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good but feels less... edgy?? than bowsers inside story. idk. just feels kinda smoothed out in comparison. but still good

fuck the gyro section in the giant Luigi/Bowser battle

"All...things...MUST SLEEP" - Antasma, The Year of Luigi.

If dreams are as action packed as this, then fall asleep I shall! AlphaDream strikes again with their 3DS entry. The 4th tale sees a nice jump in the visual presentation that allows for a more vivid style. And carrying over from the 3rd comes the 3D and 2D locales to explore. The battle system is as fun as ever with the Dream world offering a unique twist painted mean green. Antasma is another fantastic Mario RPG villain worthy of standing along the others. I loved the added spectacle of the Giant Battles as well. And with Yoko Shimomura masterminding the musical elements again, you can expect a whole collection's worth of dreamy melodies. And I appreciate the way Luigi himself was handled, with his Luigination powers at work to support his brother through the journey, that right there is true sibling love. While some tutorials can really drag in some areas, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team absolutely shows its worth as another fantastic Mario RPG experience I can always fantasize about in my sleep.

The first Mario & Luigi for the 3DS, and I think they hit it out of the park. The graphics got a nice new style, and the game uses the improved hardware of the 3DS to its fullest, without increasing loading times.
I will say that the gyroscope and the touch screen don't 100% work like I had hoped and that the overworld seems a bit overfilled with enemies. However, I do enjoy the possibility of visiting past boss battles that have become harder, adding more to the replayability factor!

Decent Mario RPG. Giant battles were fun, but in normal battles I feel like the Bros. attacks get out of hand. Every attack is like an entire 10-60 second mini game and it's a lot.