One point of dissatisfaction with the remake is that, even though nearly the entire Bowser's Army had been brainwashed by Fawful in SSS(RPG1) remake, Bowser himself—the biggest victim—barely acknowledged or even mentioned Fawful’s misdeeds.

Logically speaking, in a situation like this, a report would have been compiled—perhaps during a military council meeting—and Bowser himself would have been warned to be on guard against Fawful.

Nevertheless, the BiS remake makes absolutely no mention of this, and Bowser acts as if this were the first time he met him and his army had ever been brainwashed by Fawful.

There’s absolutely no way Bowser himself wouldn’t remember Fawful’s face (especially since he was attacked by him in the SSS tutorial).

He should at least say something like, “You’re the one who gave my army a hard time back in the day!”

As for the Koopalings and Captain Goomba, I feel it would have been better if they’d added lines that emphasized their rivalry more—something like, “Fawful… not once, but twice!"

I like that Luigi Doesn’t get treated like garbage compared to the other games. He is treated with the same respect that Mario gets instead.. in older games in the series, he’s often either viewed as a coward, a laughing stock or a loser by everyone who can’t be bothered to remember his name. Starlow gets the bulk of hate for it but most characters treat Luigi like dirt. And it’s even worse in Paper Mario (where Mario steals his identity when a Toad wants to meet Luigi. When the actual Luigi shows up, Mario stands back and allows him to get harassed by the Toad who think’s he‘s a fake, even after Luigi begs Mario to tell the truth).

In Brothership. No one treats him poorly and he even gets a bit of spotlight with the Luigi logic.

There are only two flaws to this. First, while It’s nice that Luigi does get spotlight, Luigi Logic should have involved both coming up with a plan as opposed to only Luigi. Now Luigi does all the work whilst Mario stands around and doesn’t get to contribute when they’re a team

secondly, whilst being forgotten was Luigi’s thing, Mario would often stand up for him and show his bond with his brother. The star door in PiT is the perfect example where he refused to continue forward unless the door let Luigi through. It also didn’t feel nearly as forced as some of the Brothership bonds.

besides that I hope Luigi being the “punching bag” is either exempt or toned down like it was here for future games

Probably not that great a first try. Antasma is my favorite villain in the Mario Luigi series and I thought he'd be fun to at least try since I've drawn other Mario Luigi characters before, I added the Dark Stone and his iconic screeching sound for fun.

Art by HipStar1985

I do not know if this has ever happened to anyone else, but I legit actually defeated Glohm Bowser after the 1st Luigi Logic. I had the Anti - Flying, the Anti - Army, and the Anti - Glohm battle plugs equipped during this boss battle, so that could be why I was able to quickly rack up huge damage in a short amount of time. While I was in the 1st Luigi Logic sequence, I was constantly hitting Glohm Bowser and the event lasted long enough that I was able to do about 9,000 damage overall in the Luigi Logic moment. I find that personally crazy because Glohm Bowser's starting health is 8,700 hp, so that one move could have 1 shot killed him right away. Please let me know your thoughts and comments on this topic. Thanks.

I'm a huge fan of the Mario & Luigi series. I played all the games (except Brothership) as a child, and it's a series that really made an impression on me. Now I'm an adult, and I'd love to play Brothership. To be honest, I received it as a Christmas present in 2024. I only played it for a few hours and then stopped because life got in the way, and I had other priorities than investing time in an RPG, which I do regret a little, I must say.

From what I've read in various reviews, it's put me off a bit. I don't know if it's true, but from what I've gathered, the game is incredibly easy, the story is overly simplistic and "cute" due to Nintendo's policies, the soundtrack is disappointing because it's not the same composer anymore... And I'm not even mentioning the fact that Mario and Luigi are teleported to another world without explanation at the beginning of the game.

I might be wrong, since I haven't actually played the game. That's why I'm asking for your honest opinion on the game and whether my fears are unfounded. Can I play it without hesitation?

The only thing I know is that it was made to mimic bad retro game translations

Since Chuggaconroy just finished his LP and I was watching that, one thing that kinda stuck out to me was a mention of a lack of damage formula information. The short version of what I found is that it seems like there's some 30% damage buff that Normal mode gives that's missing in Hard mode, I can't say for certain but it's weird just HOW consistently I saw Emile's damage be 30% more than what the formula stated, but then in the Hard Mode playthrough I skimmed over, the person who was doing that LP (Hawlo), the formula was exact.

I saw a single post from like 4 years ago that just said 'its pow times level divided by defense, then multiplied by the timed hit level' but when I applied that to Emile's attacks, that never lined up.

(My original post)

Here is a demo of my Superstar Saga project running at an aspect ratio of 21:9. Getting the maps to render past the normal bounds of the window wasn't too difficult, but getting enemies, blocks, etc. to appear and act normally took quite a bit more effort.

I was struggling to figure out how to make widescreen work within battles, given the fixed size of the backdrops. I started to extract them and realized something truly wonderful. Even though you only see a 240x160 backdrop during battle, the background images are actually much larger at 512x256. Here, I have uploaded all of them (non-animated) in their glory for anyone who wants to check them out.

Hello! I'm downloading Mario and Luigi superstar saga remake for the 3ds and wanna 100% it without a stupid guide allways in the background I have to follow. Any 100% checklist I can use that also tells where every item is and how to get it? Also are there any missabke collectibles? I know that after a point in Bowser's castle you can't go back.

I've realized once I'm in a fight I tend to not use items besides healing. I did it subconsciousy and never put much thought into it until now. If my bro attack power runs out I just don't refill it until I'm out of battle.

Is anyone else like this or am I weird?

Pictured are my current endgame stats for my no-gear run. Just died to Reclusa's final phase. After having gotten Snoutlet out of the Doom Bloom and getting Luigi Logic, I ended up blowing all my Bros. Moves against the Core, and had to rely on counter damage to finally get it to die. Afterwards, even with guarding carried over, I got Reclusa down to half his health... but two stone attacks (Mario getting tripped and helpless to defend against the final energy ball, then Luigi getting shot in the next one) were able to do me in after.

So I can try and get past the Core without overstaying (it took me 45m-1h to get that thing to die), and furthermore live to see Reclusa die, what should I get my stats to? What's the best recomendation(s) to beat Reclusa these days?

Playing the original GBA version; I have noticed that the Stache stat reverts to its original value when either

- The stat is changed by equipment or level up
- You reload the game

To fix this you simply re-equip the Cobalt Necktie but its so annoying. I have not seen anyone else mention this bug so I was wondering if its a rare issue with this specific cartridge.

I am using my old 2ds that my dad took, and now is mine, and I have been trying to play superstar saga + Bowser's minion., but I CANNOT DO THE ####### SPLASH BROS! I am putting in the input, and nothing happens. The other one works fine, easy even, BUT I CANNOT HIT THE LUIGI PART OF THIS ATTACK! Any tips, aside from easy mode. Even in practice mod I can't do it.

i drew it today. art by me (shyghost22)