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.

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.

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,

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.

Side quests are unlocked after connecting the first few islands in Mario and Luigi: Brothership and getting Arc out of the container on the beach. Some side quests do have a time limit, meaning players will need to complete them quickly before progressing the main story otherwise they are lost.

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

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