A Single-Player DLC Expansion For Luigi's Mansion 3 Was An Idea That "Faded Quickly"

The game is so meaty that I had to take a break, there's just so much to do. The multi-player feels lacking though so I'm glad they are adding more.

I would have liked to have had the single player DLC but if they cut it and are planning on using it in the future that can only mean that we should get a sequel right

I think not adding single player DLC is a loss, who cares if it takes long to develop? The game came out less than 5 months ago, the people can wait!

Shame. I was really hoping they were planning to add a Single player DLC expansion in the future. But who knows, maybe they will end up adding some down the line. Afterall the game is selling like hot cakes, and no doubt the DLC is going to sell great. Maybe Nintendo will push them to add some Story DLC next year.

Putting extra floors behind a paywall would have been criminal. I’m glad they went this route.

I would've been fine with the Hidden Mansion thing, though. Not an actual expansion to the story, just a harder/remixed version of the main game. >.<

@gloom What if they added an entirely new Mansion, a brand new story mode with unqiue bosses, puzzles, enemies, costumes, and other benifiets? That would be worth the $20, just like Splatoon 2's Octo-expansion.

Bruh...missed opportunity to include Daisy in a side story or prequel story of her own kicking ghost butt...

Putting on their "multiplayer brains" sounds like they might have a multiplayer project coming in the future. Like a new Strikers game. And that isn't just wishful thinking, because I'm not a big fan of Mario Strikers or anything.

@patbacknitro18 Sure that would be fun, but that just sounds more like LM4 to me.

@Joeynator3000 Especially considering the difficulty, or lack thereof, was one of the game's weakest aspects. I was right there with you in hoping for a Hard mode

Silly move. Would of sold even more with single player dlc. I dont care at all for the multiplayer

The 8 player multiplayer games are horrid.
I can't figure out why are doing more or how they made the included ones so bad.

I just finished the main campaign last night (all gems and boos) and to be honest I am sort of glad there is no more single player content. I felt the final 3-4 hours was really dragging and I was actually kind of happy to see it end. I certainly enjoyed my time with LM3, however I would not have gone back for new content as the main game was plenty for me.

I finished the game and really enjoyed it but was disappointed that it didn’t seem to matter at all that I had collected all of the gems and I had collected so much money and there was nothing really to spend it on. I did have a great time playing it. An extra mansion as dlc would be welcome!

I don't really see many people using Luigi's Mansion 3 as their go to multiplayer game on Switch. I played them briefly but they just felt like they should be in Mario Party so I have no interest in this dlc, more single player content and I would have been all over it.

If they do end up making the sequel, I hope they leave out the annoying chase sequences. After the quite brilliant film director ghost the game immediately becomes a drag as you have to chase some stupid cat all across the previous floor. Considering they have plenty of ideas they had to cut, there is some blatant padding in the game

I never played the offline multiplayer because I don't have people to play with, at home. But I usually play one floor in single player and then some chaos tower online multiplayer. That is actually fun, I would have liked some more online multiplayer modes...

i rather if they save that single player stuff for a Luigi's Mansion 4 instead. imo

This sounds like LM4 is progressing nicely! But they can’t say that because it’s not been officially announced yet.

I have never played multiplayer, and never will, so this is a shame

As good as this game is, I really want Next Level to hurry and finish up on LM3 dlc and get on making a new Mario Strikers for Switch.

@Joeynator3000

I thought the game was hard enough as it was, a harder remixed version would have crippled me haha

I'm still having therapy after chasing down that damn Polterkitty (twice)

It’s a shame as I’d have definitely bought single player DLC if it added a few new floors to the hotel but multiplayer really isn’t my thing. Still, if it can all be mixed into Luigi’s Mansion 4 then it’s all good.

@Smashfan502 Yea, but people want a hard mode because shockingly some people like challenge and shockingly not everybody is challenged by the default difficulty tuned for the ages of 7+. Difficulty WAS one of the only negative aspects for me because encounters quickly became a chore when I knew I was never going to die. A harder option would have helped.

And people expect single player DLC because its first and foremost a single player game. If anything, multiplayer DLC seems like a baffling choice despite their reasoning given I cant imagine the player base actually using Luigi's Mansion multiplayer maps is very high...I'm wondering how many people have ever even loaded them up.

That's a shame, this game getting a single player expansion pass like Xenoblade and Fire Emblem would've been fantastic.

So for the dlc it would be called waluigis mansion. And instead of the flashlight to stun the ghosts he runs around screaming "ITS WALUIGI TIME!" And sucks them up through his nostrils with a big gulp.

They missed the opportunity to make a DLC where you play as The Mansion!!!!!
Oh, this isnt how it works?
Sorry.

I would have purchased a single player DLC. Didn't even touch any of the multiplayer stuff.

Rather than DLC, I much prefer a standalone expansion or a sequel. If I buy a full game release, I want a full game. Not a game that is incomplete shortly after release. That they add extras in other modes that are more like afterthoughts, that's ok. But making the story incomplete or adding parts that make what used to be complete, incomplete, that's not how I like it, and not motivating to buy their next "finished" game at release.

I do appreciate the Mario+Rabbids DLC a lot, and it has plenty to keep it separate from the main game. It could have been a standalone expansion. Had it been another area with the main cast of leveled up characters, I'd have felt kind of "betrayed".

I'd be all for a standalone expansion starring the professor and his research in the first game's titular mansion (or leading up to the next game in the series...), but not for the idea of adding floors to the hotel, or adding mansions to Luigi's Mansion 2.

Does anyone think Nintendo are focusing too much on DLC for their current games?

NO one on my friends' list bought it, why would I want more multiplayer?

@DannyBoi Yes and doing so decreases the life of the games. If older games had 'online' (needing servers) we wouldn't have retro today.

I would have been down for more minigames...

@DannyBoi when I buy a game with Nintendo, I generally feel like I get a full game and DLC is a fair bonus. I didn't care for the DLC in Smash Ultimate. But the game has so much content it doesn't take away from the experience of you pass on that stuff.

I would have purchased single player DLC for Luigi's Mansion 3 and also for GTA V. Not for DLC Multiplayer.

@gloom how about a brand new collection of optional basements.

Ah that's a shame. Ida happily played or even paid for more Luigi3. But multiplayer anything, ever, no thanks.

While it’s a solid game, it becomes repetitive. The gameplay doesn’t progress as you go. You know what to do with a ball hanging from a rope on level 1 or 13. The big square ghost is the same on early levels as he is on later levels. I’d be up for more levels if Luigi’s abilities expanded. But game wasn’t made by Nintendo and it shows.

So the better idea was abandoned quicly.. congratulations?

"An additional benefit is that the cut single-player ideas can be saved for something else in the future"

Luigi's mansion 4, right? But let us wait 4 or 5 years, and then release a new one that is very juicy.

@ouroborous Yeah this just seems lazy, the main game itself seem rather short it's not like there's any extra you unlock once you beat it, like a mirror mansion or any after game stuff
would of been more worth it if they did single player DLC with multiplayer bit like GTA IV's two DLCs worked, new side story and some online mode stuff

as it is..I kinda wish I just rented this game

I don’t care much for most multiplayer content in games save for select titles such as Super Smash Bros. Seeing Nintendo scrap additional one player content for Mansion leaves me feeling a bit sour to be honest. Still- LM3 was wonderful and I am grateful to have it in my collection. Definitely one of my favorite releases so far.

They’re basically saying “we couldn’t be bothered to get out of our comfort zone, so we will make something that suits our needs”. Come on, they couldn’t be anymore petty if they tried.