Luigi's Mansion on 3DS, portable version of the original GameCube with improvements. Luigi vacuuming ghosts in King Boo's mansion. Boss Rush mode and multiplayer added. For Nintendo classic fans.
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Action Adventure1 player7+
Description
Luigi inherits a mysterious haunted mansion and sets out to rescue his brother Mario using his magic vacuum in this 3DS remake of the GameCube classic. Published by Nintendo, released in Japan in October 2018. Exploration of haunted rooms, Poltergust ghost capture, ranked bosses, exclusive content including a Boss Rush mode. Japanese edition.
Luigi Mansion review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Between shivers and smiles, Kazumi Totaka's music has Luigi hum along as he creeps forward, quavering voice and all. This jazzy, fearful theme, fleshed out room after room, turns dread into an endearing routine. A musical idea as clever as it is memorable, inseparable from the game.
Korean edition of the 3DS remake of Luigi's Mansion, the series' first entry brought to the handheld and localized for the Korean market. Published by Nintendo in 2018, late in the 3DS's life, the Korean pressing stays uncommon and region-locked. Desirability rests on that regional scarcity of a Nintendo first-party title localized into Korean, sought by completists of the Korean 3DS catalog hunting late local releases.
Is Luigi Mansion still worth playing in 2026?
A 3DS remake of the GameCube classic, this Luigi's Mansion sends Mario's timid brother to explore a haunted mansion, Poltergust in hand, to free his elder. The port keeps the hushed atmosphere, the humour and the pleasure of flushing out then vacuuming ghosts, while using the two screens for map and aiming. The measured pace and the modest length own their status as a mood game. For a fan of light adventure, a Luigi fan or someone keen to rediscover this first entry on handheld, the title keeps an intact charm.
