Princess Peach: Showtime!

One day, Nintendo woke up, looked back on how underwhelming Super Princess Peach was, and decided to do something about it. The result is Princess Peach: Showtime!, with Peach harnessing multiple forms across various plays to stop the sorceress Grape and her Sour Bunch. With a fun story, enjoyable gameplay, and solid level design, there’s much to love, even if the performance would have been better.

As of June 30th, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sold 1.76 million. The remake of the 2004 Nintendo GameCube classic garnered strong critical reviews at launch (as noted in its accolades trailer).

Meanwhile, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, based on the 2013 Nintendo 3DS title from Next Level Games, sold 1.19 million units. It launched on June 27th for Nintendo Switch, thus achieving that milestone within three days, so it should be interesting to see its performance in the long term. You can read our review for our thoughts.

Nintendo’s Princess Peach: Showtime! is also confirmed to have sold over 1.3 million units since launching on March 22nd (up from 1.22 million sold as of March 31st). Check out our review here.

Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of the top 10 is dominated by Nintendo Switch titles, with first-party Nintendo games continuing to exhibit long legs, including the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No. 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 3, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door at No. 6, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at No. 7, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder at No. 8.

Meanwhile, on the hardware front, the Switch is once again the best selling console for the week, having sold over 52,000 units over the course of the tracking period. Trailing by quite some distance in second place is the PS5, which sold over 29,000 units in Japan last week.

You can check out the full Japanese hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending July 7 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – 33,828 (122,253)
2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 10,965 (7,826,755)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,112 (5,892,324)
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! – 6,155 (1,082,636)
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,637 (3,559,645)
6. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 4,962 (198,104)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,147 (5,536,767)
8. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 4,124 (1,881,896)
9. [NSW] Dragon Saikyou Ou Zukan: Battle Colosseum – 4,042 (New)
10. [PS5] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition – 3,881 (34,886)

Hardware sales (followed by last week’s sales):

• Nintendo Switch – 52,725 (46,265)
• PS5 – 29,724 (27,505)
• Xbox Series X/S – 1,999 (1,592)

Specifically, the game sold over 88,000 physical units, which is the second lowest start for a Luigi’s Mansion game in Japan, with the lowest being the original game’s 2017 3DS remake (which sold under 30,000 physical units upon release). It is, however, a solid start for what’s a fairly unambitious remaster at the tail end of a console’s lifecycle, so there’s that.

Interestingly enough, excitement surrounding the series amidst the HD remaster’s release has also seen 2019’s Luigi’s Mansion 3 jumping up in the charts as well, re-entering the top 10 at No. 7 with over 4,000 units sold.

On the hardware side of things, the Switch was, predictably enough, the best-selling console of the week in Japan, moving over 46,000 units. It was followed in second place by PS5, which trails by a healthy margin with over 27,000 units sold over the course of the week.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending June 30 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – 88,425 (New)
2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 8,977 (7,815,790)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7,473 (5,884,212)
4. [PS5] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition – 6,993 (31,005)
5. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 6,457 (193,142)
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,037 (3,554,008)
7. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 4,438 (994,862)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! – 4,367 (1,076,481)
9. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 3,807 (1,877,772)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 3,679 (5,532,620)

Hardware sales:

• Nintendo Switch – 46,265
• PS5 – 27,505
• Xbox Series X/S – 1,592

What I found most surprising going back to Luigi’s Mansion 2 over a decade on from when I first played it was just how full of personality it was, and how much attention to detail it boasted. That has, of course, become a hallmark of this franchise by this point, but with Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon having been a 3DS game, I had convinced myself that it did not have the same kind of absurd detail and charm in its environments, animations, and more that Luigi’s Mansion 3 did. And while that is technically true, it does have a lot more of that going on than I remembered.

"Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is bursting to the seams with little flourishes and more, making each room an absolute joy to explore."

From watching Luigi react to the things around him with hilarious animations and voice lines to marveling at just how many different objects there are in each room, how different they all look, how many of them you can interact with, and how differently so many of them behave when you do- Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is bursting to the seams with all of these little flourishes and more, making each room an absolute joy to explore. And of course, beyond those visual flourishes, there’s plenty else going on that makes exploration and digging deep into each environment an absolute joy.

Take, for instance, the fact that Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD gives you a handful of different ways to interact with your surroundings. You start off with just the ability to use your Strobulb, which is a flashlight that can stun ghosts, and Luigi’s trusty Poltergust, his iconic ghost-sucking vacuum cleaner, and over time, begin to acquire more abilities- like a dark light that is capable of revealing doors and objects in the environment that have been hidden away by pesky ghosts. Your arsenal of tools is ultimately a compact one, but each one lets you do different things, and figuring out which tool you’re required to use to deal with whatever puzzle you’re faced with is always a fun time.

Your tools are only one half of the puzzle though, because just as important to the bulk of Luigi’s Mansion 2’s enjoyment is how things in your surroundings react to what you’re doing. Using your vacuum cleaner on a ceiling fan might cause it to spin really fast, revealing a secret compartment above you, while flashing Luigi’s Strobulb on a wall safe can open it up and spit out bucketloads of money, which is used to level up and gain new abilities. Tugging on a rope with your Poltergust could cause a trapdoor to open up, which in turn could lead you to a previously inaccessible room, while using your dark bulb on a painting could cause a hidden gem to pop out.

Every single room in each of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD’s many haunted mansions is absolutely stuffed to the brim with tiny little details and flourishes, begging to be poked and podded so it can gleefully burst open like a pinata, revealing its delightful and charming host of varied animations, secrets, collectibles, and what have you. It’s a wonder that the game is able to keep coming up with new ideas on this front across the length of its experience, because there really is a never-ending string of delightful secrets to find, puzzles to solve, and collectibles to hunt down, among other things.

"It’s a wonder that the game is able to keep coming up with new ideas, because there really is a never-ending string of delightful secrets to find, puzzles to solve, and collectibles to hunt down, among other things."

Combat is almost just as enjoyable. Once again, a large part of the fun is down to how much variety the game boasts- chiefly in the enemies you face. Many of these will, of course, be familiar to series fans, but there’s a host of different ghosts that you’ll be coming across throughout the game. Each comes with unique attributes and strengths, so you have to meaningfully change up your strategy based on which ghosts you’re faced with. Some like to hide in different objects in the environments, so you have to find them first before you can defeat them. Some might be wearing shades, which means you can’t stun them with your Strobulb before you’ve removed their shades with your vacuum. Some might be big brutes who don’t much care for hiding, and on account of their larger health pool, prefer to just take swings at you.

Dealing with each ghost requires you to do different things, and from what they look like to how they animate to the things that you have to do to defeat them, there’s always an incredible amount of variety on offer, making every encounter feel fun- something that, as you might imagine, is especially true for the boss fights at the end of each mansion. Unlike the original 3DS title, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD also introduces the twin-stick controls that Luigi’s Mansion 3 was built around, which means movement and combat are both significantly more intuitive. Aiming your Poltergust or flashlight around while you’re using it can still be a bit finnicky, especially when the game requires some degree of precision (which can happen from time to time), but by and large movement and combat are much improved in this remaster.

One area where Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD may frustrate some players is how it’s structured. This is a mission-based game, which means you’re heading out into whatever mansion you’re currently on for missions from Profession E. Gadd’s lab and instantly coming back as soon as you’ve completed your objective. You sequentially move through missions, get to the boss fight at the end of the mansion, and then move on to the next mansion, your ultimate goal being to restore the Dark Moon and restore peace to Evershade Valley and its enraged ghostly denizens.

For my part, I enjoyed the game’s structure, because I feel it ultimately strikes a good balance between letting me take things at my own pace and do plenty of optional exploration and collectible hunting, while still being an experience with forward-momentum that is based around sequential, bite-sized (or semi-bite sized, depending on how you’re playing) missions. But if you’re looking for something that is more seamless and free-flowing, in vein of Luigi’s Mansion 3, the structure here may leave you frustrated. Meanwhile, outside of its substantial campaign – which can easily take you upwards of 20 hours, depending on how extensively you’re engaging with its optional content – Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD also brings back the co-op tower-based multiplayer mode ScareScraper, and though it’s fun to play, it’s bafflingly missing local co-op, so the only way to play it is with multiple Switches and copies of the game.

"If you’re looking for something that is more seamless and free-flowing, in vein of Luigi’s Mansion 3, the structure here may leave you frustrated."

As a remaster, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is a solid effort- at least as far as its visuals are concerned. Developer Tantalus Media – who also worked on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and Skyward Sword HD – has done a solid job of touching up the visuals of what was originally a 3DS title, with character models, environments, animations, and what have you sporting an impressive level of detail, sheen, and polish. Is it anywhere close to the level of Luigi’s Mansion 3? Well, no- but given the fact that Luigi’s Mansion 3 is flat-out one of the best-looking games on the Switch, maybe that’s too high a bar for a remaster of a decade-plus old 3DS title to reach.

At the same time, it’s worth pointing out that Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD’s launch price – $60 – might seem a bit steep to some, given the fact that outside of its quality-of-life improvements, tweaked controls, and upgraded visuals, there’s not much else here on offer- no new content, no additional mode, not even any new art of music to check out in a gallery. While I do fully recommend Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD to anyone who has never played the original game before, or even to anyone who has played it but still has a hankering to go back to it, not everyone may want to pay full-price for it.

This game was reviewed on the Nintendo Switch.

As shared on Twitter by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring, as per Gfk’s weekly charts for physical sales in the UK, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD was the highest selling game in the UK last week, debuting in first place.

As per Dring, it did not see “a huge launch”, but is likely to enjoy sustained sales over a prolonged period, as Luigi’s Mansion titles often do. Interestingly, the HD remaster has also become the second fastest selling Switch game of the year in the UK so far, second only to the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, which is developed by Tantalus Media of Skyward Sword HD fame, is available on the Nintendo Switch. Stay tuned for our review of the game.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is No.1 in the UK charts. It’s the 2nd fastest selling Switch game this year behind Paper Mario. It’s not a huge launch, but Luigi’s Mansion games often have a long tail. So we shall see how it does over time (physical only. Nintendo doesn’t share digital)

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) July 1, 2024

As reported by VGC, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD was developed by Tantalus Media. The Australian studio is known for its work on porta and remasters, and has worked on multiple of them with Nintendo in particular in the past, including The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD for the Wii U and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch.

That, of course, means Next Level Games – the studio that originally developed Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for the 3DS – isn’t responsible for its Switch remaster, which begs the question what it is that it is currently working on. Perhaps the studio has Luigi’s Mansion 4 in the pipeline? One can always hope.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD launches for the Nintendo Switch on June 27.

The acclaimed action-adventure title originally launched for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013, and though it wasn’t quite as well received or as much of a whopping commercial success as Luigi’s Mansion 3 turned out to be, it was an impressive critical and commercial success in its own right. How long it’ll be before we get to see the next mainline Luigi’s Mansion game remains to be seen, but just as Nintendo remade the first game for the 3DS in its final stages before Luigi’s Mansion 3 came out, the company is preparing to remaster and re-release Luigi’s Mansion 2 for the Switch in its final leg before the series’ next mainline instalment launches, whenever that is.

Here, then, we’re going to take a look at a few key details you should know about the looming launch of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD.

STORY DETAILS

Unsurprisingly, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD doesn’t put an awful amount of emphasis on storytelling, though it does have plenty of narrative elements in place that fans of the series will find familiar. The game’s story kicks off with the arrival of the notorious King Boo in the Evershade Valley, which causes the Dark Moon to shatter, which in turn causes all of the ghosts that reside within the valley to go berserk and lose control of themselves. Amidst the crisis, good old Professor E. Gadd summons everyone’s favourite ghost hunter Luigi to the valley, where it once again falls to him to deal with all of the ghosts and put things right.

EVERSHADE VALLEY’S MANSIONS

Back when it came out, the core hook for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon was that it allowed players to traverse not one, not two, but five whole haunted mansions, each bringing their own unique themes, challenges, enemies, and more. In the upcoming remaster, all five mansions will obvious be returning. There’s Gloomy Manor, your regular, starter haunted mansion; Haunted Towers, towering structures built around a massive tree, with out-of-control plantlife wreaking havoc everywhere; Old Clockworks, a factory that once used to produce clocks; Secret Mines, which are mines built inside of snowcapped mountains; and Treacherous Mansion, a huge and exotic mansion teeming with wondrous exhibits, terrifying ghosts, and more.

MISSIONS AND BOSSES

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD adopts a mission-based structure, tasking you with completing series of missions as you make your way deeper and deeper into each mansion. Of the five mansions in the game, four of them have five missions on offer each, with the remaining mansions coming with three missions. On top of that, each mansion also comes with its own optional, bonus mission, while the main missions of each mansion also culminate in a boss fight, from a terrifying, large spider in Gloomy Manor to a possessed staircase in the Haunter Towers.

POLTERGUST AND STROBULB

If you’ve played a Luigi’s Mansion game in the past, you’re going to be very familiar with its core, momento-to-moment gameplay loop, but for all the uninitiated, here’s a brief primer. Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD will see Luigi dealing with ghosts primarily with his trusty weapon, the Poltergust 5000, which is a vacuum cleaner that sucks up ghosts. No, really, that’s literally what it is. Also returning is the Strobulb, which is a flashlight-esque device that you first need to use to stun ghosts with, after which they become vulnerable enough to be sucked up using the Poltergust.

PUZZLES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Sucking up ghosts is a huge part of the Luigi’s Mansion core gameplay loop, but just as crucial is exploring environments and solving puzzles. Hidden everywhere in Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD’s mansions, you’ll find environmental puzzles that will task you with using your toolset of items, from using the Poltergust’s functions to manipular and carry objects to using the Strobulb to interact with things such as lights and switches, to even using the Dark Light device, which you can use to find objects otherwise hidden in environments, such as secret doors leading to hidden rooms.

SCARSCRAPER

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD’s 15-20 hour single player campaign is obviously going to be its primary attraction, but the game will also bring back the 3DS original’s fan-favourite multiplayer mode, ScareScraper. For those not aware, ScareScraper is a co-op mode where four players player as differently coloured Luigis and team up to progress through randomly generated floors of a haunted tower, finding different items, layouts, ghosts, and challenges on each floor. Whether the tower has a limited number of floors or designed as an endless gauntlet where you go as far as your skill will take you is something the game lets you decide, as well.

SCARESCRAPER OBJECTIVES

When you play ScareScraper, you and your squad will find one of four different kinds of challenges on each randomly generated floor, each throwing different hurdles your way. Hunter will task players with defeating all ghosts on the current floor of the tower, while Polterpup will have you chasing around and dealing with a very specific enemy type in ghost dogs, as its name suggests. There’s also Rush, in which players race each other to be the first to find the floor’s exit. Finally, Surprise randomly selects one of the other three objective types.

CO-OP

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD’s ScareScraper is, of course, all about capturing the quintessential co-op experience, as as you’d expect, it’s also going to let you decide how you want to play, too. Local co-op and online co-op will both be supported, so you can pair up with a player over the internet using Nintendo Switch Online as well.

VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD isn’t a full-fledged remake like the first instalment received on he 3DS, but in making the transition from the 3DS to the Nintendo Switch, the game’s remaster is still making some noticeable technical upgrades. Based on what Nintendo has shown of the remaster so far, we can clearly expect a significant jump in visual quality on the Nintendo Switch, entailing everything from improved character models and animations to more detailed environments, sharper lighting and shadows, and more.

FILE SIZE

Games on the Nintendo Switch tend to be pretty small in size, especially compared to the overwhelming majority of most AAA (and even AA) console and PC releases Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, as a remaster of a decade-old 3DS game, is going to be even smaller. As per the game’s eShop listing, it will have a file size of just 3 GB. In comparison, 2019’s Luigi’s Mansion 3 has a file size of 7.4 GB. Then again, Luigi’s Mansion 3 is a significantly better looking game than the upcoming remaster of its predecessor, so that gap doesn’t necessarily come as a huge surprise.

Destiny 2: The Final Shape

Say what you will about the Destiny franchise, but with all the ups and downs, shifting trends, studio problems and controversies, it’s still the top looter shooter. With The Final Shape, Bungie looks to conclude the near-decade-long Light and Darkness saga with new Light-based subclasses, Prismatic (combining many abilities into one subclass), a linear campaign and a hopefully memorable raid. It’s a tall order, and between all of the changes to Exotics, ability changes, new Exotics (including new class items) overhauling bounties in favor of the Pathfinder system and more, The Final Shape could be a memorable end leading to a promising beginning when it launches on June 4th. It will be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC.

Monster Hunter Stories

Limited to Nintendo 3DS, iOS and Android for years, the first Monster Hunter Stories is finally coming to modern-ish platforms on June 14th. Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC players can dive into a world where humans and monsters coexist, working together as Rider and Monstie to overcome challenges. Combat is turn-based with three attack types, each overcoming the typical triangular fashion. The remaster sports all the title updates, full voice-acting, additional languages, improved character models, textures and lighting in HD, and even a Museum Mode.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Once PS4 players are done enjoying the original, there’s Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, launching on the same day. Players take ownership of the mysterious Razewing Ratha, an allegedly ruinous Rathalos. Journeying together and teaming up with other Riders, they seek to rid the world of raging monsters. With a more refined presentation, recognizable armor and weapons from the series, and extensive ways to cultivate and customize Monsties, Wings of Ruin promises a fun turn-based experience. It also benefits from all of the updates released to date, including a co-op quest against Fatalis.

Still Wakes the Deep

Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developer The Chinese Room is back with its latest survival horror, set on a drilling platform in 1975. The premise sees Caz McLeary struggling to survive against some unknown monster while navigating the platform’s various mechanical failures. That means navigating ruined walkways, traversing claustrophobic water-filled rooms, and much more. With The Thing, Suspiria and even the Southern Reach Trilogy as inspirations, Still Wakes the Deep promises a deeply personal and nerve-wracking horror experience when it launches on June 18th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Perhaps the biggest release of the month, Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only paid expansion for Elden Ring, launching on June 21st for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and PC. It sees players venturing to the Land of Shadow to pursue Miquella, discovering hidden truths (including an untold war) about the place and battling with new threats like Messmer the Impaler. With over ten new boss fights, multiple new weapon types, skills and armor, and a new region that’s larger than Limgrave with a “denser and richer level design”, it’s FromSoftware’s biggest expansion to date. Will it close the story on a high note? We’ll have to wait and find out.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

Before there was the brilliance of Luigi’s Mansion 3, Dark Moon was the series’ peak. Fortunately, it’s coming to Nintendo Switch on June 27th as Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. Featuring improved visuals in HD, Luigi must collect pieces of the Dark Moon to save Mario once more, utilizing the Poltergust 5000 to solve puzzles in more complex haunted mansions. You can also hop into the ScareScraper with up to three other players to tackle fresh challenges locally or online. Whether you’re reliving the masterpiece or playing for the first time, it should be another worthwhile addition to the Switch’s library.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble

Speaking of returns, Super Monkey Ball gets a new title on June 25th on Nintendo Switch, courtesy of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble features AiAi, MeeMee and the rest of the crew, including newcomer Palette, as they seek the Legendary Banana in Adventure Mode. Multiplayer supports up to 16 players online (or two locally), with modes like Race, Banana Hunt, Goal Rush and more. It even supports bots and offers more than 300 items to customize characters with.

Star Wars: Hunters

First announced in February 2021, Zynga’s Star Wars: Hunters actually soft-launched in late 2021 for mobiles. Multiple delays later, it’s finally getting a release on June 4th, enabling Nintendo Switch players to join the fray. As a free-to-play competitive shooter, players can choose from an array of bounty hunters divided into Tank, Support and Damage roles, with maps on Endor, and four unique modes. Whether it can survive as a hero shooter in this day and age remains to be seen, but it looks decent.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road

After bragging about offering the “equivalent of more than ten single-player games” with The Elder Scrolls Online, ZeniMax Online Studios is preparing for its next big expansion. Gold Road sees players venturing to the West Weald from Oblivion with locations like Skingrad, the Dawnwood and the Colovian Highlands to explore. Players can modify skills with the new Scribing system, which should help when embarking into new dungeons and the latest trial. The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road is out on June 3rd for PC, with the console versions launching on June 18th.

A Twisted Path to Renown

You’ve seen modern combat PvEvP extraction shooters, but Game-Labs’ A Twisted Path to Renown puts a Wild West spin on things. Entering early access on June 6th for PC, it sees players exploring the United States in 1899 with revolvers, double-barrel shotguns and even bows. Battle all kinds of threats, including hostile wildlife, while garnering reputation among vendors, earning better gear, and even engaging in some farming and mining. With realistic weapons and trading available at launch, it may very well be the freshest take on the genre yet.

ASKA

Whether you’re already done with Valheim’s new Ashlands update or just in the mood for a fresh survival crafting title, there’s Thunderful’s ASKA. Launching on June 20th for PC via Steam Early Access, the title allows up to four players to strike out as Vikings, building up their tribe, assigning jobs to villagers, customizing the layout and setting up defenses. They can also venture into the procedurally generated world with its dynamic weather system and discover various landmarks and resources. Launching in 2025, with two major updates forthcoming, ASKA may be worth checking out.

Kingdom Hearts Series (Steam)

Just when it seemed condemned to the Epic Games Store for life, the Kingdom Hearts series is finally coming to Steam on June 13th. Three titles will be available, though at least two are collections of individual games. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX contains the Final Mix versions of Kingdom Hearts 1, 2 and Birth by Sleep, Re:Chain of Memories and all the cutscenes (plus some new ones) from 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.

These are in high-definition and offer a substantial amount for first-time PC players. Kingdom HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue contains a remaster of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, a “film” of sorts based on Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover and Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage, a side story.

It all leads to Kingdom Hearts 3, the conclusion to the Dark Seeker saga, and Re Mind, with multiple new challenges and additional story content. Memory of Melody isn’t arriving, which is a bummer, but these three releases still offer the definitive Kingdom Hearts experience.

The newest trailer for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD serves as a setup for its story, showcasing the game’s intro. Set in the Evershade Valley, Luigi journeys through a number of different haunted mansions in search of the pieces of the Dark Moon, which was shattered by King Boo, sending the valley’s otherwise peaceful ghosts into a frenzy. Of course, Luigi has access to plenty of his trusty tools, including his Poltergust 5000 and plenty of assistance from Professor E. Gadd. Check out the trailer below.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD launches for the Nintendo Switch on June 27.