Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Platform: Nintendo DS
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
It is possible to make a great Nintendo DS game without ever using any of the handheld's touchscreen functions. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time makes up for lack of stylus love by fully embracing the two-screen game format. You control four characters, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Quite often the pairs split up, the babies do their thing on the top screen while the big brothers work on the lower. Many puzzles require cooperation between characters from both generations to solve.
Console-specific traits aside, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time brings two tasty deserts to the RPG table. The writing in the game is phenomenal. The Nintendo of America localization team is really second to none when it comes to sharp, funny writing. Even if you don't know the sources of all the in-jokes, the colorful dialogue is a joy to read.
And then there's the battles. Unlike many traditional RPGs, which can be fought on autopilot, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time gives you something to do during the fight. Bonus damage can be meted out by a carefully timed button press. Assaults can also be avoided by jumping or swinging your hammer at just the right moment. Even cooler are items, like turtle shells, which can be ricoched from Mario, off your enemies head, to Luigi and back again. The longer this triangle of pain can be juggled, the more hurt dealt to foes.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is, like its predecessor Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, both an outstanding introduction to role playing games for newbies and a cutting edge genre example, with new innovations and twists on old formulas.
Recommended.
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
It is possible to make a great Nintendo DS game without ever using any of the handheld's touchscreen functions. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time makes up for lack of stylus love by fully embracing the two-screen game format. You control four characters, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Quite often the pairs split up, the babies do their thing on the top screen while the big brothers work on the lower. Many puzzles require cooperation between characters from both generations to solve.Console-specific traits aside, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time brings two tasty deserts to the RPG table. The writing in the game is phenomenal. The Nintendo of America localization team is really second to none when it comes to sharp, funny writing. Even if you don't know the sources of all the in-jokes, the colorful dialogue is a joy to read.
And then there's the battles. Unlike many traditional RPGs, which can be fought on autopilot, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time gives you something to do during the fight. Bonus damage can be meted out by a carefully timed button press. Assaults can also be avoided by jumping or swinging your hammer at just the right moment. Even cooler are items, like turtle shells, which can be ricoched from Mario, off your enemies head, to Luigi and back again. The longer this triangle of pain can be juggled, the more hurt dealt to foes.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is, like its predecessor Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, both an outstanding introduction to role playing games for newbies and a cutting edge genre example, with new innovations and twists on old formulas.
Recommended.
3 Comments:
mario and luigi partners in time is a great game I would give it 12 out of 10. I like the game because it is a strategy and action.
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