Luigi's Mansion (lost early builds of GameCube action-adventure game; 2000-2001)

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Luigi looking depressed. Most likely a game-over screen from running out of time.

Status: Lost

Luigi's Mansion was a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube, both developed and published by Nintendo. It was a spin-off from the Mario franchise, featuring Mario's brother, Luigi, as the main character. After winning a mansion from a contest that he did not enter, he enters the mansion to find that is is full of ghosts, and that Mario had gone missing. The game was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in the North America, and May 3, 2002 in Europe.[1]

Features Not in the Final Game

The game was initially revealed as a tech demo during Nintendo Space World in 2000.[2] There are many noticeable differences between this early version, and the versions that were released into the public. Some differences include:

  • The poultergust 3000 that Luigi uses to vacuum up ghosts featured a different, more rectangular, appearance in the tech demo.
  • The Gameboy Horror in the bottom right corner of the screen has a timer in the tech demo, rather than the totals of collected money items in the full release of the game.
  • The mansion's layout is much different. Several doors are boarded shut, most likely due to the fact that the game was still a work in progress. Some doors are also placed differently than in the final game, and some rooms have different furniture, or furniture arrangement.
  • Several ghosts either did not make it to the final game, or were changed in minor ways. One ghost that did not make it into the final game, was the chef ghost that was supposed to be in the kitchen, however, it was likely removed due to game or hardware limitations,[3] and never even made it into the tech demo. Another ghost that is rumored to supposed to have been in the game is a ghost that would have been in the safari room. The existence of this ghost, however, is neither confirmed nor debunked. There were also ghosts called "Bashers" in the tech demo that would appear behind Luigi, and scare him, cutting his max health down to 50 temporarily.[4] Lastly, many ghosts from the beta had their textures or colors changed.
  • The disc that the game was on was very similar, the only difference being the position that Luigi was in. Aside from that, it's possible that the beta may be contained on some other discs.
  • There is an overheat meter that slowly fills up while vacuuming, similar in appearance to the element meter in the final version. If this meter fills up all of the way, Luigi will immediately stop vacuuming, and fall over.
  • Coins were the only currency shown in the demo, and they also had a different appearance. They were blank, were upright, and rotated.
The Luigi's Mansion tech demo from the 2000 Nintendo Space World.

Luigi's Mansion E3 2001 Demo Footage.

The trailer shown at E3.

The first Luigi's Mansion trailer, from Korea.