The newest outing for the duo comes by way of Mario & Luigi: Brothership, promising to take us on an exciting journey with our two favorite plumbers once again. If you’re considering picking up Mario & Luigi: Brothership and have a few lingering ...

Visually, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a candy-coated affair that fits right in with the series. There's a cel-shaded quality to the models that reminds me a little of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Players don't want to be affected by status ailments for too long in Mario and Luigi: Brothership - here's how to get rid of them.

W ay back when I used to play Mario & Luigi RPGs on the Nintendo DS, I always got a kick out of how they cleverly blended controls for both Mario and Luigi with button-mapping. As

This structure allows for two fundamental truths that keep the combat in Brothership engaging for most of its runtime. Watching Mario and Luigi do stuff together is really charming, and putting quick-time events in turn-based battles makes the proceedings feel just a bit more exciting. Stats don’t dictate whether an attack lands, you do.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership includes many side quests which develop the world and often lead to comedic cutscenes. However, some of these sidequests have time limits which require the player to drop everything and complete a specific task. One of these quests is “Arc’s Secret”, which requires players to find Arc's lost spyglass.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership, the first new Mario & Luigi game in nearly a decade, seems content to iterate on past ideas from the franchise. Brothership brings a handful of new ideas to the Mario & Luigi formula, but only a few of them make the 20-year-old franchise feel fresh.

Boss fights in Mario & Luigi Brothership are unique and challenging with twists to keep you on your toes. Gorombula, Pipegunk, and Extension Corps are standout bosses that offer engaging gameplay mechanics.

Beating Bowser is always a challenge for the Mario brothers and this is no less true than in his newest appearance in Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

One of the earliest in the game is Twistee Island, which players must complete in order to obtain hammers for Mario & Luigi. Since starting the game without hammers limits your ab