Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Developer(s)	Acquire
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release Date(s)
Nintendo Switch	WW: November 7, 2024
Nintendo Switch	WW: November 7, 2024
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Download Size	10GB
Rating(s)
ESRB	03
PEGI	02
CERO	01
ACB	02
USK	02
SMECCV	01
GRAC	01
CID	01
GSRR	00

Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch, and is the first new entry to the Mario & Luigi RPG series in nine years. It was released on November 7, 2024.

Gameplay

For the first time in the sub-series' history, Brothership has full 3D gameplay, while retaining elements and combat from the past games.

The game would have an emphasis on Mario and Luigi's bonding, hence the name.

Plot

The game takes place on the sea of the world of Concordia and its islands, which Mario and Luigi traverse on Shipshape Island, a structure that is described as "part ship, part island".

Characters

Playable characters

• Mario
• Luigi

Support Characters

• Snoulet
• Connie

NPCs

• A blue childlike member of this species in a sailor hat
• A yellow adult-like member of this species that appears to run a shop
• A team of characters wearing orange bands that includes:
  • Princess Peach, who wears her band around her wrist
  • Dorrie, who wears his band around his neck
  • A short pink member of the Concordian species that wears their band like a hairbow
  • A thin green member of the Concordian species that wears their band off of their antenna
  • A round-bodied yellow member of the Concordian species that wears their band like a cape
  • A tiny blue member of the Concordian species that wears their band like a scarf

Antagonists

• The Extension Corps, the main antagonists in the game which include:
  • A villainous-looking figure who appears to be the leader of the organization wearing a cloak held together by what seems to be a wire cutter, a tall hat that has two cables coming out of it (both have a different color, with one of them being red and the other being green), and a masquerade mask
  • A lanky purple high-ranking member similar to a headphone jack
  • stout turquoise/blue high-ranking member similar to a VGA connector
  • A floating magenta high-ranking member similar to a VHF/UHF coaxial transformer and wearing a yellow cape
• Bowser
• Bowser Jr.

Development

While the developer studio is yet to be announced, some of the crew members from past Mario & Luigi games were confirmed to be involved. The primary developer was revealed to be Acquire from the game's intellectual property notices; they had previously worked on Octopath Traveler, which Nintendo initially published outside of Japan.

Reception

Mario & Luigi: Brothership has received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic at 79/100. Giovanni Colantonio of Digital Trends and Logan Plant of IGN gave more mixed reviews, criticizing the pacing. Reviewers generally criticized the game's performance issues.

Gallery

Main article: Mario & Luigi: Brothership/gallery

Release

The game was first announced at a Nintendo Direct presentation in June 2024.

Trivia

• This is the first Mario & Luigi game:
  • To be developed for a home console.
  • Since AlphaDream's closure in 2019, consequently being developed by a different studio.
  • To have live-performed orchestra music.
  • To have new voices (performed by Kevin Afghani) after Charles Martinet's departure.
  • Where series' longtime composer Yoko Shimomura was absent. Instead, Hideki Sakamoto took over as the game's composer. He is also the main theme composer for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

External links

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership at GameFAQs