Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: Difference between revisions

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A Nintendo 3DS [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of the game, titled ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', was released in Japan on December 27, 2018 and elsewhere in January 2019. Outside Japan, the release year marks the 10th anniversary of this game. This is the second game in the ''Mario & Luigi'' series after ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' to have a remake.

==Story==

[[File:Bowser's Inside Story ToadBlorbs.png|thumb|The blorbs being discussed.]]

Bowser helps a stranded [[Broque Monsieur]] get back on [[Plack Beach]], where the sentient block rewards him a [[Vacuum Block]], allowing him to control his sucking abilities. After defeating the [[Sea Pipe Statue]], Bowser drinks water which allows Mario and Luigi to enter the [[Pump Works]] and defeat the [[Scutlet (boss)|Scutlet]] bug that was blocking his fire breath at the [[Flame Pipe]]. Starlow starts using the alias "Chippy" to Bowser. After subduing Broque's pet dog [[Broggy]], Bowser enters Dimble Wood, where he eventually comes across three of his minions: [[Sergeant Guy]], [[Corporal Paraplonk]], and [[Private Goomp]]. They plan to retake Bowser's castle with a [[Banzai Bill]] launcher, where Bowser is required to find ammunition. Bowser procures a giant carrot as a makeshift missile, but the owner, a Wiggler, makes him eat it and then attacks him. After he obtains the Banzai Bill from the Wiggler, Bowser is then overcome with stomach pain caused by consuming a parasitic [[Durmite]] along with the carrot; Mario and Luigi defeat it in battle.

[[File:PeachDarkStar.png|left|thumb|Peach tells the story about the Dark Star.]]

Mario and Luigi gain access to the [[Pipe Yard]] in Bowser's body, which allows them to use warp pipes to return to the outside world. They emerge in the [[Toad Town Caves]] themselves and try to head off and stop [[Fawful]], but arrive too late. Fawful takes the Dark Star to Peach's Castle and uses its power to create a barrier preventing the Mario Bros. from following him. With no other option, they head to [[Dr. Toadley]] to try and do something about the blorbs problem instead, but Bowser arrives at the clinic as well and the three battle, with Bowser losing. Dr. Toadley then tells Mario and Luigi that they need to collect three [[Star Cure]]s to cure the blorbs and possibly find a way into the castle. Bowser awakens, hears this, and rushes off, determined to find the cures before the Bros. Dr. Toadley then reveals to Mario and Luigi that the first cure is held by Durmite inside Bowser's body, and they head back in to get it. They locate Durmite immediately, but it flees through an impassable, [[Boo]]-like barrier, stopping the Mario Bros. in their tracks.

==Battle system==

The battle system of ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' is similar to that of its predecessors. There are some new additions to the system. In this installment, all [[Action Command]]s are evaluated based on how well they are performed. There are five evaluation levels. Ranging from the worst to the best, these levels are: Nothing, OK, Good, Great, and Excellent. The better an Action Command is performed, the more damage an attack does. Receiving a Nothing is equivalent to not performing an Action Command at all. This is carried into all the later installments of the series.  

===Stats===

Each brother and Bowser have their own [[Heart Point|HP]], [[Special Point|SP]], POW, DEF, and [[Speed|SPEED]], as well as [[Stache|STACHE]] points for the brothers, and HORN points for Bowser. When they finish a battle, they each gain [[Experience Point|EXP Points]] and [[coin]]s. With enough Experience Points, they can level-up and increase each respective statistic.  

===Special Attacks===

====Bowser Specials====

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!width="20%"|Special Attack

====Mario & Luigi Specials====

[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] obtain these [[Bros. Attack|special attacks]] via [[Attack Piece]]s found by hitting a [[Attack Piece Block]] and numerous other ways.

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'''Mario & Luigi'''

!width=15% style="background:#EEE"|Rank Name

!width=10% style="background:#EEE"|Achieved at Level  

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'''Bowser'''

!width=15% style="background:#EEE"|Rank Name

!width=10% style="background:#EEE"|Achieved at Level  

In the table, the left side of the badge (Luigi's badge) decides how good the action command must be to fill the bar, and how big the effect will be. The right side (Mario's badge) decides what the effect will be.

!width="5%"|Name of Badge

!width="1%"|Icon

|Mario or Luigi must achieve at least an "excellent" rating to fill the meter. If the attacker gets lower than that, his side of the bar empties. If an excellent is not possible at the time, the meter will not break.

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=====Combined effects=====

!Badge

!width="25%"|[[File:MushroomBadge.png]]

!width="25%"|[[File:BrotherBadge.png]]

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|Restores 20% of HP

|Increases Attack Power by 1.2x

|Restores 20% of SP

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|Restores 30% of HP

|Increases Attack Power by 1.5x

|Increases Coins by 1.4x

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|Restores 50% of HP & Cures Status Effects

|Increases Attack Power by 2x

|Restores 50% of SP

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|Restores 100% HP & Cures Status Effects

|Increases Attack Power by 4x

MALBIS Luigi.png|[[Luigi]]

BowserMLBiS.png|[[Bowser]]

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Note that stats listed there are from the North American version of the game. Stats with the Challenge Medal and other versions may vary.

*^m Indicates only Mario can battle them.

*^m&l Indicates only Mario & Luigi can battle them.

*^b Indicates only Bowser can battle them.

====Mushroom Kingdom====

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|[[Peach's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Peach's Castle]]

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====Inside Bowser====

While Bowser explores a 3-D overworld, Mario and Luigi explore a 2-D world inside his body, much like a traditional platformer, though they can go into the 3-D overworld at any time once the Pipe Yard is available. The actual overworld is connected just as it was in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', unlike ''Partners in Time''{{'}}s linear levels. The overworld is up to 4-5 times larger than ''Superstar Saga''{{'}}s overworld. The map in this game consists of a beach, a forest, a cape, the road to Bowser's Castle, Toad Town, Bowser's Castle, Peach's Castle, Grasslands, a railroad, underground, and a lake. In the Nintendo Power review, it was stated that there are tons of sidequests, much to explore, and plenty to do in the free roam overworld.

===Locations===

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*This is the only ''Mario & Luigi'' game to not have a purely snow-, desert-, mountain-, or temple-themed area.

**The [[Airway (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)|Airway]] can be considered a snow- or ice-like area when it is frozen, and [[Plack Beach]] features a mountainous section.

===Gameplay differences===

*This is the first ''Mario & Luigi'' game to have optional bosses, with the exception of three of the four [[Popple]] fights and [[Jojora]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', who are not required to be defeated, but can be defeated for extra experience and items.

*Unlike ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' for the Nintendo DS, this game makes greater use of the DS's touch controls and microphone.

==Reception==

''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' has received critical acclaim, with a score of 91.01% based on 47 reviews on GameRankings<ref>http://www.gamerankings.com/ds/954368-mario-and-luigi-bowsers-inside-story/index.html</ref> and a 90 based on 58 reviews on Metacritic,<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/mario-luigi-bowsers-inside-story</ref> making it the highest-rated out of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' RPG games. Much of the game's praise was directed towards its gameplay, humor, storyline, integration of [[Bowser]] as one of the main protagonists, and innovative use of the [[Nintendo DS]]'s capabilities.

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|"''The Mario & Luigi series has already established itself as a fantastic RPG franchise, and the third game does not disappoint. I have no problem classifying it as the best of the bunch, thanks to an excellent and appropriately surreal script, epic oversized battles, and the fact that Bowser is a playable character and gets most of the gameplay time. Let's hope that this is a jumping-off point for Bowser; this guy really needed a top-billing production!''"

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===Sales===

''Bowser's Inside Story'' has sold 3.81 million copies worldwide as of April 2016,<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2011/110426e.pdf#page=5</ref> making it the best-selling RPG in the ''Super Mario'' franchise.

==Glitches==

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==Gallery==

*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' - The songs "Tough Guy Alert!" and "The Grand Finale" return in this game.

*''[[Nintendo Badge Arcade]]'' - One of the badges in the Pixel Collection set depicts the ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' game card.

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=マリオ＆ルイージRPG3!!!

|JapR=Mario ando Ruīji Āru Pī Jī Surī!!!

|Kor=마리오&루이지 RPG 3 쿠파 몸속 대모험

|KorR=Mario & Ruiji RPG 3 Kupa Momsok Daemoheom

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*[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_Mario_Luigi_IS_ENG.pdf American English manual]

*[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_Mario_Luigi_IS_FR.pdf Canadian French manual]

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