along with a possible run of new games made specifically for it. See at GameStop As much as I've enjoyed my hours playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership so far, it's a familiar formula for Nintendo. Turn-based RPGs with timing-based mechanics have been ...

Brothership adds more RPG depth to the series, but its flat writing and overabundance of gimmicks drag it down.

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, 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.

The Mario & Luigi series came as a shock to players when it first debuted way back in 2003 with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on the Game Boy Advance, bringing the famous plumber and his brother, Luigi,

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 abilities majorly, here is a handy guide for completing Twistee Island.

Budding Wattanist, Connie, often speaks fondly of her missing mentor, Ms. Cozette, in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, but what made her disappear?