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YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS, NINTENDO!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Being a devoted Nintento fanatic since "the beginning", I was highly anticipating the release of "GameCube". I couldn't understand how "Nintendo"was going to improve on the excellence of "Nintendo 64", but considering they've never disappointed me in the past (especially with the release of "Mario64"), I was expecting something spectacular! Boy, was I wrong! If "Luigi's Mansion" is an example of what "GameCube" is going to be offering in the future....Goodbye, "Nintendo"! Hello "Playstation2"!

The graphics are decent, but I can't see any outstanding difference between "GameCube" and "Nintendo64", although it was difficult to make a fair judgment on the graphics with "Luigi's Mansion", considering most of the game play is set in a DARK mansion with the only light coming from Luigi's pathetic little flashlight. I thought the lack of adequate lighting was dull, boring and made it hard to see details.

Nintendo is said to make games geared toward younger children (6 and up) and in the past I'd agree. My grandson (6 years old) and his friends (6 to 9 years old) spend hours playing on my "Nintendo64". Although the younger ones haven't mastered the "N64" games, they are fascinated with the cartoon characters, the bright colors, and especially the action capabilities of the "N64" characters.... (jumping, climbing trees, flips, flying and so on). They also love the creative special affects of "N64" and the endless variety of vistas to explore...never knowing what's coming next! The only similarity in "Luigis's Mansion" is that the game stars a cartoon character. Luigi can't even do a simple jump!!! The gameplay is repetitive and boring and there are entirely too many speech bubbles interrupting the game. If you're buying this for a child under 10, forget it, because it won't hold the attention of most children in that age group for more than about 15 minutes.

What happened to the creative geniuses of Nintendo64?!? Please get them back, Nintendo!!! You're going backwards!

One other thing that parents of the younger Nintendo players should know. "GameCube" uses CD's and not the old "Nintendo64" Game Cartridges. Not as kid-proof...needs more supervision to protect the...games. I prefer cartridges, but that seems to be a thing of the past.

Aj's Granny

I spent [price]on this??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Although this game has great graphics, it's incredibly short. I solved it in a week of intermittent play. I'm the kind of person who needs guides, etc, for games like Mario 64, Zelda, and the like and I didn't need to think very hard at this game at all. I'm just disappointed, there was so much potential there.

Borning

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: November 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is slow and borning. Save your (money) and take a nap you will be better off!!!

really bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: April 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

it was just a really bad and pointless game there are many better games out there

Very bad entry in the Super Mario saga

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: November 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a long time fan of the Super Mario series, I have seldom, if ever, been disappointed by any games in the entire series, from Donkey Kong (and I do mean the original arcade game that started it all) all the way to Super Mario 64. Given Nintendo's track record with this series and the absolute high quality of games for its new GameCube platform, I had every reason to think that "Luigi's Mansion", even if it was not up to the level of its predecessors, would be a quality entry in the series. I have to say that I was sorely disappointed.

I have a certain level of tolerance for games, even ones that are frustratingly slow and plodding, but I ran out of patience with this game. I could barely even get into playing it. From the very beginning, this game gets annoying. When Luigi first enters the mansion, he encounters this stupid little professor who is supposedly there to give Luigi the background of what is happening in the mansion and teach him to use this vacuum cleaner to capture the ghosts that haunt the mansion. Yet, the idiotic professor rambles for about 10 minutes worth of dialogue and THERE IS NO WAY TO BYPASS IT!! After each brief piece of dialogue, you have to hit a button to make it continue, too. So you just can't do something else while he rambles. But, I digress. You would think that once you get past that annoyance, you could just get right into the game. WRONG! Learning to use the vacuum cleaner is incredibly aggravating. The game doesn't give you any chance to develop a feel or flow for how to use it because every time you do anything with it THAT STUPID PROFESSOR STARTS YAPPING AGAIN!!! This, alone, caused me to put the game aside for about 8 months before trying it again. Once I finally exerted enough patience to get past this madness, I figured I would finally be able get into the game. Once again, I was wrong. I find that almost every door is locked and any method of getting through those doors is hidden somewhere on the board. I had the strategy guide and could very well have looked up how to open these locked doors, but at this point, I was just too frustrated to care anymore. I put the game down for the last time...

BADDES THGAME EVER HOW DO I STOP WRITING BIG

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: December 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I GATED THROUGH THIS GAME I BEAT IT IN 2 MINUTES AND THEN I WENT BACK TO MY WIZARD ON EEEVERRQUEST AND I KILLED DOLJINIMARINARIJIMORINAR IN VELKETORS LABYRINTH AND BOWSER IS ACTUALLY KING BOO IN THIS GAME AND IT SO STUPID AND YOU FIND HIM ON THE ROFO AND BOWSERS HEAD FLYS OFF AND I CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP WRITING BIG SO HELP ME!

Another Gamecube piece of (...)!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game looks good before you play it, but when you actually play it. It is horrible. The story line (stinks), the controls are bad, and the story is pathetic! This game makes Nintendo looks like they ran short on ideas! If I were you I'd just get x-box or PS2.

Go Wildcats

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: November 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think Luigi's Mansion is just another example of great graphics thta we all know nintendo is capable of. But of course, once again, nintendo has put out yet another baby game out there. LUigi's Mansion was a game that I believe would certainly have been a good game if it took less than 3 hours to beat. Take it from me, I'm not a really big gamer who plays video games 24/7. So if I beat it that quick, then if you're a big gamer, than you'll hate this game. So if you have the attention span of a two-year old, or you are a two-year old, then buy this game. But if not, then just go out and donate your money to a better cause, New York.

THIS GAME IS TOO EASY AND BORING

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i got this game and i also purchased the gamecube the same day,i played the game for about 3 hours then beat it,it was EXTREMLEY easy and boring..i suggest dont buy this game just rent it.

Nice demo, nice early game, but little game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've just read another review that says Luigi Mansion is similar to Mario 64. My question is: do you play the games with closed eyes or do you write reviews at random?
Those two game have a COMPLETELY different gameplay, so if you expected a platformer, you are gonna be disappointed. Luigi plays in 2D (although the display is in 3D), it is a very old school game. The graphics are good but the engine slows down and glitches, and the framerate is a mere 30fps. The gameplay itself is fun and easy to pickup, but extremely repetitive. And it takes 4 hours to finish the first time.
I bought this game in Japan in September before any review was out. If I had known I would not have bought it. Save your money for real games like SSBM and Rogue, you can find free 3D demos on the net for free and much better than Luigi Mansion.

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