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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 44
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo is getting out of hand. Mario games are getting crappier, crappier and crappier. Mario is for one year olds. He should die. Maybe Sonic, Halo or any other character that doesn't come from nintendo should be world famous than this weakest-character-in-the-video game-history. All of his games is junk.

horrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 56
Date: February 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game thinking it would be fun and addicting, it is very boring. All that you do is walk around and press a,b,x,y ,those are to jmp for different charaters. the graphics are bad. It's the worst mario game that I have ever played. If you are going to buy this game don't, it is a waste of money.it is confusing,boring,and bad,buy another game if you want a ds game.

Great for starting fights

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 34
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have three children. How many save game slots does this game have? I wish it had occurred to me to ask that before buying, as it only has two. Thanks very much to the makers of this game for creating the strife that it has in our household. To be fair, the kids do seem to enjoy playing it a lot. Of course, considering that they're going to have to share 2 slots and will therefore be playing it in a very disjointed fashion, I wonder how long that will last.

How difficult is it, anyway, in this age of cheap memory, to allow a larger number of slots?

Not a Real Mario Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 35
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have always been a good Mario fan, but I was so disappointed when I received this game. The game just isn't what a Mario game needs to be. Instead of "worlds" like 1-1 or 5-4, it's just an adventure about them saving the kingdom from aliens. ( Where did that come from?)

The controls are awkward. The game is definatly not fit for someone who gets aggervated easliy. I would also say the game is fit for ages 10+, strictly because the controls are that difficult.

Well, if you are a big fan of the origanal Mario Brothers, don't buy this game. If you don't really care, you might like it. But I really didn't.

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 20
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo, yet again, puts out the goods with Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time. Like Paper Mario(N64) and Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga(Gameboy Advance) before it, Partners is an engrossing RPG that is not only addictive to play but humorous as well. Mario and Luigi travel back in time to rescue Princess Peach, only to come face to face with baby versions of themselves, the princess and Bowser. Teaming up with their baby versions send Mario and Luigi on an adventure of their life as players must control both the adult AND baby versions of the Mushroom Kingdom heroes. The result is absolutely hilarious, at times. Apart from the second screen and character aspect, Partners in Time doesn't stray too far from the Superstar Saga original. It has more elaborate puzzles, and more action-based fights than the original game, though, and it's alot meatier in terms of gameplay time. Although it doesn't explore the Nintendo DS like other developers have, Partners in Time definitely approaches the system in more extremely creative ways. You'll see what I'm talking about when you play the game. It's defiitely a game that diehard and casual RPG fans should pick up.

My biggest gripe, however, with Partners in Time is the graphics. Alphadream coulda, at the very least, spiced things up a little bit in that department instead of giving us GBA visuals, which is something I've noticed lately on games coming out for the DS. Why are developers giving us GBA graphics when the Nintendo DS is capable of so much more? With games like Castlevania, I could understand the reason why but, even then, Konami made certain aspects of their latest Castlevania adventure more 3-D'ish.

Once again, though, Alphadream delivers an outstanding RPG worthy of your time. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is a blast.

A hard game to rate

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Mario and Lugi Superstar Saga was a legendary GBA game, even though the graphics were a little grainy, me and my friend play that game almost daily at lunch time, being excited about the 2005 release, I bought it right away without thinking. Mario and Luigi Partners in Time is NOT, i repeat NOT a remake of the GBA game Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga, created in 2003. Which is a good thing, mainly.

The game has the second-most creative plots in a Mario game (The first goes to Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door), where Peach goes in a time machine back to the past, and this alien race called the Shroobs conquer the past Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and Luigi have to go save the past Kingdom from all the evil, but this time they have some... uh friends...

Their (ahem) "friends" are actually their own younger selves from the past when they were still babies (Toddlers, at least, since they can walk and jump). You will learn some moves for each team, they younger bros. will get hammers, which will work equal to the hammers in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.

A familar ability is in this game as well, stomping baddies before battles will give them extra damage, but if you jump on one with flames, spikes, etc. you'll actually take damage. If you've never played the GBA original, you can counter and dodge moves when foes attack, making this an actually exciting RPG, and not a boring one where it's 100% turn based.

The Bros. Points have been removed, MALSS (Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga) you had to use Bros. Points to operate special moves, which were quite tedious, since you had to get an extra power up called Syrup to recover them. MALPIT (Mario and Luigi Partners in Time) gives you Bros. Items which are like special moves, except you only need to use one thing instead of two.

The length of the game depends on how long it will take you, the game goes by faster if you actually fight enemies instead of running away (you lose coins every time you do this, quite a lot, actually, so it's not recommended) since you can level up. You can't run away from Mini-Boss or Boss fights, so fighting is recommended, since it's the easiest way to get money and the only way to get EXP to level up

You have Heart Points for health, Power for... duh, power, Defense for Defense, Speed for Speed, and wait, what's this Stache? What the (BLEEP) is Stache points? Well, Stache points are a % of how many Lucky hits you can land, Lucky hits do more damage, and Stache points also give you discounts on buying items and higher refunds for selling items.

To increase some stats, you can also buy clothes, this is a faster way, but it costs a lot of money. Only people that don't run and fight nearly every single battle will have a lot of money left over. Another thing to buy is badges, these let you do special things like recover health every turn.

Beans seem pretty useless, you dig into the ground, and pop up where there is an X mark to get one, until... you get to (SPOILER) Fawful's Badge N' Bean Shop, (Fawful was a major NPC character in MALSS) where you can trade them for badges. All of the badges (Even though they're RARE) really really suck... except for the Ulti-Free Badge, which lets you use infinite bro items, no matter what amount you have, even though it takes time to get more then 1, you can just play certain games for beans if you don't like to search.

Another issue is saving, one of the biggest complaints that I have. In order to save, you have to find something called a Save Album, you have to actually jump under it to go to the save menu, this is quite bad, if you think you don't have to save "yet" and get in a battle, lose and have to start over from your last save.
Even worse, if you run out of battery power. However, another alternative is to pause the game and put it in sleep mode (Charge it if you can) and play again when you can.

OK: Time for the comparisons

WHICH IS BETTER

MALSS: Better humor

MALPIT usually recycles old jokes, or inside jokes from the other game, i.e a really annoying character Prince Peasly is a poster on the wall. Some of the jokes are sometimes not even really funny, and just annoying (Babies crying, Baby Peach, Baby Mario, no sound jokes, where you just watch something with no music and few sound effects).
Also the dialouge is sometimes amazing, and a second later it just makes you think "What? Was that supposed to be funny?"

MALPIT: Better Action

MALSS is bland compared to MALPIT and that's a pretty bold statement. You actually control 4 guys in battle by using 4 buttons, and you need to switch frequently in some parts of the game between the pairs, doing special actions to get to secret areas, or required areas to progress through the game.

RECOMMENDATION:

I would actually getting the ORIGINAL first, so you can understand if this is your type of humor, the original is actually easier, since it's normal paced, even the fast battles, while this one is frantic, requiring you to press buttons for successive items, or skillful baddies.

TOTAL 9/10

The Bad: Some cutscenes are annoying, limited save feature, only 2 slots, no multiplayer, "fast" gameplay (not really bad after you get used to it)

if you arealdy have MALSS read a few other reviews before purchasing this excellent game to make your descision

Mario and Luigi Meet Mini Mario and Luigi

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: KWE

Mario e Luigi: Partners in Time is an RPG for the Nintendo DS, a system that I am continually glad I purchased. The game follows Mario, Luigi and their baby counterparts in a quest to save the Princess from aliens from the past that have kidnapped her. For those of you who have played Mario RPG or the Paper Marios, you'll find surprisingly similar game play with a few new twists. The adult brothers and baby brothers can act either independently or cooperatively for a unique gaming experience from the Mario RPGs. Add some spruced up dialogue with some interesting humor and nicely animated sprites, and you have Mario e Luigi: Partners in Time.

Now, for those of you who are fans of the stylus, you won't be too fond of this game. The touch-screen is virtually non-existent in this game, which handles more like a standard console game. Additionally, the puzzles will likely never stump you. A game focused more towards a younger audience, most of the puzzles are fairly straightforward and easy, relying more on an intuitive combat system to keep the game difficult. The game is also only capable of holding two saved games at a time. Not a problem if you're the only one who plays, but don't expect to be able to share it with many friends. Overall, the game is an interesting and enjoyable addition to the Mario RPGs, which is hard to put down.

I give Mario e Luigi: Partners in Time, an 8.7 out of 10.

Mario and Luidi:Partners in Time Video Game Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

And you tought their last adventure was hilarious? In this sequel to the not-so-adventure packed Mario and Luigi:Superstar Saga, the Mushroom Kingdom of yesteryear is invaded by aliens only known as the fearsome Shroobs. In the Mushroom Kingdom of the present, there's a celebration going on in Princess Peach's Castle. It's the celebration celebrating Professor E.Gadd's latest invention, the Time Machine! Princess Peach was so overjoyed by the invention that she set of to a trip to the Mushroom Kingdom of yesteryear. When the Time Machine returned, it was not occupied by the princess, but by an alien. Luckily, Mario was there to save the day and he did so by defeating the alien. Soon Luigi came saying a time hole appeared on the garden. Mario and Luigi jumped into the Time Hole and later they met their younger selves and the army of the Shroobs.

He he he...not as funny

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just finished this game. It didn't take me as long to finish as with the first (Superstar Saga), but I was kind of happy to end it. I thought I was goin to pull all of my hair out when I had to fight the REAL final battal, but it was easy. Those who played all of the way through know what I mean.

I was expecting more laughs. The babys can get a little anoying, but they stop all the crying after a while. There were SOME good moments in this game. The boss battles are still fun, and the bros. attacks were fun. The badges that let you boost your stats are a nice addition as with the Cloths.

If you liked the first, you will still like this game. If you have only played Partners in Time, and have yet to experience Superstar Saga...you're missing out.

Partners in Time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: May 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A very fun game hard to put down kinda easy at first gets harder towards the middle. This game is very addictive you spend up to 6 hours a day playing this game but it's stinking asome!
The game has good graphics nice music and is hilarious gosh I nominate luigi for funniest idiot in the world because of this game.
If you try this game you'll never wnat to put it down but then your mom tells you to wash the dishes and the fun is over.
eh thats the way life is.

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