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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

First seen: 27 june 2009

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  • User Score (11)
    8.5 8.5 from 11 reviewers
  • Expert Score (76)
    8.8 8.8 from 76 reviewers
  • Gameplay (21)
    9.7 9.7 from 21 reviewers
  • Graphics (29)
    9.0 9.0 from 29 reviewers
  • Sound (28)
    9.1 9.1 from 28 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    9.7 9.7 from 3 reviewers
  • Control (5)
    9.7 9.7 from 5 reviewers
  • Addiction (3)
    9.2 9.2 from 3 reviewers
  • Lifespan (3)
    9.4 9.4 from 3 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • hilarious plot and characters, inventive battle design, stand out moments, genuinely funny script, yet never dull
  • feels gimmicky at points, superficial role playing, rpg light, gratuitous microphone use, too easy and straightforward

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story is a Nintendo DS game developed by Nintendo/Alpha Dream and published by Nintendo. The game revolves around Fawful’s evil plot to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Fawful tricks Bowser™ into eating a magic mushroom. The mushroom causes Bowser to begin inhaling everything around him, including Mario™, Luigi™ and Princess Peach™. The game puts the gamer in the journey of the Mario Bros. in their bid to rescue Peach and escape.

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Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story is a Nintendo DS game developed by Nintendo/Alpha Dream and published by Nintendo. The game revolves around Fawful’s evil plot to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Fawful tricks Bowser™ into eating a magic mushroom. The mushroom causes Bowser to begin inhaling everything around him, including Mario™, Luigi™ and Princess Peach™. The game puts the gamer in the journey of the Mario Bros. in their bid to rescue Peach and escape.

Features

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, players are in control of two separate storylines. One features Bowser and his efforts to stop an arch-villain from taking over his castle. The other features the microbe-sized Mario & Luigi who must muscle their way through challenges (inside Bowser) to find their way out. Gamers take action to control Bowser from the inside – but without his knowledge. Players can switch between storylines at will. What happens inside Bowser affects what he’s doing on the outside. This game requires gamers to solve puzzles (as Mario & Luigi) and challenges behind the scenes to help Bowser overcome various obstacles and advance the plot. In some battles, Bowser grows so large that players must turn their Nintendo DS or Nintendo Dsi™ system sideways, blow into the microphone or tap on the touch screen with the stylus to keep up with the action. The game features the same hilarious dialogue that has been the hallmark of the Mario & Luigi series.

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  • Reviews of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

  1. Reviewer: Snackbar Games
    13 October 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    The Mario & Luigi series has had three installments, but the first two didn't come near the level of notoriety and hype that this newest game has. Well Bowser's Inside Story is here, and it's good. But is it that good?Fawful, the villain from the previous story, is back, and this time he has played games with Bowser. He tricks the Koopa king into eating a mushroom that makes him suck in Mario, Luigi and Peach, trapping them inside his body, and while Bowser ventures in... Read more

  2. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

    Reviewer: GameSpot
    7 October 2009

    On top of all this superb and varied gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story boasts a colorful and crisp art style, impressive character animation, and some whimsical audio design that's perfectly in keeping with other aspects of the game. It's a fun, accessible role-playing game for the DS that anyone with even a passing interest in the subject matter shouldn't miss. Read more

  3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

    Reviewer: Thunderbolt Games
    14 October 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Right about now I’d be opening with the “if you don’t know Mario you don’t know gaming” jargon. Not today. Today, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story is in the spotlight, and whether you’re familiar with Mario and his role-playing exploits or not, this is one adventure that comes highly recommended. Nintendo’s DS has been the home of Mario and Luigi’s RPG ventures in the past, and although not a direct sequel, Bowser’s Inside Story remains faithful... Read more

  4. Reviewer: VideoGamer.com
    10 December 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Gameplay 8
    8.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 8
    8.0
     

    In truth, this bizarre adventure is tailor made for Nintendo fanboys. It's packed with in-jokes and Nintendo references that'll soar above the Brain Training crowd's head like a Star Powered aeroplane. Its greatest achievement is its pacing: it never loses focus over the course of its 20 hours. It constantly surprises with clever mini-games and stand-out, memorable moments, most of which, it must be said, involve Bowser. But it feels more like a cleverly strung together... Read more

  5. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

    Reviewer: Fragland
    14 October 2009
    Overall 9
    9.2
    Gameplay 10
    9.5
    Graphics 9
    8.5
    Sound 9
    8.5
    Storyline 10
    9.5
     

    A unique story, immersive and varied gameplay, beautiful characters with crazy dialogues, music, graphics and sound that are perfect up to the smallest details, and enough originality to fill ten other games with: those that don't feel like getting this better give their DS handheld to someone else. Read more

  1. Mario And Luigi And Mario And Luigi And Mario

    Reviewer: big_daddy_clone, Game Informer
    4 January 2010
    Overall 9
    8.8
     

    Mario and Luigi : Bowser's Inside Story is a great game with wonderful cartoony graphics,  cool sound effects, and some good controls too. There are some cool special moves to unlock and even a secret one called the magic window. The button-press sequences tie coordination into the gameplay. It's the normal story, Princess Peach has been captured, and Mario and Luigi must save her, but the villain isn't Bowser this time, it's a mysterious villain named Fawful. Bowser... Read more

  2. Reviewer: Epinions
    26 January 2010
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The spiky-shelled, fire-breathing Bowser has played many roles in the Mario series: villain, ally, comic-relief bumbler, annoying kart driver with the power to bump Toad users off the road (but who gets left in the dust due to slow ... Read more

  3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS): The worlds in danger....call a plumber!

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    5 days ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Everyone knows who Mario is and most are familiar with his brother Luigi and his biggest enemy Bowser. Generally you can bet that a Mario game is going to be great, sometime games like Mario Party or Mario and sonic at the Olympic games are not to everyones liking, but the single player Mario games are some of the best around. An example of this would be Mario Galaxy which was voted by many to be the best game of last year. Here however is a Mario game for the Nintendo... Read more

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