The Ultimate Luigi's Mansion Iceberg Explained

Errors: The Hidden Mansion IS in all regions, it’s just that the PAL one is much better. All America got were ghosts with more health and a stronger Poltergust. PAL on the other hand got a lot more changes that I won’t get into E.Gadd says at the end that all Luigi’s hard work lasted only one night Luigi’s Mansion 64 could refer to the ROM hack, or that Luigi’s Mansion started on the 64DD in 1999, but that didn’t last long SM64 audio sample refers to how when you collect one of Mario’s items, the star collect sound from Mario 64 plays I have no clue about the crows but I think it might be how they appear in the one cutscene and never again Not an error, but the biography of Sue Pea is really depressing My guess for the 3DS Box Art is that they updated the Luigi model, but not the ghosts model There was an unused multiplayer mode that was recently found. Maybe that’s where bMario was going to be used The first person view from the GBH can be seen in the same magazine the Safari Ghost rumor came from. It’s either on the same page or the one next to it Luigi’s shoelaces never appear in any game again There’s no official answer to how Mario was captured, but a video by ZoomZike used evidence from the game to try and figure it out I’m pretty sure the reason the larger gallery exists is because they were testing room scales. Even if the room itself is longer, the collision is the same as the final Area 4 darkness refers to how the hallway in Area 4 can never be lit up Why would King Boo plant more of Mario’s items that would help Luigi? He probably did bring spares Something about Bogmires origins, and I don’t remember where I heard this, but I remember hearing that Bogmire is a creation made up of fear, more specifically, the fear of others Real Money refers to how usually we see only Coins in the Mario universe, but this is one of the only times we see stuff like dollar bills and gemstones for currency I have no clue what Fire Tornado is Living Spooky refers to how in one of the rooms (Lydias, I think?), there’s a framed picture of Spooky when he was alive. I don’t blame you for getting this wrong, because the source didn’t include it Beta64 said it took 6 months to program the dust, so either you’re wrong or he is. I’m leaning towards Beta64 being wrong, because it’s hard to argue against game files I would bring up other things like Elemental Blast and how I did actually hear something in the Toad theme right before the song looped, but other commenters pointed those out. Overall, this was a great iceberg. my compliments go to you 👍

1:06:34 Wait, how is it an obscure theory that King Boo is the one who sent the letter telling Luigi he won the mansion? He pretty much confirms this in his final speech. King Boo: "...Seriously, though, who would actually believe that mansions get given away in contests?! Talk about stupid! What do they feed you Mario brothers anyway... gullible soup?" Why would he say this if the letter was actually real?

25:46 I recently have played Luigis mansion, and I swear E Gadd says that Luigi did it all in one night.

I believe that unused "poisoned" animation is actually a choking animation. You know, for when the grabbing ghosts grab you. They probably thought it looked a little too violent, so they made a new version that looks more like Luigi is struggling to get the ghosts off of him, rather than him actually having his windpipe throttled. This would also make sense because some of the grabbing ghosts don't even do damage to you when they grab you, they only hinder your attacks, so it would make sense to have a more tame animation for that.

Btw, elemental blast means when you press the trigger quickly, you can perform a longer range projectile version of the element that uses up more of the element meter

In my opinion, the crows are a symbol that Luigi's entering the range of the mansion's illusion. Since they don't reappear anywhere plus the fact that they're live animals compared to the ghost rats and bats seen in the mansion, the crows signify to the player narratively that you've crossed the line into the supernatural.

I definitely hear a weird noise in the Toad theme. Listen closely at 1:29:58 It's pretty quiet, but it's there, and it sounds like a chair creaking while being moved or something.

I dunno if you get this but you sound almost like badger from breaking bad, i dont know, just seemed kind of funny(in a good sense ofc, i find that mans voice nice to listen to). I havent finished the video yet but i can tell that this is gonna be interesting! Loved this game as a kid!

Great Video! 1:08:03 For the “fire tornado” entry, my guess is that this entry is talking about a visual flair that appears during the King Boo/Bowser fight. If you pay attention to the background scenery during the fight, you can sometimes see a fiery vortex move about. While this can happen multiple times throughout the fight, the vortex is pretty brief and can be easy to miss. That’s my guess for that entry.

1:19:16 in the gamecube version that is true, but in the 3ds version there is heart dialog for him. His heart info is: "Go back to the woods, boyo"

Also the Prima guide for Sunshine says Bowser Jr. used Shadow Mario to trick E. Gadd into giving him the paintbrush which puts a hole in the evil Gadd theory.

I was not expecting to get a Luigis Mansion iceberg today. Been like 18 years since I first played it on gamecube and I still play it yearly and I'm extremely nostalgic for it. Really enjoyed the video as usual! Always high quality and though I know a lot about the game it did teach me 1 or 2 things I never knew ❤

i think the 3ds boxart one is referring to how detailed his teeth are and maybe just the general mishmash of his render compared to the old ones alongside it

I HAD no idea badger from breaking bad had a youtube channel

3:08 - When the main part of Totaka's Song starts playing (he's taking over it).

My theory for why Bowser Jr. got the magic paintbrush is that he already had the bandana that turned him into Shadow Mario, so E. Gadd thought he was Mario. Or Bowser Jr. only thinks Gadd "gave" him the brush because he likes to think of himself as the good guy and in reality he never got permission to take it. Or he's just straight up lying. Wouldn't surprise me. Or maybe E. Gadd simply didn't think Bowser Jr. would be a bad guy, since they didn't know each other, and maybe Jr. pretended to be nice, and so Gadd thought he could trust the young fella.

I also heard that the game development was finished at 3 in the morning. I believe I heard it in a YouTube video decompiling the game, and the files show the last time major game files were edited was 3 AM in 2001

The thing about Gadd is, he's not evil. He's just not nessicarily good either. He only cares about his inventions and experiments. He sees everything Luigi does as purely a test of his inventions, which is reflected in some of the things you'll hear him say after missions in other luigi's mansion games. He's always really quick to shower his inventions with praise while disregarding those around him. Here's a couple examples: After the Bogmire fight: "Even if that lightning had cooked your goose, the Poltergust 3000 would be perfectly fine!" LM3, when first rescued: "You want to save your friends, you say?" Throws head back dramatically and groans LM2, after the mission Double Trouble: "I really haven't been paying attention to what's been going on up there... I thought a ghost had somehow snuck through with Toad, so I socked him in the nose! He'll heal up eventually." He's also constantly talking about forgetting his toad assistants. He has no problems throwing Luigi into dangerous situations, but he also never really leaves Luigi with no options. In fact, the entire Dark Moon game was started by Gadd literally abducting Luigi against his will. True, it ended up being a good idea to do, since Mario was captured, but there's more! In the security pictures that the toads give you throughout the game, he sees Mario's hat in the painting and doesn't recognize him until most of the painting is visible in the last image. This shows how little he pays attention to other people. Him giving the brush to Bowser Jr was just another of his experiments. He got to test both the brush and the FLUDD at the same time while not having to put in an ounce of work himself. He does the same with the Poltergust, Dark Light Device, Stryobulb, Gooigi, and even his E-Gates with Luigi throughout the course of the three games. I think Gadd is merely a psychopath, incapable of feeling emotions or real connections to people. Not an evil one, just one that only finds meaning in life through his inventions.

Replying to the question at Minute 51:32 Personally i don't feel like Egadd orchestrated the whole plot of Luigi's Mansion by reviving King Boo (Tho Sunshine is entirely his fault). In the game it is said that the mansion is basically King Boo's plan to take revenge on both Mario, Luigi and Egadd all combined, Mario & Luigi most likely becouse of the multiple instances of Mario defeating him (It's not confirmed but i believe he's the Big Boo we fight on both SMW and Mario 64 since King Bob Omb is just referred as Big Bob Omb on the same game) and Egadd becouse he captured Boolossus just days prior. Egadd still is a neutral character tho, still felt like clarifying this point, good video still!

58:43 It's referring to the unused texture of a prototype GameCube found in the files. It's loaded during the boss fights for Chauncey and Bogmire and is likely a placeholder background during development