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[Draugoth]

The bond between brothers has never been stronger! Set sail for an island-hopping adventure with the Mario Bros. in Mario & Luigi: Brothership!Launching November 7th 2024 on Nintendo Switch.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Well that was unexpected!

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It looks great.

 

[Dacvak]

Holy shit, the art style and animations look incredible.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Not a big fan of the artstyle, but if it plays like SS and BIS then it will be fun for sure.

 

[hemo memo]

If this is Disney I would expect something else.

 

[Deerock71]

I see a lot of RPG in here. He'll, I see a lot of EVERYTHING in here! Looks surprisingly good.

 

[nial]

Character models are kinda eh, but the rest looks very well-made. I still like the old pixel art style more, tho.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Looks so good! Day one

 

[rodrigolfp]

Will look glorious on Suyu/Ryujinx.

 

[Codes 208]

YEEESSSSSSS

 

[RagnarokIV]

Looks visually amazing.

 

[SidViscous]

Looks like it wasn’t made in-house, seems off.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Going to wait for the reviews on this one to ensure it's a good oldschool Mario RPG and not like the last couple.

 

[Zheph]

Looks quite nice, midly intrigued

 

[Sleepwalker]

Fuck yes

In 2024 we got

Super mario rpg
Paper mario ttyd
New mario & luigi

Absolute win.

 

[Robb]

I did not expect this at all, thought the series died along with AlphaDream. Super happy to see it return, these games are fantastic!

Definitely a day-1 for me!

 

[ResilientBanana]

Looks fun

 

[tkscz]

Three Mario RPGs in one year. I don't know what happened at Nintendo but I'm glad it happened.

 

[Jeff Spicoli]

I was thinking ab Mario & Luigi series last week. Great Surprise.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET A NEW M&L GAME HOLLY SHIT!!!!!

I can't belive they are pushing the concept of Mario and Luigi so far! This is what I've wanted in the franchice for a long time! Look at the wacky animation! Look at the unique characters! Look at how Mario and Luigi work together to solve puzzles!

Day fucking one Switch got ALL THREE Mario RPG franchises I must be dreaming!!

 

[Codes 208]

Looks like it wasn’t made in-house, seems off.

The originals werent in-house either.

 

[nikos]

This looks great! Day one.

 

[bender]

I think I hate the art style.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Is Nintendo doing this in-house? Excited to see hands-on and reviews. If it’s more like the first three games, I’m in.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Looks like it wasn’t made in-house, seems off.

Lmao. Ok

All games were made at Alphadream. Not Nintendo. What on earth are you on about

 

[Cyberpunkd]

What an absolute boring and blocky cell shaded crap.

 

[Bridges]

Great year for Mario RPGs. I wasn't a fan of Dream Team and skipped Paper Jam but this looks like a great return to form. I still have RPG and TTYD remakes on my shelf I need to get to first but I'll for sure grab this

 

[Dacvak]

So is this the second game with Kevin Afghani voicing Mario? It definitely wasn't Martinet. If I really had to nitpick the voice, I'd say that he sounds raspier than Mario should. But other than that, it's fine.

It does feel weird not having Charles Martinet voicing the Big M, though.

 

[Majukun]

looks fun as always with this series

 

[ahtlas7]

Not sure about this one. It didn’t snap with me.

 

[Codes 208]

So is this the second game with Kevin Afghani voicing Mario? It definitely wasn't Martinet. If I really had to nitpick the voice, I'd say that he sounds raspier than Mario should. But other than that, it's fine.

It does feel weird not having Charles Martinet voicing the Big M, though.

At least hes trying, the alternative would be chris pratt

 

[Raven77]

Looks incredible as usual.

Nintendo keeps saving the game industry, year after year. There's more creativity and gameplay innovation in a a single Nintendo first party title than Sony or MS manage to put out across all games they release in a year.

 

[Hudo]

Sorry to ask this question but what are the differences between the Mario & Luigi games and the Paper Mario (the old ones at least...) games? Aren't they both JRPGs?

 

[SidViscous]

The originals werent in-house either.

Today I learnt, I feel a bit better about never jiving with the franchise now.

But I guess the older games looked like Nintendo games, this one looks off in a sort of “I’m surprised Nintendo QA signed it off” way, the font, UI and even how the characters are lit in cutscenes give it a weird off-brand vibe.

For example I never knew the previous games were not in-house, but this I could tell almost straight away.

 

[Stafford]

Will this have online co-op? Because this seems fun and I'd give it a chance if I can play this online with my brother who doesn't live nearby. Knowing Nintendo of course it won't have it.

 

[Codes 208]

Today I learnt, I feel a bit better about never jiving with the franchise now.

But I guess the older games looked like Nintendo games, this one looks off in a sort of “I’m surprised Nintendo signed it off” way, the font, UI and even how the characters are lit in cutscenes give it a weird off-brand vibe you would expected the QA team at Nintendo to catch.

For example I never knew the previous games were not in-house, but this I could tell almost straight away.

Tbf, again, the original games also felt very off-brand too because of how left field they were for mario games. Both in terms of art style and settings.

But credit where its due, luigi being a loveable cowardly clutsy goofball takes its que from both this rpg series and luigis mansion

 

[Codes 208]

Will this have online co-op? Because this seems fun and I'd give it a chance if I can play this online with my brother who doesn't live nearby. Knowing Nintendo of course it won't have it.

How would there be co-op? Its a single player turn-based rpg

 

[Astral Dog]

Sorry to ask this question but what are the differences between the Mario & Luigi games and the Paper Mario (the old ones at least...) games? Aren't they both JRPGs?

mostly the humor and artsyle, Mario and Luigi mostly stayed consistent while Paper Mario droped imo

if i remember correctly ,some Nintendo exec(i think it was Kensuke Tanabe) stated in an interview a big reason why they changed Paper Mario is because the Mario and Luigi series was considered too similar, so that was to stay the 'RPG' while Paper Mario tried something more experimental to attract new players

 

[Robb]

Sorry to ask this question but what are the differences between the Mario & Luigi games and the Paper Mario (the old ones at least...) games? Aren't they both JRPGs?

They’re both JRPGs. Mario & Luigi has:
- A lot more of a puzzle solving focus and platforming in the overworld
- No additional partners (there’s only Mario & Luigi, or whatever the playable cast is in the beginning of the game)
- A bigger focus on reactionary battles since you dodge with both Mario & Luigi simultaneously during battle and all the special moves tend to feature both characters

Those are the biggest things I can think of.

 

[Hudo]

mostly the humor and artsyle, Mario and Luigi mostly stayed consistent while Paper Mario droped imo

if i remember correctly ,some Nintendo exec(i think it was Kensuke Tanabe) stated in an interview a big reason why they changed Paper Mario is because the Mario and Luigi series was considered too similar, so that was to stay the 'RPG' while Paper Mario tried something more experimental to attract new players

They’re both JRPGs. Mario & Luigi has:
- A lot more of a puzzle solving focus and platforming in the overworld
- No additional partners (there’s only Mario & Luigi, or whatever the playable cast is in the beginning of the game)
- A bigger focus on reactionary battles since you dodge with both Mario & Luigi simultaneously during battle and all the special moves tend to feature both characters

Those are the biggest things I can think of.

Thank you lads. Then it seems this could be one for me.

 

[DeVeAn]

Is this a new entry or a remake of Superstar saga?

 

[Robb]

Is this a new entry or a remake of Superstar saga?

New entry.

Boxart:

 

[DeVeAn]

Nice! I hope they keep the gibberish in love that.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I think I hate the art style.

What an absolute boring and blocky cell shaded crap.

Philistines.

 

[Robb]

The animation work in this look really good!

Curious to see who’s behind it.

 

[Robb]

I totally missed this in the trailer, but seems like they’re keeping the ‘DS functionality’ where you have Luigi and Mario on different screens and control them separately.

Hopefully it works well enough.

Also love how expressive they’ve made them in this:

They’ve really captured the style well. I hope we get some funny high res versions of failed Bros. moves during battle.

 

[Andyliini]

I wonder who is developing this, since AlphaDream is no more. The animations are very Next Level Games -like, but many former AlphaDream employees now work at Monolith Soft, so it might be them, too. Guess we can only wait and see, but the game looks creative and fun RPG. Bring it on.

 

[Spukc]

Hope it’s as good as superstar saga..

Hands down the best mario RPG…

 

[Robb]

The animations are very Next Level Games -like

That’s very true actually. When Mario kicks the shell it almost looks like something straight out of Battle League: