 "Another fun Mario game" | 2009-11-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3JPOEDLMR6XUP |
| Well, since I just purchased this game AFTER purchasing Mario & Luigi: Bowswers Inside Story, I see where they got the concept. Partners in Time was done pretty much the same way, where you start off by going to Peach's castle, then she's kidnapped and Mario & Luigi must save her! (there's a shocker for any mario/zelda game huh? lol) Anyway, the fight scenes are identical to the new Bowser inside story game where you don't actively do the fighting, you are given choices for Mario, he attacks, then given choices for Luigi, he attacks, (yea, I know there's a name for this type of game play, but....) Anyway, I love it and so does my 8 yr. old granddaughter, well worth the price ( I purchased a used copy) Great game for young & old! Also great for my DS collection of Mario games, 6 so far and if ya wanna include Princess Peach & DK, then make that 8...yes, I'm a nut for the classics! |
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 "This is a fantastic game, very well written." | 2009-09-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A25YCWZALU31OD |
| This game is not a typical Mario game. It's not fast paced and it's not very complex. It's a great story with a lot of humor and insider jokes that long time Nintendo fans will appreciate. The game is very long, you get your moneys worth out of it. It consists of Mario and Luigi, and their younger selves going through time portals trying to collect pieces of the puzzle to rescue Princess Peach. The action sequences are turn based, timing related. There isn't any use of the touch screen, however the top screen serves as a map and occasionally action scenes. |
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| "Better than the Original" | 2009-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A290YFTTNMJNWY |
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is even better than it's predeccessor, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. This game has and even better battle system, the boss battles are longer and more challenging. Before this game, I was getting sick of boss battles that could be beaten in less than 2 minutes. This game makes the boss battles harder too. It's also a long adventure that will take you around 25 hours to complete, and it's worth replaying. Overall, this is one of the top 3 Nintendo DS games. I rate this game 94.5/100. |
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| "Not a true "RPG", but truly FUN" | 2009-05-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2MEC0T7Q65C7S |
| I have owned about 20 different games for the DS, and this is one of the top 5. It is clever and fun, a game that you can play in 10 minute spurts, or can sit there playing it for 90 minutes straight at the end of the day. It is a solid Nintendo title. |
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| "Mario games rock!" | 2009-05-03 |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
This is no doubt the best DS game ever! Ocay, so the story is pretty wierd. There's these aliens that invade the Mushroom Kingdom and a character named Prof. E. Gadd makes a time machine which Princess Peach uses to travel to the Mushroom Kingdom's past. Of course she is greeted by aliens who capture her.
In the game, you play as Mario, Luigi, and their baby selves to try to save the future. WOW It is so much fun, I couldn't put the game down! The controls are confusing just so you know because you have to control all four characters in the game. Just be careful if you buy a used copy because I got a pirated copy from Gamestop. |
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| "Just plain fun." | 2009-04-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2HBXVDP3PEH1D |
I wasn't aware that Mario and Luigi had teamed up in any previous RPGs, but after playing this version, I had to check out its predecessor as well. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is charming, funny, and innovative--I found I could pick it up anytime, and I usually had trouble putting it down.
The Mario Bros. franchise makes for such successful RPGs, I'm surprised there aren't more of them. Partners in Time follows Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi as they (predictably enough) try to save the princess. The unique gameplay derived from the babies piggybacking on the older bros. is disconcerting at first, since you have to wrap your mind (and fingers) around a counterintuitive button scheme, but after a little practice and a tutorial or two, the system is fun and challenging, in a good way. This gameplay system works both within and outside of battles, and there are plenty of obstacles and special items requiring the use of all four bros.
The story in this game is simple, but it serves its purpose. As is customary these days, Bowser is only the minor villain here, and the overall goal of stomping the weird purple aliens feels like a better motivation than stomping on Baby Bowser. All the creatures from the Mario universe are here--some as enemies and some as friends--and so is the bizarre brand of humor from the series. Luigi bears the responsibility for most of the slapstick comedy, but seeing Mario and Luigi try to prevent their younger selves from getting into mischief can be pretty funny. This brings up a bunch of questions that the game doesn't address, but the jokes about time travel make it seem less weird that the four are working together so much.
I thought the music in this game was pretty good, too. Rather than merely setting the mood and repeating endlessly, the tunes were catchy and inventive, and I didn't mind when they got stuck in my head for a day or two. The sound clips and bits of dialogue ("Let's go!" "Babies!" etc.) added to the cartoony feel of the graphics and also served as a welcome source of humor (except when the baby princess cries, an event that will probably make you want to skip through the dialogue as quickly as possible).
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is not a deep, immersive RPG. But from the battle system to the puzzles in each level, this game is just plain fun. I wish I knew a kid I could lend it to, because it's one of the best DS games out there. |
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