
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is the first game that was released as part of " The Year of Luigi", honoring 30 years since Luigi's debut. An arcade version of the game was released in 2015. The first being Mario is Missing! and the second being Luigi's Mansion.

It is the third Mario game to only star Luigi. It is widely believed that the Nintendo 3DS was chosen for this sequel because the Nintendo GameCube was originally planned to be a 3D-enabled console, thus would've resulted in Luigi's Mansion being 3D. A sequel to this game, titled Luigi's Mansion 3, was released on October 2019 on the Nintendo Switch. Originally revealed under the worldwide title of " Luigi's Mansion 2" at Nintendo's E3 2011 Press Conference, this game serves as the successor to the 2001 Nintendo GameCube launch title Luigi's Mansion. Meaning: Luigi Mansion 2) (also known as Luigi's Mansion 2 outside North America and South Korea, Luigi Mansion 2 in Japanese, or Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon everywhere else) is a game for the Nintendo 3DS by Nintendo. Scripts Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon ( JP Japanese: ルイージマンション2.
