UK Charts: Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Scares Off The Competition

A £50/$60USD port of a previously £16/$20USD game, with no new content (and arguably fewer features), topping the charts.

What a state the industry is in.

I mean, pricing discussions aside, it’s a great game with tons of content and is incredibly fun!

It will be forgotten soon enough. Its riding the coat tales of LM3. LM2 is by far the weakest of the 3 games.

@LadyCharlie $60 in the UK? How does that work? Switch games are generally available below RRP in most places.

It's £38 in Argos.

@Arkay still hilarious, ridiculous and infuriating

@WiltonRoots I did say $60 USD

@Arkay Their decision to 'cancel' that has bugged me alot about this website, poor decision.

@LadyCharlie and this is the UK charts where $60 means nothing....different market, different pricing structure.

@Arkay is that true, have @NintendoLife abstained from making any articles about Hogwarts Legacy ?? if so that is so so sad . . .

the whole issue over JK Rowling was a hate campaign pure and simple. anyone taking part was simply jumping on a bandwagon out of fear of receiving the same hate as her. such a sad situation. i honestly thought this was widely known now, meaning the hate campaign movement is quashed FAIAP

i really hope @NintendoLife look into the situation further so they may see this for themselves. and hopefully reconsider what is now considered by many to be a very questionable position to maintain

I can only assume watching England in the Euros has actually hurt sales for EA Sports FC. Unusual for it not to be top during a summer tournament.

@LadyCharlie

Kinda figured the SMB: Banana Rumble was gonna struggle especially considering Luigi's Mansion DM HD being releases the same week... SEGA probably should've waited a little longer. Maybe that's just me...not much of sales analyst or anything...

I'd reccomend anyone with a 2DS/3DS to just get that version instead, can get it for £11 on ebay as this switch version isn't worth the price they are asking for.

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot Sega's not renowned for their timing, they tried to release Sonic on the same day as Mario Wonder...

@WiltonRoots not completely different, no. Nintendo do have pricing tiers. Nintendo's US standard price tier is $59.99. UK standard price tier is £49.99.

lower price tier: US $49.99. UK £39.99

higher price tier: US $69.99. UK £59.99

US only started having a higher price tier with Tears Of The Kingdom, everywhere else has had a higher price tier since the Switch launch (March 2017) for Breath Of The Wild, and again for Super Smash Bros Ultimate (US has always had these games at their standard price tier 🧐)

i believe there is another game which is in the higher price tier but it's only available in Japan (it may be a Dragon Quest game ?)

there is an even lower price tier for Metroid Prime Remastered: US $39.99, UK £34.99.
i'm not sure if Nintendo have any other games at this price point

@WiltonRoots Which went as well as we all expected. I even chose Wonder over SuperStars only because I wouldn't have enough time to pay off SuperStars if I had pre-ordered it. So Mario Wonder was the one I bought in the end.

Anyways, I was off-topic. SEGA really need to revise their timing strategy or something, cause if they keep up with this habit. It's gonna bite them in the buttocks soon enough.

@UltimateOtaku91 Look, I get it. I do.

But if I, or any other individual want to spend their money in this free market for a good or service they deem worthwhile for the expense involved, then that's on them. They won't chastise you for how you choose to spend your money. So why try and tell others how to spend theirs?

@Haruki_NLI I just giving my opinion and what I would recommend, I'm not forcing people to do anything it's still their choice. I'm just saying if you have a 3DS then maybe that's a better choice for your money.

@jco83 Cheers for the heads up, so yeah, LM2 HD is a lower price tier game here. I only paid £48 for Tears of the Kingdom as well funnily enough.

@LadyCharlie UK 3DS Selects price was £15.99 FYI ! (if you want to update your comment 😉)

@WiltonRoots no, LM2 HD is standard price tier (RRP £49.99) 🧐
can usually always buy physical games much cheaper here in UK. yes i got TotK for around £48 at launch 🙂 there are also very often ways to pay even less by using discount codes / special promotions / discounted gift cards 🤑 😉

@UltimateOtaku91 I think part of this is my frustration at hearing "Its not worth the cost" over the past few years. Be it a remake, a remaster, a 2D Metroid or Mario game, a Zelda which is built on the previous one, a Pokemon game....it just gets old, and at the end of the day, it doesnt matter what people do.

Annoyingly, humans have free will. But the loudest ones tend to be the ones unhappy with what others do.

@jco83 One of the few joys of living here! Wish it was like that for pints in the pub, but hey, can't have everything...

@Haruki_NLI Personally I don't usually mind as I usually invest in most ports, remakes and remasters such as the recent Paper Mario TTYD, Another Code Recollection and Metroid Prime Remastered, but for me they were kind of worth it with the work that was put into them with some huge graphical upgrades, But Luigis Mansion 2 just doesn't compare plus it's a 3DS game which was at most £30 when it first released, I just think some ports should be atleast somewhat cheaper than their original version especially if their not adding anything new. But that's just my opinion on this particular port, doesn't take away from the fact it's still a great game and that I hope those that do buy it enjoy, I myself will be renting it as im quite looking forward to playing the multiplayer aspect again as I thought it was fun.

@WiltonRoots yuk ! 🤮 i actively avoid that kind of behaviour ! 😉

I picked this up for £40 and I'm actually pleasantly surprised how good it looks on the TV and they've done a good job updating the visuals. It's certainly my least favourite of the trilogy but still a game I really enjoy. Sure if you have the 3DS version there is little reason to get this unless you really want to play it on the TV but if you're new to the franchise then this is the best way to play it

And people wonder why Nintendo prices their games so exorbitantly. They would have charged that much for the 3DS version if they thought they could get away with it.

The Switch version is also arguably inferior due to the lack of stereoscopic 3D. I have only completed the first level in the Switch version so far, and I'm already feeling the sting of its absence. The lack of HD rumble in the rather long opening segment also really bugged me, but it picks up during actual gameplay.

I also find it comical that the port runs at 30fps, when the 3DS version managed two images simultaneously at the same frame rate (albeit slightly less consistently).

I would love to see glasses-free 3D make a return sooner rather than later, and I hope Nintendo has plans for VR as well. It's ridiculous that the only official headset for Switch doesn't come with a head strap and is made from bloody cardboard. 😅

But I'm mainly grumpy because the first game wasn't ported as well (which was also remade for the 3DS).

EDIT: I also just remembered that the original also included Download Play, yet another significant omission.

@LadyCharlie
I dunno about UK prices but Luigi's Mansion 2 retailed at $40 USD, which was the standard retail price of 3DS games in the US.

@westman98 Nintendo Selects knocked it down to $20/£16 until the 3DS was discontinued

Monkey Ball deserve better, it's a pretty solid entry for the franchise.

@Arkay wait until they post about the next set of lawsuits, it's gonna go off in here!

@SilverM Agree. Great game, but despite good rewiws, i feel like the overall hype has been very low. I wonder how much Banana Mania and Banana Blitz HD sold. No words from Sega.

Are people buying multiple copies of Mario Kart or something.....?

Also, interesting that MK1 seems to be selling more on Switch than XBox. Just yo throw in - they have patched and updated the Switch version A LOT. It is now an entirely decent version (if you can live with the inevitable downscale)

@SilverM Monkey Ball has never been a heavy hitter but the games do tend to have a long tail and sell for many months/years. I'm not surprised it didn't do gangbusters right out of the gate, but I'm sure it will keep steaming along through the holiday season.

Played a bit on 3DS the other day and it instantly reminded me of why I’m not so fond of LM2. It is fun and it really looks incredible but man, the way it warps you back to the hub when you finish a mission sucks so much. I’d have been interested in this Switch version if the structure was completely reworked but the idea of playing like that (especially when playing docked mode) doesn’t appeal to me at all.

@jco83 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics and Captain Toad are 40€/$.
In Japan pricing is very different with there being way more pricing tiers. JRPGs for example are almost always priced much higher than even TotK, like Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem.

@Warioware Not nearly everyone with a Switch has Mario Kart yet and more people are getting their first Switch.

@BTB20 well it sure is selling well and for many, many years, Wish I had created it!

@westman98 I think it’s safe to say any attempts at a comment section revolution were completely pointless. No tables were turned over, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is cheap in the UK and Nintendo of America are completely unaware this discussion even happened. Donkey Kong Returns is another target. Guarantee it’s available at a good price below the RRP too.

Go Mr. L! Look at you, getting those coins!

Basic human needs of food, warmth and shelter etc etc warrant challenge on their pricing. Gaming is optional in that we can survive without it. If company X charges X, it's their choice. It's equally our choice to purchase at said price or not. Sorry, just getting a little tired on the RRP theme dominating this game. Your money, your choice. Bottom line.

For some reason, Amazon didn’t have pre-orders available in the weeks leading up to it. You couldn’t buy it there until the day it released and then it still wasn’t going to be here until July 5-8, so I just bought a digital.

Well, that's a little bit funny. Everybody being mad and saying it would flop, only for it to end up in first. I didnt really care how it was going to do, but that's just amusing.

not the point but EA Sports FC selling more on switch than Xbox really says a lot about xbox right now.

The only place they sells any games for RRP is Game.co.uk and maybe the My Nintendo Store. I haven't paid over £40 for a game for ages and most for below £35

@LadyCharlie If it's not coming to Switch you'll still complain that there are no modern version of it. Just be glad you get the game at all.

Some people don't care about the politics, all they see is a solid game. Some people never played it on 3DS so to them, it's new. Please don't speak for everyone; everybody's gaming experience is different. Just because you played the game before and don't think it's worth $60 doesn't mean everyone has.

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot Exactly, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is a great game, too. It deserves higher than the 16th. I was hoping it would sneak into the top 10. Well, hopefully the digital sales were strong.
Anyway, I'm very happy with my copy 😊

@Bigmanfan Nobody ever gets it right in here...just because they're tightwads and have played it before doesn't mean the rest of the world has.