


There are two main worlds: the main overworld, which is played in an overhead view, and the world inside Bowser's body, which is a 2D side-scrolling world. Gameplay alternates among three characters: Mario and Luigi, who are controlled together on the bottom screen using A and B, and Bowser, who is controlled on the top screen with X and Y. A remake for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, was released in Japan on December 27, 2018, in North America on January 11, 2019, in Europe on January 25, 2019, and in Australia on January 26, 2019.īowser is a playable character, with his own set of skills in exploration and combat. Ī sequel, titled Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, was released for the Nintendo 3DS on July 12, 2013. It is the second best-selling Mario role-playing game, with more than four million copies sold worldwide by April 2011. The game was both critically and commercially successful, with many fans and critics considering it to be the best game in the series.

Similar to its predecessors, its role-playing style emphasizes a turn-based battle system focused on timing accuracy, and it is almost entirely comedic in nature. The gameplay focuses on the trio's cooperation, with specific abilities to solve puzzles and fight enemies. The Mario brothers learn to help Bowser, who is unaware of their presence inside his body, to combat their mutual enemy Fawful, who has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom. The game's plot involves Mario and Luigi being inhaled into the body of their long-time nemesis, Bowser. It uses the interactive screens of the DS in some of its gameplay mechanics while also introducing several elements that would be used in the series' future gameplay. It is the third game in the Mario & Luigi role-playing series. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is a role-playing video game, developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in 2009.
