Luigi's Mansion joins Switch 2 GameCube Classics on Oct 30

Nintendo will add the original Luigi's Mansion to its Nintendo Classics GameCube library for the Switch 2 on October 30, the company announced, making the 2001 GameCube launch title available to subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online who purchase the Expansion Pack add-on. The release arrives one day before Halloween and will bring the full Luigi's Mansion trilogy onto a single modern Nintendo console for the first time.

Luigi's Mansion casts Luigi as the protagonist after he unexpectedly inherits a haunted manor and discovers his brother Mario is missing. Armed with Professor E. Gadd's Poltergust 3000 vacuum and a Game Boy Horror device, players explore the mansion, stun ghosts with a flashlight and capture them. The game was originally released with the GameCube in 2001, later received a 3DS port and has since spawned two sequels and a Switch remaster of the 3DS entry.

Access to GameCube titles on the Switch 2 is limited to the Nintendo Classics GameCube app, which is available only on Switch 2 consoles and only to Switch Online subscribers who have purchased the Expansion Pack. That means owners of the original Switch will not be able to use the GameCube app to play Luigi's...