Mario games leak surfaces
A ratings‑board style leak claims two new Mario games for Switch 2 tied to series that haven’t seen new entries since the 2010s — a potentially big nostalgia play for Nintendo’s next hardware. Leaks like this can preview strategy (reviving dormant sub‑series) but aren’t official until Nintendo confirms, so treat it as watchlist material. The report appeared on ComicBook and was flagged in the Switch 2 leak chatter. (comicbook.com)
A new Nintendo leak says Nintendo is working on two Switch 2 Mario projects: Super Mario Maker 3 and Luigi’s Mansion 4, with Luigi’s Mansion 4 reportedly targeted for 2027 and Mario Maker 3 listed without a date. Nintendo has not announced either game, so right now this sits in the rumor pile, not the release calendar. (comicbook.com) The report came from ComicBook on April 10, 2026, and it points to insider Nick Baker as the source. Baker has built a reputation around game-industry scoops, but this claim is still one step removed from Nintendo saying anything on the record. (comicbook.com) The reason this rumor spread so fast is that both series have been quiet for years. Super Mario Maker 2 launched on June 28, 2019, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 launched on October 31, 2019, so either sequel would revive a Mario branch that has been sitting still since the last decade. (nintendo.com 1) (nintendo.com 2) Super Mario Maker is Nintendo’s construction set for Mario levels: players place pipes, enemies, and platforms the way a kid snaps bricks into a toy castle. The first game started on Wii U in 2015, and the second game moved that idea to Switch with online sharing and a much bigger tool box. (comicbook.com) (nintendo.com) Luigi’s Mansion is the opposite kind of Mario game. Instead of sprinting through bright obstacle courses, Luigi crawls through haunted buildings with a vacuum called the Poltergust, and Nintendo’s last full entry, Luigi’s Mansion 3, turned that formula into a hotel-sized ghost hunt in 2019. (comicbook.com) (nintendo.com) That makes the leak sound less random and more like a familiar Nintendo move. Switch 2 officially launched on June 5, 2025, and Nintendo has spent its first year mixing giant anchor games with smaller Mario spin-offs, which gives revivals like these a believable place in the lineup even without confirmation. (nintendo.com 1) (nintendo.com 2) There is also a wider leak wave around Nintendo right now. Kotaku reported on March 30, 2026, that recent Switch 2 chatter has included claims about major future projects and that former Nintendo of America marketer Kit Ellis said Nintendo is “absolutely furious” about how much internal planning appears to be leaking. (kotaku.com) That does not make this Mario report true. It just explains why fans are treating each new rumor like a puzzle piece from the same box, especially when the details line up with obvious gaps in Nintendo’s current Mario schedule. (comicbook.com) (kotaku.com) For now, the hard facts are short and simple: Switch 2 is already out, Super Mario Maker has been dormant since 2019, Luigi’s Mansion has been dormant since 2019, and Nintendo has not officially announced Super Mario Maker 3 or Luigi’s Mansion 4 as of April 11, 2026. If that changes, it will show up first in a Nintendo presentation, store listing, or press release, not in rumor roundups. (nintendo.com) (comicbook.com)
