Mario & Luigi: Brothership - Nintendo Switch Forum (2024)

@PikminMarioKirby I agree. They were a great comedic foil to the more put together Kamek and having their dynamic return would be great.

@N00BiSH I’d love to see the trio in 3D. Hopefully they’ll be in this game, but if not I hope they make it to future entries.

It seems official that this game is 1-player. This was pretty obvious (it’s a series about single-player RPG) but now there is confirmation (I think it was on one of Nintendo’s websites, don’t remember the region).

@PikminMarioKirby The Elite Trio were a highlight in Dream Team, like Private Goomp accidentally revealing how to beat them in their boss battle and the three being so incompetent before and after the final boss.

Actually, the more I remember, the more fond I am about Dream Team. It had its issues, but the art style, cutscenes, and especially the music were terrific, so Brothership giving me Dream Team vibes is a good thing to me!

@Croctopus I never understood the animosity towards Dream Team; it may have gone overboard with tutorials and went on a bit too long, but it was still a pretty great game. Up there with SS and BIS in my opinion.

I haven’t played too many Mario & Luigi games. I beat Bowser’s Inside Story on 3DS and I really enjoyed it. A bit confusing for me at some points but I figured things out (which often made puzzles/challenges more satisfying once solved), it’s a really good game in my opinion. Maybe I’ll play through it again at somepoint.

What are people’s favorite Mario & Luigi?

Bowser's Inside Story is far and away my favorite, but Dream Team is a close second. In terms of pure moment to moment gameplay and overall aesthetics, I think it's the best of the series and is only really held back by weaker pacing and not being quite as sharply-written as BiS.

Superstar Saga is also an absolute must-play, and between NSO and the 3DS remake, it's still fairly accessible. It's a great vertical slice of why people like the Mario & Luigi games so much.

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Superstar Saga is by far and away my favorite, to the point that no other Mario & Luigi has really grabbed me like the original. I'd say my next two would be the underrated ones like Dream Team and Partners in Time. Bowser's Inside Story is great, don't get me wrong (I was too harsh just calling it OK before), but it's not been one I've wanted to replay much.

I've still enjoyed the Mario & Luigi series, but I've usually preferred Paper Mario.

Bowser's Inside Story, by a mile. It's not just my favorite Mario RPG, but it's my favorite game of all time. It showed me a more story-driven side to Mario, made me more tolerant to a genre I don't care for, it doubles as a great little metacommentary on Bowser and reestablishes why he's still THE Mario villain--honestly, if I had the time and energy, I could write a small book on why I love this game.

@StarryCiel Yeah Bowser’s Inside Story is great! The story is very well made. Both the Bowser moments and the Mario/Luigi moments are both great.

@Croctopus I started Superstar Saga on NSO, but I got stuck on a boss, and now I no longer have the expansion pack.

I also prefer Paper Mario (at least the first 2 entries), but Mario & Luigi is still really awesome and is probably more consistently great than the Paper Mario series. I haven’t played most M&L games but they seem to always keep the core mechanics the same. I’m very excited to play the new entry!

@N00BiSH Bowser’s Inside Story is very good. They did well with the balancing of the Mario/Luigi gameplay with the Bowser gameplay. The story is very good as well! I’m not a huge fan of the RPG genre in general but the Mario ones are really awesome.