Summary
Nintendo has confirmed the file sizes for the upcomingPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorandLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDSwitch remasters. Both of these games were first announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, and instantly became highly anticipated releases.Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Dooris a long-awaited remaster of the GameCube original, with Luigi’s game being a complete port, bringing the classic title from the Nintendo 3DS to the Switch. Both of these remasters will also add some new gameplay features and remastered graphics.
While a release window of 2024 was provided in their initial trailers,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorandLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDboth got launch datesduring MAR10 day. TheThousand-Year Doorremaster will launch first, releasing on May 23, whileLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDwill launch on June 27. With both of these games only being a few months away, Nintendo has updated its Nintendo eShop listings with their file sizes, giving fans an idea of how much space they’ll need to download them digitally.
According to Nintendo’s official website and their respective Switch eShop pages, bothPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorandLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDare rather small compared to other games released on the system.The Thousand-Year Dooris 5.088 GB, whileLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDis 3.101 GB on the Nintendo Switch. For comparison’s sake,the lastPaper Mariogame released on the Switch,The Origami King, was around 6.4 GB, andLuigi’s Mansion 3was 6.3 GB.
What are the file sizes of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD?
The smaller file sizes required forThe Thousand-Year DoorandLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDare fairly accurate to them being remasters of the original games. WhenLuigi’s Mansion 2launched on the Nintendo 3DS asDark Moon, a lot of its assets were likely compressed to work on the handheld system, as that version of the game only took up around 842 MB. Meanwhile, the original GameCube version ofThe Thousand-Year Doorwas roughly 1.1 GB, with the Switch remaster being five times its original size. The bigger file sizes for both of these games are likely due to Nintendo remastering every aspect of these two games.
Between the upcoming releases ofPrincess Peach Showtime,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, andLuigi’s Mansion 2 HD, theNintendo Switch has impressive exclusives releasing throughout 2024. With recent rumors about how the Switch’s successor will likely launch in the following year, 2024 might be a good send off for Nintendo’s hybrid console, provided that those rumors are true and a new console release is just around the corner.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024)
WHERE TO PLAY
Join Mario and friends on an epic paper adventure: A classic story unfolds on the Nintendo Switch system.Collect the Crystal Stars before the bad guys do: The X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach—and the help of a few locals—Mario must journey through a colorful world made of paper to find it first.Surprises abound in this deep and engaging tale, where everyone’s got something to say and it’s often not what you’d expect! Here are just a few of the colorful characters you’ll encounter along the way.Master your badges and timing-based attacks to impress the audience in a theatrical twist on turn-based RPG combat. Make use of all the abilities that come with being cursed—er, conveniently made of paper—like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings.
