Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance) - Let's Play 1001 Games - Episode 630
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I'm Gaming Jay: Youtube gamer, let's player, fan of retro games, and determined optimist... Join me in this series while I try out EACH of the video games in the book 1001 VIDEO GAMES YOU MUST PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE, before I die. The game review for each game will focus on the question of whether you MUST play this game before you die. But to be honest, the game review parts are just for fun, and are not meant to be definitive, in depth reviews; this series is more about the YouTube gamer journey itself. From Mario games to the Halo series, from arcade games to Commodore 64, PC games to the NES and Sega Genesis, Playstation to the Xbox, let's play those classic retro games that we grew up with, have fond memories of, or heard of but never got a chance to try! And with that said, the game review for today is...
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[a] is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. It was re-released for the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2014, and remade for the Nintendo 3DS as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[b] in 2017. In the game, Mario and Luigi combat Cackletta and Fawful, who stole Princess Peach's voice after adopting the guise of an ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom.
The player controls Mario and Luigi simultaneously; being a role-playing game, it centers on a battle system different from that of traditional games of the genre, with emphasis on timing and more elaborate attacks.[4] The game is whimsical in tone, with various in-game jokes and comical references to the heritage of the Mario series. The game is believed to be inspired from Paper Mario. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, Tetsuo Mizuno, and Satoru Iwata, the game was announced at E3 2003, later releasing the same year.
Superstar Saga was critically acclaimed, with reviewers praising the game's writing and theme, and criticism and mixed opinions on gameplay and the top-down perspective respectively. Critics listed the game among the best games on the Game Boy Advance, and was labeled as Player's Choice. The remake was released in 2017; alongside amiibo functionality, updated graphics and music, and other improvements, it also features a new storyline titled Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser.
Superstar Saga, developed by AlphaDream, is said to take its inspiration from the Nintendo 64 game Paper Mario;[11][12] the two games have similar graphics and gameplay.[13][14] The producers of the game were Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise, Tetsuo Mizuno, and Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo.[15] The voice acting for Mario and Luigi in the game is provided by Charles Martinet, well known for providing the characters' voice in Nintendo's Mario franchise.[12] The game's music was composed by Yoko Shimomura, who also previously composed the soundtrack for Super Mario RPG.[16]
Superstar Saga was revealed at E3 2003 under the name Mario and Luigi, where a playable demo of the game was available.[17] In August and September 2003, a playable demonstration was also available at the European Computer Trade Show, the Games Convention, and Nintendo Gamers' Summit.[12][18][19] To link in with the game's comic themes, Nintendo organized an official competition between October and November 2003 in which contestants would try to submit the best knock-knock joke to win a Game Boy Advance SP and a copy of the game. Nintendo employed comedian Kathy Griffin to choose the winner