Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal
Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal is a series of stories written in journal format on the official website for the Nintendo 3DS version of Luigi's Mansion.[1] In it, Professor E. Gadd relates the accidental discovery of a green slimy chemical element, "Goo," responsible for the creation of Gooigi.[2]
Entries
Note: In European regions, each entry on the website is numbered as "01:", "02:" etc. instead of "XXX-001", "XXX-002" etc.[3]
XXX-001 An Accidental Discovery
E. Gadd begins by making a short introduction on a "strange liquid energy" collected from ghosts he had befriended. He posits that said energy is "the key to many, many new inventions," but admits that he initially struggled to uncover its uses. His failed experiments with the energy included poking it with iron, pouring it on rubber, and even absent-mindedly dipping a donut into it.
The professor recounts that later during his research, he was startled by a Hider ghost that had escaped from its confinement, causing him to spill the coffee he was drinking into a vial containing ghost energy. He claims that the coffee, described as a "Lunoman Greenie blend from Evershade Valley," quickly reacted with the energy inside the vial, leading to the creation of a green viscous substance. E. Gadd recognized the substance as a new chemical element and called it "Goo," which he then assigned the "00" entry in the periodic table.
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XXX-002 Characteristics of "Goo"
E. Gadd writes that he wishes to discover the real-life uses of "Goo", and decides to perform various experiments on it. He first tested fire on the Goo. The substance was melted, revealing a weakness to fire. The professor followed up by spraying water on the Goo, which yielded the same result. However, E. Gadd notes that the bits of Goo which did not touch the water had moved away from the hazard.
The professor also tells that he has discovered other unusual properties of Goo. He reveals that Goo will push back when touched, as well as react to sounds such as music. E. Gadd concludes that Goo is able to react to outside stimulation, and writes that he believes there is a greater purpose for this new element.
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XXX-003 The Birth of Gooigi
E. Gadd writes that he could teach Goo to collect ghosts with his invention, the Poltergust 3000. He first created a mold that he could pour Goo into a humanoid form. When he removed the mold, Goo was in a human shape, but returned to its original form moments later. The professor then used the Pixelator that contains Luigi’s biological data and converted it into an electrical signal. He then was able to input the signal into the Goo. The result was that the Goo has shape-shifted into a green copy of Luigi.
E. Gadd then showed the Goo some footage of Luigi catching ghosts. The Goo began to imitate Luigi’s movements, and even grew a perfectly functional replication of the Poltergust out of its body. E. Gadd decided to call it Gooigi and felt determined to find the perfect place to test "his" ghost-hunting abilities.
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XXX-004 That Nostalgic Mansion
E. Gadd admits that he had difficulty in thinking about an optimal place where Gooigi could be tested out. He also had to come up with a plan to obtain more ghost energy from Evershade Valley in order to confer Gooigi paranormal capabilities. While pondering over a solution, he realized after a sip of his Lunoman Greenie coffee that he could send Gooigi to the mansion where he originally worked with Luigi. However, since the mansion had vanished long before, E. Gadd had to program his Pixelator so that it could connect to the past and make revisiting the mansion possible. In this way, he contacted himself and Luigi from the past, asking them for help, and outsourced Gooigi to them afterwards.
When he contacted Gooigi after a while for a check up, he discovered that he was very successful in his tests and had collected a large amount of ghosts. As a final note, E. Gadd writes that he is thinking about other possible interactions between ghost energy and Goo.
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The eponymous "Nostalgic Mansion"
Gallery
The following gallery contains doodles and notes that appear throughout the journal.
A doodle of a Gold Ghost next to some notes
A doodle showing E. Gadd's intention to program the Pixelator so that it connects to the past
Names in other languages
Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Dutch | Onderzoeksrapport van professor K. Wibus[4] | Professor E. Gadd's research report | |
German | Professor I. Gidds Forschungstagebuch[7] | Professor E. Gadd research journal | |
Italian | Appunti di ricerca del Professor Strambic[8] | Professor E. Gadd's research notes | |
Portuguese | Diário de pesquisas do Professor E. Gadd[9] | Professor E. Gadd's research journal | |
Russian | Дневник исследований профессора П. У. Галкина[10] Dnevnik issledovaniy professora P. U. Galkina |
Professor E. Gadd's journal of research | |
Spanish | Diario de investigación del profesor Fesor[5] | Professor E. Gadd's research journal |
1 - E. Gadd's French name ("K. Tastroff") is misspelled as "K. Tastrotff" on the entry selection page, but is spelled right on all other pages related to the journal.
XXX-001 An Accidental Discovery
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Dutch | 01: Een toevallige ontdekking[?] | 01: An accidental discovery | |
German | 01: Eine zufällige Entdeckung[?] | 01: An accidental discovery | |
Italian | 01: Una scoperta accidentale[?] | 01: An accidental discovery | |
Portuguese | 01: Uma descoberta acidental[?] | 01: An accidental discovery | |
Russian | 01. Случайное открытие[?] 01. Sluchaynoye otkrytiye |
01. Accidental discovery | |
Spanish | 01: Un descubrimiento por accidente[?] | 01: A discovery by accident |
XXX-002 Characteristics of "Goo"
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Dutch | 02: Eigenschappen van "goo"[?] | 02: Properties of "goo" | |
German | 02: Eigenschaften von „Glibber“[?] | 02: Properties of "Goo" | |
Italian | 02: Caratteristiche del "Goo"[?] | 02: Characteristics of "Goo" | |
Portuguese | 02: Características do "Goo"[?] | 02: Characteristics of "Goo" | |
Russian | 02. Свойства элемента Goo[?] 02. Svoystva elementa Goo |
02. Goo element properties | |
Spanish | 02: Características del gominol[?] | 02: Characteristics of jelly |
XXX-003 The Birth of Gooigi
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Dutch | 03: Het ontstaan van Gooigi[?] | 02: The birth of Gooigi | |
German | 03: Die Entstehung des Fluigi[?] | 03: The creation of Gooigi | |
Italian | 03: La nascita di Gommiluigi[?] | 03: The birth of Gooigi | |
Portuguese | 03: O nascimento do Gooigi[?] | 03: The birth of Gooigi | |
Russian | 03. Рождение Гуиджи[?] 03. Rozhdeniye Guidzhi |
03. Birth of Gooigi | |
Spanish | 03: El nacimiento de Gomiluigi[?] | 03: The birth of Gooigi |
XXX-004 That Nostalgic Mansion
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Dutch | 04: De villa van toen[?] | 04: The villa from then | |
German | 04: Die Villa von damals[?] | 04: The Villa of yesteryear | |
Italian | 04: La villa che viene dal passato[?] | 04: The villa that comes from the past | |
Portuguese | 04: A mansão do passado[?] | 04: The mansion of the past | |
Russian | 04: Ностальгический дом[?] 04: Nostal'gicheskiy dom |
04: Nostalgic house | |
Spanish | 04: La mansión de la nostalgia[?] | 04: The mansion of nostalgia |
References
- ^ Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal. Nintendo.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ @NintendoAmerica (December 5, 2018). In #LuigisMansion on Nintendo #3DS, players can meet Gooigi by playing Local Wireless Co-op! But how did this greener guy come to be? Learn about the discovery of the element “Goo” in Professor E. Gadd’s Research Journal XXX-001: “An Accidental Discovery.” Twitter. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal. Nintendo.co.uk. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ Onderzoeksrapport van professor K. Wibus. Nintendo.nl. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Diario de investigación del profesor Fesor. Nintendo.es. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Journal de recherche du professeur K. Tastrotff. Nintendo.fr. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ^ Professor I. Gidds Forschungstagebuch. Nintendo.de. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Appunti di ricerca del Professor Strambic. Nintendo.it. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Diário de pesquisas do Professor E. Gadd. Nintendo.pt. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Дневник исследований профессора П. У. Галкина. Nintendo.ru. Retrieved May 12, 2019.