Brothership

[Dark Jaguar]

Well, suffice to say I have a very different opinion on the quality of those early Mario & Luigi games myself.  I loved both the original and Bowser's Inside Story, but bounced right off the middle child with the time travel due to having to keep track of buttons for four different characters.  By the time Paper Jam came along, the genericism had infected that series too and I lost interest.  This is a return to form and frankly, I adore the visual design.  It's very "toony" and I like a Mario game that leans into that particular aesthetic.  All that said, I won't try to convince you because it's a subjective matter of taste.  I can see the argument for Super Mario RPG and the first two (or even three) Paper Mario games being the better titles.  I'll at least give that the remakes of Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story were rather uninspired and altered the art design of many of the enemies from their unique looks to something far more generic.

But, here's some news for you.  Alpha Dream collapsed, but the employees by and large were absorbed directly into Nintendo's main office.