Gallery: Mario & Luigi: Brothership New Screenshots And Video Released

just gonna copy-paste what I wrote somewhere else if nobody minds:

From this footage, the battle system looks to be in good shape, still the standard M&L fare with a couple of new additions to make everything feel fresh and fun.

I like how even with standard attacks, the Bros. join in, making them feel more like a dynamic duo. Bros Attacks look pretty keen(and from the looks of things some might have three-button inputs like in Paper Jam) and the biggest thing to stick out to me were the voices for Mario & Luigi. Kevin Afghani's delivery here was damn-near perfect. He really seems to have come into his own as the Bros. without losing what Martinet brought to the table. Proud of the progress he's made since Wonder and I can only hope he gets better and better.

I still have my reservations, of course - The art direction looks great, but could do with some more polish, I think the UI could use a little more visual flair and I'm not the biggest fan of the choice of fonts on display - but if that's all I'm complaining about, then the new team is doing something right here.

....Who's making this game?! xD
Did Alpha Dream survive? lol

I don't like the artstyle, it looks low-budget for some reason, I think it's because of the lighting. It looks pretty 3DS-like.

@fenlix It's definitely a step-up from Dream Team's 3D models, but I do see what you mean. It could do with a bit of polish.

LOL
That Thundaga spell from co-op command of Mario & Luigi. (Last video) 🤭
I wonder if there is something looks like Summon spell like Final Fantasy games.
Gotta love to see the Summon 3D things like on Paper Mario 3DS and Wii U.

I think the artstyle is very cool, but something about it looks under-baked.

@fenlix The artstyle looks very good here, especially now that it looks like an upgrade visually compared to the last trailer.

@Tayrailbridge Not sure what you mean. Visually and artistically, this is the best the series has ever looked. Especially now since the visuals had improved since last time.

Still wrapping my head around this being called “Mario and Luigi” subtitled Brothership but they still haven’t announced a 2 player couch co-op mode. The world needs more couch co-op games, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 was great despite the great disparity between the 2 playable characters. This one looks like it was made for co-op. If they want to launch it single player then get another burst of sales by adding in co-op a few months later I can wait.

@rjejr there are plenty of couch co-op games on Switch already, and M&L doesn't really have the kind of gameplay built for that kind of setup.

@rjejr Sir, this is a RPG. It's a singleplayer game made with a single player in mind.

@Joeynator3000 : Wondering the same (about who is making the game that is). My guess is its yet another external company that Nintendo won't reveal before release, and of course someone will leak out that company's name prior to release by datamining the game.

I am beyond excited for this one. Love this series.

Having just 100 percented TTYD the other day, this is great timing. Very excited! Mario RPG/Paper Mario is my favourite kind of Mario game. As for the developer...I am throwing a wild card here and saying Summer Fall Studios. Will be interesting to know in due course though.

I hope it runs at 60 fps.

It's nuts that I have this many Mario RPGs to catch up with.

This game looks great, love the art style. So happy this series is back.

Pffff, i am sooo hyped about this game. Visualy it looks really great, battle system looks amazing.
This will be a day one purchase.

It looks kind of rough to me. Colors seem to be really badly washed out, and the lighting is wonky in-doors. UI also looks pretty unfinished too. Gameplay looks as it should though, so I guess that's good.

@VoidofLight the colors remind me of 1940’s cartoons with various levels of saturation

I’m as excited about this as much as I am the new Zelda. Can’t wait!

It does look a little 3DS like in places, I wonder if the developers could be finishing off an old game AlphaDream was part the way through developing before they went bust

I really like the art style. I’m looking forward to this, but will I actually complete it?

I’ve been playing Paper Mario TTYD, and I’ve stopped at the point just before you go to the island on the pirate ship. I forgot how much the game drags. I don’t know if it’s this game in particular or if I just find RPGs a slog these days. Guess I’ll find out!

It's hard to put my finger on specifics but yeah this art style doesn't do it for me. It was similar with Dream Team, and I skipped that one as well. But I'm also completely over these turn-based battle systems by now. I stopped playing TTYD midways through chapter 5 because it just isn't fun to play for me, and this just looks like more of that.

I know Super Mario RPG released last November but this really feels like the year of Mario RPGs. This, TTYD and Super Mario RPG ..... Great year for the genre on Switch. Add in Zelda in a few weeks and this year has been a blast.

Have to disagree with the comments here, I think this is the very best that Mario and Luigi have looked and moved... EVER. I'm not kidding. It's so scrumptious and colorful and full of life. I honestly dislike the usual Mario that is used like we see in Odyssey and other titles. A cartoony guy, but then zooming in shows skin patches, hair follicles, and individual strings on the overalls, it just clashes with the design philosophy of how Mario characters are shaped. The color pallettes here being limited also makes it more unique. We should never stive for a more realistic or super detailed Mario in my opinion, we have the groundwork to build from right here.

@Mana_Knight Very likely to be ILCA; while Alpha dream has not been resuscitated for the project, they took in the most Devs from the studio of any company and they have a history of successfully straddling RPG projects.
Edit: I forgot to mention Nintendo has confirmed that ex Alphadream Devs are involved in the creation of the game, providing credence to this theory; there is more detail on the topic from Nintendo Forecast, the channel I pulled this suggestion from.

Oh wow this game looks SO GOOD! These screenshots look very nice, so far this game is looking quite impressive. It's a unique art style, and it's really growing on me!

@PolitiClank Thanks!
It is looking very good either way

I am going to stand with my original impression of the game. It looks like a cheap 3rd party game, and looks as bland (if not more) than the “dark era” of Paper Mario

@SlasherZ I think it looks gorgeous, surprise by what people were saying

This is probably the most hyped game for me for this year. Even Zelda can't beat my excitement. Can't wait to play this, it looks so good!

@fenlix I LOVE the art style! they look like they're made of a hybrid between wax and rubber. I can't believe the switch is running this.

@YunoboCo Objectively, nothing about this looks like crap amigo and it most certainly isn't remotely close to being as bland as any of the modern Paper Mario games. I don’t see how you came to this conclusion with how good and charming this looks, both visually and artistically.

@SlasherZ The art style and graphics did not translate well from the 3ds games, it isn’t hard to see that. The art “style” is an unbaked disaster, which reminds me a lot of Scarlet/Violet and Dragon Quest Monsters. The models also are some of the worst looking models from any Nintendo game I have seen so far in recent years, only losing to Detective Pikachu. I could go on, but I don’t think it is worth it

Am I looking at the same screenshots as everyone else? This looks incredible. The last M+L Game that I can remember was the one with Paper Mario in it, and this looks light years beyond that

@YunoboCo it definitely needs a bit more polish in some areas, but saying it looks worse than Detective Pikachu is exaggerating a little.

@N00BiSH No it isn’t worse than Detective Pikachu, I said that DP was the one that I was aware of that was worse. I worded that really badly, sorry about that!

I don't understand you people. This art style is pure polish, and we've never seen these characters look so expressive before. I honestly feel that this is the best looking Mario game I've ever seen. Cartoony does not equal bad, folks.

graphics do look a bit off.

This game looks back to basics, which is fantastic. SuperStar Saga is still my favorite game in the entire series and it really looks to honor that legacy.

@YunoboCo Yeah no lol. This is completely false. I get the feeling you're either trolling or we're looking at different games here. I'm not sure how you can possibly look at the footage/images we have and think that looks as bad as Pokemon Sword/Shield and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. When it comes to visuals and presentation, Brothership is on a different stratosphere compare to those games, it's not even like 5% comparable.

@BASEDSAKRI I'm not seeing what's so off about it.

This art style speaks to me. I absolutely love it.

My only concern with this game so far is the pacing. I hope is isn't too slow like Dream Team and retains the fast-forward button from Paper Jam(or in the very least a skip button).

Need… to… refrain… from… watching…
Going to buy it anyway! Same with Zelda, I try to not look at anymore material.

Not entirely in love with the Smash Bros 3DS-esque cel shade + black outline style, but definitely not a dealbreaker. More interested in this than the previous Mario & Luigi entries.

@SlasherZ Why does the fact that I disagree with you make me a troll? I just don't think it looks good, but you do which is completely fine

@YunoboCo I just can't see how you think it looks just as bad as the Switch Pokemon games when that's not remotely close here(Legends Arceus being the exception since it has a distinct artstyle that I think looks mostly good).

@MarioLinkSamus I personally think it looks good. It makes the characters in particular stand out. It's more akin to Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe Remake than Super Smash Bros 3DS.

@N00BiSH It's 2 characters running around on screen at the same time, how much more of a set-up for couch co-op do you need than that? I know the other M & L games didn't have it b/c handheld but on a TV it should be simple enough. And it's not like Nintendo doesn't have a history of slapping co-op onto games where it doesn't belong, like the Mario Galaxy games, and "Astral Chain" was really bad at it as well.

@VoidofLight "it's an RPG"

More of an RPG than "Sea of Stars"? If a little company like Sabotage can figure out how to add 3 player couch co-op to "Sea of Stars" I'm sure a big company like Nintendo can figure it out as well.

https://gamerant.com/sea-of-stars-co-op-mode-tease/

Several of the "Tales" and "Mana' JRPG also have it as well. So an RPG doesn't have to be single player, even if the majority of them are.

Like I said, gonna wait a few years just in case, could happen.

@SlasherZ Likewise I cannot see how anyone think that this game looks good, but perhaps that could be a result of me mostly playing games that are either older or have a beautiful art direction

@YunoboCo But this game does have beautiful/striking art direction, especially because it also adheres to the old Mario and Luigi artwork. The visuals and artstyle really pops here.

@rjejr And yet Sea of Stars suffers for having to accommodate to three players. The combat system is very very very basic and lacks in a ton of depth that you'd find in other RPGs.

A lot of Mario and Luigi's combat would have to be completely reconfigured to work with two players, and at that point I personally rather them not do that. I prefer to keep singleplayer RPG series for people who like singleplayer games.

@SlasherZ Alright complete transparency here: I watched the new trailer today and I actually really liked how the scenery looked. I think the pictures were just really bad. (models are still absolutely awful though)

@YunoboCo The models honestly look really good too. Love how expressive and alive all the characters look.

That lower attack video seems like a Mario Party minigame. I could see someone making a WarioWare type RPG, where, inspired by Undertale's creativity, each attack command involves a microgsme.