Nintendo is bringing the original Luigi's Mansion 2 to the Switch

Nintendo added the GameCube wing to its NSO library to usher in the Nintendo Switch 2 era, and it just announced that one of the biggest games to come to its little purple box has finally been added to that library. Luigi's Mansion, the first game in the series, is coming to NSO, which means the entire trilogy will finally be officially playable on modern platforms.

Nintendo shared good news Tuesday night, revealing Luigi's Mansion will be added to NSO's GameCube library on October 30th. While it may seem strange that Luigi's Mansion, the game synonymous with the GameCube, wasn't there from day one, it makes sense now that you realize it was saved for Halloween.

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Reactions to the impending arrival of Luigi's Mansion on Switch 2 have been almost entirely positive. Not only will one of Nintendo's best spin-offs be available on a modern platform, but it means you'll soon be able to play through the entire Luigi's Mansion trilogy on Switch 2. The original via NSO, its sequel via a remaster released towards the end of the original Switch's tenure, and Luigi's Mansion a Switch N3, which is a game.

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There's a catch that some people haven't realized in response to Nintendo's announcement, though. While NSO and many of its collections are available on both the original Switch and Switch 2, the GameCube wing of Nintendo's growing retro library is a Switch 2 exclusive. This means that the Luigi's Mansion trilogy is now playable on a modern platform, the most modern platform especially in terms of Nintendo. There's no way to play the first Luigi's Mansion on the regular Switch, even after it's added to NSO later this month.

Realizing that Luigi's Mansion in 2025 will be a Switch 2 exclusive, some have requested that it be made available for purchase separately, so you don't need a Switch 2 to play it. Unless Nintendo gives it the full remaster treatment, that seems unlikely. What's more, now that it's coming to NSO, it's highly unlikely that a Luigi's Mansion remaster is being considered.

The other complaint people have is the slow drip feed of GameCube games we've been getting since the Switch 2's launch. Its NSO library started with just three games, and has since added just two more games in four months, three times Luigi's Mansion dropped on October 30.