Video game:Nintendo GameCube Luigi's Mansion

Mario is the most popular video game franchise of all time, selling over 260 million games worldwide. The character Mario appears in over 200 games on every Nintendo console ever made, and in the 1990s, a survey discovered more children recognized Mario than Mickey Mouse. While the Mario series mainly features platform adventures, often involving the safe rescue of Princess Peach, it also includes role-playing, puzzle, racing, and educational games. The franchise further includes television shows, a live-action movie, comics, and promotional materials. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981, Mario first appeared as the protagonist Jumpman in Donkey Kong. As his name suggests, the character completed levels by jumping over barrels and climbing ladders to rescue the Lady kidnapped by Donkey Kong. In certain advertisements, Jumpman was named Mario, after the landlord of Nintendo of America's offices, and the name stuck. In 1985, Miyamoto produced the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game Super Mario Bros. The game takes place in the mythical Mushroom kingdom and stars Mario as he attempts to save Princess Peach from an antagonistic, anthropomorphized turtle named Bowser. Similar gameplay, reoccurring characters and power-ups link the games of the main Mario series. Nintendo released Luigi's Mansion for the GameCube in 2001. The game begins when Luigi wins a mansion from a contest he did not enter. When he and his brother, Mario, decide to meet up at the mansion in order to explore it, Luigi discovers that Mario has disappeared. Luigi must travel through the mysterious mansion with the Poltergust 3000, a vacuum cleaner that absorbs ghosts, in order to save Mario. The game is significant for introducing the Poltergust 3000, along with Professor Elvin Gadd and King Boo. The professor is the creator of the Poltergust 3000 and an ally to Luigi, while King Boo has appeared as an antagonist in several Mario entries. Luigi's Mansion sold over three million copies, making the game a highly successful endeavor.