Luigi's Mansion Wiki:Coverage

Luigi's Mansion is a standalone series and one of several spinoffs of the Mario franchise. As such, we mainly just cover the Luigi's Mansion series of games. However, the series has had individual representation in various Mario spinoff titles, the Super Smash Bros. series, and sometimes standalone titles like Nintendo Land. Furthermore, Luigi has had a fear of ghosts in most of his appearances since Luigi's Mansion. As such, it is important to determine how far our coverage should go. Some are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Full coverage
A game may receive full coverage if Luigi's Mansion-related elements are featured prominently throughout. However, this rule only applies to Mario spinoff titles, not the Super Smash Bros. series or other crossovers not within the Mario franchise. If a game outside of the Luigi's Mansion series has full coverage, subjects associated with the Luigi's Mansion series must be marked in bold in the respective game navigation templates. The standard is still to write the articles from the perspective of the Luigi's Mansion series. If Luigi is playable in these games, it is recommended that

For example, Mario Party 6 features a game board belonging to E. Gadd, titled E. Gadd's Garage. Because it is one of the possible locations where the gameplay primarily takes place, Mario Party 6 may have full coverage.

Another example of a game that may have full coverage is Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, because Professor E. Gadd, a character primarily associated with the Luigi's Mansion series, plays a major role throughout, and even has a younger self. By extension, the game's predecessor, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, may also have full coverage even though E. Gadd does not play as large of a role.

Generally, any game that features a location titled Luigi's Mansion may have full coverage, such as Mario Kart DS, which has a race course of that name, or Mario Sports Mix, which has a court of that name.

In Mario Party Advance, though there is no Luigi's Mansion board, E. Gadd co-hosts one of the modes, and Gaddgets are collectible items throughout the game. As such, the game may also receive full coverage.

Partial coverage
E. Gadd has made several inventions, many of which appear in the Luigi's Mansion series, although some only appear in other Mario spinoff titles, such as the Super Poltergust 3001. Although Super Mario Sunshine features two major inventions from E. Gadd, F.L.U.D.D. and the Magic Paintbrush, the wiki may only cover E. Gadd's inventions within the game (as well as any subsequent appearances) because E. Gadd is only mentioned and Luigi does not appear in the game at all.

Mario Party 8 has a minigame titled Specter Inspector, which features ghosts from Luigi's Mansion. Because there is not as much Luigi's Mansion representation like in Mario Party 6, the game should limit its coverage to only the Luigi's Mansion-related content and have a navigation template for Luigi's Mansion-related minigames in the Mario Party series.

Because partial coverage only applies to all non-Mario crossovers, Super Smash Bros. Brawl should limit its focus to Luigi's Mansion-related content. However, profiles for Mario characters who have appeared in the Luigi's Mansion series or Mario titles with full coverage here are still allowed.