Games I Played in 2024 - Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Console: Switch Developer: Acquire Release Date: November 7 2024 Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a turn-based RPG with a focus on timing, pattern recognition, and some light puzzle-solving and platforming. The latest entry in the Mario & Luigi series and the first game in the series to not be made by Alphadream (though many former devs are now at Acquire), Brothership is also the first entry in the series to be a console game, as all the other games were on handheld systems. Brothership is the third RPG in the Mario franchise to be released within a year, with the remake of Super Mario RPG releasing in November 2023 and the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake releasing earlier this year. Unlike those two, however, it has the added pressure of being a brand new entry, rather than a remake. This means that while Brothership has the freedom to try something new, it also has the inevitable fate of being c...