Brothership adds more RPG depth to the series, but its flat writing and overabundance of gimmicks drag it down.

As much as I've enjoyed my hours playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership so far, it's a very familiar formula for Nintendo.

But he’s had a particularly strong run in role-playing games on the Switch, with recent remakes of both Paper Mario: The ...

Mario and Luigi are back for what may go down as their greatest adventure yet. Nintendo has spent the past year reliving the ...

Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an excellent return to Nintendo’s otherwise languishing role-playing game (RPG) spin-off series ...

Brothership (out Nov. 7) has a lot pressure riding on it. It’s the first new entry in the Mario & Luigi sub-series since its original developer AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy in 2019. It’s also ...

Having the Mario Bros. sail a giant island-ship hybrid to uncover and explore new islands is a great idea on paper, but in practice, navigation boils down to a pretty unspectacular ocean map where you ...

While we’ve already had two Mario-centric RPGs in the last year on the Switch, it’s been over a decade since Nintendo ...

The moustachioed brothers sail away on a new RPG adventure. Brothership is easily the spinoff series high point ...

Mario & Luigi finally set sail on a home console for the first time ever, and my word is it a resounding success. The typical ...

Mario, Nintendo’s famously high-voiced plumber, is known to most fans for his action platformers. Less celebrated are the Mario & Luigi role-playing games, which inspire imagination but require a ...