Luigi's Mansion
Luigi steps out from the shadow of his brother Mario and into the gloomy shadows of a very haunted house in this, his first-ever starring role. When Luigi learns that he's the proud new owner of a creepy old…
Luigi's Mansion is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 14 September 2001 on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo GameCube. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Luigi's Mansion is
Luigi's Mansion is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2001. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo GameCube.
The premise, in the publisher's words
One day, Luigi received an unexpected message: You've won a huge mansion! Naturally, He[sic] got very excited and called his brother, Mario. "Mario? It's me, Luigi. I won myself a big mansion! Meet me there and we'll celebrate, what do you say?" Luigi tried to follow the map to his new mansion, but the night was dark, and he became hopelessly lost in an eerie forest along the way. Finally, he came upon a gloomy mansion on the edge of the woods. According to the map, this mansion seemed to be the one Luigi was looking for. As soon as Luigi set foot in the mansion, he started to feel nervous. Mario, who should have arrived first, was nowhere to be seen. Not only that, but there were ghosts in…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Luigi's Mansion is the 27th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Super Mario Sunshine in 2002. Its critic score of 70 is 4 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Luigi's Mansion holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 274 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Luigi's Mansion launched on 14 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico and Advance Wars. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Luigi's Mansion yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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