is a 2001
action-adventure game developed and published by
Nintendo. The game was a
launch title
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for the
GameCube and was the first game in the ''
Mario
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his cre ...
'' franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. It is the second video game in which
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
is the main character instead of
Mario
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his cre ...
, after ''
Mario Is Missing!''. Players control him as he explores a
haunted mansion
The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The haunted house attraction features a ride-through tour in Omnimover vehicles called "Doom Buggies", and a walk-through show is displa ...
, searches for Mario and deals with ghosts by capturing them through a vacuum cleaner supplied by
Professor E. Gadd.
''Luigi's Mansion'' received a positive critical reception overall, with reviewers praising Martinet’s voice acting as Luigi, the atmosphere, soundtrack and gameplay, but criticizing its short length. The game has sold over 3.3 million copies, and is the fifth
best selling GameCube game of all time. It was one of the first games to be re-released as a
Player's Choice
''Nintendo Selects'' (formerly ''Player's Choice'') was a marketing label used by Nintendo to promote video games on current Nintendo game consoles that have sold well. ''Nintendo Selects'' titles were sold at a lower price point (usually $19.99 ...
title on the system. The game was followed by two sequels – ''
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'', released for the
Nintendo 3DS in 2013, and ''
Luigi's Mansion 3
is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third main installment in the ''Luigi's Mansion'' series following '' Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''. The game sees ...
'', which was released for the
Nintendo Switch in 2019. A remaster of ''Luigi's Mansion'' for the 3DS, co-developed by
Nintendo and
Grezzo
is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in December 2006. Koichi Ishii, known for his work on the ''Mana (series), Mana'' series of games by Square Enix, was hired as CEO and president of the company in April 2007. The company's name ...
, was released in 2018.
Gameplay
''Luigi's Mansions story takes place over four "areas", or sets of explorable rooms between boss fights. Players may also access a training room and a gallery at Professor E. Gadd's laboratory between areas or upon starting the game.
In each area, players control
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
to explore the mansion's rooms and hunt down the
ghosts within them, acquiring keys to get through locked doors and eventually fighting a boss ghost at the end of the area. To assist him in his task, Luigi uses a
flashlight and two inventions supplied by
E. Gadd – the Poltergust 3000, a specially modified, high-powered
vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner, also known simply as a vacuum or a hoover, is a device that causes suction in order to remove dirt from floors, upholstery, draperies, and other surfaces. It is generally electrically driven.
The dirt is collected by either a ...
; and the Game Boy Horror, a
play on Nintendo's
Game Boy Color.
To capture ghosts,
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
must first stun a ghost with his flashlight, revealing its heart. He then must use the Poltergust 3000 to suck them up, steadily reducing the ghost's hit points to zero, at which point they are captured. The more hit points, the more time it takes for a ghost to be captured, giving them a chance to break free while leaving Luigi more exposed to harm. If Luigi's HP is reduced to zero from being hurt by the ghosts or other accidents, the game is over. Along his journey,
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
locates three elemental medals, each granting the Poltergust with the ability to summon and vacuum ghosts from fire, water, and ice sources and expel their respective elements to capture specific ghosts or solve puzzles. In addition to capturing the regular ghosts in the mansion, Luigi must catch "portrait ghosts" from some rooms, each requiring a condition be met to make them available for capture. Rooms are usually dark upon initial access, and Luigi hums nervously to the music, but once all the ghosts are captured, it brightens up, and Luigi pleasantly whistles the melody.
Using the Game Boy Horror, players can access a map of the mansion, seeing which rooms they have visited, what doors are open, and which remain locked. When Luigi finds a key during his explorations, the Game Boy Horror automatically indicates which door it unlocks.
In addition to a map function, the device keeps track of any treasure that Luigi has found. Rooms will usually have treasure hidden within, which can be either coins, bills, gold bars, or gems, hidden within objects and even in chests that appear when rooms are cleared.
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
can gather these treasures by walking into them or vacuuming them; if a ghost harms Luigi, he will drop a few coins that he will need to recover before they disappear. After Luigi encounters a group of Boos hiding in the mansion, the GB Horror can be used to find each one hiding in a room through a beeper sound and a flashing yellow light on the device, which turns red when Luigi is close to one. Boos can only be located in cleared rooms.
Boos are trickier to catch, as they can plant decoys and traps within objects they can hide in that can fool the GB Horror and will escape into other rooms if they can.
Once an area is completed, all portrait ghosts are restored to their paintings by
E. Gadd, which the player can view in his laboratory's gallery, at which point a result screen reveals the portrait ghosts Luigi has managed to capture, along with the total amount of treasure he recovered for that stage. Once the final boss of ''Luigi's Mansion'' is defeated, the player is given a rating (A to H) during the end credits based on the amount of treasure Luigi has found. Completing the game once unlocks a second mode called the "Hidden Mansion", which features a stronger Poltergust and stronger ghosts. In the European version of this mode, the mansion appears as a mirrored reflection of the previous version, bosses are more difficult, ghosts and Portrait Ghosts are trickier to capture, and more ghosts appear in some of the rooms.
Plot
Luigi has been notified about winning a
mansion in a contest he did not enter. He informs Mario and they agree to meet up outside the mansion that evening. Luigi follows a map to the mansion, which is located in a dark forest, and finds it more sinister-looking than the supplied photo. With Mario nowhere to be found, Luigi enters the mansion alone. He encounters a ghost, which attacks him, but is unexpectedly saved by a scientist who unsuccessfully tries to suck up the ghost with a vacuum cleaner. They escape as more ghosts appear, and the scientist introduces himself as Professor Elvin Gadd, or E. Gadd for short. He explains the mansion is supernatural in origin and only appeared a few days prior.
E. Gadd tells Luigi that he saw Mario heading towards the mansion, but has not seen him since. Upon learning that Mario is Luigi's brother, E. Gadd entrusts Luigi with his ghost-hunting equipment, including the Poltergust 3000 vacuum cleaner and Game Boy Horror communication device, and Luigi re-enters the mansion to look for Mario.
As Luigi explores the mansion, he discovers that it is an illusion built by
King Boo to shelter the now-freed special ghosts that E. Gadd had previously captured and turned into paintings with a large machine dubbed the "Ghost Potrificationizer"; King Boo subsequently created the false contest to lure the Mario Bros. into a trap in retaliation for the boos they defeated in the past. After recapturing many ghosts and working his way through the mansion, Luigi confronts King Boo, who has turned Mario into a painting. King Boo pulls Luigi into the painting for their final battle, using a suit-like replica of
Bowser
, or King Koopa, is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in Nintendo's ''Mario'' franchise, and the arch-nemesis of Mario. In Japan, the character bears the title of . Bowser is the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race. Despite the ...
to combat him in an arena resembling the mansion's roof. Finding a way to blast the suit's head off, Luigi catches King Boo and escapes the painting. E. Gadd turns King Boo into a painting along with the recaptured ghosts, while Luigi uses the Ghost Portrificationizer's reverse function to free Mario. After the mansion disappears, E. Gadd uses the treasure Luigi collected on his adventure to build him a new non-haunted house in its place. Its size depends on how much treasure the player gathered during the game.
Development
The game was revealed at
Nintendo Space World
formerly named and was an annual video game trade show hosted by Nintendo from 1989 to 2001. Its three days of high-energy party atmosphere was the primary venue for Nintendo and its licensees to announce and demonstrate new consoles and game ...
2000 as a
technological demo designed to show off the graphical capabilities of the GameCube. The
full motion video footage had scenes seen in later trailers and commercials for the game, but were not used in the final release. This footage includes Luigi screaming in horror at the camera, running from an unknown ghost in the Foyer, ghosts playing cards in the Parlor, ghosts circling around Luigi, and a gloomy-looking Luigi standing outside the mansion with lighting flashing. These were animated at three graphic houses to pay homage to the GameCube. Soon after its creation, Nintendo decided to transform the demo into a full-fledged video game. A year later, ''Luigi's Mansion'' was shown at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo alongside the GameCube console. Development was led by
Hideki Konno
(born May 13, 1965) is a video game director, game designer and producer who works for Nintendo. Since 2015, Konno works as a manager at Nintendo EPD, more precisely on the Smart Device Group, the department responsible for production of smart ...
,
Shigeru Miyamoto, and
Takashi Tezuka
is a Japanese video game designer, director, and video game producer, producer. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.
Career
Upon graduating the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in A ...
. A newer version of the game, more closely related to the final version, was revealed at Nintendo Space World 2001.
The original plan for ''Luigi's Mansion'' involved a game where the levels revolved around a large mansion or complex. Tests were later done with ''Mario'' characters in dollhouses and such. Once it was transitioned into a GameCube project, Luigi was selected as the main character in order to keep the game original and new. The other gameplay ideas, such as ghosts and the ghost-sucking vacuum cleaner, were added later. Older concepts, such as a
role-playing game-like system which made real-time changes to rooms, as well as a cave area located under the mansion, were scrapped due to the inclusion of the new ideas.
''Luigi's Mansion''s music was composed by Shinobu Tanaka and
Kazumi Totaka
is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the ''Mario'' series. He also directed the development ...
, and as such contains "
Totaka's Song", a song featured in almost every game that Totaka has composed. It is found by waiting on the controller configuration screen at the Training Room for about three and a half minutes. The main theme of ''Luigi's Mansion'' was
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
ted and arranged by Shogo Sakai for ''
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is a 2008 crossover fighting video game developed by Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The third installment in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, it was announced at a pre-E3 2005 press conferenc ...
''. The game featured
voice actors
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Charles Martinet
Charles Martinet (, ; born September 17, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor, known for his portrayal of both Mario and Luigi in the ''Super Mario'' video game series since 1992. He is also the voice of other characters in the series suc ...
as the voice of Mario and Luigi, and
Jen Taylor
Jennifer Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in ''Halo'' games and the intelligent personal assistant.
Career
Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she ...
as the voice of
Toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scient ...
. ''Luigi's Mansion'' received an award for its audio by
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards The British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA) annually hosted the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia entertainment between 1998 and 2003.
In 2003, BAFTA announced the award would be split into two separate ceremonies â ...
in 2002.
All GameCube systems support the display of
stereoscopic 3D
Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision. The word ''stereoscopy'' derives . Any stereoscopic image is ...
, and ''Luigi's Mansion'' was planned to utilize this feature;
however,
3D televisions were not widespread at the time, and it was deemed that compatible displays would be too cost-prohibitive for the consumer. As a result, the feature was not enabled outside of development.
Reception
Commercially, ''Luigi's Mansion'' is the most successful GameCube launch title and the best-selling game of November 2001.
It sold 257,000 units during its first week on sale in the United States. According to Nintendo, the game was a large driving force behind the GameCube's launch sales and sold more copies in its opening week than ''
Super Mario 64'' had managed to sell. Despite meager sales in Japan at around 348,000 units in total, it became the fifth
best-selling GameCube game in the United States,
with sales of roughly 2.19 million units.
In total it sold 3.33 million copies worldwide by 2020. It was also one of the first
Player's Choice
''Nintendo Selects'' (formerly ''Player's Choice'') was a marketing label used by Nintendo to promote video games on current Nintendo game consoles that have sold well. ''Nintendo Selects'' titles were sold at a lower price point (usually $19.99 ...
titles on the console, along with ''
Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
''.
Critically, ''Luigi's Mansion'' was positively received, with reviewers praising the game's graphics, design, and gameplay.
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
stated that ''Luigi's Mansion'' "features some refreshing ideas" and "flashes of brilliance."
The gaming magazine ''
Nintendo Power
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'' praised the game for being "very enjoyable while it lasts, with its clever puzzles and innovative game play."
GameSpy said that the game features "great visuals, imaginative game design and some classic Nintendo magic."
The game was referred to as "a masterful example of game design" by ''
GamePro''.
Game Revolution stated that "the graphics are quite beautiful and the interesting game mechanics are enjoyable." The American-based publication ''
Game Informer
''Game Informer'' (''GI'', most often stylized ''gameinformer'' from the 2010s onward) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 w ...
'' praised the gameplay, and referred to it as "brilliant and up to par with Miyamoto's best."
The audio was praised by
IGN, who considered Luigi's voice acting as "cute, humorous and satisfying",
and GameSpy, who declared that the soundtrack remains "subtle, amusing and totally suitable throughout the game".
The Japanese video game publication ''
Famitsu
formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the f ...
'' awarded the game with a gold rating, and noted that the control system, while tricky at first, works well.
The game has also received criticism, mainly because of its length. GameSpot said that ''Luigi's Mansion'' "fails to match the classic status of Mario's adventures" and that the "short amount of time it takes to complete it makes it a hard recommendation." The review, however, also considered that the short length prevents the gameplay and audio from getting tiresome.
GameSpot later named ''Luigi's Mansion'' the most disappointing game of 2001.
GameSpy also criticized the game's length, saying that it could be beaten in about six hours.
Allgame
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Blinkx was founded in 2004, went publ ...
declared that ''Luigi's Mansion'' "ultimately fails to deliver a cohesive gameplay experience over the long-term."
Fran Mirabella III of IGN felt that the game was sub-par, due to its "predictable, formulaic gameplay."
G4's TV show ''
X-Play
''Xplay'' (previously ''GameSpot TV'' and ''Extended Play'') is a TV program about video games. The program, known for its reviews and comedy skits, airs on '' G4'' in the United States and had aired on ''G4 Canada'' in Canada (and briefly on Y ...
'' criticized ''Luigi's Mansion'' in their special on ''Mario'' games and media, calling the game a letdown for players waiting for the first ''Mario'' game on the GameCube. ''Luigi's Mansion'' was awarded the 2002
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for audio.
The game placed 99th in
Official Nintendo Magazine
''Official Nintendo Magazine'', or ''ONM'', was a British video game magazine that ran from 2006 to 2014 that covered the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, and Wii U video game consoles released by Nintendo.
Originally published by EMAP as '' ...
's 100 greatest Nintendo games of all time.
Legacy
''Luigi's Mansion'' introduces two characters,
Professor Elvin Gadd
The ''Mario'' franchise is a video game series by Nintendo. While Nintendo is usually the developer and publisher of games in the franchise, various series are developed by third-party companies, such as Hudson Soft and Intelligent Systems. ...
, or
E. Gadd for short, and
King Boo.
E. Gadd has reappeared in other
Mario games, such as ''
Mario Party 6'' and ''
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.
E. Gadd is referenced in ''
Super Mario Sunshine
is a 2002 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second 3D game in the ''Super Mario'' series, following '' Super Mario 64'' (1996). The game was directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kenta Usui, produced b ...
'' as the creator of Mario's F.L.U.D.D. device and Bowser Jr.'s paintbrush. He also appears as a playable character skin in ''
Super Mario Maker
is a 2015 side-scrolling platform game and game creation system developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U, released worldwide in September 2015. Players can create, play, and share courses online, free of charge, based on the styles ...
''.
King Boo has also reappeared in other games, either as a boss (including ''
Super Mario 64 DS'' and ''
Super Princess Peach
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'') or a playable character (including ''
Mario Kart: Double Dash'' and ''
Mario Super Sluggers'').
The mansion in the game has reappeared in other ''Mario'' games, usually acting as Luigi's home stage. It appeared in ''
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', ''
Mario Kart DS
''Mario Kart DS'' is a 2005 kart racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in November 2005 in North America, Europe, and Australia, and on De ...
'', ''
Mario Kart 7
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As with the previous games in the Mario Kart, ''Mario Kart'' ser ...
'', ''
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
is a 2014 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It features the ''Mario Kart'' series' game mechanics, in which players drive go-karts using ''Mario'' franchise characters in various race formats. Items placed a ...
'', ''
Mario Power Tennis'', ''
Mario Super Sluggers'', ''
Mario Hoops 3-on-3'', ''
Mario Sports Mix'', ''
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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'', ''
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
and (colloquially and collectively referred to as ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' or ''Smash 4'') is a group of two 2014 crossover fighting video games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS ...
'' and ''
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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''. The
Wii U
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Th ...
launch title ''
Nintendo Land
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''Nintendo Land'' features twelve m ...
'' features ''
Luigi's Ghost Mansion'', a multiplayer
minigame
A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game. A minigame contains different gameplay elements, and is often smaller or more simplistic, than t ...
based on ''Luigi's Mansion''. In this minigame, four players controlling
Mii
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s dressed up as Mario, Luigi,
Wario
is a fictional character in Nintendo's ''Mario'' series, designed as an arch-rival to Mario. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the main antagonist and final boss. His name is a portmanteau ...
and
Waluigi
is a fictional character in the ''Mario'' franchise. He plays the role of Luigi's arch-rival and accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main ''Mario'' series, often for the sake of causing mischief and problems. He was created by Camelot em ...
have to drain the energy of a ghost, while the
GamePad
A gamepad is a type of video game controller held in two hands, where the fingers (especially thumbs) are used to provide input. They are typically the main input device for video game consoles.
Features
Gamepads generally feature a set o ...
player, controlling the ghost, must make all the other players faint before time runs out.
A direct sequel for the
Nintendo 3DS, ''
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'', was released in March 2013, almost twelve years after the release of ''Luigi's Mansion'', to celebrate the Year of Luigi. In 2015, Nintendo released ''
Luigi's Mansion Arcade
''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'' (known in Japan, Australia and Europe as is a 2013 action-adventure video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the sequel to the 2001 Nintendo GameCube game '' ...
'', an arcade game based on ''
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'' developed by
Capcom and published by
Sega. The game uses the same plot as ''Dark Moon'', but goes for a first-person, on-rails gameplay style, and utilizes a special vacuum-based controller. The game is mostly found in Japanese arcades, although some cabinets have been localized and released at select
Dave and Buster's
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locations in the United States. A third installment, titled ''
Luigi's Mansion 3
is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third main installment in the ''Luigi's Mansion'' series following '' Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''. The game sees ...
'', was released for the
Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2019.
3DS remake
A remake of ''Luigi's Mansion'' for the Nintendo 3DS, co-developed by
Nintendo and
Grezzo
is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in December 2006. Koichi Ishii, known for his work on the ''Mana (series), Mana'' series of games by Square Enix, was hired as CEO and president of the company in April 2007. The company's name ...
, was announced on March 8, 2018, and released on October 12, 2018.
Several years prior to the remake's official announcement as a commercial project, Shigeru Miyamoto designed a working prototype of the game running on a 3DS development kit to test the system's hardware and 3D functionality,
which ultimately led to the development of ''
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''. The remake has
amiibo functionality and supports gyroscopic controls, the Circle Pad Pro accessory, the C-Stick on New Nintendo 3DS models, and stereoscopic 3D. Four other new features were added as new content: local cooperative play in which a second player takes on the role of a doppelgänger named "Gooigi", a new control option that allows the use of the Strobulb flashlight from ''Dark Moon'', an achievement list, and a boss rush mode where up to two players can attempt to clear boss fights as fast as possible. All regional releases of the remake also incorporate elements from the PAL version's Hidden Mansion, increasing the difficulty of the second quest in the North American and Japanese versions. As of 2018, it has sold 90,410 copies in Japan, making it the third best-selling Nintendo 3DS release of 2018 behind ''
WarioWare Gold
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'' and ''
Detective Pikachu''.
Critical reception to the remake was generally positive; reviewers appreciated the effort put into the revamped visuals and many believe the core experience to largely hold up 17 years after the original release. Outlets also spoke positively about the implementation of stereoscopic 3D and the two screens as well as the new content such as the boss rush mode and the PAL Hidden Mansion.
Notes
References
External links
* for GameCube (in Japanese)
Official websitefor Nintendo 3DS port (multilingual)
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