Description
The Mushroom Kingdom is stricken with a horrible disease known as 'The Blorbs'! Princess Toadstool calls a meeting to discuss what action must be taken to save her citizens, and of course, Mario and Luigi attend. Bowser crashes the meeting, but is soundly defeated once again. After he's evicted from the castle, he meets a shady character who offers him a mysterious mushroom that he promises will beat Mario once and for all. Wolfing it down, Bowser suddenly starts sucking in everything in sight - including all of the Mushroom Kingdom's citizens, and the famous brothers themselves! What troubles will strike the kingdom next?
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is the third game in the
Mario & Luigi series of games. Players control Mario and Luigi simultaneously in the side-scrolling platform environment of Bowser's body, while also controlling the Koopa King himself in the top-down world of the Mushroom Kingdom. Similar to games like
Earthbound, enemy encounters are seen as actual enemies that players can avoid or attempt to strike early. The actual battles are a combination of turn-based menu attacks, and timed reactions to enemies during battle. By watching the way an enemy reacts, you can anticipate their attack and avoid it or counterattack.
As with most RPGs, players earn experience to level up their stats and become stronger in certain attributes, such as HP, strength, defense, speed and...'staches or horns (both of which translate into luck for the different characters). At each level up, players can select a specific stat to apply bonus points to - but if you keep applying bonus points to the same stat, you'll be less likely to get high bonus points the more you apply it.
Alternate Titles
- "マリオ＆ルイージRPG3!!!" -- Japanese spelling
- "Mario & Luigi: Voyage au Centre de Bowser" -- French title
- "Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!" -- Japanese title
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The Press Says
| Nintendo Life |
Sep 14, 2009 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| 1UP |
Sep 15, 2009 |
A- |
91 |
| VGChartz |
Dec 31, 2009 |
9.1 out of 10 |
91 |
| Game Observer |
Oct 17, 2009 |
91 out of 100 |
91 |
| GameSpy |
Sep 11, 2009 |
  |
90 |
| NintendoWorldReport |
Sep 26, 2009 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Gamers Daily News |
Oct 04, 2009 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| Gamereactor (Sweden) |
Oct 11, 2009 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| JeuxActu |
Oct 08, 2009 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Gamekult |
Oct 07, 2009 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
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Trivia
It received the award for Best Role-Playing Game in G4's X-Play Game of the Year Awards.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Ben K 
(20330) on Sep 28, 2009.
