Mario & Luigi: Brothership
- Hits nostalgic roots of the series on Game Boy Advance
- Impressive art direction with stellar animation quality
- Fun characterization through animations and gags
- Unique exploration concept with differentiated islands
- Combat maintains timing-based attacks and introduces new upgrades
- Plugs offer versatile and game-changing power-ups
- Funny dialogue and moments later in the game
- Sweet and relevant story about togetherness and connection
- Lengthy RPG that struggles to maintain engagement
- Exploration becomes unremarkable and dull
- Rigid controls hinder platforming puzzles
- Luigi's role feels diminished, making it more about Mario
- Pacing problems with late introduction of game mechanics
- Repetitive combat and tedious backtracking later in the game
- Frame rate drops, especially towards the end
- Story stretched over too many hours undermines its impact
Robo Score: 6.0
- Action-packed, turn-based battles
- Combat is flashy and enjoyable
- Learning enemy patterns is satisfying
- Nice pacing for leveling up
- Great boss battles with creative mechanics
- Introduction of Battle Plugs adds strategic depth
- Frustratingly chatty dialogue
- Overbearing hand-holding in gameplay
- Boring fetch quests and repetitive content
- Shockingly bad performance issues with framerate drops
- Generic character designs and uninspiring environments
- Poor handling of Luigi's role in puzzles and exploration
- Lack of humor and unoriginal writing
- Bloated runtime leading to repetitive gameplay
- Design choices that feel contrary to series' legacy
Robo Score: 4.0
*Robo Score / Pros and Cons generated by AI based on content of review.