Pearl
- This article is about the collectible in Luigi's Mansion. For the character from Super Paper Mario, see Pearl (character).
Pearls[1] in the Super Mario franchise have appeared as both items and objects.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country / Donkey Kong Land[edit]
In Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land, pearls are spit out by Clambos as an attack. When spit out, pearls travel straightforward in only a single direction.
Donkey Kong 64[edit]
In Donkey Kong 64, the Mermaid owns pearls that had been stolen by Oysters, and Tiny Kong has to retrieve them for a Golden Banana.
Luigi's Mansion series[edit]
Luigi's Mansion[edit]
In Luigi's Mansion and its Nintendo 3DS remake, pearls are collectible items dropped by non-area boss portrait ghosts. Pearls determine which frame a portrait ghost has and the portrait photo after being returned to the Gallery. There are three sizes of pearls: small pearls,[2] worth 50,000G; medium pearls,[2] worth 100,000G; and large pearls[2] (or Big Pearls), worth 1,000,000G.[3] The smaller ones are awarded for every 10 HP that Luigi vacuums from a portrait ghost, up until reaching 50 HP, which is when it begins to drop medium-sized pearls per 10 HP vacuumed. The cycle reverts to small pearls if Luigi unsuccessfully captures the portrait ghost on the first turn, unless he can vacuum another 50 HP from it. This is unlikely, because portrait ghosts have 100 HP, meaning it must break free from Luigi precisely halfway (with 50 HP remaining). If Luigi successfully captures a portrait ghost on the first try, it drops four small pearls, four medium pearls, and one large pearl, totaling 1,600,000G in value.
The only non-boss portrait ghosts not to drop pearls are paired with another ghost. The blue Clockwork Soldier drops pearls, therefore the pink and green ones do not. Between Henry and Orville, the latter one drops the pearls. The Floating Whirlindas are simultaneously vacuumed, meaning that they share dropped pearls.
After completing an area, Luigi releases the captured portrait ghosts into the Ghost Portrificationizer. Their frames and photographs are based on which pearls were collected by Luigi. A frame turns bronze if Luigi collects only small pearls, silver for both small and medium ones, and gold if he collects every pearl of each size.
Luigi can earn up to 76 small pearls, 76 medium pearls, and 19 large pearls in the entire mansion if he manages to successfully vacuum up every portrait ghost in one turn. These pearls all add up to 30,400,000G in total. Luigi can earn up to 171 small pearls if he does not collect medium or large pearls. Like with the other collected items, Luigi can check the pearls he has collected from the Game Boy Horror.
Pearls are absent from the Boss Rush mode of the Nintendo 3DS remake, though Luigi can still achieve higher frames based on his performance when fighting a portrait ghost.
Luigi's Mansion 3[edit]
Pearls reappear as collectible items in Luigi's Mansion 3, where they are the rarest and most valuable collectible. Unlike in Luigi's Mansion, the pearls are worth 100G.
Profiles[edit]
Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]
- Electronic manual description:
- English:
These are dropped by portrait ghosts. They come in small, medium, and large sizes, and earning them will improve the frames and portraits in the gallery.[page number needed]
- English:
Gallery[edit]
Small pearl icon (Luigi's Mansion)
Medium pearl icon (Luigi's Mansion)
Large pearl icon (Luigi's Mansion)
Small pearl icon (Nintendo 3DS remake)
Medium pearl icon (Nintendo 3DS remake)
Large pearl icon (Nintendo 3DS remake)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | Perle[?] | Pearl | |
| Spanish | Perla[?] | Pearl |
References[edit]
- ^ 2001. Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 24.
- ^ a b c "Every non-boss gallery ghost starts with 100 hit points. If you extract 90 hit points in a single pull, the ghost will drop a large pearl. For 50 points in a pull, you’ll get a medium pearl. For every 10 points you pull from a ghost, you’ll earn a small pearl." – Sinfield, George (2001). Luigi's Mansion Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-14-3. Page 78.
- ^ Sinfield, George. Luigi's Mansion Player's Guide. Page 95.
