Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story cover

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 2009

Released: February 11, 2009
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
Platform: Nintendo DS
Developer: AlphaDream
Publisher: Nintendo
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Where to buy

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Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

AlphaDream's 2009 role playing game for the Nintendo DS, with music by Yoko Shimomura, remade for the 3DS in 2019. Three characters are playable, Mario and Luigi on the bottom screen and Bowser on the top. The game has two areas, an overhead overworld and a 2D side scrolling world inside Bowser's body, and Bowser inhales enemies that Mario and Luigi then fight inside him. Battles are turn based and reward timing accuracy, and on the DS the minigames inside his body use the touchscreen and microphone. Two linked layers of play, Bowser outside and the brothers inside, each affecting the other, are the reason to play it now.