good game

Features

Control two characters at once.
Thirty hours of adventuring
Cartridge save (three slots)
Rumble support on Game Boy Player
Includes Mario Bros. single and multiplayer, compatible with Super Mario Advance titles.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga opens with players set off to solve the mystery of Princess Peach's stolen voice. See, as the story goes, a mysterious guest pays Peach a visit...sucking up her voice into a device and replacing it with an explosive (literally) vocabulary. With her vocal chords causing destruction, Bowser cannot rightfully kidnap her or she'll completely wreck his castle. So, in an act of desperation, he recruits the help of Mario and the reluctant hero Luigi to assist in getting her voice back.
Players actually control Mario and Luigi in tandem for about 90 percent of the adventure. Moving one around the map will cause the other to follow, and without one, the other won't move. Each of the two start out with the basics (a simple jump), but eventually their abilities will evolve to accommodate character-specific moves like Luigi's Super Jump to get both characters up higher ledges or Mario's Helicopter Spin to propel across short gaps. A hammer comes into play which adds to the techniques; hitting Mario on the head will make him short enough to get through small openings. Pounding Luigi will drive him into the ground for some subterranean exploration. There are plenty of other techniques in Mario & Luigi which will unlock locations throughout the extensive adventure, but we won't ruin the surprises. Discovery is half the fun in this awesome adventure. The plot of Princess Peach's stolen voice only starts off the action; it's actually resolved in the early part of the game. But don't think this game's short, because there's a good 30 hours of solid and satisfying adventuring in Mario & Luigi.

Granted, much of that time is spent in the combat system, but unlike most Japanese RPGs Mario & Luigi's turn-based battle involves the player at all times that never drags on longer than it should. Mario & Luigi definitely shares a lot of elements from the N64 Paper Mario title, mostly in its combat system...but it expands on the design to incorporate the two Mario Bros. into the action. Attacks are handled one character at a time, with Mario and Luigi on the one side, attacking enemies on the other. Mario and Luigi can attack by themselves using their standard jump, or later a hammer or their special abilities, and these attacks are enhanced if the player hits the proper attack button at just the right moment. Or, players can spend what's known as "Brother Points," and perform special attacks that put both Mario and Luigi in the action. These attacks are very powerful...but only if the player times button presses at the proper time; players can adjust the power of these attacks by upping the level, but at the highest level the game won't give on-screen indicators of which buttons should be hit and when. And if th

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When fawful speeks in green letters, he's about to attack Luigi, red letters means Mario.