Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Mario & Luigi RPG: Paper Mario MIX in Japan and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. in Europe & Australia) is a game in the Mario & Luigi series that is a crossover with the Paper Mario series for Nintendo 3DS. The game is expected to release in spring 2016.

Story
The story begins when Luigi accidentally knocks over a book holding the Paper Mario world, releasing paper characters into the Mario & Luigi world.

Gameplay
Overall gameplay is mostly similar to the previous Mario & Luigi games, though with the addition of a new party member alongside Mario and Luigi, Paper Mario. Players control Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario simultaneously (Paper Mario using ). Because the player now has two characters following after Mario, all three characters can be made to jump simultaneously with the button, which also causes the three to flutter in the air briefly when held. This is, presumably, to make jumping up ledges less tedious than pressing each character's button individually. By continuing to hold the button after jumping simultaneously, players can charge up a dash. All three characters also possess hammers. By using all three hammers in quick succession (,, and then ), the trio will unleash a powerful shockwave that can destroy large blocks.

The E3 demo featured multiple quests where the player has to find and, in some cases, rescue a number of Paper Toads in an area. It is likely that such quests will be in the final game, but it is unknown what purpose they will serve or if the Toads will be treated as collectibles like the Pi'illo folk in Dream Team.

In battle, players control all three members of the group. Paper Mario, in a first for the series, fights alongside but independently from Mario and Luigi, unlike the Baby Bros. in Partners in Time, the only other installment to feature characters fighting alongside the Mario Bros. This allows the player to take three turns with their party. While Mario and Luigi control similarly to the way they did in Dream Team, Paper Mario's abilities set him apart from the other two. Paper Mario is able to create copies of himself as a battle command, which increase the damage he can do in his attacks: He can land as many jumps as he has copies, and when he uses his hammer, the copies will divide and conquer by targeting all enemies on the field. Paper Mario loses a copy for each hit he takes, but can replenish them on his turn before using another battle command. His jump dodge allows him to flutter, letting him briefly stay in the air longer than Mario and Luigi can. Players are able to use Bros. Attacks with Mario and Luigi like in previous games, as well as a new variation called Trio Attacks that are performed with Paper Mario.

Items

 * Beans
 * Coins
 * Mushrooms
 * Nuts
 * Syrups

Playable

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Paper Mario

Non-Playable

 * Princess Peach
 * Paper Peach
 * Toads
 * Paper Toads
 * Kamek
 * Bowser
 * Paper Bowser
 * Starlow

Mario & Luigi series

 * Goomba
 * Fly Guy
 * Sandmaargh
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Biddybud

Paper Mario series

 * Goomba
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Koopa Paratroopa

Papercraft

 * Goomba

Normal Bosses

 * Petey Piranha

Papercraft Bosses

 * Papercraft Mega Goomba

Trivia

 * This is the first game in the Mario & Luigi series in which normal Koopa Troopas can be fought.
 * Whilst the base game is technically a Mario & Luigi title, this is the first game in the Paper Mario series that does not involve any development effort from the series creators, Intelligent Systems and to be released on the same console as a previous game in the series.
 * This game confirms that the Mario universe is actually a multiverse, with two different worlds (Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario) directly crossing over.