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9. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Bowser's Inside Story has Mario and Luigi, you guessed it, shrink and go inside Bowser. That wasn't for the entire game, but a good chunk of it was. I totally forget why, but it doesn't matter because it's awesome. As many are well-aware, the RPG iteration of Bowser is amazing, and it's a toss-up between this and The Thousand Year Door for his best work yet. Thinking of how awsome this game was makes me sad how Dream Team failed to properly use this game as a blueprint.

As mentioned, you are inside Bowers a lot, and things work differently inside him than outside in the Mushroom Kingsdom. They didn't overexplain nor assume that you were an idiot. Dream Team was far and away the most ambitious of the M&L games. Like BIS, you found yourself in another person for large chunks of the game, well sort of. You (as Mario) were inside of Luigi's dreams and had a dream version of Luigi assist you while inside of the dream. Once again, I totally forget why, but that's not important. There were a ton of new ideas, but with new ideas come explanations. These were way too wordy, were re-explained EVERY SINGLE TIME that said ideas were to be used, and in general there were may too many breaks in the game, halting momentum and throwing off pacing.

I'm aware that I have talked about Dream Team as much as Bowser's Inside Story, but sometimes playing other games gives you a more appreciative perspective on another game.
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