04/14/2026
I’ll take this with a grain of salt but I hope 🤞 that this is real!!!
Not one, but two new Mario games for the Nintendo Switch 2 have reportedly been revealed. One of these 2 games is said to be coming in 2027, while the other has been revealed without a release date. Both will be Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games, though, like all Mario games. Meanwhile, one is a proper game, while the other is more of a spin-off starring a secondary character.
The new report comes from Nick Baker, a well-known industry insider best known for Xbox scoops but not limited to leaks, who has provided reliable reports in the past on Nintendo, , and more. According to Baker, Super Mario Maker 3 is currently in development for the Nintendo Switch 2, but that is all the insider has to share about the project. There is no word of a reveal date, let alone a release date. There isn’t even a release window, nor any details on the game. In addition to this, Baker relays word that a new Luigi’s Mansion game — aka Luigi’s Mansion 4 — is also in the works for Nintendo Switch 2, and coming sometime in 2027.
Super Mario Maker 3
Super Mario Maker, as a series, debuted in 2015 on the Wii U, and remained Wii U-only until at least 2016, when it was brought to the Nintendo 3DS as well. Then, four years later, in 2019, it got a sequel on Nintendo Switch called Super Mario Maker 2. Where the first game has since been delisted and its content shut down, the second game remains active and is the latest installment in the series, seven years later.
Luigi’s Mansion 4
Luigi’s Mansion dates all the way back to 2001, when the Mario spin-off debuted on the Nintendo GameCube. And then the series took a 12-year break, and didn’t return until 2013 when Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon was released for the Nintendo 3DS. Meanwhile, the latest game in the series was released 6 years after this, in 2019, and it's Luigi’s Mansion 3 for the Nintendo Switch.
Both of these series have yet to emerge in the 2020s, and it feels like both are due for a return. It remains to be seen what Nintendo can even do with Super Mario Maker 3 to make it new and fresh compared to the previous installment. Perhaps, it will expand to the 3D era.
