Around the release of Luigi's Mansion on the 3DS last October, we publicised Luigi's "green doppelgänger" Gooigi, introduced by Professor E. Gadd as a playable character in the game's co-op mode.
Since then, the 3DS game site - taking on the form of Professor E. Gadd's research journal - has documented the accidental discovery of the green goo and the characteristics of it. In his most recent entry, the professor talks about the birth of Gooigi, essentially adding plenty of backstory to the character:
This mysterious element I've come to call Goo has proven unlike any other element I know of. I'm confident that I can make great strides in my research if I can teach Goo to collect ghosts for me! My greatest invention, the Poltergust, is undeniably the best way to capture ghosts. I realized that Goo could learn to master the Poltergust if only I could cause it to adopt a humanoid form. The experiments began at once!
First, I created a mold that I could pour Goo into.This went smoothly, and when I removed the mold, Goo was in fact in a human shape! But only a few short moments later, Goo returned to its original form. It seemed Goo was not able to easily hold a shape without help...
It seemed I was at a deadend, until I remembered the biological data that the Pixelator captured when Luigi used it! Taking that data and converting it into an electrical signal, I was able to then input it into Goo.The result was...Exactly as predicted! Goo shapeshifted into an exceedingly green copy of Luigi right before my eyes! I never doubted my genius!
In order to teach Goo, now in the form of Luigi, how to collect ghosts for me, I showed him the vast amount of footage I had of Luigi doing exactly that! Just as I expected, Goo began to mimic Luigi's movements—he even transformed a part of his body into a perfect replication of the Poltergust! This progress has exceeded even my most ambitious expectations! I'm so good I even scare myself!
However, I must keep reminding myself thatallgreat discoveries require a disciplined approach! Progress in the lab is wonderful, but soon the practical test of ghost collecting begins! There's only one more thing to do: name Goo, who now holds the shape of Luigi. Easy! He looks like Luigi,so I shall call him...Gooigi! With Lunoman Greeniecoffee blend in hand, I must now determine the perfect place for Gooigi to test his abilities...
To see the original journal entry, visit the official game page. You can also check out the previous two entries while you're at it.
Are you a fan of Gooigi? Have you played as him yet in the Luigi's Mansion co-op mode? Would you like to see him added to more Nintendo games in the future? Tell us down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Now when can we see Gooigi in Smash? 💪
Gooigi for Smash!!! Way more sense then Waluigi since Gooigi actually has a backstory and could echo Luigi!
This... Is pretty interesting. Mario characters rarely have complex backstories. Thanks for sharing.
That's probably what will happen, gooigi, a clone of Luigi, nice worth £5 or whatever. Or 'E Gadd and goo' that clones a random person or can clone on the fly, like mokujin a bit.
Fun fact: Waluigi's hat symbol "Г" is not only an upside-down "L" but also a cyrillic letter which is a counterpart to latin "G". So he should've been called Gooigi instead and be playable in co-op. No luck for him again
Yabbo yabbo.
Doesn't showing Gooigi footage of Luigi's ghost busting antics somewhat contradict the order of events?
If Luigi's Mansion 3DS is the first game chronologically, where Gooigi is playable, there can't have been footage of Luigi facing the ghosts from Dark Moon.
this is deeeefinitly teasing a 3 reveal.
@MushHill_Act1-1
Luigi's Mansion 3 was already revealed.
But they'll probably feature Gooigi in it as a co-op option now that you mention it.
@RupeeClock Ingame, E Gadd sends Gooigi back in time to Luigi's Mansion 1. So they actually thought of it.
Well that's cool!
...now what implications will this have on the mario lore?
@RupeeClock time paradox much?
@ClassSonicSatAm
At the very least, an unintentional continuity error.
@RainbowGazelle
Oh, cool, didn't know about the how of Gooigi shows up.
I have the game on 3DS but haven't gotten around to playing it yet, still playing Bowser's Inside Story.
Thinking about it further, it's even plausible too because E.Gadd has previously been involved in time travel plots.
@MH4 He'll make it to Smash as a playable character before Waluigi anyway.
@MaseSco
As a character actually created by Nintendo and not Camelot and a far more interesting story, and far better game than all of waluigis, I'd hope so!
@RupeeClock i mean like a big info drop or something but maybe!
So this “goo” is basically Odo, then. Got it.
Definitely interesting for sure! This scenario sort of reminds me of the movie Flubber.
now Nintendo needs to release Luigi's mansion 3 on the Nintendo switch. maybe we will get lucky and we will see the other two games on the switch as well.
however the original game needs some updates. the different regional versions of the games have different difficulty levels to them.
all three having "the mansion" and "the hidden mansion" modes. however, these two modes are identical in the U.S. version except for the amount of gold to collect.
the Japaness version of the game has the same issue except a glitch or two that can things fun. (assuming that you can find them)
unlike the others the European version of the game has a lot of noticeable differences in "the mansion" and "the hidden mansion" modes. the most noticeable change is the difficulty in terms of the bosses. as well as the mansion being mirrored.
maybe if they re-release the game on the Nintendo switch they can add some additional difficulty modes like having the order in which the different gallery ghosts appear.
or a mode in which all of the doors are unlocked except for the doors in which require keys that are acquired by bosses. in order to complete this mode you have to already know the order in which to collect the different gallery ghost. one wrong move and you may miss the chance of collecting certain gallery ghosts as well as the chance of collecting certain boos as well as some lovely treasure.
That's a cool backstory for a clone character created for a co-op mode! I had a blast playing co-op mode in Luigi's Mansion 3ds with my friend and using gooigi.
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