Luigi's Mansion
Luigi 's Mansion is one of the first video games for the Nintendo GameCube, which was released in Japan and North America in 2001 and Europe in 2002. In this game, not Mario, but his brother Luigi plays the main role.
Action
One day, Luigi receives a message, who tells him of a fabulous profit. He has won a villa and inform immediately his brother Mario with. These decide to meet at the villa, but by mysterious circumstances, Luigi runs in the woods. However, after some time he finds the villa, however, is by Mario no trace to be seen. Instead, he is attacked by a spirit, which is stopped at the last moment by Professor I. Gidd using a vacuum cleaner. Luigi tells him about the profit and the disappearance of his brother, whereupon he learns that the villa had appeared only two days ago. Go to I. Gidds laboratory, near the villa where Luigi Schreckweg the 08/ 16 is replaced with the aid of spirits can be absorbed and the Gameboy Horror, which serves as a tester, Buu - Huu radar and cell phone. So Luigi goes to the mansion to find his brother.
Game mechanics
Luigi is equipped during the game with the Schreckweg 08 /16, a vacuum cleaner, with which he can absorb spirits. Since ghosts are afraid of the light, he also carries a flashlight with you. Luigi's task is to collect the key to progress in the villa. This he gets from defeated spirits painting or hidden places. At the end of a section he encountered a boss. In Section 1 the sweet baby Louis, in Section 2, the lightning hurled Mr. darkling, in Section 3 of a 15-strong mob Buu -Huus and in Section 4 King Buu - Huu and Bowser.
Actions
The flashlight Schreckweg 08/16 can be switched off with a button. If you see a ghost, he freezes temporarily. If his heart appears, Luigi can suck it. Since the mind immediately tried to flee, the direction key in the opposite direction must show. While the spirit is drawn, its energy is displayed. If it reaches zero, he is caught. The more energy that has a mind, the more difficult it is to capture. With the Schreckweg 08/16 can (and should ) Luigi suck also certain items and cabinets. In all probability, money comes out, he can absorb. The more riches Luigi collects, the greater the villa, which he receives in place of these in the end. In the game, can a fire, a water and ice collected a coin, so Luigi can also use elemental attacks. This is necessary because some spirits only react to certain attacks. In this game, Luigi can not jump. When the button is pressed, the normally required for a jump, he calls only after Mario.
The paintings spirits
Defeated Luigi one of them, the spirits vanish back into their paintings and Luigi receives a reward. In the fight against them, they lose beads and the number of the collected beads determines the value of the frame that you receive in the gallery.
Reception
According to the Guinness World Records Gamer Edition 2008 Luigi 's Mansion with 3.3 million copies and is the fifth- best-selling NGC game.
Successor
On 7 June 2011, Luigi 's Mansion 2 (in the U.S. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon ) announced at the E ³ for the Nintendo 3DS and in March 2013 it was released. The game was developed by Next Level Games. Background story and gameplay are largely consistent with the previous model.
The sequel received mostly good reviews and therefore a rating average of 86 out of 100 points at Metacritic.