[DS] Mario and Luigi 3: No baby abuse this time (maybe)!

Hahaha, oh man, this game is awesome. If there was anyone here who didn't like Partners in Time, they're going to like this one.

The story so far:

An epidemic is spreading in the Kingdom, causing Toads to massively bloat. Mario and Luigi are called in to discuss how this is happening and what options are available to them. Bowser busts in, gets beaten by Mario in the obligatory training battle, then tossed far away into a forest. You then take control of Bowser (who replaces the Baby Mario Bros. for the X and Y buttons).

After you get to explore a bit and get a feel for what his abilities do, Bowser comes across a strange merchant-like person who offers up a mushroom that'll help him beat Mario. Bowser happily eats it and begins to choke, with the merchant revealing himself to be motherfuckin' Fawful, who then flies off. Bowser's mouth suddenly becomes a massive vortex, sucking in everything.

What I like is that Mario and Luigi now have two timed hits in their regular attacks. In Partners in Time, when you succeeded in a timed hit with one of the brothers, their corresponding baby would flip up and do a hit of their own. Now each brother simply does their own little backflip to do a second timed hit. Glad they decided to spruce it up a bit.

Look forward to this one, people.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Jesus, this game keeps getting better. I just fought a battle that was between

Spoiler:

Giant Bowser and Bowser's Keep

where I had to turn the DS sideways and do the fight with some tastefully done stylus controls.

It just highlights how humorous and interesting the game gets while playing as the Mario and Luigi going throughout Bowser's body. Oftentimes you'll need to augment Bowser's abilities to get through a puzzle he's in the middle of, which most of the time means hammering little balls of electricity at his biceps to temporarily strengthen him. However, I've now given him one new, permanent ability (dash-punch) that destroys stronger materials, and then also greatly increased his size for that boss fight I just mentioned by doing a fairly entertaining shooting minigame.

As long as this game doesn't suddenly crash into shittiness, this is probably going to be my favorite of any Mario RPG. This says a lot, as I'm an avid Paper Mario fan.

Also, here's the catchy boss fight theme I recorded yesterday:

Boss Battle.mp3

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So, this game was finally announced for North America, titled --I shit you not-- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

I still don't know if that's terrible or hilarious.

Additional Spam:
After some thought, I've decided that I would've preferred Mario and Luigi's Inside Job.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I didn't jump right on it since I'd played the shit out of the import, but I have it now and it's still as good as I remember. The writing is, as usual, very good.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?