Sunday, January 13, 2013

Luigi's Mansion: Area 1

Luigi returns to the mansion to find a Toad crying by the stairs. Peach told him to look for Mario, but the ghosts freaked him out. Luigi offers to help and the lights come on. Toad will now save our game whenever we ask. Avoid standing under the chandelier, as it will drop on you. All we can do now is go into the Parlor.

Parlor
It's still dark in the Parlor, but some candles with purple flames are lit. Luigi vacuums up the flames and the portraits in the room start shaking. The portraits say that darkness is dangerous because the ghosts will appear and get you, like they got Mario. Three orange ghosts appear with 10 HP each. Vacuum them up to make the lights come on and a chest appear. The chest contains a key to the door in the back of the Parlor, leading to the Anteroom.

Anteroom
Once you enter the room, the door locks behind you and is covered in thorns. This room has more ghosts. There are four orange ghosts and two pink ones with 20 HP each, that try to punch Luigi. After the lights come on, a chest in the middle of the room appears with the key to the door to the left. The cabinet has a lot of money in it and the vase on the left has a gold bar. The door leads to the Wardrobe Room.

Wardrobe Room
There are three orange ghosts and 2 green ghosts with 40 HP each that throw bananas. Vacuum the bananas up before you slip on them, which will cause you to take damage, lose money, and stop vacuuming any ghosts. Before you vacuum up all the ghosts, open the wardrobe on the right. This will release a blue ghost called a Spooky Speedster with 10 HP. Vacuum it up to make a lot of money and a large gemstone appear. Open the other wardrobe for another ghost. Once the lights come on, the key to the room to the left at the top of the stairs in the foyer will appear on top of the closet rack. There's a door to the left that leads outside.

Outside is a small balcony with another crying Toad. He, too, is looking for Mario. The light comes on and Toad will save our game. We go back to the foyer because the door to the Parlor is no longer locked. Gadd gives us a call on the Game Boy Horror, saying he detects stronger spirits on the other side of the door. They might be the Portrait Ghosts, who don't show their hearts easily. We can check their hearts for clues using the Game Boy Horror.

In the hallway are ghost mcie and a trail of coins. There are more doors that we can see than there are on the map. Doors not on the map are fake and will hurt Luigi, so avoid them. The only unlocked door is the first door on the back wall. It leads to the Study.

Study
There's a ghost named Neville rocking in the rocking chair. We can't immediately vacuum him up, so we check his heart. He says he can see us, but we can't see him. We'll have to surprise him to make his heart appear. There's a Spooky Speedster near the bookcase, but he gets away. Behind the desk is a piece of cheese most visible using the Game Boy Horror. Check the cheese with the Game Boy Horror to make a gold mouse appear. Vacuuming it up will make a lot of money and a gemstone appear. Unfortunately, this one got away. On the bright side, this is just the surprise needed to make the ghost in the rocking chair reveal his heart. Vacuum it up. It has 100 HP and produces pearls. If you can drain at least 90 HP in one shot, a large pearl will appear. I couldn't get the large pearl to appear, but I got the ghost. The lights come on and a chest with a key appears. It opens the door at the end of the hall on the back wall, which leads to the Master Bedroom.

Master Bedroom
There's a gold bar in the nightstand. At the vanity, there's a ghost named Lydia brushing her hair. She likes her beauty. Pull open the curtain on the right to reveal that the window is cracked. A draft rushes in and upsets the ghost. She will get up to close the curtains. This is when you can vacuum her up. The chest has a key to the room just down the hall on the front wall. Once we leave the room, we hear a baby cry coming from the door the key unlocks. This leads to the Nursery.

Nursery
Inside the Nursery are many toys and a baby ghost named Chauncey floating in his crib. Use the vacuum on the rocking horse to make it rock, which makes the baby happy. He'll get out of the crib and start making his toys fly around the room. There's a ball on the floor. Pick it up with the vacuum and hit him with it. This will upset him and he'll shrink you down. Luigi finds himself standing in the baby's crib. The baby is now larger than Luigi. He cries and sends giant rocking horses aimed at Luigi. Stand in one spot so they lock onto your location, then dodge them. Stand in the center to dodge the two rocking horses that appear at the same time. Once you dodge them, giant bouncy balls will appear in the crib. Dodge them and pick up the one remaining on the crib bed with the vacuum and aim it at the baby. This will make his heart visible so you can use the vacuum. Drain as much HP as you can before he breaks free and the cycle repeats. Try to keep your HP over 90 for something special. Once he is defeated, Luigi will return to normal size. There's a large gold chest with a pink heart key. We get a call from Gadd saying that when you vacuum up a boss ghost like we just did, the Poltergust 3000 is full and we should return to the lab.

Gadd shows us a special piece of equipment: the Ghost Portrificationizer. It turns ghosts into portraits and also works in reverse. We plug in the Poltergust 3000 and let the machine work. We get to check out our portraits once it's done. So far we've captured 3 Portrait Ghosts. The frame tells us how well we did in capturing them, with gold being the best. If you keep your HP above 90 with boss ghosts or drain 90 HP in one shot with other Portrait ghosts, you'll get gold frames.

Neville- Study- Silver Frame
Lydia- Master Bedroom- Silver Frame
Chauncey- Nursery- Gold Frame

Afterwards, the value of all the treasures you've collected so far is tallied. My total was 2,695,000 G. Not bad for my first try.

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