The undeniable star of Mario & Luigi Brothership (aside from maybe the brothers themselves) is the engaging turn-based combat system. This RPG subseries is defined by the combination of timed actions with turn-based gameplay to make getting through each of the battles less about just the numbers,

The Mario & Luigi RPG series originally came to an end with the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey remake on the 3DS. While there hasn't been a shortage of Mario RPGs (especially recently) it wasn't until six years later that Brothership landed on the Switch.

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.

Hidden details in Mario & Luigi Brothership offer Easter eggs for eagle-eyed gamers. Bros. Moves in the game are not original but bring upgraded animations. Starlow is one of just a few side-character who appears in every Mario & Luigi game,

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.

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

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.

Ever since Hideo Kojima boastfully claimed that Death Stranding wasnt just a new game, but a whole new genre, Ive been obsessed with finding more Strand games. Is Big Walk a Strand game? What about Handshakes?