Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo DS)

‘Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story’ is a DS game released in 2009. It’s one of the Mario role-playing games from the ever-successful franchise released for the Nintendo handheld consoles which allows you to play as both Mario Bros rather than just the more popular one. I played the first game in the series, ‘Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga’ on the GBA and although I never completed the game it was still enjoyed what I saw of it. The second game, ‘Partners in Time’ seemed to be less well-received than its predecessor and I skipped it because of the mixed reviews, but looked forward this ... more

Honest to God, I do not know why I bought this game. I’m going back a couple of years so it was probably a typical ‘Oh, pretty!’ reaction mixed with some nostalgia about how much I used to love Mario before the days I could actually play Mario. In basic terms not good reasons to buy a game (now you see why I end up with so much crud on the DS!). Somehow however, I hit jackpot. This is an engaging, amusing and quite addictive Mario game for the DS that really shows that Nintendo do still have some life in them and that old series can be resurrected in a new format. And it can be done well. This ... more

Everyone knows who Mario is and most are familiar with his brother Luigi and his biggest enemy Bowser. Generally you can bet that a Mario game is going to be great, sometime games like Mario Party or Mario and sonic at the Olympic games are not to everyones liking, but the single player Mario games are some of the best around. An example of this would be Mario Galaxy which was voted by many to be the best game of last year. Here however is a Mario game for the Nintendo DS, which is the handheld console from Nintendo that has sold over 100 million worldwide! In this game you will play not only ... more