10 Most Anticipated Nintendo Switch Exclusives Of 2019

8. Luigi's Mansion 3

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Nintendo

Release date: TBA 2019

Luigi's Mansion 3, Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3's announcements represent a bold statement of intent on Nintendo's part. The Wii U failed to deliver several first-party follow-ups fans of Ninty's famed franchises had been clamouring for, but with the Switch serving as a fresh start, the Big N has finally started listening to those desires and revived several long-lost series' screaming for sequels.

At long last, Mario's sleeker sibling continues his ghostbusting escapades on console this year, no doubt on the premise that he's 'won' another supposedly idyllic mansion that turns out to be infested with ghoulies and jam-packed with hidden treasures that only a thorough once-over with vacuum power will reveal.

The series' handheld detour in 2013 expanded upon the GameCube original with a slew of dusty mansions ripe for vacuum-powered exorcism, and that was on vastly inferior hardware. Bringing the series to Switch for its third outing gives Nintendo the processing power necessary to construct a city-sized playspace for Luigi to cautiously explore nozzle-first, remedying the only real weakness of the original.

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