Spirit Ball

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Spirit Ball
Blue Spirit Balls in The Spectral Catch
Blue Spirit Balls
First appearance Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013)
Latest appearance Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024)
Variant of Ghost
“This is a Spirit Ball, a paranormal specimen with the ability to cause illusions.”
—Professor E. Gadd, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Spirit Balls are ghosts that appear in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (as well as Luigi's Mansion 2 HD) and Luigi's Mansion 3 that were given to Boos from King Boo's power-enhancing bejeweled crown. Their appearance is based on either the hitodama or the will-o'-the-wisp.

History[edit]

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Luigi's Mansion 2 HD[edit]

In Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Spirit Balls have the power to hide one specific object, making it invisible and intangible, though it is still visible in mirrors and during lightning strikes. After Luigi uses the Dark-Light Device on an invisible object to reveal its presence, Spirit Balls are forced out, and Luigi must use his Poltergust 5000 or Poltergust G-00 to suck them up. The object glows purple and is unable to be interacted with until the Balls are sucked up with the Poltergust. If he does not suck the Spirit Balls up in a certain amount of time, they go back to the object and turn it invisible again. Spirit Balls can hurt Luigi if he touches them, dealing 5 HP of damage.

In a mission in Gloomy Manor, a Boo is seen producing some Spirit Balls. Unlike other ghosts, they cannot be sent to the Vault and do not appear in the ScareScraper; invisible objects simply get revealed without needing to suck them up.

Luigi's Mansion 3[edit]

Spirit Balls reappear in Luigi's Mansion 3. The game also introduces a magenta variant of Spirit Balls. These Spirit Balls bring whatever objects they interact with to life, such as bins and chests. Like with the blue Spirit Balls, Luigi must use the Dark-Light Device to force the Spirit Balls out and suck them up with the Poltergust G-00, turning the object back to normal.

Gallery[edit]

  • A Boo unleashing Blue Spirit Balls.
    A Boo unleashing Blue Spirit Balls.
  • Blue Spirit Balls coming out of a translucent door in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
    Blue Spirit Balls coming out of a translucent door in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
  • Magenta Spirit Balls that can possess objects.
    Magenta Spirit Balls that can possess objects.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseのろい玉
Noroidama		Curse Ball[?]
DutchBedrogbolDeceit Ball[?]
FrenchNébulosphèrePortmanteau of nébuleuse ("nebula") and sphère ("sphere")[?]
GermanWirrlichtPortmanteau of Wirr ("confused") and Irrlicht ("Will-o'-the-wisp")[?]
ItalianSfera spiritataSpirit sphere[?]
Korean저주구슬
Jeoju Guseul		Curse Orb[?]
PortugueseBola EspiritualSpiritual Ball[?]
SpanishOrbe ectoplásmicoEctoplasmic orb[?]
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Luigi's Mansion ghosts
Luigi's Mansion Normal ghosts 35 Boos • Bat • Blue Blaze • Blue Twirler • Bowling Ghost • Ceiling Surprise • Fire Elemental Ghost • Flash • Flying Fish • Garbage Can Ghost • Ghost Guy • Gold Ghost • Gold Mouse • Grabbing Ghost • Ice Elemental Ghost • Mouse • Mr. Bones • Purple Bomber • Purple Puncher • Shining Ghost • Spark • Speedy Spirit • Temper Terror • Waiter • Water Elemental Ghost
Portrait ghosts Biff Atlas • Bogmire • Boolossus • Chauncey • Clockwork Soldiers • Floating Whirlindas • Henry and Orville • Jarvis • King Boo • Lydia • Madame Clairvoya • Melody Pianissima • Miss Petunia • Mr. Luggs • Nana • Neville • Shivers • Sir Weston • Slim Bankshot • Spooky • Sue Pea • Uncle Grimmly • Vincent Van Gore
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Normal ghosts 32 Boos • Creeper • Gobber • Gold Greenie • Greenie • Hider • Mummy • Polterpup • Slammer • Sneaker • Spirit Ball • Statue Armour Ghost • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Hider • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker
Story Mode bosses Ancient Poltergeist • Big Boo • King Boo • Poltergeist • Possessors (Grouchy · Harsh · Overset · Shrewd · Tough) • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Slammer • Strong Poltergeist • The Three Sisters
ScareScraper bosses Beetle Whisperer • Bomb Brother • The Brain • Creeper Launcher • Primordial Goo • Terrible Teleporter
Luigi's Mansion 3 Normal ghosts 16 Boos • Golden Goob • Goob • Hammer • Jewel Rausuto • Mini Goob • Mini Hammer • Mummy • Oozer • Possessed bin • Slinker • Spirit Ball • Trapper
Rare ghosts Bomb Goob • Bomb Hammer • Bomb Oozer • Diffusing Goob • Diffusing Hammer • Electric Oozer • Lethal Goob • Lethal Hammer • Lethal Oozer • Lethal Slinker • Medic Goob • Regen Goob • Regen Hammer • Regen Slinker • Speed Goob • Speed Hammer • Speed Oozer • Thieving Slinker • Warp Slinker
Boss ghosts Amadeus Wolfgeist • Captain Fishook • Chambrea • Chef Soulfflé • Clem • DJ Phantasmagloria • Dr. Potter • Hellen Gravely • Johnny Deepend • King Boo • King MacFrights • Kruller • Morty • Nikki, Lindsey, & Ginny • Polterkitty • Serpci • Steward • Ug
ScareScraper bosses Boolossus
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Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Characters Luigi • Mario • Professor E. Gadd • Toad • Polterpup • King Boo
Tools and equipment Dark-Light Device • Dual Scream • Goshigoshi Beat Brush • Pixelator • Poltergust 5000 • Strobulb
Items and objects Amethyst • Bill • Bulb • Coin • Crown • Diamond • E-Gate • Emerald • Gem • Gold Bar • Gold Bone • Goshigoshi Beat Brush • Key • Paranormal chain • Paranormal portal • Paranormal shield • Professor E. Gadd's car • Pumpkin • Red Coin • Ruby • Sapphire • Sled-mounted shooter • Strobe Switch
Ghosts Normal ghosts Big Polterpup • Boo (list) • Creeper • Gobber • Gold Greenie • Greenie • Hider • Mummy • Polterpup • Slammer • Sneaker • Spirit Ball • Statue Armour Ghost • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Hider • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker
Bosses Story mode Ancient Poltergeist • Big Boo • King Boo • Poltergeists • Possessors (Grouchy (Spider queen) · Harsh · Overset · Shrewd · Tough) • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Slammer • Strong Poltergeist • The Three Sisters
ScareScraper Beetle Whisperer • Bomb Brother • The Brain • Creeper Launcher • Primordial Goo • Terrible Teleporter
Pests Bat • Beetle • Big frog • Crow • Frog • Gold bat • Gold beetle • Gold crow • Gold frog • Gold spider • Mouse • Spider
Other enemies and species False door • Flytrap • Fuzzball • Gold fuzzball • Gold Robomb • Orange flower • Robomb
Areas Gloomy Manor Balcony • Bedroom • Cellar • Coatroom • Common Hall • Dining Room • Entrance • Foyer • Front Yard • Garage • Guard Hall • Kitchen • Lab • Library • Lobby • Master Hall • Mudroom • Mudroom Exterior • Parlor • Patio • Rafters • Secret Pocket • Studio • Study • Under the Stairs
Haunted Towers Botany Lab • Conservatory • Courtyard • Crow's Nest • Crypt • East Hall • Eerie Staircase • Family Room • Garden • Gardener's Dwelling • Gardener's Lab • Greenhouse • Haunted Towers Entrance • Hollow Tree • Hydro Generator • Laboratories • Lounge • Old Graveyard • Plant Nursery • Rooftop Pool • Rumpus Room • Seedling Laboratory • Sewer • Skybridge • Solarium • Tool Shed • Toolshed Stairs • Tower Lobby • Tree House • Tree Root • Water Supply • West Bathroom • West Bedroom • West Garden • West Hall
Old Clockworks Antechamber • Belfry • Belfry Clock • Canyon Hall • Canyon Narrows • Canyon Stairs • Cargo Room • Clock Tower Gate • Clockmaker's Chambers • Clockworks Court • Container Yard • Crank Room • Drafting Office • Finishing Room • Gear Chamber • Kiln Room • Maintenance Hub • Movements • Pit Slide • Quarry • Roundhouse • Roundhouse Pit • Service Elevator • Storage Room • Storm Cellar • Synchro Gantry • Synchronization Room • Tomb • Transportation Hall • Warehouse • Workshop
Secret Mine Airway • Basin • Chalet • Chalet Approach • Cinder Mine • Coward's Chasm • Crossroads • Crystal Quarry • Deep Hall • Drift Hall • Frozen Pit • Fishing Hut • Gondola • High Wires • Ice Lake • Maintenance Room • Pit Mine • Prospector's Crossing • Shaft • Skip Slope • Smokehouse • Smuggler's Hideout • Terminal • Under the Ice • Workshop • Workshop Landing
Treacherous Mansion Ancient Exhibit • Archives • Aviation Exhibit • Bottom of Well • Ceremonial Chamber • Cliffside • Dark Age Exhibit • Dungeon Cells • East Balcony • East Corridor • East Gallery • Front Entrance • Gargoyle Roof • Grand East • Grand West • Guard Tunnel • Haunted Catacombs • Ice Age Exhibit • Inner Courtyard • Jungle Exhibit • Kitchen • Nautical Exhibit • Restrooms • Space Exhibit • Study • Terrace • Train Exhibit • Underground Lab • Veranda • West Balcony • West Corridor • West Gallery
Other ??? • Bunker • Dark Moon • E. Gadd's Vault • King Boo's Illusion • Mario's Painting • ScareScraper • Toad's Painting
Miscellaneous "5 Games With Spooky Levels to Play on Halloween!" • Baskin-Robbins • The Capcom Times • "Five Games With Spooky Levels to Play in the Dark" • Gallery (HD) • Get To Know Luigi's Mansion 2 HD • Glitches • Iwata Asks • Luigi's Mansion Arcade • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Ghost hunting tips! • Multimedia • "Nintendo 3DS - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Poltergust 5000 Making of Video" • The Nintendo Spooky Baddies gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff (HD) • The Year of Luigi Sound Selection
Related Play Nintendo activities
Are you ready to hunt some ghosts? • Eek! • Pop quiz! • You’ve got this down cold
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Luigi's Mansion 3
Characters Playable Luigi • Gooigi
Supporting Polterpup • Professor E. Gadd • Mario • Princess Peach • Toads
Antagonists King Boo • Hellen Gravely
Tools and equipment Dark-Light Device • Flashlight (Type-B · Type-P) • Poltergust G-00 (Type-G) • Strobulb • Suction Shot (Type-C) • Virtual Boo
Items and objects Bill • Bomb • Boo Ball • Coin • Coin pile • Crown • Elevator button • Elevator tracker • Gem • Gold Bar • Gold Bone • Key • Pearl • Professor E. Gadd's car • Strobe Flower • Strobe Switch • Swinging vine • Trap Detector
Ghosts Normal ghosts 16 Boos • Golden Goob • Goob • Hammer • Jewel Rausuto • Mini Goob • Mini Hammer • Mummy • Oozer • Slinker • Spirit Ball • Trapper
Rare ghosts Speed Goob • Speed Hammer • Speed Oozer • Bomb Goob • Bomb Hammer • Bomb Oozer • Regen Goob • Regen Hammer • Regen Slinker • Lethal Goob • Lethal Hammer • Lethal Oozer • Lethal Slinker • Thieving Slinker • Medic Goob • Electric Oozer • Diffusing Goob • Diffusing Hammer • Warp Slinker
Boss ghosts Steward • Chambrea • Kruller • Chef Soulfflé • Amadeus Wolfgeist • King MacFrights • Dr. Potter • Morty • Polterkitty • Ug • Clem • Serpci • Nikki, Lindsey, & Ginny • Captain Fishook • Johnny Deepend • DJ Phantasmagloria • Hellen Gravely • King Boo • ScareScraper: Boolossus
Other enemies Flytrap • Pests (Bat · Cobra · Crow · Gold bat · Gold crow · Gold piranha · Gold spider · Mouse · Piranha · Spider) • Possessed bin • Takarabako Obake
The Last Resort floors Basement • Grand Lobby • Mezzanine • Hotel Shops • The Great Stage • RIP Suites • Castle MacFrights • Garden Suites • Paranormal Productions • Unnatural History Museum • Boilerworks • Tomb Suites • Twisted Suites • The Spectral Catch • Fitness Center • The Dance Hall • Master Suite • Rooftop
Further info Gallery • Glitches • "Luigi's Mansion 3 — Behind the Poltergust G-00 with Volpin Props" • Meet the Characters! (Ep. 8) • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal • Quotes • Staff
Other ScareScraper • ScreamPark • The Last Resort
Related Play Nintendo activities
How well do you know the Luigi’s Mansion 3 game? • Luigi and Polterpup are hunting ghosts! • Luigi’s on the run in a haunted puzzle!
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