List of Luigi's Mansion pre-release and unused content

This article needs Luigi's Mansion improvement. Specifically:

• A large percentage of the page's writing is fraught with 2000s/2010s speculation, informal writing, and overall poor quality. This should be fixed.
• This page is missing several discoveries otherwise documented elsewhere on this wiki, or on The Cutting Room Floor.
  • Elaboration on the "different behavior" of the E3 2001 Boos.
  • Leftover dialogue from the E3 2001 demo
  • Leftover "Scare Ghost" animations used by the also unused "EnFrighten" attack.
  • Additional details about "bmario", such as it spawning with a ghost-like shader, its over-sized hitbox, and duplicate equipment actors.
  • The unused Green Toads, internally known as "kinopio2"
  • "elh"'s elemental cores, and animations.
  • The unused dialogue boxes for Mario, Bowser, and the Gold Ghosts.
  • The unsued Noze bones on the Blue Twirlers and Purple Punchers
  • The unsued door functionality on the
  • The climbable ladder in E.Gadd's lab.
  • Various internal Dev comments leftover in the code.
  • The unused, more opaque Ghost shaders from the E3 2001 demo.
  • The unused spinning Coins encountered out of bounds in various rooms.
  • The unused, completely different files used in place of the piano arrangement of Totakeke's theme in the Japanese version of the game.
  • The unheard sections of Bowser's boss theme, the arrangement of Ground BGM (Super Mario Bros.) in the Conservatory, and Chauncey's theme.
  • Various unused voice clips for Luigi, and E. Gadd.
  • Other leftover/unused maps, such as an earlier version of the Breaker Room.
  • Jarvis's unused Heart quote. (Which is already documented on his own page.)
  • The unseen Blackout ghosts in the Sitting Room and Guest Room, despite the info already being documented elsewhere on this wiki.
  • Unused spawn points for ghosts in the Training Room
  • Various unused animations for:
    • Luigi
    • Lydia, who has a leftover animation from the E3 2001 demo.
    • Uncle Grimmly
    • Gold Ghosts
    • Purple Punchers
    • Blue Twirlers
    • Ceiling Surprises/Purple Punchers.
    • Grabbing Ghosts
    • Garbage Can Ghosts
    • Bowling Ghost
    • Boos
    • King Boo
    • Boolussus. (Many of which appear to be leftovers from when it was used as the "standard" design for Boos in the game.
    • Various animations shared between "bmario" and an earlier version of Luigi's model known as "Luige".
• Are there any archives for the dead links?

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This article is about pre-release and unused content for the Nintendo Gamecube version of Luigi's Mansion. For pre-release and unused content from the Nintendo 3DS remake, see Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS).

This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game Luigi's Mansion.

Early ideas

Different kinds of houses were proposed for the game, including an apartment complex, a dollhouse, a "ninja mansion" and a Japanese-style house, before the style of an old American mansion was chosen.

Luigi's Mansion was developed with stereoscopic 3D compatibility. The Nintendo GameCube was built with 3D components which could be activated by an unreleased add-on. This add-on was never released as its price would have been far greater than the console. Another unreleased add-on would have allowed the Game Boy Advance to be used as an external controller in conjunction with the game. The game's remake and sequel both support stereoscopic 3D, as they were released for the Nintendo 3DS.

Early iterations

Nintendo Space World 2000

The game was first publicly revealed at Nintendo Space World in 2000 as a tech demo. designed to show off the graphical capabilities of the Nintendo GameCube. In this build, the ghosts are all colored blue and many had large noses. Luigi is not shown wearing the Poltergust 3000 at any point in this demo, and the Foyer and Parlor appear differently.

Screenshots

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  An early version of the mansion, with three different top windows, no visible chimneys, and no gravestones.
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  An early Foyer with a chair to the left leaning on the wall, the final drawer with a lamp on top to the right. There is a spider web, and the Area 2 door design is different (which can still be seen on the select screen), and the mirror is missing. This version of the Foyer can still be seen if the player presses start/pauses the game.
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  A very early Parlor. Filled with a cafe table, two chairs, a window with curtains, a different china cabinet, an extra side-chair to the left of the table, which do not appear in the final game.
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  There is a cloth on the table with two champagne bottles and a candle on top, a fireplace, a chandelier much like from the Foyer, and the Area 2 and Area 3 hallway painting of the mansion itself instead of a portrait.
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  The rest of the very early Parlor. There is an analog TV with three ghosts on it, as seen later in the demo. The TV texture was reused for the sepia-toned portrait that is seen framed on the Ghost Portrificationizer in the final game.
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  Luigi looks at the viewer, breaking the fourth wall, while in the early Foyer.
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  Luigi being scared by a ghost in the Foyer. Part of a full motion video (FMV).
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  Luigi screaming after being scared by a ghost.
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  Two early ghosts peek around an open door somewhere unspecified in the early Parlor, with the upper green ghost later appearing to sit on the center table seat in the Parlor and the other blue ghost on the bottom blinking and later sitting on the left table seat in the said room. There is a different wall design and a spider web.
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  Three ghosts appear at the table in the center of the early Parlor playing spiderweb-themed cards for roughly three seconds. There are three chairs around the table with an ashtray on top, and the middle green ghost has a top hat and is smoking a pipe. The ghosts appear to be early versions of the Gold Ghost, Purple Puncher, and the Blue Twirler. The ghost on the right has a pinkish nose and is sporting a haircut similar to Slim Bankshot. A clip of this scene is also seen in the final game on the Ghost Portrificationizer.
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  A shot of the three ghosts playing cards in the Parlor, with the ghost on the left throwing a heart sided spider web themed playing card. Originally found on page #89 of issue #99 of the Official Nintendo Magazine released in December 2000.
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  Luigi slides down a handrail in the Foyer, running from a light blue ghost. A spider web can be seen on the stair handrail.
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  The Foyer's chandelier falling, with a long narrow hallway carpet.
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  Unused blue ghosts circling Luigi in the upper left area inside the early Parlor, similar to how Boolossus' minions did.
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  Luigi standing in front of the mansion gates with a gloomy expression. Used at the end of the Space World 2000 demo and the end of the E3 2001 trailer.

Miscellaneous

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  A promotional poster for Nintendo Space World 2000 featuring five Nintendo GameCube games, one of which is an early version of Luigi's Mansion. There are three unused ghosts, one of which is an unused blue ghost from the Space World 2000 trailer.

E3 2001

E3 2001 featured a playable demo of the game, along with several trailers showing areas which were otherwise inaccessible in the demo. Several trailer reuse footage from the Spaceworld Demo.

Gameplay

• The game had a different main menu, giving the options to "Skip Intro" or play "From The Beginning", though this menu was developed uniquely for the playable demo.

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  A different main menu, giving the options to "Skip Intro" or play "From The Beginning". There is no "TM" logo, the dirt path leading to the mansion is straight, there are only four gravestones (which can still be seen on the main menu and new file select screen), and the mansion is missing two chimneys.

• In this build, the Poltergust 3000 featured a different design and was slightly bigger.
  • Instead of an element meter, the game featured an Overheat meter ranging from one to ten. If the pressure meter reached ten, the vacuum would backfire and burst out flames, causing Luigi to fall over and lose health, his HP eventually raises back up slightly after a while.

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  An early screenshot with the Poltergust 3000's pressure meter and further protruding chairs from the table.
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  The Poltergust 3000 overheating after reaching 10 on its pressure meter.

• • Luigi has unlimited access to the water element in the demo. The Poltergust 3000 also had different nozzles depending on what element was being used.

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  Luigi using a water nozzle connected to the Poltergust 3000.

• • The flashlight was originally unable to be toggled off.

• Luigi has the ability to crouch in this demo. In the final game, he is not able to do during normal gameplay, although the animation itself is used during the cutscene which triggers the Blackout.

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  Luigi crouching for roughly a second in the Foyer.

• Luigi's total remaining health was shown as a fraction.

Early Game Boy Horror.

• Originally, the Game Boy Horror had an LCD border, which would function as a red flashing radar to show Luigi the locations of both ghosts and Boos within a room, and had a clock function. One clip shows that once the clock reached 1:30 on the E3 Nintendo Booth version, E. Gadd would contact Luigi and send him back to the title screen.

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  Luigi holding the Game Boy Horror, which was originally just called a Game Boy Color.
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  The Game Boy Horror's tech demo time limit reached 1:30 outside the Study room and E. Gadd contacts Luigi and sends him back to the main menu.

• Because the Game Boy Horror displays a timer rather than Luigi's current money total, Luigi's coin count was displayed via otherwise unused Coin meter.

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  The unused coin meter.

• Treasure chests were more rectangular-shaped, are rendered with a translucent ghost-like shader, and appear to be intangible.

• Nevile and Lydia both have 50 HP rather than 100 HP.

Early ghosts

Ghosts use different designs in this build, resembling their final counterparts more closely than the versions seen at Spaceworld 2000, while still differing in several aspects:

• Standard ghosts are generally not color-coded by type, instead any ghosts could be any color, and their abilities were instead conveyed by body-type alone.
• Gold Ghosts had smaller eyes, fangs, a row of teeth, and different shaped heads.
• Purple Punchers also had smaller eyes, as well as having different fangs, and a large nose.
• Blue Twirlers had different fangs and teeth, smaller eyes, and a big nose.
  • Additionally, Blue Twirlers use the same voice clips as Gold Ghosts in this build.

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  An early Gold Ghost.
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  An early Purple Puncher.
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  An early Blue Twirler.

Ghosts had a different sound effect when appearing from behind the player, instead of the loud roar from behind in the final. Ghosts also did not startle Luigi upon appearing.

Chef ghost

An unique purple-colored Ghost, resembling the appearances of a Gold Ghost appears in this build. They would attack by scaring Luigi from behind suddenly while releasing a "BAHHHHHH" particle, causing Luigi to cry out in terror, crawl backwards uncontrollably, and lose 50 health points while the amount of his maximum health also gets capped to its half; his heart is beating very quickly on the counter. After a while, Luigi gets up and his health limit is raised back to normal.

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  A Gold Ghost-like enemy scaring Luigi from behind in the early Master Bedroom layout.
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  A Scare Ghost scaring Luigi in the Area 2 hallway near the Dining Room and Ball Room. In the final game, it is instead replaced with Bowling Ghosts, Ceiling Surprises, and Purple Bombers.
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  A Scare Ghost scaring Luigi again in the Area 2 hallway.
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  A Scare Ghost scaring Luigi from behind. They do not appear in the Area 2 hallway in the final game.

Boos all use the appearance of Boolossus (albeit at a smaller size), and have different behavior.

In certain versions of this build, a ghost resembling a chef holding a tomato could be found in the Kitchen.

A spherical ghost resembling the Shining Ghosts from the Observatory were seen briefly in the game's E3 2001 trailer, and were originally supposed to harmlessly bounce around Chauncey's room.

Cutscenes

• The cutscene showing Luigi walking to and opening the door to the mansion was slightly different. The door was also designed differently.
• E. Gadd also had different dialogue.
• The early Gold Ghosts have speaking lines, which were removed from the final game.

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  Different intro cutscene. E. Gadd's Lab is not present on the map in this version.
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  Outside of the mansion gates.
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  Luigi heading towards the mansion.
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  Luigi walking up the mansion's front stairs.
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  Luigi opens the Foyer's front door differently and does not say, "Hello?"
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  Luigi entering the Foyer, originally called "Entrance". There were two spider webs above the Area 2 door, the mirror had no cloth covering it (which is not present on the select screen), Toad was missing, and Luigi's HP was shown as a fraction.
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  The Parlor was originally called "Living room".
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  E. Gadd on the floor after failing to catch a Gold Ghost.
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  E. Gadd laying on the floor next to an early version of a Gold Ghost. There is no cloth on the table, an extra sofa, purple Blue Twirler ghost portraits on the wall, and the Anteroom door is different in design and is boarded up.
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  The early Gold Ghost with a light purple color. The portrait has an early Blue Twirler with a black cartoonish top hat and is smoking a pipe, much like one of the green ghosts seen at Space World 2000.
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  More early Gold Ghosts.

Environmental changes

The mansion differs from the final version in several ways.

• Several of the doors in the demo are boarded up or blocked by immovable objects, presumably to prevent players from accessing unfinished parts of the game.
• The northwest side of Area 2 hallway seems to be partly merged with the Area 3 hallway, meaning that there is no door to the Courtyard, and that Nana's Room appears to take the place of the Conservatory.
• There are no fake doors. Instead, several locations where they would have otherwise appeared generally replace them with real doors.
  • There are also various doors which do not exist in the final game in any form whatsoever, such as a door on the right side of the Foyer which would have led to the Area 3 hallway.
• Likely due to a rushed localisation process, several rooms have different, simpler names.
  • The Master Bedroom is called "Bed room 1"
  • The Nursery was originally called "Child's room".

Area 1

Image	Room	Acessable in demo	Area differences	Gameplay differences
	Foyer	Yes	There is a boarded up door in the Foyer, which would have led to the Area 3 hallway, near the boarded up Sealed Room and Sitting Room.
	Parlor	Yes	The door to the Anteroom is boarded up. In certain builds, the center painting in the room depicts a portrait of a Blue Twirler-like ghost, instead of the human figure used in the demo itself and the final game.	The key received in this room unlocks the Area 1 hallway, because the Anteroom is inaccessible. The treasure chest also grants Luigi a large number of coins.
	Area 1 Hallway	Yes.	The hallway has a different wall design, The Twins' Room door is boarded up, and it features a unique star-themed door which goes unused in the final game.	There is a bat on the ceiling in the Area 1 hallway instead of mice.
	Study	Yes.	There is a cafe table with two champagne bottles on top of it next to Neville's rocking chair. A green book on the table is placed closer to the chair.	There are mice in the Study, along with several small Boos.
	Bed room 1	Yes	The room featured a wardrobe, two beds with a drawer with a lamp on top between them, and two wall paintings. There is no drawer with two paintings on top and an extra wall painting.	In addition to Lydia, several standard ghosts also appear in the room. Lydia turns her head back to the player in order for them to stun her.
	Child's room	Yes.	A stuffed rabbit and two teddy bears are found on a shelf with two paintings in between, and the crib is pulled further away from the wall. The chairs were further from the table, which had no vase, a stuffed rabbit on a chair, and two teddy bears on the top of the shelf.	Chauncey is not present in the demo, and is instead replaced by several standard ghosts.

Area 2

Image	Room	Acessable in demo	Area differences	Gameplay differences
	Area 2 hallway	Yes (Certain areas only)	The Laundry Room door is boarded up. Both the Fortune-teller's Room and basement stairway doors are boarded up. There is a stack of immovable boxes blocking access to the door leading the Rec Room and Area 3. The Billiards Room is boarded up. The Ball Room door is boarded up.	The unused Scare Ghost can be encountered in the hallway. Nana's Room's door is boarded up. The door leading to the courtyard is not present, and is instead replaced with the 2nd floor end. None of the doors require a key to access. There is an extra door leading to the Dining Room in the section of the hallway closest to the Area 2 door.
	Dining room	Yes	An extra door is present, which would lead to the Billiards Room, although it is boarded up. A china cabinet is positioned between both boarded up doors. There were seven chairs around the table and a china cabinet was positioned between the doors for the Billiards Room and the Projection Room. A door which would have led to the Projection Room is present, but boarded up. There is also a grandfather clock to the right corner of the room.	Mr. Luggs and the Waiters are not present, instead the room contains Gold Ghosts, Purple Punchers, and Blue Twirlers.
	Kitchen	Yes.	A spider web can be seen, there is no fire on the Boneyard door and there is a different array of pots and pans above the stove, with two bottles on top of the sink, and an extra door which would have led to the Area 2 hallway is present, but boarded up.	There are different ghosts in the Kitchen. In certain builds, the unused chef ghost, appeared in this room.
	Boneyard	Yes	The yellow sign reading "Skeleton is buried here" was missing and the Graveyard is not present. The Boneyard lacks a plant and there is a ground stake to the left of Spooky, indicting Spooky might have been chained up. This can still be seen in the game from the Balcony.	Orange colored Purple Punchers appear in the Boneyard, alongside Spooky.
	Bath room	Yes.	There is a silhouette of Miss Petunia on the curtain, but she does not appear when pulling back the shower curtain in this build.	There are Boos present inside the Bathroom.
	Lavatory	Yes	There is no painting on the wall and the suckable poster is missing.

Area 3 / Area 4

Most of Area 3 and Area 4 were not accessible during the demo. However, they were showcased during certain trailers for the game.

Image	Room	Acessable in demo	Area differences	Gameplay differences
	Nana's Room	No	The yarn spinner is in the back left of Nana's Room instead of in the front left.
	Area 3 Hallway	No (partly)		Bats in the Area 3 hallway, which were white-colored.
	Area 1 Hallway	Yes.	The hallway has a different wall design, The Twins' Room door is boarded up, and it features a unique star-themed door which goes unused in the final game.	There is a bat on the ceiling in the Area 1 hallway instead of mice.
	Sitting Room	No.		There is no cloth on the table in the Sitting Room.
	Telephone Room	No		The Telephone Room had white colored mice.
	Area 4 B1 hallway	No		Mice appear in the hallway.
	Breaker Room	No	There is a water valve with a rotary handle, a table, two chairs, a water bucket, and two oil barrels.
	Pipe Room	No		The room contains multiple pink-colored Flying Fish, whereas in the final game, only the green-colored variant appears in this room.

E. Gadd's Lab

E. Gadd's Lab appears slightly different from its final counterpart.

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  E. Gadd has a different dialogue while talking to Luigi in the Lab saying, "Heh, heh, heh!"
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  More dialogue asking, "What do you want to do, Luigi?"
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  There are only two options to choose from: "Go to the Mansion" and "Practice", labeled as "The Mansion" and "The Training Room" in the final respectively. The option bubble is blue instead of green.
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  Last dialogue saying, "Be careful, Luigi!"

The Gallery was not accessible during the demo, but was likewise shown in on of the trailers for the game, had a different design than its final game.

Miscellaneous

During the game's showcase at E3 in 2001, the disc to the game had different design.

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  The early Poltergust 3000 on Professor E. Gadd's back.
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  Artwork of Luigi from the E3 2001 press kit.
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  Artwork of Luigi with the early Poltergust 3000.
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  Early artwork of a Boo/King Boo.
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  An early King Boo, resembling a Big Boo and not wearing a crown.
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  Artwork from the 107th issue of the Nintendo Official Magazine UK. On the left is an early design for a Blue Twirler.
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  The Luigi's Mansion disc, shown at E3 2001, has a different label than the final release.
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  Satoru Iwata holds a Luigi's Mansion disc, which has Luigi with an expression similar to when the blue ghosts circle around him in the early Parlor in the Space World 2000 build.
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  Artwork from the 107th issue of the Nintendo Official Magazine UK. On the left is an early design for a Blue Twirler.

Nintendo Power 2001 build

Old issues of Nintendo Power (pictured below) contain details of early elements in screenshots and descriptions.

• At this point, the designs for most of the Ghosts have been finalized.
• The Overheat meter has been updated to a "Ghost Counter", which tracked all of ghosts captured by Luigi during the playthrough. Similar to the previous iterations, the counter does not count higher than ten.
• Early gameplay images from this builds reveal that instead of showing Luigi his current gold total, the Game Boy Horror was subsequently altered to always display a first-person view camera, giving the player two perspectives in a room at once.

Screenshots

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  Luigi uses his Poltergust 3000 on the Foyer's chandelier.
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  An early version of the Wardrobe Room.
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  Luigi outside on the Balcony in one early build. A different camera angle was used, two trees were missing in the Graveyard, and Toad was not present.
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  Luigi capturing Neville in the Study, who likely already had 100 HP instead of 50 HP from earlier builds.
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  Luigi tries to capture a Boo in the Study. The Study does not have a Boo of such a HP, rather just 50/60 HP.
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  Luigi in the Kitchen.
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  The Conservatory had instruments on the wall, along with steep steps for Luigi to walk on, which are early blue ghost paintings in the final. There is no suckable poster on the wall near the piano.
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  The Game Boy Horror showing what Luigi is seeing in the Courtyard without switching to first-person view. No Flying Fish appear.
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  An early version of the Rec Room. The ladder and mirror in the back were switched up and the windows had metal protectors, along with three plant pots.
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  The tiger mats are not on tables in the Safari Room in the final version.

Scans

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  A Nintendo Power magazine, the October 2001 issue #150 of Luigi's Mansion.
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  A Nintendo Power magazine of Luigi's Mansion Pg. 36.
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  A Nintendo Power magazine of Luigi's Mansion Pg. 37.
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  A Nintendo Power magazine of Luigi's Mansion Pg. 38.
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  A Nintendo Power magazine of Luigi's Mansion Pg. 39, mentioning a hunter ghost set to appear in the Safari Room, which is unlikely as the game was already released the previous month in Japan, likely hyperbole.

Miscellaneous

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  A collage of screenshots depicting an earlier build of the game, along with a differently colored Purple Puncher.
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  A wallpaper from Nintendo of Australia's website, showing the differently colored Purple Puncher alongside its final counterpart.

Other builds

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  A later build of the Study. The player has one Boo captured already and is displayed without a fraction, rather a whole number, however, this is possible only later in the game in Area 2, and the Game Boy Horror had cartoon-like icons.
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  A treasure chest originally found in the Wardrobe Room.
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  An early icon for the Ice element.
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  A treasure chest unleashing coins. In the final game, the treasure chest only appears after capturing Uncle Grimmly during the Blackout, and it only contains the key to the Breaker Room.

Unused data

Models

Luigi and Poltergust 3000

There are three renders of Luigi left in the game's data for the ending, each with a varying degree of happiness. The renders are a depressed Luigi holding a flower (worst), a pleased Luigi with a peace sign (good), and another pleased Luigi with two peace signs (best).

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  The leftover "bad" rank, labeled "luigi_b.bti".
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  The leftover "good" rank, labeled "luigi_g.bti".
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  The leftover "great" rank, labeled "luigi_V.bti".

The assets for the early version of Poltergust 3000 along with its equipment still exists in the files as well, along with two unused nozzles used for dust and water labeled "wpair" and "wpwater" respectively.

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  The original Poltergust 3000 model (labeled "v_body"), which was bigger and rectangular.
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  The Poltergust 3000's scrapped air nozzle, labeled "wpair".
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  The Poltergust 3000's scrapped water nozzle, labeled "wpwater".
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  Luigi using the Poltergust 3000's original water nozzle in the Bathroom (2F) via Action Replay codes.

An unused model exist for a Matryoshka doll-like depiction of Luigi, which was an early version of the Luigi's head that appears on the Game Boy Horror's maps. It is is labeled as "gidemap.szp" internally.

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  The unused Luigi doll.

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  An animated Game Boy Horror timer in the game's files.

Mario

An unused model for Mario exists in the files under the name labeled "bmario". Compared to its normal counterpart, it is stretched to Luigi's proportions and given the backstraps for his Poltergust 3000, possibly suggested that he would've been playable in some capacity.

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  The unused Mario model.

Ghosts

Textures for cyan and blue-colored Ghost Guys along with two unused, non-functioning actors for them are also present in the game's data.

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  Unused models for blue and cyan color variants of the Ghost Guy, who would have likely appeared in the Ball Room, Astral Hall, and Roof.

The unused variants Shining Ghost model of the still exist in the files, internally named "Ball".These were seen in the E3 2001 trailer, though as a white colored variant.

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  Bouncing ghost
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  Four unused versions of the Shining Ghost.

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  A model labeled "elh". The purpose of the model is unknown, although internal data appear to suggest that it was meant to be a enemy of some kind.
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  The original Bogmire model (labeled "shadow") who appears in the Graveyard. It features longer wings, narrower flabs of ectoplasm hanging down, a defined chin, and an slightly different facial expression.
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  The Bat Twirler (labeled "bat.bin"), which would likely been similar to that of the The Twins' Room ceiling fan, though was supposed to be in the Nursery.
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  A pink colored Mouse (labeled "rat_3"), which is another unused color variant of mice, aside from the Blue Mouse, Purple Mouse, and Gold Mouse.
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  A model labeled "tomato" that appears to be a leftover from the unused chef ghost in the Kitchen, interal data suggests that it was intended to similarly to the bowling balls thrown by Bowling Ghosts. It is found in "game.szp".

Objects

A blue vase (labeled "tubo30_1.bin") seen in the E3 demo footage. Some areas that had a blue vase were replaced with a fake door. Due to the Luigi's Mansion stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl being built using an eariler version of the foyer. the blue vase still appears in the stage, and having an additional door on the right side of the hall. Both oddities were retained for the stage's later reappearances in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  The unused Blue vase.
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  The blue vase as seen in the Luigi's Mansion stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

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  Artwork of Daisy from Mario Tennis (labeled "Test.bti"), seemingly a test image for suckable posters on the wall, based off the fact that the image's file name is located in "game_usa.szp".
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  An unused Phonograph model (labeled "chiku.bin") that comes with two animations, which might've have been intended to be used the Projection Room, or Nana's Room.
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  Unused door model, labeled "doorVAC_BODY_ITA4".
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  An icicle that serves an unknown purpose (labeled "turara"), likely to have been used in the Cold Storage.
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  A white flag that serves an unknown purpose.
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  A cafe table (labeled "otuku.bin") would have been in the Mirror Room.
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  A loveseat sofa (labeled "isu12_1.bin") was suppose to be in the Billiards Room.
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  A ground stake (labeled "a_kui_1.bin"), likely suggesting that Spooky was going to be chained up. A low-poly version of it can still be seen in the Boneyard from the Balcony in the final game.
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  A ladder (labeled "hasi34_1.bin") would have been in the Study and likely in other rooms with bookshelves as well.

Miscellaneous

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  An early map of the third floor labeled "gidemap.bin", which had an extra room on the left side of the Balcony on the third floor.
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  An early map of the basement shows that the Breaker Room would have been accessed from the basement hallway instead of from the stairway area.
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  Texture of an earlier Nintendo GameCube model shown at E3 2001, a background graphic placeholder loaded with the scenes for bosses, such as Chauncey and Bogmire.

Unused graphics

• There are several unused graphics intended to be used in dialogue boxes, which never appear in the final release. Two of them depict early ghost designs reminiscent of the ones seen within the Space World 2000 tech demo:

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  A Bowser icon. In the final game, Bowser never speaks at all.
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  Gold Ghost icon, likely a leftover from Gold Ghost's dialogue from the E3 2001 demo.
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  A Green Toad icon, related to an unused texture for a Green Toad.
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  A Mario icon, which is not present during Mario's dialogue at the Bottom of the Well. In the Nintendo 3DS remake, a redrawn version of it is used in this scene.
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  An unused graphic labeled "Obake01", resembling the early blue ghosts seen in the Nintendo Space World 2000 trailer.
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  An unused graphic labeled "Obake02", which appears to be one of the green ghosts from Space World 2000.

Text strings

• There are two unseen room name graphics which suggest that E. Gadd's Lab was potentially once explorable:

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  The "Underground lab" (The Lab) text string (labeled "e_labo.bti"), likely indicating that The Lab was once explorable. Furthermore, "Lab" is not capitalized, which is common in pre-release builds and suggests a rushed translation.
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  The "Training Room" text string (labeled "e_kunren.bti"), which does not appear in the final game upon entering.
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  The "Ghost Portrificationizer Room" (Portrificationizer Chamber) text string (labeled "e_labo.bti"), likely indicating that the Portrificationizer Chamber was once explorable.
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  The "Gallery" text string (labeled "e_galler.bti"), which does not appear in the final game upon entering.

Unused audio

Music

JA_SE_SYS_TITLE_BGM - The title screen jingle used in the E3 2001 demo of Luigi's Mansion.

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Main Theme - An early version of the main theme.

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Demo_Lion1_2 - A short drumbeat. Its file name implies it was to be used after Luigi looks into the Secret Altar from the Bottom of the Well.

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TelesaDemo02 - A jingle of "Ground BGM" from Super Mario Bros. Its file name implies it was related to Boolossus as TelesaDemo01 is the music that plays during the intro of the fight.

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Room_Space - A repeating harpsichord arpeggio. Its file name implies it was meant for the Observatory.

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PianistQuiz03 - "Totakeke's theme" played on a piano. Its file name implies it was going to be one of the songs used in Melody Pianissima's quiz.

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Sound effects

LuiSec1_0 0x16 - Luigi saying "Nice doggy!". This is partially used in its Nintendo 3DS remake's "Not-So-Spooky" trailer.

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LuiSec2_0 0x13d - An edited and trimmed down version of "BAD ACID.WAV" from Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality 1 sample library.

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Whizzing noise - An early version of a ghost disappearing.

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LuiSec2_0 0x11b - An unused warbling sound

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Creature screech - A recording of an unknown ghost screeching. Similar in sound to when the chandelier in the Foyer drops down.

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Scrapped features

There is a file called "Koga::MissionMode" in the game, suggesting that a "Mission mode" was once planned for the game.

The Game Boy Horror's timer and first person view is still in the game's code for all regions.

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  The Game Boy Horror's original clock functionality re-enabled via an Action Replay code. Unlike the E3 demo, the event that sends Luigi back to the title screen at 1:30 no longer functions, so the clock merely counts up to 6:00 before looping around and restarting.

There is an unused "poisoned" state in the game which utilizes an otherwise unused eye-texture for Luigi. It may have been intended to be used when making constant with a Poison Mushroom, or as any unused variant of the animation used when being attacked by a Grabbing Ghost.

There is unused in the game for an "EnFrighten" attack for ghosts, which strongly resembles the functionality of the Scare Ghost's abilities from the E3 2001 demo.

Multiplayer

Internally, there is an address/value which controls. to the quantity of Luigis that are spawned in game. Adjusting it causes a second Luigi to appear, though without the Poltergust 3000. This Luigi is normally inputless, but can be controlled via custom code which makes him use the second controller. This Luigi physically appears identical to the Player 1 Luigi, but has difficulty opening doors and cannot pick up objects. The second Luigi also ignores any commands which take away player input, which means he can walk during most cutscenes; he can also suck up ghosts if the Poltergust was manually added. If the two Luigis move away from each other in a certain distance, the screen splits horizontally and the game does this automatically. Additionally, the second Luigi is able to vacuum the same ghost the first Luigi is vacuuming if timed correctly. Certain facial animations will not play correctly depending on what the other player is doing, and the game will not acknowledge anything captured by the second Luigi. Additionally, the second Luigi is not able to pick up keys, Hearts, Poison Mushrooms, or any other items. The first-person scan mode of the Game Boy Horror also does not function correctly in this mode. This scrapped multiplayer mode was mentioned by the developers during an Iwata Asks interview, and the concept would be revisited in later entries of the series, most notably with the inclusion of Gooigi, who appears to contains similar coding and limitations exhibited by this second Luigi,.

Scrapped areas

There are three early variants of the gallery present within the game's files. The collision on most of these maps are somewhat broken.

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  Earliest version of the Gallery. E. Gadd is at the center, there are dim lights from the King Boo painting section, lack of stones on the ground, no pillars, the statue bases are different, and the brown wall design is similar to that of the Training Room. An event was once able to be triggered by talking with E. Gadd, but its data was overwritten with the event where Lydia closes the curtains in the Master Bedroom.
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  Second early version of the Gallery with a longer hallway. There are unicorn statues with shorter horns vertically from the Balcony instead of angel statues.
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  Third early version of the Gallery, which is slightly shorter and lacks space for where the Clockwork Soldiers, Biff Atlas, Slim Bankshot, Sir Weston, Bogmire, Uncle Grimmly, Vincent Van Gore and Boolossus portraits would be.
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  The third early version of the Gallery.

A test map also exists in the game, containing four rooms filled with various assets from the game.

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  The center area of the test room. It contains the staircase from the Foyer, a different wall design, a mirrored and flatter clock, a ladder, no handrails, one normal room door, a different carpet, the Mario painting from the Secret Altar, Shivers, a candle, fire from the Boneyard door in the Kitchen, King Boo, Toad, and Luigi's right hand during the cutscene where Luigi retrieves Mario's Painting.
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  The west most area of the test room. It is a mostly empty room with just a carpet and one of The Floating Whirlindas, Mr. Whirlinda, who is unable to be captured due to the absence of the rotating platforms from the Ball Room.
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  The northmost area of the test room. There is a carpet, three round tables, and two rectangular tables. Internal data appears to suggest that it was used to test the movement patterns of various enemies, such as the Mice.
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  The eastmost area of the test room. This room once again contains the staircase from the Foyer, and also features a different wall design, a carpet, two ladders, a flatter clock, wider stairs, no handrails, and a much smaller King Boo.

Notes

• The Japanese version of the game kept Luigi's original hurt sound, while the North American, European, Australian, and South American versions replaced them with different voice clips depending on Luigi's current amount of HP.
• The E3 2001 design for Purple Punchers would be used in a contest hosted on Camp Hyrule in 2001.

External links

• Luigi's Mansion pre-release - IGN article
• Luigi's Mansion pre-release images - Freewebs
• Luigi's Mansion pre-release images - Gamespot pages 3-5
• Luigi's Mansion pre-release images - IGN pages 8-12