A fter the surprising success of Super Mario RPG, Nintendo made room for the Mario franchise to enter the heavily-populated space of role-playing games. Back then, most Nintendo s

Side quests are unlocked after connecting the first few islands in Mario and Luigi: Brothership and getting Arc out of the container on the beach. Some side quests do have a time limit, meaning players will need to complete them quickly before progressing the main story otherwise they are lost.

Visually, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a candy-coated affair that fits right in with the series. There's a cel-shaded quality to the models that reminds me a little of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership doesn't contain many boss fights, but every once in a while the game will throw a tough obstacle in the player's path. One of these is Gobblick, the guardian boss of the first Great Lighthouse Island. This island and boss unlock after the player completes all prior islands in the Lushgreen Sea.

Fans of Mario RPGs have been eating good. In just over a year we've had the Super Mario RPG remake, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and most recently, Mario and Luigi: Brothership on the Nintendo Switch.

Ever since Hideo Kojima boastfully claimed that Death Stranding wasnt just a new game, but a whole new genre, Ive been obsessed with finding more Strand games. Is Big Walk a Strand game? What about Handshakes?