Key Highlights:
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 will include cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.
- ScareScraper supports both local wireless and online play on Nintendo 3DS.
- Hunter Mode challenges players to clear timed floors and defeat a boss at the top of the tower.
Nintendo has revealed that Luigi’s Mansion 2 will include local and online cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.
The series-first multiplayer mode takes place inside the ScareScraper, a haunted tower containing ghosts and challenges separate from the main adventure. Each player controls a differently coloured version of Luigi and works with the group to clear every floor before the timer expires.
Hunter Mode requires the team to capture all ghosts on each floor. Successful players earn bonuses and upgrades before facing a boss at the top of the tower.
ScareScraper allows players to select towers containing five, 10 or 25 floors. The group can also adjust the difficulty, while defeated players can be revived by their teammates.
The multiplayer announcement expands Luigi’s Mansion 2 beyond its single-player campaign, which sends Luigi through several haunted mansions using the Poltergust 5000. Nintendo will release the game for Nintendo 3DS across Europe in March 2013.
Luigi’s Mansion 2 launched in Europe on 28 March 2013. The game was released in North America as Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on 24 March.
Nintendo later brought the sequel to Nintendo Switch as Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. The remaster retained ScareScraper with local wireless and online multiplayer for up to four players.
Online play for the original Nintendo 3DS version ended on 8 April 2024 when Nintendo discontinued online services for 3DS and Wii U software. Local wireless multiplayer remains available because it does not depend on Nintendo’s online network.
