Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, a game starring the famous Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi.

Included with the game was a remake of the Mario Bros. arcade game.

The game's sequel is Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time for the Nintendo DS.

Story
The Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom and his assistant come to the Mushroom Kingdom to bring a gift from Queen Bean for Princess Peach. But it turned out to be a surprise attack of weird smoke. The ambassador and assistant were really an evil witch named Cackletta, and her Toady, Fawful. Fawful uses his headgear to suck up the smoke, which had Paech's voice trapped inside. They escape Peach's voice into the dark sky, and replaces it with an explosive vocabulary.

Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi are at their house. Luigi is hanging up clothes when a Toad comes by asking where Mario is. Luigi is too busy to help, so the Toad rushes into the house to find Mario. As he searches the inside, he hears Mario singing in the bathroom. He enters and finds Mario taking a shower. Toad rushes out of there in total embarassment, running into the wall. Mario gets out of the shower with a bath robe on, and finds Toad out cold on the floor. He jumps on him to wake him up, but all he get is Toad groaning about the princess. Mario realizes she's in trouble again, and quickly goes outside to put his clothes on and heads to the castle, not realizing that he's dragging Luigi by the clothesline.

Bowser visits the castle soon after, in an attempt to kidnap Princess Peach. When Mario comes, he screeches to a halt, but Luigi flies off and runs into Bowser. He becomes enraged and fights Mario. After getting beat up, Bowser stops the fight, saying that this is not the time to do so. A Toad then tells them that Peach's voice was replaced with bombs. Bowser worries that if he kidnaps Peach now, she'll wreck his castle. So Bowser agrees to help Mario get back Peach's voice.

Mario and Bowser get ready to leave in the Koopa Cruiser, along with Bowser's underlings. As they are about to leave, Luigi comes to say his final goobye. Bowser mistakingly thinks Luigi wants to join them so they take him along. Then the Koopa Cruiser leaves to the Beanbean Kingdom.

That night, Whlie Bowser and the Mario Bros. are on deck, Luigi the lookout spots somethingcoming their way. It was Cakletta and Fawful. Bowser and the brothers are angry at what she did to Peach, but she answers by sending Fawful in to fight them. Fawful takes out Bowser easily, but is mopped up by Mario and Luigi. Dispite this loss, Fawful uses his headgear to innialate the cruiser. Everybody falls down to the ground below.

Mario and Luigi lands in the Beanbean Borderlands. After a breif chat, they decide to go the building on the left. Inside, they find the Border Bros., who wants them to do a jumping game to pass through. They succed, and are given passage to go to Stardust Fields, as well as a Map of Beanbean Kingdom to help them out. As the brothers wander around the premmises, they find Bowser stuck in a cannon. A fat flying creature named Tolstar then appears to mock Bowser. He also bribes them coins so that he wont tell this incident to anyone else. Mario gives Tolstar the 100 coins he brought along, but that wasn't enough to satify him. So, Mario and Luigi wander around Starduft Feild to look for more coins. With the help of the Starshade Bros. along the way, they manage to get enough coins to surpise Tolstar's bribe. But instead of helping out, Tolstar decides to attack the brothers instead. They defeat Tolstar, but then one of the Starshde Brothers comes and fires Bowser out of the cannon! This leaves Mario and Luigi totally on their own.

A while afterwards, the brothers make it to Hoohoo Village where some soldiers mistake them for foes. Tolstars comes to prove that they are the Mario Bros., giving them safe passage to the village. After a look around, they leave to find Fawful blasting a soldier away. He then mocks the brothers by throwing a rock statue in front of them, blocking their path to Beanbean Castle. They decide to visit the Hammerhead Bros. back at the village to make Hammers for them. But thay need a Hoohoo Stone to do that, so they go up to Hoohoo Mountain. When the the plumbers finally reach the top of the mountain, they find a Hoohoo Stone, but kicks it by accident. This awakens Blablanadon, mad at what they did, but apologizes after their explanation. The petradon explains that he has been sitting on this strange egg for some time, which is why he had not been around for the Hoohooligans' travel problems. Suddenly, the egg hatches, revealing Dragohoho. the creature knocks Blablanadon away, and fights the brothers. They defeat the monster, which then turns into Prince Peasley, the prince of the kingdom. He thanks them for freeing him of that form, and gives them a rose to assure their entrance to the castle. After that, he leaves, and Blablanadon takes the plumbers back to Hoohoo Village, where they come back to the Hammerhead Bros. to get new hammers thet made from a Hoohoo Stone they had found.

Using their new hammers, they crushed the statue in the way, and made their way to Beanbean Castle Town. But when they arrive, they found the twon in ruins, as Cackletta and Fawful had recently made an attack there. The brothers quickly come to Beanbean Castle, where they are gained entry through showing Peasley's rose to the guards. Once inside, they met up with Lady Lima, the kingdom's ambassador. They tell her what's going on, but she does not beleive the story, or that they are the Mario Bros. So, she sends them down to the castle sewer to fix their leaking pipe problem. When they got all the pipes fixed, the brothers met up with the real Lady Lima and some servants. The Lima Mario and Luigi met before was Cackletta in duisguise, trying to get the Beanstar. The brothers caught up with her, but it was too late-Cackletta took the Beanstar away, and sent Queen Bean to attack them. The queen was a musclar monster at the time, because she ate a Belly Blech Worm before-hand. Mario and Luigi toppled the titant, and were then sent out to get the antidote for the queen-Chuckola Cola.

Later, the Mario Bros. made it to Château de Chucklehuck to find the drink. They ended up in a fight with Popple the master theif, and his prtner, Rookie. They were defeated, and ran off into Chucklehuck Woods. The brothers then found Cork and Cask, the owners of the brewery. They taught the brothers moves with the hammers that soon helped them out in the Chucklehuck Woods. It was beacuse they used those skills to get three different kinds of Chuckola Fruit to give to Chuckleroot in order for them to proceed onward to Mother Chuckola (the giant tree at the end). When they got there, they found the creator of Chuckola Cola, Bubbles. He was busy telling jokes to the Chuckola Reserve, his most precious brew of soda, while Rookie and Popple were ted up in barrels. Then, the soda transformed into the Chuckolator, which sent the theives flying, and attacked Mario and Luigi. They prevailed, and it reverted back to normal soda. Bubbles was not happy about it, and caused a tremor sending the brothers and the soda underground. Mario landed in the soda, and Luigi landed away from his brother. Eventually, he found his way back to Mario, still in the barrel, so he did a barrel run on the water going back to the Castle.

Back at the castle, Luigi jumped on Mario to squirt out the Chuckola Cola into Queen Bean. She spat out Belly Bleck worm, returned to normal.

More later...

Techniques
Mario and Luigi aren't your average Italian plumbers. Here's what they can do:

Battle Techniques
Mario and Luigi both have techniques that they can use in battle in the game. Here is a list of them. Note that all of these techniques must be learned by progressing through the game except for Mario and Luigi's Jump.

Solo Techniques
Mario's Solo Techniques
 * Jump - Mario can jump on enemies.
 * Hammer - Mario can use his hammer to hit enemies.
 * Fire - Mario can use his Firebrand ability to burn enemies.

Luigi's Solo Techniques
 * Jump - Luigi can jump on enemies.
 * Hammer - Luigi can use his hammer to hit enemies.
 * Thunder - Luigi can use his Thunderhand ability to zap enemies.

Bros. Attacks
Bros. Attacks are attacks that Mario and Luigi can use in battle by working together to deliver more damage. Note that the following Bros. Attacks do not have descriptions. You will have to play the game to see them for yourself!

Mario's Bros. Attacks
 * Splash Bros.
 * Chopper Bros.
 * Fire Bros.
 * Swing Bros. (secret)

Luigi's Bros. Attacks
 * Bounce Bros.
 * Knockback Bros.
 * Thunder Bros.
 * Cyclone Bros. (secret)

Out-of-Battle Techniques
Mario and Luigi can also use some techniques out of battle. Once again, all of the following techniques must be learned by progressing in the game, except for jumping.

Techniques When in the Front

 * Mario and Luigi can both jump.
 * Mario and Luigi can both whack their hammers.
 * Mario can burn things up using his Firebrand ability.
 * Luigi can zap things using his Thunderhand ability.

Techniques When in the Back

 * Mario and Luigi can both jump.
 * Mario can do a "Spin Jump," by jumping on top of Luigi and spinning through the air. This is necessary for crossing large gaps.
 * Luigi can do a "High Jump," by jumping on top of Mario and bouncing up high. This is necessary for getting higher up.
 * Mario can hit Luigi with his hammer, knocking him into the ground. Luigi can move under fences using this technique.
 * Luigi can hit Mario with his hammer, squishing him tiny. Mario can move into small openings using this technique.
 * Mario can set Luigi on fire. Luigi will freak out, and start running really fast. You can use this to knock down things, such as Ankoopas that you meet.
 * Luigi can electrocute Mario. Mario and Luigi will be joined together, and they can walk side-to-side. This can be used to move the mysterious Boo statues, which disappear when you look at them.

Main Characters

 * Mario - A Hero
 * Luigi - A Hero
 * Cackletta - Villain
 * Fawful - Cackletta's Helper
 * Princess Peach - Needs rescuing
 * Popple - Secondary villain
 * Bowser/Rookie- Secondary villain
 * Prince Peasley - Secondary hero
 * Queen Bean - Queen

Locations
Mario and Luigi visit many locations in the game. Here is a list of them:


 * Mushroom Kingdom
 * Stardust Fields
 * Hoohoo Village
 * Hoohoo Mountain
 * Beanbean Castle Town
 * Beanbean Castle
 * Chucklehuck Woods
 * Woohoo Hooniversity
 * Teehee Valley
 * Little Fungitown
 * Oho Oasis
 * Oho Ocean
 * Oho Ocean Seabed
 * Gwarhar Lagoon
 * Yoshi Theater
 * Joke's End
 * Bowser's Castle

Mario and Luigi can visit other minor locations as well, such as paths and caves.

The game also had secret caves which could only be visited by one brother at the same time, which had sidescrolling and a traditional platforming style. A rare item could be won by beating these levels.

Items

 * Mushroom: Heals 25 HP
 * Super Mushroom: Heals 50 HP
 * Ultra Mushroom: Heals 120 HP
 * Max Mushroom: Heals All HP
 * Nut: Heals 20 HP for both characters
 * Super Nut: Heals 40 HP for both characters
 * Ultra Nut: Heals 100 HP for both characters
 * Max Nut: Heals ALL HP for both characters
 * Syrup: Recovers 20 BP
 * Super Syrup: Recovers 40 BP
 * Ultra Syrup: Recovers 100 BP
 * Max Syrup: Recovers ALL BP
 * Golden Mushroom: Recovers ALL HP and BP
 * Refreshing Herb: Cures status ailments
 * 1-Up Mushroom: Recovers half of the character's HP when defeated
 * 1-Up Super: Recovers all of the character's HP when defeated
 * Red Pepper: Boosts POW
 * Green Pepper: Boosts DEF

Trivia

 * This is Mario and Luigi's first adventure together since Super Mario World; there was a twelve year gap between the two games' release dates.
 * In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario whistled the Super Mario Bros. theme while showering in the Marrymore Suite. Similarly, Mario is briefly seen humming the theme while showering in the opening to this game.
 * A company, named WIN-tendo is mentioned during the course of the game. Do to the word play on Nintendo, it's assumed that WIN-tendo makes games.
 * Koopalings appear in the game as bosses, after a long time of absence.
 * Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is one of the few Game Boy Advance game to make use of the rumble effect when played on the Nintendo GameCube's GBA player.