Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)

Apart from its great battle system, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an incredibly disappointing revival that suffers from boring gameplay and dialogue, a bloated runtime, shockingly bad performance, and a fundamental misunderstanding of what made the series great. The Switch has been home to many triumphant revivals for Nintendo, but the Mario & Luigi series has sadly missed the boat.

Gameplay:

Turn-based combat is Brothership's one consistent bright spot, and while it's more akin to Superstar Saga's basic approach than the crazy, screen-stealing Luiginary Attacks in Dream Team, it's honestly everything I wanted from a revival of this series. Outside of combat, the gameplay suffers from boring puzzle-solving, mindless exploration, and runtime-padding fetch quests.

Story:

Brothership makes an admirable attempt at telling a story about the importance of friendship and connections and the dangers of isolation, but it's another area where the idea is better than the execution. The writing is just so unoriginal, and I didn't get attached to any of Brothership's large cast in the same way I have with so many characters and partners from past Mario RPGs.

Graphics:

This is easily one of the worst-performing Nintendo games on Switch, with incessant framerate issues while exploring the overworld. Brothership chugs and stutters basically anytime there's some sort of environmental element present, whether it's moving water, lava, sand, wind, or fog.

Sound:

All the islands you visit are very generic, with familiar fire, ice, and desert settings you've seen dozens of times before, each backed by music that's solid but honestly forgettable and probably won't be topping the charts in Nintendo's new music app.

Controls:

Luigi still performs all combat actions with the B button, but now you inexplicably select his moves with the A button. This may sound like a nitpick, but it legitimately took hours to rewire my brain to select Luigi's attack with A and then swap over to the B button to actually do it.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a welcome return for the other Mario RPG series, taking a more straightforward, less gimmicky approach to bring new players into the fold. The rhythm of the brothers in combat is pleasingly engaging, as ever, and there's a solid adventure here, but it's just lacking that spark to match the franchise's very best.

Gameplay:

The satisfying rhythm of battle is back, with extra timed button presses to amp up an attack as it lands, jumping and hammering to dodge and counter, and more. Mario and Luigi now team up for every attack, so even a basic jump attack will have you use both 'A' and 'B' buttons, and that leads naturally into the Bros. Attacks with their far more bombastic animations.

Story:

The brothers arrive at just the right time, meeting Connie, an apprentice Wattanist who's planted a new Uni-Tree on Shipshape Island in an effort to reunite the world. The real story is all about the youths of this world stepping up to fill the shoes of their mentors and guardians, in particular with Connie, who treks with you to the key encounters at the Great Lighthouses.

Graphics:

It's fully 3D now, but also more cartoon-like, with black outlines to characters and the world. While it has its moments where it can look rather nice – the character animation in particular is pretty good for key moments – I do feel it suffers from lower texture detail and doesn't hold up quite so well on TV compared to handheld play.

Controls:

The pair always run together while adventuring in the world, Luigi trailing Mario's footsteps, and you can still control their individual jumps and hammer slams, though you now generally just need to worry about Mario and Luigi will jump automatically on his own. The main twist to the open world adventuring is the Bros. Moves, which transform the two brothers and enhances their movement abilities.

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My momentum while playing felt wobbly and uneven, but this is still a well-crafted game. Perhaps your time (if you can offer more of it than me) will be well-spent playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

Gameplay:

Battles are won or lost based on your timed dodge and attack skills. Needing to execute the timed dodges and strikes ensures that your focus never wavers.

Story:

Although the premise of Brothership is fascinating enough, the actual story is a little dull. The bulk of your time is spent on the usual MacGuffin-style busywork.

Graphics:

The color schemes chosen for this game really pop. The rest of the colors are intense, lush, and downright lovely.

Controls:

While the well-timed strikes and dodges feel great, traversal is kind of floaty and ineffectual. Your jumps are limited, which I understand.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership brings back one of the plumbers' more underappreciated series, offering plenty of visual pizazz, an impressive array of inventive maps, and a solid amount of RPG depth. It's not a perfect relaunch, as Brothership's writing lacks the snap of the best entries in the series and some unfortunate padding results in a game that arguably overstays its welcome, but overall, those still on board the aging Good Ship Switch ought to find this a charming-enough twilight cruise.

Gameplay:

Overall, combat is engaging and timing your attacks just right is satisfying. That said, an issue this series has always had continues here – doing the various quick time events attached to each move eventually gets repetitive and the need to play out all these elaborate animations means combat can become quite drawn out.

Story:

While the setup of Mario & Luigi: Brothership is at least somewhat novel, the game's plot isn't exactly captivating, as its villain is as stock as they come and its few twists and turns are telegraphed a nautical mile away. Perhaps most disappointing, the meta, tongue-in-cheek humor of earlier Mario & Luigi titles, which the series helped innovate before the Paper Mario series really ran with it, is largely missing here.

Graphics:

The game's visuals are bright and colorful, with animation delivering a similar level of personality as the handcrafted 2D sprites of earlier entries in the series. There are some small polish issues, with framerate stutters sometimes cropping up as you explore (thankfully, they're never an issue during combat), but overall, this feels like a top-tier Nintendo product.

Sound:

Boppin' soundtrack.

Controls:

Players control both brothers at once, although unlike some of the series' past entries, you don't have to directly control both brothers' jumps during platforming sequences – you command Mario and Luigi automatically follows along behind you. The timed button presses are essential to doling out damage and avoiding and countering incoming attacks.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the classic Mario & Luigi experience that fans have been clamouring for since Bowser's Inside Story. While there are significant pacing issues that means the game takes a while to get going, a simple but engaging battle system and incredibly intriguing second half of the story helps to keep Brothership on course.

Gameplay:

The combat is turn-based, with battles having you hit rhythmically timed button presses to improve your damage or reduce incoming damage. This simple system is more engaging by the active element that happens as your turn plays out, and every enemy behaves differently to be avoided too.

Story:

It's a straightforward premise that, while plodding, eventually evolves into something more intriguing and unique than I've ever experienced in any Mario-themed RPG. Mario and Luigi, as they always do, set off on an adventure to reconnect all of the disparate islands, restoring the continent to its former glory.

Graphics:

The game employs a heavily stylised look that makes the game look like the concept art for all previous games, except in real-time. It's bright, colourful and incredibly expressive.

Controls:

Luigi Logic is similarly used in battle, taking advantage of environmental structures to help both him and Mario do massive damage to enemies during more intense boss battles. It's incredibly intuitive, and there was never a point where Luigi wouldn't do what I needed him to.

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In a year that has given us not one but three Mario-themed RPGs, I was ready to be underwhelmed by Brothership. Yet thanks to captivating combat, varied platforming and well-judged difficulty, Brothership not only lives up to my childhood nostalgia for this series, but improves upon it.

Gameplay:

Brothership's combat is a breezy joy, making the simple timed-button-presses of attacks, jumps, hammer blows and counters feel far more engaging than they have any right to be. Where turn-based battling can often grow tiresome in other games, Brothership's is an engaging dance, chucking new ideas, abilities and unexpectedly flashy attack modifiers at you with joyous abandon.

Story:

In a classic Mario plot device, our heroes are whisked away from the Mushroom Kingdom via a giant portal, and groggily awaken marooned in the oceanic world of Concordia. Thankfully, Brothership soon gets some wind in its sails, as you unite a warring nation of ice and flame, triumph in an island-wide dance-off, solve a gloomy detective noir mystery, and even join a ragtag crew of teenage pirates.

Graphics:

This place is utterly gorgeous. As you leap around the first of many vibrant, cel-shaded islands, you can practically taste the sea breeze, with a stunning Wind Waker HD-esque bloom lighting effect lending this bright and breezy adventure a washed-out, sun-kissed feel.

Sound:

The phenomenal score definitely helps: an infectiously upbeat, nautical soundtrack full of the pompous parp of horns and swelling sea-shanty accordions.

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Nintendo games are at their best when they're approachable and polished to a sheen, and Mario and Luigi Brothership is great at both of these. This is a sizeable RPG that contextualizes classic turn-based mechanics in a platformer framework.

Gameplay:

Battles in Brothership are snappy, and feel like small scale platforming puzzles in their own right. Having active battles like this means every enemy needs to have good dynamics by themselves and with other enemies.

Story:

The writing is endearing, and the themes are important for the younger target audience to learn. While some cutscenes do over-explain themselves, the dialogue and cast are fun.

Graphics:

The art style does a lot of heavy lifting to ensure the game is sharp and runs well, with a beautiful cartoon aesthetic. The past Mario and Luigi games feature very charming sprite art, and I think this was a good way to bring over the spirit of that presentation into the series' first console outing.

Controls:

This could have been overly complicated if the development team wasn't careful, but how they go about controlling both leaves little friction that could get in the way of enjoyment. You'll mostly control Mario, but every face button has two actions dedicated to each brother.

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Although the formula is bordering over-familiar at this point, it's been long enough between entries that this return to the Mario & Luigi series is incredibly welcome. It manages to feel fresh enough with interesting new wrinkles that play on this new world and story's overall themes, and its obsession with fraternal bonds results in probably my favourite take on the Bros. to date.

Gameplay:

Like previous games, you'll also spend a fair bit of time getting into scuffles with various baddies in turn-based combat inspired by the likes of Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario. Rather than just pick a move and watch it play out though, you'll have your timing and pattern recognition tested as you hit specific button prompts along with attacks to give them extra oomph and conversely attempt to dodge enemy moves to avoid or even redirect damage.

Story:

Connection is at the centre of just about everything in Concordia, the concept revealing itself to be the beating heart of the world, the people, and the chain of events set to transpire. Your biggest initial goal in Brothership, in fact, is to sail the floating 'Shipshape Island' carrying a reincarnated Uni-Tree to reconnect all of the lost land masses and the distinct and vibrant groups living on them.

Graphics:

Luckily, whether you're seeing something for the first time or the fifth, Mario & Luigi: Brothership's presentation is packed with that trademark Nintendo charm. The boys, above all, are animated with a huge amount of expression and energy between pulling off high-flying Bros. Attacks in battle and reacting to the antics of all of the new faces they meet on their travels.

Sound:

And like the best games in Nintendo's history, it features a killer soundtrack that's definitely tuned more JRPG but is still unmistakably a Mario Bros. joint.

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Brothership is a lovely, fun time. Yes, there are frustrating moments, and you could also argue the difficulty is far too easy to begin with, and spikes at random moments, but it looks stunning, has gorgeous music, and a superb battle system.

Gameplay:

The combat is simple, but more malleable and interactive than almost all of the other Mario RPG style games you may have experienced. There's a plug system that lets you create fascinating combos to do more damage, status effects, or even automatically heal outside of your actual turn that's akin to the Paper Mario badge system.

Story:

The story is as typical as you'd expect: Mario & Luigi have found themselves in a strange land that isn't the Mushroom Kingdom, and have become embroiled in a plot to stop the bad guys from ruining Concordia, a world that is akin to a massive archipelago, split into currents and sections. You see, the world has been split asunder, and piloting the good Shipshape Island (part ship, part island), you have to go around reconnecting them along with your friendly 'not a pig' pig, Snoutlet.

Graphics:

But when you're allowed to explore and fight, you do so in a glorious, beautiful world. It looks stunning and has a beautiful painterly cel-shaded style.

Sound:

It looks stunning, has gorgeous music, and a superb battle system. Mario & Luigi don't speak, you see - they have a simlish-like voice, aside the obvious 'Woohoo' and 'Let's Go!' comments.

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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.

Gameplay:

Combat, too, will be familiar to fans of the series, with enemies visible as you explore, with battles initiated when you hit them or they hit you in classic turn-based RPG fashion. At 35-45 hours or so depending on how much time you spend on side quests, there's a lot of game here, but things are (mostly) paced well.

Story:

Previously whole, Concordia has been split into multiple floating islands, which has weakened relationships and the land itself. This idea of strength through unity goes far beyond the setting and its name - it's integral to the story and, to a large extent, gameplay itself.

Graphics:

Although there's now a new developer at the helm, and environments are now properly fully 3D, you're quickly reassured that this is very much a Mario & Luigi game. There's a missed opportunity in the move to a fully 3D overworld, though.

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A relatively minor instalment, but in a series this magical, that's still good news. While Brothership isn't the series at its very best, it's still a Mario & Luigi RPG, and these always contain moments of colour and wit and invention that I'm extremely glad I was present for.

Gameplay:

Brothership's the latest in a much loved series of RPGs in which the brother in red and the brother in green head off on an adventure together, completing quests and side-quests, engaging in exploration and puzzling, and getting stuck into turn-based battles. The ship and the ocean means that every hour or so, Brothership gets to send you somewhere new.

Story:

Thematically, this is all a little muddled, I know. Islands, but you connect them all via lighthouses? And almost everyone I meet is a kind of anthropomorphic plug socket or computer port?

Graphics:

You put your eye to the glass and then you move left and right to scan a glorious horizon drawn in sunny skies and churning ocean currents. These moments are often pretty straightforward, but they're presented beautifully.

Controls:

Out in the world, you can make Luigi jump if you want, but a lot of the time he takes care of himself as he follows Mario around. You can use a trigger to get him to interact with highlighted objects.

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Mario & Luigi Brothership is a triumphant return for the series, maintaining the spirit and action-oriented platforming of its predecessors, coupled with fantastic exploration and satisfying battle mechanics. The series' home console debut maintains the spirited character and action-oriented platforming of its predecessors, coupled with fantastic exploration and satisfying battle mechanics.

Gameplay:

Combat is robustly traditional, with Mario & Luigi able to level up and customise their stats, but it's also consistently fresh thanks to a pleasing amount of interactivity, a large variety of enemies and moves, and a strong Battle Plugs feature. When attacking, players can chain together attacks from both Mario and Luigi, by pressing A and B at the right time, depending on which brother is in view.

Story:

Mario & Luigi find the land of Concordia in trouble, after it's been split into dozens of islands, scattered across a vast ocean. The game's theme of reconnecting communities lays the groundwork for a story about the bonds between brothers and communities, a bit like Death Stranding with Goombas.

Graphics:

It's an inspired art direction – and the game itself is strikingly beautiful – with the creatures shaped like all sorts of familiar electronic appliances, like HDMI and speaker cables. Brotherships' animations are wonderfully expressive throughout, with the brothers helping each other to perform acrobatic moves, or hoisting their downed sibling over their shoulder when defeated.

Controls:

The pair's actual walking movement is synchronised, but players can independently control their jumps and attacks for some fairly unique platforming gameplay. The pair also have Bros Moves they can use during exploration, which let them transform into a UFO to traverse large gaps.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an excellent return to Nintendo's otherwise languishing role-playing game (RPG) spin-off series, packed chock-full of charm, wit, and whimsy, plus pleasingly detailed combat mechanics that will deliver hours of fun. While it's not exactly a contender for game of the year, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Brothership.

Gameplay:

Combat in Mario & Luigi: Brothership is fun and engaging, leveraging the same timed attack and counter mechanic as previous games in the series with the added twist of power-up Plugs and Luigi's Logic as well as inventive new Bros Attacks to mix things up. Plugs offer a solid level of variety and dynamic gameplay to battles and become pretty much essential as the baddies scale.

Story:

In their latest gander, the mustachio'd brothers are whisked away to the land of Concordia and on a quest to reunite its fragmented lands following the destruction of the Unitree that once connected them. It's a tale with a strong narrative theme; that the bonds between friends, family, and even foes have innate power.

Graphics:

While the character design maintains the stylistic simplicity of the wider Mario universe, its aesthetic value is high, which really brings the Mario & Luigi franchise into the modern era of gaming following the ten years of its absence. Brothership brings the world of Concordia to life with exuberant color and sound.

Sound:

Combat animations are punchy and energizing, and the music perfectly accents the on-screen action to keep you locked in. The game's vibrant presentation includes excellent sound design that enhances the overall experience.

Controls:

The timed attack and counter mechanic works well with responsive controls that allow for precise timing during combat encounters. The new Bros Moves add new dimensions to exploration, especially when boosted later in the game.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership proves there's room in Nintendo's lineup for more Mario & Luigi games. It's a fantastic return to form, offering a bigger, better-looking adventure than past RPGs.

Gameplay:

Combat resembles other Mario & Luigi RPGs, with basic attacks causing the brothers to work together. If either brother is knocked out, the other can't power up his attacks or use skills, making fights longer but more active than most turn-based RPG systems.

Story:

Brothership takes the Mario Bros. to the land of Concordia, a former continent shattered into islands after the destruction of the Uni-Tree. The seafaring adventure isn't quite as wild a hook as the other Mario & Luigi games, but it's a fun change in setting and context.

Graphics:

Nintendo keeps Mario & Luigi looking good by focusing on style and charm more than powerful graphics and advanced effects. Brothership is a bright, colorful adventure oozing with charm that doesn't tax the Switch's seven-year-old hardware.

Controls:

Despite the new plot and setting, Brotherhood's controls are exactly what you'd expect from a Mario & Luigi game. You guide the pair while jumping and hammering to solve puzzles, with the ability to send Luigi out independently to perform certain tasks separate from Mario.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an incredibly tight, well-designed RPG that more than lives up to the legacy left by AlphaDream, and paints a bright picture for the beloved franchise's future. Strong themes and art direction buoy a light, well-meaning narrative that is further enhanced by dynamic combat, and a real sense of cohesion in overall game design.

Gameplay:

The twist here – which is great for those who aren't enamoured by turn-based combat – is there's a real-time element in performing an impactful attack. If you just select a move, Mario or Luigi will hit an opponent and cause minimal damage, but watch for button prompts, and you'll be able to extend these moves, as Mario and Luigi can bounce off each other, for a more devastating blow.

Story:

Under mysterious circumstances, the two brothers end up on a floating island ship, adrift amongst a sea of other islands. Swiftly, you learn these floating islands used to be part of a greater whole – but they've drifted away and become listless, leading to a fragmented world where friends and families are separated.

Graphics:

The animation work here is absolutely standout, with Mario and Luigi's models being expressive and 'gummy' in a way that makes their movements incredibly dynamic. They bounce and fly across the screen with great enthusiasm, making each hit land with aplomb.

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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.

Gameplay:

Brothership's gameplay formula is largely the same from previous Mario & Luigi titles, with one button controlling Mario and the other controlling Luigi, though Brothership spends much less time forcing players to bounce around between the A and B buttons. Turn-based battles work in a similar manner, with the brothers fighting side-by-side with their own stats and unique Bros. Attacks.

Story:

With so many lands to discover, Brothership uses that idea to introduce some of the most memorable supporting characters to emerge in a Mario RPG. Combine this with the sudden arrival of some old friends (and enemies), and it makes Brothership feel like a far bigger world, with greater stakes and memorable faces than any Mario RPG that came before it.

Graphics:

The game features beautifully drawn environments across its various worlds. The visual presentation contributes significantly to the game's charm and appeal.

Sound:

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.

Controls:

One button controls Mario and the other controls Luigi, though Brothership spends much less time forcing players to bounce around between the A and B buttons. Thankfully, Luigi mostly follows his brother automatically, so his dedicated buttons are mainly used for specific question blocks or other objects.

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Mario & Luigi Brothership is a joy to play, as well as an excellent entry in the Mario & Luigi series. If you haven't had the opportunity to play a game from the Mario & Luigi series, this is as good a jumping-in point as any, and this is a must-own for long-term fans of any of the Mario RPG entries.

Gameplay:

You have your Jump and Hammer attacks, your special moves (Bros Moves in this case) that consume BP, and you can time your attacks or defence to do extra damage or mitigate the damage taken. When you do a basic Jump or Hammer attack with either brother, the other will jump in with an additional button prompt to boost the damage done.

Story:

After a (potentially) near-death experience and display of courage, Mario and Luigi find themselves mysteriously transported to an unfamiliar world called Concordia. The game is riddled with names and puns that play on the electrical/circuit theme, which adds to the charm.

Graphics:

With Mario & Luigi getting a visual overhaul on the Switch, it would help to know that Brothership looks excellent and runs fine. While the older games had plenty of charm and worked well for the handhelds they released on (and still hold up well), Brothership makes the most of being the first non-handheld entry.

Controls:

The attacks went at such a swift pace, especially when the timing for the prompts burn into your brain; it all becomes second nature. The game never feels like it is struggling, and most importantly, it doesn't impact the timing of the action commands.

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Not only is Brothership a faithful and worthy sequel, it's such a step up that it makes the old games look weak by comparison. Brothership is a wonderful reintroduction to the Bros., made even sweeter by the fact that I never expected a new entry.

Gameplay:

The active nature of the turn-based battles has always been the series' greatest strength and Brothership has plenty of flashy new Bros. attacks to play with and countless enemy attack patterns to learn. Across more than 50 hours of turn-based battles, the combat never got dull because there are so many different techniques and combinations to discover, and every new plug you unlock adds exponential complexity to the whole system.

Story:

The length also benefits the story, which is surprisingly mature and impactful for a Mario game. Despite myself, I became invested in the plight of the plug people and the reunification of Concordian society beneath the Uni-Tree.

Graphics:

This is the first Mario & Luigi on Switch and it very much feels like the series' first big-budget home console entry. It's so much bigger than any of the older games, not just in terms of play time, but in terms of ideas too.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership takes this long-running RPG series to new heights in a high-seas adventure that's packed full of top-notch combat, inventive variety, a positive and thoughtful story, and lots signature comedy from the dynamic duo themselves. This is a big game, packed full of surprises and fun, and the all-new Battle Plug system, alongside lots of flashy specials, a fittingly emotive art-style, and a world that brimming with puzzles and challenges, make for a must-play in our book.

Gameplay:

Those already familiar with the turn-based combat of the series will immediately find themselves at home here, but we've now got a system of attack and defence that drills down into the whole connection and Brothership motif of the game, making you work together more than ever before to get the job done. The series has always had you command each brother to jump and attack on separate buttons — it's the beating heart of the whole thing — but now these sequences of attack and defence have been fleshed out, making for incredibly rewarding combat that never really grows old.

Story:

It seems the denizens of Concordia are being struck down by a gloomy illness, one that makes them feel like being alone, like disconnecting from everyone and everything around them. Added to this constantly evolving creativity, we get a story that actually goes some places, writing that keeps the comedy aspects of this series alive and well, and a menagerie of bosses that keep the wacky challenges coming.

Graphics:

There's so much detail and expression in how this pair carry out attacks now, in how they dodge incoming shots by the skin of their teeth, and sweat and panic at the thought of what's next. The art style is fantastically emotive and works well to connect us to the Bros.

Sound:

Looks and sounds great with good performance all-round.

Controls:

The series has always had you command each brother to jump and attack on separate buttons, with rhythmic pressing required for maximum effectiveness. Combat controls are responsive and engaging, allowing players to time their attacks and defenses precisely.

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It's been a long wait for Mario & Luigi fans, but after a few hours with Mario & Luigi: Brothership, it's clear that the series has returned in a big way. The game runs buttery smooth, looks amazing handheld or docked, and has all the goofy personality the series has come to be known for.

Gameplay:

Brothership establishes a great game loop from early on – as you navigate Shipshape Island around the world's fast-moving currents, you'll spot and identify the various islands roaming the world of Concordia. Each island becomes its own little self-contained story within the greater narrative, meaning the game is ideal to play in short sessions.

Story:

The Bros.' latest adventure sees them drawn into the world of Concordia, a world that used to be one great landmass centred around the plant/lightbulb hybrid Uni-Tree, which kept the world balanced and connected. After a great disaster destroyed the tree and broke the land apart, Concordia has been reduced to an unknown number of floating islands, each moving independently across the sea.

Graphics:

Somehow, Acquire have managed to nail the look and feel of the Mario & Luigi series' classic sprite art in 3D. Mario and co. are all shaded in a way that elicits the classic games' key art, with an almost painted feel to the models.

Controls:

In combat you'll control Mario and Luigi independently with different buttons – A/B for their jumps, and X/Y for their hammer attacks. Once you learn the behaviours of each enemy, you'll quickly start to feel like a genius hitting each attack's quicktime prompts to do the highest and flashiest damage possible.

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