Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga!

[Timon]

Mario and....some other guy embark on an exciting adventure to retrive the princess's voice from the evil Cackletta! Talk about the game here!

[Marik]

This game is so fun to play i love it. Iis funny and pretty long I haven't beaten it yet

[Morphed Chaos]

I have beaten it. all levels 99.

[Super Miles]

Level 99? I beat it at only like level 45. The final boss was really difficult.

[Morphed Chaos]

no he is not. hes just funny.

[Super Miles]

Yeah, once you know how to beat HER.

It was difficult the first time through because her attack patterns kept changing.

[Kogen]

I tryed to beat it but I find it anoying controling 2 people at once.

[Jake]

This is easily the best game I have EVER played. I made a review a while back, too.

Two days after buying Sonic Pinball Party, and now this. Prepare yourselves for a cringworthy review that will waste your time.

For six straight months, Paper Mario has been my all-time favourite game, period. Two days ago, however, it has been overthrown by Mario & Luigi. Why, you ask? Read on, although it is recommended you don't.

For starters, Luigi is actually a playable character in the game. No longer does he sit on his arse and guard the house! No longer does he skip on adventures! No longer does Mario hog the spotlight! To boot, Luigi seems to have more importance in M&L than Mario, as most of the missions in the game require Luigi only. This also marks Luigi's first playable RPG appearance.

M&L is a hybrid between Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario. It retains a Paper Mario feel, while the gameplay matches that of SMRPG. Also, King Koopa (in laymen terms, Bowser) is no longer the main threat ever since SMRPG, which is a good turn for the Mario games. However, you often fight him in M&L. So much for a fresh start.

There are several new characters in M&L. There's Prince Peaseley, who obviously plans to overthrow the Mario Bros. and marry Peach himself. There's Cackletta and her servant Fawful, who are the main baddies in Beanbean Kingdom. There are many other cameos of old characters, such as Yoshi, Professor E. Gadd (from Luigi's Mansion), and Monty Mole. You may also notice that several of the Beanbean baddies are actually different versions of the Mushroom Kingdom baddies. The Mecha-Bloober is obviousy a mecha version of the Bloober (may I ask, why do they call the Bloobers in the game "Blooper"?). There's Tanoomba, which is obviously a tribute to Super Mario Bros. 3. Lastly, you'll find some Mushroom Kingdom baddies as well, such as Bloober and the Pirahna Plants.

M&L is one of those few GBA games that utilize every single button on the GBA - Select, Start, A, B, L, and R. The A and B buttons control the actions of Mario and Luigi, The L and R buttons choose the actions, Start switches between Mario and Luigi, and Select is the basic pause menu. It took me a while to get used to Select being the pause menu instead of Start, as every single other GBA game Start is the pause button. The game is set on a SMRPG-ish world, where the characters can move in any direction, so fans of SMRPG will feel right at home.

The game isn't nearly as long as Paper Mario, and I don't know if it is even close to the length of SMRPG, as I have never played it. However, like every other RPG, M&L is long enough so that you can't beat it in a day or two, like some other games, unless you play nonstop for 24 hours, which is not recommended. I've had the game for two and a half days, and I'm not even midway through the game yet. It has a lot of replay value as well. You'll be battling several baddies and bosses, and you can level up as well.

The music isn't as catchy as Paper Mario's music, but it will do. The sound effects are superb, however, as nearly all of them have been taken from the two original Mario series (Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World). Mario and Luigi's jumps actually sound proper, and not just some lame jump where the jumper goes, "Hi-yah!" like in SM64, or some terrible, low-pitched sound from the Mario Party games. Also, Luigi has his proper voice. No, not the lame high-pitched Charles Martinet from the Super Smash Bros. series. Charles is doing his lightly low-pitched voice from games like Super Mario Kart 64, Mario Tennis, and Mario Golf, so no longer does Luigi sound like a high-pitched Mario. Leslie Swan returns as Peach, although she barely says anything, unfortunately.

M&L is great. Looking at the "Superstar Saga" beneath the M&L title, it looks like there may be a sequel soon. Who knows, maybe Wario and Waluigi will make a proper appearance this time. Anyway, I suggest you buy this game, if you are a fan of the Mario RPG games.

[Marik]

This game defines old school! With the music has NES SNES and N64 old remixes songs. Enemies like the Koopalings, little add ons like the Geno doll makes a cameo, the ? Block museum, Koopa Kopter, the ghosts of Luigi's Mansion and Professor E Gadd as well as hidden blocks like the previous Mario RPG's!

[E-109 Omega]

The game kicks ass! I just got it, and it's fun controlling Luigi and...that other guy at the same time!