Luigi's Mansion

Luigi's Mansion is a horror-themed action adventure video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the GameCube on 2001-09-14. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and the first game in the Mario series on the platform.

Personal

By the time this game came out, I was no longer paying attention to new video game consoles or their games. I had a few friends who even owned a GameCube, saw very little of the console, and never played a single game on one. However, no doubt because it was a launch title, the game kept popping up in video game media that I consumed. So, when I finally bought a computer that could emulate GameCube games at full speed, I finally tried out this game.

Review

Good

• The game utilizes classical ghost tropes effectively. They can be sucked up with vacuums, they are naughty little tricksters, they appear behind you and spook you, etc.
• I like how Luigi emotes when he's frightened and how he hums to himself when he's scared.
• The change when you capture the ghosts from the scary dark haunted rooms into warm inviting light rooms is a nice mechanic.
• The various puzzles you need to solve in order to get the ghosts to reveal their hearts adds a much-appreciated cerebral element to the game.

Bad

• Capturing the ghosts is incredibly tedious, the majority of which is the same as the training room, just with slightly more interesting environments.
• I like the game's main theme, but that's about the only real song the game has.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

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