Mario And Luigi Brothership Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

Mario And Luigi Brothership Review, The world of Concordia has broken apart! Originally unified under the mighty Uni-Tree, the land now lies fractured into many different islands, and its inhabitants are separated from each other across vast seas. Enter Mario and Luigi, the heroes with a brotherly bond! After arriving unexpectedly in Concordia, they set out with new friends – plus some familiar faces – to reconnect the islands, track down the cause of the disaster, and save the day.

Mario And Luigi Brothership Review Pros:

• Fantastic cel-shaded style graphics.
• 9.8GB download size.
• Five save slots.
• Action platformer gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• A full 3D game world.
• Turn-based combat.
• Earn EXP to level up and increase your stats.
• Jumping in combat is a powerful technique as you time jump on an enemy to do extra damage, time your jump when being attacked and you can do counterattacks.
• In-game cutscenes and interactions.
• An emergency guard is where you put up a shield and take less damage. You would do this if you don’t feel confident with jump countering.
• You see enemies walking and flying around the world, if you hit them first then you do bonus damage at the start.
• Luigi will follow you around the world.
• You can skip and fast-forward interactions and cutscenes.
• Humour throughout.
• Save blocks and autosaves.
• You have a jump button for Mario and a seperate one for Luigi.
• Snoutlet School is where all watched tutorials are housed and you can brush up.
• The map shows save points and objectives.
• Full stats screens for both characters showing health, power, equipped gear, etc.
• Each character can equip boots, clothes, and up to two gloves or accessories.
• An adventure log is where you can view and take on challenges and Review objectives for the story.
• Shipshape is the name of your hub island, use the big cannon here to fire yourself to an island.
• Discover islands to learn their name and description.
• Good loading times.
• Heart blocks refill BP and HP.
• Attack combos are where you alternate but time your jumps with Mario and Luigi.
• Seamless cutscene transitions.
• Puzzle elements scattered around.
• Luigi logix is where you will discover situations where Luigi will have an idea (a sparkle will show) and you press a button to trigger it.
• You can buy and sell items in shops.
• Coins can be found in the world and given as rewards in combat.
• Pipe blocks will create a pipe and these act like fast travel points on the island.
• Many characters to interact with.
• Handy equip now an option after buying new items of clothing.
• Mario or Luigi can pick up some items in the game world and carry them around.
• It’s a game that plays like a solo cop op game.
• The goal of the game is to connect islands back together by getting to the plug-up in the lighthouse of the current island.
• Connected islands will trigger changes in the island adding replayability.
• Sprite bulbs can be hit, then you chase them down. Sprite bulbs can spawn on connected islands.
• The ocean map lets you pick currents to ride on and discover new islands.
• Shipshape is an island boat and when setting a course you will see the ship moving, the whole time you can move around the island.
• Youbgetba say over where you go, who you rescue etc and this can change how the story unfolds.
• Each island is like its own little world complete with enemy types, biome, and unlocks.
• Unlock many Mario games like this, you do get to have a huge say in how and where you progress.
• I do like that each character levels up at a different pace.
• Unlock new ways to interact with the game world.
• Challenges can pop up at any time really but mostly in combat or set pieces, finishing it will grant a reward.
• The timing of pressing your attacks is paramount to doing maximum damage.
• Combat is satisfying and plays really well, it is repetitive but satisfying.
• The level design is fantastic and varied but it can take a while to show itself as re-visiting islands mix it up, a lot of secrets and shortcuts can be found.
• Mini-game integration and usually in the story.

Mario And Luigi Brothership Review Cons:

• No touchscreen support.
• There is no camera control.
• Doesn’t have as much charm as other Mario games.
• There is no voice work except for the occasional one-liner.
• Interactions are slow, you cannot set them to auto-scroll.
• It’s a really slow-paced game, the first hour has a lot of stopping and talking, long cutscenes, etc.
• The way you control Luigi is not always great both at a functioning level and at an accessible level.
• The actual current mechanic is fine but it takes some getting used to as it is so easy to miss Islands and you can have a lot of downtime waiting to arrive.
• I just wish the game would let me get on with it.
• The game doesn’t offer any real accessibility options.

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Mario And Luigi Brothership:

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Developer: Nintendo

Publisher: Nintendo

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