I can't choose between Super Mario RPG legend of the Seven Stars Super Mario Bros Superstar Saga Mario & Luigi partners in Time Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Mario and Luigi Dream Team they're all amazing and great games in my mind and I can't choose between them which is the best Super Mario RPG game
Well the first problem is the story & through it's progression. I know the story isn't the most important thing in a video game. But the way the story was told is confusing & makes no sense. I can give it credit for trying to be more creepy & sci-fi like of an story, but the way they executed is kinda poorly & doesn't give us any good explanation. For example. Why is Princess & Elder Princess Shroob the only group of Shroobs that can also speak English & not the othwr Shroobs? How did Peach manage to use the Star Shard to lock the Elder Princess Shroob inside of it without an guide or explanation of how that works? Why didn't the people warn the heroes about the awareness of the Star Shard that's keeping the evil being inside of the shard? Why is Elder Princess Shroob a thing? The game never explain anything. Second problem is the way to control both Adult & Baby Mario Bros. is hard to keep up & too much to handle. I don't mind having more than just 2 Mario Bros. to join the party & having them as there piggyback. I just wish there were better ways to handle it. Bowser's Inside Story fixes that sort of issue. Third problem is the game is straight forward, has no extra areas in the world or sidequest & useless minigames for no any good rewards that u work hard on. U know how every RPG games does that sort of things that u can do on your spare time to get the amount of goodies and stuff? Partners in Time doesn't have many of that. Sometimes you can go back to the world u already travel to. But there's no extra areas on that world to explore more for an item as yor reward. And the Mushroom Kingdom as your hub world is completely empty & useless. Yeah. They have item shop. But most of them are either expensive, isn't that much useful or just being there is completely unsatisfying. The only thing that you can do is visit Fawful Shop to do things. But even that is pointless. And the minigames are lacking. I get what they were doing, but most minigames are worthless and the rewards once again felt underwhelming. Superstar Saga had all the that. So why couldn't do the same to Partners in Time? Fourth problem is how the Item Bros Attack are utilize. Now I do like the idea of the Item Bros Attack as your Super Attack. I thought it was an unique & cool gimmick to use of making it more fun & interesting. But the way they executed is just stupid. Having them being limited instead of being unlimited, trying to press buttons with all 4 characters in there own single button to get an higher damage, grinding through enemies just hoping to get that Item Bros. & buying at the Item Shop in the Mushroom Kingdom with some items maybe available or not is just an huge waste. I know that every Mario & Luigi games has an Super Attack that does sort of things as well. But at least those were pretty simple, it has an option an showing you how it works, keeping the buttons simple & they are unlimited with there MP to see how much u have left. Partners in Time Super Attack felt like an chore & it is just an waste. Again. I like the idea of the Item Bros Attack. But the way they work is lacklustering. Lastly, the bosses take way too long to kill. Again, I will give them credit for having an unique bosses in there pattern. The way they constructed on the bosses makes it pretty interesting. But man! Do they take so long to get all there HP to go all the way down. Even if you use those Item Bros to deal more damage on the bosses, they still drag longer. I rather have the bosses be done quickly than spending more than 6 or 7 minutes on those bosses with non-phases that drags. Those are the critism I have with Partners in Time & I'm pretty sure alot of people complaints about those I mention as well. Now I don't think Partners in Time is an bad game by all means. It's not. And it's not even the worst Mario RPG. That honor goes to Paper Mario: Sticker Star. But I will say it is the weakest of the Mario & Luigi games ( not counting Paper Jam ). It does have many of it's flaws that I wish it could've been fixed & been an much better experience of an game. There are some things I do like about the game. But there many others that throws me off. Again. It's not an trash or terrible game. It's fine as it is. But it is nowhere near as great as other Mario RPGs like Superstar Saga, Bowser's Inside Story, The Thousand Year Door or Paper Mario 64 or any Mario games in general has. Heck. I even rather play Dream Team, Super Mario RPG, Super Paper Mario & Color Splash over Partners in Time. If u like the game, than that's fine. But I just couldn't get into Partners in Time all that much.
It didn't sell well because of everything else coming out at the time. DOing that is like if SEGA didn't make sonic boom fire and ice. which they did make fire and ice despite the other 2 boom games failing.
This was my first Mario and Luigi game, and I still love it dearly. I actually hated it when I was younger, because I thought it was the most difficult RPG ever. But back then, I never grinded, and I avoided most enemies (oops). I was severely under leveled... and hoo boy was the final boss a nightmare... But!! I managed to finish the game several years later, and I’m grateful that I learned from my mistakes. I actually grew to love the game again, and now it’s probably one of my favourite Mario RPGs ever. Sorry, I didn’t mean to go on a tangent there, because it isn’t entirely related to the video. But you can’t tell how happy I was to see this pop up in my recommended! Keep up the great work, man :)
I was like level 24 when I fought the final boss and got annihilated, but my brother is amazing at all games so he beat it despite being cripplingly under leveled! That was one of the best moments of my childhood yeara
This is my favorite game in the Mario & Luigi series, and it's all because of the fun interactions between the bros. and the babies. Baby Luigi helping Luigi find his courage is just so dang sweet.
For anyone wondering, the one touch screen required bit is used to stop piracy, emulators didn't used to be able to use the touch screen, every game in the series has an anti piracy measure like this, mics in the next one and tilt in the 4th if I remember correctly, don't remember anything like that in the 5th
In the DS emulator that I use, it allows for use of touchscreens. It also lets you use a button for the mic, but it's a bit finicky and doesn't always work.
@@robertofenloch9595 yeah but at the time this game released they didn't, similar to why they changed to mic controls in inside story for the next one, because mics weren't working on emulators, once that started working they went to tilt, not sure if emulators do tilt controls atm
I played a (legit) version of BiS on Desmume, I had to toy with the settings quite a few times and I can confirm it has a lot more anti-piracy measures than any other DS. games ... The game also lags a lot on its own for no reason it's kinda funny. I hope they had done the same with the DS Pokemon games ; that would have helped a lot with how much these have been/are being pirated :/
As much as I don't like Partners in Time, I would've agreed that they should've remake that game than Bowser's Inside Story. Because honestly, Partners in Time has many flaws that needs to be fixed.
This game is by far the worst. And not in the "it's still good, but just not as good as the others" like you could say for other series. Partners in Time is straight up garbage. EDIT: I just remembered Dream Team. _That's_ the worst in this franchise, and also garbage. But Partners in Time is a close second.
I had this game but I can't remember beating it I want to say I did but I don't remember anything from this game. I never finished paper jam I never liked that game and I never played dream team but I plan to someday.
In bowser inside story there is a callback to partners in time and even some enemies are frozen in bowser castle that you can fight (i'm even sure that they have the battle music from partners in time and you get a special attack from them)
I want to say thank you for reviewing my favorite game in the Mario and Luigi series. It really gives me joy. I'm just glad that you uploaded this at this time. I've been going through a rough time recently after feeling super suicidal from my first year in high school. I just want you to know, I thank you.
This was my first Mario & Luigi game, it holds a deep place in my childhood. Too bad they skipped remaking it. Thanks for honoring this game by dedicating an entire episode of The Completionist too it.
This game ruled, it took me 4 playthroughs to put it down. I love how the mario rpgs implement timed actions in combat & platforming outside it. Great vid brobocop!
Oh my god this video was such a nostalgia trip! Partners in time is kinda special for me cause it was my first ever DS game that came bundled with my DS when I bought it. I really didnt want this game at the time. I had saved up enough to buy the DS starter kit bundle which came with a game but not enough to buy all the stuff individually so I was stuck with only the game in the bundle until I saved up more. The bundle I wanted was gone so I had to pick from the last few that I really didn't want. I went with Mario only because I had no familiarity with the other games and really came to love it! My sis & I used to lay on the floor, take turns and watch each other play. It was so much fun. We ran into a wall for the final boss and just could not beat it! Taking a break we moved onto other games and never went back to finish it and I sold it somewhere along the way. I miss it though. I really wanna go back and buy a copy sometime...
@@killerkiller9058 my first time playing It i managed to get so under level that egg monster was real hard to beat, taking like way too much minutes to get rid of It, if i didnt died already.
This whole game felt like a never ending beginners tutorial with all the hand holding and how linear it was. I was in denial for the first few hours and thought that maybe there was gonna finally be an exploration aspect, but that never happened. I even thought that maybe there was gonna be a post game with actual challenges and more to do, but nah
Since Jirard said it, I want to be clear that a Mario and Luigi game but starring Wario and Waluigi instead is literally one of my biggest dreams that Nintendo will forever leave unfulfilled.
That doesn't always mean it's a good game compared to Superstar Saga & Bowser's Inside Story. Partners in Time is without a doubt the worst Mario & Luigi game.
JJ C I think Bowser’s Inside Story is... the second worst. Bowser as a playable character? Done that. Mushroom Kingdom with no variation? Boo. Fawful? He was good as a henchman and a cameo, and now you expect me to believe he’s gone full villain leader? Except for Dream Team, I’d rank the other games over BiS. Yes, I DID say that.
We need a Super Mario RPG remake for the Switch! And maybe with a post game story that lets us go up to lv 60 for the final boss. Kinda like Final Fantasy 4 the after years type of content add on. Or something like that.
This was the only Mario & Luigi series game I played, and I love to see the babies from the spin-offs I play actually team up with the bros, and see that they're not alone in the Mushroom Kingdom before Galaxy showed up I think, while also giving us a time travel adventure.
Darkness Level of Mario RPG Super Mario RPG: Somewhat Paper Mario: None Superstar Saga: None Thousand-Year Door: Somewhat (Sorry, but Twilight Town, Dooplis, and the music if the door) Partners in Time: Hella Super Paper Mario: Hella Bowser's Inside Story: Somewhat Dream Team: Somewhat Paper Jam: I haven't played Paper Jam
Close paper jam gets to being remotely dark with acting like you may have left the Bowser jr.s ready to die then doing nothing with it but having Bowser consumed in anger to almost kill peach and then nothing else it probably the least dark
the Alien language used in partners in time is just a cheap ripoff of the Mr. Saturn language from the Mother series. The big difference is you can actually read the Mr. Saturn Letters.
It's a shame how under-appreciated this game really is. It's always been my favorite in this particular series. I loved the first GBA game and was stoked when I learned a sequel was coming out. All of the games have good mechanics but the four-party combat in this title in particular is the best the series has to offer in my opinion with my only real complaint being switching Bros. Moves to consumable items. It's way too easy to have a huge stockpile of the best attacks, making any challenge mostly redundant.
ah the only game where a "Princess"actualy successes in doing what they wanted. Peach: wanna go to a party get kidnaped, wanna be on a festival gets kidnapped again. Princess Shroob: takes over the whole kingdom and she DOES! best princess ever
THIS IS MY FAVORITE MARIO GAME OF ALL TIME! I've been hoping you'd review this it holds a special place in my heart. Back when I was a ward of the state and suffering frim severe depression this game kept me going and kept a smile on my face. I know it inside and out the last time I played it I beat it in 11 hours without dying once lol I've beaten it over 30 times. Thank you so much Jirard for playing this. :)
The one thing I remember about this game is the nebulous origin of Bowser JR. Main line Mario series says he is Bowser's son, this game said he is Bowser himself as a kid...
I had never known you made this video. As an avid fan of this game (Got a poster above my computer) I got the BIGGEST grin on my face when I discovered this video existed
Now all we need is a Bowser's Inside Story Completionist episode and everything would be complete. Wait, even better: A Completionist review for the upcoming Bowser's Inside Story Remake!
Growing up I wasn’t much of an RPG fan (too much management for little ol’ Wyatt). The various Mario RPGs got me interested in the genre and now it’s pretty much my favorite kind of game!
I remember getting this from the little glass display case at my nearest gamestop as a kid, which closed down now, and popping it into my DS and playing it for hours on end. Its a shame this game is a mere shadow of its younger brothers
I have a soft spot for this game; the final boss fight music was absolutely phenomenal, and I remember pausing just to listen to it. That said, I feel like the Vim Factory level is REALLY goddamn dark. I mean, Toads are being encased by trees that absorb their vim (their 'mushroom power', take of that as you will) which is sent to the factory to be 'refined'. And part of this refinement process causes the ghosts(?) of Toads to appear and you can see them travelling down the pipes in latter sections of the factory. This is being used to power their UFOs, by the way. The blood/souls of mushroom people. FAMILY FRIENDLY GAME EVERYONE
6:12 Poor Younger E.Gadd gets forgotten. This game also reveals where Luigi's Mansion takes place when Younger E.Gadd mentions where he plans on going to build a lab to study Ghosts.
Super Underrated. I loved the battles with the babies, loved the darker story, and didn’t mind the fact that bro moves were items. I would say it’s better than Paper Jam and Superstar Saga.
partners in time is great, but just being 'great' in a series that sets a standard of 'awesome' means it's a black sheep. looking forward to your bowser's inside story playthrough, i got a feeling you're gonna love that one - everyone does
I believe the reason for no exploration rewards or reasons to go back to a previous area is because it was such a dramatic shift between consoles, so they focused more on how to utilize the console for gameplay
This game began development before the touch screen was even an idea so that one touch screen part was probably shoehorned in last minute. All the dev team knew about the system at the TIME was that it had four face buttons and two screens so they just worked with that.
I played this game as a child and loved it, even though I didn't understand anything of the story (the game wasn't released in my native language). Good memories.
This game was my childhood and I still love it to this day, I'm excited for the New Game Plus of Bowser's Inside Story cuz I remember you saying that you completed it before in a video.
I heard that the bosses having all that additional health was only in the US version of the game and that even the EU version had them at a reasonable level.
Please do a video on Bowser's Inside Story, that one is my favorite. And you can still do Dream Team and Paper Jam. You'll never run out of Mario games lol
5:23 I love Luigi’s reaction to the reveal there, it’s hilarious. Also, it’d be awesome if we could get a new Mario and Luigi game for the switch, but something that takes some visual cues from “Rayman Legends” and “Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s about Time” in terms of character and environmental design.
This was the first DS game I ever played. I remember finding it really short and pretty easy, not liking it as much as Superstar Saga, but still loving every second of playing it. Thanks for the nostalgic romp Jirard!
Blue man of Mustache is right, this game is a joy and I have such good memories from it. Maybe not the best in the series, but it's short, sweet and fun.
Actually the touch screen section is pretty good if you haven't been spoiled, as you go cleaning the picture, U get to reveal the second princess and say "Da' hell is dat!" Then the game continues until U realize that it is the true final boss
9:08 They should have did what they did for Princess Shroob to ALL of the Shroobs. Make it so that the Mushroom Kingdom residents don't understand the aliens but WE do.
This game legit terrified me as a kid because I loved the Mario characters and didn’t want to see them get hurt. I actually never beat this game because I avoided all the enemies and got to the final boss at only level 20 something.
Wow that section with the other projects that overshadowed it... of all of those I only played MK DS and Civ IV, and Civ IV I didn't play until later. That explains why I so readily had this game and loved it I guess, because it's so good and didn't have anything else distracting from it.
Princess Shroob may sound generic, but there's a reason for the name. Many characters in the game have shroob based counterparts. Princess Shroob is obviously a Shroob take on Princess Peach / Toadstool. Shroobs looked like Toads. One enemy in the final dunegon is called a Shroobsworth, and they're mimicing Toadsworth. The Shrooblets in Hollijolli Village were practically Goombas, a common first level enemy. Yoob isn't just a giant dinosaur. It's based on Yoshi, hence why it starts with Yo and is focus on in the Yoshi chapter.
I'm still annoyed they skipped the remake for this game. The atmosphere throughout the whole game was dark and really cool in a new way and the final boss was one the most epic battles I've ever seen in any Mario game. That music still gives me chills.
Im still salty Nintendo skipped the remake of this game and remade Bowser’s Inside Story instead... Both games a good so why couldn’t they both get remakes?
I remember when I lend one of my little cousins this game. I hadn't finished it yet but I was naive to think that my progress would be safe. In other words, when I got back to finish it, 15 hours of playtime were gone. Puff! Just like that. And so, I had to redo it. But that's ok, I wasn't mad... not at all... yeah...
What is your favorite Mario RPG?
I can't choose between Super Mario RPG legend of the Seven Stars Super Mario Bros Superstar Saga Mario & Luigi partners in Time Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Mario and Luigi Dream Team they're all amazing and great games in my mind and I can't choose between them which is the best Super Mario RPG game
Bowsers inside story
You know, Jirard, you still haven't completed any of the Mario Party's :)
That could be interesting.
I enjoyed the original Paper Mario the most.
STICKER STAR
Bowser's Inside Story for sure
You made me wanna play this game again. Great video as always!
PeanutButterGamer Hey PBG how is your day going?
Do yu rily? ??
Peebs make another Zelda video! haha jk today's was really awesome take your time on them :)
Peebs are we friends?
I prefer bowser inside story because I actually didn't play this game. Welp time to go to ebay. Also happy end of zelda month.
I always felt like this game got a bad rap. I’ve always loved it most out of the Mario and Luigi games. I still replay it often to this day.
Same😁
And it has 2x the Toadsworth! (i'm very biased of that shroom)
It's has it's criticism & it is one of the reason why it's the worst of the series.
Well the first problem is the story & through it's progression. I know the story isn't the most important thing in a video game. But the way the story was told is confusing & makes no sense. I can give it credit for trying to be more creepy & sci-fi like of an story, but the way they executed is kinda poorly & doesn't give us any good explanation. For example. Why is Princess & Elder Princess Shroob the only group of Shroobs that can also speak English & not the othwr Shroobs? How did Peach manage to use the Star Shard to lock the Elder Princess Shroob inside of it without an guide or explanation of how that works? Why didn't the people warn the heroes about the awareness of the Star Shard that's keeping the evil being inside of the shard? Why is Elder Princess Shroob a thing? The game never explain anything.
Second problem is the way to control both Adult & Baby Mario Bros. is hard to keep up & too much to handle. I don't mind having more than just 2 Mario Bros. to join the party & having them as there piggyback. I just wish there were better ways to handle it. Bowser's Inside Story fixes that sort of issue.
Third problem is the game is straight forward, has no extra areas in the world or sidequest & useless minigames for no any good rewards that u work hard on. U know how every RPG games does that sort of things that u can do on your spare time to get the amount of goodies and stuff? Partners in Time doesn't have many of that. Sometimes you can go back to the world u already travel to. But there's no extra areas on that world to explore more for an item as yor reward. And the Mushroom Kingdom as your hub world is completely empty & useless. Yeah. They have item shop. But most of them are either expensive, isn't that much useful or just being there is completely unsatisfying. The only thing that you can do is visit Fawful Shop to do things. But even that is pointless. And the minigames are lacking. I get what they were doing, but most minigames are worthless and the rewards once again felt underwhelming. Superstar Saga had all the that. So why couldn't do the same to Partners in Time?
Fourth problem is how the Item Bros Attack are utilize. Now I do like the idea of the Item Bros Attack as your Super Attack. I thought it was an unique & cool gimmick to use of making it more fun & interesting. But the way they executed is just stupid. Having them being limited instead of being unlimited, trying to press buttons with all 4 characters in there own single button to get an higher damage, grinding through enemies just hoping to get that Item Bros. & buying at the Item Shop in the Mushroom Kingdom with some items maybe available or not is just an huge waste. I know that every Mario & Luigi games has an Super Attack that does sort of things as well. But at least those were pretty simple, it has an option an showing you how it works, keeping the buttons simple & they are unlimited with there MP to see how much u have left. Partners in Time Super Attack felt like an chore & it is just an waste. Again. I like the idea of the Item Bros Attack. But the way they work is lacklustering.
Lastly, the bosses take way too long to kill. Again, I will give them credit for having an unique bosses in there pattern. The way they constructed on the bosses makes it pretty interesting. But man! Do they take so long to get all there HP to go all the way down. Even if you use those Item Bros to deal more damage on the bosses, they still drag longer. I rather have the bosses be done quickly than spending more than 6 or 7 minutes on those bosses with non-phases that drags.
Those are the critism I have with Partners in Time & I'm pretty sure alot of people complaints about those I mention as well. Now I don't think Partners in Time is an bad game by all means. It's not. And it's not even the worst Mario RPG. That honor goes to Paper Mario: Sticker Star. But I will say it is the weakest of the Mario & Luigi games ( not counting Paper Jam ). It does have many of it's flaws that I wish it could've been fixed & been an much better experience of an game. There are some things I do like about the game. But there many others that throws me off. Again. It's not an trash or terrible game. It's fine as it is. But it is nowhere near as great as other Mario RPGs like Superstar Saga, Bowser's Inside Story, The Thousand Year Door or Paper Mario 64 or any Mario games in general has. Heck. I even rather play Dream Team, Super Mario RPG, Super Paper Mario & Color Splash over Partners in Time. If u like the game, than that's fine. But I just couldn't get into Partners in Time all that much.
The Ponderer I wish I could replay it again but I lost my R4
Still my favourite M&L game, still upset that it didn’t get a remake though...
It probably will after the BIS Remake.
I was pissed they skipped it...
Exactly
It didn't sell well because of everything else coming out at the time. DOing that is like if SEGA didn't make sonic boom fire and ice.
which they did make fire and ice despite the other 2 boom games failing.
They just wanted to remake the best selling first to secure it. If the 3DS might still hang in there for a bit longer we will see PiT's remake
This was my first Mario and Luigi game, and I still love it dearly. I actually hated it when I was younger, because I thought it was the most difficult RPG ever. But back then, I never grinded, and I avoided most enemies (oops). I was severely under leveled... and hoo boy was the final boss a nightmare...
But!! I managed to finish the game several years later, and I’m grateful that I learned from my mistakes. I actually grew to love the game again, and now it’s probably one of my favourite Mario RPGs ever.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to go on a tangent there, because it isn’t entirely related to the video. But you can’t tell how happy I was to see this pop up in my recommended! Keep up the great work, man :)
How dare you use Corrion the worst avatar
I was like level 24 when I fought the final boss and got annihilated, but my brother is amazing at all games so he beat it despite being cripplingly under leveled! That was one of the best moments of my childhood yeara
18:56 missed beep it's a fucking Mario game xD
davidb265 Yeah, yet he didn’t miss the other. lol
It's PBG's Animal Crossing LP all over again!
"Took all my fuckin' money."
TH-cam DEEPMIND IS A COMIN
Whoa, you really want to summon Captin America?
Daniel Staples 😂😂👌👌
Honestly I’m glad you did this one. This game very underrated and pretty much forgotten despite it being a good game
Thank you I'm glad someone still love and respect this game.
It's not the best in the series, but it's no Paper Jam.
I am haooy he made a video about this this game is a lost treasure and my childhood
This is my favorite game in the Mario & Luigi series, and it's all because of the fun interactions between the bros. and the babies. Baby Luigi helping Luigi find his courage is just so dang sweet.
For anyone wondering, the one touch screen required bit is used to stop piracy, emulators didn't used to be able to use the touch screen, every game in the series has an anti piracy measure like this, mics in the next one and tilt in the 4th if I remember correctly, don't remember anything like that in the 5th
Alphy Behrendt oh neat. Thanks for letting us know
In the DS emulator that I use, it allows for use of touchscreens. It also lets you use a button for the mic, but it's a bit finicky and doesn't always work.
@@robertofenloch9595 yeah but at the time this game released they didn't, similar to why they changed to mic controls in inside story for the next one, because mics weren't working on emulators, once that started working they went to tilt, not sure if emulators do tilt controls atm
I played a (legit) version of BiS on Desmume, I had to toy with the settings quite a few times and I can confirm it has a lot more anti-piracy measures than any other DS. games ... The game also lags a lot on its own for no reason it's kinda funny. I hope they had done the same with the DS Pokemon games ; that would have helped a lot with how much these have been/are being pirated :/
@White-Van Helsing you do you pal. I like paying for my games (when I can at least)
One of the most underrated Mario and Luigi game. To bad this game doesn't get a remake :(
Bowser's Inside Story gets a remake but not Partners in Time? Bummer.
I hope they’ll make a “Mario & Luigi Collection” in 5-10 years that has the first five games.
As much as I don't like Partners in Time, I would've agreed that they should've remake that game than Bowser's Inside Story. Because honestly, Partners in Time has many flaws that needs to be fixed.
Nintendo when will you care about people's childhoods
Julian0505z yea about that ... 😥😢😭
Man. I wish I got to play this game when I was younger.
Same, but from what I've seen in a walk through, it was such a shock to me!
You still can you know but you've been spoiled so....
I wish this game was as good as the first one
This was part of my childhood and oh boy do I relish it
Honestly, you're not missing much.
The Mario RPGs are my bread and butter, and this one is still amazing. I love how the bros interact with the babies throughout the whole thing.
Oh boy, this game. Idk about you guys, but I consider this to be the black sheep of the Mario and Luigi series, and the one I remember most.
This game is by far the worst. And not in the "it's still good, but just not as good as the others" like you could say for other series. Partners in Time is straight up garbage.
EDIT: I just remembered Dream Team. _That's_ the worst in this franchise, and also garbage. But Partners in Time is a close second.
@@mjc0961 ok, that's your opinion.
I had this game but I can't remember beating it I want to say I did but I don't remember anything from this game. I never finished paper jam I never liked that game and I never played dream team but I plan to someday.
It is my favorite , not the best But my favorite
mjc0961 this just hurt me man
This thing needs to be on Switch
Nintendo can't as alphadream went bankrupt with the failure of the BiS remake
12:19 this explains why he has legs in smash
In bowser inside story there is a callback to partners in time and even some enemies are frozen in bowser castle that you can fight (i'm even sure that they have the battle music from partners in time and you get a special attack from them)
18:57 He forgot to put in the beep
F*ck
Woahhhh it’s weird to hear him say fuck. I like it
Partners in time is so underrated and its is my personal Fav Mario and Luigi rpg i really like time travel and sci fi elements
I want to say thank you for reviewing my favorite game in the Mario and Luigi series. It really gives me joy. I'm just glad that you uploaded this at this time. I've been going through a rough time recently after feeling super suicidal from my first year in high school. I just want you to know, I thank you.
Hey brotha keep ur chin up good times are ahead. Afterall this game may get remastered soon :)
Ooo yeah... Bowser's Inside Story is next.
I'm guessing he'll wait till the remake comes out.
@@stevengc125 ohhh I totally forgot about that. I'm hyped for it. Even though I have the original soooo
I'm hyped for the pit remake
@@tyhandsom8963 One can hope...
@@stevengc125 More like millions...
This was my first Mario & Luigi game, it holds a deep place in my childhood. Too bad they skipped remaking it. Thanks for honoring this game by dedicating an entire episode of The Completionist too it.
6:03 “Maybe will see younger versions of major characters!”
.....what do you guys think Baby Waluigi looks like?
This game ruled, it took me 4 playthroughs to put it down. I love how the mario rpgs implement timed actions in combat & platforming outside it. Great vid brobocop!
I frickin love the Won’t Get Fooled Again screams randomly put in. Im a huge The Who fan so much appreciated
The touchscreen wasn’t used much because they didn’t know the ds would have a touch screen during most of development.
Oh my god this video was such a nostalgia trip! Partners in time is kinda special for me cause it was my first ever DS game that came bundled with my DS when I bought it. I really didnt want this game at the time.
I had saved up enough to buy the DS starter kit bundle which came with a game but not enough to buy all the stuff individually so I was stuck with only the game in the bundle until I saved up more. The bundle I wanted was gone so I had to pick from the last few that I really didn't want. I went with Mario only because I had no familiarity with the other games and really came to love it! My sis & I used to lay on the floor, take turns and watch each other play. It was so much fun. We ran into a wall for the final boss and just could not beat it! Taking a break we moved onto other games and never went back to finish it and I sold it somewhere along the way. I miss it though. I really wanna go back and buy a copy sometime...
I loved playing this when I was younger
Same here till got stuck on yoshi island
@@killerkiller9058 my first time playing It i managed to get so under level that egg monster was real hard to beat, taking like way too much minutes to get rid of It, if i didnt died already.
This whole game felt like a never ending beginners tutorial with all the hand holding and how linear it was. I was in denial for the first few hours and thought that maybe there was gonna finally be an exploration aspect, but that never happened. I even thought that maybe there was gonna be a post game with actual challenges and more to do, but nah
18:56 there is no censorship
I actually rewound it to make sure I wasn't hearing things, haha. So weird to hear an unedited Jirard F-Bomb that isn't on Super Beard Bros.
Same
and yet at 19:28 there is?? must have been a mistake, surprised it never got fixed
18:20 whoever was responsible for that musical transition from the "section complete" theme directly into "jungle japes," needs a raise!!!
18:57 JIRARD YOU CURSED!
Since Jirard said it, I want to be clear that a Mario and Luigi game but starring Wario and Waluigi instead is literally one of my biggest dreams that Nintendo will forever leave unfulfilled.
Omg I love this game. So nostalgic oh man. Thanks Jirard! :D
The Mario RPGs are my bread and butter, and this one is still amazing.
... I think PiT is underrated compared to SS and BIS.
That doesn't always mean it's a good game compared to Superstar Saga & Bowser's Inside Story. Partners in Time is without a doubt the worst Mario & Luigi game.
JJ C I think Bowser’s Inside Story is... the second worst. Bowser as a playable character? Done that. Mushroom Kingdom with no variation? Boo. Fawful? He was good as a henchman and a cameo, and now you expect me to believe he’s gone full villain leader? Except for Dream Team, I’d rank the other games over BiS. Yes, I DID say that.
Danny. It was nice knowing you. You're gonna get alot of hate from the fans for saying that.
JJ C At least I’ll go down with no regrets and a very unpopular opinion. I’ll rant on as much as Egoraptor did when he said Ocarina of Time sucked.
Danny Hargreaves I agree with Danny cause how the hell can you say Partners in Time is the worse when Paper Jam exists?
18:57 Notice how the Captions Censor the F Word. That is some AWESOME Attention to Detail that Everyone could miss! :3
(whispers) Do Pokemon Mystery Dungeon next.
Gotta do red and blue rescue team I've played them all and those two are still my favourites
That did not happen but I REALLY love those games
Props for the Time Machine joke - I doubt many would catch the plugin reference, so kudos!
We need a Super Mario RPG remake for the Switch! And maybe with a post game story that lets us go up to lv 60 for the final boss. Kinda like Final Fantasy 4 the after years type of content add on. Or something like that.
That's sounds awesome!
Completionist: I haven't heard anything bad about this game yet.
The lonely goomba: HOLD MY BEER.
This was the only Mario & Luigi series game I played, and I love to see the babies from the spin-offs I play actually team up with the bros, and see that they're not alone in the Mushroom Kingdom before Galaxy showed up I think, while also giving us a time travel adventure.
This is my favourite out of the series because I loved the idea of mario and luigi teaming up with there baby selfs
More like Partners in Crime
I see you everywhere now
More like GODDAMNIT CHARA
You and your puns
There was actually a typo on the box and it said that.
Christopher Healy
It was actually on the copyright label in the manual.
Partners in time was my first RPG series and second Mario game. I loved the game and I still love it.
Darkness Level of Mario RPG
Super Mario RPG: Somewhat
Paper Mario: None
Superstar Saga: None
Thousand-Year Door: Somewhat (Sorry, but Twilight Town, Dooplis, and the music if the door)
Partners in Time: Hella
Super Paper Mario: Hella
Bowser's Inside Story: Somewhat
Dream Team: Somewhat
Paper Jam: I haven't played Paper Jam
Paper Jam : Nonexistent
Close paper jam gets to being remotely dark with acting like you may have left the Bowser jr.s ready to die then doing nothing with it but having Bowser consumed in anger to almost kill peach and then nothing else it probably the least dark
Paper Jam is aight
Superstar Saga none? Cackletta literally DIES.
I played paper jam but I’m pretty sure it’s just peach gets stolen
the Alien language used in partners in time is just a cheap ripoff of the Mr. Saturn language from the Mother series. The big difference is you can actually read the Mr. Saturn Letters.
Then it's not a ripoff.
It's a shame how under-appreciated this game really is. It's always been my favorite in this particular series. I loved the first GBA game and was stoked when I learned a sequel was coming out. All of the games have good mechanics but the four-party combat in this title in particular is the best the series has to offer in my opinion with my only real complaint being switching Bros. Moves to consumable items. It's way too easy to have a huge stockpile of the best attacks, making any challenge mostly redundant.
Great game honestly
@@heyitsyaboi8419 ... WAT
I think you fail to realize that ALL Mario and Luigi games are great.
You're joking, this is the FF13 of the Mario and Luigi games. It's one long hallway with no real exploration
@@THEGREATMAX Not like the overworld in BiS was that great either
@@TerrorOfTalos Why I didn't play that game either
ah the only game where a "Princess"actualy successes in doing what they wanted. Peach: wanna go to a party get kidnaped, wanna be on a festival gets kidnapped again. Princess Shroob: takes over the whole kingdom and she DOES! best princess ever
The soundtrack might be one of my favorite of all time.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE MARIO GAME OF ALL TIME! I've been hoping you'd review this it holds a special place in my heart. Back when I was a ward of the state and suffering frim severe depression this game kept me going and kept a smile on my face. I know it inside and out the last time I played it I beat it in 11 hours without dying once lol I've beaten it over 30 times. Thank you so much Jirard for playing this. :)
The one thing I remember about this game is the nebulous origin of Bowser JR. Main line Mario series says he is Bowser's son, this game said he is Bowser himself as a kid...
Thank you
I had never known you made this video. As an avid fan of this game (Got a poster above my computer) I got the BIGGEST grin on my face when I discovered this video existed
Now all we need is a Bowser's Inside Story Completionist episode and everything would be complete. Wait, even better: A Completionist review for the upcoming Bowser's Inside Story Remake!
If only the actual mario games had the type of plot that is in these games.
Growing up I wasn’t much of an RPG fan (too much management for little ol’ Wyatt). The various Mario RPGs got me interested in the genre and now it’s pretty much my favorite kind of game!
I remember getting this from the little glass display case at my nearest gamestop as a kid, which closed down now, and popping it into my DS and playing it for hours on end. Its a shame this game is a mere shadow of its younger brothers
I have a soft spot for this game; the final boss fight music was absolutely phenomenal, and I remember pausing just to listen to it. That said, I feel like the Vim Factory level is REALLY goddamn dark. I mean, Toads are being encased by trees that absorb their vim (their 'mushroom power', take of that as you will) which is sent to the factory to be 'refined'. And part of this refinement process causes the ghosts(?) of Toads to appear and you can see them travelling down the pipes in latter sections of the factory. This is being used to power their UFOs, by the way. The blood/souls of mushroom people.
FAMILY FRIENDLY GAME EVERYONE
6:12 Poor Younger E.Gadd gets forgotten. This game also reveals where Luigi's Mansion takes place when Younger E.Gadd mentions where he plans on going to build a lab to study Ghosts.
Super Underrated. I loved the battles with the babies, loved the darker story, and didn’t mind the fact that bro moves were items. I would say it’s better than Paper Jam and Superstar Saga.
Right when I replay this game for my streams, this video gets uploaded! Gotta love the miracle timing!
this i my childhood I cry evertime I hear and see this.
*because I lost my R4 7 years ago and yet I haven't found it*
this is a forgotten treasure
partners in time is great, but just being 'great' in a series that sets a standard of 'awesome' means it's a black sheep. looking forward to your bowser's inside story playthrough, i got a feeling you're gonna love that one - everyone does
I believe the reason for no exploration rewards or reasons to go back to a previous area is because it was such a dramatic shift between consoles, so they focused more on how to utilize the console for gameplay
Damn I remember playing this in my DS after finishing superstar saga. Great review man.
This game began development before the touch screen was even an idea so that one touch screen part was probably shoehorned in last minute. All the dev team knew about the system at the TIME was that it had four face buttons and two screens so they just worked with that.
I played this game as a child and loved it, even though I didn't understand anything of the story (the game wasn't released in my native language). Good memories.
This game was my childhood and I still love it to this day, I'm excited for the New Game Plus of Bowser's Inside Story cuz I remember you saying that you completed it before in a video.
Near the end, you find out the main phrase that all the shroobs were often shouting translates to "Destroy"
I heard that the bosses having all that additional health was only in the US version of the game and that even the EU version had them at a reasonable level.
Mario & Luigi Partners in Time was the first Mario RPG I played.I like it a lot and always look forward to replaying it.
Please do a video on Bowser's Inside Story, that one is my favorite. And you can still do Dream Team and Paper Jam. You'll never run out of Mario games lol
I got so ridiculously into this game that I could go the entire game without any damage (aside from the necessary hits for item explanations).
18:57 "This is a *fuckin'* Mario game!"
Daaaamn it's weird to hear Jirard say something uncensored.
You have a problem with the villainess being named Princess Shroob? Um...Princess Toadstool? Not the first time they've done that, Jirard.
my first and favourite mario and luigi series game, real underrated
5:23 I love Luigi’s reaction to the reveal there, it’s hilarious.
Also, it’d be awesome if we could get a new Mario and Luigi game for the switch, but something that takes some visual cues from “Rayman Legends” and “Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s about Time” in terms of character and environmental design.
It’s awesome how the Shroobs later appear in mainline Mario games
This was the first DS game I ever played. I remember finding it really short and pretty easy, not liking it as much as Superstar Saga, but still loving every second of playing it. Thanks for the nostalgic romp Jirard!
Blue man of Mustache is right, this game is a joy and I have such good memories from it. Maybe not the best in the series, but it's short, sweet and fun.
Actually the touch screen section is pretty good if you haven't been spoiled, as you go cleaning the picture, U get to reveal the second princess and say "Da' hell is dat!" Then the game continues until U realize that it is the true final boss
That Grand Mac joke was to perfect.😆
You still have Bowser's Inside Story and Super Princess Peach , you got this 😂
9:08 They should have did what they did for Princess Shroob to ALL of the Shroobs. Make it so that the Mushroom Kingdom residents don't understand the aliens but WE do.
FINALLY :D! I hope you can complete the rest of the series
This game legit terrified me as a kid because I loved the Mario characters and didn’t want to see them get hurt. I actually never beat this game because I avoided all the enemies and got to the final boss at only level 20 something.
Partners in time is one of the best Mario games EVER!
Wow that section with the other projects that overshadowed it... of all of those I only played MK DS and Civ IV, and Civ IV I didn't play until later. That explains why I so readily had this game and loved it I guess, because it's so good and didn't have anything else distracting from it.
Princess Shroob may sound generic, but there's a reason for the name. Many characters in the game have shroob based counterparts. Princess Shroob is obviously a Shroob take on Princess Peach / Toadstool. Shroobs looked like Toads. One enemy in the final dunegon is called a Shroobsworth, and they're mimicing Toadsworth. The Shrooblets in Hollijolli Village were practically Goombas, a common first level enemy. Yoob isn't just a giant dinosaur. It's based on Yoshi, hence why it starts with Yo and is focus on in the Yoshi chapter.
I'm still annoyed they skipped the remake for this game. The atmosphere throughout the whole game was dark and really cool in a new way and the final boss was one the most epic battles I've ever seen in any Mario game. That music still gives me chills.
They'll probably remake it after the BIS Remake :)
This was my all time favorite game when I was younger. Since I recently received an R4 card I really want to play it again.
The remaining M&L games actually have side quests that are actually fun and normally worthwhile
I love Partners in Time. My favorite in the series.
This is my favorite childhood game and I have lovely memories from playing this game
Im still salty Nintendo skipped the remake of this game and remade Bowser’s Inside Story instead... Both games a good so why couldn’t they both get remakes?
I remember when I lend one of my little cousins this game. I hadn't finished it yet but I was naive to think that my progress would be safe. In other words, when I got back to finish it, 15 hours of playtime were gone. Puff! Just like that. And so, I had to redo it. But that's ok, I wasn't mad... not at all... yeah...
My favorite of the Mario RPGs.
Also the ending where the babies go back to the past made me cry as a kid (mostly because of baby Luigi). Lol
Bowsers Inside Story has to be next, seriously that’s the best Super Mario RPG game!
You’re almost at episode 300 keep it up bro you’re doing good