Mario, Nintendo’s famously high-voiced plumber, is known to most fans for his action platformers. Less celebrated are the Mario & Luigi role-playing games, which inspire imagination but require a precise sense of rhythm, at least for your right thumb.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership, the pun-filled sixth edition, is set on islands in the high seas. The brothers, piloting a ship that is itself a small island, maneuver through mazelike puzzles and fight monsters using hammers, shock waves and boot stomps. Luigi, the kelly-green-capped brother, comes up with clever, resourceful ideas throughout. A thought bubble featuring an exclamation point appears above Luigi’s head when he’s thinking hard.
