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.

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Alternate Titles

"マリオ＆ルイージRPG3!!!" -- Japanese spelling
"Mario & Luigi: Voyage au Centre de Bowser" -- French title
"Mario & Luigi: Viaje al centro de Bowser" -- Spanish title
"Mario & Luigi: Viaggio al Centro di Bowser" -- Italian title
"Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!" -- Japanese title
"Mario & Luigi: Abenteuer Bowser" -- German title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	New - Mario & Luigi Bowsers Story DS by Nintendo - NTRPCLJE	Nintendo DS
	Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story	Nintendo DS	$12.74
	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
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Nintendo Life	Sep 14, 2009	10 out of 10	100
Gaming since 198x	Mar 28, 2010	5 out of 5	100
GameDaily	Sep 06, 2009	10 out of 10	100
The Review Busters	2009	9.75 out of 10	98
gamrReview	Dec 31, 2009	9.1 out of 10	91
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Sep 18, 2009	9 out of 10	90
GameZone	Sep 21, 2009	8.8 out of 10	88
JeuxActu	Oct 08, 2009	16 out of 20	80
Arbetarbladet	Oct 25, 2009		80
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Oct 11, 2009	8 out of 10	80