We HAVE to Talk About That Ending...

[@Leet-iz2fz]

I think Reclusa's battle being so simplistic is kind of on purpose. He's not a scheming mastermind like Cackletta or Elder Princess Shroob, nor does he think to share his power between bodies like the Dark Star. He's a petulant childlike abomination throwing a tantrum because he can't have his way, and the Weeping Core phase is something he makes up on the fly to buy himself time. He's never had to fight seriously because no one could resist his illusions, so he doesn't have a lot of distinct moves and mostly just throws his power around.

[@MatthewWeinberg-lr6kv]

Additionally, what Reclusa lacks in complexity, he makes up for in variance-the final showdown with him has FOUR distinct phases, and each one throws something different at you-first you chase him down on the giant plug and beat him up in his normal form, then he possesses the entire Soli-Tree and becomes Weeping Reclusa and you have to rescue Snoutlet from his Doom Blooms before climbing up Weeping Reclusa, *then* you go inside the tree and fight the Weeping Core which can guard itself from your Bros Attacks after you’ve used them twice, and THEN you fight Reclusa himself one last time where he throws everything he’s got at you in the form of super fast and hard-hitting attacks. And after all that there’s an additional final sequence where you hammer him into oblivion while plunging from the top of the Soli-Tree. Compare that with the final battles of the previous ML games which were not nearly as big and epic in scope and structure-Dreamy Bowser is just a single-phase fight, and all the other final bosses only have two distinct phases-Bowletta followed by Cackletta’s Soul, Elder Princess Shroob’s first and second forms, Dark Bowser followed by the Dark Star Core, and the dual Bowsers followed by Shiny Robo-Bowser.

[@StevenJones851]

@@Leet-iz2fz agreed well said

[@notyourpotato3304]

Reclusa is just a Kirby villain trapped in a Mario game

[@greensnicksalt]

Thats exactly what i thought lmao

[@StevenJones851]

that's what it seems like

[@UltimateRex95]

@@StevenJones851I get Void Termina vibes from Reculsa in some areas

[@UltimateRex95]

@@StevenJones851And also the Master Crown Tree Form from Weeping Reclusa

[@notyourpotato3304]

@@UltimateRex95 like the weeping core is legit just a dark matter/zero type of fight

[@tysonvienneau1830]

Phycological Horror via" isolated happy lands until starvation of entire world" was not on my bingo card for "Mario game themes". The Shadow Queen's eternal servitude offer is lookin' *REAL* tempting right about now

[@Flamey34]

Reminds me of Naruto Shippuden.. Infinite Tsukuyomi

[@Narouto-uk4xo]

​@@Flamey34There was also a batman episode where something similar happened

[@abowlofguacamole8558]

I mean atleast under her servitude you wont die of starvation slowly and painfully.

[@greenstarlover1]

​@@Narouto-uk4xo wasn't it a justice league episode?

[@Narouto-uk4xo]

@@greenstarlover1 No. Well maybe but I meant batman the show from the 1900's

[@TrueFear169]

Reclusa is probably the best way to do a "Ultra powerful creature is the TRUE final boss" because it gives us enough time to get to know, and enjoy him

[@RetroLiminal99444]

Unlike Elder Shroob, I like Reclusa better. We got to know more about Reclusa and spend time with him.

[@AzureMoebius22]

I've said the before, but Reclusa is basically an amalgam of the previous M&L villains while being able to outdo them. Yes, Logan, including Fawful.

[@solarflare9078]

@@RetroLiminal99444 It's possible with characters with little screentime. Take Senator Armstrong for example

[@RetroLiminal99444]

@@solarflare9078 yeah that’s true. I love the Senator

[@Joe._.Mama75]

Connie giving Mario a unitree sapling to plant in the muchroom kingdom and then seeing sprite bulbs pop out after it’s planted made me tear up a bit ngl. I love plants

[@StevenJones851]

yeah it was a good moment

[@bok4822]

Cue them becoming an invasive species and a lot of plant life dying out because the unitrees are killing off other plants. Well, I guess this is Mario, so this would probably never happen. Probably.

[@glizzyrodriguez4720]

Its like say the adventure is not over because I'm thinking there could be more to the series without alpha dream's help and how Nintendo is letting unreal engine the powered engine of Palworld help them with this

[@StevenJones851]

@bok4822 yeah agreed

[@StevenJones851]

@glizzyrodriguez4720 the adventure has more to explore still

[@Fixional]

I absolutely loved this game, yeah it had some things i wasnt too into but the overall experience was great. I loved the whole ending sequence too (aside from the rather long bond fetch quest) and thought reclusa was a great villain. Having the villian basically be a basement dweller discord mod/redditer that wants to trap everyone in the matrix was incredible

[@StevenJones851]

@@Fixional agreed with everything you said

[@UltimateRex95]

⁠@@StevenJones851It can be a little slow at times tho

[@StevenJones851]

@@UltimateRex95 yeah the game is a bit slow sometimes

[@mallowfan22]

14:38 when he weeping core scans the attacks it means after using one after two turns he surronds himself with a force field negating damage.

[@LisaVGG]

Fun Fact: Those force fields stay up during the rest of the fight, even after the Weeping Core is destroyed

[@mallowfan22]

@@LisaVGG it gives the fight more of a challenge so you cant use the same overpowered bros attacks.

[@LisaVGG]

@ I remember thinking the barrier was exclusive to the Weeping Core until I used one of the Bros Attacks that had gotten scanned on Reclusa and found it still up. I was blown away, super impressed

[@rainpooper7088]

Never saw the barriers, I guess using each attack only once doesn't trigger them and that's more than enough to take out the core. The final boss of Paper Jam just auto-counters Paper Mario's special moves if you use them while the armor is intact, but without any prior telegraphing that this will happen, you'll just find out when you try to attack him and he pulls his own hammer out of nowhere. I thought Reclusa might do the same if you use a move more than once and the game just has the decency to let you know this time.

[@Nathan-fo4ux]

It’s nice hearing someone appreciate this game’s story. I haven’t taken a Mario game story seriously in such a long time. I haven’t felt sad at the end of a Mario RPG since Super Paper Mario.

[@doctortuxito7532]

One thing that stuck out to me is that Mario and Luigi's ideal world is one where Bowser is an ally. Really shows that despite being enemies they do respect eachother.

[@creepro7]

Fun fact: Reclusa's Name in Japanese seems to be a pun on "Lonely Bum" (Look at the Mario wiki if you don't believe me)

[@greenstarlover1]

Lmao

[@chloeryanvtuber]

Recluse in english is the same thing, so it makes sense

[@grayfox4819]

Finally someone else who acknowledges the game's good qualities... it's true, the game has some big flaws (especially the pacing), but they didn't kill it for me and I really enjoyed it, like the previous entries. Such a shame that reviews were so cold on it (but hey, they praised Veilguard so much, so everything is cool right? ....-_-)...

[@StevenJones851]

I'm glad someone else likes the game

[@paulgilbert5278]

They don't know a good game if it came and Donkey Konged them in the rear

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

I feel like I'm the only one who actually LOVED the pacing! The game is constantly introducing new stuff, and even on the couple occasions where the story forces you to return to a few islands, they change a LOT about them to keep things fresh. The side quests are also freaking cute, and I enjoyed basically all the content this game had to offer. I think it's up there with BIS as the best in the series! Idk if it completely dethrones BIS, but it's close!

[@jefferyandbob3137]

@@sethfeldpausch4337 Yeah I feel like people are being a bit harsh given that a lot of super praised JRPGs I've seen have way worse pacing problems

[@StevenJones851]

@sethfeldpausch4337 same the game is really fun and cool to explore especially the side quests

[@darkmonger6244]

The Great Conductor straight up tells you Zokket is Cozette though…

[@LisaVGG]

I absolutely loved Reclusa as a villain, he felt like a maniac in a similar vein to Fawful which made me love him so much. I figured out that Zokket was Cozette the second she was mentioned in the story, but I could never have guessed what would come out of that freaky-deaky egg

[@AzureMoebius22]

Reclusa isn't just that. He's an amalgam of the previous M&L villains on top of being M&L's answer to Paper Mario's Dimentio.

[@LisaVGG]

@ A mix of the previous villains…I see it. He’s got a look similar to Antasma, acts similar to Fawful, and has a boss phase with an attack similar to Cackletta’s Soul. I don’t see Dimentio though

[@AzureMoebius22]

@LisaVGG It's mainly the jester aesthetic. Also you forgot that he relishes in causing chaos and destruction, much like a certain type of purple fungi

[@LisaVGG]

@ Oh yeah, i forgot about the Shroobs…well there’s that and him being an invasive pest

[@AzureMoebius22]

@LisaVGG I hadn't considered the invasive part. And more to the Fawful comparison, despite his psychotic demeanor, he's plenty smart and resourceful, managing to incapacitate most of the NPCd

[@cfsfilms5091]

Brothership is a flawed game that simultaneously made me want less and more from it, but the stuff it did well it did so well and with such sincerity that I can't help but love it deeply. My honest review of the whole thing is a single sentence: My first playthrough took more than 50 hours, and it couldn't always sustain that, but I want to play it again.

[@tryorse8340]

A neat callback to inside story was when you would defeat a certain enemy type and previous enemies are freed from it. Sometimes they even give a healing item as thanks

[@mr.blueguy7648]

3:17 a little fun fact, the first thing i thought to use was the boo bisquit, and it actually worked. you take no damage and they lose all their health upon blowing up

[@nuzo_0]

OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE 😭

[@shawnheinlen6428]

Lol I used the battle plug that blocks all damage, but honestly using a boo biscuit did cross my mind

[@greenstarlover1]

I guarded, and it took me 50 dmg maximum each. Idk if my defense was just busted, but it felt anticlimactic.

[@rainpooper7088]

I had the right battle plugs ready, but did use a Boo Biscuit eventually because I didn't know what else to do and I saw they weren't blocked like they are in other fights.

[@hugeluigifan2236]

This Game is a masterpiece So Grumbla has reunited with his family The Extension Corps Are running a business Dyode and Emmit are famous and have a huge Fanclub Everyone is Happliy Living After Now we must wait for the next Mario and Luigi Game! Called “Mario and Luigi Brotherhood!” A Direct sequel to this Game

[@AzureMoebius22]

I just imagined Assassin's Creed, but with the Mario cast.

[@huhneat1076]

Not using Bowser's bond with his minions was a wasted opportunity. Personally, I think he could definitely replace the dancing guys.

[@UltimateRex95]

Or Bowser and Jr I actually thought that was gonna happen😭

[@greenstarlover1]

Not sure about the replacement, but yeah, not using Bowser's bond was a wasted opportunity.

[@VXXIE-r7l]

@@greenstarlover1maybe where he saves you from the incoming wave of enemies is where you can get his bond, that would be a pretty decent way to get it if they added it in

[@Joosher56]

@@VXXIE-r7lonly problem with that is that he saves you in the solitree, and you need to collect all the bonds to get in there in the first place

[@VXXIE-r7l]

@@Joosher56 ..ah.

[@anthonyoliver418]

I used the boo biscuit to avoid the insta kill which I do like how they give you multiple options to avoid it while still making it devastating.

[@someperson7491]

let me just say, i fully knew what was going on in the “mushroom kingdom” but the music made it feel like i had to feel nervous it’s completely normal, until you get to the loop, and it just barely changes to have some “glitchy” sound i love it

[@igorguimaraes5283]

14:36 This could be Reclusa's way of showing "You know your precious Bros Attacks? Well, look! I can do them all by myself! And you can too!"

[@bird6528]

Don’t be sad we have to say goodbye. Be happy that we met in the first place that’s the vibe I got from the ending and I really hope we can revisit this world one day even if it’s just brief.

[@KookieStar]

Just finished the game right now, and my God, Reclusa became my new fave ML villain. All of his battle phases, the kidnapping of Mario and Luigi with that "odd putting" Mushroom Kingdom illusion (psychological horror, my beloved) and that ending, omg the end got me crying. That was seriously adorable 😭❤️ IGN has to die in a fire for saying that this game was a 5/10. They legit haven't played the game entirely to understand how beautifully wholesome and fun this game is 😭

[@KevX36]

So I did guess who Zokket was, kinda early too, but the only reason I did was because it's mario, Cozette wasn't going to be dead and the next potentially important plot twist became my guess

[@gabeiscool19835]

Same thing for me too

[@Lucky98_]

Also didn’t help that just switching the z and c sounds in their name gets you the other one

[@Dunc64BS]

If you were really paying attention to the dialogue you could've already known about cozette being zokket. If I remember correctly it was when zokket was talking with connie under the uni tree (around that moment)

[@KevX36]

@Dunc64BS Yeah, that was a hint, but it also happens at the same time as the reveal.

[@Serious5GamingS5G]

Same for me, I had a small feeling Zokket was actually Cozette

[@linkthapro]

I personally really enjoyed the final boss theme especially the last phase theme it fits so well with what’s going on in the fight

[@thedraftingax5963]

Me too!

[@sillynowah]

finally someone else that likes it..

[@RetroLiminal99444]

I love it too. I like this theme more than Cackletta and Princess Shroob theme.

[@sillynowah]

@ agreed this theme gives me chills

[@Daltonisntabot]

​@@RetroLiminal99444I really enjoy the Phase 3 theme. I feel the 3DS remake of Cackletta's Soul isn't as good as the original GBA version as the sound font almost gives it a 'electric guitar' feel with the low sound effects. 3DS version isn't bad, but kind of like the original version. For me, the other phases feel very slow and not as much energy as Cackletta's Soul theme. Not bad, though, and Phase 3 is very nice. I hope we get another Mario and Luigi game.

[@aquarioresetter8828]

When I saw that the Weeping Core was analyzing my attacks, I had flashbacks to the first time I fought Bowser X. Horror. Chaos. Fear. I immediately began kicking shells at the core.

[@2011supergamer]

As someone who did a beanless wear-less level 40 playthrough i actually really liked the final boss. The scans in phase 1 make him guard against that attack for the rest of the fight. So you have to kill it as fast as possible or risk bros attacks being basically useless for phase 2. It feels super rewarding to finally learn the timing for the rolling ball attack and get some mega counters in on it, saving me from potentially using a bros attack or two, allowing me to use Conductor Connector at full effectiveness in phase 2

[@Just_Shaun]

Reclusa is essentially just Flowey from Undertale, the meta twist was awesome, and its representation of a modern theme of tech and isolation was surprisingly deep. Zokket’s twist was very obvious, and the bond arc was a bit of a drag.

[@MythiqueDash]

I'm placing Brothership's ending second in place, just behind Bowser's Inside Story's ending. If it weren't for the length of the bond energy section, it would easily be #1. Acquire did a magnificent job.

[@mallowfan22]

@@MythiqueDash its kinda the same the two main villians kinda kill themselves for their plans to succed with fawful killing himself for a last ditch effort to kill everyone inside of bowser and zokket gives the last of his power to revive reclusa.

[@StevenJones851]

@@mallowfan22 i love how the endings are similar

[@StevenJones851]

they did a great job

[@pikachuyip1478]

The most unsettling part of the game was the Real villain showed up in the egg. But the Creepy part was the people of Concordia and the Toads was trapped inside these Villy of the Valley VR-like Helmet, also the last level Mario and Luigi was almost confronting the Final boss but also got trapped by the Helmet too in a Mushroom Kingdom VR prison.

[@chrimsonphantom]

The most unsettling part for me. Is realizing that Reclusa is a cycle. Yet we don't know much about them. The only lore drop we get is when shun overheard a conversation from Zokket. Why is it unsettling? Because I think no one knows about Reclusa, because no one was left alive to tell the tale of what happened.

[@lukemaclaughlin6055]

Remember when ign told us this was a bad game. That was a very funny joke

[@irvingvazquez7045]

I know the last battle wasn't mechanically and musically awesome as the past installments but maybe JUST MAYBE we're losing the main point of Reclusa/Ysoleth theme Cackletta had Fawful and ultimately used Bowser's body to achieve her goal and you kinda fight both in the end. The shroob queen fought the brothers alongside her shroob ufos on the final battle Dark bowser/Star had Fawful too fighting alonside them Antasma and Bowser teamed up and while Bowser ultimately deceived Antasma, he didn't fight alone as he dreamed his loyal troops to fight with him. Finally Bowser and paper bowser also fought togheter, but Reclusa/Ysoleth... He was all alone He had no one to help him, he didn't want to, he was frightfully powerful and he would use that power to isolate everyone else by his own means and in contrast Mario&Luigi were with Snoutlet and also the power of the other charcaters powering them up. Thinking about this, the final battle is genius

[@Joe._.Mama75]

I knew Zokket was gonna be Cozette as early as the colorful sea. It wasn’t overly obvious, but it’s a cliche at this point. ☠️

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

As someone who's yet to play the game, that first sentence makes you sound schizophrenic.

[@grayfox4819]

It probably wouldn't have been too obvious it their names weren't too similar and opposite (I mean Cozette-Zokket... you see what I mean).

[@thatgayguy9365]

​@@grayfox4819the fact that I never put that together....

[@Fixional]

Called it the moment I saw cozette

[@Adnado]

It just couldn’t be anyone else so it was obviously her imo

[@scarletmario256]

i never expected nintendo to pull a mario horror game moment. the peach corridor remind me of b3313

[@mr.m1785]

Does the corridor actually have insta-game over moments as I initially thought?

[@scarletmario256]

@@mr.m1785 nah you just go back to the fountain

[@garrettbrunner8425]

Ohms (pronounced Ooh-ms) Are a unit of measurement to measurement how much eletrical resistance there is in a current. So I imagine golm enemies are based off that, because of how much this game loves eletrical puns

[@Charmandu]

So about the Weeping core phase, this phase is basic. Once you use the same attack twice, bros or standard, he will take no more damage for that attack. Its basically stopping you from spamming the same powerful bros attack over and over again.

[@jefferyandbob3137]

Reclusa also guards some attacks in his last phase, I don't think it's the Core data carrying over but Im not exactly sure what it is cause it happened differently each time I think.

[@jacobkohr7243]

deranged love child of Omega Flowey and Jevel casting Infinite Tsukuyomi was definitely not on my Bingo card for this game.

[@rafaynoman1180]

You know between Totk and Brothership Nintendo has been on a roll with games that have a theme of forging severed bonds and in a post covid world that's something we really need.

[@garrettbrunner8425]

I'd say Brothership does a significantly better job at that than TOTK. Brothership showed us it's stakes and made characters to care about. Totk kinda failed in that imo

[@niolu1710]

The ending brought me back to Naruto Shippuden with the Infinite Tsukuyomi and being trapped in that genjutsu. When Technikki was captured and started talking like she did, I’m like “This is straight up Naruto.”

[@Thebroadcaster759]

Reclusa has to be one of my favorite character designs and personality

[@anthonyoliver418]

I love how he is the oppposite of Zokket, while Zokket has minimal motivation or emotions, Reclusa is motivated by isolating everyone in a blissful construct and is constantly gleeful and chaotic in that fact, making him being the true villain work well especially with how it gave us the chaotic villain after having mostly humorous or simple emotionally villains.

[@flakethecatcristalia1911]

The scanning basically means that when you use a normal attack like jump or hammer two times, reclusa makes finishes analyzing it and forms a shield to protect itself

[@thepichumaster9354]

I love how Bowser is seen as and is an actual threat to the mario bros in this game

[@jefferyandbob3137]

Yeah its cool that he gets to be as much of a threat as he is when he's the villain without being the main villain

[@solarflare9078]

He's been that way since Dream Team Probably because he became a more competent villain in Bowser's Inside Story

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

He sees the bros and he’s ON SIGHT! I love how he drops everything just to say “Hey boys over here. Shoot Mario and Luigi!”

[@thepichumaster9354]

@@infinityheart_tm9270 He was literally in the middle of a war and still wanted to kill Mario and Luigi

[@John_Fein27]

Recluse is definitely my favorite Mario and Luigi final boss, but not my favorite final boss music.

[@TheFlashzap]

Yeah I got to agree not a banger like In the Final

[@oxygenchinchillaangel02]

Mario & Luigi Brothership has become my #1 favorite game in the series. In my opinion, I would rank it above Dream Team and Superstar Saga but below Bowser’s Inside Story. It’s not as amazing as BiS, but it is still really good! My one big issue though is the lack of replayability. There are some things I haven’t completed yet, but once that’s done with…. It’s done. There’s nothing much that I can do other than try to level up the Bros. to the max. That and a few other nitpicks aside, I really love this game. I’ve been playing through it with my boyfriend, and it was such an unforgettable experience.

[@CJT2]

I’m really confused you say it’s your number one, but you would rank it below Bowser inside story

[@ceenewe]

@@CJT2I think they meant that it’s their personal favorite but in a more “objective” way, they rank it below BIS

[@oxygenchinchillaangel02]

⁠@@ceenewe Yeah, exactly.

[@willsteve830]

You could have used a boo biscuit to avoid the extension corps finisher.

[@DSi381]

I did that even after getting protectus. I only used that plug for the mutant bobomb fight.

[@garrettbrunner8425]

The only time Boo Biscuits are useful lol

[@dipnoh8609]

I give it a 9.5/10 I really believe the series has been revived and the last scene in the credits state that new adventures are just a few years away from being reality Awesome game, worth the preorder time and cost

[@autismrk8636]

The hardest part of the final fight was going up the tree I couldn't get all the way up and had to do the whole doom bloom fight again for 2 hours straight the Lights of the tree made it hard to see the fire/ice attacks and I had to worry about the other obstacles on top of it nor was I overpowered for this making so much harder

[@Fixional]

Yeah the projectiles blend in too much, my strategy was just spam A and B and focus on avoiding the plants since there's no consequence for spamming

[@TheBooBomber609]

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but the Mushroom Kingdom in the intro and ending cutscenes is the same exact one from Odyssey.

[@FungusBug]

I know it was partly due to the fact I was a bit overleveled, but I’d say the final gauntlet against Reclusa was kinda underwhelming. Each phase had so little health that I could beat them all in 2-4 Bros Attacks. I get that’s to compensate for the fact that there’s so many distinct phases, but it just felt underwhelming because I barely got to see what he could do during each phase because of how fast I could blitz him down.

[@danielgomez-om9zd]

me too and I was two or three levels under Reclusa

[@mr.m1785]

I enjoyed Reclusa. That was an antagonist who really tried to pull out all the stops. Gotta point out, Zokket didn't exactly forget character names necessarily. When on his own, he does seem to remember the Extension Corps names. He just does that to tick them off if I'm not mistaken.

[@THEGASTLYAPPEARSInsertspookymu]

I can confirm I am the other guy who did not see Cozette being Zokket twist coming

[@titaniumstar1772]

Me too but i was too busy playing the game to notice

[@mallowfan22]

weird to me people thought cozette was zokket based on their height i dont how how you would look at zokket and immediatley see that him and cozette had the same height.

[@thatgayguy9365]

I also didn't see it coming. I wasn't distracted or anything I just genuinely didn't see it coming

[@noodles65]

Ehh i didn’t see it coming either but in hindsight it’s pretty obvious lol just switch the consonant sounds around in “Cozzete” and change up the “o” sound a bit and it becomes “Zokket” but like i just never thought that the wire thing on both their heads would be relevant, probably because Zokket is 3x the size of Cozzete so I never considered them being the same person

[@StevenJones851]

didint see it coming but was fun to see

[@yoshifan-n4n]

The finale boss feels like a Kirby finale boss

[@I.T.P]

If you use the same Bros Attacks on Reclusa and he doesn’t die, that scanning thing he does comes into effect. Once he’s fully scanned an attack it is going to to far less damage, and it carries into both subsequent phases as well

[@ethanstein6613]

The final area and reclusa literally reminded me of undertale and deltarune Cozette/Zokket reminded me of asriel/Raseli and recluse reminded me of Flowey.

[@Jeijard]

I can't belive they didn't add a boss fight mode at the end of the game like paper jam. Almost all of the boss fights where easy for me, specially because I had the best equipement and was maybe a bit overleveled.

[@dillonwright13]

I hope we get another new Mario & Luigi game for the new console, and maybe a classic-style Paper Mario game.

[@Gamer1288]

If the remade the Entire Series for the Switch 2 with this Art Style while modifying the Giant and Papercraft Battles to work Traditionally then It would be a Day 1 Buy of all of them.

[@crowmaster9652]

probably not 60k equates to flop and no ign had nothing to do with it

[@paulgilbert5278]

@@crowmaster9652 Not necessarily, It's the big Mario game for the holiday season and it's already on sale in some countries. That's a good time if any for it to get a boost

[@FluppietheRockruffFan]

@@crowmaster9652 they kinda did since most people hating on the game haven't even played the game and just listened to the music and watched Yters play it

[@crowmaster9652]

@@FluppietheRockruffFan i would say the people rating it 10/10 peak didnt play it because their review is dishonest to sp1te ign The game has issues that are very obvious

[@Tal12075]

14:53 if you use the same bros attack two times it will stop working.

[@tryorse8340]

15:23 the quest where you need to do that same thing a bit earlier in the story before heading to the soli-tree might have been a subtle hint

[@UltimateRex95]

Weeping Core scanning means if it’s gonna take half the damage and if it’s complete it will negate those attacks and pretty sure it carries over to Reclusa too

[@tailsmilesprower9451]

The scanning means he takes less damage from that special attack you used against it

[@elvismartinez9067]

I feel that in a future Mario and Luigi game, we may see some cameos from the friends we made in Concordia as the Mushroom Kingdom has a Unity Tree. Or maybe even visit the rebuild Concordia.

[@Bentheminor1847]

No but like i personally enjoy the final phase theme of reclusa, bravo Vince Gilligan

[@mikeydeez21]

Reclusa had several phases before you could defeat him what are you talking about? Chasing him to use the bond bomb to deal some damage, the tree, the core, then reclusa TWICE! I think that’s plenty of phases already.

[@UltimateRex95]

Reclusa is a Kirby boss but in Mario

[@tryorse8340]

I knew that zokket couldnt be the final boss once i managed to best him using only hammer and jump attacks that were admittedly greatly augmented by plugs.

[@UltimateRex95]

And the music theme was the Standard boss music

[@nvnvnv13]

I was a bit annoyed with the boring villains from the first half of the game, but when Reclusa came out and trapped Mario and Luigi in a false world??? Holy sht, that part was hella creepy, I wanted to give this game 8/10. But Reclusa alone managed to bumped my score up to 8.5/10. He's a cool villain o.O

[@king_of_imagination5336]

For a first game from a new company taking on the legacy of a great game series, Acquire came out swinging and really did this series justice for taking up the big mantel Alphadream left behind. It was rough around the edges but all in all they smashed it out of the park with new charming characters, unique situations, references a plenty, and a great story all in all. Here's to hoping that if Nintendo decides to greenlight another M&L game, it'll be just as grand as this adventure along with learning from some light criticism along the way.

[@obsidianfury5617]

The next Mario and Luigi game should be a crossover with Sonic. Concept title: Mario & Luigi: Worlds Collide The Villains would be Eggman and Bowser working together but they plan to betray the other after they take out their enemies.

[@waddlepikmin227]

3:12 I think there were multiple ways for tackle it. The invincibility plug definitely seemed like the obvious choice. I thought about using the plug fo keep you at 1 hp after a hit, but I figured that if the blast did enough damage, the second or third blast would bypass that plug. But what I personally ended up doing was using a Boo Biscuit to see if it would work, as either the first or second time, ans the last time, I would use it in game. And it totally worked, much to my own amusement. With how handholdy the series can be, I appreciate that Snoutlet didn’t pop out to tell me exactly what to do and let me figure things out on my own.

[@Kamsheedmartin]

The point of the Weeping core was that if use used an attack twice, it was create a guard against it

[@tryorse8340]

One staple i liked seeing return was powering/constructing a magical being or object to break through a barrier established around the enemy castle.

[@CodesTheOtaku]

Protip on replays of this game: Pop a Boo Biscuit right before the Extension Corps blows up. It is unbelievably broken.

[@salvahinn749]

15:00 the mechanic with the core is that once you use a bros attack or A NORMAL HAMMER ATTACK twice It will be useless to use It cause It will deal minimal damage almost. You have to keep changing bros attacks to beat it

[@MrMusic6336]

Reclusa is a 5 Phase gauntlet. He's hard enough as is.

[@lanluhylrean1122]

Had read up on the weeping core: you basically can't hit for hard damage with the same bro's moves more than twice. Once Weeping core says "Analysis complete of-" said bro's move, any further usage of that scanned move will deal reduced damage as the core will guard against that attack. I hadn't known this when i battled the core, but when i seen the text saying it was scanning my bro's moves, i had the wiggens that something negative for me would happen if it successfully scanned the move, so i just used each bro's move only once, in a "disturb it's scan and keep it from scanning my moves" kind of thing until i broke the core. When i read it; found the effect wasn't as bad as i originally feared, but was still justified in making sure i didn't repeat usage on a specific bro's move, as the reduce damage would still be a pain to deal with.

[@RyanAvellino18]

the weeping core's scan was its way to "counter" the bros attack, everytime you used it after it completed its scan reclusa would essentially guard against the attacks for the rest of the fight and the attacks would be virtually useless.

[@shrobbyy]

Reclusa is called Amperfide in the German version, it's such a cool name

[@gooeysad2058]

For Reclusa phase 3 you were just overpowered, the melee attack Reclusa had with 2-5 hits would kill u like u did in the video.

[@slowpoke8585]

I loved this game. I love the direction in story they took. I feel like this new developer will soon hit its own stride soon and I can’t wait to play it!

[@Fixional]

4:35 i thinks its more, so they just dont care enough to use the correct name. They're so focused on their goal and thinking everyone is beneath them, so they dont even bother

[@Pissmaster420]

The character bio on the website says they have a foggy memory. Probably because she was under control

[@mobster503]

When Reclusa went into the SoliTree and it started moving I actually said out loud “Oh my god its Whispy Woods”

[@clement2671]

When Reclusa scan the Bros Attack, he become extremely resistant to this attack.

[@ZeneonP0]

personally my only issue with the ending is that the world stays all gloomy until the very end and if you want to explore the world without it you gotta start a new game

[@UltimateRex95]

That’s how every game without a post game is

[@Soggyweatbix]

3:42 glohm sharpcask is truly the hardest boss in the game, this friggin boss broke me twice and nearly made me go insane do NOT fight this boss unless you wanna go mentally insane

[@joeyklemenko948]

I think what we could easily do to fix that Is that like right when you break reclusa out of the weeping core, you can have him be perfectly still, but his screen which show a bunch of different characters that had the VR flowers on their head on the screen and then Mario Luigi with the VR flowers show up on the screen with him saying” going through Mario Bros memory data” then he will say” six enemy data’s retrieve” and will start copying and listing the names of these data’s saying” enemy data of Caletta copied, data of elder princess shrood copied, Enemy data of dark star, Fauvel copied, enemy data of dreamy, Bowser copied, enemy data of shiny Robo copied. Commencing merging and uploading.” After saying this, his body begins to shake, and his left arm on his head, splits in three in the hands turn into shroob pinchers, his right arm on his head, becoming smoky and cloudy, his two hands on his body become the arms and hand of dark star Fauvel as his body transforms into a giant Dreamstone and his head becomes bigger, becoming a wide screen TV it didn’t extra reinforce metal that’s shiny wrapped around his head with eyes on top. With his new form becoming final abomination reclosa. With him having the attacks of previous bosses and you can even combine some of those to make a new ones. Like combining one of Caletta’s attacks with one of elder princess shrood attacks. The possibilities are endless, and you would have to attack each body part in order to leave him being just ahead you know if you could do damage to him the order of body parts you have to destroy goes like this: first the Caletta arm, then the elder princess shrood arm, then the dark star arms, then the giant dream stove, then the shiny metal head coating, which comes from shiny Rob browser, which just leaves his head

[@joeyklemenko948]

14:35 basically for example if you use the green shell multiple times on recruiter nous once he would completely scanned and make a force field that will leave him immune to the green shell basically being green shell proof the bros attack would not hurt the dude. And the strategy is to use different Bros.attacks to attack the guy so he wouldn’t get a full scan and become attack proof you keep using the same attack again he will just become immune to that

[@rainpooper7088]

Green Shell is useless against his final phase anyways because Reclusa floats, so you can easily sacrifice that one and Clockout Blow.

[@Austin-zc9gp]

When fighting the Extension Corps, I simply used a Boo Biscuit to not take damage from the explosions from all three.

[@LuigisMoustache4242]

As a person who still didn’t even get Brothership and saw the thumbnail, I want to thank you for putting this photo thing from ending at the thumbnail instead of just putting another photo about game which has nothing about ending.☠️

[@Leopez02]

This game should be in GOTY 2024 Nominees, but sadly it's not. 😢

[@Leopez02]

@AccursedHawk yeah not the goty, but in the list that I meant, but because it's a 5/10 game it's not even the list so I agree you

[@mallowfan22]

@@Leopez02is this your personal opion or did you just see the score ign gave it and decided not to get it?

[@Leopez02]

@mallowfan22 I saw IGN's too low score. My personal would be higher because I love Mario & Luigi series a 10/10!

[@thesnatcher3616]

None of the series got nominated I'm sure outside of maybe Bis.

[@alkeqq]

The final part of the mushroom kingdom section where the bros run across a dark room with a red carpet and talk to fake peach reminded me of that one section in og paper mario where a dooplighost disguises itself as peach. I wish it was foreshadowing for a paper mario remake 😢

[@TimJr.Martin]

When I played dream team, because I almost didn't expect to get Antasma and dreamy bowser, because how hard the giant bowser fight was for me.WhenI got the final bosses,I ground up a badge that let you freeze them in place for a few turns, then I went ham with brose attacks.

[@OrangeKirb-official]

For me I think I was a little too overleveled so the final bosses were pretty easy for me which was kinda sad but I still loved the fights (also those flowers that force people to dream are terrifying and I never expected it but I love it) Also the thing you said about the weeping core was exactly what happened to me I thought he was gonna use our bros attacks on us but I guess I beat him too quickly (Same with the final Reclusa boss too)

[@aaww1010]

I wish I could buy a plushy. Your challenge is amazing. But right now all my money is tight in Christmas shopping.

[@proplaystowin]

14:47 if you use the same attack twice i think reclusa is immune to it (or just takes very little damage from it) for the rest of the fight (not just the phase, the rest of the fight)

[@beastslayer8729]

The game is really lacking in boss refights and endgame challenges. I shouldn't have to do arbitrary "no gear" playthroughs in order to feel challenged. Part of me hopes they will give us an update with a hard mode or some secret bosses to give us a challenge.

[@StevenJones851]

lets hope we get DLC

[@Nolan1333]

The scan that the core does is analysing your attack and after u do a move 2 times the third time you do it, it will do significantly less damage so its supposed to make you use different moves and I think it transfers to reclusa which i really like but yeah by the time i got to him my mario bros were a bit overleveled and had this gear that gave me extra attack so killed him kinda fast. So i did it again without that gear and no bros boost to experience more of the fight. Pretty good final boss overall

[@MetaGamingDojo]

5:36 this reminds me of the "infinite tsukuyomi" that Madara used!😈🤣

[@brandonthings7995]

Has anyone else called "Glohm" "Gloom" from Zelda Tears of the kingdom

[@troybell7444]

21:53 bowser is going to kidnap peach again. Duty calls for Mario and Luigi.

[@Autisticgreenfrog]

Hehhehehehehehe he said duty 😈

[@troybell7444]

@ it’s not THAT kind of duty!👿

[@Skappyio1]

18:57 Cool high quality rip you got there

[@em-diamond9769]

3:23 wait what its not just a 1 shot? i just used a boo biscuit to dodge the massive explosion