After a brief MAR10 Day update, we now know that Luigi's Mansion 2 HD will be bringing the scares to Switch on 27th June. What's more, we also now know what to expect from the game's box art.
Yep, Nintendo has revealed a first look at the cover for the upcoming game and anyone who played the original Luigi's Mansion 2 (or 'Dark Moon' for those in North America) will find very few surprises here.
The new design (found below) is almost identical to its OG 3DS counterpart. Luigi still peaks in from the right with a nervous look on his face, while a Boo plays havoc in the mansion behind him. In fact, aside from the obvious aspect ratio change, the only real difference here is that Luigi no longer peers out from behind the 3DS logo art and now opts for a door for protection instead.
You can find the Switch cover (and the 3DS original, for comparison) below.
It has been a big day for box art. Earlier today, Nintendo revealed a first look at the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch cover and even shared some new screenshots too. You can find a gallery of the new snaps in our coverage below.
What do you make of the Luigi's Mansion 2 HD box art? Sneak down to the comments and let us know.
[source twitter.com]
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A bit uncreative tbh … even the HD sticker looks like a slapped on 4K sticker.
Didn’t enjoy 2 as much as 1 or 3 either … it was a good game but the episodic nature of it was a bit of a letdown since the mansions were way smaller.
Also, this game should have included the first one.
What does the inside look like? Hope it’s spooky like Luigi Mansion 3.
Luigi clutching the 3DS banner in lieu of a door frame is actually such a fun little touch on the original.
If history repeats itself, then ports of older Luigi’s Mansion games are a sign of the end times for a Nintendo platform.
I hope the cover glows in the dark like the original
I mean, its practically the same. With some minor differences here and there. Also I live in the US, so it had Dark Moon (not 2) on the physical copy of the 3DS original.
Either way, I will be buying this. I just hope the 1st game will come to Switch as well.
@mariomaster96 wait did it actually?
I never played LM and I never had a 3DS but did it actually?
@mariomaster96 wait… what??? Are you serious? I’m gonna try it tonight
It looks great with number 2 for every version.
Now, if the first Luigi Mansion from GameCube also get remastered on Switch, it will make Luigi Mansion Trilogy on Nintendo Switch.
@Yoshif3 Well the episodic nature of it was due to the game being on 3DS. Because of the portability of it, they chose to make it episodic.
@Anti-Matter I really hope the 1st one does come. Also the first game was on 3DS, so they might port the 3DS version to Switch.
When this was first announced, I thought "Why not the first game too". But oh well, I will still be buying this one day.
It occurs to me that just as Luigi's Mansion was one of the final 3DS titles, that Luigi's Mansion 2 could be one of the final Switch titles.
I like that the flashlight is more visible now. If this was a box art brawl, I'd pick the 3DS one due to the 4th wall breaking effect.
Why isn’t this a 2 pack. Now we’re paying more money than the original game just to play it on switch. It’s crazy.
Mass effect trilogy, crash trilogy , halo MCC. Yet here I am. I’ll blindly buy. Ugh.
On the fence about this as I didn't care for the original that much. Which means I'm 100% going to buy it because I'm a jive sucker.
@anoyonmus @Yoshif3 Yes, the Boo and the title glow in the dark after holding it infront of a flashlight etc for a few seconds
At least the european version does, just tested it again to be sure
edit: There's also the Polterpup and two ghosts on the cover that can only really be seen if they glow
edit2: Seemingly only european covers glow in the dark: https://nintendoeverything.com/buy-luigis-mansion-2-in-europe-get-a-glow-in-the-dark-cover/
A really dumb decision to not bundle this with the first game.
Luigi's Mansion 3 was probably my biggest disappointment of all my Switch games, so I'm gonna pass on that one.
Love luigi mansion but not willing to pay full price on yet another remaster. Will just load up 3DS instead lol
I loved the original on 3DS, but always thought it was more suited to a bigger screen rather than one like 3DS. I know Switch is portable, but at least I can finally play it on a big screen 🤗
Anyone else think it’s weird that in 2024 Nintendo is still putting HD at the end of game titles, but not all title b/c PM TTYD releases a month earlier w/o the HD. 🤷🏻♂️
It made a lot of sense to me when games were going from Wii and GC to Wii U, which was HD, to put HD in the title, like all of those N64 games had 64in the title (I always thought Wii U should have just been called Wii HD anyway) but it seems weird to stick HD on a title in 2024, especially on 1 title but not the other. I unless PS TTYD isn’t also in HD, which I’d find hard to believe.
Anyway brought this up on Twitter this morning only to be mocked incessantly so maybe it’s just me having an odd observation.🤪
Really shows how little Nintendo did to the port lol. They didn’t even really change the box art. Just doing it for money since Luigi’s mansion sells well. Clever that they’re building hype for it too. Might pick up at Halloween 👻
Not particularly interesting since it's practically the 3DS box art - although what's interesting is that the European version glows in the dark, didn't know that (thanks @mariomaster96 for telling us) and curious if this one will as well -, but looking forward to seeing the artwork inside when my copy arrives!
@rjejr "HD" seems to be what Nintendo calls simple remasters, but that definition is muddled by Wind Waker HD which has some pretty significant changes on the one hand and on the other by Metroid Prime Remastered which is actually called a "remaster", but is arguably more than that...
Anyway, despite the confusion I mentioned I think TTYD doesn't have the "HD" because it's more of a remake than a remaster unlike this game.
@mariomaster96 huh. I’ve owned the 3DS version since it was new and never realised this. I’ll be digging it out later to check it out!
@Yoshif3 Only the first batch of the European version (the one that says 2 not dark moon) glow in the dark.
Meh. I will pass on this one.
Day one purchase!
The "realistic" ghosts were the whole draw of the first game. I heard they ditched them for the sequel. Boos and slimes are just boring, not creepy.
@Cia The second game doesn't just have boos and slimes. It has a huge variety of very different ghosts, much more than the first and third games.
I'll probably get this in a deeply discounted purchase. I already played the 3DS version and really liked it. I don't really feel the need to play it all again though. I like the series overall, mind you
Nice cover. Luigi's Mansion 2 is a good game. I might be getting it a second time, because it is propably more fun to play with a controller on the big screen. The online mode must be fun too.
@Yoshif3 "even the HD sticker looks like a slapped on 4K sticker."
I think that's intentional. Works well imo.
@Jacoby not knowing the art of this game, I kind of want the interior art to be what is in front of Luigi.
@JohnnyMind Thanks, that’s pretty much what I was hearing on Twitter. Still find it weird and random, but I kind of find the whole “remake or remaster” debate kind of weird at this point as well. I mean they’re “porting” a 3DS game that was in 3D, which obviously isn’t getting ported, and it had 2 screens, which the Switch doesn’t, and it had “download play” for a friend, which this probably won’t even if they keep the local co-op and online play. So it’s not exactly the same exact game just in HD on Switch.
Oh well, that’s half my day wasted, guess I should just learn to keep my observations to myself.😁
I don't think the Luigi's Mansion remake being one of the 3DS's last games necessarily correlates with this title being one of the Switch's last games. The 3DS remake came out October 2018, over a year-and-a-half after the Switch had already been out. We don't even have a confirmed Switch successor, so I think there are a few more Switch games to come.
Very tempted to buy it since I know my kids will love it, took a dive into my shelf to find out that I own more than 60 fisical games (almost all big nintendo games plus other goodies from 3rd parties and maybe double of that on digital games) i felt kinda bad having spend all that money (at lest to me)
really dont know what to do 😫😫😫😫
If it aint broke don't fix it I guess. I have always loved this render of Luigi and it still looks good to this day. Sadly cant say the same about the game itself, easily the worst out of the 3 in my opinion and I don't have much interest replaying it. Yes im still salty about the first one not getting the remake on Switch but instead 3DS.
This box art doesn't inspire any confidence that it's anything more than a simple remaster. I'm a sucker for Nintendo remakes/remasters/ports, but if I had to choose between this and Paper Mario, I'd easily choose Paper Mario even as a Luigi fan. This game was alright, but Paper Mario TTYD is a true classic, and that remake appears to be a bit more likely to have any new content.
@HammerGalladeBro That’s a great idea! Nintendo should hire you for box art ideas.
The inside art of Switch game boxes has been such a pleasant surprise this generation. With the loss of printed manuals and manuals on carts like on DS , 3DS and Wii U, the inside art almost makes up for it.
If a Switch game doesn’t have inside art, I go digital.
It’s a damn good game but I am not sure if I’m getting this, and if I don’t on Day 1 I probably never will as this game will be as forgotten about as the first Luigis Mansion on the 3DS
Why does Luigi look so hyper-polished on the switch box art 😭
It‘s the same thing, period. This is like a photoshop-job everyone could do themselves.
Lmao, I forgot this one was announced XD
Don't care what the box looks like — can I invert the damn Y-axis in this one or not??
@rjejr nope I think you’re totally right. It’s totally weird.
@sixrings
I agree about the lack of including LM 1 as well, but one could always wait for a good sale. Oh wait, this is Nintendo, scratch that.
Never played it. The "episodic" level design might be the thing that wins me over. As much as I liked LM3 - the animation is outstanding - I felt the game went on for far too long.
@rjejr Probably luigi mansion 3 ‘s remake will be called Luigi Mansion 4K then, when it will be the final game on the Switch 2 Pro …
@BTB20 sure. But the first games ghosts like the baby sort of had a more nightmarish effect over them, didn’t they?
I just wish it was a compilation of both games as played the 3DS version to death but only played the gamecube one a few times and not all the way through
@romanista That's true, they were creepy. It's generally creepy atmosphere is the first game's biggest strength.
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