{"id":25179,"date":"2024-12-27T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25179"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:57:32","slug":"lets-rate-the-mario-luigi-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/27\/lets-rate-the-mario-luigi-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Rate the Mario & Luigi Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mario & Luigi: Brothership was just released, so I thought it would be fun to rate all the Mario & Luigi games that have come out so far.\u00a0 There might be some slight spoiler warnings here and there, but I\u2019ll keep you posted on those.\u00a0 We\u2019ll start from the worst in the series to the best.\u00a0 OK, let\u2019s begin!<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really hate calling this the worst Mario & Luigi game because it\u2019s really not a bad game at all.\u00a0 There are some things about it that I really like.\u00a0 And it\u2019s not a clear case of being a bad game like how the Paper Mario ones would be listed (Sticker Star, I\u2019m looking at you)<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The premise is that Mario & Luigi travel to an island that is connected to a dream world, and they discover that Luigi\u2019s strange sleep patterns let him fall asleep instantly on these special pillows and then Mario can enter the dream world and have Luigi help him in special ways.\u00a0 I really like how much this game features Luigi, in fact I think it came out during the \u201cYear of Luigi\u201d that Nintendo promoted back then.\u00a0 When exploring the island, you view the action in a top down perspective, but in the dream world, it\u2019s 2D side scrolling.\u00a0 It\u2019s very similar to Bowser\u2019s Inside Story, just more of it.\u00a0 Which sounds like a good thing, but in this case, less is more.\u00a0 This game was just way too long in the tooth, and there was one boss battle that took me an entire lunch hour to beat, which is ridiculous.\u00a0 In fact, this is the only Mario & Luigi game I\u2019ve never finished.<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a crossover game between the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario games, although it had more in common with Mario & Luigi titles.\u00a0 The paper aspects really don\u2019t add anything, and the game is decidedly average.\u00a0 But I did see it all the way through and beat it, so I had to rank it higher.\u00a0 This game confirms that the Paper Mario series takes place in a magic pop up book in the Mushroom Kingdom library!\u00a0 I also liked how when Bowser Jr. meets his paper self, they become fast friends.\u00a0 One of the few times I actually liked Bowser Jr.<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This game just came out, and I\u2019ve been playing it as of this writing.\u00a0 I\u2019m about 2\/3 of the way through it.\u00a0 Once I beat it and think about it for a while, I might rank it higher or lower.\u00a0 But right now it sits at above average.\u00a0 Aside from the new 3D graphics, it really doesn\u2019t add anything significant to the gameplay.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not fun!\u00a0 A lot of reviewers panned this game at first, but I\u2019m here to tell you that it\u2019s really not THAT bad.\u00a0 They changed up some of the controls, which took me a bit of getting used to.\u00a0 And some parts can be a bit annoying and tedious.\u00a0 But otherwise I\u2019m really enjoying it.\u00a0 Mario & Luigi are transported to a world where evil has disconnected a land into separate islands, and you must travel to them via a floating island that acts as a ship.\u00a0 The characters and themes have a sort of electrical plant vibe to them, and the game has an underlying theme about making connections and keeping them with friends and family, which is a good message that I like.\u00a0 In fact, one of the things I like about all the Mario & Luigi games is how the two brothers always work together and get along and care for each other.\u00a0 Which I think is a good message, too.<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was the second game in the series, and used four buttons instead of two in the battles since it was on the DS, which had more buttons than the GBA.\u00a0 Aliens have invaded the Mushroom Kingdom, and it\u2019s up to Mario and Luigi to go back in time to stop them.\u00a0 In the past they meet their baby selves and they all work together.\u00a0 The babies were so adorable in this game.\u00a0 SPOILER: At one point in the game, Luigi takes a cookie from the Yoshi Cookie factory and saves it for later.\u00a0 And at the end of the game when Mario & Luigi has to say goodbye to their baby selves, Baby Luigi doesn\u2019t want to leave and starts crying.\u00a0 So Luigi gives him the cookie he saved to comfort him.\u00a0 So sweet! END SPOILERS<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: SuperStar Saga (GBA, 3DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first game in the series started out strong!\u00a0 The idea of using the A button to control Mario and the B button for Luigi in battles and the overworld was such a clever idea.\u00a0 And the game was very humorous to boot!\u00a0 Alpha Dream made this and most of the other Mario & Luigi titles.\u00a0 I would like to play the game they made before this, Tomato Adventure, but it\u2019s Japan only.\u00a0 Sadly, Alpha Dream went out of business.\u00a0 In fact, another company did Brothership.\u00a0 But hopefully Nintendo hired most of the Alpha Dream staff like what they did with Hudson Soft.\u00a0 There is a remake of this game on the 3DS, but either way you play this game is fine.\u00a0 The 3DS remake adds a new side game called Bowser\u2019s Minions where you control a Goomba and other Mario enemies in a strategy style game.\u00a0 I finished it, but it really doesn\u2019t add anything to the main game.<\/p>\n

Mario & Luigi: Bowser\u2019s Inside Story (DS, 3DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the best Mario & Luigi game overall.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019d say it\u2019s probably the second best Mario RPG period (only Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door beats it).\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever wanted a game starring Bowser, this is probably the closest thing you\u2019ll get right now.\u00a0 You can play as Mario & Luigi AND Bowser, and the two brothers can shrink down and secretly go inside Bowser, which is where the game shifts to a 2D sidescrolling perspective.\u00a0 There are some times where you control all three in battle, too, with Bowser on one screen fighting enemies outside while Mario & Luigi are on another screen fighting things inside Bowser!\u00a0 There\u2019s also a remake of this game on the 3DS, but again, you\u2019re fine with any version.\u00a0 Like before, the 3DS remake adds a side game that plays similarly, but this time you control Bowser Jr.\u00a0 I did NOT finish this one, though, because Bowser Jr. was such an unlikeable brat that it annoyed me too much.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all the Mario & Luigi games!\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of my list, and tell me how YOU would rank them.\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mario & Luigi: Brothership was just released, so I thought it would be fun to rate all the Mario & Luigi games that have come out so far.\u00a0 There might be some slight spoiler warnings here and there, but I\u2019ll keep you posted on those.\u00a0 We\u2019ll start from the worst in the series to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25234,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179\/revisions\/25234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}