulb, and follow up with a slam attack from the Poltergust.
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Ghosts
Regular Ghosts
- Goob
- Hammer
- Oozer
- Slinker
- Trapper
- Mini Goob
- Mini Hammer
- Tutankhammer
- Agoobis
- Slabhammer
- Sir Goob
- Disco Hammer
- Neon Goob
- Mergoob
- Swabbie Goob
- Goob the Magnificent
- Pantogoob
- Hammersaurus Rex
- Skelegoob
Rare Ghosts
- Golden Goob
- Gem Goob
- Speed Goob
- Speed Hammer
- Speed Oozer
- Bomb Goob
- Bomb Hammer
- Bomb Oozer
- Regen Goob
- Regen Hammer
- Regen Slinker
- Lethal Goob
- Lethal Hammer
- Lethal Oozer
- Lethal Slinker
- Thieving Slinker
- Medic Goob
- Electric Oozer
- Diffusing Goob
- Diffusing Hammer
- Warp Slinker
Boos
- Main article: List of Boos in Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Boosement
- GumBoo (Returning from Luigi’s Mansion)
- Booigi (Returning from Luigi’s Mansion)
- Kung Boo (Returning from Luigi’s Mansion)
- Boogie (Returning from Luigi’s Mansion)
- Boolldog (Returning from both Luigi’s Mansion and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon)
- Boo-At-Arms
- Bootanist
- Booducer
- Boones
- AnuBoo
- ComBooster
- Boofuddler
- Booccaneer
- Boodybuilder
- Boosician
Boss Ghosts
- Steward
- Chambrea
- Kruller
- Chef Soulfflé
- Amadeus Wolfgeist
- King MacFrights
- Dr. Potter
- Director Morty
- Ghostzilla
- Ug
- Clem
- Serpci
- Nikki, Lindsey, and Ginny
- Captain Fishhook
- Johnny Deepend
- DJ Phantasmagloria
- Hellen Gravely
- Polterkitty
- King Boo
- Boolossus (ScareScraper mode)
Reception
Critical reception
Luigi’s Mansion 3 received mostly positive reviews from critics, who singled out the graphics, fun and addictive gameplay, story, characters, level design, and puzzles; though some dismissed the controls for being outdated and inappropriate for the controllers, especially the use of the right analog stick. At the Game Awards 2019, Luigi’s Mansion 3 won the award for Best Family Game.
Luigi’s Mansion 3 on Metacritic, received «generally favorable» reviews holding a metascore of 86/100 based on 103 critic reviews.
Sales
In the UK, Luigi’s Mansion 3 topped the charts within a week of its release as the best-selling Switch game of 2019, and upon release was only under Call of Duty: Modern Warefare. By the end of December 2019, the game sold 5.37 million copies making it the 10th best-selling Nintendo Switch game. As of March , it reached 6.33 million copies. It was reported to have sold above 9.13 million units as of the end of 2020. The game reached 9.59 million units sold at the end of march .
Trivia
- The name «Weegee» in the Cap’n Weegee outfit has been mentioned several times towards Luigi in other Mario-related sources, used as a nickname for him by Mario and others.
- The Green Knight might be a reference to The Green Thunder, the alias that Mr.L uses for himself in Super Paper Mario.
| Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game Modes | ScareScraper • Dark Moon Quest | |
| Protagonists | Luigi • Mario • Professor Elvin Gadd • Toad | |
| Objects | Balloon Berry • Bill • Clock Hand • Coin • Dual Scream • Dark Moon • E-Gate • Gear • Gemstone • Gold Bar • Gold Bone • Heart • Key • Money • Paranormal Portal • Paranormal Shield • Parascope • Pixelator • Red Coin • Ribbon • Robomb • Rotor • Special Compass • Spike Ball Plant • Treasure Chest • Vane | |
| Poltergust 5000 | Dark-Light Device • Flashlight • Strobulb | |
| Ghosts | Boo • Creeper • Gobber • Gold Greenie • Greenie • Hider • Mummy Greenie • Polterpup • Slammer • Sneaker • Spirit Ball • Statue Armour Ghost • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Hider • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker | |
| Bosses | Ancient Poltergeist • Big Boo • Grouchy Possessor • Harsh Possessor • King Boo • Overset Possessor • Poltergeist • Shrewd Possessor • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker • Strong Poltergeist • The Three Sisters • Tough Possessor | |
| Non-ghost enemies | Bat • Beetle • Crow • Carnivorous Plant • Frigid Beetle • Frog • Fuzzball • Mouse • Orange Flower • Robotic Bomb • Spider • Trapdoor | |
| ScareScraper Ghosts | Aweberry • Awelligator • Bad-minton • Banegal • Beetle Whisperer • Blimp Reaper • Blobberfly • Blue Pimpernel • Bomb Brother • Cawe • Clown Fishy • Cold Catcher • Creeper Launcher • Daisy • Dreadonfly • Footbrawl • Freaker Sneaker • Fright Fly • Fright Knight • Goolf • Go-Bee • Horrorca • Jack-goo-lantern • Lady Gug • Leoprank • Pink Zinnia • Pondguin • Primordial Goo • Scareambles • Scars • Scool • Scorn • Soccer Ball • Shriek Shark • Spooky Spook • Spookumber • Sun Flower • Terrible Teleporter • Terrorange • Tether Jacket • The Brain • Violet • Wurdle • Yukata Ball • Zebrawl | |
| Rooms | Gloomy Manor | Balcony • Bedroom • Cellar • Coatroom • Common Hall • Dining Room • Entrance • Foyer • Front Yard • Garage • Guard Hall • Kitchen • Lab • Library • Lobby • Master Hall • Mudroom • Mudroom Exterior • Parlor • Patio • Rafters • Secret Pocket • Studio • Study • Under the Stairs |
| Haunted Towers | Botany Lab • Conservatory • Courtyard • Crow’s Nest • Crypt • East Hall • Eerie Staircase • Family Room • Garden • Gardener’s Dwelling • Gardener’s Lab • Greenhouse • Haunted Towers Entrance • Hollow Tree • Hydro Generator • Laboratories • Lounge • Maintenance • Old Graveyard • Plant Nursery • Rooftop Pool • Rumpus Room • Seedling Laboratory • Sewer • Skybridge • Solarium • Tool Shed • Toolshed Stairs • Tower Lobby • Tree House • Tree Root • Water Supply • West Bathroom • West Bedroom • West Garden • West Hall | |
| Old Clockworks | Antechamber • Belfry • Belfry Clock • Canyon Hall • Canyon Narrows • Canyon Stairs • Cargo Room • Clock Tower Gate • Clockmaker’s Chambers • Clockworks Court • Container Yard • Crank Room • Drafting Office • Finishing Room • Gear Chamber • Kiln Room • Maintenance Hub • Movements • Pit Slide • Quarry • Roundhouse • Roundhouse Pit • Service Elevator • Storage Room • Storm Cellar • Synchro Gantry • Synchronization Room • Tomb • Transportation Hall • Warehouse • Workshop | |
| Secret Mine | Airway • Basin • Chalet • Chalet Approach • Cinder Mine • Coward’s Chasm • Crossroads • Crystal Quarry • Deep Hall • Drift Hall • Frozen Pit • Fishing Hut • Gondola • High Wires • Ice Lake • Maintenance Room • Pit Mine • Prospector’s Crossing • Shaft • Skip Slope • Smokehouse • Smuggler’s Hideout • Terminal • Under the Ice • Workshop • Workshop Landing | |
| Treacherous Mansion | Ancient Exhibit • Archives • Aviation Exhibit • Bottom of Well • Ceremonial Chamber • Cliffside • Dark Age Exhibit • Dungeon Cells • East Balcony • East Corridor • East Gallery • Front Entrance • Gargoyle Roof • Grand East • Grand West • Guard Tunnel • Haunted Catacombs • Ice Age Exhibit • Inner Courtyard • Jungle Exhibit • Kitchen • Nautical Exhibit • Restrooms • Space Exhibit • Study • Terrace • Train Exhibit • Underground Lab • Veranda • West Balcony • West Corridor • West Gallery | |
| King Boo’s Illusion | ??? | |
| Others | Beta Elements • Bunker • Curse • Damage • Good Night! • HP • Paranormal Dimension • Vault • Evershade Valley |
Trivia
- The Poltergust G-00 is inspired by Gooigi, «G-00» being a pun in Goo, which is the material used to create him.
- According to the game’s producer, he can actually be eaten, similar to gummies , and is stated to taste like coffee.
- There’s a chance that Gooigi will get a spin-off centered around himself and other color variants, stated by the producer.
- E. Gadd mentions that he embedded a special chip into Gooigi in Professor E. Gadd’s Research Journal. The exact location of this chip is unknown, as it’s not seen in game either.
- Gooigi almost accidentally ended the life of his creator when using the Poltergust. E. Gadd was thankfully saved due to Gooigi’s weakness towards water.
Reception and sales
Luigi’s Mansion received overall positive reception, being praised for it’s graphics, design, gameplay, voice acting, and puzzles, while being looked down for it’s short length, with many saying it could be beaten in 6 hours. X-Play heavily panned the game, calling it a disappointment for Mario fans waiting for the franchise’s first GameCube title. It was awarded the 2002 BAFTA Interactive Entertainment award for Best Audio.
The game was a major commercial success, selling 3.6 million copies and becoming the fifth best-selling GameCube game, behind The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (which sold 4 million, by the way).
Trivia
- The ending of this game is similar to the endings of the Wario Land series. The more treasure collected, the more beautiful and luxurious the reward at the end of it is (in this case, the mansion).
- A mistake on Page 30 of the US edition of the Luigi’s Mansion instruction booklet shows Professor E. Gadd speaking in Japanese. Mistakes such as these were common in the 5th and 6th console generations.
- This game has dialogue from every character, including Mario & Luigi.
- Funnily enough, the North American release date for Luigi’s Mansion, November 17th, 2001, was one day before the release of the Nintendo GameCube in North America, November 18th, 2001.
- The game was developed with Stereoscopic 3D functionality, one of the only titles on the GameCube to have the feature. However, due to the plans for implementing such a feature being far more ambitious than Nintendo had anticipated, and the planned peripheral to access such a feature being more expensive than the console itself, these ideas were scrapped, and the feature was simply hidden away so players couldn’t access it. It’s possible that the game’s diorama-like appearance was chosen to best fit the 3D view without causing visual nausea.
