Ranking Every Special Attack from the Mario & Luigi Series

[@OrangeToadGamer]

Ah yes, the *"Sephiroth is NOT surviving this move"* ranking

[@WeegMan]

@@OrangeToadGamer Trio Racquet Ball scares him the most :0

[@flying7900]

the guy aint even surviving regular jump 😭😭😭😭

[@micahfurlow2624]

When Mario and Luigi pull out the Mega Thwonk, may God have mercy on his soul 🙏

[@capitanaless1o493]

Bro isn't even gonna survive a failed Jump💀

[@beastslayer8729]

At this point I hope Nintendo embraces the meme and puts a Sephiroth reference in Brothership

[@TetrAegis]

Something fun to learn about the Brothership Bros. Attacks is that even if they have similar moves (Mario has red shell and Luigi has green) the actual function of the move is different! The Japanese website goes into detail about them and it’s revealed that Mario’s will be heavy single-target damage while Luigi’s is an AOE attack. This has me really excited to see what they do for other bros moves later in the game Edit: A lot of people have been telling me below that’s how the shells were in Dream Team and I do know this is how they work in DT. I just thought the new cool finisher cutscenes the bros get in Brothership would hit one enemy with Mario’s shell, while the shell would explode or something hitting everyone with Luigi’s shell. It kinda slipped my mind it would be talking about the move as a whole and not the finisher haha

[@The_Last_Pac]

Maybe Luigi gets the ice flower and Mario gets the fire flower

[@nathanielsmith1879]

This was the case in Dream Team as well (and maybe Paper Jam but I can't recall)! I don't think the game ever drew attention to it though; you had to notice when selecting which enemy to target that you could do so for Mario but not Luigi.

[@julienbronsch5039]

So its like the shells in Dream Team. The green shell from Luigi targeted random and the red shell from Mario let you select a target and it would only move to the next one if the selected on was defeated

[@Redw556]

Hell yeah!!

[@Maannnn...]

​@@The_Last_Pacno, Luigi should get the thunder flower as a reference to superstar saga

[@Mariofan-lz5gf]

13:31 These bombs are likely based off of the bombs Lemmy uses in New Super Mario Bros U.

[@marioortegosanz1614]

Which game came out first, New Super Mario Bros U or Mario & Luigi Dream Team?

[@Mariofan-lz5gf]

@@marioortegosanz1614 NSMBU came out in 2012. Dream Team released in 2013.

[@thisisausername9356]

With the mention of Thunder Bros, it reminds me just how much I wish Luigi had Lightning Powers more. I just feel like it fits more than just giving him Green Fire when it comes to this stuff

[@crazylotusgaming]

Facts

[@avalonplemel8933]

I mean he gets to be the Green Thunder in Super paper Mario, but yea, I wish it were a motif that were used more often

[@fabiopauli420]

@@avalonplemel8933 "Thunder!"

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Luigi's second Bros attack in Brothership summons a giant thunder cloud that deals multiple hits to every enemy.

[@Shadow-Joop-157]

Bowser should use magic more often. Kamek is Bowser's adoptive father so it makes sense that he is a master of magic

[@redstonewarrior0152]

The first game even referred to Bowser as a "dark sorcerer"! It even directly states that Bowser was directly responsible for all the toads being turned into blocks!

[@pixellord2370]

He does in Odyssey and Galaxy during his boss fights.

[@devincetee5335]

Additionally, if one considers the paper mario bowsers to have the same abilities as regular bowser, then he'salso poisonous

[@david_cool427YT]

​@@pixellord2370Very true the dude has hax to just conjure up a weapon at his side anytime but nobody really talks about it nor gives him credit for it.

[@susiehaltmann3342]

I always forget that the koopa race casually has black magic. Yes this is actually canon. Literally in Super Mario Bros the VERY first appearance of Bowser, the manual states this

[@Lumine_Zero]

Now I wanna play Paper Jam solely because of how awesome the special attacks are, it's the last one I need to play before Brothership anyways

[@micahfurlow2624]

Apparently later on it has a really cool card mechanic that brings a bunch of depth to the combat Honestly makes me wanna play it just so I can see why peeps praise the combat of Paper Jam so much

[@pandisperfected6369]

Paper jame is such a cool game, 100% recommend going back to it

[@chrisdejager2325]

The story is crap but the gameplay is the best in the series in my opinion.

[@MySnugglePuppy]

The gameplay is great but everything else is mediocre to awful. If you’re willing to put up with dumb filler to get to the good stuff, I think you’d enjoy it.

[@N1ghtSc4pe]

I played through the entire game, and i really think u should check it out! (my personal favorite attack is cannonball chuck)

[@frazzianimations9027]

25:59 one thing to add about luigianary Typhoon 🌀 is that I believe you can also catch Mario in it to by accident or intentionally he doesn’t take any damaged but he makes a funny sound effect and keeps on cheering after he gets back up on his feet always for that was funny and sweet that not even getting hit by a massive typhoon of Luigi’s will make Mario angry at his bro

[@Mistressofthelostones]

Any footage of this?

[@frazzianimations9027]

@@MistressofthelostonesI’m not sure can’t think of any of the top of my head

[@robotkirby814]

You can I did this all the time I first discovered it by accident but after discovering it every time I used the move I would always pick up Mario first because it was hilarious 😂

[@frazzianimations9027]

@@robotkirby814 same lol 😂

[@Exeggutorking]

The funny thing was that cannonballer was I think the first bros attack shown off in the American commercial when they launched the baby’s out of cannons, i miss cursed and weird Nintendo commercials

[@tysonvienneau1830]

I do too in all honesty. So much creativity

[@doggodon7952]

​@@tysonvienneau1830 You launch babies out of cannons?

[@tysonvienneau1830]

@@doggodon7952 no the commercials, not the baby cannons

[@MarioMastar]

The original Mario and Luigi commerical where they play that timely melody as they show the bros growing up fighting each other, only to end up being buddies in the end was always a tearjerker. Just something so nostalgic about it.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

15:50 The tiny balloons are also a reference to that oNE STUPID CARROT MINIGAME THAT GIVES ME AN ANEURYSM

[@shacharco8797]

that minigame was fun but annoying

[@user-bf6gz8ej4o]

Nope, they look completely different. Also that Minigame was nice af, You can finish it in a few seconds.

[@measuremeat]

this is one of the better m&l videos ive seen in a while. you give love and praise to every entry and their specific attacks and it’s just so nice to see instead of something more one-sided

[@supermannygamer2003]

Finally a M&L move tier list based on bias and not on effectiveness Im in for the long haul and youve earned my sub

[@rivianexcel763]

a list based solely on bias doesn't sound good on paper but hearing someone gushing about something they love is always fun to hear

[@thechargedfoxie456yt2]

I love how kirby star allies looked at mighty meteor from mario and luigi bowsers inside story and were like "yea, we can do that" Kirby proceeds tk baseball bat a meteor through multiple planets

[@Magic_Ice]

Paper Jam’s attacks will be why I will always love the game even though I understand why most people don’t. They are both difficult to do consistently meaning you have to focus a lot but very satisfying to do.

[@MySnugglePuppy]

My favorite part of that game is easily the combat, but I gave up about halfway through due to how boring everything else is.

[@MarioMastar]

A lot of the hate came from the unnecessary Sticker Star hate, where a group of people decided that anything that wasn't TTYD was the worst thing ever, somehow making the Paper Mario fanbase extremely toxic. It's really a shame cause the games were fine and this one as well, but having been a Sonic fan for years, you get used to the loudest members of the fanbase not actually being fans of the series they're griping about, just trolls looking for targets or something to complain about AVGN style.

[@Magic_Ice]

@@MarioMastar in some ways I agree however when most people see your series’ main appeal as “interesting locations and characters” and the game doesn’t have that, then most people will be disappointed.

[@blakeerlenbeck-jd1sq]

I used the Spin pipe to wreck dark star cores glasses, the snack basket for his legs, and the magic window for his antenna

[@RhythmEcho07]

Man I love the Superstar Saga bros attacks because instead of using items, M&L just freaking combo people using the sickest moves, then they can learn advance versions of those attacks and its so cool.. SOO COOL

[@MarioMastar]

I REALLY wish the advanced moves returned in any of the games. Shame that was a one off idea cause it really incentivized using the moves for more than just doing damage in various ways. Especially since the advanced versions often had hidden mechanics, like Splash bros allowing Mario to stomp on spiky enemies (letting you damage Queen Bean without removing her crown), and Swing bros giving you a free item.

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

7:55 personally This is a really fun attack to use Especially in the remaster Cuz look at bowser! He's got a whistle!!! it's like commanding my own lil army of bob-ombs , constantly blowing the whistle to instruct them where to go and finally blowing it hard as if I'm yelling "CHAAAARGE" it's MAD and i absolutely love it

[@garrettfairley3401]

With Trio Shuriken, the giant shuriken can destroy the moon if it hits it. Just thought I'd bring that up.

[@gabesynnott6506]

0:27 if I had a nickel for every time someone talked about only leveling up hp in these games I’d have two nickels, which isn’t much but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@JSpin-js4vr]

28:00 I am pretty sure that you can even hit the moon behind the cover! It shreds into paper if I remember correctly, and is super fun to try to do.

[@sacripan4425]

8:00 nice detail I haven't spotted until now: Bowser blow in a whistle, he didn't do that in the original BiS

[@supremefankai5480]

I'm surprised that with your love of Mega Thwonk you forgot about the cute characterisation at the end with Giant Luigi leaning into frame doing double finger guns like a dork.

[@MarioMastar]

Arguably the best part of the whole attack! XD

[@SaibotKing2000]

I always loved the slow motion finish on the Dream Team moves, with the Zee Egg move especially being my favorite. Gives me goosebumps

[@MoonlightStatic]

29:02 Mario getting struck by lightning 😂

[@andreworders7305]

26:46 I like how they’re slip’n’sliding

[@jaredlanglitz5651]

I love the idea that Snack Basket Luigi is called a Fat Bastard, that was funny piece.

[@Iteration456-8_codename_goblin]

26:26 This line made me double take Dont everyone hate natural disasters tho? Doesn’t everyone like weather powers in games? Idk im thinking about it more than I should

[@AlfredoPuente8]

More RPG should imitate the combat of Mario and Luigi, instead of just pressing A-win of number bigger than enemy.

[@xDerHunterHeli]

"All the Luigis look so happy" was the most wholesome thing i heard today

[@dymaz_azure]

10:53 Actually thats why superstar saga is my favorite mario & luigi game 11:48 GUILTY SMASH!! 31:20 just look at how pissed mario is when bowser does that airshio attack

[@Ag3nt-MC]

0:24 I love how leveling up Health all game is a universal experience

[@mreverything7056]

The best part about mega thwonk is that giant Luigi gives you a thumbs up after an excellent attack

[@pretendpasta4796]

The bros moves are cool asf, but GOD, do I LOVE bowsers moves in Bowsers inside story

[@mikkie8082]

One thing I love about the trio racket is that on random occasions, regular Mario will do the finishing hit, and he really puts his all into it with him whipping around like he does in his bomb derby move

[@MarioMastar]

Yeah, seeing Mario Luigi and PM have unique finishers was cool, especially PM turning into a paper Fan. They got SO creative with the paperfication animations.

[@luxyon5109]

Fun fact about Bye Bye Cannon : The pose Mario or Luigi take for the final hit is their Level Up pose from Bowser's Inside Story

[@danastarks1299]

I actually notice that!!!😅💯

[@realliftafromthesva]

6:09 For the shell, the quick snap to excellent in the original version of BIS feels so much better than the wind up and the kick in the remake. When I think of a shell move I want the kicks to build power and then boom! The rhythm of the kick, excellent!, and the filling of the badge of the badge meter hits the dopamine receptors just right (I’ve played this game since I was 7, I go through periods of not playing it, but there isn’t a moment were suddenly I’m thinking, what if they just made a sequel. But then how could perfect ever be topped? (Dream team is still fire tho.)

[@zewzit]

Copy Flower just made me feel like a bad ass when I pulled it off perfectly. With how fast it went, and the constant sound effects. Absolutely destroyed

[@MarioMastar]

I love how the game balanced the "infinites" by having the babies heavily resemble the adults so it's harder to know which button to press as it gets faster. Especially the chain chomp where you actually fail faster if you hammer the chomp, one of the few special attacks that has an input that punishes you. (technically mixed flower also does if you throw the small fireballs at the giant fire ball, it'll shrink in size).

[@andreworders7305]

14:21 technically being mid air that’s just physically impossible

[@Obamos04]

Jump Helmet, Jetboard Bash and Shy Guy Squad are my eternal favorites. They just feel so, sooo powerfull. Hitting the Exellent on these feels like hitting the Enemys with Bombs. (Btw im pretty sure i never saw that Jet Attack from the Pi'illodium so thanks for that)

[@localvinny8166]

I actually think about brothership EVERYDAY

[@ISuperYoloI]

imagine seeing two plumbers walking on the street and 5 seconds later one of them turns into a giant and starts sprinting towards you with a comically big hammer ready to hit you into orbit

[@pastaman7278]

I'd like to point out that small stars weigh 4.39x10^30 pounds, or 4 nonillion pounds, and Mario and Luigi are throwing these no sweat

[@dcmcmother3531]

0:24 guess chuggaconroy wasn't the only person to do that

[@Sayyble]

The fact that he finally told us the whole story very recently is insane LOL

[@SpankusDankus]

13:30 I dont think the bombs are completely original to the bomb derby attack, because if i recall correctly one of the Koopa Kids throw very similar looking bombs in one of the New Super Mario Bros games (im pretty sure its New Super Mario Bros U. with Lemmy being the Koopa Kid that throws them)

[@WilliamXu210]

Once I heard that voice I was like "Isn't this the guy who power scaled TDI characters?" and found out the answer to my question

[@WeegMan]

I prefer "the freak" who power scaled TDI characters :)

[@leomassafm160]

Fun fact about Bomb Derby: you can toss bombs by pressing B instead of moving the Circle Pad to the right

[@jozsefjerebak6514]

I can remember my best friend and me trying to recreate bros attacks in real life (if it was possible), like kicking a football to a wall to recreate the green shell attack, or jumping down from various places in the playground to recreate magic window... Anyway, awesome video, my all time favorite bros attack is the trio kite. We wait together for Brothership!✌

[@tharixabraxis259]

I think the simplicity of Broggy’s Special Move is part of the charm. It’s kinda like Fireball in D&D- once you’ve earned it, you deserve to turn the brain off and just do big damage, because *something* has to let you.

[@Tacoskillzzz_VR]

The placements were quite similar to how I feel, besides the jump helmet as I find that one to be my favorite just because I used it the most lol, but yea I agree with most of these, and the new brother ship moves are awesome!

[@SariasEpona]

I cant explain it but this commentary is very relaxing and now you've earned a sub lol

[@MarioMastar]

Kind of like this "worst to best" format too. the shotgun to get through it quickly but explains just enough to know why it's placed where it is. I don't disagree with any of these entries. Really shows he actually thought of every entry and didn't just throw them in cause "oh yeah, I forgot these exist" like usual ranking videos do (you can always tell when the video maker never actually played what they're ranking)

[@awesomeocelot7475]

The Ice Flower was actually meant to return in Dream Team (alongside the Jump Helmet and Woowho canons) but was unfortunately scrapped….

[@Pokehead_DL]

And now it’s back

[@FineDoughnut]

8:38 i always used to find this one extremely easy Just memorize which side one of the bros is in and then lock on to that side(using Mario as example) if if Mario's side is facing the enemy, press the Mario button, if its facing the other way, press the Luigi button (like a small process of elimination, if its not mario, its luigi)

[@gmayzes7268]

15:48 To me, the balloon actually seems very similar to the giant balloons in Wii Sports Resort in Island Flyover, which also have many smaller ones inside

[@Ezecool-3105]

20:39 HE STOLE THE FIRE HAND AND THUNDER HAND!!

[@berryAsda]

Something really unspoken about Splash Bros is that in their Advanced version, it doesn't only lets you hit a spiked enemy with it, it does bonus damage to them. It is an actually devastating weapon against Cackletta first phase

[@stavenbyrne8010]

Queen Bean: NANI?!

[@MorePower8679]

0:30 ah yes, the Chuggaaconroy mistake.

[@israelrocha1831]

Another hilarious fact about the pocket chomp is you can accidentaly hammer its head, piss it off and make it go faster to bite back the bro's

[@King_United]

23:36 this attack reminds me of the scene with madara when he added stacking another meteor to the first one

[@Leet-iz2fz]

0:00 Intro 1:32 #52 2:14 #51 2:37 #50 2:58 #49 3:23 #48 3:43 #47 4:14 #46 4:46 #45 5:11 #44 6:11 #43 6:55 #42 7:30 #41 7:55 #40 8:20 #39 8:52 #38 9:15 #37 9:47 #36 10:17 #35 10:31 #34 11:10 #33 11:39 #32 12:16 #31 12:50 #30 13:20 #29 13:44 #28 14:09 #27 14:28 #26 14:53 #25 15:25 #24 15:53 #23 16:37 #22 17:10 #21 17:36 #20 18:12 #19 18:54 #18 19:39 #17 20:14 #16 20:51 #15 21:25 #14 22:01 #13 23:08 #12 23:36 #11 24:12 #10 24:47 #9 25:25 #8 25:57 #7 26:32 #6 27:07 #5 27:41 #4 28:13 #3 29:08 #2 30:10 #1

[@karlabeauchamp9971]

I love messing with the bros/special attacks in this series and I'm super excited for M&L Brothership. A pretty noticeable fun fact for Paper Jam's Trio attacks, if the enemy's paper self were to shatter into pieces at the end of the attack, that would mean the boss/enemy is out of health. Similar effect to when Magic Window or the like would cancel out if the boss was defeated. A lot of charm and care goes into these moves too. Probably the most well shown charm is in the JP version of OG Superstar Saga as each bros moves have various levels of detail on when you miss input them, even the advanced ones! :D

[@KleberDKurosaki]

One of the missing outcomes of Advanced thunder bros was Luigi doing an Lightning Blade from Naruto instead of hitting the enemy, and you actually do more dmg but at the cost of the debuff

[@gamingwithumi514]

Superstar Saga is amazing in terms of the special moves. The advance moves were cool due to the fact that Mario came up with new moves on the spot. Very very cool.

[@light6666]

Tbh balloon burst is a giant boss killer cause it physically uses the body of the targets so wiggler and king bomb get shredded by it (even more so if you invested into stach for luigi)

[@binjimonanimations]

0:00 Yeah, same.

[@Ezecool-3105]

15:13 what i love the most is seeing the goombas falling on the enemy 24:51 Because of it being similar, this is my favourite bro attack

[@CK_123]

I’m sad the luiginary tornado didnt mention how you’re able to pick up mario during it, it’s purely cosmetic but i love it

[@teaoftraffic]

6:33 correction: ONLY if you manage to throw all of the fireballs during the slow part PERFECTLY. One slip-up and you lost it.

[@jesseburgener442]

I came to see how high Snack Basket was and was not disappointed. Easily the funniest bros attack and does massive damage.

[@superjumpbros64]

Mega Thwack is always epic

[@ashtonoak4370]

It was only a matter of time, ngl as a paper mario STAN, never playing mario & luigi until SUPER late i learned to appreciate those games, same fun plots and dialouge and the attacks are fun.

[@neverttheguy2670]

I like Mega Thwonk because it kinda has a bit of energy from the Superstar Saga Bros. Attacks. Like, take out the Mega Mushroom, and I could see them doing something similar

[@rumbling9879]

Superstar saga bros attacks hit different they feel so natural and more fancy as it’s mostly just the bros doing combos And I remember learning them the first time as a kid and it taking a while for me to figure out how they work or what they do whereas the rest of the series the attacks feels very easy to do and learn Getting that excellent and advanced in SS was unbeatable in feeling

[@bullet4459]

So funny thing about bomb derby, i struggled a lot doing the timing when i saw the demo for it at first. Only a good way into the game did i notice that you can throw both the bomb and the swing at the same time and you will always land an excellent. Bomb derby became my favorite dream team bros move. Luoginary will have my heart, but the bomb derby is my favorite overworld bros attack

[@FuntimeBlako]

WIll you do a update to this, on the thoughts of the bros attacks from Brothership? [Not the full video but just how you feel about the Brothership ones]

[@Skyler-fy4xu]

13:30 they look alot like lemmys bombs from new super mario bros u but the top is blue instead of yellow

[@d_wigz6418]

Not sure why bowsers koopa move was ranked alongside the bros shell attacks. Keeping the mario and luigi shells together makes sense but the koopa move is very different imo

[@bouncycomix]

I think Mighty Meteor should get a bit of extra credit just because of how incredibly useful it is during the Colosseum, especially in round 7. When your items are pre-determined, every one counts, and the meteors sometimes even give you BETTER items than what you go in with.

[@gemithinedbruh805]

3:52 only you need say is "I'm bad with this bros atack"

[@DarkIceKrabby]

"Only leveled up my HP stat in my playthrough" Oh hey, I did the exact same thing as a kid. I don't even remember why? I think I just always mashed A during the level up bonus and never realized I could use it on other stats.

[@sonicgamer999-]

Now that I think about it, paper jam did kinda have an air of finality about it that the rest of the mario and luigi games didn’t

[@Gamma_B_Vods]

Great video! I think labeling the moves with numbers would’ve made it more of a ranking but other then that great stuff!

[@ChomperRex20]

For the YooWho cannon, you can just note where all the Mario or all the Luigi are and press the button based on that, which makes it easy every time

[@lillycutie3806]

Imagine if for bob-omb brigade bowser would shoot out like a jet of fire to set off all the bob-ombs at once! i definitely agree there are definitely cooler ways to present it :3

[@duckydonne11]

I love this video. I feel kinda like a fake fan with the Mario and Luigi series. Never played partners in time. Only beat Bowsers inside story. Never ended up beating Superstar Saga or Dream Team. But your video shows your passion and knowledge and I appreciate that.

[@reactionlessssbu-clips2723]

Finally this man states the glory of Super star saga bros attacks and how natural they are

[@victoryanchaguano7040]

What enemy is that !?! 22:02 I never seen this one. And I played that game since it came out

[@ObeyMrA]

So hyped for brothership, it made me actually want to play all the games including paper jam with this video showing some of the moves lol

[@Side_N0te]

Luigi deserves the extra love for this video for all star-based creatures and the entirety of Paper Jam.

[@SleebyRise]

"a small pre-rendered cutscene" theres no way thats pre-rendered, its like 99.9% happening in-engine

[@Kirbo_The_God]

9:09 this moment is forever burned into my mind

[@noahlynch8053]

I also like how mega luigi gives a thumbs up after the attack like he's saying " I ded iiit😊"

[@NotABot86]

13:33 Lemmy uses the bombs in New Super Mario Bros U

[@Luke0193]

Literally can't wait for Brothership. Superstar saga and Partners in Time are precious childhood memories to me

[@DrProfNoNo]

Damn.. The egg was my go to ability. I just loved how it worked and it did good damage

[@samuelmitschele-dauenhauer2984]

The way you feel about tornadoes is how I feel about bugs

[@akarose9893]

I don't know if anyone else experienced this, but when I would use Thunder Bros, I'd intentionally fail the attack because Luigi would debuff the enemy with DEF Down after having a mislaunch. I haven't heard anyone else talking about it so I don't know if I had a fake copy or what, but I remember using it during the Cackletta fight in order to deal serious damage to her during Phase 2. If someone else remembers Luigi's failed Thunder Bros applying DEF Down onto the target enemy, please back me up here. I'm not crazy, I swear

[@helfire14]

I've always found Sling Sniper to be one of the better Bros Attacks in the series, honestly. There's an element of precision to it, since if you hit the target right in the centre of the sweetspot, it'll do critical damage and send them flying. Highest consistent damage output of any Bros attack in the game if you've got the skill for it.

[@Thatguysillysauce]

14:16 perfectly cut What else can i say

[@spiritblox1]

Good news, brothership has a tornado and it looks amazinf

[@stickmanstickian]

Flash Blitz from Brothership may actually top Mega Thwonk from the previews of the attack alone. At least for me.

[@gontxven2993]

I didn't ride my skateboard with my stomach, or at least didn't try to. Not for a lack of wanting to, but mostly because there was nowhere safe enough that my Grandparents would let me attempt it near our house.

[@WeegMan]

That's fair lol.