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Intro
One day, Princess Peach welcomes the goodwill ambassador of the Beanbean Kingdom… but it turns out it was an evil witch, called Cackletta! She steals Princess Peach’s voice, and naturally, Mario and that green guy (what’s his name again?) go on an adventure in order to get it back. But they’re not alone… it looks like Bowser and his minions are also on board!
Story and characters
- Princess Peach’s voice is stolen by the evil witch Cackleta, but no one knows why she did that
- Mario and Luigi set out to get her voice back
- Bowser and the gang are also on board, and even cooperate with Mario and Luigi
- Prince Peasley: prince of the Beanbean Kingdom, who’s quite the celebrity. He’s looking for the evil witch Cackleta.
- Mario: the famous plumber, whose jumps are known even beyond the Mushroom Kingdom. He goes on a journey to get Princess Peach’s voice back.
- That Green Guy: Mario’s very own brother!… Wait, what’s his name again?
- Princess Peach: the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. Cackleta steals her voice, and as a result, can only talk in onomatopoeia… well, hopefully it’s just onomatopoeia!
- Cackleta: the evil witch who steals Princess Peach’s voice… but for what purpose?
- Bowser: usually, he’s always trying to kidnap Princess Peach, but this time around, he’s actually cooperating with Mario and his brother. For some reason, he suddenly goes missing during the journey…
- Fawful: Cackleta’s sidekick. He’s always interfering with Mario and his brother during their journey;
- Popple: a thief Mario often ends up dealing with during the adventure. It looks like he recently found an apprentice, that looks suspiciously like that Peach loving tyrant…
- Queen Bean: the friendly queen of Beanbean Kingdom. She gets caught in an incident…
Action
- A: Mario action
- B: Luigi action
- actions you can perform while exploring the world, such as Jumps, using a Hammer, and more
- special actions known as Bros. Actions, where the two brothers combine their forces
- Spin Jumps (allows you to “fly” for a few seconds, and cross gaps)
- Super Jump (allows you to jump higher than with a regular jump)
- hitting Mario with a hammer to make him shrink and allow him to go through small openings
- using the power of Fire Balls for a dash
- to defeat enemies, you can use regular Jumps, or use the Hammer
- you can also evade enemy attacks, or block them if you’re not confident enoug
- “Bros. Attacks” are significantly stronger than regular ones
- there are 16 of them in total, and mastering them all will be key to victory
- if you press the buttons with just the right timing, the Bros. Attacks become more and more powerful.
- Bros. Attacks examples include Swing Bros., Typhoon Bros. and more
- Assist: you can turn on this feature to know which character the enemy is targeting
- Emergency Guard: let the game activate the guard automatically
- Easy Mode: if you fall in battle, you will be revived on the spot, and Mario/Luigi will get powered-up
Bowser’s Minions
- control Bowser’s very own minions
- features a Goomba as main character, and over 50 other characters
- you can access this mode right from the start
- choose a leader for your arm:
Goomba
Shy Guy
Boo
Koopa
Three types of enemy attacks:
Flying: strong against Infantry, but weak against Ranged enemies
Infantry: strong against Ranged enemies, but weak against Flying enemies
Ranged: strong against Flying enemies, but weak against Infantry enemies
- each unit has Skills that allow you to enjoy bonuses in battle (such as increased attack or HP for example)
- goal of each battle is to defeat all the enemy units before they do the same with yours
- you can use special moves when you see a ! above a unit’s head,
- Leader Actions are special moves that only the leader of your Army can pull off, and these are unlocked as you level up
- examples of Leader Actions:
Goomba: Fired Up. Increases the “spirit” of all units, making it easier to launch special attacks.
Goomba: Fluffy. Effect is picked up at random. You can get a boost in attack power, or get an increase in XP.
- your units can level up thanks to the XP gained in battle
- get special items to strengthen your units, such as Super EXP Beans S for example
- get access to more type of units, such as a special green Shy Guy and the Koopalings
amiibo
- using compatible figures, you can raise units for your Army (in the Bowser’s Minions mode)
- you can also get items and stamps (in both modes)
- you can raise units, and save the data on the amiibo, then tap to get a stamp
- there’s various stamps to get, based on the data stored in the amiibo
- when you touch the stamp, you can get various items in the main story and the Bowser’s Minion mode
- get a Friend Bonus if a friend also has the game
- the character to talk to in order to get the items can only be found in a certain town, after progressing far enough in the story
- in the Bowser’s Minions mode, using amiibo allows you to get a special gold leader, which is slightly stronger
- you can also enjoy some additional battles
- features described above are for the Goomba, Koopa, and Boo amiibo
- full list of compatible amiibo:
Boo, Goomba, Koopa: features described above
Goomba, Koopa, Boo, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, Bowser Jr.: get a stamp based on that character, that can then be trade for bonus items in the main story.
Mario (Super Smash Bros. series)
Peach (Super Smash Bros. series)
Yoshi (Super Smash Bros. series)
Luigi (Super Smash Bros. series)
Bowser (Super Smash Bros. series)
Bowser Jr. (Super Smash Bros. series)
Dr. Mario (Super Smash Bros. series)
Mario (Super Mario series)
Luigi (Super Mario series)
Peach (Super Mario series)
Yoshi (Super Mario series)
Toad (Super Mario series)
Bowser (Super Mario series)
Gold Mario (Super Mario series)
Boo (Super Mario series)
Koopa (Super Mario series)
Goomba (Super Mario series)
Wool Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series), all colours
Giant Wool Yoshi Wool Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series)
Mario (Classic Colours) (Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary series)
Mario (Modern Colours) (Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary series)
Other tidbits
- available to preload in Japan
- save data file size: 512KB
- save data files: 2
- stereoscopic 3D: No
from GoNintendo
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