Does Luigi’s Mansion Still Hold Up?

<p>More than two decades after helping launch the GameCube, the original <em>Luigi’s Mansion</em> remains one of Nintendo’s most distinctive experiments.</p><p>Adam revisits one of his earliest GameCube games to look at the room-by-room puzzle design, portrait ghosts, E. Gadd’s surprising influence on the larger Mario universe and the mechanics that now show their age. The atmosphere and central ghost-catching loop still work remarkably well, but limited enemy variety, underused elemental powers and frustrating Boo behavior reveal how much room the series still had to grow.</p>