Mario & Luigi: Brothership Reviews
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After the untimely demise of AlphaDream, Mario & Luigi is back with a new game developed by a different studio. Does Mario & Luigi: Brothership live up to expectations, or does it fail to make a connection?
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Mario & Luigi Brothership is a welcome return, and succeeds far more than it fails. Its heartwarming story mixed with solid battle mechanics will keep you engaged for some time…even if it goes a bit long in the tooth near the end.
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When crafting a game, it’s important to be aware of one’s audience. You don’t want to make an easy, approachable Dark Souls game anymore than you want a gritty, realistic Paw Patrol adventure (though the latter would be a remarkable exercise). You not only need to consider the current fanbase, but your potential as well. So I understand that the creators of Mario and Luigi: Brothership needed to consider the Nintendo Switch market as a whole. Given that the last new entry was nearly ten...
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Mario & Luigi Brothership is definitely ambitious, but the structure of the game is not well suited to the sluggish feeling everything has. Despite being about half the length of some other modern RPGs, it doesn’t have the depth to match. A few good gags and some touching character moments doesn’t make the entire experience fulfilling. What’s here is solid enough but it’s death by a thousand cuts. Every cool or fascinating thing has some kind of asterisk to go with it. Battles are fun but they take forever to finish, characters are unique but dialogue is often belabored, Battle...
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an excellent choice for those who love turn-based combat and RPGs because of its unique twists, dynamic combat, and gorgeous world to explore.
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At the end of the day, Mario and Luigi: Brothership has plenty of great elements to it that are also trapped behind a game that just wants to take its time and squeeze as much juice out of itself as it can.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a fun addition to the series and for the Switch. It has fun gameplay and great humour, but feels repetitive at times and quite long.
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Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood succeeds at creating a loyal sequel to the previous installments in the franchise, but fails to successfully bring that franchise to the level of quality synonymous with Nintendo's console games. Slow progression, major quality-of-life issues and unbearably-boring lengths of dialogue and gameplay heavily bog down this fun and lighthearted turn-based RPG, with the final product ending up as a 50-50 split of soul-sucking boredom and family-friendly fun.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a colorful and exuberant new entry in the RPG series. It offers dynamic and fun combat, some decent humor, and a surprising amount of replay value in branching choices and side quests. Despite that, there are some poorly implemented features, such as the Battle Plugs and Power Tap, as well as the sometimes glacial pacing of the adventure. Still, fans of turn-based RPGs will absolutely find something worthwhile in this Switch exclusive.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an exciting, albeit imperfect adventure that brings the Mario Bros. to a whole new world. There is plenty to see and do and it is well worth taking the time to slow down and immerse yourself in this brand new adventure.
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Mario and Luigi: Brothership delivers yet another solid Mario RPG outing. Riding high on waves of clever writing, charming humour, engaging exploration, and addictive combat, this is an odyssey well worth undertaking.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership tries to be a bigger, bolder version of the casual RPG series, but this top-heavy ship ultimately capsizes.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the biggest and boldest the series has ever been, with some novel battle mechanics, but an overstuffed runtime severely dilutes the experience in both narrative and gameplay.
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The brothers return for a brand-new adventure on the high seas! When the Uni-Tree is destroyed and the world of Concordia is broken apart, Mario and Luigi must try to reconnect a fractured world, one island at a time. Switch version reviewed. Review copy provided by company for testing purposes.
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While Mario & Luigi: Brothership doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it’s a solid RPG with fun mechanics and lovable characters. New additions like Luigi Logic and Plugs make for satisfying combat, while overworld exploration benefits from the new Bros Moves and ample puzzles with a decent amount of variety. However, the game does suffer from what is emerging as the Nintendo Switch generational curse; frame rate drops, as well as some pacing issues in the late game.
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In the lead-up to the reveal of the Switch 2 (or Super Switch, or whatever your personal conspiracy theory titles it), Nintendo players have been eating WELL in 2024. From Unicorn Overlord to Shin Megami Tensei V to Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom and 1000xRESIST, it’s been a year of bangers for the little hybrid console that could. But we’re not done yet – with the end of 2024 in sight, Nintendo isn’t slowing down at all. This week marks the first release in the Mario & Luigi serie...
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Our favourite brothers are back with another RPG that has them setting sail while connecting lost islands in Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
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With all of the charm of a Saturday morning cartoon and a set of RPG-lite mechanics perfect for novice adventurers, Mario & Luigi: Brothership confidently sets sail across smooth waters. Supported by an RPG legacy that is beloved by many if a little undervalued, this title proves to be a worthy successor but one whose pace can drag slowly like an anchor along the seabed.
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Despite a few lurches here and there and some so-so exploration, Mario & Luigi Brothership offers an enjoyable voyage with smooth sailing, and a punderful script that brings the laughs. It has a new developer and an extra dimension, but the same dedication to humor and brotherly love.
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A relatively minor instalment, but in a series this magical, that's still good news.
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“Mario & Luigi: Brothership takes the Mario RPG series further away from the witty writing that made it special.”
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Mario & Luigi Brothership has made it to the top of my favorite Mario RPGs, a feat that I never thought would be achieved. Everything is constantly entertaining throughout the experience, from the creative animations to the energetic sound effects and wonderful roulette of activities; the game provides a revolving door of engaging fun at every step.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is like a perfect representation of the Bros themselves: even though one might trip up here and there, everything works so well together that it makes it an unforgettable experience.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the latest in the Mario & Luigi ARPG spin-off series, and is not to be confused with some of the more traditional platformer games that Mario is known for. Though its RPG mechanics are fairly light, the game is a very fun addition to the Mario & Luigi lineup, especially as it's the first entry to come out since 2018. Set in a world far from the Mushroom Kingdom, there are still many familiar faces in addition to the citizens of Concordia, and Mario and Luigi are once again destined to be the heroes of...
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A welcome return for the Mario & Luigi franchise, that proves to be a more involved role-player than expected, even if it lacks the consistent humour and weird gameplay flourishes of previous games.
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It takes a special kind of game to stand among the ranks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario & Luigi: Brothership is on that level with an unforgettable story, lovable characters, a deeper-than-expected combat system, and beautifully drawn environments. I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard or smiled this much. The music is also delightful from world-to-world and even through the various battles, though I have to admit there was some odd sound mixing that I noticed during standard combat.
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This game suffers when subjected to a reviewer’s brutal pacing. Maybe if I hadn’t been racing towards the finish line, the endless tiny loading screens wouldn’t have bothered me as much. I was also forced to discard a lot of the side content. It’s not super compelling stuff, but the act of completing it can be pretty relaxing. Searching for Sprite Bulbs scratches that completionist itch in a big way. Plus, the game is beautiful and the battles are a lot of fun. I still wish the puzzles weren’t so frustrating for me. But again, they benefit from more patience...
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Nintendo has been on a remake kick recently. First we got a Switch revival of oddball SNES release Mario RPG, then the return of long-overdue cult classic Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. But what about something new? Thank goodness, then, for Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
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The Mario & Luigi franchise has always felt like the younger sibling amongst the various Mario RPG spinoffs. The series doesn’t have the historical significance of a Super Mario RPG and, unlike Paper Mario, always remained restricted to Nintendo’s handheld systems. Most figured that little sibling status would remain forever when longtime Mario & Luigi developer AlphaDream went bankrupt, presumably taking the series with them. Needless to say, it was a bit of a surprise when Nintendo announced Mario & Luigi: Brothership, an all-new, rather-polished-looking console revival of the series.
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