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A Paper Mario mimic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 32
Date: September 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is going to be like Paper Mario only a better story. A fine looking RPG comes to gameboy advance!!! The story begins with bowser ( Like always). Look for these awsome titles to. Fire Emblem, Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hands, Metroid: Zero Missions, and Super Mario Bros. 3 advance v.4.

Not exactly "Paper Mario"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 54
Date: September 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing BOTH "Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars" and the sequel, "Paper Mario" I was quite impressed with the series. No, this game will be nothing like "Paper Mario" itself except for the sprite designs but a very different story. (Yes, it may look alot alike but it ain't no remake of "Paper Mario") This is also the third chapter in the incredible Mario RPG saga, and looks to be the BEST RPG for the GBA yet! This time, you take the role as both Mario & Luigi and work your way together through the game. I think that this is sure to please anyone who's a Mario fan or not. It's sure to be an instant classic just like the original when it hits the stores!

GREAT GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 15
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have a copy of this game right now that I play everyday!! It is one of the greatest Mario games ever made!! Not only do you get to play as Mario but you also get to play with Luigi and not only that... its an RPG and you get to do awsome Bros. Moves where you can take mario and luigi and do team attacks on enemies... This game is really awsome good story and fun gameplay i can't stop playing it!!!!

Mario RPG: The Next Generation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 16
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I managed to get a pre-release copy of this a few weeks ago, and I'm about 15 hours into it. It's worth it at any price if you're a Mario fan. Make no mistake, it's an RPG.. But if you had fun with Mario RPG on SNES, I'm sure you'll positively love Mario and Luigi.

As for the game, it'll take you about an hour to get used to using the shoulder buttons to change each brother's controls. The start key changes the order of the brothers and lets you perform other moves. The brothers have to cooperate and help each other with special moves to play through the game.

You can jump onto enemies in the field, and you'll get a hit bonus going into battle. Some standard Mario physics still apply. Chain-stomp a turtle and it'll keep knocking into other enemies.

You can defend against enemy attacks ("DEF" level) but they can't defend against yours. Defending against each enemy and learning their moves becomes a mini-game in itself.

Use the "BROS." commands to have both brothers use a special battle move on the enemy. These commands level up to "Advance" level, so there's your incentive to practice them.

They crammed a few other mini-games in there too, just so you won't get bored. There's also a Multi-player version of the original Mario Bros. (an updated version of the one you've played in Mario Advance.)

Like I said, I haven't completed the game yet, but it's already worth it.

A welcome addition to the GBA.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 89 / 92
Date: November 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is perhaps one of the best GBA games we've received this year. Rich color and textures along with new gameplay elements make this a must have for the GBA! The third RPG in the Mario franchise we've seen. Mario and Luigi combines the elements of Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG to create yet another RPG masterpiece.

To start off are the graphics. The graphics presented to us are very well done. Rich colorful environments decorate this game in a way we've never thought possible on the GBA. Mario, Luigi and other characters are visually stunning. The animations in battle are simple, yet fun to look at. You'll no doubt be impressed by the graphics the first time around.

The music and other sound in this game is also quite good. Music from nearly all the Mario games is mixed into the bunch as well as introducing new tunes. The new tunes are quite remarkable, especially for the GBA. While some tunes get a little repetitive and loop around much too quickly, you'll quickly get used to it, as it is a minor flaw.

The story is that a witch named Cackletta from the neighboring Kingdom of Beanbean has stolen Princess Toadstool's beautiful voice and has replaced it with explosives. Each time Toadstool speaks you'll see a lot of symbols pop up in her dialogue box and then come down to the ground with an explosion. When Bowser comes to kidnap the Princess he soon realizes that she would probably ruin his castle. In short, Bowser decides to help Mario and Luigi.

What was even more remarkable are the voices in the game. Mario and Luigi don't scream, grunt, groan and moan for every action they do, but they're voices are still pretty well done. Bowser's voice is also impressive. Voices are very well done on this game so you shouldn't find yourself turning down the volume a whole lot. Mario and Luigi never really say anything; instead you hear them speaking gibberish a lot of the time when they communicate.

The game also presents a lot of moments that'll without a doubt make you laugh. Even the opening cinema and beginning of the game are pretty funny. So you'll find a lot of entertainment with this that I think you'll really love.

The battle system is quite different from your standard Turn-Based RPG as well as on the field. For example, the A-Button controls one character and the B-Button controls another. The start button switches Mario and Luigi around so that the other one leads (so if Mario is leading push start and Luigi steps in front). So they're both on the over world map. If Mario is leading the A-Button Controls him, and the B-button controls Luigi and vice-versa.

What's even more important is that in battle the A-Button ALWAYS controls Mario and the B-Button ALWAYS controls Luigi. This is always true in battle. There are four commands in battle: Solo Attack, Bros. Attack, Items and Run. The Solo Attack allows your character to attack of course. But remember that if it's Luigi you use the B-Button. Much like Super Mario RPG you've got "Timed-Hits". Pressing a button right before the attack connects causes a more powerful hit. Bros. Attacks are different. This is where Mario and Luigi do a duel attack to an enemy. You must execute by entering the right button commands as they appear on screen. If you decide you want to make them harder to pull off you can do them without the aid of button commands and have the speed at which the attack is executed at increased. Of course the harder one you choose the more damage it'll do.

What's also interesting is that you can dodge attacks. When an enemy comes to attack you, press the button that corresponds to that character to dodge the attack. So if an enemy attacks Mario you'd press A.

Mario and Luigi can also use techniques on the field. Luigi can jump on Mario's head and perform a high-jump and Mario can jump on Luigi's for a spin jump. They can also use hammers which they can smash blocks with too.

I've only about one or two cons with the game. One is you only have Mario and Luigi. No one else joins the party. This isn't really a con but for an RPG there are some RPGers who expect more characters to control. The other con however, is that they included the arcade Mario Bros. While this isn't necessarily bad, it's on EVERY Mario game on the GBA! It was nice at first but after the second Mario Advance game it just began to lose my interest. I'm sure many will probably overlook the Original Mario Bros. Game.

However, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is excellent for the GBA. It's the first original Mario game on the GBA and for that I'm glad. This is without a doubt one of the greatest GBA games we've ever seen before.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 20
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have never played roll playing games before but bought this one because I love Mario and Luigi. This game is so much fun! Hard for me to put it down!

THE BEST MARIO GAME EVER

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 20
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome. This time instead of fighting against the turtel guy you need to take on two goblins who stole the princess voice and replace it whit bombs. You can play as mario and luigi at the same time. A for mario and B for luigi you could switch them with start and is A for luigi and B for mario. You could do special moves in battel call Bros. You can twist with mario and jump really hig with luigi. Thats not all you jump on an enemy and they will lose points in battle. This game is the best mario game ever

interesting and addictive game - not a power player myself..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

ok I'm a little of the "typical girl" when it comes to playing video games - I like them, but never good at most of them. I LOVE this game!!! I've played it for over 10 hours over the past 2 days. It's addictive and challenging but not too hard (I guess for really good players it might be easy). It's the first RPG type of game I own and i love that each attack depends on your mario/luigi move (when attacking in normal RPGs, you select your action and your character does it. In this game you select your action then you select to jump/hammer and need to time it for different impact on the enermy)

It's pretty good graphics, very simple to learn. The controls are great once you get used to them, and I think this game is lots of fun. The story is cool too and lots of side quests for you to do and battles to level up the different abilities of both characters.

I also recommend Wario Ware Inc. for the GBA - also very fun game.

A must-buy!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is the best new Mario game I've played in a long time. This time it's a role-playing game, which gives it a twist to the usual Mario game, and they even injected some humor in it which makes it very funny and even more fun to play! Both Mario and Luigi go on the journey together to find Princess Peaches voice, and you can play either one of the bros. at any time during the game. I am addicted to this game and am so glad that I bought it! I can't put it down. This is a must-have for everyone. It's not too hard, either, like I've experienced in the past with other role-playing games and have had to stop playing. Anyone will thoroughly enjoy this one- take my word for it! (This is not a good game for young kids who cannot read, though, since there is a lot of reading involved that is inportant in order to play the game.) Make Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga your next video game buy! Like I always say, you can never go wrong with [buying] Mario. :)

Greatest GBA Game Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

One word can actually encapsulate the overall execution of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Sage. I hold the word with a dreamlike tone and utter, "WOW." With slobber and saliva dripping all over my gaming bib and onto my small GBA screen, I know gaming buffs around the world have rejoiced. After the aged magic that was Super Mario RPG on the beloved SNES and Paper Mario on the N64, Nintendo resurrects the gaming legend once again. Mario is known to travel in all types of gaming, from Mario Tennis to his true roots of platforming, but as far as his RPG entries are concerned, he never ceased to leave mouths hanging. His third RPG graces the GBA and I couldn't be more happier since it proves to astound and innovate. I find it, in every aspect, a rewarding treasure that is much needed in the overpopulated gaming stream.

Sometimes the gaming audience needs to take a refreshing break from hammering their wrath on the bad guy attempting to raze the world. Sometimes gamers need to release tension whether it'd be a hectic job or schedule, and play a lightly driven, amusing game. And that's where this great RPG glows. Offering a screwball plotline, this RPG is a refreshing way to start packing up for another multi-hour adventure. The vile emperor Cackletta has left Princess Peach as a destructive siren, and the notorious Bowser will not grab her until she is cured. Bower decides to aid Mario and Luigi and treat her, and once that is done, Bowser will fulfill his only purpose in his existence, which is to kidnap the Princess. So what if the plot is not nerve-busting, the sense of humor welcomingly emanates to fill such a void. There are a plethora of jokes that mock the Mario franchise itself. I cracked at the inability of the locales who knew nothing of Luigi, but only the heroics of Mario. Unlike tons of RPGs, your journey will not be impeded by a mass of dialogue, and when there is some you'll be wanting to read and listen to it develop.

The gameplay is so solidly done that it is simply impossible to put the game down. Many whine that the RPG genre has nothing new under the sun, but this game will make you more than eager to watch the RPG evolution, despite all the common transgressions. The end results of the game is extraordinary, especially the hallmark gameplay.

A hybrid of 2D Zelda on crack and traditional RPG battles, the game grinds both elements into an exquisite twist. What makes it so different are the options bestowed before the player, both on the battle menu and while navigating dungeon play. Battle menu aside, Mario and Luigi offers a unique gameplay experience that is extremely inventive. Both brothers stay together, and each are able to be controlled. They start off with simple actions, and as the player progresses through the game, both brothers develop abilities to use on the environment. Their moves vary, which in turn, access new areas in Beanbean Kingdom. Each special move is hilarious in its own right, my favorite has to be Mario lighting Luigi's butt on fire, Luigi then rams his way through breakable things in the environment. The creativity and hilarity booming in the game makes for an extremely hearty experience.

The battle engine is wonderfully done. Borrowing the idea from Super Mario RPG, the GBA installment also has the player timing his button pressing. If done successfully, the heroes will dodge and counterattack enemy attacks. With the ordinary choices like item on the menu, the real innovation lies with the single and Bros. attack. Single attacking allows the player to jump and use an assortment of strikes, while Bros give way to a collective combo. While leveling up my team, I felt nostalgia encroach upon me. It enkindled both the Super Mario universe and the incredible reality that Mario is in again, in terrific RPG format. There are also other elements in the gameplay that make this RPG worth the time, such as the novel power of moustaches!

The atmosphere is velvety rich. Closely matching the graphical nature of Yoshi's Island, another great game for the GBA, the screen is a fine lure into the Mario world. The vibrant sprites of each character augment the gameplay and experience. The cast of characters will summon back memories from past Mario games and not to mention new characters alike. Animation is splendidly brimming with GBA quality all over it. The environments which mirror all the regions that we've come to know on earth is layered exceedingly well on screen. Helping to define the mood are the highly notable tunes. Original nits and bits of classic sounds are back, remixed, and thrown with new catchy whiffs. Its really surprising to listen to the variety of songs throughout the game. As a double plus (newspeak), the cast uses their quirks and signature sounds.

Do your gaming life a favor, remove yourself form the cliché of gaming titles and disappointments of this year, and get Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. Packing in appealing visuals, sound, and a variety of brilliant gameplay, an RPG hasn't felt this good for quite some time. I'm particularly tired of graphical de force games that struggle to mirror Hollywood, especially the RPG genre. It is a sure, safe bet to grab another game starring Mario, the one who probably started your gaming addiction altogether.

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