Editing Bros. Move

{{Distinguish|Bros. Attack}}
[[File:M&LSSBMSpinJump.png|thumb|120px|Artwork of [[Spin Jump (Mario & Luigi series)|Spin Jump]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. It is the most common Bros. Move, appearing in most games.]]

'''Bros. Moves''' are special actions that [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] use as a team in the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series. Prior to ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', they are called '''Bros. Actions'''<ref>{{cite|date=2006|title=''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' instruction booklet|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2009|title=''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' instruction booklet|page=21|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-eu}}</ref>, and this term is used in remakes of older games.<ref name="Bowser'sMinionsLaunch">{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=Oct 6, 2017|title=Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions - Nintendo 3DS Launch Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK49yoDQ2AA|timestamp="0.52"|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=Oct 20, 2024}}</ref> "Bros. Actions" is pronounced "Brothers Actions".<ref name="Bowser'sMinionsLaunch"/> Bros. Moves are used in the field of the game to various effects. Commonly, they allow the Mario Brothers to access certain areas or interact with certain objects. Some of them improved versions of their normal skills like [[jump]]ing, others have one brother using an attack on the other brother to some effect, and still others are entirely original. 

Using a Bros. Move requires both brothers to stand next to each other. If they are on separate platforms, or Mario and Luigi are currently separated, then they cannot use Bros. Moves. One common use case for Bros. Moves is allowing one brother to slip through spaces too tight for both of them to cross, which splits the duo up until they reconvene. 

To use a Bros. Move, the Action Icon for that move has to be selected by cycling through Action Icons using {{button|L}} or {{button|R}}. (Certain games make {{button|L}} default back to the first Action Icons, meaning that button cannot be used to reach the Bros. Actions) Then, pressing the {{button|A}} button or the {{button|B}} button starts the move, dependent on which brother has the Action Icon. Some Bros. Moves have further controls. Some Bros. Moves have the first button press set the Bros. in position to use the move, requiring a second button press to start. These Bros. Moves have the other brother's button used as a "BACK" button that returns Mario and Luigi to normal without using the move. A subset of such moves can be concluded early through the "BACK" input. Touching enemies while using a Bros. Move usually causes the move to end while starting the battle, though some Bros. Moves can stun an enemy in the field. Entering battle while using a Bros. Move has no effect, but some of them are jumps and thus can trigger a [[First Strike]] if they land on enemies.

Bros. Moves are typically taught to Mario and Luigi by other characters. Such characters are usually pairs, demonstrating the move themselves as part of the tutorial. Usually, but not always, these characters are color coded red and green to match Mario and Luigi and the user interface. Certain tutorials take the Mario Brothers to a separate area otherwise unused, while others occur on the same map as normal gameplay. Mario & Luigi games sometimes introduce obstacles where a Bros. Move is used in before the interaction where a move is learned, requiring that the player backtrack to use the move against the obstacle. All Bros. Moves are required to complete a game, as obstacles requiring their use are always on the main path through the story.

Some characters who do not teach Bros. Moves are capable of using them.

Bros. Moves are absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', which instead has the characters use [[Trio Move]]s.

==History==
===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
[[File:MLSS-High Jump Tutorial.png|frame|left|The [[Starshade Bros.]] explaining High Jump in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''. Notice that General Starshade is red, and Sergeant Starshade is green.]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', the first game of the series, implements Bros. Actions differently from later games. This game has the move used depend on if either Mario or Luigi are standing behind the other brother and on their current Action Icons. This means that the {{Button|GBA|B}} button starts all Bros. Actions, rather than it being based on the user's button. The narrative assigns Bros. Actions more importance than in other games. The [[Starshade Bros.]], characters who teach the first two Bros. Actions, also introduce the concept of Bros. Actions in a spiel which is not reiterated in later games.

Bros. Actions are learned at the same time as all but two of this game's [[Bros. Attack]]s. The Starshade Bros. explain Bros. Attacks as using the techniques they learn in the field in a battle. In most cases, the Bros. Attack gained alongside a Bros. Action does incorporate that Bros. Action. For example, [[Chopper Bros.]] is the Bros. Attack that is learned with the Bros. Action [[Luigi Dunk]], and Luigi Dunk is part of the attack. However, neither [[Fire Bros.]] nor [[Thunder Bros.]] make use of the Bros. Action they are learned with. Bros. Actions are sometimes used in Bros. Attacks that are unlocked separately from the Bros. Action involved. For instance, [[Cyclone Bros.]] involves using [[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini Mario]]. 

The rear brother can use their [[Hammer]] or [[Hand Power]] on the leading brother before they learn the Bros. Action tied to doing so. The leading brother scolds the other in response.

The Starshade Bros. also mention that "There are more actions that only brothers like you can perform", after teaching the first two Bros. Actions, suggesting that being brothers is related to the ability to use Bros. Actions.

In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'',  Bros. Actions are selected from a menu or by cycling Action Icons exclusively, without swapping Mario and Luigi's positions. The two switch positions so that Mario stands behind Luigi automatically if any Bros. Action Mario initiates is selected. A Hammer or Hand Power can still be used on a brother before learning the associated Bros. Action, though that brother no longer gets angry in response. ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' also makes the the input for using an action correspond with the brother's button, as with later entries in the series. This game assigned the Bros. Actions using the Hammer alternative names.

Mario and Luigi learn the following Bros. Actions:

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!style="background-color:white" |Bros. Attack
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|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[High Jump]]
|Luigi
|Luigi jumps onto Mario. Then, Luigi jumps again while Mario hangs on, getting both of them higher than they would otherwise.
|rowspan=2|[[Stardust Fields]], [[Starshade Bros.]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Check mark.svg|50px]]
|[[Bounce Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Spin Jump (Mario & Luigi series)|Spin Jump]]
|Mario
|Mario jumps onto Luigi. Then they hover while spinning, which can cross wide gaps.
|[[Splash Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini Mario]]/[[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini Hammer]]
|Luigi
|Luigi swings his [[Hammer]] at Mario, causing him to shrink down to half his height. In this state, Mario can walk through small passageways. Doing so separates Mario from Luigi. Mario can still jump and swing his Hammer.
|rowspan=2|[[Chateau de Chucklehuck]], [[Cork and Cask]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:X mark.svg|50px]]
|[[Knockback Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Dunk Hammer|Luigi Dunk]]/[[Dunk Hammer]]
|Mario
|Mario swings his [[Hammer]] at Luigi, pushing him underground. Luigi can move around, potentially passing through fences and separating him from Mario. Luigi can return to the surface with {{button|GBA|A}}. ({{button|3DS|B}} in the remake.) Doing so under [[Bean Hollow|beanhole]]s allows Luigi to retrieve a [[Bean]].
|[[Chopper Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Tickle]]
|Luigi
|Luigi tickles Mario with [[Thunderhand]]. The player holds {{Button|GBA|B}} until Thunderhand is at full power. Once released, both brothers walk in lockstep with each other, and neither brother changes direction as they do so. (Normally, one brother trails behind the other.) It can be used to move in tight spaces and interact with objects without facing them.
|rowspan=2|[[Gwarhar Lagoon]], [[Jellyfish Sisters]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Check mark.svg|50px]]
|[[Thunder Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Dash (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Dash]]
|Mario
|Mario tickles Luigi with [[Firebrand]]. The player holds {{Button|GBA|B}} until Firebrand is at full power. (Holds {{button|3DS|A}} in the remake.) Once released, both brothers race forward at high speed. It can be used to push heavy objects. It can be ended early with {{button|GBA|A}}, or by moving in any other direction.
|[[Fire Bros. (move)|Fire Bros.]]
|-
|}

===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
[[File:Instructions4.png|frame|The comic demonstrating [[Bros. Ball]]]]
''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' also has Bros. Actions. With [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] as playable characters, they can also use Bros. Actions. The Action Icons for Bros. Actions use yellow symbols instead of white ones, differentiating them from the Solo Actions. In addition, certain Bros. Actions can be done by having the adult Mario Bros. use their Bros. Actions on the younger counterparts. These do not have Action Icons since they are not selected.

In this game, Bros. Actions are primarily taught by [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]], in [[Peach's Castle]]. Most of them are created as a means of entertaining [[Baby Peach]], and Mario and Luigi ask to learn them because they could be useful on the field. The two moves where the adults interact with the babies were initially performed on Baby Peach. 

The tutorials for all actions in this game, including Bros. Actions, all take place on a separate map. They use the Top Screen to show a comic depicting the action.

Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi learn the following Bros. Moves:
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|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:M&LPiT Baby Drill Action Icon.png]]<br>[[Baby Drill]]
|Baby Mario and Baby Luigi
|Baby Luigi
|Baby Luigi jumps onto Baby Mario and holds out his Hammer. Then they spin, burrowing into the ground. They can go under barriers and through short openings. They can return to the surface with {{button|DS|X}} or {{button|DS|Y}}. Doing so while under a [[Bean Hollow|mark]] allows them to receive a [[Bean]].
|[[Vim Factory]], two [[Hammer Bros.]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:M&LPiT Spin Jump Action Icon.png]]<br>[[Spin Jump (Mario & Luigi series)|Spin Jump]]
|Mario and Luigi
|Luigi
|Luigi jumps onto Mario. Then they hover while spinning, which can cross wide gaps.
|[[Peach's Castle]] after finishing [[Vim Factory]], [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]].
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:M&LPiT Bros Ball Action Icon.png]]<br>[[Bros. Ball]]
|Mario and Luigi
|Mario
|Mario and Luigi bend while grabbing onto each others legs. Then they can roll around as a ball. It moves faster than walking, and can fit under ceilings the Bros. otherwise cannot. It can also spin against some objects to activate them. Press {{button|DS|A}} or {{button|DS|B}} to return to normal.
|[[Peach's Castle]] after finishing [[Yoshi's Island]], [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]].
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Baby Spin]]
|Baby Mario and Baby Luigi
|Mario and Luigi
|Mario and Luigi bump into Baby Mario and Baby Luigi using the Spin Jump, which sends the babies high into the air while spinning. They drift downward slowly. It can be used to reach high places, distant places, or both.
|[[Peach's Castle]] after finishing [[Gritzy Desert]], [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]].
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Baby Cakes]]
|Baby Mario and Baby Luigi
|Mario and Luigi
|Mario and Luigi roll over Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, flattening them. While the babies are flattened, they can walk beneath low ceilings, and can still jump.
|[[Peach's Castle]] after finishing [[Gritzy Desert]], [[Toadsworth the Younger]].
|}

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
[[File:MLBISDX DrillBros.png|thumb|left|[[Drill Bros.]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'']]
Bros. Actions are used again in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. In this game, Mario and Luigi create each Bros. Action when confronted with specific obstacles, prompted by [[Starlow]]'s explanation of the situation. No tutorials take place on a separate map. 

Mario and Luigi learn the following Bros. Actions:

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|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini-Mario]]
|Luigi
|Luigi swings his Hammer at Mario, causing him to shrink down to half his height. In this state, Mario can walk through small passageways. Doing so separates Mario from Luigi. Mario can still jump and swing his Hammer.
|[[Pump Works]] 
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Spin Jump (Mario & Luigi series)|Spin Jump]]
|Mario
|Mario jumps onto Luigi. Then they hover while spinning, which can cross wide gaps. They can use [[Whirlwind]]s to go farther.
|[[Flab Zone]]
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Drill Bros.]]
|Luigi
|Luigi jumps onto Mario and holds out his Hammer. Then they spin, burrowing into the ground. They can go under fences and through tight corridors while underground. Some areas of [[Bowser's body]] react to being drilled into. Mario and Luigi can return to the surface with {{button|DS|B}} or {{button|DS|A}}. Doing so while under a [[Bean Hollow|suspicious spot]] allows them to receive a bean.
|[[Energy Hold]]
|}

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
[[File:Mario Luigi Massif Spin Jump MLDT.png|thumb|150px|The Mario Bros. using Spin Jump on the Massif Bros, making them Spin Jump]]
Bros. Moves return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. In this game, the majority of them are taught to Mario and Luigi by [[Big Massif]] and [[Lil' Massif]], on [[Mount Pajamaja]]. They are used and taught as part of the tours they lead up the mountain. No tutorials take place on a separate map.

Mole Mario and Mini-Mario are the first Bros. Moves to alternate with each other on a context-sensitive basis, with the same icon having different effects depending on the situation. Ball Hop is the first Bros. Move where either {{button|3DS|A}} or {{button|3DS|B}} can be used to start the move. While on Mount Pajamaja, one sequence has Mario and Luigi Spin Jump into Big Massif and Lil' Massif, enabling the latter duo to use a more powerful version of the Spin Jump.

The [[Mole Hunt old man]] can use [[Mole Mario]] as part of the tutorial for the minigame [[Mole Hunt]].

Bros. Moves cannot be used in the [[Dream World]] by Mario and [[Dreamy Luigi]], a topic that comes up in the story in a section where [[Prince Dreambert]] laments the duo cannot Spin Jump while in [[Dreamy Mount Pajamaja]]. However. Dreamy Luigi has the ability to control [[Luiginary Work]]s, which substitutes for field actions normally assigned to Bros. Moves. One Luiginary Work, the [[Luiginoid Formation]], summons a group of [[Luiginoid]]s that work with Mario. They can perform various moves, some of which are called Luiginary abilities or Luiginary Attacks.

Mario and Luigi learn the following Bros. Moves:
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|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:Luigi Hammer Action Icon MLDT.png|30px]]<br>[[Mole Mario]]
|Luigi
|''Use the B button to change the action icon to the hammer, and then press the B button!''
|Luigi swings his Hammer at Mario. If Mario is on a soft surface, he is pushed underground. On hard surfaces, the same input causes Mini-Mario.  Mario can move around, potentially passing through fences and separating him from Luigi. Mario can return to the surface with {{button|3DS|A}}. Doing so while under a [[Bean Hollow|beanhole]] allows Mario to retrieve a [[bean]].
|[[Dozing Sands]], two [[Shelltop]]s.
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:Luigi Hammer Action Icon MLDT.png|30px]]<br>[[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini-Mario]]
|Luigi
|''Mario shrinks if you hit him with the hammer on a hard surface!''
|Luigi swings his Hammer at Mario. If Mario is on a hard surface, he shrinks down to half his height. On soft surfaces, the same input causes Mole Mario. In this state, Mario can walk through [[small hole]]s. Doing so separates Mario from Luigi. Mario can still jump and swing his Hammer. 
|[[Dozing Sands]], two [[Shelltop]]s.
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:Mario Spin Jump Action Icon MLDT.png|30px]]<br>[[Spin Jump (Mario & Luigi series)|Spin Jump]]
|Mario
|''This move allows you to cross gaps that are too wide to jump!''
|Mario jumps onto Luigi. Then they hover while spinning, which can cross wide gaps.
|[[Mount Pajamaja]], [[Big Massif]] and [[Lil' Massif]].
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[File:Luigi Side Drill Action Icon MLDT.png|30px]]<br>[[Side Drill]]
|Luigi
|''This manoeuvere allows you to go through small holes and gaps!''
|Luigi jumps onto Mario's back. Then they flip forward and spin while moving horizontally. It can fit through tight spaces and break [[hard rock]]s.
|[[Mount Pajamaja]], [[Big Massif]] and [[Lil' Massif]].
|-
|style="background-color: #bfd3e3" |[[Ball Hop]]
|Mario or Luigi
|''Now you can get to places too high to reach with a normal jump!''
|Luigi jumps onto Mario, and they form a ball. Then they perform high bounces in fixed arcs. This both allows them to reach high ledges and control their landings. Press {{button|3DS|A}} or {{button|3DS|B}} to return to normal.
|[[Mount Pajamaja]] (2nd visit), [[Big Massif]] and [[Lil' Massif]].
|}

==Gallery==

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===

<gallery>
High Jump.jpg|Artwork of High Jump
M&LSSBMHighJump.png|Remake artwork of High Jump
Sjump.jpg|Artwork of Spin Jump
M&LSSBMSpinJump.png|Remake artwork of Spin Jump
MLSS-High Jump Tutorial.png|High Jump tutorial from''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
MLSSHighJumpScreenshot.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (High Jump)
MLSSDX HighJump.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (High Jump)
MLSSSpinJumpScreenshot.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (Spin Jump)
MLSSDX SpinJump.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (Spin Jump)
LuigiDunk.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (Luigi Dunk)
MLSSDX DunkHammer.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (Dunk Hammer)
MLSSMiniMario.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (Mini-Mario)
MLSSDX Mini-Mario.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (Mini Hammer)
MLSS Thunder Tickle.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (Tickle)
MLSSDX Tickle.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (Tickle)
MLSS Fire Tickle.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' (Dash)
MLSSDX Dash.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (Dash)
</gallery>

===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
<gallery>
MLPiTSpinJump.jpg|Artwork for Spin Jump
Instructions2.png|Instructions for Baby Drill and [[Hammer]]
Instructions3.png|Instructions for Spin Jump
Instructions4.png|Instructions for Bros. Ball
Instructions5.png|Instructions for Baby Spin
Instructions6.png|Instructions for Baby Cakes
Baby Drill screenshot.png|Baby Drill
MLPiT Spin Jump screenshot.png|Spin Jump
Bros. Ball.png|Bros. Ball
Baby Spin.png|Baby Spin
Baby Cakes screenshot.png|Baby Cakes
</gallery>

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
<gallery>
Mario and Luigi Spin Jump BiS.png|Artwork of Spin Jump
MLBISMiniMario.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' (Mini-Mario)
MLBISDX MiniMario.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' (Mini-Mario)
Joint Tower.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' (Spin Jump)
MLBISDX SpinJump.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' (Spin Jump)
MLBIS Drill Bros.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' (Drill Bros.)
MLBISDX DrillBros.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' (Drill Bros.)
</gallery>

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
<gallery>
MPPhoto.png|Artwork of characters at [[Mount Pajamaja]], including a Spin Jump; presented in game as a [[Shot|photo]].
MoleMario DreamTeam.png|Mole Mario
Sidedrill MLDT.png|Side Drill
Ball Hop.jpg|Ball Hop
Mario Luigi Massif Spin Jump MLDT.png|Spin Jump from both Mario Bros. and Massif Bros.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The Hammer Bros. who tell Baby Mario and Baby Luigi how to use Baby Drill are the only characters who teach a Bros. Move, but are not shown using that move at any point.

==References==
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