- RPG gameplay in which players work their way through challenges they can level characters up with experience points..
- One featuring Bowser as a playable character, and the other revolving around the microbe-sized Mario, Luigi and Peach..
- Integrated gameplay action which the player toggles between, where Mario and Luigi must solve puzzles and challenges.
- DS/DSi integrated gameplay in which players must turn their Nintendo DS/DSiDSi system sideways.
- Distinctive Nintendo humor featuring the same hilarious dialogue that has been the hallmark of the Mario & Luigi series..
- Blow into the microphone or tap on the touch screen with the stylus to keep up with the action..
Product Description
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Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
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A single player action RPG (Role-playing Game), Mario & Luigi:
Bowser's Inside Story takes players on the DS literally into the
belly of the beast - that beast being Bowser. Set within an
off-the-wall storyline that turns the world of Nintendo on its
ear and featuring the ability to toggle between playing as the
team of Mario and Luigi, and playing as Bowser himself, this
third installment of the Mario & Luigi franchise is not to be
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Split play time between Bowser.
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And the team of Mario & Luigi.
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Two stories and gameplay paths that can affect each other in
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. Story
The story of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is an atypical
one in the world of Mario and Luigi in that the two plumbers team
up with Bowser for the good of the Mushroom Kingdom, even if
Bowser is totally unaware of it. As the game opens the Mushroom
Kingdom is seen to have been struck by a sort of infection known
as "The Blorbs," and exposure to it has caused out of control
physical ballooning of the Toads. A council of the who's who in
the Kingdom, including Mario and Peach, is assembled to try and
figure out what to do about it, when right on queue, in barges
Bowser, intent on dragging away Peach. He is stopped and shown
the door by Mario, but later is tricked by the villain Fawful to
eat a "Lucky Mushroom." Brainwashed by this, he returns to the
council where the mushroom causes all the council to shrink to a
tiny size and Bowser to literally inhale them. Fawful and his
henchmen then set about taking over all of the Mushroom Kingdom,
even the parts that Bowser has staked a cl to. Nobody, except
maybe Mario, takes what is Bowser's, so there is going to be
trouble. Although now very small, Mario realizes a few things.
Peach, as usual, has gone missing, Bowser and he are on the same
side in this fight and that Bowser will need help. How will Mario
save the day this time? That's up to you.
Gameplay
A single player action RPG, action in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's
Inside Story is split between the player-controlled team of Mario
and Luigi, trapped in Bowser's stomach, and Bowser himself. These
play out as two separate paths of action, constantly overlapping,
which players can toggle between and engage in. As they do so
players see that Bowser's actions on the outside affect the
conditions for Mario and Luigi in his stomach, and the actions of
the plumbers can add or subtract from Bowser's abilities.
Examples of this are the good and bad things that Bowser swallows
that the Bros. must deal with, and conversely the toll an illness
the Bros. can affect has on Bowser's physical abilities. Players
can see this link for themselves when at times during the game
Mario and Luigi are shown on the lower DS screen, while
simultaneously Bowser moves in in-game real-time on the top
screen. Again, these two paths lead to the same place, the defeat
of Fawful. The challenges that players face in doing this is the
basis for the RPG gameplay, with players gaining experience
points in the challenges that they face, which can be used to
level up character-specific fighting and other abilities and even
buy in-game gear. Additional gameplay includes puzzle-solving,
searching for hidden items, mini-games and more, engaged in as
the team of Mario and Luigi, and Bowser on his own.
Key Game Features
* Two Separate Storylines - One features Bowser and his efforts
to stop an arch-villain from taking over his castle. Meanwhile,
inside Bowser, the microbe-sized Mario and Luigi must muscle
their way through challenges and keep their nerve if they want to
find a way out. They take action to control Bowser from the
inside – but without his knowledge.
* Switch Between Storylines at Will - What happens inside Bowser
affects what he’s doing on the outside. Sometimes Mario and Luigi
must solve puzzles and challenges behind the scenes to help
Bowser overcome various obstacles and advance the plot.
* DS/DSi Integrated Gameplay - In some battles, Bowser grows so
large that players must turn their Nintendo DS or Nintendo DSi
system sideways, blow into the microphone or tap on the touch
screen with the stylus to keep up with the action.
* Distinctive Nintendo Humor - The game features the same
hilarious dialogue that has been the hallmark of the Mario &
Luigi series.
* RPG Gameplay - A players work their way through challenges they
can level characters up with experience points.