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Good for a debut of Luigi, but quite easy.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I sat down and beat this game within 8 hours. Seeing that I had spent 49.99 on this game the day it came out with the Cube, that was something of a disappointment. It's an excellent game, but at times too easy for its own good. Luigi's vacuum ability takes some time to get used to, but it comes in time. I would probably recommend this game for newbies to the Cube, or die hard Mario fans. With other great games such as The Legend of Zelda for the Cube out there, this probably would do you better to rent it. A cute game though.

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am very glad to own this game, as I have enjoyed playing it more than once. It is especially fun to play around Halloween. It is a great game for learning the buttons of a Gamecube controller, as most of them are used at one time or another. I have no real complaints about this game. It's fun to suck up ghosts, Professor E. Gadd is very funny at times, and catching the 100 boos is a nice side quest.

This Game Is Frightfully Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo didn't have a traditional Super Mario Game ready for the Gameube at launch, but they had this game instead...which starred Mario's younger brother Luigi. A lot of people were skeptical about this game, thinking it was just a gimmick and such. In fact, to this day there's a lot of people who put this game down, including X-Play's Adam Sessler, who actually had the nerve to say this game sucks! But HE'S the one who sucks, because this game is awesome!

My only complaint about this game is that it's a bit too short, but it's a non-stop thrill ride to the end! Who could have ever guessed that sucking up ghosts in a vacuum could be so addicting? After a while, vacuuming ghosts becomes like second nature and you can't get enough of it. The thing that's fun is trying to vacuum them a certain way in order to shake out the big pearls and such! The more valuables you collect, the better ranking you'll score at the end of the game. If you suck out all of the big pearls from a major ghost, you'll score the gold framed painting of that particular ghost. The best I ever did was a 'B' ranking. I still don't know what I could have possibly missed? You can find money and jewels in nearly everything...chandeliers, couches, cabinets, vases, the refridgerator, even the toilet! And let's not forget the wiley and quick "Gold Mice" that occasionally appear! Oh, and also by watering plants.

The main plot of the game is to rescue your brother Mario, who was trapped inside of a painting! The final showdown with King Boo is pretty cool! This will alway's be one of my all-time favorite games and I REALLY hope to see a sequel some day soon! This game deserves the 5-star rating I gave it and more.

Child's Play

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

GameCube's marketed towards a younger audience, and this game proves it. I found this game to be mediocre at best. Anyone twelve years of age or more should have very little trouble finishing this game. The puzzles were quickly and easily solved, and eliminating the ghosts soon became monotonous. And why is it that every Luigi game is him trying to find Mario? Mario is Missing, Mario's Lost in Time, and now Luigi's Mansion. Clearly, Luigi is the superior of the duo, how about his OWN adventure? Definitely a rent before you buy.

Luigi's Mansion Rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Luigi just won a mansion. When he goes there to meet his brother, Mario, he finds out he is missing. Now Luigi must explore the mansion to find his brother. While exploring the mansion he must fight and suck up ghost using a vacuum cleaner. The point is to collect as much money as you can so you can buy something special at the end. The controls are easy to use. The game is addicting and challenging.

Good weekend fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First off, to warn those of you who can't appreciate a short and sweet title, let me say that this game is SHORT. An experienced gamer would have no problem finishing this one in a weekend. That said, this game has simple and addictive gameplay that make it well worth the trouble, especially since it can now be found for under $20.

The story goes that Mario won a haunted mansion in a contest, but it was really a trap set by (who else?) Bowser. So Luigi, who normally plays second fiddle, gets to come to the rescue with his ghost-sucking vacuum.

There are lots of little details that add to the likeability of this title. The graphics are great, especially when the vacuum is in use with all the dust particles blowing around. There is also a semi-sidequest involving treasure collecting that effects the ending, and may even make you want to replay. And Luigi as a whole is funnier than Mario in my opinion because he is scared all the time. For all you old-school Mario fans, when you get to the Conservatory play around with the instruments for a surprise -- you'll see what I mean.

The bottom line is that this is a totally different type of game than its counterparts in the Mario series, and so shouldn't be compared with them. On its own merits it is a fun game, but nothing to write home about and maybe worth a rental instead of a purchase.

Awesome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: October 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I played this game at the Cube Club in Plymouth, Michigan and this game is so awesome. The graphics looked so real I thought I was watching a movie.

Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok I'm mak'n this very summary so read. The game is VERY FUN but its con is it's to short but still very fun. the game's never complete until you catch all the Boo's. The game play is good. Controlles are very easy to master. There are loads of secrets. Enemys are very unique. Lasting factor is INCREDABLE. Luigi is on a ghost-buster patrol. He and his brother(Is'nt he known to the world) enter a contest no one else entered. Mario is captured and Luigi is the boo's next target can you resque Mario or will a Nintendo saga go Bye-bye-bye-bye-bye?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

Not a worthy successor to the Mario series

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Like most people, I bought a GameCube as part of a bundle, so I didn't have much choice over my initial game selection. Unlike the PS2 bundle I bought, I wasn't won over by the games that were included, with one exception. This wasn't the exception.

The premise for Luigi's Mansion is startlingly different from the previous launch titles for Nintendo systems, especially from Super Mario 64. Instead of Mario having all the fun, Luigi is now the central character, exploring a mansion to rid it of ghosts and find his brother.

The graphics are excellent, as you might expect, although it's more about detail and subtlety than high-speed action. The game play, however, leaves something to be desired. Instead of the standard run-around-pick-things-up-and-do-things play, Luigi has a vacuum on his back reminiscent of Ghostbusters. He uses it to flush out ghosts, suck them up, and return them to the paintings from which they've escaped. He can also use it to pick up some items to throw and to suck up elements and spit them out. That's about it, though. If you're used to squirrel tails, super-high jumping, and the like, you won't find it here. I found the absence of unusual movement to be a detraction from the game play.

The puzzles, too, don't seem to be quite up to par, possibly because they're limited by the tools with which you can solve them. I'll admit that I also got stuck at one point in this game, which is something that I use as an indication of a game's quality - how frequently do I get stuck, and, if I use a hint book, could I have discovered this on my own? I never did check this out for Luigi's Mansion, partly because I wasn't inspired to keep playing.

The actual capturing of the ghosts is essentially reeling them in as fish - if you played Ocarina of Time on the N64, you'll remember that little part of the game. For me, it was an enjoyable break in the game, but hardly enough to base an entire game on. Little ghosts are easy to reel in. Bigger ghosts take more effort. Sometimes you can reel in two or more at once. Special ghosts require that you do certain things before you can reel them in. Yawn.

I'm not quite sure if this is intended for adults as much as it is for kids, but my experience with this type of game and with the kids that I know indicates that more often than not, kids expect just as much out of these games as adults do, especially if it's their money they're using to buy them. In any event, I found it to be a disappointing launch title, and I traded it in about a month after purchase. If you're a die-hard Mario/Luigi fan, or if you're collecting every GameCube game there is, maybe you'll have more fun with it than I did. It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off quickly.

Really Fun...the first time around.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I would actually rate this game as 3 1/2 stars. I would really like to give Nintendo's first Gamecube game a higher star rating, but I really can't. This game, I think, was just to "test the waters" so to say. It is a fun game to play, and I was very impressed with everything about it (the graphics, the sound, and everything). However, it has next to no replay value. Once you beat it, you have no real reason to play it again. If you do play through again, you'll notice that everything is the same. There are no new enemies to fight, no new items to pick up, no new anything. The only thing that you would be able to do is try to get a better score and get a better mansion picture. Overall, it is a very good game, but many people won't want to play through it many times since there is nothing new to do. If you want a fun and clean game to play on your Gamecube, then Luigi's Mansion is certainly a good choice. However, don't expect to be playing this game for months and then playing it again right after you finish it.

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