
It was one of the first games to be re-released as a Player's Choice title on the system. The game has sold over 3.3 million copies, and is the fifth best selling GameCube game of all time.

Luigi's Mansion received a positive critical reception overall, with reviewers praising the sound and the gameplay, but criticizing its short length. Players control him as he explores a haunted mansion, searches for Mario and deals with ghosts by capturing them through a vacuum cleaner supplied by Professor E. It is the second video game in which Luigi is the main character instead of Mario, after Mario Is Missing!. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the Mario franchise to be released for the console it was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo.
