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Luigis Mansion (Gamecube)

This game is kind of ass. SO MUCH BACKTRACKING. Like even by 2001s standards. AND LUIGI WALKS SO SLOW. You get to a door that requires 20 boos, go back through the mansion and get the boos, return all the way back to the door, beat the boss in the next room, game teleports you back to the lab, go all the way back to boss room, next door the powers out, backtrack all the way to the basement to turn the power back on. Fuck me man

Collect a bunch of coins and currency that have literally zero use. Even the simple act of healing is grindy pain in the ass. Controls are ass. Moving and turning is a huge chore, and why does the A button call mario? We can clearly see the room where hes being held captive. I just love that the largest button on the controller does the most useless shit

Theres so much questionable shit in this game, but i do like the unique portrait ghosts and boss fights. Theyre all like their own unique puzzle, and they get a lot of mileage out of the otherwise simple mechanics. Lots of personality and charm too, like luigi singing along to all the quirky totaka music. At least the game tries something different, its got a lot of charm, and it has a pretty dedicated fanbase. On the other hand its a rushed launch game. I really want to like it more than i do, but theres too core design issues to ignore.

But i also cant really imagine my gamecube collection being complete without it

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Its fine i guess