Mario and Luigi : Superstar Saga
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You ripped apart Super Mario RPG as a kid. Then came Paper Mario. Heck, that was easy enough, you blasted that open too. Now comes the third installment in the series, and probably the best yet.

Mario and Luigi : Superstar Saga takes place after Paper Mario. Bowser has came to kidnap the Princess once again, but her voice has already been stolen and every time she talks, explosions go off. Mario boards Bowser's airship to rescue the Princess' voice from the evil impostor of the Bean Bean Ambassador, but Luigi gets dragged along too. So, Luigi has got off his lazy backside and decided to help for once. That's nice of him. Too bad this means some of the hardest puzzle solving ever by the time you reach Joke's End Castle.

Instead of just Mario and a team of allys, this time you control Mario and Luigi simultaneously, using A for Mario's actions and B for Luigi's. Once new techniques have been learned, you can switch around to pull of some neat tricks, such as stapling Mario to Luigi with static electricity to walk sideways through gaps. The brothers can also work together in battle. A personal favourite of mine is the Knockback Bros. Attack, when Luigi pounds Mario into a ball with his hammer, then hits him again, sending Mario crashing into the enemies and inflicting some heavy damage.

The graphics are amazing. They are crystal clear, with bright colors and beautifully animated characters walking around the highly detailed maps, with flowers blowing in the wind and waves crashing upon the shore. The characters are also completely original, and you can tell you haven't seen the last of them once you finish the game. I tell you one thing - I'm sure we'll be seeing Prince Peasley sometime again! Old Mario Characters also make appearances. When in the field, you'll find Koopa Troopa lookalikes and Tanoombas, which are pretty much Racoon Goombas. And in the Starbeans Cafe, you'll meet up with Proffessor E. Gadd, the mad scientist from Luigi's Mansion and when you play the arcade game in Little Fungitown, you get instructions from one of my favorite characters - Geno from SMRPG! Yeah!

So if you want a game that is dripping of Mario originality, you know where to look. Takes everything good from SMRPG and everything good from Paper Mario, sticks them together and improves them some more. Go buy it!