Luigi’s Mansion Poltergust 5000 Will Become a Crane Game Prize

Taito has revealed that it will release the Poltergust 5000 from the Luigi’s Mansion series as a crane game prize toy in Japan. The item will start appearing in Japanese amusement centers on December 21, 2024.

The toy will be known in Japan as “Obaccum Sound Light.” However, it is very clearly modeled after the Poltergust 5000 from Luigi’s Mansion 2. The 2013 3DS game was alternatively known in North America as Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, but Nintendo uniformized the title when it released a remaster of the game for Nintendo Switch in June 2024 worldwide as Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD.

While the original gadget had swappable heads to switch between vacuum and light modes, this toy will simply have a light placed on the vacuum head. The toy can also play a random sound while the light is turned on. It will have five kinds of audio, which range from the gadget’s machine noise to Luigi’s voice.

The toy vacuum light modeled after Poltergust 5000 from the Luigi’s Mansion series will be available as crane game prizes in amusement centers across Japan starting from Saturday, December 21, 2024. People can also immediately play Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD on Nintendo Switch to see the actual item.