Julius Posted June 18 Posted June 18 (edited) IT LIVES! Quote The bond between brothers has never been stronger! Set sail for an island-hopping adventure with the Mario Bros. in Mario & Luigi: Brothership! Launching November 7th 2024 on Nintendo Switch. Mario RPG fans be eating real good on the Switch Edited October 10 by Julius 1
Jonnas Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Lovely, lovely return for this amazing series! Who's developing it, though...? Good-feel?
Glen-i Posted June 18 Posted June 18 1 minute ago, Jonnas said: Lovely, lovely return for this amazing series! Who's developing it, though...? Good-feel? They just finished up Princess Peach: Showtime, I can't imagine it's them. Probably whatever members of Alphadream Ninty hired after it shut down.
Dcubed Posted June 18 Posted June 18 The best Mario RPG series finally lives again! Looks absolutely stunning. Can't wait!
Jonnas Posted June 18 Posted June 18 I swear, if it's Camelot, I need to go back to the Direct thread and claim that prediction as well.
Ike Posted June 18 Posted June 18 This looks amazing. Mario RPG, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi titles all within a year. What a time to be alive. 1 1
Dcubed Posted June 18 Posted June 18 1 minute ago, Jonnas said: I swear, if it's Camelot, I need to go back to the Direct thread and claim that prediction as well. Oh shit! I didn't even consider that... That's not impossible! It has been more than 3 years since Mario Golf Super Rush... But my money is on this being a proper internal EPD game with the former Alphadream staff now being absorbed directly into Nintendo. Though I guess Artepiazza being a co-developer is possible too.
Glen-i Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Man, the animation is mesmerising! Definitely got the M&L style down!
Glen-i Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) It's worth noting that of all the Alphadream employees that worked on the Bowser's Inside Story remake, the majority of the ones we know of are now at ILCA. So I imagine this is more of an educated guess. Here's where they all are based on looking at the credits of games after BiS. Edited June 22 by Glen-i 1
Hero-of-Time Posted September 3 Posted September 3 New footage for the game has been released over in Japan. Lots of images have also been released on the Japanese website. 2 1
Dcubed Posted September 3 Posted September 3 Geez! No need to kick Sony while they're down Nintendo! 1
Julius Posted September 3 Author Posted September 3 22 minutes ago, Dcubed said: Geez! No need to kick Sony while they're down Nintendo!
Dcubed Posted October 1 Posted October 1 I reckon the discourse is right… That’s not Yoko Shimamura doing the soundtrack. It sounds nothing like her usual work. Making this the first Mario & Luigi game to not have her as main composer. Why abandon the series now all of a sudden? She came back for the SMRPG Remake, but not M&L Brothership? Very strange…
Hero-of-Time Posted October 7 Posted October 7 (edited) The Nintendo UK store has a couple of pre-orders up. First comes with a lovely steelbook. Steelbook The other comes with some stamps and tag. Stamps and Tag Edited October 7 by Hero-of-Time
Julius Posted October 10 Author Posted October 10 Overview trailer: That's a chunky boi of an overview trailer right there
Dcubed Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) Oh wow! I didn't have Acquire on my bingo card! Huge win for them! I guess this was a similar situation with Octopath Traveller then, with Acquire doing the gruntwork while a design team within Nintendo EPD handled the game design part of the game (probably the SPD/R&D1/Yoshio Sakamoto side, since they usually work with outside developers in a similar manner). This also explains the use of UE4, since that's the engine that Acquire are used to. Very cool! Well haps for Acquire! Looks like they've done another great job here So now the question is... who from Alphadream has joined Nintendo proper? We already know that a good chunk of the Alphadream staff have worked on Brothership, since Nintendo already confirmed this before... I also think it's safe to say that Taro Kudo will have worked on this game (who seems to have joined Nintendo after Vanpool was closed and has become the unofficial head of the "Mario RPG" games). Edited October 21 by Dcubed
Dcubed Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) Game has leaked, some people have seen the full credits list... Quote "Based on the full credits list it looks like Nintendo kept on board some more notable AlphaDream people than expected. Of note is the game's Lead Designer (Shunsuke Kobayashi) who was the director behind the M&L remakes, Paper Jam, and field designer for all the games as of Partners In Time. This game's lead field designer (Akiko Sugimoto) also had field design credits since Dream Team and was on game design for Bowser's Minions / Jr.'s Journey. AlphaDream's co-founder and SMRPG co-director (Chihiro Fujioka) is also listed under Event Game Designer." Quote Composer is confirmed to be Hideki Sakamoto (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky, Attack of the Friday Monsters, Monster Strike) Looks like my suspicions were correct, and Nintendo elected to employ a bunch of the Alphadream staff directly when the company collapsed... just like what they did with Flagship's staff when that studio was shut down in the mid-2000s. Hideki Sakamoto is also an interesting choice of composer... still very strange that Shimomura didn't come back for Brothership though. Oh I'm so glad that Chihiro Fujioka joined Nintendo! That's so awesome!! I remember this interview came out shortly after Alphadream was shut down and was hoping that he'd go ahead and join Nintendo proper... After the SMRPG Remake came out? I had a feeling that he had gone ahead and joined them Alphadream lives on! Edited October 22 by Dcubed 1
Dcubed Posted October 25 Posted October 25 BTW. Just wanted to point out that we now literally have Mario In Unreal Engine. Not quite what most expected from the old meme, but that’s what happens when Nintendo hires that man! 1
Hero-of-Time Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Reviews are all over the place for this. Apparently the game is a bit of a slog as well, with it being close to a 50 hour experience.
Glen-i Posted November 7 Posted November 7 OK, I've only played for an hour, but this needs to be said. You don't use B to select Luigi's actions in battles, and it's driving me insane! I've been playing this series since the GBA and "Luigi = B" is engraved in my head.
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