Regardless of tiny changes to some button controls, the Mario Brothers are back for another light RPG adventure. Those who have played the previous games may feel strange about the changes, but it is something that players will need to get used to.

The game’s battle system allows you to assign specific attacks to Mario and Luigi separately, such as hammer smashes and jumps, as well as combine the brothers for attack combos that can deal devastating damage. Screenshot: Nintendo When you’re not in ...

Mario & Luigi: Brothership, the first new Mario & Luigi game in nearly a decade, seems content to iterate on past ideas from the franchise. Brothership brings a handful of new ideas to the Mario & Luigi formula, but only a few of them make the 20-year-old franchise feel fresh.