I absolutely adore this game. Superstar Saga blew my mind as a kid and held up incredibly well when I re-visited it as an adult.
The sprite animation is expressive and charming, the story is an amusingly goofy romp, and the gameplay systems make for an accessible RPG with room for mastery. The flashy Bros. moves challenge you to work on timing button combos, with advanced versions coming along mid-game. Trying to keep up with increasingly tricky enemy counters/dodges keeps enemies interesting all throughout the game. The Beanbean Kingdom feels like a familiar yet distinct spin on the Mario setting, appropriate for a neighbor to the Mushroom Kingdom. There are a ton of optional goodies, minigames, sidequests, and so on. Naturally the music is great as well.
Obviously my feelings are flavored by the nostalgia factor, but for me it is quite simply one of the best Mario games, and one of my favorite games overall.
The sprite animation is expressive and charming, the story is an amusingly goofy romp, and the gameplay systems make for an accessible RPG with room for mastery. The flashy Bros. moves challenge you to work on timing button combos, with advanced versions coming along mid-game. Trying to keep up with increasingly tricky enemy counters/dodges keeps enemies interesting all throughout the game. The Beanbean Kingdom feels like a familiar yet distinct spin on the Mario setting, appropriate for a neighbor to the Mushroom Kingdom. There are a ton of optional goodies, minigames, sidequests, and so on. Naturally the music is great as well.
Obviously my feelings are flavored by the nostalgia factor, but for me it is quite simply one of the best Mario games, and one of my favorite games overall.
This is a serviceable Mario RPG with plenty of funny moments. Instead of sticking with the usual cast in paper form, this game establishes plenty of original characters with their own quirks. This game was really fun, although there was a moment I soft-locked in Bowser's castle after the Morton fight. That fucking sucked.
Siempre quise jugar alguno de los juegos de Mario & Luigi, y ahora veo que tiene merecido su lugar entre los RPGs de Mario, distanciándose mucho de los Paper Mario.
Visualmente es excelente, creativo y divertido, cada personaje está lleno de carácter y personalidad, me reí varias veces con las interacciones entre Mario, Luigi, y los demás.
El mundo no me parece el más realizado, tiene algo de carisma pero esperaba más detalles, más variación en las nuevas áreas que iba visitando y que hubiera más cosas que explorar.
Donde más triunfa el juego, mecánicamente, es en el combate, apostándole más a las reacciones de Paper Mario, a tal grado que puedes vencer cualquier batalla sin perder ni un punto de vida, y la cantidad de enemigos únicos es muy grande.
El bosque de Chuckola (o como se llame) fue mi área preferida, la batalla contra el cangrejo/árbol de navidad también fue de las más memorables. Usar a Luigi de tabla de surf me hizo reír mucho, y por último, la racha final es sin duda el clímax del juego, donde tuve que usar gran parte de los champiñones y jarabes que guardé a lo largo del juego.
Visualmente es excelente, creativo y divertido, cada personaje está lleno de carácter y personalidad, me reí varias veces con las interacciones entre Mario, Luigi, y los demás.
El mundo no me parece el más realizado, tiene algo de carisma pero esperaba más detalles, más variación en las nuevas áreas que iba visitando y que hubiera más cosas que explorar.
Donde más triunfa el juego, mecánicamente, es en el combate, apostándole más a las reacciones de Paper Mario, a tal grado que puedes vencer cualquier batalla sin perder ni un punto de vida, y la cantidad de enemigos únicos es muy grande.
El bosque de Chuckola (o como se llame) fue mi área preferida, la batalla contra el cangrejo/árbol de navidad también fue de las más memorables. Usar a Luigi de tabla de surf me hizo reír mucho, y por último, la racha final es sin duda el clímax del juego, donde tuve que usar gran parte de los champiñones y jarabes que guardé a lo largo del juego.
An extremely solid RPG. It leans further into the timed button presses originally introduced in Mario RPG which makes for enemies feeling very unique and distinct from each other in how you fight them. It's a shame that Alpha Dream no longer exists and that the last few Mario & Luigi titles were just treading water.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a zany and refreshing entry in the Mario RPG series. The game's vibrant visuals, lighthearted humor, and unique dual-character battle system provide a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Expect to face quirky enemies, solve clever puzzles, and laugh until your sides hurt as you guide the brothers through their journey. This is easily one of the Game Boy Advance's most memorable titles.
A hilarious little game that harkens back to the 90's era of non-Square Enix RPG's with buckets of charm and that classic Nintendo spark. However, it lacks the focus of a game that you can get your teeth into after around 10-15 hours.
I started this game and absolutely loved it from the get-go. The style and level of polish is immediately apparent and it's sense of child-like humour is utterly charming and really makes the player smile.
The issues arrive a few hours in though. It's actual direction is lacking and the tutorial segments crop up far too often and are easily forgettable. If you take a few days off the game, you will likely forget what you were doing, where you were going and what the hell is going on. You can chalk this up to player error but to me, it needs a little something to help focus the story.
There's a brilliant amount of side content here which was surprising. It's more than just 'babys first RPG' which many of you will be glad to hear. It also has an absolutely stellar sound track which should really surprise no-one.
Despite the many many good points to the game, I am sad to announce that I couldn't quite see it through to the end. I took too long of a break from it and the desire to continue wasn't there.
This hasn't put me off the series though, far from it. From what I hear, the series actually improves hugely with it's next couple of entries so I will absolutely be checking them out soon!
I started this game and absolutely loved it from the get-go. The style and level of polish is immediately apparent and it's sense of child-like humour is utterly charming and really makes the player smile.
The issues arrive a few hours in though. It's actual direction is lacking and the tutorial segments crop up far too often and are easily forgettable. If you take a few days off the game, you will likely forget what you were doing, where you were going and what the hell is going on. You can chalk this up to player error but to me, it needs a little something to help focus the story.
There's a brilliant amount of side content here which was surprising. It's more than just 'babys first RPG' which many of you will be glad to hear. It also has an absolutely stellar sound track which should really surprise no-one.
Despite the many many good points to the game, I am sad to announce that I couldn't quite see it through to the end. I took too long of a break from it and the desire to continue wasn't there.
This hasn't put me off the series though, far from it. From what I hear, the series actually improves hugely with it's next couple of entries so I will absolutely be checking them out soon!