Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Before I start this review, note that this is my first one; it may not be great, but I hope it is.

To start as a little background; this is one of the Mario RPG games, and it is by far the best one I have ever played. You play as Mario and Luigi, together again trying to save Peach, and later on to save the world. Bowser gets tricked by Fawful (some kind of Bean creature) to eat a vacuum shroom, which allows him to suck up everything and anything. He starts with his regular antics, by coming into Peach's castle to kidnap her; however, he vacuums everyone instead, so you play about half the game as Mario and Luigi inside of Bowser. This gives you a different perspective of the game, becuase you control Bowser by stimulating his different bones, muscles, etc. Furthermore, you can play as Bowser, and it is quite enjoyable because he can pretty much kill anything.

Now to the stroyline; to be honest, this was a pretty cool storyline, just because it takes a long time to complete, and it is quite enthralling. It starts off with a mysterious disease called the "Blorbs," which makes all Toads big and fat. To try to battle this disease, all the major characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, and some random Toads) go to Peach's castle to discuss this illness. However, Bowser gives an 'unexpected' visit and sucks up everyone with the vacuum shroom. This makes the game interesting, because while you play as bowser for some time, you encounter certain objects that cannot be avoided, but you need certain tings to pass by them. (For example, a giant boulder may be blocking your way, and the only way to get through this is with super strength. Then, Mario and Luigi must go to Bowser's muscles to 'stimulate them,' so that he can achieve a super punch which breaks the boulder. You go through about 3/4 of the game like this, then at the end of the game, you have some pretty intense boss battles.

You see, Fawful is after the Dark Star, which is a star that gives you unbelievably evil powers. When Fawful gets a hold if this star, he turns evil and you must kill him. Also, the Dark star goes into Bowser and steals his powers, making a mirror image of him called 'Dark Bowser.' This form of Bowser is the very last boss battle, and makes for a great battle.

After this battle, the day is saved, and everything is back to its normal self. Everyone lives happily ever after, and you are a hero.

Story: 9/10

Gameplay: 9.5/10

Music: 8/10

Character Design: 8.5/10

Overall: 9/10