Many of us have walked the halls of Luigi\u2019s Mansion, hoovering up those ghosts and uncovering the secrets, but how many have played the original? I personally haven\u2019t, since it came out the year I was born, and much to my chagrin, I wasn\u2019t born a gaming prodigy. If you\u2019re in the same boat as me and were too young to play, or maybe you just haven\u2019t seen your GameCube in several decades, then you\u2019re in luck. As of October 30, Luigi\u2019s Mansion – the original one – will land on your Nintendo Switch 2 so that it can take its rightful place among its sequels just in time for the spookiest season.<\/p>\n
As a launch title for GameCube, Luigi\u2019s Mansion is similar to the sequel versions we zoomers know and love today, Poltergust and all. Though initially it didn\u2019t sell amazingly well, it\u2019s now the fifth-best-selling title for the retro console to date, eventually prompting Nintendo to release a sequel. Luigi\u2019s Mansion: Dark Moon (often known as Luigi\u2019s Mansion 2) originally came out on the Nintendo 3DS, but received a Switch port last year. The older sibling of both games, Luigi\u2019s Mansion 3, was, of course, released on Switch from the beginning, completing the set on the newest generation of consoles.<\/p>\n
To get it, you\u2019ll need a Switch 2 and a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership – but once you have both of those things, you\u2019ll be gulping down ghosts in no time at all, as Luigi\u2019s Mansion won\u2019t cost you anything extra. We\u2019re sufficiently excited to see the original Luigi\u2019s Mansion make it to Switch, although some people aren\u2019t too happy about the fact that the game can\u2019t be owned and requires a membership. I understand the feeling – it\u2019s like Nintendo is leasing you access to the game, something that there\u2019s been chatter online about for a long time in regard to Steam, which added a disclaimer about this last year.<\/p>\n