25 Years Later, Nintendo’s Spookiest Game Is a Must-Play On Switch 2

*Luigi’s Mansion* stood out as a GameCube launch title in 2001, arriving while players waited almost a year for *Super Mario Sunshine*. The article revisits the game as an unusual, characterful adventure that put Luigi in the lead and showed off the console’s lighting and shadows.

Players explore a haunted house to rescue Mario, using Professor E. Gadd’s Poltergust 3000 to stun and capture ghosts. The game combines room-by-room suspense with family-friendly scares, and Luigi grows stronger as he uncovers gems and brightens the mansion. It later inspired two sequels and a 3DS port; the article’s headline presents it as a game to play on Switch 2.