One of the all-time greats. It hits you hard with its fun, spooky setting and atmosphere while still being cartoonish and goofy; it proudly wears its big weird personality on its sleeve and flaunts it. With every run being only 4-5 hours long and also implementing a ranking system evaluating your performance throughout the playthrough, Luigi's Mansion is truly meant to be endlessly replayed over and over to achieve better ranks and to improve your skill. And the soundtrack, being an organized amalgamation of clarinets, harps and electronic synths, tickles the ears so vigorously that its always a pleasure to listen to despite many tracks being so short. So much care is put into making this thing so memorable, its a feat all on its own.
Even with a 3DS remake out in the wild, the original is still worth playing if only for the refined controls as well as the physical manifestation of heavenly ecstacy that is the GameCube's controller. Absolutely nothing can be taken for granted when you're spending the evening plowing through this paranormally congested mansion's halls.
After twenty-two years and soon to be twenty-two years ahead, this game stays and will forever stay an incredible classic worthy of everyone's time, love, money, carnal intimacy, and brain-shaped real estate.