Dear Readers,
Today I'll talk about the first few battles in Sunbeam Plains and the introduction of Paper Bowser.
Up ahead are two Paper Goombas. Mario, Luigi and Starlow poke at them with fascination. They get angry and attack!
For the first few battles, we get an amazing rendition of the battle theme from the first Mario & Luigi game, Superstar Saga. I really really love this! Starlow comes out and points us to an optional picture tutorial accessible from the touch screen.
The story goes to Bowser's Castle where Bowser meets Paper Bowser. "Who the heck is this guy?" they both ask at the same time. Bowser is the coolest in this series! Bowser's Inside Story was fantastic and it looks like he has the same attitude here, calling his Paper self a flimsy knockoff. They start fighting until a Goomba interrupts. We then see Bowser Jr. meeting with Paper Bowser Jr!
Back to Mario, Luigi and Starlow, who has a weird shivery feeling.
Up ahead are two real world Goombas. They mutter something about a flat Mario and attack. Starlow talks about circular targets that appear when I'm about to be attacked. She also talks about expert challenges, little achievement things that were in the last game too.
There's quite a few of these challenges. Looks like I'll have my hands full trying to get them all. The game also seems to keep a record of ? blocks you hit and Paper Toads you rescue.
Up ahead is a Paper Toad who freaks out upon seeing me, so I'll have to catch him. In this area I freely seek and defeat the Goombas and Paper Goombas, getting more acquainted with the action parts of the game. There's a little mini-game here where Mario & Luigi take turns hitting a block between themselves. It keeps score and goes faster the more times you hit it.
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