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Luigi's Mansion

The European and Australian version of Luigi's Mansion differs from the previously released versions by changing the post-game content, the Hidden Mansion mode. While it was just a slightly tweaked harder mode…

17 March 2002

Luigi's Mansion is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 17 March 2002 on Nintendo GameCube.

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What Luigi's Mansion is

Luigi's Mansion is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2002. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Luigi's Mansion is the 261st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Super Mario Sunshine in 2002.

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What it launched against

Luigi's Mansion launched on 17 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

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When did Luigi's Mansion come out?
Luigi's Mansion was released on 17 March 2002 for Nintendo GameCube.

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