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Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

For almost every single game in the Mario series, Bowser serves as the main bad guy. Whether he is kidnapping princesses or trying to beat everyone in a go-kart race, the Mario brothers try to best him at every turn.

That isn’t the case in Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, though. In this Nintendo DS title, the brothers must team up with Bowser to solve an issue that threatens the entire kingdom. You trade-off between playing as Mario and Luigi – who were accidentally inhaled by Bowser – and the King Koopa himself.

The game uses the same turn-based style as previous iterations in the Mario & Luigi series, with the added perk of getting to feel the power of playing as Bowser in the overworld section.


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