Editing Game Boy Horror

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{{quote|This is the portable device I invented to help you search the mansion and help you hunt for Boos!|[[Professor E. Gadd]]|''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' instruction booklet, page 28}}
The '''Game Boy Horror''' is a machine designed by [[Professor E. Gadd]] in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. It allows him to communicate with [[Luigi]]. It also has a map, Luigi's stats, the [[portrait ghost]]'s descriptions, and [[Boo Radar|a radar]] for [[Boo]]s. The map and inventory are accessed by pressing {{button|gcn|y}} and {{button|gcn|z}}, respectively. Luigi can look in the Game Boy Horror's camera screen when the player presses {{button|gcn|x}} so they can see [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|the mansion]] in the first-person perspective. The player can also select certain objects and have Luigi say something about it, much like the [[Tattle]] ability in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. Additionally, if Luigi scans an object that sets off the Boo Radar, a square with a question mark and the text "What's This?" appears onscreen, even if the room is still dark. If Luigi checks a [[Mirror (object)|mirror]] with the Game Boy Horror, he is [[warp]]ed back to the [[Foyer (Luigi's Mansion)|Foyer]] automatically; however, this does not work with the mirror in the [[Mirror Room]]. In the [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|Nintendo 3DS remake]], the Game Boy Horror's search function is used by pressing {{button|3ds|y}}, while the map and inventory are shown on the Touch Screen.

The Game Boy Horror was designed after the [[Game Boy Color]], specifically the Japan-exclusive clear color variant, with the "HORROR" on it even resembling the Game Boy Color's "COLOR," even though the [[Game Boy Advance]] was released before ''Luigi's Mansion''. This was because throughout the early conceptual development of ''Luigi's Mansion'', the then-unreleased Game Boy Advance's design was wavering throughout.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20081228082122/http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=261|title=The Making of The Game ''Luigi's Mansion''|publisher=N-Sider|date=January 21, 2005|accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref> In ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'', it was succeeded by the [[Dual Scream]].

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The Game Boy Horror was [[List of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga pre-release and unused content#Unused data|going to be]] an item in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', but it was replaced with the updated [[Game Boy Horror SP]], modeled after the [[Game Boy Advance#Game Boy Advance SP|Game Boy Advance SP]], which can be used to get rare items in every battle and is earned after the player mixes every [[Bean Juice]] blend in [[Starbeans Cafe]]. Also, E. Gadd twice contacts the cafe by using a giant two-way Game Boy Horror that is capable of warping items between the two locations, demonstrating this ability during the second time. A side effect of the Game Boy Horror's arrival is that it causes a blackout in the vicinity.

==Gallery==
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Gold Mouse.png|A [[Gold Mouse]] emerges from [[cheese]] after being scanned by the Game Boy Horror, from ''Luigi's Mansion''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゲームボーイ・ホラー
|JapR=Gēmu Bōi Horā
|JapM=Game Boy Horror; from「ゲームボーイカラー」(''Gēmu Bōi Karā'', Game Boy Color)
|FreA=Game Boy Horror<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20140102012531/http://luigismansion.nintendo.com/fr/gameplay|title=Site officiel - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon pour Nintendo 3DS|publisher=YouTube|language=fr|accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref>
|FreAM=Game Boy Horror
|Ger=Game Boy Horror
|Ita=Game Boy Horror
|SpaE=Game Boy Horror
}}

==Trivia==
*By pausing or using the Game Boy Horror in a dark room, one can hear that the [[ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|ghost]]s are singing the [[Main Theme (Luigi's Mansion)|''Luigi's Mansion'' theme song]].
*In kiosk demos of the game, the Game Boy Horror displayed the amount of time remaining before the game would reset back to E. Gadd's lab.
*The Game Boy Horror's more advanced features, such as cameras, backlighting, and wireless communication, were not available with its real-life counterpart the Game Boy Color without the aid of peripherals; however, each was eventually included with future [[Nintendo]] handhelds.

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