Mario & Luigi: Brothership

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership
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Developer	Acquire
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release date	November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024 November 7, 2024
Language(s)	English (United States) French (France) French (Canada) German Spanish (Spain) Spanish (Latin America) Italian Dutch Portuguese (Brazil) Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean
Genre	RPG
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Seven years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - Parental Guidance USK: - Six years and older ClassInd: - General audience SMECCV: - All ages GRAC: - All ages GSRR: - Six years and older FPB: - Thirteen years and older Gmedia: - Seven years and older MRO: - Seven years and older
Mode(s)	Single-player
Format	Nintendo Switch: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a role-playing game released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on November 7, 2024. It is the sixth original instalment in the Mario & Luigi series and its eighth instalment overall, following the 2015 original title, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, and the 2018 remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, respectively. It is both the first Mario & Luigi game to be initially released for a home console, as well as the first in the series to feature Kevin Afghani's voice work. Another feature new to the series is the full implementation of 3D environments and character models, and a more artwork-accurate art style, which was seen previously in a limited capacity during the giant battles in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the papercraft battles in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, and the giant battles in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.

First announced during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first Mario & Luigi title to not be developed by AlphaDream, which ceased operations immediately after filing for bankruptcy on October 1, 2019. However, several developers from AlphaDream who were originally involved in previous Mario & Luigi games returned for the development of Brothership in key roles. Acquire assumed the role of lead developer, known for their work on the Tenchu and Octopath Traveler series. The game was made using Unreal Engine 4.

The game's Japanese and English name is a pun on "mothership" but also refers to the relationship between Mario and Luigi. It is also the first entry in the series to adopt the same subtitle in Japan as the localized releases, as past Mario & Luigi games except Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, which was subtitled Paper Mario MIX, were simply treated as numbered sequels there.

Story

In the Mushroom Kingdom, Luigi panics as he is being chased by a swarm of bees in a forest near Peach's Castle, and accidentally runs off a cliff before Mario clings to save him. Afterwards, Mario and Luigi's hands begin to glow, and a mysterious vortex materializes above them which teleports the brothers, Princess Peach, the Toads, Bowser, and his minions away to a distant land named Concordia.

Upon arrival, Mario wakes up at a distant island all alone and thinks about where Luigi could have gone. He suddenly starts hearing Luigi calling his name, and Mario tries to go to where the source of the sound is. Eventually, he hears one last call from Luigi as he sees Shipshape Island sailing. Mario and Luigi spot each other and the former tries making a jump to the island. While almost not making it, Luigi saves Mario and the two are reunited once again. Mario then meets a local resident named Connie, who explains to them the history of Concordia, the world in which Shipshape Island resides. The centre of Concordia used to house the great Uni-Tree that would connect the different districts of the land using energy known as Connectar, but after an unfortunate and catastrophic event where the Uni-Tree was destroyed, the continent shattered and was separated into numerous islands. With the help of the brothers, a newly planted Uni-Tree, and a flying pig-like companion named Snoutlet, the main objective is to reconnect the fractured islands back together again and restore Concordia to its former glory, with each unique island to explore.

The sea of the world of Concordia acts as the game's primary setting. Shipshape Island is a structure described as "part ship, part island" and is depicted as the main hub. Mario and Luigi are launched out of the Shipshape's cannon to explore distinct islands.

Gameplay

Mario & Luigi: Brothership introduces a mechanic where Luigi will come up with an idea for specific situations, indicated by an L-shaped exclamation point, known as Luigi Logic. Some can give him new abilities to use in the overworld to help Mario proceed, like squeezing through narrow gates, while others can be situational commands against bosses that can be used to land the finisher against them.

Shipshape Island serves as the hub for the game (similar to Princess Peach's Castle in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time), having several shops, and a cannon that shoots Mario and Luigi to the different islands at sea. Shipshape Island travels along currents of the seas, shown on the Ocean Map, accessed by examining the cannon or pressing , and the player can find and travel to different islands. On the Ocean Map, the player can choose which current to travel on, and the speed at which Shipshape Island moves, between regular and faster speeds by pressing . The player can navigate on the island as it moves to its destination point. More NPCs appear on the island as the player visits other islands.

Some gears can be crafted by the player at the Workshop on Shipshape Island with some materials. They are dropped by enemies, which is an item named after their respective island.

The main objective on the islands is to find its Lighthouse and link it to the Uni-Tree on Shipshape Island to reform Concordia. Each sea has its own Great Lighthouse allowing the player to discover more islands.

Battle system

The battle system is similar to those in previous titles. Normal jump and hammer attacks now combine both brothers to execute when they are both up, called Attack Combos, reminiscent of Bros. Attack from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga or attacking with the babies from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time; if one of them is down or under a certain status condition (eg. dizzy), they return to attacking solo. Emergency Guard returns from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and level ups still no longer have a bonus stat minigame. The Rank feature returns with similar rank bonuses.

Bros. Attacks

Mario

• Red Shell: Costs 4 BP to use. The brothers pass the shell back and forth for Mario making a powerful kick aimed at one enemy.
• Hatch Me if You Can: Costs 7 BP to use. Mario pulls out a Yoshi Egg then it flys off-screen, the brothers walk in position waiting for it to fall back for the corresponding brother to dive for it, the other brother has to set it up as it is over his head, then both brothers aim and spike the Yoshi Egg at any enemies within a radius. The Yoshi Egg causes damage to an enemy on hit, and creates a shockwave to damage enemies within radius, after which Yoshi emerges and Ground Pounds the same enemy struck before for additional damage.
• Bomb Derby: Costs 10 BP to use. Luigi throws bombs at Mario which he hits at the enemies with his hammer, the attack ends with the final bomb being hit up and spawns homing missiles to attack all the enemies.
• Clockout Blow: Costs 12 BP to use. An attack where Mario uses a clock to slow down time, then he and Luigi attack the enemies with their hammers repeatedly as they show up on screen, after a while one of the enemies will be hit into the air and juggled by the brothers, ending with a final strike from both bros together sending them back to the ground.
• Conductor Connector: Costs 15 BP to use. Mario and Luigi fly on the Great Conductor into space on a wire, as they reached space, Mario has to pull back to slingshot himself at the orbiting energy satellites and Luigi has to stop him to plug to them at the right time, doing so after two more rounds of the map expanding that reveals more of them, the laser is charged up where the brother comes back down to the battlefield, aims the laser at one of the enemies and lines up the crosshair, dealing massive damage to it and create a lingering shockwave that damage all enemies multiple times.

Luigi

• Green Shell: Costs 5 BP to use. The brothers kick the shell at the enemies each pass which ends with Luigi making a kick that hits all grounded enemies.
• Zapperator: Costs 7 BP to use; requires the player to alternate between the and buttons, then press the button before a timer expires. Creates a thundercloud to strike all enemies on the battlefield several times.
• Jump Helmet: Costs 9 BP to use. The brothers walk to the foreground, Mario wears the Jump Helmet and moves left or right for Luigi to jump higher and higher, making him harder to see, it ends with Luigi doing a powerful jump at one enemy.
• Yoo Who Cannon: Costs 12 BP to use. Nine cannons are summoned, eight of them cover and create clones of Mario and Luigi, they have to be remembered when the cannons are firing one at a time which brother is in it; the final one has an explosion symbol instead of a red and green arrow placed behind the enemies, each successful shot the clones will fall into it after bouncing off the enemy, making it bigger, and the attack ends with the clones being shot out and spinning rapidly as a giant Bros. Ball, doing a U-turn and hitting all enemies.
• Max-Mix Vortex: Costs 14 BP to use. Mario and Luigi must throw fireballs and iceballs on the tornado, once it is filled, they do a spin jump in it so that they can then control and catch enemies in.

Battle Plugs

A new battle feature in this game is Battle Plugs, it functions similarly to the Badges or Battle Cards in previous Mario & Luigi games. It is a new action that can be performed in battle, allowing Mario and Luigi to set and swap Battle Plugs to boost them up without taking an action. Each one has a unique effect and can create combos with each other. They are crafted with Spark Balls by collecting Sprite Bulbs. When used, they last for a while based on charges and have to be recharged for an extended period based on turn counts. There is a limit on how many can be used at once, displayed by the number of sockets in the Battle Plug menu.

Name	Icon	Effect	Craft cost (Spark Balls)	Number of charges	Recharge turns	Unlock	Note
Kaboom Attack		Get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack to also damage nearby targets.		10	30	From the start; Second one at ?	After an EXCELLENT rating, it starts a slow motion as an impact wave gets generated to damage nearby enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage. Two copies are available.
Surprise Iron Ball	File:SupriseIronBall.png	When you get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack, an iron ball drops on the target to deal more damage.	20	10	30		After an EXCELLENT rating, it drops an iron ball at the enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage. Iron balls deal Buster Critical damage to frozen enemies. Two copies are available.
Dizzifying Attack		Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, an EXCELLENT rating can make a target dizzy.	20	15	20		When Jumping or Hammering, Mario and Luigi spin fast enough to have motion blur. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Dizzy. It can still be performed when the other brother is incapacitated.
Fiery Attack		Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become burned.		15	20		When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a flame trail. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Burn.
Icy Attack		Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become iced.		15	20		When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a cold air trail with snowflakes, cold puffs, and shining particles. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Ice.
Attack Boost		Grants you one additional Jump or Hammer attack.		10	30		An extra solo part of the attack is added to the normal attack combo, doing ?% of the damage. Mario or Luigi will cheer the other one on the first jump when doing the Jump attack.
Anti-Flying Specialist		Jump attacks against flying enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	30	10	30	Create 4 Battle Plugs.	Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Spike Specialist		Hammer attacks against spiky enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	30	10	30	Create 4 Battle Plugs.	Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Zokket Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Zok Troops are guaranteed critical hits.		10	30		Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Army Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Bowser's army are guaranteed critical hits.		10	30		Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Glohm Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Glohmed enemies are guaranteed critical hits.		10	30		Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Seedle-ize		When you get an EXCELLENT rating on a Jump or Hammer attack, sometimes turns your target into a Seedle.		10	20		Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Bros. Boost		Boosts damage dealt by Bros. Attacks by 20% but also increases BP spent by 100%.		5	30
Performance Bonus		Restores 50% of BP used on a Bros. Attack that earns an EXCELLENT rating.		3	20
Auto EXCELLENT		Automatically gives Jump, Hammer, and Bros. attacks an EXCELLENT rating.		5	20
Easy-Peasy Counters		Holding the button makes counters easier, enabling you to float in midair when you jump and enlarging your hammer for those counters.		10	20	From the start
Empower Counters		Turns jump counters into ground pounds, and charges up hammer counters to do an extra 30% damage.	30	10	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Damage Shield		Reduces damage received from enemies by 20%.		10	30
Protectus		Reduces the damage you suffer from enemies to 0.		3	40
Notdroppin		When you have at least 2 HP and you take enough damage to become KO'd, preserves you at 1 HP instead.		5	30
Surefooted Guard		Prevents the effects of Trip and Dizzy.	15	5	20
Temperature Guard		Prevents the effects of Burn and Ice.		5	20
Glohm Guard		Prevents the effects of Glohm.		5	20
Back-Atcha Attack		When you take damage, sometimes triggers an extra Jump or Hammer attack back at the attacker.		3	20		Mario or Luigi do a solo Jump or Hammer attack to counter instead of the combo.
Ouch Charge		Causes damage to charge you up. Once full, your next attack deals +100% damage.		1	5
Auto Mushroom		When your HP becomes low, will automatically use a Mushroom.	20	5	20
Auto Syrup Jar		When your BP becomes low, will automatically use a Syrup Jar.	20	5	20
Auto Herb		When you gain a status effect, will automatically use a Refreshing Herb.	15	5	20
Auto 1-Up		When one of the brothers is KO'd, automatically uses a 1-Up Mushroom.	30	3	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Ampberry		When you are afflicted with Glohm, will automatically use an Ampberry.		5	20
Deluxe Auto		The Auto series of Battle Plugs will automatically select the most efficient recovery item for your current state.		15	15
Spirited Item		Using an item can boost various stats.		5	20
Item Share		Using an item will affect the other bro. as well, while only consuming the one item.		3	30
Second Helping		When using an item, uses two identical items out of your inventory to give the benefit for both.		5	30
Boomerang Items		Items you use return to your inventory.		5	30
Countdown to Crush		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, a bomb deals heavy damage to all enemies.		15	15
Countdown to Cure		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, HP and BP are 100% restored.		15	15
Countdown to Charge		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, all other equipped plugs are recharged to 50%.		15	15
Charge Bank		When another equipped plug would lose charges, this plug's charges decrease instead.		3	20
Speedy Recharge		When another equipped plug reaches zero charges, its recharge time is shortened by 50% turns.		5	20
Coinpiler		Causes enemies to drop coins each time you damage them in proportion to damage dealt.		20	20
Loot Booster		Makes it more likely that defeated enemies will drop items.	30	10	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Luigi		At the end of his turns, Luigi will sometimes take a bonus attack or search the area for an item.		5	20
Waitaminnit		When your regular turn ends, grants you one extra turn.	120	3	40

Combos

“Some combinations of Battle Plugs have unique and powerful effects. There are lots of these combinations, so experiment away!”

—Pop-up Hint

Some Battle Plugs can enhance the effects of others when used together. Here is a list of the possible combos:

Name	Battle Plug 1	Battle Plug 2	Effect
Iron Ka-Ball	Kaboom Attack	Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png	Pair Kaboom Attack and Surprise Iron Ball plugs together to make iron balls fall on all enemies hit by the impact wave.
Statusplosion	Kaboom Attack	Dizzifying Attack Fiery Attack Icy Attack	If you use Kaboom Attack and a plug that causes status ailments together, the status ailment will spread to all the enemies hit by the impact wave.
Ka-Specialist	Kaboom Attack	Anti-Air Specialist Anti-Spike Specialist Anti-Zokket Specialist Anti-Army Specialist	If you use Kaboom Attack and a Specialist-type Battle Plug together, the critical effect will spread to all enemies hit by the impact wave, as long as the Specialist type affects them.
	Attack Boost	Surprise Iron Ball	Makes one more iron ball fall.
	Surprise Iron Ball	Surprise Iron Ball	Makes a bigger golden ball fall, dealing more damage.

Ranks

Main article: Rank § Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Side Quests

A list of side quests are listed in the Adventure Log of the main menu, under "Side Quests". Some side quests can be completed only before a certain point in the game's story, while some have to be completed in a limited time, otherwise the player will not be able to complete them.

Side Quest	Description	Hints	Rewards
A Vision in Pink	A guy on Merrygo Island has fallen in love at first sight with a girl in pink. Try to find the object of his love.	Destination: Merrygo Island Ask about the islander's love trouble.	?
Little Lost Toad	There's a Toad lost in the maze. Better get back in there to lead them out.	Destination: Merrygo Island Guide Toad to the exit.	?
Back to IDLE's Roots	The mother of one of the IDLE kids is worried about her child. Return to IDLE's home island, and give her an update to ease her fears.	Destination: Desolatt Island Go and see the IDLE kid's mom.	?
A Mother's Worries	Willma is usually pretty upbeat, but she's been worried about Maykit. Give her an update on her daughter.	Destination: Rumbla Island Go see Willma.	?
Investigate the Abductions!	There's a weird bird thing abducting island residents. Is it connected to those suspicious guys you saw?	Destination: Rumbla Island Check in on Rumbla Island.	?
Spiralia's New Creation	It sounds like Spiralia has started a new business. Maybe you can help out in some way?	Destination: Twistee Island Go see Spiralia.	?
The Hammer Fan	A boy who dreams of becoming a great craftsman wants to learn how to swing a hammer. Let's see... Who's the best around at that?	Destination: Rumbla Island Check in with the boy.	?
An Invitation to the Spa	One of the gossips on Shipshape Island has a husband who's toiling away in a forest somewhere. Perhaps he can use a spa break.	Destination: Raynforst Island Check on the husband.	?
Craft a Luck Charm	Gather materials so Maykit can make this. It'll increase your chance of getting a LUCKY result by 1.5.	Twistee Leaf × 3 Raynforst Vine × 3	Luck Charm × 1
Craft a First-Round Belt	Gather materials so Maykit can make this. It'll increase damage dealt by your first attack by 30%.	Rumbla Stone × 2	First-Round Belt × 1
It's Dorrie!	The voice on a beach belonged to a wounded Dorrie! See to its injuries quickly.	Destination: Desolatt Island Get some medicine.	IDLE Belt × 1
Arc's Secret	Arc seems to have lost his special spyglass. It was important to him, and he could really use some cheering up now.	Destination: Shipshape Island Give Arc his spyglass.	Arc Scope × 1
Zokket's Schemes	The birds that carried away Zokket and his minions headed to some islet. Maybe you should follow the birds first?	Destination: Shipshape Island Talk to the IDLE group.	?
Coming Home	Billdit wants to come home but seems worried that Willma will be angry at him for making her worry.	Destination: Rumbla Island See how Willma's family is doing.	Picnic Boots × 1
How's Bowser's Health?	Starlow is going to Bowser's Castle all by herself! Will she be OK?	Destination: Wayaway Island Chase after Starlow.	Bowser Spikes × 1

Challenges

Challenges are present in this game. Unlike in previous games, completing them provides rewards to the player immediately in the battle instead of reward points or having to talk to an NPC to collect them. A list of Challenges can be found under the Adventure Log sub-menu on the main menu.

Name	Badge icon	Clear criteria	Reward(s)	Unlock condition
Jump-Combo Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Jump attack combo.	Nut x2	Unlocked after learning attack combos.
Hammer-Combo Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Hammer attack combo.	Syrup Jar x2	Unlocked after receicing a Hammer.
Red Shell Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Red Shell Bros. Attack.	Bros. Bean x1 Super Mushroom x2	Unlocked after beating Gorumbla.
Green Shell Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Green Shell Bros. Attack.	Bros. Bean x1 Syrup Jar x3	Unlocked after beating Gorumbla.
Hatch Me if You Can Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Hatch Me if You Can Bros. Attack.	Heart Bean x2 Defense Bean x1	Unlocked on the way to Lottacoins Island.
Zapperator Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Zapperator Bros. Attack.	Stache Bean x2 Speed Bean x1	Unlocked on the way to Lottacoins Island.
Bomb Derby Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Bomb Derby Bros. Attack.	Speed Bean x3 Power Bean x2	Unlocked after visiting Heatfreeze Island for the first time.
Jump Helmet Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Jump Helmet Bros. Attack.	Heart Bean x3 Bros. Bean x2	Unlocked after visiting Heatfreeze Island for the first time.
Clockout Blow Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Clockout Blow Bros. Attack.	Stache Bean x3 Bros. Bean x3	Unlocked after relinking Twistee and Heatfreeze Island.
Yoo Who Cannon Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Yoo Who Cannon Bros. Attack.	Speed Bean x3 Defense Bean x3	Unlocked after relinking Twistee and Heatfreeze Island.
Conductor Connector Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Conductor Connector Bros Attack.	Master Boots x1 Power Bean DX x1 Heart Bean x3	Unlocked after getting Conductor Connector.
Max-Mix Vortex Expert		Get 30 EXCELLENTs with the Max-Mix Vortex Bros. Attack.	Master Hammer x1 Defense Bean DX x1 Speed Bean x3	Progressing through the story
Watchful Eye		Dodge or counter attacks 100 times.	1-Up DX x1	Unlocked from the start.
Damage Dodger		Win 100 battles without taking damage.	Stache Bean x2 Power Bean x2 Heart Bean x2	Unlocked from the start.
Lucky Star		Get 250 LUCKY ratings.	Luck Charm DX x1 Stache Bean DX x1 Speed Bean DX x1	Unlocked from the start.
Item Buffet		Use items in battle 20 times.	Defense Bean x1 1-Up Mushroom x2	Unlocked from the start.
Flying Start		Start battles with first strikes 30 times.	Speed Bean x2 Super Nut x1	Unlocked from the start.
Monster Buster		Defeat 999 enemies.	Stache Bean DX x1 Power Bean x3 Ultra Candy x3	Unlocked from the start.
Zokket Buster		Defeat 250 Zok Troopers	Defense Bean DX x1 Bros. Bean x2 Max Syrup Jar x3	Unlocked on the way to Lottacoins Island.
Minion Buster		Defeat 300 of Bowser's minions.	Heart Bean DX x1 Stache Bean x2 Max Nut x2	Unlocked after restoring the Heatfreeze Island Lighthouse.
Glohm Buster		Defeat 150 Glohm enemies.	Bros. Bean DX x1 Defense Bean x2 Max Candy x2	Unlocked after restoring the Heatfreeze Island Lighthouse.
Coin Enthusiast		Receive a total of 5,000 coins in battle.	Stache Bean x1 Super Syrup Jar x1	Unlocked from the start.
Coin Collector		Receive a total of 15,000 coins in battle.	Stache Bean x3 Heart Bean x2 Ultra Candy x1	Unlocked after clearing Coin Enthusiast Challenge.
Coin King		Receive a total of 50,000 coins in battle.	Golden Stache Gloves x1 Speed Bean DX x1 Defense Bean x1	Unlocked after clearing Coin Collector Challenge.
A Painful Blow		Deal 1,000 damage or more with one attack.	Power Bean x2 Defense Bean x2 Ultra Syrup Jar x3	Unlocked from the start.
A More Painful Blow		Deal 1,500 damage or more with one attack.	Bros. Bean DX x1 Heart Bean x3 1-Up DX x3	Clear Challenge A Painful Blow to unlock.
An Even More Painful Blow		Deal 2,000 damage or more with one attack.	Up-Front Belt x1 Power Bean DX x2 Stache Bean DX x1	Clear Challenge A More Painful Blow to unlock.
Doom Dodger		Win 100 battles in a row without getting a Game Over.	Heart Bean x2 Bros. Bean x2 Super Candy x3	Unlocked from the start.
Do It Yourself		Defeat 300 enemies without equipping any wear, gloves, or accessories.	Last-Ditch Gloves x1 Speed Bean DX x2 Heart Bean DX x1	Unlocked from the start.

Gear

Main article: List of Mario & Luigi: Brothership gear

Different types of gear return in this game, such as gloves. In addition, POW is displayed separately for Boots and Hammers. Each bro only has one gear slot at the beginning of the game, but one more can be unlocked through rank-up bonus as wears have been moved to be part of the main gear.

Characters

Playable characters

Mario

Luigi

Supporting characters

Connie A Wattanist whose job is to care for the Uni-Tree.	Snoutlet Your guide, who likes to camp out under Luigi’s cap and is certainly not a pig.	Princess Peach The beloved princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.	Starlow	IDLE A group of rambunctious kids who are eager to help, but not very good at it.
Ireen A pink Concordian and a quarter of the IDLE team.	Dulles A green Concordian and a quarter of the IDLE team.	Loog A blue Concordian and a quarter of the IDLE team.	Ellow A yellow Concordian and a quarter of the IDLE team.	Buddy A childlike Concordian wearing a scarf and a beanie who befriends Bowser Jr. after ending up on Offlandon Island.
Technikki A thin, blue, adult-like Concordian with wrench-themed goggles said to be a "resident genius."	Maykit A green, childlike Concordian wearing an apron with a Hammer print who is the daughter of Willma.	Billdit A yellow, adult-like Concordian wearing a hachimaki who is the son of Willma.	Issa Rock	File:MLB Funky Plug.png Dyode An adult-like Concordian who wears headphones and disco-like attire.
Emmit A blue, adult-like Concordian who wears glasses and headphones with a mic attached.	File:MLB Lipstick Plug.png Willma Maykit's mother and chief of Rumbla Island.	A blue, adult-like Concordian and a third of a trio of gossiping aunties.	A red, adult-like Concordian and a third of a trio of gossiping aunties.	A yellow, adult-like Concordian and a third of a trio of gossiping aunties.
File:MLB Beret Plug.png Arc A teal, childlike Concordian wearing a beret with a compass attached.	Spiralia An adult-like Concordian with a ponytail and wearing a dress with a spiral design.	File:MLB Fire Plug.png Burnadette A red, adult-like Concordian with fire-themed attire who is Chilliam's bride.	File:MLB Ice Plug.png Chilliam A thin, blue, adult-like Concordian with ice-themed attire who is Burnadette's bridegroom.	Dorrie
File:MLB Bean Man.png Grandpy Turnips	Golden Grandpy Turnip	Toads (red, yellow, green, blue, purple)	Birdo	Cozette
Great Conductor

Antagonists

Zokket's army

Zokket The mysterious villain who is spreading Glohm throughout Concordia.

Extension Corps (Ecks, Ten and Shun) Zokket's fearsome (?) band of helpers.

Sharpcask A high-ranking member of Zokket's army, rolling a cask like a bowling ball.

File:MLB Pitcher Plant.png Gobblick A pitcher plant-like creature and a high-ranking member of Zokket's army.

Zokket's minions (including Sharpcask, Snaptors, and a variety of Zok Troopers)

Reclusa The true mastermind behind Zokket and his forces, who seeks to destroy all bonds in favor of pure isolation.

Bowser and his Minions

Bowser This spiny-shelled menace may be strong, but his breath isn't everything.

Bowser Jr.

Bowser's Minions (including Kamek, Koopa Troopas, & Goombas)

Other

Yoshi	Lakitus	Sharkbones	Glohm Sharkbones	Shy Guys in Shy Guy Airtubs
Bees	Seagulls

Enemies

Normal enemies

Levels for enemies may vary depending on the location in which the enemies are fought.

Image	Name	LV(s)	HP	EXP	Coins	Location
	Seedle	1	N/A	1	1	Conductor Island (LV1) Rumbla Island (LV1)
File:MLB Sprout Guys.png	Seedle R	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	Florall Island (LV8)
	Hydro Seedle	9/16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Florall Island (LV9) Liil Islet (LV16)
	Seedlusa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree
	Guardarm	1	N/A	2	3	Rumbla Island (LV1)
File:MLB Chameleon Enemy.png	Invizilizard	4	N/A	6	4	Raynforst Island (LV3)
	Invizilizard R	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Allsand Island (LV16)
	Glohm Invizilizard R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Parashoot	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Raynforst Island (LV4)
File:MLB Flying Plant.png	Bumbleshoot	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Twistee Island (LV5)
	Glohm Bumbleshoot	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Twistee Island (LV30)
	Soreboar	4	N/A	5	4	Twistee Island (LV4)
	Glohm Soreboar	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Twistee Island (LV29)
	Capnap	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 1 (LV11) Liil Islet (LV16)
	Capnap R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bulbfish Island (LV19)
	Spikely	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 1 (LV10) Merrygo Island (LV13)
	Big Spikely	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	Merrygo Island (LV15)
File:MLB Drill Enemy.png	Drillby	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Desolatt Island (LV13) Liil Islet (LV16)
	Drillby R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island (LV24)
	Glohm Drillby	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
File:MLB Red Bird.png	Snaptor	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	Desolatt Island (LV13) Lottacoins Island (LV16) Merrygo Island (LV13)
	Glohm Snaptor	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
File:MLB Evil Cables.png	Helmet Zok Trooper	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	Lottacoins Island (LV16) Great Lighthouse Island 2 (LV17)
	Glohm Helmet Zok Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Spike Zok Trooper	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	Lottacoins Island (LV16) Great Lighthouse Island 2 (LV18) Great Lighthouse Island 3 (LV26) Great Lighthouse Island 4 (LV34) Fortress Zokket (LV35, LV38)
	Glohm Spike Zok Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket (LV38)
	Zokkarang Trooper	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 2 (LV18) Heatfreeze Island (LV21) Great Lighthouse Island 3 (LV26) Fortress Zokket (LV35, LV38)
	Glohm Zokkarang Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket (LV38)
	Ring Zok Trooper	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV21) Great Lighthouse Island 3 (LV26) Great Lighthouse Island 4 (LV34) Fortress Zokket (LV38)
	Glohm Ring Zok Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Jet Zok Trooper	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket (LV35, LV38)
	Glohm Jet Zok Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Krode	14	N/A	72	32	Merrygo Island (LV14)
	Krode R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Merrygo Island
	Glohm Krode	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Shower Fish	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	Allsand Island (LV17)
	Glohm Shower Fish	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Curlup	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV22)
	Icead	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV21)
	Glohm Icead	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island (LV23)
	Magmad	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV21)
	Glohm Magmad	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV24)
	Spike	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island (LV24)
	Glohm Spike	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island (LV24) Great Lighthouse Island 4 (LV34)
	Goomba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island Offlandon Island (LV27) Bowser's Castle (LV32)
	Koopa Troopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island Offlandon Island (LV28) Bowser's Castle (LV32)
	Glohm Koopa Troopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree
	Koopa Paratroopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Slippenglide Island Heatfreeze Island
	Glohm Koopa Paratroopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Bob-omb	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV24, LV29)
File:MLB Punching Punching Bag.png	Palooka	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV25)
	Palooka R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket (LV38)
	Glohm Palooka R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree
	Piranha Plant	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV25)
	Glohm Piranha Plant	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Hammer Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV25, LV30) Bowser's Castle (LV30)
	Glohm Hammer Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree (LV43)
	Fire Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV25, LV30)
	Glohm Fire Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV29)
	Ice Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Skorcheen Island (LV25, LV29, LV30)
	Glohm Ice Bro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV29)
File:MLB Pink Fly.png	Foopfly	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bulbfish Island (LV20)
	Foopfly R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket (LV38)
	Glohm Foopfly R	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree (LV43)
File:MLB Gold Pillar Thing.png	Millton	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Offlandon Island (LV27)
	Spiny	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV29)
	Dry Bones	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Heatfreeze Island (LV29)
	Magikoopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bowser's Castle (LV32)
	Glohm Magikoopa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree
	Shy Guy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bowser's Castle (LV32)
	Boo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bowser's Castle (LV32)
	Weeping Trooper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree (LV43)
	Reclusiff	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree (LV43)
	Doom Bloom	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree

Bosses

Image	Boss	LV	HP	EXP	Coins	Location
	Gorumbla	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rumbla Island
File:MLB Pitcher Plant.png	Gobblick	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 1
	Ten	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	Desolatt Island
	Mega Snaptor	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Lottacoins Island
	Sharpcask	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 2
	Pipegunk	27	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 3
	Bowser	33	N/A	N/A		Bowser's Castle
	Glohm Bowser	36	N/A	N/A		Fortress Zokket
	Great Conductor	36	N/A	N/A	N/A	Conductor Island
	Glohm Gobblick	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 1
	Glohm Sharpcask	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 2
	Glohm Pipegunk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Great Lighthouse Island 3
	Extension Corps (Ecks, Ten and Shun)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket
	Ecks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ten	39	N/A	N/A	N/A	Desolatt Island
	Shun	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Zokket	40	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fortress Zokket
	Glohm Gorumbla	41	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rumbla Island
	Reclusa	46	N/A	N/A	N/A	Soli-Tree

Special moves

Bros. Moves

• UFO Spin, a UFO-like move that allows Mario and Luigi to fly and reach farther areas.
  • UFO Vacuum, an upgraded UFO Spin that allows Mario and Luigi to suck up objects when doing UFO Spin.
• Bro Ball, a move that turns Mario and Luigi into a ball and allows them to pass through round pipes or roll through rails.
  • Ball Blitz, an upgraded Bro Ball that lets Mario and Luigi charge up and dash through wind and slopes.
• Fire & Ice, a move that turns Mario and Luigi into Fire Mario and Ice Luigi respectively
  • Bro Bomb, an upgraded Fire & Ice that lets Mario and Luigi charge up a projectile and explode giant dark rocks.

These moves are accessed on a radial menu, with UFO Spin on the right, Bro Ball on the bottom, Fire & Ice on the left, and regular field abilities on the top.

Locations

The following is a list of locations in the game.

• Lushgreen Sea (フォレストン海域 Foresuton-kaiiki): a sea with a light blue sky
  • Rumbla Island (グラングラン島 Guranguran-jima): An island filled with lumpy, hard objects, including the sacred Rumbla Dish. Objects made by the island's residents, who love to make things, are displayed throughout the island.
  • Raynforst Island (ジャン・グール島 Jan-Gūru-jima): An island made up of a jungle where it always rains.
  • Florall Island
  • Twistee Island (ツイス島 Tsuisu-jima): An island for tourism with abundant nature. A large tree called the "twiss tree" grows on the island and serves as its landmark.
  • Great Lighthouse Island
  • Smahl Islet
  • Morsel Islet
  • Dropplet Islet
  • Weeping-Lion Reef
  • Pensive Reef
  • Squiddish Reef
• Color-Full Sea: A sea with a teal sky
  • Desolatt Island (サビレッタ島 Sabiretta-jima): An island with various old buildings, with kidnapping birds frequently coming to the island and taking the island's inhabitants away.
  • Lottacoins Island (ゼニアレバー島, Zeniarebā-jima): An urban island that has contributed to the economic development of Concordia.
  • Merrygo Island: A circus-themed island.
  • Allsand Island (スナバッカ島 Sunabakka-jima): An island consisting of a desert.
  • Great Lighthouse Island
  • Minmin Islet
  • Dinkee Islet
  • Shroonken Islet
  • Liil Islet: A barren islet with several enemies and items
  • Teenytiny Islet
  • Broque Reef
  • Mysterious Swirled Reef
  • Eternal-Struggle Reef
  • Just-a-Fluke Reef
  • Omnious Reef
• Brrrning Sea: a sea with a blue sky
  • Heatfreeze Island (カンダーン島, Kandān-jima): An island comprising magma on one half and the other half made of ice, inhabited by the Skorcheen and Slippenglide peoples.
  • Slippenglide Island: A snow-filled island with a large ice cream bowl as a prominent landmark.
  • Skorcheen Island: A volcanic island.
  • Bulbfish Island
  • Great Lighthouse Island
  • Bitsi Islet
  • Compac Islet: An icy islet with an NPC surrounded and trapped by ice blocks.
  • Itsi Islet
  • Inphant Islet
  • Petit Islet
  • Racers' Reef
  • Feathered-Family Reef
  • Rooted-Turnip Reef
  • Shower Reef
  • Mushroob Reef
• Gulchrock Sea: A sea with a purple sky
  • Offlandon Island
  • Wayaway Island
    • Bowser's Castle
  • Great Lighthouse Island
  • Fortress Zokket
  • Mynor Islet
  • Nanoh Islet
  • Paquette Islet
  • Meeger Islet
  • Teensi Islet
  • Cozee Islet
  • Daintye Islet
  • Off-Course Reef
  • Tumbling-Tower Reef
  • Lovestruck Reef
  • Cater-Pillar Reef
• Stormstar Sea: A sea with a dark blue sky
  • Conductor Island
  • Soli-Tree
  • Jellyfish Island
  • Shrimpee Islet
  • Mykroh Islet
  • Dream-Guardian Reef
  • Gardener's Reef
  • Princely Reef

Items

• Mushrooms: Restores 30 HP.
• Super Mushrooms: Restores 60 HP.
• Ultra Mushrooms: Restores 130 HP.
• Max Mushrooms: Restores 200HP.
• Syrup Jars: Restore 10 BP.
• Super Syrup Jars: Restores 20 BP.
• Ultra Syrup Jars: Restores 30 BP.
• Max Syrup Jars: Restores 40 BP.
• 1-Up Mushrooms: Revives a downed brother with 50% HP.
• 1-Up DXs: Revives a downed brother with 100% HP.
• Refreshing Herbs: Cures status ailments like Trip, Dizzy, Burn, and Ice. Sometimes cures other ailments too.
• Ampberries: Cures the Glohm status ailment.
• Nuts: Restores each brother's HP by 20 HP.
• Super Nuts: Restores each brother's HP by 40 HP.
• Ultra Nuts: Restores each brother's HP by 70 HP.
• Max Nuts: Restores each brother's HP by 110 HP.
• Candies: Restores HP and BP by 30%.
• Super Candies: Restores HP and BP by 50%.
• Ultra Candies: Restores HP and BP by 70%.
• Ultra Candies: Restores HP and BP by 100%.
• Boo Biscuits: Makes the user invincible against monster attacks for a while and lets them dodge.
• Standard Baits: An excellent bait for beginners. You can catch basically anything with it.
• Handcrafted Baits: This bait is best for catching fish that go into making equipment.
• Rarest Baits: This bait is best for catching fish that can be sold for high price.

Beans

• Heart Bean: Adds 1 to max HP.
• Heart Bean DX: Adds 3 to max HP.
• Bros. Bean: Adds 1 to max BP.
• Bros. Bean DX: Adds 3 to max BP.
• Power Bean: Adds 1 to POW.
• Power Bean DX: Adds 3 to POW.
• Defense Bean: Adds 1 to DEF.
• Defense Bean DX: Adds 3 to DEF.
• Speed Bean: Adds 1 to SPEED.
• Speed Bean DX: Adds 3 to SPEED.
• Stache Bean: Adds 1 to STACHE.
• Stache Bean DX: Adds 3 to STACHE.

Crafting materials

• Rumbla Stones: A large rock obtained on Rumbla Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Raynforst Vines: A vine obtained on Raynforst Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Twistee Leaves: A leaf obtained on Twistee Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Desolatt Scraps: A metal sheet obtained on Desolatt Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Merrygo Bolts: A bolt obtained on Merrygo Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Lottacoins Levers: A lever obtained on Lottacoins Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Bulbfish Lanterns: A lantern obtained on Bulbfish Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Heatfreeze Ores: An ore obtained on Heatfreeze Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Slippenglide Snows: Snow obtained on Slippenglide Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Skorcheen Lavas: Lava obtained on Skorcheen Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Offandon Bricks: A brick obtained on Offandon Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Wayaway Chains: A chain obtained on Wayaway Island. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Glohm Dusts: Dust obtained from Glohm enemies. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Glohm Fragments: A fragment obtained from Glohm enemies. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Glohm Crystals: A crystal obtained from Glohm enemies. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Offins: A fish that can easily be caught in any sea. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Egobies: This fish might deign to be caught in any sea. Can be used as material to make equipment.
• Coinfishes: A fish found in most seas. Fetches a fairly high price.
• Bullionfishes: A fish found in every sea. Fetches a pretty high price.
• Treasurefishes: A fish only found in the Gulchrock and Stormstar Seas. Fetches an impressively high price.
• Seedle Seeds: A seed obtained from a Seedle. Maybe hold on to it for now?
• Sharkbone Bones: A bone obtained from a Sharkbone. There's no real point in keeping it.
• Zokket Alloys: An allow scavenged from a Zok Trooper. Can be used as material to craft gear.
• Apple Cores: An apple core picked up on Desolatt Island. It's picked clean down to the apple bones.

Other Items

• Patriarc's Note 1: A note you found in the Lushgreen Sea Great Lighthouse.
• Fishing Rod: A standard tool for catching fish. Use it as Shipshape Island's fishing spot.
• Patriarc's Note 2: A note you found in the Color-Full Sea Great Lighthouse.
• Oversized Screw: A huge screw found on Bulbfish Island. Just an unreasonably large screw.
• Spare Underground Key: Key to the underground area on Bulbfish Island.
• Patriarc's Note 3: A note you found in the Brrrning Sea Great Lighthouse.
• Disguise Kit: Technikki's way for Mario and Luigi to avoid detection by Bowser's minions on Offandon Island.
• Jail Cell Key: A key that opens cell doors in the Offandon Island jail.
• Patriarc's Note 4: A note you found in the Gulchrock Sea Great Lighthouse.
• Club Dyode Tickets: No entry without a ticket. Show this to the doorman in black to get in.
• Adaphne Scope: A tool built by Adaphne to help you find Zokket Alloy.
• Technikki Scope Deluxe: Technikki's refinement of the Adaphne Scope. Makes Zokket Allow even easier to find.
• MaxGlam Wax: Spiralia's homemade pomade. Holds any hairstyle permanently in place. ANY hairstyle.
• Notebook: A notebook buried under a streetlamp. Nothing is written on it.
• Incident Report: Notebook from the security guard on Bulbfish Island. Snoutlet is taking notes for you about the incident.
• Old Brooch: Brooch from Desolatt Island. It's engraved with, "IDLE will always have your back, Mom!"
• Hottato Stew: The Boilin people's signature dish. Very spicy. Like, unnecessarily spicy.
• Pile of Ampberries: Fruit from Bowser's Castle on Wayaway Island. Eating it builds resistance to Glohm.
• Part of Bowser's Airship: Component found in Bowser's Castle. Can be used to upgrade Shipshape Island.
• Stickem Oil: Wildly sticky oil from Face Rock on Allsand Island. Real, real sticky.
• Floaty Ring: A floaty thing borrowed on Jellyfish Island. Enables safe jumps into a pool from high up.
• Bonding Can: A watering can that collects the power of the Bonds between those with deep connections.
• Arc's Spyglass: Arc's favorite spyglass.
• Technikki's Certification: A certificate showing Technikki won first place in a genius-inventor contest.
• Chill-Out Fruit: A squishy fruit from Twistee Island. Somehow it immediately puts one at ease.
• Pep-Up Fruit: A fruit you found on Raynforst Island. Has a STRONG taste, so be careful.
• Willma's Letter: A heartfelt letter from Willma to her beloved son/daughter.
• Suspicious Package: A package you received on Rumbla Island. Do not open it under any circumstances.
• Ultra-Sweet, Super-Rich Cake: A fancy cake from the fancy bakers of Lottacoins Island. Sure to please even the pickiest of cake eaters.
• Sugared Powder: This special snow is found only on Slippenglide Island. It's a key ingredient for a certain type of white chocolate.
• Potato Gelato: Freezin Village's signature dish. Deep frozen and very sweet.

Objects

• ? Block
• A blue block with a rotation symbol
• A block resembling a Warp Block from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
• Save Block
• Lift
• Command Block
• Return Pipe
• A cannon that also works as a telescope
• A grounded seesaw-like object
• Hovering flower platforms that bounce Mario and Luigi, similar to Hat Trampolines or Spindrifts
• Recovery block

Controls

Field

• — Move
• — Select / Jump (Mario)
• — Cancel / Jump (Luigi)
• — Swing Hammer (Mario)
• — Swing Hammer (Luigi)
• — Allows Luigi to act on his own / Luigi Logic
• — Open Side Quests Menu
• — Use Return Pipe
• — Open Menu
• — Open Ocean Map (Only on Shipshape Island)
• — Select Bros. Moves

UFO Spin

• — Spin
• — Stop
• Hold — Vacuum

Bro Ball

• — Dash
• — Brake
• Hold — Accelerate
• Release — Launch

Fire & Ice

• — Throw Fire Ball
• — Throw Ice Ball
• Hold / — Charge Bro Bomb
• Release / — Throw Bro Bomb

Cannon/Telescope

• — Open Ocean Map
• — Reset telescope
• — Zoom with telescope / Fire at island (when discovered)
• — Back

Ocean Map

• — Toggle fast sailing mode
• — Select current
• / — Zoom out / zoom in
• — Back

Battle

Moves

• — Select / Confirm
• — Cancel
• / — Mario action
• / — Luigi action
• — Certain actions requiring both brothers during Bros. Attacks

Differences from other Mario & Luigi games

• Mario and Luigi are shown to both participate with each other in regular Jump and Hammer attacks, using buttons that correspond with each brother as with Bros. Attacks.
• Enemies have their health shown as health bars, beneath their name and level, when selected.
• Characters now have more voice acting, with unique vocal samples given to NPCs during dialogue similar to the Nintendo Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
• Upon initiating a battle, instead of Mario and Luigi just being in the battle, they run towards where the enemies are in battle.
• When the rear brother is hit from behind, it no longer causes the Trip status. Instead, it lets the enemy attack first, regardless of Speed stat.
• Luigi does not need to be controlled directly to jump over steps in the overworld when following Mario. He can act independently from Mario on command using , like stopping in place or doing something separately, unlike in previous games, where he always follows (or leads) Mario unless they are separated with field moves such as mini Mario.
• is now used for selecting a battle command for Luigi instead of , which instead cancels a battle command (done by in previous titles)
• HP Up+ Rank-Up bonus only gives +1 HP per level up instead of 2.
• Jump and Hammer attack stats are shown separately from the POW stat in previous Mario & Luigi games.
• Spin Jumps has been replaced by the brothers turning into a UFO.
• A Wiggler does not appear as a boss in any form.
• Wears have been moved to be part of the main gears like Boots and Hammers and are sold in the same type of shop, the maximum amount of accessory slots is lowered to two to compensate and there is only one Gear Slot+1 Rank-Up Bonus option available instead of two.
• Tutorial battles no longer have characters instructing the player on battle moves, as tip prompts in this game pop on the screen.
• If no inputs are made when selecting a Command Block in the middle of a battle, the game will go into an idle mode where the camera will switch between various angles of Mario, Luigi, and the enemy.
• All returning Bros. Attacks have changed and end with a stylish cutscene when performed perfectly.
  • Red Shell no longer works virtually the same as Green Shell, it passes between Mario and Luigi directly, the end starts with Luigi lobbing the red shell up and Mario strikes it at one enemy only. It can target enemies in the air.
  • Green Shell starts the same but ends with Luigi kicking it to the side then curves to hit all ground enemies.
  • Bomb Derby starts the same but ends with a bomb being hit up and summoning missiles to damage all enemies
  • Jump Helmet works similarly to its 2D counterpart, instead of the wearer moving back and forth when jumping closer to the enemy from the back of the battlefield, the brothers walk to the foreground and move left and right. Also, the roles have been reversed as Mario is the one wearing the Jump Helmet and Luigi is the one jumping.
  • Yoo Who Cannon starts the same but adds an extra cannon behind the enemies, each successful hit causes the cloned brother to bounce off the enemies and fall into the cannon, making it even bigger, and finally it can be shot to damage all enemies.
• The bros can now level up twice than usual after beating certain boss fights.
• Save files are now saved, loaded, and copied in the same manner to Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Additionally, there are now five save files instead of two, like in Odyssey.
• At certain points, the player can choose what they would like to do next. The story can be slightly or drastically altered as a result of this.
• The final boss has several differences from those in the previous games:
  • The area in which they are fought is not a castle as is the case in the previous games, taking place in a tree.
  • As the main antagonist, they do not have a different form.
  • They are airborne, while the others are on the ground.
  • They are not Bowser or connected to him in any way.
  • They do not have separate targets for which the player is required to disable in order to target the main part.

Reception

Critical reception

Upon its release, Mario & Luigi: Brothership was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Most reviewers praised the game's unique art style and refined battle mechanics, with particular attention given to the new Battle Plug system. Many critics also praised the game's writing, appreciating the humorous and heartfelt elements throughout the story and its characters. However, Brothership recieved criticism for its pacing and overall length, with many reviewers feeling that the game felt padded out with an overabundence of tutorials and side content. Concerns were also raised over the game's performance on the Nintendo Switch, with stuttering and frame drops being commonly mentioned as negatives.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo Switch	Ozzie Mejia, Shacknews	9/10	"It takes a special kind of game to stand among the ranks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario & Luigi: Brothership is on that level with an unforgettable story, lovable characters, a deeper-than-expected combat system, and beautifully drawn environments. After so many hours spent playing the game and additional hours of giving it some extra thought, this could very well be the peak of Mario's RPG adventures to date."
Nintendo Switch	Shannon Liao, Inverse	8/10	"Bringing classic RPG elements with more robust animation and fresh writing, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a meaty feast for the eyes. It clearly has a lot of heart, too, especially for a game meant for kids. I was excited to see the all-new original story and where it would take the brothers, but Brothership doesn’t hit its stride until 20 hours in — and even then, its story beats are largely predictable. Brothership is a sleek product that’s designed to be entertaining. You can never really be disappointed, but nor are you really surprised too often. For those who do decide to delve in and grind to the end, Brothership has a message about how we’re all in this together."
Nintendo Switch	Christian Donlan, Eurogamer	4/5	"While Brothership isn't the series at its very best, it's still a Mario & Luigi RPG, and these always contain moments of colour and wit and invention that I'm extremely glad I was present for. Mario and Luigi are already money in the bank, in other words. Throw in a bit of island hopping and I'm still happy."
Nintendo Switch	Steve Watts, Gamespot	6/10	"The Mario & Luigi games are full-fledged RPGs, but they're compact, usually topping out at around 25 hours. Brothership seemed intent on hitting a lengthier playtime, and it just can't sustain itself for that long. That length may have been born from a desire to create a big, meaty RPG, but in the end, it mostly serves to accentuate the simplicity in all aspects. Stretched over so many hours, exploration becomes dull, combat feels repetitive, and the story can't sustain itself. Mario & Luigi: Brothership is well made and has some great ideas, but in breaking free of its handheld limitations, it becomes too ambitious for its own good."
Nintendo Switch	Logan Plant, IGN	5/10	"Mario & Luigi: Brothership – the only fully original adventure so far in this plumber roleplaying renaissance – is easily the worst of the bunch, and an incredibly frustrating return for a series I hold dear. Apart from its action-packed, turn-based battles, it fails in almost every way to recapture the magic of the best Mario & Luigi games while also clinging to their bad habits like ridiculously chatty dialogue, overbearing hand-holding, and boring, runtime-padding fetch quests. Couple that with shockingly bad performance issues that distract at nearly every turn, and the nearly 10-year wait for a brand new Mario & Luigi game hardly felt worth it by the time the credits rolled."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		79

Staff

Main article: List of Mario & Luigi: Brothership staff

This game marks the first time in the Mario & Luigi series where Yoko Shimomura is not involved as a composer, as Hideki Sakamoto has been confirmed to fill that role for the game instead. Sakamoto previously worked on music arrangements for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and composed "Lifelight", the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

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  Zokket and the Extension Corps

References to other media

• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Normal Jump and Hammer attacks are similar to Bros. Attacks where the brothers do not use items and simply doing acrobatics. One of the Luigi Logics has him enter a barrel while peeking out from the top, similar to what he can do when popping out from the ground under a barrel after Dunk Hammer. Sharkbones return despite not technically fightable. A rock sculpture of Prince Peasley can be discovered on the Shipshape Island map, named Princley Reef.
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: On the Shipshape Island map, the player may discover a giant Shroob-like sculpture named the Mushroob Reef. The Bros. Ball move returns.
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: Some of the bros' animations were translated into 3D from this game. A rock-strewn statue of Broque Monsieur can be seen on Shipshape Island. The Broque Reef which features a giant carving of Broque Monsieur is also visible on the Color-Full Sea. The Yoo Who Cannon and Jump Helmet reprise their roles as Bros. Attacks. There is a minigame to bloom flowers to form a path which is similar to the one in Arm Center. Also, "Chippy" (the name Bowser gave to Starlow during the game) returns.
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: Some of the bros' animations were translated into 3D from this game. Some of Peach and Bowser's voice clips are reused from this game. Bomb Derby reprises its role as a Bros. Attack; Max-Mix Vortex and Luiginary Typhoon function virtually the same after the windup, using the / to move the typhoon/tornado around while mashing for the Luiginoids to hammer enemies or for both bros to throw fire and ice balls at them. Also, Capnaps, Magmads and Iceads return as enemies, and the letter "R" is again used to indicate a harder version of enemy variants. A rock sculpture of the Zeekeeper can be discovered on the Shipshape Island map, named Dream-Guardian Reef.
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: The brothers can flutter when dodging with jumps like Paper Mario when using the Easy-Peasy Counters Battle Plug.
• Yoshi's Story: Some of Yoshi's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Super Mario 64 DS: Some of Yoshi's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Super Mario 3D World: Some of Peach's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Mario Kart 8: Some of Peach's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Super Mario Odyssey: The Mushroom Kingdom appears to be somewhat modeled after its depiction in this game.

References in other games

• Super Mario Run: Nine missions are issued that promote the release of the game. Completing three missions each will award the player with three statues, one modeled after Mario & Connie, one modeled after Luigi and Snoutlet, and a third featuring the Mario Bros. as they appeared in the game. Shipshape Island is given a direct reference in the Mario & Connie Statue's flavor text, while the overall locale of Concordia is given an indirect mention as "islands adrift in the currents" in the Mario & Luigi Statue's flavor text.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオ＆ルイージRPG　ブラザーシップ！ Mario ando Ruīji Āru Pī Jī Burazāshippu!	Mario & Luigi RPG: Brothership!
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐＆路易吉RPG 兄弟齊航！ Mǎlì'ōu & Lùyìjí RPG Xiōngdì Qí Háng!	Mario & Luigi RPG: Brothers Sail Together!
Dutch	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Finnish	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
French (NOA)	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
French (NOE)	Mario & Luigi : L'épopée fraternelle	Mario & Luigi: The brotherly epic
German	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Hebrew	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Italian	Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica	Mario & Luigi: Brothernauts in charge
Korean	마리오&루이지 RPG 브라더십! Mario aen Ru-iji Areu Pi Ji Beuradeosip!	Mario & Luigi RPG: Brothership!
Norwegian	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Portuguese	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Spanish (NOA)	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-
Spanish (NOE)	Mario & Luigi: Conexión fraternal	Mario & Luigi: Brotherly bond/connection
Swedish	Mario & Luigi: Brothership	-

Trivia

• Although the fake Mushroom Kingdom within the Soli-Tree has colored hills resembling those from New Super Mario Bros. Wii in the background, said hills do not show up in the actual Mushroom Kingdom in the opening and ending cutscenes.

External links

• Trailer on YouTube
• Official American game page

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

• Official Japanese game page

Nintendo Europe AG

• Official English game page
• Official German game page