I was always a huge fan of the Mario & Luigi games, I've beat the first two so many times I can't count and now I can't wait to do that on this one!

This game starts out with Mario and Luigi meeting at a council for the disease that's spread Toadtown, the Blorbs. Bowser ends up coming, so you defeat Bowser, again, and he eats a magic mushroom that sucks everything in sight. Now you have to play as bowser to get farther in the game and play as Mario and Luigi to fix up Bowser's body so he can do more things.

Without spoiling the rest, this game is long, so far I'm at 20 hours and still haven't beat it. But from what I've played, this game has awesome control, really smooth animations, so far I haven't ran into ANY glitches, and the storyline is amazingly good for a Super Mario game. The combat is fun for how interactive it is, and is really smooth too (well, as smooth as a turn-based RPG can get.)

If you have a DS, you should at least rent this game. I consider it the best DS game made, and the best Super Mario game.

Having played all three M + L titles I can say without reservation that this is the best one. While the story isn't amazing, why would you play a Mario game for it's story? Still, simply having Fawful do his best to take over the Mushroom Kingdom is a good enough incentive for me.

The gameplay is basically the same as the first two titles as far as Mario and Luigi go. That isn't a bad thing, but for the next title I think that both bros should be given a third attack option. Still, being able to avoid and counterattack enemies is light years ahead of any other JRPG. The reason you'll want to keep playing is for Bowser; while over the years the Koopa King has been 'wimpified', BIS was able to convince me that if it weren't for the sake of narrative, Bowser could indeed defeat the Mario Bros. Yes, he's that strong, and you'll feel that strong while playing as him.

Music is good, and the voice samples are enjoyable. Controls are great and being in Bowser's body is a very interesting gameplay mechanic. Also, while many journalists have commented that the game has a lot of humor I have to respectfully disagree with some of their comments. The game has a few moments that will make you laugh out loud sure, and give more than it's fair share of smiles, but it isn't quite gut busting, especially in the later parts of the game when the absurdity seems common place.

Overall a great title that should be in any DS owner's library, if for no other reason than having a giant godzilla Bowser to fight battle robots with.