According to a recent interview with Nintendo producer Akira Otani, Mario and Luigi: Brothership was considered as a candidate for the now-iconic HD-2D art style, seen in the likes of Octopath ...

Granted, it’s nice to see original characters back in a Mario & Luigi game after Paper Jam Toad-ified everything, but these designs are just a bit too rudimentary for my taste and their blocky ...

Mario & Luigi: Brothership boasts a major expansion of the gameplay from Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario series. An active turn-based style becomes even more active with the ability to jump during ...

Seeing Mario and Luigi do flashy hammer attacks with Saturday morning cartoon flair is a ton of fun. But it’s what’s going on behind the scenes that could really make combat sing in Brothership .

What really sells that change is Brothership’s new art style. Like Super Mario Bros. Wonder, this RPG features significantly more expressive animations that make Mario feel more like a cartoon hero.

Art direction and animation are excellent, especially with Mario and Luigi's expressiveness Plugs system is a cool, empowering way to tinker with combos Story is sweet and funny, with some ...

Nintendo has always prioritized aesthetically pleasing art styles over photorealism, and Mario & Luigi: Brothership might just be one of the company’s finest-ever efforts in that department. That’s ...

The first Mario & Luigi role-playing game in nearly a decade, it finds the bros exploring islands on a vessel that’s part ship and part island. It sports an all-new cel-shaded art style and is ...