The fourth instalment in the Mario & Luigi Action-RPG series, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros has a completely original story. Sing it with me folks, Princess Peach has been kidnapped, but NOT by Bowser this time but rather by the evil bat king Antasma and taken into a Dream World whilst at the resort on Pi’illo Island where she and the gang were chillaxing. To chase down this new enemy, Mario must enter the Dream World through a sleeping Luigi, with Luigi using the Pi’illo folk, the original inhabitants of Pi’illo Island, as his pillows to sleep.
Inside the Dream World, loads of the Pi’illo folk have been trapped inside shards of a Dark Stone by Antasma, and with Luigi using them as pillows, rescuing these characters is vital to the player progressing through the story. Sounds a little bit to new to you? Well don’t worry because Antasma is joined by none other than Bowser, forming a nefarious new alliance, to track down a mystical artifact known as the Dream Stone, which will grant them the power to conquer the world! In order to stop them, Mario must travel between the diverse, real world landscape of Pi’illo Island, and the deepest parts of Luigi’s own dreams (insert joke about Mario being insie Luigi…not that it’s a new concept in Mario games).
Throughout the game you will experience the immense power of Dreamy Luigi (he’s so dreamy), with Mario only able to progress at certain points with a helping hand from his brother. For example:
“when Dreamy Luigi enters constellations in the sky in certain parts of the Dream World, a mass horde of Luigis will be at Mario’s disposal to perform actions such as forming a tower to reach higher ground, or producing a giant spinning cone to help Mario traverse horizontal gaps. These Luigi-fuelled moves are in addition to Luiginary Works, which enable you to interact with Luigi’s sleeping face in the real world, and Luiginary Attacks, which power-up Mario in battle.”
Going into battle within the Dream World, there are a number ofl ‘Luiginary Attacks’ which will become at the player’s disposal throughout the game. During battle Luigi will have to support Mario, with cool attacks such as with the Luiginary Hammer attack, where dozens of Luigis join up to form of a giant hammer for Mario to use to lay the smack down on enemies.Then there is the ‘Luiginary Flame’ attack, where Mario is fired up by multiple Luigis, building up a fire ball for Mario to launch at the enemy.
You’ll be able to take on the evil alliance of Bowser and Antasma when Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. launches this Friday, 12th July, on the Nintendo 3DS family of consoles.
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