What Mario & Luigi Means to Me - Shaze64 

YOU CANT HEAR THE GIANT BOWSER MUSIC GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

You ain’t wrong about Luigis writing being PEAK in dream team! Mario is literally super lucky to have a brother like Luigi! This is why I love Mario and Luigi the most out of all the Mario RPGS, the brotherly love and connection you see. You don’t get that with Mario RPG or paper Mario, but this series shows that each of the brothers would do anything for each other. The super fun gameplay and INCREDIBLE OSTS just add on to that. Dream Team was the first Mario and Luigi game I played and beat(the others I watched long plays of) and I’ll tell you I LOOOOOVED that game! That’s what really kickstarted my love for this series(plus this and Luigi’s mansion as a series really kickstarted my love and appreciation for Luigi as a character)

The fact that Nintendo had so much faith in Brothership that it kicked off the Direct. No joke, seeing Mario & Luigi be welcomed back with open arms is genuinely moving.

Love it! Superstar saga is my personal favourite (especially the remake)

What I loved about the M & L was always how snappy the battle system was. It just needs a bit more difficulty.

Loved this series so much as a kid. So glad that I'm able to share the hype with others even after growing up. One thing I just noticed which I find funny, for the Superstar Saga remake they made the 'and' symbol in the title the one from original bowsters inside story and the remake for bowsers inside story the one from the original superstar saga. The & symbols swapped!

You weren't wrong about the Bowser fan thing. I was eating good with that game.

Seeing someone talk so positively about this series is amazing, Mario and Luigi is a nostalgic franchise to me as well and have followed it since Partners in Time and enjoyed every single one(with Bowser’s Inside Story being my favorite RPG of all time) and when Brothership was announced, I actually screamed, I haven’t gotten this joyfully hyped for a game since Kirby and the Forgotten Land and can’t wait to get the game on November, if you got it I the end, thank you took me a while to write it all, hope your channel grows at some point Question: If you were to recommend any Mario and Luigi game to someone who hasn’t played any of them, which one would it be?(My sister-in-law has never played any and I want her to get into the series, but I’m not sure which game she should play first(I’m torn between lending her my copy of either the Superstar Saga remake or Bowser’s Inside Story))

As much as I love the Paper Mario games (particularly the earlier one), one of the things that always bummed me out about them was the fact that you couldn't play as Luigi (well, at least until Super Paper Mario and even then, you didn't get to use him until near the end of the game). So having an entire series around Mario and Luigi traveling together and sharing the spotlight together with Luig being just as important as Mario is something I always love. I also really love the brotherly love that's repeatedly demonstrated with the bros. throughout the series. From the bros. panicking when one of them is KO'd by an enemy and the other bro jumping over to put him on his back and keep him from further getting harmed even though this would make dodging harder. And also, how they hug each other and are always happy to be reunited with each other and see that the other's safe. These games do a great job of showing just how much Mario and Luigi mean to each other. Especially Dream Team. The Mario & Luigi series means a lot to me as well and I hold it in just as much regard as Paper Mario if not slightly more so.

Paper Jam is such a weird game because for the most part it’s not disliked for what it is, It’s disliked for what it isn’t. Normally I don’t like when something is judged off what it isn’t because I think it’s always better to look at something for what it is however with paper jam it is incredibly hard to do that. Mario and Luigi and paper Mario having a crossover is such a cool idea and there’s so much potential. The problem is paper jam doesn’t utilize any of that potential. The entire reason people like crossovers is because it’s cool to see characters that would never otherwise meet interact with each other and get into a bunch of wacky scenarios with each other. Paper Jam doesn’t do anything with the fact that it’s crossover. The only unique characters in the entire game are Starlow and power tower pokey from sticker star for some weird reason. People wanted a Dimentio and Fawful team up, Kamek and Kammy to interact, Mario and Luigi being weirded out by paper Luigi just casually speaking in full sentences, but we didn’t get any of that. That stuff may seem like fanfiction, but that’s the entire point of crossovers. Paper Jams writing isn’t bad per se but it’s not what people wanted and it’s not what a crossover should be. It also doesn’t help that all of its locations are generic Mario locations with nothing special about them and the plot is just Bowser kidnapping Peach. Paper Jam gameplay wise is fantastic. In my opinion it has the best battle system in the entire series. Paper Jam is a good game because at the end of the day it’s gameplay is good (even if it does have problems) and that is the most important when it comes to games however it will never sit right with people because it fundamentally misunderstands why the idea of a Mario and Luigi and paper Mario crossover was so exciting in the first place and it will be remembered as nothing more than a massive missed opportunity

Personally I disagree with your opinions about Bowser’s minions and Bowser juniors journey. I love them. They are very simple but I still find them fun in short bursts. They are also the best Mario stories we have gotten in years so it’s a shame that no one talks about them. My number one hope for brothership is for Captain Goomba to finally get to fight Mario

I broke my old 3DS' bottom screen visually when playing Superstar Saga DX by accidentally dropping it on the floor.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="992">16:32</a> Hey no more luigi hater in the game. Thats a plus

The Really annoying thing about dream team is that Antasma is such a cool villain yet for some reason they made Bowser the main villain of the game. Antasma is so damn cool but the game constantly feels like it’s undermining him by having Bowser be the bigger threat even though he absolutely should not be. Honestly I don’t even think Bowser should’ve been in dream team at all or at least not have nearly as big of a role as he has. Also I hear the scene where Bowser betrays antasma get a lot of praise, but I absolutely hate that scene. Villains betraying each other is such a cliché. Like I get there villains and their evil and stuff but it’s really old and annoying to me. Also Bowser betraying antasma adds literally nothing to the story. You could cut it out and nothing would change. It’s just so stupid and lame

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="988">16:28</a> Fan-favourite? I've seen plenty of people despising her, because of how overused she was and how badly she treats Luigi. Sure, he's the punching bag of the series, but Starlow is his major aggressor

brothership should have pirateship battles

Sorry to be the 'um ACKSHUALLY' guy, but Dream Team only uses polygons for the environment, the characters are all sprites (this also applies to all future 3DS entries). When it comes to Dream Team, I feel like its lenght and pacing are what hurt it the most. It feels like a 35 hour game streched into a 50 hours one. I pretty much agree with all your Paper Jam points. I do wanna add that I personally believe it's the most playable with the most refined battle system. Edit. If you're planning on replying Partners in Time, play the European version. It's better balanced and has more polish overall.

@Shaze64 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="19">0:19</a> You should’ve used the panic music from _Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam._