After being initially revealed in the February Direct, Nintendo has today given us a closer look at Luigi's Mansion 2 HD for the Switch, confirming that it will be creeping our way in summer 2024.
This is the same 3DS game that we all fell in love with back in 2013 (gosh, was that really 10 years ago?) but with some added bells and whistles for the Switch version. It's apparent that Luigi has had something of a facelift for this HD remaster with its improved visuals and up to four ghost hunters can team up in the game's multiplayer mode.
Be a brave bro and face off against King Boo with your handy Poltergust and adorable dog companion in tow — aww, we've missed that little guy.
We still have a while to wait before this one haunts our way next year. Now, where did we put that 3DS...
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Ok so they call it Luigi's Mansion 2 now instead of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
I hope they could port the original one to Switch too.
Something changed very obviously.
It mentioned as Luigi Mansion 2, Not Luigi Mansion Dark Moon.
Add one more from GameCube version then we will have Luigi Mansion Trilogy on Switch.
I'm so glad they've moved from remaking Wii U games to remaking games from other systems!
While I won’t be getting this since I have the original I still recommend people who haven’t played this to give it a try. Just know that it will be mission structured and not free roam.
Yeesh... Even as a simple remaster/upscaled re-release this looks pretty bad.
Really hope the original makes its way to the Switch eventually.
As for Dark Moon.... Ehhhhh. Never could at all get into it, its pacing is just a nightmare. 3's like an immediate and obvious improvement on it in every way and 3 isn't even that good.
I'm pretty certain the original had 4 player multiplayer stuff too.
That’s a very long wait for a seemingly safe remaster. I hope they get it to look as good as the third game within that time.
With multiplayer (just like the original release!)
I've only ever played 1 & 3 (I wasn't a big DS/3DS guy I'm afraid) so I'm very glad for the chance to play this. While I heard it was more level based than the first, which made me less interested back when it came out, the footage makes it look fun. I like that there seems to be a decent variety in the different "mansion"s.
love the series, but they need to stop trying to make Luigi's Mansion multiplayer a thing.
Uh are they adding restore points to the remaster? There are no restore points in the 3DS version and I quit playing because of that.
I wasn't a fan of this one so to me this is the weakest of the three. Didn't enjoy the multiplayer much either.
I might give it another go though as it's the type of game I don't enjoy as much in handheld so if I'm to try it again, then I'd play it docked. Didn't mind playing LM3 in handheld but that too I prefer docked.
Really hope we see LM1 as imo it's the best and i miss that spooky atmosphere. Feels like it may not happen since Next level Games didn't make it and want to stick to their games with the humour instead of that spooky atmosphere
@anoyonmus
It would make sense if the original was ported first in fact. And Dark Moon a little later. There are many younger people who haven't played the first two games.
My 3DS original works just fine, so I'll be skipping this. That said, I encourage any who haven't played this and are interested to try it! I liked the mission structure in the original, as well as the different mansions. The only problem was the missions could get quite long sometimes. Wasn't exactly ideal for shorter sessions as a result.
Luigi's Mansion 3 is still my favorite. IMO the series has improved with each entry.
@Anti-Matter, @anoyonmus Some territories outside of North America had this game localized as Luigi's Mansion 2 to begin with, so I'm sure it's for consistency.
I really liked this one back when it came out, so it’s nice to see it return. It’d be great to get the original Luigi’s Mansion too!
I'd much rather have the first game, Dark Moon whilst fun is easily the weakest of the 3, with pretty poor ghost designs compared with the original and now 3 as well
Oddly unambiguous considering how far they announced this in advance. Even just updating the lighting to be half as good as 3 would have been enough.
This is great not only for those who missed it back in the day, but also for those who want to play the multiplayer (again) as doing so nowadays on the original is a nightmare if I recall correctly!
They really are trying to get whole collections of the more obscure Nintendo franchises on Switch. The franchises that started on Gamecube and never really saw the fame they deserved.
Metroid Prime (yes, 2 and 3 are coming), Pikmin, Luigi’s Mansion, …
And they are doing remakes of games that they find too valuable to just release on NSO. Such as Mario Party Superstars, Super Mario RPG, Advance Wars 1+2, Link’s Awakening, Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu+Eevee, now Mario vs Donkey Kong, …
And they will try to get all valuable wii and gamecube games on switch too. Some in a collection (Mario Sunshine, Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia …), some as remakes or remasters (Zelda, Xenoblade, Paper mario thousand year door).
Eventually they will get there, and almost all Nintendo games will be on Switch and hopefully we can take the games with us to the next console via backwards compatibility.
@anoyonmus Hopefully it's the GameCube one and not the 3DS one.
I don't mind remakes/remasters, but why is it ALL Mario related?
-Mario RPG
-Paper Mario TTYD
-Luigis Mansion 2
-Mario vs Donkey Kong
Please let me know what is missing here. Prefer to make a list of retro-ish top Nintendo games that are missing on switch.
What is left on Gamecube or Wii to port or remaster:
What is left on Wii-U to port or remaster:
What is missing on NSO:
And I hope they wont go full on remake DS and 3DS stuff.
other than the new princess peach games, this is one of the few 2024 games I'm looking forward to. now Nintendo just has to release the original Luigi's mansion game over to the Nintendo switch and the trilogy will be complete.
and (unfortunately) i never finished playing the second Luigi's mansion game. mostly because playing games on the 3DS started to hurt my hands for if i tried playing games on the system for more than 40 minutes at a time.
like others i also have a dislike towards how it got multiplayer modes. it would have been nice for them to have added bonus features like allowing us to play as peach instead. (I'm sorry Mario, but its time for your girlfriend to return the favor and save you for a change...lol)
(she is tired of you and wants to trade up...lol its been 30+ years; i think she can save herself from Bowser by now... why don't you search another castle and find someone new! lmao)
peach saving Mario for a change is more of a bonus round idea for the first Luigi's mansion and not the others. unfortunately Luigi, King Boo is out for revenge.
@Friendly does NSO have mario paint for snes already?
@CammyUnofficial good one, I added it to the list. Thanks!
Yeah, 2013 still feels like a 3DS-induced yesteryear... I wonder if there will be more 3DS remasters coming, now that its eShop is no more.
Coming to that Switch 2 you guys keep telling us is coming right.. right... Right?! Haha
@Friendly Yoshi's Woolley World (Wii U or 3DS port) is really in need to come to Switch.
@Dom_31 It's nearly a year out. Relax.
But what about Kid Icarus Uprising??? 😭
It feels weird to me how they just changed the name, what was wrong with dark moon?
@Friendly I will proudly add Paper Mario Color Splash to your list, it really is a gem of a game. It turned the horrible sticker star formula and actually made it fun! Oh also the kirby rainbow claymation game.
@Friendly
GameCube/Wii:
Ugh, remakes. Love 'em and hate 'em. Rather have a new game. Do love the Super Mario RPG remake, from what I seen. There is a game that NEEDED a remake. A 3DS game, even from 10 years ago, did not.
I own this and only played for about 20 min so this is an easy skip.
@Zochmenos if it improves significantly that's great, but it'd still not be a great first look.
Didn't they say in the February direct that the controls would be updated and almost match the controls like 3?
@Dom_31 But it is...because it comes out in a year.
Ingredients aren't the "best look" for a birthday cake, but without the forced cynicism, I'm sure you'd cope with seeing them beforehand.
So that means we'll get Luigi's Mansion 4 on the next console, then Luigi's Mansion 3 as an upgraded port years after.
@Friendly Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Punch-Out!! need to be ported!
@Friendly Kid Icarus Uprising
I'm really excited for this but i'll be super bummed if the first one doesn't get the remaster treatment at some point on Switch or Switch 2 because not having it just seems odd, I still have no clue why they did the port of LM1 to the 3DS instead of the Switch...
.. and like others have said, it seems really weird for them to have announced this more than a year before its coming out, like Mario Wonder a mainline mario game was in the public eye for only 4 months before release whereas this will be at least 16 months.
I truly think that it was delayed and was probably supposed to come out this autumn/fall but they pushed it back to help fill a gap in 2024, mark my words summer 2024 will be BARREN...
@Sputnik_Corner switch 2 will release next year though.
They are now pushing the games that have been finished for a few years already, if we can believe the rumours of years ago.
“Luigi’s Mansion 2”? It wasn’t called that here!
…Seriously, though, I’m glad they’re changing it. The North American names were inconsistent, and I was calling this one “Luigi’s Mansion 2” anyway. Besides, in Europe, Kirby’s Fun Pak became Kirby Super Star Ultra and Kirby’s Adventure Wii became Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe…so we had this coming, anyway.
@Friendly Interesting effort to make a list of games not on Switch yet, but surely a truly exhaustive list would be impossible. Regardless…I feel morally obligated to point out the omissions of Paper Mario: Color Splash and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, two criminally underrated Wii U gems not on Switch yet. Also, Nintendo Land is actually impossible and never happening.
Also, the Kirby game that was ported to Switch was Kirby’s Return to Dream Land / Kirby’s Adventure Wii, a totally different game from the original Kirby’s Dream Land on Game Boy (which is on NSO). The most criminal omission from NSO is definitely Mario Land 1, and I’m still waiting for Mario Party 3. And why is Partners in Time on your list? That one was for DS.
@YoshiFlutterJump @xenoshaun @moonlessky @kirbo100 thank you for all the improvements for the list! Will add the omissions and correct the mistakes.
@stew they are!
@giancarlothomaz that one is from the 3ds. Too many exclusives on there for me to add at this point.
@Cheez But, I really wanted the Wii Music, Wii Party U (and Wii Party), etc., games back! Some are Wii and some Wii U. there are many of those great ones.
We also need Konami or whoever it is to port Fishing Resort.
@carlos82 sneaking in (Actually there are 4 games, but that's besides the point) sneaks back out
@Lizuka WDYM dude? 3 is the best in the series.
@Kirbo100 you didn't mention Mario Party 8. Imo 8 is better than 4-7 combined.
@batmanbud2 I personally don't really care much for MP8. It's better than MP9-Super, but it's not really one I go back to. Probably should've added it IG
Of the GameCube entries, I'd rate it above MP5, but I like MP4/6/7 more than MP8 personally
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