Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Difference between revisions

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In addition to being the first installment in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'']] series, this game is also the third ''Super Mario'' RPG following ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario]]'' respectively. It would itself be succeeded by ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2005. Like ''Paper Mario'' the game is an spiritual successor to ''Super Mario RPG''. It also takes heavy inspiration from ''{{wp|Tomato Adventure}}'', AlphaDream's first Game Boy Advance RPG, featuring very similar graphics, sound effects, and even allusions to certain characters. This game features rumble support if played on a [[Game Boy Player]]. The [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|remake of the ''Mario Bros.'']] arcade game featured in the [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'']] series of games was also included with ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.

Later, the Mario Bros. make it to [[Chateau de Chucklehuck]] to find the reserve. They end up in an unexpected fight with [[Popple]], the shadow thief, and his partner, [[Rookie]], who are both defeated. The brothers soon meet [[Cork and Cask]], the owners of the brewery, who teach them [[Mini-Mario]] and [[Dunk Hammer|Luigi Dunk]]. Mario and Luigi later retrieve three [[Chuckola Fruit]] to give to [[Chuckleroot]]. When they reach Mother Chuckola, they find the creator of [[Chuckola Cola (Mario & Luigi series)|Chuckola Cola]], Bubbles, who is busy telling jokes to the Chuckola Reserve. The soda then transforms into the [[Chuckolator]]. After a battle with the Bros., it is defeated and reverts into normal soda, causing an enraged Bubbles to create a tremor that sends the brothers and the soda underground. Mario lands in the soda and Luigi heads back to Beanbean Castle by doing a barrel run.

|Luigi can hit Mario with his hammer, squishing him into [[Mini-Mario]]. Using this technique, Mario can move into small openings. He can also sense hidden Chuckle Beans and other treasures buried under the ground.

*''[[Donkey Kong]]'': When the [[Border Bro]]s. tell Luigi to jump and then Mario jumps again, they will say "Simmer down, Mario. Give the "Jumpman" routine a rest", Jumpman being one of Mario's development names. Also, at one point Mario rescues Luigi at Woohoo Hooniversity by traversing a stage full of rolling barrels as well as a Skeletal Pirate that resembles [[Donkey Kong]] in charge of [[Barrel (minigame)|Barrel]].

*''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'': The [[Geno]] doll returns as a cameo in the Star 'Stache Smash minigame. Additionally, Mario humming the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme in the shower is first seen in ''Super Mario RPG'', when he is showering in the [[Marrymore]] Suite. Also, "Mario is Everyone's Star", the music played at Mario and Luigi's house as well as the Warp Pipe zones is a cover of "Super Pipe House", the theme from Mario's Pad.