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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
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Bowser has never been funnier, or more sympathetic, than he is in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. AlphaDream's third Mario & Luigi adventure hands the Koopa King a starring role, and the setup is a stroke of comic genius: a strange illness called the Blorbs is ballooning Toads across the Mushroom Kingdom, Fawful tricks Bowser into eating a Vacuum Shroom, and in a fit of temper Bowser inhales everything in sight, including Mario, Luigi and a crowd of Toads. With his castle stolen out from under him, the Koopa King sets off to get it back, never realizing the brothers are working inside him.
What follows is two games woven together. On the top-down overworld you play as Bowser himself, punching through enemies, breathing fire and plowing through obstacles. Inside his body, Mario and Luigi explore side-scrolling stages through his arms, stomach and beyond, and the clever part is how the two halves feed each other: work done inside Bowser unlocks new abilities outside, and Bowser's progress opens new paths for the brothers in turn. Battles keep the series' timed-button system, where reading an enemy's wind-up lets you dodge or counter, and enemies roam the overworld so you can avoid them or strike first. Bowser fights with his own buttons and his own special attacks, which gives his battles a different rhythm from the brothers'.
The showstoppers are the giant battles. Several times Bowser grows to skyscraper size, and the DS turns sideways as he trades blows with enormous foes, with the stylus and microphone powering his punches and fire breath. They are some of the most memorable boss fights on the system, and they use the hardware in ways that feel exciting rather than gimmicky.
The writing is what lifts the whole adventure. Bowser is treated as a real protagonist with an enormous ego, a short fuse and surprising heart, and his blustering plays perfectly against the brothers' physical comedy and Fawful's gleefully mangled villain speeches. The pacing rarely sags, and the payoffs land. Widely praised as the high point of the Mario & Luigi series, it was later remade for the 3DS, but this DS original is where the two-screen interplay between Bowser and the brothers was designed, and it is still the purest way to play it.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- AlphaDream
- Players
- Single player
About the game
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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