Mario & Luigi

Mario & Luigi (known as Mario & Luigi RPG in Japan) is a series of role-playing video games. It is published by Nintendo and was originally developed by AlphaDream prior to their bankruptcy, with Acquire developing the latest title. The series is a spin-off from Nintendo's trademark Super Mario series and stars the titular characters Mario and Luigi. Typically, the stories consist of following the two on a quest to rescue Princess Peach and defeat an antagonist. The games emphasise the simultaneous control of both protagonists, often providing the player with exploration and combat gameplay in the style of typical role-playing video games. Mario & Luigi began in 2003 on the Game Boy Advance with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Due to the nature of the text-based story, the personalities of characters (particularly Luigi) were reworked specifically for the game. Several games were then developed by AlphaDream for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS from 2005 to 2019, with each game including a unique twist on the formula. The Nintendo Switch eventually received Mario & Luigi: Brothership, instead developed by Acquire, released in 2024, in which the art direction switched to a full 3D style. Two titles in the series, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, were remade for the Nintendo 3DS with extra content, released in 2017 and 2019, respectively. The latter was the final game in the series to be developed by AlphaDream before they filed for bankruptcy in 2019. All games were well-received by critics to varying degrees, with the initial three games attaining nominations for various awards (along with the remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story). Both Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story received "universal acclaim", according to review aggregation website Metacritic....