Should You Buy Luigi's Mansion?

Luigi's offering to sell his mansion to you! Should you accept?
Consider supporting me - / zoomzike. .
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〖Timestamps〗
0:00 - Opening
0:31 - Foyer
3:38 - Parlor
5:50 - Anteroom
6:30 - Wardrobe Room
8:59 - Study
10:24 - Master Bedroom
11:54 - Nursery
13:58 - The Twins' Room
16:19 - Laundry Room
18:13 - Butler's Room
19:34 - Hidden Room
21:55 - Ball Room
23:32 - Storage Room
25:36 - Washroom 1F
28:03 - Bathroom 1F
29:11 - Conservatory
30:35 - Fortune-teller's Room
31:48 - Mirror Room
32:50 - Dining Room
34:23 - Kitchen
36:05 - Boneyard
36:51 - Graveyard
37:57 - Courtyard
40:07 - Bottom of the Well
40:35 - Rec Room
42:11 - Billiards Room
43:08 - Projection Room
43:51 - Tea Room
44:40 - Washroom 2F
45:04 - Bathroom 2F
45:11 - Nana's Room
46:00 - Astral Hall
46:39 - Observatory
48:13 - Sitting Room
49:37 - Guest Room
50:50 - Sealed Room
51:59 - Safari Room
52:25 - The Artist's Studio
53:14 - Balcony
54:04 - Armory
55:02 - Ceramics Studio
55:45 - Telephone Room
56:54 - Clockwork Room
58:35 - Roof
59:37 - Breaker Room
1:00:33 - Cellar
1:01:29 - Cold Storage
1:02:41 - Pipe Room
1:03:44 - Secret Altar
1:04:27 - Closing

[@zoomzike]

This video was uploaded on June 12th (as can be seen here: prnt.sc/aPVv4Yv0nlCy and with this comment's timestamp) but was published on June 13th, as you can see in the description. Per June Zoom's 4th Rule: "Upload time goes by the Pacific Time Zone", meaning this video does not ruin the June Zoom streak, as cheeky as that sounds considering it was published the next day. The reason it wasn't published in time despite its upload being good because my computer had blue screened (gotta fix something with OBS) and I accidentally rested my eyes a little more than I expected haha. Hope you enjoy regardless!

[@ryanr27]

I hate it when technology ruins my June Zoom experience

[@zetaarcade8524]

Thats alright, keep it up!!

[@ShybiNeo]

whew, that's good 👍 I was worried when I woke up this morning and there wasn't anything lol

[@Kaleki935]

It happens to the best of us!

[@FoxerTails]

I was wondering why it wasn't up at it's usually time... but hey, here it is!

[@genemelendez8157]

I love Luigi’s comments when you scan something. He doesn’t mind wearing dresses, he’s very particular when it comes to washing his hat, he’s a stickler for cleanliness. We see that he’s interested in billiards and shadow puppetry. He feels like a real person with his own thoughts instead of just a timid sidekick.

[@GamerGuy249]

Next level games is great at adding personality to mario characters.

[@theonlybilge]

@@GamerGuy249 Nintendo made the first one, Next Level made 2 and 3.

[@SuperMario.1]

No wonder he was willing to dress up as Peach in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.

[@richardkirkland6805]

​@@SuperMario.1or in the nintendo power mario comics

[@Borti_Ovi]

I have to keep reminding myself that this mansion was “built” OVERNIGHT! Man, if King Boo wasn’t this vengeful spirit constantly going after the Mario Bros., he would’ve been an excellent real estate agent/architect! He had somewhat of a heart in the first game: he allowed the freed portrait ghosts to stay in his mansion while planning to trap Mario and Luigi.

[@spadspaph9229]

it's free real estate

[@undeadwaluwugi758]

wasn't it an illusion? and was only real if you could afford it in-game?

[@Borti_Ovi]

@@undeadwaluwugi758 Everything was tangible until King Boo lost control over it. That was when everything ceased… except for the money and treasure scattered about. So while that mansion was just an illusion like you said, the treasure proves King Boo is rich enough to get the materials to make a legit mansion; and based on that illusion, he also has a lot of knowledge of architecture. The third game, he friggin’ conjured a hotel just to trap the Mario brothers once more! King Boo has so much potential to be a genuine business man, but unfortunately, he only wants to trap heroes into paintings.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

To me out of all the GameCube's vast library of games Luigi's Mansion, Smash Bros Melee, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil 4 and the Remake of Resident Evil 1 have all aged like a fine bottle of sardarni

[@Borti_Ovi]

@@The_Blue_Otaku Sardarni? Oh, you mean “Chardonnay”! Sardarni has a way different result on Google. Also, I almost read it as sardines, and that doesn’t leave a pleasant taste in my mouth…

[@toddb7947]

Actually curious what an estate agent would have to say about this. Hiring someone to actually access and value the place would be really interesting.

[@EmperorSarco]

That would make for an interesting video.

[@TheVodkaHaze]

Probably not as valuable as you might think. I'm no real estate agent, but there seem to be some odd design choices in this mansion. Like having bathrooms without toilets, or the fact that many rooms don't have windows, or just stuff like how half of the second floor is sealed off from itself, the weird rooms littered throughout, and let's not forget the fake doors in the hallways that crush you flat.

[@remmidemmi496]

You can’t. Every agent will tell you that location is half the key, so without knowing the location (is it central? What’s the infrastructure?) you won’t be able to tell the value.

[@King_Yef]

​@remmidemmi496 Well, it seems implied from the game's opening that the mansion is within walking distance of another residential area (where Luigi lived before) and is still on a reasonably-sized plot of forested land. Best allegory I can think of would be a hill house on the east coast of the US, though I'm sure there are other ideas.

[@corgiroyalty8785]

to answer the question about whether the ghosts were always ghosts or if they lived beforehand, i always interpreted it as them being given a waking afterlife by the mansion! that would help explain all the old objects too! when the boos made the mansion, they offered it to these ghosts and let them come back to enjoy a peaceful afterlife and foil luigi in between. maybe filled it with a lot of their old memorabilia too? or recreated it? its an oddly sweet theory that i love!! they were living, but elsewhere before their deaths and got to live things out lavishly again via the boos!

[@MahNamJeff]

thats essentially what happened, they are essentially ghosts from around the world, which egadd sucked up and shoved in portraits, and the boos freed them from said portraits and made the mansion to live in and also capture the mario bros in the process.

[@joshuareesor1756]

According to the Mario Wiki, the instruction book for Luigi's mansion has E. Gadd stating, "I collected famous ghosts from all over the world and turned them into paintings, but those darn Boos went and turned them all back into ghosts again! You've got to catch those ghosts so I can turn them back into paintings." So the ghosts come from around the world before being brought together by E. Gadd and released into the mansion by the Boos. It is still possible to be born a ghost, as Chauncey's description states that he was, but they seem to predate the mansion's creation, thus making them real.

[@TheStrikercharge]

Actually, fun fact for you guys, a bathroom is only a bathroom if it includes a bath tub. Otherwise its a washroom, or water closet for my british buddies. Also the purpose of cold storage was for meats before we had freezers. They were kept far enough underground that they got below freezing.

[@MIITRIN]

Luigi instantly knowing the fountain is wasting water is just him flexing his plumber knowledge

[@fatmario8244]

Of course, really makes sense when you point it out lol

[@vampire_catgirl]

Sometimes I forget that they're supposed to be plumbers

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

The portrait ghosts were all ghosts captured by E. Gadd at one point, but when the boos made the mansion, they freed the ghosts in Gadd's lab and had them move into the house. And the misc. smaller ghosts are all creations of one of those portrait ghosts too, that artist one.

[@TheUnknownsShow]

Came here to say this. The original game has all the answers to his questions about what the mansions and portrait ghosts are

[@mamboo0743]

I theorise that the portrait ghosts used to be humans until they died one by one Blogmire is probably a spiritual being who haunted the mansion before they came

[@TheUnknownsShow]

@@mamboo0743 The game unambiguously makes it clear that the portrait ghosts are ghosts of real humans (and a dog). The baby was actually born as a ghost, though, somehow. Bogmire is an ancient ghost, apparently, which is why it looks so odd. The cartoonish common ghosts all over the mansion are paintings brought to life by Vincent Van Gore. You talk about the mansion as if it were around for a long time, but that's untrue. The Boos built it mere days before Luigi got there after setting the portrait ghosts loose from E Gadd's lab.

[@mamboo0743]

@@TheUnknownsShow Didn't know the Boos built it, kind of interesting I can't stop imaging them with hard hats using construction tools and vehicles to build it which is kind of nonsense

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

@@TheUnknownsShow I wonder if other languages says anything more about the baby. Could have been a tragic birth where both mother and child didn't survive, but they may not have wanted to go that far blatantly in a mario game.

[@treestomped6954]

I think the reason that the toads actually look kinda adorable in this game is because they still use the nintendo 64 design which has a bunch of small differences that somehow change them from abominations of nature to kinda adorable

[@autobotstarscream765]

"Abominations"? Are they Myconids? 🍄

[@DatAtDawn]

2:38 windows don't necessarily need to be seen through to be practical sometimes they just need to give some natural light so you don't have to use candles or other light sources

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

honestly, considering if you’re just living with ONE single person (like luigi was) this place feels like a nightmare to go through, if your electricity goes out you have to go through a bazillion rooms to just fix it. honestly just seems like a huge mess

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@BlueAizu_ the only ghost in his house is Polterpup, his dog xd

[@mario64remix]

Kinda strange the clocks are static. Considering the GameCube keeps track of time, how perfect would it have been for this launch title to show off that feature by making the clocks in the game actually show the current time.

[@sctoladn9592]

maybe the clocks ran out of juice and no one could be bothered to give them new batteries 🤔

[@francjirachi]

well, the original game was going to have limited time so maybe it was suposed to work

[@masterwolfgaming3436]

@@francjirachi Thats such a brilliant idea.

[@roastbeef2335]

Because the whole game takes place in one night and that wouldn't make sense if your playing at day

[@mario64remix]

@@roastbeef2335 But then again it's a haunted house, it doesn't have to make sense in-universe.

[@owotakuthe181]

The Mirror Room being by the Fortune Teller's room kinda makes sense to me. Mirrors are common tools in fortune telling, contacting spirits, and similar magic. The mystic John Dee supposedly used an obsidian mirror to try to contact spirits and angels (understanding a fortune teller might tell the future by summoning a spirit with future sight and asking them questions, though John Dee was often just trying to find buried gold). And this wasn't out of nowhere, either, because he imported his obsidian mirror from Mexico, where I understand such mirrors were popular for divination. And honestly, magic mirrors aren't a thing of the past, either. How do you summon Bloody Mary or Candyman? You say their name in a dark room, in front of a mirror.

[@xavi5086]

Most of the main ghost don’t attack Luigi until he attacks first so he could of just been chilling with them and be rich

[@dustymcwari4468]

Most mock him tho, or are plotting against him while minding their business, some are passive aggressive, and others even trap him inside to beat him up on minimal provocation, or after he did just what they asked him to do xd

[@Robbie_Haruna]

Until he wants to turn the lights on in the room lmao

[@DarkCheepAndFriends]

Maybe the reason why Luigi commented weird on the shoes is because the ghost made everything in the mansion and yet the ghost don’t have feet…

[@Kahran042]

I think it's called a Washroom and not a Bathroom because it doesn't have a bathtub. If you're still wondering, the correct term for "pool sticks" is "cues". The thing in Nana's room that you didn't know what it was was a spinning wheel. The Observatory's nature is made more clear in the Japanese version, where it's called the Room of Illusion.

[@DaNintendude]

The Portrait Ghosts were part of E Gadd's portrait collection and were stolen by King Boo. King Boo might've made the mansion with the portrait ghosts in mind. Placing family together and creating rooms to fit each of the ghosts' personalities and needs. The mansion is indeed fake, and basically had a fabricated history created alongside it. Hence why certain objects are "old" and such. They were created to be seem old to make the mansion more realistic..

[@TheMicroNinja]

Absolutely top tier content as usual, I was just telling my family how I was looking to buy a fictional video game mansion, and this video helped a LOT in that decision. Thanks!

[@asdunlavey]

Imagine how wild the parties would be if the other tenants weren't constantly trying to attack you. 👻👀

[@bathilra5364]

Hey and baseball games and races no one remembers the baseball

[@geistgrace6452]

To be fair,most of the Ghosts don't attack you until you mess with them. Biff Atlas, Granny, Shivers, ect.

[@user-eu4bq8wn8w]

On me!!🥺🙏🏿

[@BrinIoca]

You could invite the tenants to the party, they’d probably appreciate it

[@batlrar]

Luigi's canonical height is 5'9", so you definitely would fit in that bed, with plenty bed to spare! He certainly doesn't look 5'9", so maybe his proportions changed when he went into the Mushroom Kingdom and yours would too. Also, a little tip for tall people and beds - keep in mind you can sleep diagonally. The hypotenuse is always longer than each of the legs! That is, you can do that as long as you either don't have a partner or they're short enough.

[@batlrar]

@@magma1675 I found a bunch of different heights, so I could certainly be off there, but still, there'd be plenty of room for another Luigi's head, judging from his height as he's standing directly next to the bed at 10:59, so I think there'll be some room left. And what I meant by his proportions changing was from the origin of them being plumbers from Brooklyn who travelled to the Mushroom Kingdom and changed into the more stocky characters we know, like in the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. If instead you go by something like the Yoshi's Island origin, they were delivered by stork to somewhere within flying distance of Yoshi's Island, and they were always characters with those proportions. This particular Luigi would probably be the latter, I agree. I was thinking that a regular human would still likely morph into a more Mario-esque character upon arriving in the Mushroom Kingdom, especially based on what we see in New Donk City. Now true, they're "New Donkers" and not humans, but they have very realistic human proportions and very human city-like cars, buildings, and street lamps, street lights, sewer lids, etc. New Donkers are twice Mario's height, but they're likely not all 10 to 11 feet tall. Mario is 5'1" (based on a supposed "life-sized" statue of him), which would imply that he is just over 5 feet, but that looks different with Mushroom Kingdom physics than it does with somewhere with Earth-like physics. Of course, both of us could be wrong about all of this - one person tried to get the most accurate heights possible and supposes that Mario is 3'8" and Luigi is 4'1", in which case ZoomZike's feet would likely be dangling off the end of the bed if he keeps his proportions when traveling to wherever the mansion is located. Either way, that second bed will be more bed than he'll ever need!

[@stardumb3220]

The clock being stuck at 3 is probably a cute nod to the time of 3 am being spooky and all that

[@Baine53]

If I recall correctly, the portrait ghosts are (were) real people that E Gadd captured, who then moved into the mansion when the Boos sprung Boolossus from HIS portrait.

[@PURPLELOVA]

28:31 I think it’s because maybe older houses had two separate rooms. One for the bath which they would call the bathroom. And one for just washing themselves being called the washroom. And then as time went on they decided to just combine it because it was easier. At least I think that’s why

[@lunarpenguin5468]

In Japan it's also common for those two rooms to be separated, so it may have partly been from the developer's personal experiences with their homes as well.

[@PURPLELOVA]

@@lunarpenguin5468 that too

[@cosmiccreaturefan]

@@lunarpenguin5468 I think this is probably it. I don't live in Japan but here in Australia the bathroom and toilet are two seperate rooms, have been in every single house I've visited. It must be a cultural thing where in some places its the one room and in others its the two. In fact, I find the idea of a combined toilet / washroom pretty strange. Interesting stuff

[@corrynhockney8059]

Yh, the wash room is used for smaller cleansing and the bathroom is for full on bathing

[@dustymcwari4468]

Having both at once is my preferred choice, but due of faulty plumbing, my toilet and shower are in separate rooms far away from my bedroom, and it ain’t a big deal tbh And they’re ghosts, so maybe the bathrooms are just decoration at best, though I agree the distance the family has to go in order to get to the toilet is evil, everyone else has better reach to the restroom than them xd, the Nana may have the best room, the bathroom and restroom are right next to her room, and she has the kitchen and entrance just downstairs

[@mrpigg5446]

Never mind how far they’d have to travel to get to the laundry room, look at how far the family have to go to get to the TOILET. You have to go down the upstairs corridor, go down the stairs, enter the downstairs hallway, walk all the way through it and only then can you go to the toilet. Not very well thought out

[@LordLemmysLabs]

I always did find it funny that the actually main living area was so disconnected from the rest of the mansion.

[@dustymcwari4468]

They could’ve easily cut a bit of the master bedroom or anteroom for a bathroom in that area, there’s too much wasted space there

[@user-ue1mh1uu5o]

@@dustymcwari4468, so the anteroom IS the waste of space. So it could be replaced with the whole bathroom.

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@user-ue1mh1uu5o yeh, the Nana and guests also have a much better location than the main family, and the “treasure rooms” just s c r e a m waste of space, especially the one upstairs, but then again, the mansion was supposedly created in a hurry, so makes sense why some rooms are all over the place

[@dr.c2195]

Just pee from the balcony. But be careful to not hit the vegetables that I assume would be growing in the vegetable garden.

[@Pokechu22]

59:30 - the bricks in this staircase are actually quite interesting. You'll notice how they change as Luigi moves so that the lit up side is facing away from Luigi. I haven't gotten around to fully investigating this effect, but I believe it's done by using Luigi as a light source and then using the GameCube's emboss mapping functionality to dynamically offset texture coordinates at each vertex to create highlights and shadows. Very few games use this; the only other ones I know of are the Rogue Squadron games by Factor 5 (see the recent Dolphin progress report). I think the Cellar might use the effect as well, but it's not as obvious there.

[@duplocs5726]

Also if you're wonder what the "white Glove test" is it's a test where people will put on a white satin glove to test how clean and dust free an area is, with dust gets on the glove it's a 0

[@dustymcwari4468]

With all the endless dust in the air, just putting your hand on any surface will probably leave a print

[@64UPAllGOD]

1:15 Having been in an old house with similarly carpeted steps, I'm pretty sure they're glued on. I mean, I was quite young, and I'm not sure exactly what that goop on the on other side was when I curiously peeled off loose pieces, but some kind of adhesive is the most likely answer. EDIT: Guess this'll be the answer Zike questions comment cause I can't help myself. 3:40 A parlor is basically a living room. Pretty sure the name comes from the French "parler" meaning "to talk." Therefore a parlor is "a room to talk." The Dining room I'm pretty sure is the way it is because of Luggs. He clears out the middle and throws the trash to the sides of the table, and he needs two chairs because he's MASSIVE. They got kicked out from the middle when he had his heart attack. Also only one trash because servants pick go around and pick up everything. In case the heart attack thing confuses anyone, my belief is always that the mansion is something that used to exist, but fell down long ago and Big Boo just reconstructed it with some twists. Too many of the ghosts seem connected, and a property that large wouldn't have ALWAYS been empty.

[@t-elijahmorrison6855]

Assistant editors take charge of the day-to-day running of the cutting room, leaving the editor free to concentrate on editing the film. Their primary task is to . They check camera sheets when the rushes arrive and note any technical problems.

[@marcgomez8391]

I'm only halfway through the video, so apologies if this gets mentioned later on, but I think I know the explanation about the mansion being created and the portrait ghosts being alive before. If I remember the lore of this game correctly, the portrait ghosts were all previously caught by E. Gadd and were a part of his collection. He even has the museum that you can visit. So they were alive at one point, became ghosts, got captured by E. Gadd, and then the Boos came and stole E. Gadd's collection, created the mansion from the ground up in one night, and released the portrait ghosts into the mansion. That explains the background story of the events in this game.

[@maskedtape]

I'm pretty sure that after the events of Luigi's Mansion 3, most estates that were previously haunted (including the Mansion in Luigi's Mansion 1, Dark Moon, and the Hotel from the third installation) are no longer containing ghosts, or in some other cases, no longer containing ghosts that attack you.

[@CodesTheOtaku]

Ye, the ghosts that remain are no longer under some influence that drives ‘em bonkers, so they’d be lovely company, if not a bit eccentric. Pretty sure the mansion from LM1 ceased to exist, though? Like, it disappeared shortly after King Boo was captured.

[@ballisticboo7808]

@@CodesTheOtaku yeah king boo created the mansion as a trap, so it disappeared once he was defeated

[@xdragoonzero0]

@@CodesTheOtaku The money that Luigi gathered stuck around though, which is why the endings have him building on the land where the mansion was. Unfortunately iirc, the canon ending only has Luigi build a regular house.

[@DeitySkullKid]

@@xdragoonzero0 I know in Mario kart one track shows Luigi's new mansion in it, not sure which one it was

[@maskedtape]

@@CodesTheOtaku Yeah, but the Manor from LM2 and the arcade maps (not canon though) still exist

[@Rokku-D]

Finally, a video that showcases Luigi's comments. I always love the little details of Luigi commenting on certain things around the Mansion. Its a great way to get to know him a little better. 😃

[@OriginalElysian]

As mentioned, a bathroom is a room you literally bathe in. Notice how there's no bathtub in the Washroom. And yes, they really did used to be two separate rooms in the olden days.

[@jacobs.9661]

Now wait just one second! At the end of the game, E Gadd says the mansion the ghost built (the one you showed) vanished after King Boo's defeat, and Gadd then used the money Luigi collected to build a new one in it's place. And in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, the house Luigi's living in looks exactly like the Rank D Mansion from the original, which would seem to imply THAT is the house Luigi would be hypothetically selling. Unfortunately, other than the opening and closing cutscenes of Dark Moon, we really don't get a good look at the interior of the place, and the other rank mansions we only see the outside fronts of, so sadly I'm probably gonna have to pass on this. And NO, I DON'T have anything better to do with my time than post crap like this, thank you very much.

[@dylanzlol7293]

I mean, if we used free camera movement or tried to draw how the room looks like in terms of what the cutscene allowed us to see, we could get more than anything else

[@TomatoRadio]

It's also worth pointing out that in Double Dash, the A rank mansion can be seen in the background of Luigi Circuit.

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@TomatoRadio that may just be a replica, like the smaller Pianta Hero statue at Peach Beach, and various Luigi’s Mansions seen in other Mario Spin-offs and Double Dash itself, while the real mansion is the one from the original game and Dark Moon

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

Carpet up stairs is usually done via staples/nails though the issue in this is often once it gets old enough the heads fall off the nails/staples and then if your not careful you end up jabbing your feet on them, and holy hell does it hurt from my personal experience

[@Missingnoleader]

Or you get it done by putting in rods to hold the carpet in place like some of the old palaces and goverment buildings do.

[@kyubeyz_7062]

Used to get stabbed in the foot a good amount of times at my old house

[@felixc543]

Was hoping someone answered this! I love when a half serious question that's kind of breezed through in a video gets an earnest answer, it's the best I imagined it was something like that but good to have confirmation Funny enough, we've got a carpet runner on our stairs and it's glued on XD

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

@@felixc543 yeah man, I love answering little questions like this if I know the answer

[@MatthewCampbell765]

With the distinction between bathroom and washroom: The washroom has a toilet (and its name is likely a euphemism), but no bath. By contrast, the bathroom has a bath, but no toilet. Now, personally I think you'd want these things to be in the same room, but whateves. The cabinet thing there I believe is actually to store shampoo and soap.

[@birbbabybirb]

Great video. I love these types of looking at games from a perspective you never thought about videos.

[@RosiePosie-el3lj]

Mario Sunshine is generally agreed to have taken place first, since King Boo talks about his first encounter with Mario in Luigi's Mansion, despite the first time the characters met being Sunshine itself.

[@andrewchapman2039]

"Oh hey it's up! I'll watch this then go get lun--" An hour. ZoomZike I think I can forgive the slightly late upload.

[@nawakening370]

Something important to add Is that since It Is implied that the family dyed in the mansion the price of the mansion would drop making It really cheap to buy

[@globin3477]

3:05 Keep in mind the wood would be much darker if not for the thick coating of dust.

[@geistgrace6452]

About the room with the button, It seems that most of the Ghosts either don't like King boo, or don't know about him. Like Madame Clairvoya. Perhaps they imprisoned them there so they could just live their afterlife in peace. And some seemed to resent being took out of the painting too, so they'd dislike The boos even more.

[@retroryan838]

Not related but when you think of rich people do you think of gold and diamonds like I do? I want to my future home to have bright gold. Also why is gold bad taste?

[@retroryan838]

This is also the Hidden Room I was talking about.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

I doubt they'd be able to imprison him there considering he's more powerful than the lot of them anyway and even then a few displeased portrait ghosts (the vast majority are either apathetic or happy to be free,) would also have to overpower 50 normal boos as well. Plus the dialog of "Who dares disturb our sleep?" when you open it up doesn't give any implication that they were put there against their own will. I don't know what's in that pit, but it certainly isn't just a normal pit considering all the weird blue ooze that comes out when the boos are woken up.

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@Robbie_Haruna E. Gadd also said they were hiding from him, but what was that trapdoor supposed to be for? For trash?

[@MegaMew204]

For the "strange room orientation" an explanation could be that the mansion DID exist before with the family but the Boo being the tricksters they are mixed up some of the rooms in a seemingly random order. It would explain why the ballroom for example being one of the bigger rooms couldn't be put many other places, so they just kept it there. It's entirely possible that where the storage is, the dressing room was supposed to be. It's also fair to assume that the ghosts themselves may have had a say in which rooms go where, hence the family being next to each other and the laundry room being next to the Butler's room. This would also explain why the Secret golden room doesn't have an entrance, maybe the way to enter the room was destroyed/walled off when the rooms were swapped

[@ShyGuyXXL]

I like how you talk about the Toads as if they come with the Mansion when you buy it.

[@kyasarintsu4047]

The real mystery about the cold storage is how such an old-fashioned place has a room like that. What's even keeping it cold? There's no visible machinery.

[@temp_unknown]

Ice magic, obvi.

[@CrunchyCultist]

I adore luigi's mansion and was always disappointed that so few people were interested in talking about it in this way. I have a few different things to say about most of the rooms, but need to get my thoughts straight first. Glad you cover things like this that most people don't. Really cool!

[@MrGOOMBAGUY]

If this game was multi-player, I would spend many hours playing hide and seek in this mansion.

[@ryguy07777]

The 3DS version had multiplayer! Though you need 2 copies for some reason...

[@dogscratch]

Just a note, but I think the reason for there being 3 baby portraits in the nursery is because of the twins next door, and they are in fact identical twins, so it kinda makes sense that the portraits would be the same, and who's to say Chauncey wouldn't have grown a bit to look just like them? Also I think the matching block sets underneath the portraits is foreshadowing how the twins each have their own toys. Of course, I could be looking WAY too deep into this, but the LM1 Portrait ghosts have always fascinated me to a point that I always want to learn more about these fake dead people, haha!

[@dogscratch]

Also, I have a little theory that might help explain the mansion a bit. It seems to be a point of confusion whether the mansion really existed prior to the events of the game or not, and several instances would have one believe that it just appeared out of nowhere thanks to the boos... But I think both ideas are true. I believe that at some point in time (Long before E. Gadd showed up), the mansion did stand tall and was home to all of the ghostly characters seen in game (save for bogmire, boolossus, and possibly the clockwork soldiers?) when they were still alive, but after everyone's death, the mansion was bulldozed completely, without a trace, explaining how E. Gadd hadn't seen the place until recently. After all, everything in the house is just... Too lived-in and full of personality to just be some quickfix Boo hideout. No, I believe that the mansion ITSELF is a ghost, and seeing how ghosts don't seem to have any real problem interacting with solid matter/people in this series, and how the mansion just disappears after King Boo is defeated, I think it isn't TOO far of a stretch to say that King Boo had somehow brought about the specter of the mansion, and was keeping it secure with his own abilities. And hey, why shouldn't the mansion have been alive? This was at a point in Nintendo's life where EVERYTHING was alive, from hills to clouds, even down to entire icy caves, as can be seen in Mario Kart Double Dash! Anyhow, I think that this theory can be backed up further by just how old-fashioned everything seems, inside and out, as there are rooms such as the parlor, anteroom, a ballroom, and instead of having a television of any kind, the mansion features a projection room filled with rolls of film! To make a long comment shorter, I think the mansion was in fact real, but was also resurrected to serve as the Boos' hideaway, with the portrait ghosts released to deter any intruders. Sorry this is so long and ramble-y, I just felt this would be a good place to articulate my thoughts on this game's setting a bit.

[@geistgrace6452]

You know, a. Decent chunk of the portrait ghosts seem fairly docile until attacked. I'd be fine living there. Take away the boos and other ghosts though.

[@dustymcwari4468]

They seem somewhat territorial for the most part, either owning the place and wanting you out, sometimes throwing stuff at you to say that you’re not welcomed, or play a “game” with them while also locking you in, others take full ownership of a specific object and won’t let go that easily, and others become rather aggressive when indirectly provoked

[@chaossnowkitsune6377]

I'd be fine with it too. I'd probably just stay around Melody listening to her play the piano. Or gaming with her as if I remember correctly using the gameboy horror on her mentions that she is a gamer

[@johnwhittington2998]

The Carpet Stairs thing is very much possible. Some houses have the carpet stuck down with a metal rod. Some have the carpet layed ontop of the woods and nailed in. It depends

[@squirtluigi]

I like how consistent the Luigi liking dresses thing is, with the Peachette thing on Nintendo's website and that old Mario comic being on it too lol

[@LakinMae5]

It is like an inside joke for the whole series!

[@sterlingdragon123]

I believe the door above the laundry machine is meant to be a dumbwaiter. In old mansions like these, you would send your clothes down to the laundry room through a chute or a tiny elevator.

[@Tribow]

i can literally listen to this man talk for hours about level design. Love me that energy

[@authenticlimeflavor432]

Luigi being comfortable wearing dresses is easy one of my favorite reoccurring things in the mario series

[@LokiEris]

Well, Luigi would be comfortable wearing a dress, he has done so in the comics and I seem to recall a canon instance of it, but the memory is hazy.

[@revolvingworld2676]

He has done it in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

[@r3tr0_r3dux_2]

One of my favorite games of all time. So cool to see a room by room tour of the mansion too. You'd make a good realtor

[@edwardthompson3377]

Some of the rooms are just older, rich people stuff, but I do kinda get the sitting room in front of the bedroom. I like the idea of inviting someone into "my room", but not having to deal with my actual bed or piling up laundry. It's a middle ground between public space and my space -- my space that I occasionally share. Anyway, this was a really fun concept.

[@benjulc9271]

1 hour of Luigi's Mansion's greatness.

[@ShyGuyXXL]

"Luigi is canonically ok with wearing dresses." Well, yeah, he's done it multiple times. Once in a comic, and once in Superstar Saga.

[@trtf2]

videos like this are why i love your content, i never expected an entire 1 hour video debating on whether or not luigi's mansion would be worth the purchase if it were real, and yet here it is. never change, mr zoom.

[@emberthefox4951]

You can really get a feel for Luigi's tastes, and possibly sense of humor, from his little remarks on certain objects.

[@draykedudzic8604]

This video truly puts into perspective how much time and effort was put into these rooms to make them look unique

[@afatblft93]

you have no idea how long I've waited for a video like this. I've done multiple play throughs of this game and always examine each room like this. thank you!

[@DrSnap23]

I love how at the beginning you see the clock stuck at 3, and then, in the clockwork room, 1 hour later.... the clocks are stuck at 4. THEY KNEW !! Also, relighting the oven gives you a ruby in the game =)

[@revine9243]

As E. Gadd said, the mansion was conjured up by the boos, but all of the treasure inside was real.

[@ryanr27]

If the Mansion wasn’t haunted, I would get it just for how much space there is

[@dip.918]

I love how you have to constantly clarify that you ARE on time because other timezones exist lmao

[@Bungle_Chungle]

I love this so much. this was the first game I played a kid and I always wanted to own the mansion so it's a real trip to go through all the rooms. Keep up the amazing content ZoomZike

[@OFSheep]

Maybe the butler was a New Donker, who are much, much taller than Luigi, so he could reach that shelf near the ceiling very easily. And wore a full suit at all times of course.

[@PenguinCinema]

What if there are two baby pictures next to each other because that's actually the twins from the adjacent room when they were younger?

[@typhoonlava6488]

To clear up the confusion, the ghost were the captivities of E. Gadd who travel all over the world. The mansion was more-less a hideout for the boos and other ghosts, since the boos had broken all the portrait ghosts out of their paintings. So the mansion was technically made to suit the ghosts and not really be design for actual coherent mansion. Also the storage room cage is probably the portrait ghost work trapping the boos or just literally just the resting ground for the boos, which is why there's warning about the button.

[@furriosity]

Love the dedication! I was not expecting an hour-long video during June Zoom!

[@bagelgod946]

27:30 perhaps the mansion was a real place but Luigi doesn’t know that and thinks the boos came up with everything in the mansion.

[@dustymcwari4468]

Nah, E. Gadd’s lab predates the mansion, and the mansion just appeared out of nowhere a few days prior to Luigi’s arrival after the Boos released the ghosts from his gallery

[@Gemarald]

Whether you like it or not, it would *still be cheaper than renting in California!*

[@ChaChaFunk]

the speed at which you release videos is incredible, amazing work man!

[@VirtuaMaster]

I remember the very first video I stumbled upon for this channel was about Luigi's Mansion. It was such a good video, and I'm glad it's come full circle because this video is amazing!

[@geraldjenkins9933]

Older Victorian mansions/houses like that usually had laundry chutes that led to the laundry room, or dumbwaiters, thought those usually carried food, so that could explain why there's only one laundry room.

[@wolfnation100]

hmm an hour of zoomzike when i was merely expecting a quarter-hour? yes, yes, quite enthralling. i truly cannot wait to fall asleep midway through and re-watch tomorrow. thank you.

[@Georgie-M]

oh hey a cute little video about the absurd idea of buying a haunted mansion this should be fun wait hold up it's an HOUR LONG??? props to ya, you absolute maniac

[@SoloJustus]

35:35 A gem actually pops out if you hold the flame on it long enough

[@HippieTornado]

"This balcony area is very nice, if it weren't for, you know, the fact that it overlooks a graveyard! We're gonna have to get that removed." Do you want even angrier ghosts? Cuz that's how you get angrier ghosts!

[@sprinby5845]

To answer most of the mystery of the mansion, the story wa changed last second before the game's release, in beta footage E.gadd actually states that this mansion existed for years and he moved in and owns it now and captured the ghosts in it, which means the mansion is really really old and humans lived there before dying, that explains why it's look and most details contradicts the "Magically built overnight by boos" thing

[@lifinale]

probably the best mansion ive ever seen, can’t wait to walk through the chairs and sit on the doors

[@superstarmario101]

This was great, when I was little, I always liked walking through the rooms in the mansion once everything was lit up, it was oddly cozy. I'm really enjoying this year's June Zoom, maybe you could do a sequel to this one about spending your vacation on Isle Delfino.

[@VermontianCedarTree]

Dude, you’re so unintentionally relatable! I absolutely love the architecture and design of this game and really appreciated you critiquing it! Gained a sub. Awesome vid!

[@Vidiocity92]

Love seeing how excited you get about vibes and details lol Awesome video. Maybe explore the other 2 games? Also the thing in Nana's room is a spinning wheel lol

[@HeftyDan]

I gotta give credit where credit is due. This is an very unique video idea and I'm all for it

[@birdup1_2]

The highlight of the video was hands down him calling the gold room mid

[@CharmCityGamer]

This is a great video, thanks Zoom!

[@Lisa-pk6fq]

clicking on this video expecting a normal june zoom length and seeing the hour timestamp is a TREAT i was not expecting

[@username5155]

My headcanon is that the mansion was real and was really haunted, but after the death of everyone inside, it was demolished or disappeared. Afterwards, E. Gadd imprisoned all of the mansion’s residents in paintings, which lead to King Boo freeing them and building a replica of their origional mansion, now in disrepair, and so the portrait ghosts now roamed the mansion along side the original 50 boos that haunted the mansion all those years back.

[@thew8138]

This is the perfect video I needed today, thank you

[@Code_EJ]

who needs sleep when you could spend an hour looking at Luigi's Mansion's value as a house?

[@badzombies2003]

45:52 I believe that's a Spinning Wheel (real creative name, btw), which spins yarn/thread from fibers.

[@JamesDavy2009]

In this day and age, only people who have read/seen Sleeping Beauty would have heard of them. Before the First Industrial Revolution, those were the only way threads were made.

[@staryknight4279]

i can’t believe this is part of june zoom geez thanks for the hour long video tho

[@Skytric-game-remix]

Flower season, and Mario decides to take a trip to Delphino to get his mind off the ghost, during the summer lol. THE LORE!

[@nekonomicon2983]

Well that was really entertaining. Felt like you were giving us a tour of the mansion. King Boo is gonna be happy with more guests to trap.

[@jazzparagus1718]

I started watching And I kept watching And like 15 minutes in I realised how long this video is, great work dude!

[@flob.1276]

Lemme add my two cents since this is my fav game: -According to E.Gadd, the mansion was created over night by the boos. The boos freed the portrait ghost that E.Gadd caught all over the world and let them inhabit the mansion built right in front of his lab. -The portraits in the parlor are supposed to represent the familiy ghosts most likely. From left to right I'm fairly confident they're: Shivers, Lydia, Uncle Grimmly, Neville and Nana. -The books in the study and in Nana's room are readable if you check them and if you scan cheese in the dark a golden ghost mouse will come out (sorry if you already knew this). -Luigi's Mansion most likely takes place during spring. Good call, I never noticed. -The "Monsters" band was probably made up by the boos. Their poster has the same handwriting as the "Get out" poster or the "Don't push" sign. And if you try to suck it up in the washroom of the second floor it will turn into a poster of Boolossus with "Get out" written all over. Also if you try to suck up the screen in the projection room it will turn into the Boolossus poster as well. -Petunia was in the bathroom of the second floor, not the one in the first floor. -There are actually three chairs in the dining doom. There is a small one where Mr. Luggs was. You can see it with the Gameboy Horror. -If you ignite the oven in the kitchen long enough a red gem will pop out. Luigi was giving you a hint. -Mr. Bones is the single skeleton ghost that comes out when the dog makes noise, not the dog. He is called Spooky. -The portrait in the guest room is Sue Pea. The portrait ghost that you catch in the same room.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

Your theory about the portraits in the parlor is sound and for the most part the portraits do look close enough to the actual ghosts in question. Plus the portrait of Lydia appears again in the Study and the portraits of Neville and Lydia both appear together in the Master Bedroom as well. That being said, Uncle Grimmley being the center one is a giant stretch, the ghost in the picture actually looks nothing like him, (we also don't know if there's actually any relation between Uncle Grimmley and the rest of the ghost family either.) Frankly if that center portrait is likely to be any portrait ghost in particular Vincent Van Gore fits the bill most, they both have a similar head shape, nose and moustache. The portrait has a bit more hair and a bit less beard, but the portrait was also probably taken when he was younger and not in his late 50s. It's also worth noting that the portrait with the pointy nose guy, (while Shivers does indeed have a pointy nose,) it actually looks closer in facial structure and hairstyle to Mr. Whirlinda (the guy in the Dancing Couple,) who has a similar pointy nose and hairstyle to the man in the picture. This same picture also appears in the ballroom, which may lend evidence to this being the case.

[@dustymcwari4468]

The portrait with the purple candles at the Parlor belongs to Van Gore, and there’s a portrait of Mr. Whirlinda there too, which is also seen at the Ballroom, Shivers and Grimmly don’t have portraits of when they were alive anywhere in the game

[@molacarthy9173]

An hour long video for June Zoom? I hope this is a one time thing for your sake lol, great video!

[@andreassmed2255]

I appreciate that I get to see some of Luigi’s observations about certain objects in the mansion in this video.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

I used to spend HOURS just walking around the mansion to just look around it as a kid, it was like a digital doll house for me and I was in love with it. I spent the time to light up all the halls and rooms I could just to play virtual doll house....I never beat the game fully because I was scared I wouldn't be able to just have fun walking the mansion. But I would love to live there tbh, just paint the outside lavender and clean it up haha