Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

11 Feb 2009

Nintendo DS
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2229 played
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AlphaDream
Publisher
Nintendo

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Summary

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is the third game in the Mario & Luigi series of games. Players control Mario and Luigi simultaneously in the side-scrolling platform environment of Bowser's body, while also controlling the Koopa King himself in the top-down world of the Mushroom Kingdom. Similar to games like Earthbound, enemy encounters are seen as actual enemies that players can avoid or attempt to strike early. The actual battles are a combination of turn-based menu attacks, and timed reactions to enemies during battle. By watching the way an enemy reacts, you can anticipate their attack and avoid it or counterattack.

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This game was the goat
07 Jan 2024
This game is such a pain, turn based combat with side scrolling exploration but it constantly interrupts you to the point i dropped it.
20 Dec 2023
An absolute blast. Has shaped my humor more than anything else I fear.
26 Jan 2025
Writing a review while avoiding bias is hard with this one. This may be one of my favorite Nintendo RPGs of all time. It takes the Mario & Luigi formula, gives it crispier graphics, addicting music (Dimble Woods, the battle themes, etc.), adds Bowser as a main playable character, and makes proper use of the dualscreen by introducing touch-based games (which there are one or two of that are unnecessarily hard and not that fun) and giant battles. The dialogue is perfect, giving each character their own personalities and senses of humor, and unlike future entries in the series, doesn't try to emphasize any single joke to try and make it funnier than it actually is. It just IS funny. Tried this game again since I loved it as a kid, and am surprised to say it brought the exact same level of enjoyment to me now as it did then. Please play this game.
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26 Nov 2024
This game is simply amazing! My favorite Mario and Luigi game in the series so far. The story, battles, boss battles are super good. The final boss battle is also very epic!! I highly recommend playing this one!
14 Jul 2024
This game made me into anatomy a lot. At first, since i played it as a kid, it got me scared a little bit, but then it was really really good. I wish i could play it again
05 Jul 2024
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