Mario and Luigi: Dream Team Nintendo 3DS

The start is somewhat slow, but it builds into a great game. If you are a fan of the series you definitely need to play this game. If you are a fan of Mario RPGs in general, buy this game. In other words, if you like any of the Paper Mario games, this game and the series as a whole is for you. It has platforming elements and the humor of the Mario and Luigi series, on top of the RPG elements that make it stand out from other Mario games. It has a unique look to it as well, almost a cel-shaded look. I really like the graphics. This is a must have for 3DS owners.

I bought this game for my almost 4 year old son and he absolutely LOVES it. We are a big Mario household so this was a definate purchase. The levels and storylines are very well put together. I would reccommend this game.

Love this game so much. If you are on the fence or eh maybe Ill get it; its SO much better than the cover art. If you ever played super star saga on the gameboy you will love this. Or even if you are new to the game, the colorful world, humor, and wordy dialog will make you laugh a lot. The world design blew me away too in 3D, couldnt stop staring at the small details.

Dream Team is one of the best games I own on 3DS. It provides a very lengthy story line and layers of worlds to explore. Im a grown adult male but I am hooked on the Mario and Luigi RPG games. It is a series that our whole family can enjoy. Be aware though that only 2 game save slots are available so if you have 3 wanting to play it someone will have to wait their turn or get two cartridges. The 3D effects are great and the graphics overall are impressive. I loved the Luigi dream levels after I got used to them. They have included the ability to save anywhere at any time in this game which is a great feature! Cons: I currently have found no way to fast travel around the island in the game...but it is a minor issue and Im only maybe halfway through the game. Most of the battles are super easy and havent provided much challenge. If you found areas of Bowsers Inside Story difficult this may be a good thing though.

After the success of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, for the GBA, the silly dialog and impressive game mechanics won over millions of children, and rightfully so. After that, the developers, Alpha Dream produced three more games: Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, for the Nintendo DS, Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, for the Nintendo DS as well, and this game. To clarify, I had already had my expectations high up after playing Partners in Time and Bowsers Inside Story. Would this game meet the expectations? Well... they actually surpassed my expectations. The game has wonderful graphics, a great storyline, and a plot twist that genuinely shocked me. They also seemed to up the goofiness and comedy, what with the newcomer, Dreambert, and Dreamy Luigi. Well, okay, lets get started. Gameplay: A typical Mario and Luigi game; its an RPG, where you battle enemies, and gain stats and levels when you defeat them. However, now theres a new gimmick - everytime you reach a new rank, you get the chance to add on a trait for the respective brother; for example, you can save on BP. With the Dream World, you control both Mario and Dreamy Luigi; and there are new mechanics, called Luiginary works. Basically, as Luigi is sleeping, you can manipulate what he does in his sleep (I.E. pull on his moustache - ouch - rub on his nose to make him sneeze, ectera.) and have Mario reach the new goals. When you get into battles, Mario can use Dreamy Luigi attacks, which basically summon many Luigis to do various things. (I had a theory that they made this game so that every Luigi fan and fangirl can get a Luigi, but whatever) The one problem that many people had with the Dreamy Luigi battles were the gyro scope controls; basically, you have to move your 3DS around to make the attacks work - but I personally had no problem, and I believe that Nintendo released a patch for the game anyway. With the boss battles, instead of continues, you can use Easy Mode when you die. Its quite nice, actually, and its also optional. Story: The story is centered around this: a villain named Antasma, a sort of literal nightmare, has just been rereleased into the world, and you must free the natives of the old kingdom, the Pillo, in order to defeat him. ... Thats only the synopsis, and does it not sound awesome? Its also been found out that due to the fact that Luigi is such a deep sleeper (The beginning to Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, anyone?) he is the only one who can open the portal to the Dream World, in which Mario can jump in and set things right. It is the Year of the Luigi, everyone, 2013, and its great that they actually tied in one of his traits into the game instead of a retcon. And finally... the characters themselves. Now, I would like to focus on the villain, the new exposition fairy, Dreambert and the aforementioned green man himself, Luigi. I was pumped when I found out that Antasma was going to be a composition of the old Mario and Luigi villains. And it shows. His design is based off of Cackella, he has a scary, shrunken in look like the Princess Shroob, and his attacks remind me much of the Dark Star. Besides the fact that he has crazy dialog like Fawful. Hes Transylvanian. Because he can transform into a bat. I dont really know why they have to go with that route, but its funny, so I can let it slide. Dreambert, at first, I had mixed feelings about. I couldnt really understand this strange, new character, and why it was he knew Antasma. But after playing through the game, hes probably my most favorite exposition fairy in any game Ive ever played. Hes funny, responsible, hes got a pleasing dialog voice, and thank Lord almighty, hes actually polite to the brothers that are helping him. Starlow, I didnt really like that much. She had an annoying dialog voice, was very rude at bad times, and while she had a cute design, it was overshadowed by how she could possibly be Navis great granddaughter. Im sorry if you like her, but I could barely stand her. Dreambert, I would take him over that little lightbulb any day. I only wish that he could have been the only exposition fairy, and that Starlow just got a cameo. Cmon, we couldve easily just messed around with Luigi without her. More breaking of the fourth wall, that would have been nice. And now, Luigi. Ive already stated that this is my favorite Mario character (See Luigis Mansion and Luigis Mansion: Dark Moon reviews) so I apologize if this seems biased. It seems as though, every day, Nintendo and Alpha Dream think of new ways to make this character goofier and more adorable. You can mess around with him in his sleep, but when something good happens, he lets out a happy laugh. If you trigger a certain Luiginary, he does a little fist-pump, and its adorable. Dont worry, bad things still happen to him, and they are hilarious - but unfortunately, there are no epic gusher tears. I was disappointed. But I think the pinnacle of the interactions are when you go into Dreams Deep. Dreams Deep is the deepest subconscious of Luigi; while youre in there, Dreamy Luigi isnt following you, and there are words that follow you as you travel deeper and deeper into this place. What are the words? Are they rage against the world for putting him down, a deep-seated need for revenge against his older, more popular twin? No. They consist of nothing but praise and worry for his big bro. It actually did make me tear up a little, not just at the implications, but some of the words that flew across the screen. Please dont leave me behind, I can help. As someone who was not physically fast, and was often at the end of the line when running with friends, and they wouldnt stop to wait for me to catch up - as you are doing with Mario right now - it did strike a chord with me. Its this kind of subtlety that really makes these games great. Theyre not outright telling you that Luigi is worried about Mario through exposition; theyre showing you, in a very moving way. This game? Come for the bright, vibrant story, stay for the beauty within the words.

Both my children love this game. They both said that they would recommend this game to anyone who loves Mario and Luis I.

Un excelente juego, muy divertido y diferente, An different way to play with to icons, funny, fresh, very good game.

I picked this game for three reasons: Reason number one: I love sleeping and dreaming! Reason number two: The field setup is similar to Bowsers Inside Story, with normal aspects in the real world and 2D platforming in the dream world. Plus, you can cause effects by messing with Luigis face. Reason number three: The OST for this game is beautiful! Yoko Shimomura is a great first-time/RPG composer.

My son enjoyed this game. But the obvious is anytime there is a new game mostly all kids enjoy it at first and until they accomplish all the levels then on to the next game - but I would recommend this to the Mario fans!

If you like Paper Mario you will probably like this. Im a fan of these rpg type games, and this one is cute and clever.