Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story -- Final Opinion.

I have completed Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story for the Nintendo DS with a total time of twenty-five hours. Bowser's Inside Story is easily the best of the Mario & Luigi titles. Just about everything about it works exceedingly well. The graphics are great. Colorful and clean and classic Nintendo in style. The music is provided by returning series composer Yoko Shimomura of Legend of Mana and Kingdom Hearts fame. The music is upbeat and fits the story perfectly. The gameplay is the best of the series. The battle system remains fresh throughout the entire game. The mechanics of switching between Boswer and Mario and Luigi is great. It provides a great structure for puzzles and moving around the world. It also helps keep things fresh as the story has you switching back and forth between them so things never seem to get stale. The story is played entirely for laughs. And there are plenty of them. Beyond the pratfalls and cowardice of Luigi you'll have Bowser showing far more character than he's ever had before. When Bowser is interacting with series favorite Fawful or his minions it's just comedy gold. I found the pacing of this title far better than the previous game. This one I didn't want to end. It's the best Nintendo DS game I've played this year. It has that old Nintendo charm in spades. And these days that's a rare thing. I'm giving Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story a 9.5.