22nd February 2003, 8:04 PM
Luigi has won a mansion in a contest! Problem is he doesn't <i>remember</i> entering a contest! He calles Mario up and tell him the good news and Mario says he will meet him there and they'll celebrate. Luigi makes his way through a spooky forest before arriving at his mansion. He cautiously enters and sees everything is pitch dark. A ghost drops a key on the floor and Luigi uses it to open a door...where a ghost nearly scares him out of his skin! Then as the ghost closes in, a strange man with a vacuum cleaner starts to suck him up, but before he can, the ghost hits him and disappears. The man introduces himself as Professor Elvin Gadd (E. Gadd, get it?). Before he can say much else a bunch of ghosts appear and they make a run for it.
Back at Gadds lab he tells you that he has been hunting ghosts for decades, traveling the word and turning them into paintings using his invention, the <b>Ghost Portrificationizer!</b> Upon trying to capture a ghost recently though, he escaped and freed all the other imprisoned ghosts. He asks that while Luigi looks for Mario in the mansion, he would also try to get some of those prized ghosts back. Gadd gives Luigi another of his invention, (this is genius) <b>THE POLTERGUST 3000!</b> He also gives him a <b>Game Boy Horror</b> which is very useful. You can use it to check your map and inventory to name a few things. Armed with the Poltergust 3000 and the Game Boy Horror, Luigi enters the haunted mansion...
Luigi's Mansion is fun, the controls are very straightforward. Push the stick in the direction you want Luigi to go. To capture ghosts with the Poltergust 3000, you must first hit them with a beam from your flashlight, stunning them and showing you their "heart". Then you start to suck them up. To do that, simply press the control stick in the opposite direction of the ghost to Luigi. If the ghost is on the left of the screen, you'll want to press right, and so on and so forth. Little ghosts take only a bit of vacuuming, but bigger ones can take a few tries to get them all.
There are many types of ghosts in the mansion, some are straightforward and will attack when near you, but others can be a bit tricky. Some ghosts grab you from behind, while others can throw banana peels all over the place as you try to suck them in. In the house there are also 50 Boos. The Boos are the ones who freed the painting ghosts and Gadd wants them gone. He adds a special function to your Game Boy Horror which alerts you to a Boo (or Boo shaped object) hidden in a room.
One last thing, in the mansion is lots of MONEY. Its hidden in every nook and cranny, and it would not be a bad idea to collect it all, at the end of the game, how much money Luigi has is turned into your high score. How much can you make in a game?
Luigi's Mansion is a very entertaining game, its flaw is its length. There's about ten hours of total gameplay, which means it's not a good game for people who like ot get immersed in a good long game, but it is good for people who like games that can be beaten in a few days. This is great for a casual gamer. Its very fun, but it's lack of replayability costs it points, I give it a 7. Rent it and see if you like it before you shell out the money buy it.
Back at Gadds lab he tells you that he has been hunting ghosts for decades, traveling the word and turning them into paintings using his invention, the <b>Ghost Portrificationizer!</b> Upon trying to capture a ghost recently though, he escaped and freed all the other imprisoned ghosts. He asks that while Luigi looks for Mario in the mansion, he would also try to get some of those prized ghosts back. Gadd gives Luigi another of his invention, (this is genius) <b>THE POLTERGUST 3000!</b> He also gives him a <b>Game Boy Horror</b> which is very useful. You can use it to check your map and inventory to name a few things. Armed with the Poltergust 3000 and the Game Boy Horror, Luigi enters the haunted mansion...
Luigi's Mansion is fun, the controls are very straightforward. Push the stick in the direction you want Luigi to go. To capture ghosts with the Poltergust 3000, you must first hit them with a beam from your flashlight, stunning them and showing you their "heart". Then you start to suck them up. To do that, simply press the control stick in the opposite direction of the ghost to Luigi. If the ghost is on the left of the screen, you'll want to press right, and so on and so forth. Little ghosts take only a bit of vacuuming, but bigger ones can take a few tries to get them all.
There are many types of ghosts in the mansion, some are straightforward and will attack when near you, but others can be a bit tricky. Some ghosts grab you from behind, while others can throw banana peels all over the place as you try to suck them in. In the house there are also 50 Boos. The Boos are the ones who freed the painting ghosts and Gadd wants them gone. He adds a special function to your Game Boy Horror which alerts you to a Boo (or Boo shaped object) hidden in a room.
One last thing, in the mansion is lots of MONEY. Its hidden in every nook and cranny, and it would not be a bad idea to collect it all, at the end of the game, how much money Luigi has is turned into your high score. How much can you make in a game?
Luigi's Mansion is a very entertaining game, its flaw is its length. There's about ten hours of total gameplay, which means it's not a good game for people who like ot get immersed in a good long game, but it is good for people who like games that can be beaten in a few days. This is great for a casual gamer. Its very fun, but it's lack of replayability costs it points, I give it a 7. Rent it and see if you like it before you shell out the money buy it.