Mario & Luigi: Brothership Reviews
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is slightly easier than previous games in the series, but it’s still a super fun RPG experience. Set sail, unite islands, time your jumps, and enjoy this light yet highly entertaining adventure.
Review in Unknown | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brothership offers charming visuals and engaging combat but suffers from repetitive gameplay and weak storytelling, which may disappoint series fans.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brothership marks a successful return for the series. While not my favorite, it's certainly a better adventure than Paper Jam and a step in the right direction for RPG fans. Although I'm not a big fan of the new characters and worlds to explore, I did enjoy the adventure. The longevity will certainly give you your money's worth, and the dynamic gameplay enhances the experience. In short, this is a good little game that's easy to recommend.
Review in French | Read full review
While Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood is nowhere near the best game in the series, it's a very solid title that gives hope for the revival of one of the most beloved franchises Mario has to offer. All the charm of the series is intact, with a few changes to try to evolve the formula, but the morose beginning to the adventure and the mentioned technical issues significantly diminish the general impression the game has. It's a very simple game to recommend to those who are already fans of Mario & Luigi, but, for newcomers, maybe one of the previous titles would be more pleasant.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla Carica marks the long-awaited return of the series, blending fresh ideas with nostalgic charm. While it could benefit from bolder innovations and improved technical stability, its abundance of content, stellar gameplay, and witty character writing make it a must-play for fans of the iconic duo.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood Connection is a huge, long-lasting adventure that kids and adults alike will love thanks to its addictive combat and progression system.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a wholesome, cheerful, and simply wonderful experience that is deserving of both Mario and Luigi's names.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an excellent choice for those who love unique twists, dynamic combat, and a gorgeous world to explore.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership marks the return of a beloved saga many thought lost, highlighting that fan efforts to revive classics can sometimes pay off. It’s a testament to the impact of passionate communities on the gaming industry.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is worth trying! The game is a top-notch RPG, beautiful and funny, with extremely fun dynamics, solid and challenging combat, an engaging story with charismatic characters, highlighting Tetê, Pligue and the villains' design, and best of all, the game is fully localized into Brazilian Portuguese.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The Mario & Luigi series began to grow stale over time, so I’m happy to say that Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a welcome refresher in several gameplay areas. When it’s fun, it’s very fun, and there are a lot of neat ideas and sections that make this game get generally better as you get more into it. The Plugs and some of the overworld abilities make those sections some of the most fun I’ve seen from the M&L series to date. It also made the leap from handheld to console quite well, with some really nice aesthetics and animations to its visual components. In some ways, Brothership feels like two steps forward and one step back for the series. While not quite the worst game in the series pacing-wise, Brothership still has its share of slow sections that drag on a fair bit more than I would have liked. This ultimately holds it back from being as tight and consistently great as it could have been. I also appreciate that the game’s attempts with its story are a touch more earnest rather than just being fully comedic, and the game still has its charm, but I found its narrative a touch too basic and lacking in interesting developments despite the amount of its runtime taken up by cutscenes. Ultimately though, there’s a lot to like with Brothership. If you want a generally upbeat and at times wacky RPG with a neat and skill-rewarding combat system and don’t mind something a bit simple on the story, it’s a pretty fun game.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a worthy successor and at the same time an attempt to modernize the series. The new mechanics such as the “Luigi Logic” and the “Battle Plug System” add interesting levels, while the proven gameplay of the predecessors is retained. There is criticism mainly on the technical side: performance problems on the Nintendo Switch and occasional backtracking tarnish the overall impression a little. Nevertheless, the strengths outweigh the drawbacks - especially the charming narrative, the creative characters and the captivating battles. Fans of the series and newcomers alike can look forward to an adventure that will leave them with a big smile on their face.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership is yet another little gem in the impressive Nintendo Switch lineup. Acquire takes the helm of a saga born over twenty years ago on handheld consoles and successfully ferries it into 2024. Fun and multifaceted in its play proposition, the colorful new installment of the RPG adventures of the video game media's most famous plumber brothers is a must-have experience for Nintendo fans. There may be little in the way of ruolistics (apart from perhaps far too verbose dialogues), but one thing is for sure: it's really nice to experience a new odyssey with Mario and Luigi.
Review in Italian | Read full review
I was unimpressed with Brothership. I wanted a new Mario and Luigi game quite badly and as this shows, you should probably watch what you wish for. It’s lacking in story, presentation, a stable framerate and the constant hand-holding is infuriating. The only saving grace is that the premise of it is interesting and the battle system is massively entertaining.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is exactly the game the series needed. It captures all the essence fans love: fun, clever humor, and outstanding battle mechanics. If you’re a fan of RPGs and the Mario universe, this game is perfect for you. Without a doubt, it’s one of the best RPG experiences ever created in the world of Mario.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Mario & Luigi: Brothership tells a charming and positive story with incredibly poor pacing and some impressive combat and exploration mechanics that have quite a bit of depth.
At the end of the day, Mario and Luigi: Brothership has plenty of great elements to it that are also trapped behind a game that just wants to take its time and squeeze as much juice out of itself as it can.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership takes far too long to get to the point, and the journey to get there isn’t nearly as interesting as it needs to be to make it feel worthwhile. Again, there are some great ideas here, and the game looks amazing, but unless you want your hand held for dozens upon dozens of hours, you’ll probably find yourself a little let down by it all.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership delivers everything fans expect from a new game in the franchise: a solid use of the dynamic between the two brothers in its combat and exploration systems. Unfortunately, Mario & Luigi: Brothership falters by overextending itself, stretching its story beyond what's necessary with unnecessarily long dialogues and secondary content that, overall, does not significantly enhance the player experience.
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