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Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga Review
Written by Modojo Staff on Monday, January 31, 2005
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Great RPG action with classic Nintendo heroes!
Bad underwater sections.
...Continued From Page 1 While these two senses are surely treated to a good time in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, what really gets a work out is your thumbs, as the game provides the player with one of the most ingenious control setups of late. It's simpler than it sounds, with a small learning curve to boot. One button controls the various actions - hammer, hand power, jump or special jump - of Mario; the other controls the actions of Luigi. They follow each other in a follow the leader fashion, but this is quickly remedied by using the select button to swap between the two brothers - and you will.
Also, the combat implements these as well with a timing system. Theoretically, it's possibly that you could avoid ever getting hit in the game. This is because players have the ability to dodge or hammer back attacks at the attacker. While this makes for some interesting gameplay, it becomes an almost a mechanical process that can detach the player from combat at some points. That's never a good thing.
The only main qualm with the game is the fact of the overall ease, as previously mentioned in terms of combat. Save for some final battles and fairly ambiguous puzzles, it's nowhere near the hardest game in existence. Of course, this makes the title more approachable to a wider audience of videogame players, or even first timers, but it hinders the overall experience in the end just enough for those that have prior experience under their belt.
With one of the best sums currently, it's only a few parts that keep this title from being a game like no other. However, the game is by no means just average. This is still the best game available to date on the Game Boy Advance, despite the linear setup and the late game monotony found in combat. It would be a doing a disservice to yourself if you didn't add this game to your library, because it will beat you down and then place itself dead center for all to see. It's just that good.
