Reviews from

in the past


i realized today that i have no desire to keep playing this game

Oof, another game that was awesome as a kid but now all I can see is wasted potential

I don't know why, but I've always had a strange urge to at least partially defend this game. Maybe its just that this was my first Mario & Luigi game and my second ever RPG but who knows. Either way this is huge missed potential and we needed more NPCs than just Toads and the rare Lakitu and Yoshi.

Yeah it's kinda generic, but it has maybe funniest script in whole series and a really nice difficulty curve.


Bought this years ago, probably when it came out, started it and stopped. Then I know I picked it up a second time and started it and stopped. FFWD to 2024 and I played it through, not sure where I got bored/stopped before, but I did trek through this time and enjoyed it. Not amazing, not boring. A bit repetitive, but glad I played.

voilà là c'est le point de non retour qui a demandé ce crossover déjà ? restez dans votre zone nan ? on dirait ils avaient la flemme de faire un paper mario et un mario & luigi dcp ils se sont dit azy on fait les deux en meme temps mdrr
nan en vrai c'est drole psq je sais j'y ai joué mais le jeu devait être tellement mid et peu marquant que j'en ai aucun souvenir mdrr, aussi jcrois c vers là qu'ils ont commencé à plus du tout mettre de persos originaux donc pas ouf du tout j'ai vraiment pas envie d'y rejouer le jeu m'a endormi

i see the toads in my nightmares

Avait le potentiel d'être le meilleur de la série mais ils ont juste pas compris le principe de crossover

Just feels kind of…boneless? I guess? Even as a kid, despite loving this series, I never really wanted to play this one, and a lot of that is because it felt kind of like a bargain bin Mario & Luigi game. No unique personality, basic ass world and level design, some ham fisted repetitive (and mandatory!) toad rescue missions, and the tedious paper craft battles make this one feel like a “here, damn” kind of game. Just don’t feel any palpable passion behind this one, and while this is a mostly competent and enjoyable game, it’s absolutely the weakest of the series

Paper Mario third wheels Mario and Luigi

I WILL DEFEND THIS GAME WITH MY LIFE

This is actually one of the most remarkable achievements in Nintendo's history as they managed to create a 25 hour long Mario game where absolutely nothing happens. Let's hope Brothership is the redemption of this dull, uninspiring failure of an RPG.

not the worst paper-themed mario game on the 3ds