Editing Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

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'''''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''''' ('''''Mario & Luigi RPG 4: Dream Adventure''''' in Japan and '''''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.''''' in Europe & Australia) is a title for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. It is the fourth installment in the [[Mario & Luigi series|''Mario & Luigi'' series]]. The game was released in Europe on July 12th, 2013 and Australia on July 13th. It will be released in Japan on July 18th, and North America on August 11th.

 

It is part of "[[The Year of Luigi]]" alongside ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' and the ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' DLC for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. The two titles and the DLC are in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Luigi's debut. As such, Luigi has a much bigger role in the game than in the previous ''Mario & Luigi'' games. A special edition of Nintendo 3DS XL with a Luigi themed print will be released in Japan as part of the event and include the digital version of ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' preinstalled on the SD card.

[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]], [[Toadsworth]], and the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s are invited to [[Pi'illo Island]] by [[Dr. Snoozemore]] through a message in his Broggy and travel to the island on a hot air balloon for sightseeing. During the flight there, Luigi falls asleep and dreams of Mario fighting [[Antasma]]. Afterwards, he dreams of the balloon they were in to fall and crash, but instead Luigi wakes up and falls to the ground out of confusion. Later on, while touring the island, Luigi then takes a nap on a special pillow which opens a portal to a place called [[Dream World]]. This allows Antasma<ref name="NWR">[http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/impressions/33932]</ref> to pull Princess Peach into the world.<ref name="Second trailer">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1sJUsa75E]</ref> It is later explained that there are two powers in the Dream World, the [[Dream Stone]] and the [[Dark Stone]]<ref name="NWR"></ref>, though the latter was destroyed by Antasma in order to create chunks so it is able to turn the [[Pi'illo]]s species into stone. Mario and Luigi travel to rescue the princess and free the frozen Pi'illos and try and rescue the princess from Antasma who is lurking inside Luigi's dreams.<ref name="NWR"></ref>

The gameplay seems to shift between [[Luigi]]'s dream world, where Mario and Luigi move in a 2-D fashion and the regular world, where they freely roam the overworld, unlike the previous three titles. While Mario is playing inside Luigi's dreams, [[Starlow]] can move Luigi's face to affect the area, such as spinning platforms. The battles appear to give the player [[coin]]s, similarly to the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. Due to the shift to 3D, the game also uses a new art style. [[Badges]] similar to those in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' seem to make an appearance in this game. Sometimes [[Gift|Gifts]] may also appear in between or after battles.{{refneeded}} Giant battles from Mario & Luigi's Bowser Inside Story return, this time with Luigi instead of Bowser. The games art style also changes in this installment. Unlike the previous games' basic sprite look, this installment uses a pre-rendered look that makes the sprites smoother with the backgrounds.

During an developer interview it was revealed the game has a hardcore mode that's unlocked after completing the game. Also during battles if the player fails at Bro. moves a numerous amount of times in battle a slo-mo feature will activate allowing for easier hits. The game also has a added hint option which appears in battle if the player is struggling with an enemy, if chosen this gives information on the enemies weakness's and attacks.<ref>http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/51784/features/5-mario-luigi-dream-team-bros-facts-from-iwata-asks/?page=3</ref>

The bottom screen of the 3DS displays the area map, unlike previous installments the map shows and follows the actual location of the Bros.

The battle system in overworld is similar to those in previous titles, but the system in Dream World is different, as Mario will fight in all battles with Luigi's dream power. There are now five categories of attack, as in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. They are [[Jump]], [[Hammer]], [[Items|Item]], Luigi's face (which are Special attacks in Dream World) or Red Shell (which are Special attacks  in the overworld), and [[Flee]]. There can be more than five enemies in battle, as in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. The [[Rank]] feature returns again. One change is the lack of [[Lakitu]]s from the level up system.<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

===Giant Battles===

Giant battles play similarly to the ones in the previous installment, with the boss on one screen and Luigi on the other. The battles now offer a choice of left-handed or right-handed play. In this installment several things are different. Luigi is able to perform extra jump attacks like in normal battle. Also for Luigi to heal himself he has to get Mario to throw him mushrooms. The player has to tap to the timing of Mario's throws to catch the mushrooms and heal Luigi. Mario gets worn out after one of these moves and must recover for a few turns. Another new feature is that to finish a boss a special move has to be performed. This works with Luigi jumping high and grabbing a star, which Mario hops on and throws at the boss. The player has to line up the star's trajectory with the boss's heart to finish them off. It is currently unknown what happens if they miss. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOxdhOQCbcI</ref>

*Mushroom Rank<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Shell Rank (Level 8)<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' Battle Tips & Luiginary Works">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8YNwLulkw]</ref>

*Flower Rank<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' Battle Tips & Luiginary Works">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8YNwLulkw]</ref>

*Star Rank (Level 26)<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' Battle Tips & Luiginary Works">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8YNwLulkw]</ref>

==Special Attacks==

===Bros. Attacks (Real World)===

*[[Fire Flower]]

*[[Dropchopper]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 gameplay demo"></ref>

*[[3D Red Shell]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 gameplay demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKun68Jrqv4&feature=youtu.be&a]</ref>

*[[3D Green Shell]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 gameplay demo"></ref>

*[[Jet-Board Bash]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 gameplay demo"></ref>

*[[Bomb Derby]]<ref name="Iwata Asks">[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/mario-and-luigi-dream-team/0/3]</ref>

===Luiginary Attacks (Dream World)===

*[[Luiginary Stack]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 Dream World gameplay demo"></ref>

*[[Luiginary Sneeze]]<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/9GdhlsX.png An official image which featured Luigi sneezing in Dream World, seen on Nintendo of the United Kingdom's press site was titled "Luiginary Sneeze"]</ref>

*[[Finishing Bros.]]<ref name="Iwata Asks"></ref>

==Confirmed Characters==

===Playable===

*[[Dreamy Luigi]] (Dream World)<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBjYp6gQ6sE&t=5m37s]</ref>

===Other===

*[[Princess Peach]]<ref name="Second trailer"></ref>

*[[Toadsworth]]<ref name="Second trailer"></ref>

*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s<ref name="Second trailer"></ref>

*[[Bowser]], the secondary antagonist who forms an alliance with Antasma<ref>[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/1/10/Bowser_and_Antasma_Artwork_-_Mario_%26_Luigi_Dream_Team.png/521px-Bowser_and_Antasma_Artwork_-_Mario_%26_Luigi_Dream_Team.png]</ref>

*[[Yoshi]]<ref>[[:File:MLDT - June Screenshot1.png]]</ref>

*[[Antasma]], the antagonist, described as a "ghostly bat king" and feared by the Pi'illo people as a nightmare

*[[Pi'illo]]s

**[[Dreambert]], leader of the Pi'illo people

**[[Eldream]], a Pi'illo mentioned by Dreambert who can help Mario and Luigi <ref name="NWR"></ref>

*[[Dr. Snoozemore]], proprietor of Pi'illo island, who is mysteriously absent when the heroes arrive at the island.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/Mario-Luigi-Dream-Team-Bros--762456.html]</ref>

*[[Broggy]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuZvkCB86KY]</ref>

*[[Brock]]s: Other members of Broque Monsieur's race.

**[[Britta]]<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/aymj/adventure/index.html]></ref>

*[[Hooski]]s, citizens which resemble brown [[Hoohooligan]]s.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6On58G6nziU]</ref>

*[[Dreambunny]], presumably Eldream's pet rabbit.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMv3sXvrDY]</ref>

*[[Sergeant Guy]]<ref name="Gameplay Trailer"></ref>

*[[Kamek]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMv3sXvrDY]</ref>

*[[Popple]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Bros. ad trailer">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5qKHRpnDn4]</ref>, seen helping Mario & Luigi fight a Wiggler.

===Enemies===

*Gray rock-like enemies with hands, with faces similar to [[Junior Shrooboid]]'s or [[Shrooboid Brat]]'s. They attack in the overworld by tossing boulders.

*[[Bandit]]<ref name="Japanese Overview Trailer">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHz3r6nFNkc]</ref>

*[[Banzai Bill]]<ref name="Japanese Overview Trailer"></ref>

*[[Dreamcap]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. Boss 3"></ref>

===Bosses===

*[[Smoldergeist]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. Boss 1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRdpekOwrb8</ref>

*[[Bowser|Giant Bowser]]<ref>[http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/27/1372882471-m-and-l-leak-1.png]</ref>

*[[Antasma]] (final time)<ref>[http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/27/1372882521-m-and-l-leak-2.png]</ref>

*Unknown form of Bowser using the Darkstone<ref>[http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9854/eblu.jpg]</ref>

===Items===

*[[? Block]]s<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZtUQK0VYz0&feature=player_embedded]</ref>

*[[Coin Block]]s<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*[[10 Gold Coin]]s

*[[Nuts]]<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Super Nuts<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Wonder-nuts<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*[[Syrup]]<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Candies<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Super-Candies<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*[[1-Up Mushroom]]s<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*1-Up Mushroom+s<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*1-Up Deluxe<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp_zA-j4ITw]</ref>

*[[Refreshing Herb]]s<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Ghost Cookies<ref name="''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' 22 minutes of gameplay demo"/>

*Secret Boxes <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBjYp6gQ6sE</ref>

===Locations===

*Real World (Pi'illo Island) will presumably take place in

**[[Pi'llo Blimport]]<ref name="MLDT">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sO9Ffl2Z7k]</ref>

**[[Pi'illo Castle]]<ref name="Gameplay demo"></ref>

**[[Mushrise Park]]<ref name="Mario & Luigi: Dream Team E3 gameplay demo"></ref>

**[[Ohapaku Breeze]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfHbnOPMbCE]</ref>

**[[Slumber Desert]]<ref name="Nintendo 3DS Daily">[http://nintendo3dsdaily.com/nintendo3dsnews/mario-new-screenshots/]</ref>

**[[Wakeport]]<ref name="Nintendo 3DS Daily"></ref>

**[[Dozing Sands]]<ref name="Nintendo 3DS Daily"></ref>

**[[Mount Pajamaja]]<ref name="Nintendo 3DS Daily"></ref>

**[[Drifwood Shore]]

**A quarry area with fences on the floor and rock enemies.

**A grassy area with mountains.

**A shop with small pink creatures as employees.

**A castle with purple rock enemies.

*[[Dream World]]

**A grassy area with flowers.

**A dark blue void area with Luigi's face on the background, with "''Don't leave me behind, big brother''" messages passing through the screen. Also there are sketchy images of Luigi chasing Mario. Some places have some of Luigi's facial features being pulled apart and squished together.

**A snowy area where a giant Luigi faces off against a volcano creature.

**A cloudy area with protrusions of land in the background.<ref>"Gameplay - 3DS - Mario & Luigi Dream Team"</ref>

**A Dark Purple Colored Castle

Luiginary Works are special objects found in the [[Dream World]]. When Dreamy Luigi is near a Luiginary Work, both react to each other, causing them to be surrounded by a green light. Dreamy Luigi, then, can "possess" the object, creating a special object that can be controled by the sleepy Luigi, with Starlow's help.

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|[[File:CTRP Mario&L4 scrn03 Ev04.png|130px]] || Dreamy Luigi possesses a tree with mustache-like leaves. If Luigi's mustache is pulled and moved, the leaves move the same way, and they can be used as slingshots for Mario.

|[[File:3DS MarioLuigi3DS 022013 Scrn08.png|130px]] || Dreamy Luigi possesses a whirlwind in the level's background. If Luigi sneezes, it causes a strong gust in the Dream World, which can be useful to knock large blocks, spin platforms and move [[Block]]s from the background to the level.

|[[File:3DS MarioLuigi3DS 022013 Scrn05.png|130px]] || Dreamy Luigi possesses a constellation in the background. When he does it, the stars turn into [[Luiginoid]]s<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYqUOWL4hfs</ref> that can be stacked to help Mario with strong moves, such as the [[Ground Pound]] and [[Spring Jump]].

|[[File:M&LDT Pinwheel.png|130px]] || Dreamy Luigi possesses a giant pinwheel. When Starlow spins Luigi's nose, the pinwheel causes wind in the Dream World.

|[[File:M&LDT Sun.png|130px]] || Dreamy Luigi possesses a a sun. Starlow can move his arm and make him to press a button near the frozen Pi'illo that is used to change the real world from hot to cold and vice-versa. If the real world gets hot, the sun in the Dream World makes ther area similar to a desert. If it gets cold, the sun freezes and the Dream World turns snowy.

| || Dreamy Luigi possesses a ball like object. Starlow can rotate a raft that Luigi is sleeping on to change the gravity in the Dream World.

| || Dreamy Luigi possesses a drill. If Starlow spins Luigi's nose, it will cause the drill to spin as well which Mario can then hold onto to reach higher areas.

==References to other games==

*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': A remix of this game's main theme is heard while a Luiginary Work is being introduced.

*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'': One of the messages from Luigi displayed in [[Dream's Deep]] is "I fight ghosts!"

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': [[Popple]] and other [[Beanish]] characters appear in this game.

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'': The [[Bros. Ball]] attack from this game returns. Also, Bowser resembles [[Shrowser]] when possessed by Antasma.

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'': The badges are similar to the ones from this game. [[Starlow]], [[Broque Monsieur]], [[Private Goomp]], [[Corporal Paraplonk]], and [[Sergeant Guy]] return as well. Bowser's theme is reused.

*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'': Bombs very similar to the ones used by [[Lemmy Koopa]] in this game appear in the Bomb Derby attack.