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The first game in the [[Mario & Luigi]] series, released in 2003 for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and was remade in 2017 for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] as ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.''
In one of the most elaborate (original) games made for the Game Boy Advance, [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] is sent to the Beanbean Kingdom, which conveniently adjoins the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi reluctantly goes along after Mario and Bowser join forces. The [[Big Bad]] Cackletta reportedly has stolen Princess Peach's voice (yes, her voice) in order to activate the Beanstar, an artifact with the power to grant wishes.
The 3DS version improves things by providing a graphical overhaul and a remixed soundtrack. The stats for nearly all of the enemies have been lowered and the cost for the Bros. Attacks have been increased. A few other balancing issues include changing the effects of certain pieces of equipment, modifying the restorative items to where using an Ultra Mushroom isn't as effective as a Max Mushroom, and adding a sound test. The main story largely the same as the original; save for the inclusion of Minion Quest, which serves as the explanation for Bowser's amnesia and a few other details to the plot.
The dialogue is [[Woolseyism|sparklingly witty and self-aware]]. There's [[The Dragon]] Fawful, for example, the baddie who talks in [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|deliberate Engrish]] in the localization. And the endless commentary on Luigi's second-fiddle status. Also, the audio ends up [[Speaking Simlish]] pretty convincingly.
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** Hilariously downplayed on one occasion {{spoiler|due to the prince being shrunken down}}.
* [[Body Horror]]: The fate of the professors at Woohoo Hooniversity.
** As well as {{spoiler|Bowletta}}.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: One of the [[Dummied Out]] scenes in Starbeans Café has Wario say "Now that I’m here, this game’s finally gettin’ good!" and later "Don’t you have free drinks for celebrity guest stars in this game?".
* [[Butt Monkey]] / [[Chew Toy]]: Poor {{spoiler|Bowser}}. Let's see, during this game, he {{spoiler|gets [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomped]] by Fawful, gets stuck in a cannon, gets fired out of it, hits his head so hard he loses his memory, works as [[Goldfish Poop Gang|Popple]]'s lackey for some time as "Rookie", finally regains his memory only to fall who-knows-how-far from the Beanstar, gets possessed by Cackletta, gets his castle blown up, gets beaten up by the Mario Brothers, then finally gets blown up ''with'' the castle and hits the screen, and is then dragged home by the plane and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|it's implied he got a cold]]. He's not gonna try to kidnap Peach for ''a while''.}}
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Popple is suspiciously similar to [[Super Mario RPG|Croco.]]
* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Beanbean Kingdom, full stop.
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* [[Collection Sidequest]]: Finding all the coffee beans.
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[
** The [[Noblewoman's Laugh]] is [[Justified Trope|justified]] since he needed to hide his mustache.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Luigi gets his moment to shine during a few plot points.
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** He seems to have a thing for condiments because, not long after, he jabbers something about the butter of Cackletta's next plan being spread.
*** Or food in general, because he later says the Beanbean Kingdom will be Cackletta's snack cake.
* [[The Dragon]]: Fawful, to Cackletta.
* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Most of the 3DS remake is rather easy...Until the Koopalings and the final battle comes into the mix.
** Iggy has a new tactic where he uses his magic to shuffle your stats and his fireball attack has him charging at the brother he wasn't trying to burn.
** Lemmy and Wendy still replicate themselves, but they start each turn spinning around to reposition the real boss.
** Ludwig's fight has been replaced with an [[All or Nothing]] attack, which might lead to a swift defeat.
** Morton can start his shockwaves from several places and he sends them out in quick succession, which usually leads to jumping alternatively instead of just jumping simultaneously.
** And while the final battle against Cackletta's soul is largely the same as the original, the difference is that she attacks faster than she did on the [[Game Boy Advance]] and she hits harder.
* [[Dual Boss]]: Popple and his various sidekicks.
* [[Dummied Out]]: There exists dialogue in the game code for several different characters giving you the different accessories from [[Item Crafting|mixing bean juice]]: [[Wario Land|Wario]] for the Greed Wallet, [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] for the Power Grip, [[Franchise/Legend Of Zelda|Link]] for the Great Force, [[Star Fox (series)|Fox McCloud]] for the Bonus Ring, [[Pikmin|Captain Olimar]] (who speaks in boxless dialogue) for the Cobalt Necktie, and the racer from [[Excite|Excitebike]] for the Excite Spring. [[Luigi's Mansion|Professor E. Gadd]] would only show up to deliver the Game Boy Horror.
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* [[Recurring Boss]]: Popple, as mentioned above, as well as Fawful.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: used by Prince Peasley.
* [[Rush Boss]]: Ludwig's battle in the 3DS remake consists solely of countering his magical attacks with the brothers' hammers, and the battle hinges on whether or not the giant orb of magic hits the Mario Bros.
* [[Shielded Core Boss]]:
** Fawful, the second time you fight him, since he's hiding inside a metallic dome.
** The final battle against Cackletta is mainly an exercise in destroying her limbs to temporarily expose her heart, which is the actual boss.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The boss fights with {{spoiler|the original seven Koopalings}}.
** They even had a few taken out - the coffee shop was supposed to have a different Nintendo cameo for each new drink, but Professor E. Gadd's role was expanded at the last minute. The accessories he gives out are all references to the characters that would have been giving them out instead.
** Geno from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' shows up to teach you how to play the [[Surprisingly Easy Mini Quest]].
** The Chuckola Bounce minigame features monsters that spit rocks at you called [[The Legend of Zelda|Chuckoroks]].
* [[Sole Entertainment Option]]: A video arcade in Little Fungitown, and a cinema in the middle of nowhere.
* [[Tennis Boss]]:
** The fireballs from the seven Koopalings in the GBA version can be knocked back at them by counterattacking with the hammers.
*** Larry, in particular, actually uses a tennis racket prevent this.
** While the 3DS remake is largely the same as the original, the battles with the Koopalings have been redesigned, mainly Ludwig using a powerful magical attack that ''has'' to be countered or the player will lose. But on the other hand, it causes a very short fight if the player counters it.
* [[Theme Naming]]: The places around Beanbean Kingdom are named after laughter onomatopoeia or types of laughter.
* [[Turns Red]]:
** While some of the bosses in the original game altered their attack patterns or just gained an extra action after their health drops under a certain threshold, the 3DS version signifies this change as the bosses visually become enraged and glowing certain colors.
** But the battle against Bowletta has her temporarily turning ''black'' as the battle progresses, regardless of which version of the game it is.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Queen Bean is first encountered after Cackletta forced her to eat a Belly Blech Worm, which turned her into a muscular brute that only focused on violent destruction.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Popple has the habit of adding "see?" to the end of his lines, see?
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