Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Is Looking Suitably Spooky In New Japanese Trailers

I owned a 3DS copy but my 3DS died only a short way into this game, so Im looking forward to revisiting this. I went ahead and preordered this, but probably gunna save this for October 👻

@somnambulance
Who's gonna tell them?

No wonder Nintendo are making record profits. Make a game for 3DS, sell it for 50 and sell millions. Then 11 years later, give it an HD sheen, sell it for 60 and sell millions.

I'm holding off on LM2, at least until after the Direct this month. I'm sure it's a fun game, and lovely to look at, but I just have a feeling there will be other games announced that I'll want more.

Plus I can't shake the feeling that Nintendo should be releasing LM 1 and 2 in a bundle release, like they did with Pikmin, and at that same lower price point. I would've liked to have the whole trilogy on Switch, but we shall see...

@Teksetter yeah that’s my strategy as well.

I love this game on 3DS so I will be getting it hopefully day one. Still not sure where to get it from unfortunately

I might eventually grab this, but what would've really sweetened the deal is if they bundled it with an HD version of the first Luigi's Mansion as well. Might as well have all three on the switch right?

Since I never finished the 3DS version and my brother who borrow the game basically kept it, now is my chance to re-experience it again this time on the big screen and on the go.

@OldManHermit My guess is they're saving that one for a 4K remastered on the Switch 2 (or whatever their new console is gonna be called).

I never finished Luigi’s Mansion 3, got to a good point in the game too…It would be silly for me to pick it up without beating the third.

@YunoboCo

(suggestion: https://www.jnlgame.com/collections/pre-order-sales-save-up-to-10-dollars )

Might have been interested if it was updated to look closer to LM3. As it is I’d rather play it in 3D if I ever decide to play it again….chances of which are…eh. Not a bad game but wasn’t a fan of the structure compared to 1/3.

Owned a copy on the 3DS game was alright.
Might get this one with a price drop

I honestly think I prefer LM2 over 3, which probably makes me look lie a freak. I'm not the biggest fan of the mission structure of 2, of course, and wish there was free exploration. We also don't have unique ghost boss designs. But from a gameplay perspective, I would say Dark Moon has the most enjoyable combat. The strobulb adds a layer of depth but doesn't make it too easy like the slam move in 3. LM3 feels like such a cake walk that I found it to be very repetitive and frankly a little boring. The bosses were cool, but the regular enemies really bogged down the overall experience for me.

From what I recall, I remember Dark Moon having a fair bit of challenge. Specifically, those "hostile takeover" missions or whatever they're called where you have to revisit one of the mansions you just completed and go from door-to-door, sucking up all the ghosts within the time limit. I also like how you have 5 different mansions to explore, and although that's less themes than all the floors in LM3, many of LM3's floors are so short they don't live up to their full potential. The pirate and disco floors, for example, were such a disappointment.

From what I recall, LM2 also had some of the most creative puzzles and uses for the Poltergust, like being able to fill up a balloon and float fir a brief period of time. That was a really cool mechanic. I think the first Luigi's Mansion is probably my favorite because it has such a strong identity and sense of exploration, on top of being genuinely disturbing in places and not just cartoony--even if the gameplay wasn't as refined. But LM2 would be my second-favorite.

I'm looking forward to replaying it and seeing if my opinion has changed. I've always felt the game is over-hated, but it's been several years since I last played through it. Maybe I'll finally realize what everyone's been saying about it is true, I dunno. Hope not, though!

Currys UK £37.99 now that’s a better price.
49.99 with 25% off using code when you go to the game in Currys website.
GHOST25 at checkout.
Not so hard to find it cheaper.

Looks better than when they first showed it off. It can't be an easy feat to upscale 3DS games, plus retool the second screen functionality and strip out the Streetpass things. Looking foward to revisiting this one this month!

I still remember that first time playing the original on launch day evening. Blew my freaking mind! I was stunned at how the graphics improved compared to N64! Stayed up all night playing Luigis mansion and Star wars Rogue one.

It's the weakest of the 3 for me but still a game I really enjoy and I'm looking forward to playing it again. Hopefully Nintendo will see sense and bring the first game to Switch at some point, I mean it should have been ported to Switch instead of 3DS given when it released but Nintendo do strange things at times

@Truegamer79 Luigi's Mansion and Rogue Leader were stunning to see at the time and that's even me coming from the Dreamcast and PS2

this game doesn’t earn its price tag AT ALL. even if it was forty i wouldnt lmao

@Truegamer79 Still looks fantastic to this day. The jump from N64 to GC (and PS1 to PS2 etc.) was seriously mind blowing

I haven't decided if I'm picking this up or not. I'm not that into Luigi's Mansion but I end up playing them all anyway. There isn't much else coming out, but my PS5 is still shiny and new and a couple games on that wishlist just went on sale. Sooooo I dunno, maybe? Probably?

Kind of wish Luigi's Mansion 2 would've died in obscurity. Definitely the worst game in the series by far.

@Truegamer79 you're not alone in feeling sentimental. The GCN launch was peak awesomeness.

I imported mine from Japan with Luigi's Mansion, Wave Race and Monkey Ball. Which were quickly followed up with Pikmin, Rogue Leader, Smash Bros and Resident Evil 1. All superb.

This is the reason I still own that GCN and a hefty chunk of software. Perfection.

I'm up for playing LM2 again. Especially for having the most expressive and (arguably) the cutest boos in the series.

Pre-ordered it, I actually own it on the 3DS but have never got around to playing it. I will play it this time. 😅

I remember playing a demo/kiosk for the original Luigi's Mansion way back in the day and wanting more, then finally getting access to the full game years later and just being bored out of my mind halfway through the game, despite it's short runtime. It felt like a tech demo that got greenlit for a full game.

That feeling has put me off from touching the next two LMs, although I'd like to give the series another shot. I hope Nintendo releases a demo (although that didn't do much good for me the first time).

I wonder what new content they put in to make it worth the price tag?

I'm excited to play this again. I personally prefer 1 and 2 over 3.

I like 3 but not sure I want a lesser version of that with art graphics, gameplay and art direction way inferior to 3...for 60 bucks they could have at least added in some actual textures in this port.

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD looks so much fun but İ have never played still one Luigi's Mansion game. İ do not know anything about this game because İ have never played even a one game from it. İt looks good even the graphics İ hope who people love Luigi's Mansion serie can have so much fun while playing it this game.

The all 3 Japanese trailers from Luigi's Mansion 2 HD looks fun good work but there are very short but that is how it works. Play the game to see more about the Luigi's Mansion 2 HD.

Nintendo has some nerve charging full price this game, with no new content. Fully enjoyed this on 3DS but just can't justify paying $60 for a barebones remaster.

I never played it. If I have $ I'll pick it up...maybe. There's too much for me to catch up on recently and I've been pretty content working through the backlog.
All of that changes if my kids see this tho, lol. They love all things spooky.