Preaching my love for Mario & Luigi

The Mario & Luigi series has always been my favorite RPG series of all time! The games has always brought creativity and wonder into the Mario universe with its diverse set of worlds and characters. I have a deep love for the series. Naturally, Alpha Dream going bankrupt left me heartbroken and I couldn't help but feel like Paper Jam was the beginning of the end... or so I thought. In this video, I talk about my deep love for the series and preach for a brighter future! Hope you enjoy!!
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[@jupahe6448]

I was already super excited for the new mario luigi game from the second I saw the direct But this video hyped me up sooo much more damn! Also I actually liked the Inside Story remake, mostly because of the upgraded visuals of all the areas but when you showed the comparisons between the fight intros I absolutely lost my shit, how can you screw up such a perfect transition...oh well

[@ShaneMGD]

Appreciate it bro thank you so much!! Glad you liked the video! 😁

[@Mastggggggggg]

@jupahe6448 the ds sprites actually looked good tbh it didn't need a remake but the DLC is nice

[@Mastggggggggg]

@@jupahe6448 but for superstar saga yeah it definitely needed one.

[@Crafty_boy70]

Nintendo had a good reason to not buy Alphadream; the reason why Alphadream went out of business in the first place is because they had taken up a lot of debt while developing Dream Team, and the following games didn't do well enough. This worsened to the point that they needed help from Nintendo EPD to develop the remakes. So Nintendo decided to not buy Alphadream to avoid getting their debt, and instead opted to hire most of Alphadreams development team into their own divisions. Most of Alphadream's team now works for Nintendo EPD and Monolithsoft!

[@ShaneMGD]

Oh wow I didn't even know that, sweet!!

[@ladysegagenesis]

@@ShaneMGD Also the reason why Nintendo does own most of their close partners (Take this with a grain of salt because this is more of a theory) is because of 2 reasons. 1 is that they want their partners to have some level of freedom. Like if they want to develop a game for the PlayStation or even for phones. For instance, you may know Camelot Games for creating the Mario Tennis & Golf series (also creating Waluigi) but what you didn't know is that they teamed up with Capcom to create their own golf game. And that was just one example there are many more of this. 2 is that there are Anti-Monopoly laws in Japan so if they want to buy a smaller company then they need to choose wisely, so they can't be buying companies all willy nilly.

[@ShaneMGD]

@ladysegagenesis That's really interesting about Camelot, gotta search that game up. Also yeah if it is the monopoly situation then that'd make sense.

[@jaycup1487]

"There is no such thing as a bad Mario and Luigi game" - me, just now

[@Mastggggggggg]

@@jaycup1487 Paper jam..

[@lonelyonionagain.]

@@Mastggggggggg Paper jams not bad, just painfully mediocre. If you take out the complaints about there being no unique characters.

[@Mastggggggggg]

@lonelyonionagain. fr it is a good concept but what your saying yeah.

[@paulgilbert5278]

The M&L's are the greatest RPG series easily. Timed hits/dodging/countering is just perfection

[@ShaneMGD]

Yep you get it 💪

[@Glitchyy07]

Honestly I’m so excited for Brothership, Dream Team was my favorite in the series, but Brothership has the potential to be even better! I’m so glad they got the original devs back to help make it!

[@ShaneMGD]

It's gonna be peak!! I can honestly see Brothership being the best one.

[@MrGojira95]

I just hope Starlow is not in Brothership. I’m tired of her abusing Luigi so much. By the time she kept doing that in Dream Team and Paper Jam (and some altered dialogue in BiS remake), she overstayed her welcome and I wanted her gone for good.

[@jknifgijdfui]

i hated starlow before the luigi nitpicks i didnt like having a partner character whats the point of having 2 non speaking protags she worked great with bowser but besides that she always sucked

[@ShaneMGD]

Oh god dude I agree, her constant disrespect towards Luigi in Paper Jam pissed me off. I'm surprised they even had Mario let it slide for so long.

[@iamthestrong927]

I've got nothing against Starlow's character, but I'm kind of glad they're finally moving on from her being in every M&L game from BIS onwards.

[@kevinsmith163]

Highly doubt she's in Brothership. Nintendo wouldn't keep something like this a secret.

[@viniciusgmachado1204]

@@ShaneMGDStarlow disrespected Luigi?

[@Hamantha]

I will give The remakes and Paper Jam this, they by far have the best and most interesting iterations of the Koopalings. Having them be the forefront of an actual story where they show off their personality through dialogue let them shine, not to mention actually see their dynamics between each other and Jr.

[@ShaneMGD]

I get that. I think my favorite iteration on the Koopalings is in Color Splash tbh. Morton was funny af in that game.

[@Masked_Mastermind]

Another problem I noticed in the Bowser’s inside Story remake is that certain cutscenes look like they were extremely rushed, like when Bowser pulls out the Giga Carrot, he just stares at the screen for 10 seconds before the cutscene progresses, which looks very awkward. The same thing happens right after you finish the minigame for eating the Giga Carrot, where it shows Bowser and Wiggler awkwardly staring at each other for 10 seconds before the cutscene progresses. Also, in the Energy Hold when Mario and Luigi go into the sealed door after getting all of the Star panels and they see Wisdurm, the music abruptly resets even though it was still playing. In the original version, the music stopped for a moment when they saw Wisdurm and THEN it reset, which made a lot more sense for the music to reset in that version.

[@ShaneMGD]

Yeah, they had no care for the cutscenes at all, which is crazy considering Superstar Saga remake had immense care

[@Marionova]

Another banger from the GOAT

[@ShaneMGD]

@Marionova Coming from the true GOAT himself, that means a lot 💪. Thanks brotha.

[@D14m0nd]

Man I will never forget how I felt when I saw the announcement in the direct, I was crying when I saw that, even if I grew up with Dream Team and Paper Jam, this means a lot for me, and I'm sure it means a lot for all of us M&L fans, we're so back!

[@ShaneMGD]

Hell yeah dude!!

[@dualFace_]

30 seconds in your energy is great lol The relaxalax vibes are there and I'm all here for it

[@ShaneMGD]

Hahaha appreciate it, thanks

[@animationai9109]

Good video. It’s nice to see a comeback to rpg Mario games

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

lets go dude i watched your video on my switch so i couldnt comment, it was like a few hours old and had like barely 1k views im glad that its growing now because the production here is insane and so funny, few people can pull stock image humor like this and you did it perfectly

[@ShaneMGD]

I appreciate it thanks!!

[@patrickkh1245]

I can’t express my love for this series. I played the inside story when i was a kid! So much nostalgia

[@ShaneMGD]

@@patrickkh1245 Same! That was my first one. Had it bundled with the DS. I instantly fell in love with the series since then.

[@agentumbra2374]

Honesty i would have preferred a 'Partners in time' remake over the 'Browsers inside story' remake. Ps: the Shoobs are my favourite Mario & Luigi villains

[@kingboo4518]

The ranking goes 5: paper jam 4: Partners in Time 3: Dream Team 2: Superstar Saga 1: Bowser’s inside story

[@ShaneMGD]

I 100% agree with this, my ranking is the exact same

[@Rvchnoob51]

And none of those games are terrible, the worst one is just okay.

[@chico88959]

this video opened my eyes and made me understand the bis remake haters more anyway i still love this series and dream team is my fav so i'm happy brothership seems to take A LOT from bis and dream team specifically

[@ShaneMGD]

@chico88959 Glad I can have you understand a little bit! Anyway yeah the M&L series is fantastic overall!! Can't wait for Brothership!

[@kraxonkooper]

Very cool to see someone care about the missing spritework and voice clips and changed music of the Bowsers Inside Story remake as much as I do.

[@Reed_QT]

Loved the video, watched all of it! Good editing

[@ShaneMGD]

That means a lot, thanks Reed!! 🙏 glad you liked it!

[@MilesNugget]

Banger video. I'm even more hyped for Brothership now, I CAN'T WAIT RAHHHHHH🗣🗣🗣

[@ShaneMGD]

LFG!!! 🔥

[@benjaminkirscher1403]

WE ARE SO BACK

[@salu2368]

M&L Bowser's inside story was one of my first games ever, and it was the main cause (and also new super mario bros) of me becoming a Nintendo/Mario fan. I just love everything in this game! Also don't remember how many hours I spent playing Dream Team (trying superstar saga is in my "to-do list" now).

[@GameDre]

The ending bit was sooo funny lol 😂

[@ShaneMGD]

@GameDre Hahaha appreciate it 🙏

[@slugmotif]

goated video

[@Spreece154]

Just gonna say that paper jam had some banger music like the mountain top theme

[@ShaneMGD]

Yoko is a beast

[@gamesier2400]

My favourite mario & Luigi game is the bowser's inside story remake, come on, fight me!

[@pokestyn]

30:34 to be fair to paper jam, it introduced several things that became staples in the remakes. Fast forwarding cutscenes, an always selectable easy mode, the ability to practice bros attacks during battle.

[@ShaneMGD]

@@pokestyn that's a good point, yeah

[@Cosmo_Watcher]

20:36 cool, kirby and the Forgotten Land music

[@chookster1583]

I honestly didn’t know the superstar Saga remakes maps were sprites rather than 3D, the art style is just that good

[@user-qr2xv1hq5u]

your back

[@odwaposwa2032]

I'm wondering how many hours this game will take to complete

[@typear9822]

Funniest shit I’ve seen in a while, great work😂

[@ShaneMGD]

Hahaha much appreciate, thank you!!

[@smashfan3317]

amazing video bro

[@ShaneMGD]

Appreciate it!

[@brinerix]

I don’t how they’ll do the Duel Screen Attacks, but I pray we get a Partners in Time remake for the Switch or the next console.

[@ShaneMGD]

@@brinerix I'm sure they'll probably zoom the screen out for the bros attacks to compensate for one screen

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Dude when i saw the brothership trailer (why the fuck is that the name out of all things?!) I said something like “Oop wait its mario hold up is this it? OOPS SHIT BOTH BROS ARE ON SCREEN WAIT A MINUTE COULD THIS- NO FUCKING WAY! *M&L logo appears* WHAT THE FU-“ And that day, the mario and luigi subreddit broke out and went wild. We were back from the dead. And seeing the logo after all these years made my heart sink like the titanic, broken in two and very few survivors.

[@ShaneMGD]

@@susiehaltmann3342 IT'S TRULY A WONDERFUL TIME FOR US M&L FANS 😭

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

The Superstar Sags Remake kind of picks and chooses which character designs they change and which they keep, which I don’t like, like the fat Koopas just being big Koopas and the Sprout Koopas just having a normal Koopa physique even though their Dry Bones still look like they used to… and no Boney Kong, that’s a crime

[@ShaneMGD]

Boney Kong my beloved 😭

[@savfoxy2165]

Me personally all of the M&L games was goated

[@sutliff5556]

Nice going dude

[@RahRizzle123]

Ive been playing PIT blind recently(i just got past stargate) and dare i say i like it more then BiS and a little more then DT, even tho DT is my first M&L game(all M&L games r good) There is something about the playstyle and animations i love tbh. I thought 4 buttons would be hard at first but now i kinda like it. So sad im almost done😮‍💨

[@ShaneMGD]

Glad you're having fun with it!! That game fr deserved a remake.

[@_Lostinthesky]

as much as i love mario and luigi, zelda just can't be beat. i also MIGHT by a little bit prefer the first 2 paper mario games. but i absolutely love them all

[@nintendofanboy616]

I have a soft spot for Paper Jam and its kinda nostalgic to me since its the first Mario & Luigi game I owned and beat also one of bros attack that was reused in that game was made better controll wise in my opinion, correct me if im wrong I believe it was call dropcopter, anyway currently playing Bowser's Inside Story for the first time as its the only game in the series I haven't beat yet and I recently beat Partners in Time for the first time, so far im enjoying it

[@TsujiCross]

16:10 I got stuck at Woohoo Hooniversity for MONTHS when playing the original GBA Superstar Saga, even restarting the game all over again, all because I couldn’t see a hole in a wall I was supposed to send Mini-Mario through in the back room with multiple red buttons to press, so yeah, I can confirm the depth perception issue 😅

[@ShaneMGD]

Glad to know I'm not the only one!!

[@robertgraaf6875]

Just finished mario & luigi dream team and superstar saga, yes the remake cause I'm bald but I sure did it in under 4 days dont ask me how I'm insane

[@socksyllmusic]

Brother i need to know where you get all that energy from lol

[@ShaneMGD]

@@socksyllmusic LMAO natural energy + caffeine 🤣

[@Someone69769]

I LOVE MARIO AND LUIGI

[@MasterMario777]

Paper jam was the only bad one lol, I CANT WAIT for Brothership

[@GamingEpic9812]

I dunno, maybe I was just Mario and Luigi obsessed, but I don't think it was all too bad, not as good as the others but still fun

[@varxonstuff3152]

That's what everyone says when you're a game of wasted potential

[@untrollquifaitdesblaguessa2584]

He's not even bad, just dissapoitning and genetic as hell.

[@MasterMario777]

@@GamingEpic9812 It wasn't TERRIBLE, just not on the same level as the others

[@Fancy2209Real]

And even then it's better than the worst paper Marios

[@nickk3077]

I think you should give a little more credit to Bowser's Inside Story 3DS. I know how it feels, as I thought it was dumb to make a remake of a game you can already play on 3DS, however, after the bankruptcy, I have gained a new perspective about this game. As the last Mario and Luigi game for 3DS, this was their last opportunity to faithfully recreate one of the best and probably one of their favorite Mario and Luig games! It couldn't come out on Switch because Bowser's Inside Story used so many of the unique features on the original DS that if it came out it would be either unfaithful or kinda strange. They also couldn't afford the time or money to make a new game, but in the time it took them to make this remake, they made a whole story dedicated to Bowser Jr. and this is the only time we ever see him as the main protagonist in a story!

[@ShaneMGD]

@nickk3077 I get your point, but like I said in the video I just think some key features I loved about the original were butchered in the remake such as the Dr. Toadly office scene. It was great seeing all the areas and characters get remade on 3DS since it all looks great, but the overall game just felt like it had less care than Superstar Saga, which bums me out since BiS is my fav in the series. But I respect your view point!

[@tolstartheking]

I agree with most of your points, but Miyamoto doesn’t own Nintendo. That one part was pretty hard to watch knowing that.

[@XSANS-i8m]

11:51 ajajajja lol

[@fawfulthegreat64]

Agree 100% with all your points on Paper Jam, mostly disagree on BIS DX though. Yes the things you talked about are problems, but not deal-breakers in my opinion. I don't think any of it was due to laziness, but rather running on a thin budget and banking on the game that previously sold the most to get them out of it. I tend to look on the positive side with BIS DX. I love the new Fawful sprites (marking both of his major appearances in the modern style at the time), and the glow-up to his final castle was crazy. It went from "still the palette of Peach's Castle just with Fawful faces" to "Fawful completely remodeled the place making it feel cold and industrial". There's even statues of his mech from Superstar Saga with a glowing red eye exposed. And the 30 FPS bothers me about as much as it does in the TTYD remake, which is barely at all. I just loved seeing one of my favorite adventures in the modern 3DS style. I'd take a dozen BIS Remakes over one Paper Jam.

[@ShaneMGD]

@fawfulthegreat64 You know what, yeah good points. I agree. I really do think it's awesome to see Fawful on 3DS hardware sprites. I remember when Dream Team first came out I remember thinking to myself how cool it would be to see Fawful. Yeah idk it wasn't a deal breaker for me as I bought the game day 1 since it's also my fav M&L, but it's because I have a deep love for it that makes me critical to the remake. But yeah you have great points.

[@jonatanjohansen4485]

Ultra rare algorithm pull (let's goooo)

[@ShaneMGD]

@@jonatanjohansen4485 ayyy 💪

[@Magic_Ice]

I honestly doubt that Paper Jam had to be bland because of a mandate seeing as Alphadream created new characters in the remakes. I honestly believe it was because it was cheaper and easier to use existing Mario characters and assets from Dream Team and Sticker Star. Alpha Dream has been bleeding money after Dream Team costed so much to make and didn’t being back enough profits so it makes sense they would try to focus on making the game have a wider appeal and cheaper assets.

[@rolandodr98]

28:33 Nintendo bought Next Level Games because they were already getting looked into being bought by another company and Nintendo didn't want to lose them.

[@ShaneMGD]

Ohh okay didn't know that, thanks for the heads up

[@RetroLiminal99444]

I was very very VERY peeved that Paper Jam was the final game in the series and it was unoriginal and boring. This pissed me off for a while and I came up with my own concepts for an ORIGINAL Mario and Luigi game and one of them was exploring multiple kingdoms by traveling around in a talking plane. This was around when I played Odyssey and the thought came to me while playing the game. When Mario and Luigi Brothership was revealed I was actually very surprised by the coincidence. Except they took a seafaring adventure approach. I’m soooooo glad we are back. I’m getting the physical copy. I have to.

[@ShaneMGD]

Dude that's awesome! I'm so happy we're back!!

[@PortableProductions]

hi

[@Spaghetti48284]

What did fire emblem do to you dawg 😭

[@ShaneMGD]

exist 😂

[@aalytoks9755]

Is this Shane McGillicuddy's 2nd channel?

[@ShaneMGD]

no lmao

[@Theofficialguidetonothing]

Paper mario;my charm comes from its story I have the best story of any mario ever also I have great gameplay and I am on mostly home consoles Mario and Lugi:My charm comes from its villains,story,locations and LUIGIIIIIIIIIIIi!!!!!!!!. and i appear on mostly hand helds and I have jumped forward to home console now and my gameplay is god like also all my animations have a lot of soul (I NEED ANOTHER YEAR OF LUGI PLS PLS PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[@jamesdistefano4986]

I know that paper jam was the worst one, but i still found it enjoyable tbh. I think a 4 year old would like it more than superstar saga

[@ShaneMGD]

Fair enough lol

[@Rvchnoob51]

That just shows how good this series is.

[@KirbyKing25]

1:08 counter argument: Dream Team

[@ShaneMGD]

you right! dream team is in my top 3 favs. It's so good.

[@toxicghost58]

I'm a huge fan of the "Mario & Luigi" games, and while I agree that "Paper Jam" was the weaker one of the series, I still think it's pretty good. I think the reason why it was so bland compared to the others is because Nintendo wanted to focus on the crossover idea of the 2 different Mario RPG game, and keep it in between the 2 different Mushroom Kingdoms. I'm sure we all wanted to see Paper Fawful and a 3D Dimentio, but I think having the 2 Bowsers combine their armies was a good call so that they wouldn't have to focus on creating a whole bunch of new enemies that have never even been seen before randomly appear.

[@ShaneMGD]

They wouldn't even need to create new ones though, just bring already existing enemies from both series together in one game.

[@smallbag123]

I personally like Paper Jam

[@ShaneMGD]

It's decent, but I can't help but look at it as a huge case of mis potential, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Paper Jam would’ve been good. But they got recency bias. Its like they had a cool game at the beginning, than it got a mutation of Sticker Star Syndrome. Similar ideas from sticker star are the only references here. Toads being the only characters, THEY REUSED THE FUCKING STICKER STAR SOUND EFFECTS FOR ACTION COMMANDS, and bland locations. This game was kind of insulting. Especially coming after the last 2 games being the magnum opus of this series. Dream Team and Bowsers Inside Story are some of my favorite games of all time, so this not even being close to par is insulting. Also yeah the gba superstar saga looked good, but i think the toads and the goombas look wrong and way too lanky. Also it is genuinely just heart-shattering how underrated Dream Team is. Its Bowsers Inside Story, but different enough to stand out. Plus its just as good if not better. Sure the complaints on length are valid, it really isn’t that bad.

[@ShaneMGD]

I'm genuinely a huge defender of Dream Team. I think the game is fantastic. Def in my top 3 fav M&L's.

[@susiehaltmann3342]

@@ShaneMGD for me its number 1. I think it has the best game exclusive characters

[@susiehaltmann3342]

You know whats even more insane, THE ORIGINAL BOWSERS INSIDE STORY RELEASED IN 2009 ON THE DS, RAN AT 60 FPS. 10 YEARS EARLIER. Also the giant battles just look terrible. Tough Guy Alert, the main boss theme, sounds compressed to fucking hell. And heres something hilarious. The original game was in the top 20 best selling ds games, sellling 4.56 million copies. The remake is one of the WORST performing games in the ENTIRE mario franchise with only 34,523 units. The second worst only behind Mario’s Tennis on the virtual boy.

[@heckinconcernedkitten61]

Paper jam is missed potential, it could’ve been so much better :(

[@Eli-12822]

Bowser's Inside Story is very overrated. If not, it's one of the most overrated games in existence. Especially in the Mario & Luigi Sub Reddit. It's overrated for good reasons, many good reasons.

[@ShaneMGD]

Overrated for good reason

[@Xavier-Noat72]

Agreed it is overrated.

[@veen6847]

They sold me at playing with Bowser.

[@angieberry6255]

I thought paper jam was good

[@Luisp123-aka-luckbutter21]

Same I had fun playing it

[@47northm]

I liked paper jam

[@xSoporific1]

Lol

[@inktendo]

I 100% respect your opinion as a M&L fan myself. But I just think both remakes look so cheap and generic compared visual-wise compared to the originals and even with Dream Team. The assets are so low poly it boils down to a a smudge mess

[@imbored1179]

Bruh that’s just unfathomable to me. Maybe the BIS story remake but the super star saga remake is literally gorgeous and arguably the best looking game in the series

[@jonnyvanvechten7361]

I love Mario & Luigi too but relax on the fe hate lol. Those are tactics games

[@Hamantha]

Bro really doesn’t like Fire Emblem. As a fan of both… uncalled for :/

[@ShaneMGD]

Hey, to each their own 🙏

[@Hamantha]

@@ShaneMGD I will say, I agree that battling in M&L is a lot more fun, it’s just that those individual fights aren’t the main appeal to FE to answer that joke question lol

[@ShaneMGD]

@Hamantha hahaha I get it no worries

[@unalives]

"Preaching my love for Mario & Luigi" *spends half the video complaining about paper mario sticker star* 🤨

[@ShaneMGD]

@@unalives what's your point 😂? the topic was relevant to the whole video

[@unalives]

@@ShaneMGD google delete this guys channel

[@ShaneMGD]

@@unalives you're a fun person aren't you

[@HuangLongGaming]

nobody actually likes fire emblem get over yourself