Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the third chapter of the Mario RPG series, won't change critics' minds about Nintendo's reliance on safe sequels. As with the game's predecessors (Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario), there's a comfortable formula at work
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The RPG genre is well-known for random, turn-based battles. Random battles are annoying. Turn-based battles get old. The Mario RPG series has solved both of these issues by having the enemies be visible and adding interactivity to the fights. While
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Portable Review
On the field screen, you control Mario and Luigi simultaneously. The R shoulder button switches between the front brother's actions (such as jump or hammer), and the A button is used to execute those commands. Conversely, the L button is used to switch
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My Gamer
SuperStar Saga mixes the strategy of Mario RPG and the action of Paper Mario. Controlling two characters at the same time allows the designers to create well thought out levels and battle mechanics. The story is simple but it fits the game perfectly. A
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VGPub
The action starts off quite quickly in the Mushroom Kingdom. An evil witch named Cakletta has taken away Princess Peach?s voice and replaces it with explosives. Then in comes Bowser to, once again, kidnap the princess. Fearing damage to his castle due to
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Gamecritics
Like all the best RPGs, Superstar Saga's plot goes through so many augmentations and twists that it's barely worth recounting how things begin, so I'll get this out of the way quickly. The player's initial task is to retrieve Princess Peach's missing
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All RPG
As a quick premise, I should note that my personal history puts a biased spin on my opinion of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. First of all, I am the biggest Super Mario fan I know of. Secondly, the SNES classic Super Mario RPG was the first game whose
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GameCube Advanced
Princess Peach's voice has been stolen by the evil Cackletta, an evil sorceress from Beanbean Kingdom. Why would anyone want Peach's voice? Cackletta has an evil plan to awaken a powerful device called the "Beanstar" and to take over the world. Mario is
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IC-Games
The story in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is that someone has captured Princess Peach's voice. And for once, it seems like Bowser is not involved! Perhaps not the most original storyline, but at least Peach isn't stuck in some castle yet again. Anyhow,
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Netjak
This particular adventure begins with Princess Peach receiving a delegation from the neighboring BeanBean Kingdom. Much to her horror, however, the delegation turns out to be an evil BeanBean witch named Cackletta, who steals the Princess’s beautiful
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AllGame
With a visual style and gameplay inspired by Paper Mario on Nintendo 64, Mario & Luigi teams up the Italian plumbers for an epic adventure outside the familiar confines of the Mushroom Kingdom. A witch has abducted Princess Peach from the claws of Bowser
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