List of Mario role-playing games (Redirected from Mario & Luigi)

Mario role-playing games
The Paper Mario series logo features the series title in an angular, red font, with a white paper outline around each letter.
The Mario & Luigi series logo features the series title in a rounded font with a black outline, with "Mario" in red and "Luigi" in green.
Mario + Rabbids series logo features the Super Mario series logo and the Rabbids series logo.
The words "Super Mario RPG" written in an angular yellow font, outlined in red. The letters are three-dimensional.
From top to bottom: The Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi and Mario + Rabbids series logos, and the logo header of Super Mario RPG
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)Square
Intelligent Systems
AlphaDream
Ubisoft Milan
Ubisoft Paris
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Ubisoft
Platform(s)Super NES
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Advance
GameCube
Nintendo DS
Wii
Nintendo 3DS
Wii U
Nintendo Switch

The Mario franchise, which originated as a series of platform games, has inspired a variety of role-playing video games released on multiple Nintendo video game consoles. All games feature Mario as the protagonist, who is often accompanied by one or more playable characters, with the goal of defeating the main antagonist, primarily Bowser. The first role-playing game in the franchise, Super Mario RPG (1996), was developed by Square for the Super NES. The two primary sub-series, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, follow conventions established in the original game.

The Paper Mario series is developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo, the first game being Paper Mario which was released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. The original Paper Mario games are role-playing games, though installments in the series since Sticker Star also incorporate action-adventure elements. The series has received positive reviews, being praised for its paper-inspired aesthetic, writing, and characters, but changes to gameplay, such as in combat, received mixed reception. Recent entries since the release of Sticker Star have been criticized for the removal of original fictional races, the abundance of identical Toads, and the restrictions limiting unique character designs.

The Mario & Luigi series was developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo, the first game being Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The Nintendo 3DS remake of Bowser's Inside Story was AlphaDream's final game before declaring bankruptcy in 2019. Three months after the declaration, however, Nintendo filed a trademark for the series in Argentina. The series had generally received critical acclaim, being praised for their writing, gameplay, and graphics, with some criticism for lack of innovation.

The Mario + Rabbids series is co-developed by Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris and published worldwide by Ubisoft and published in Asia by Nintendo and is a crossover series with the Raving Rabbids franchise, the first being Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch in 2017.

Standalone games

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Original release date(s):
  • JP: March 9, 1996
  • NA: May 13, 1996
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Original release date(s):
  • JP: April 22, 2004
  • NA: June 22, 2004
  • EU: September 17, 2004
Release years by system:
2004 – Game Boy Advance
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Original release date(s):
  • JP: September 13, 2005
  • EU: November 18, 2005
  • NA: December 5, 2005
Release years by system:
2005 – Game Boy Advance
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Original release date(s):
  • JP: April 29, 2015
  • EU: May 8, 2015
  • NA: May 22, 2015
Release years by system:
2015 – Nintendo 3DS
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Paper Mario series

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • JP: August 11, 2000
  • NA: February 5, 2001
  • EU: October 5, 2001
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  • Known in Japan as Mario Story (マリオストーリー)
  • Originally planned to be called Super Mario RPG 2
  • A soundtrack of the game was released in 2000, distributed by Famitsu.



Original release date(s):
  • JP: July 22, 2004
  • NA: October 11, 2004
  • EU: November 12, 2004
Release years by system:
2004 – GameCube
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  • Known in Japan as Paper Mario RPG (ペーパーマリオRPG)
  • Originally planned to be called Mario Story 2 in Japan
  • Originally planned to be called Paper Mario 2 in North America
  • Morgan Creek Productions sued Nintendo for using the song "You're So Cool" in one of the game's advertisements without licensing; the lawsuit was dropped six days later after Nintendo provided a copy of a licensing agreement between Morgan Creek Productions and Nintendo's advertising agency, Leo Burnett Worldwide , demonstrating that rights were properly acquired prior to the airing of the advertisement.



Original release date(s):
  • NA: April 9, 2007
  • JP: April 19, 2007
  • EU: September 14, 2007
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  • Announced at E3 2006, originally as a GameCube title; development was later moved to the Wii
  • First Paper Mario game to shift to the action-adventure genre
  • First Paper Mario game with Kensuke Tanabe as the lead producer, who has produced all Paper Mario games since
  • Best-selling Paper Mario game



Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 11, 2012
  • JP: December 6, 2012
  • EU: December 7, 2012
Release years by system:
2012 – Nintendo 3DS
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  • Known in Japan as Paper Mario: Super Seal (ペーパーマリオスーパーシール).
  • First Paper Mario game on a handheld game console
  • First game in the series to not have partners alongside Mario; this trend was continued in the next game
  • First game in the series to primarily focus gameplay towards action-adventure elements, alongside creating different gameplay, such as in combat, for every title



Original release date(s):
  • NA/EU: October 7, 2016
  • JP: October 13, 2016
Release years by system:
2016 – Wii U
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  • First Paper Mario game in high definition
  • Put major emphasis on using the Wii U GamePad
  • Immediately received negative reception following its announcement due to the game continuing the action-adventure format



Original release date(s):
  • WW: July 17, 2020
Release years by system:
2020 – Nintendo Switch
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Mario & Luigi series

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 17, 2003
  • JP: November 21, 2003
  • EU: November 21, 2003
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG (マリオ&ルイージRPG)
  • Produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata, and Tetsuo Muzumo



Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 28, 2005
  • JP: December 29, 2005
  • EU: January 27, 2006
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 2x2 (マリオ&ルイージRPG2×2)
  • Features Baby Mario and Baby Luigi as playable characters



Original release date(s):
  • JP: February 11, 2009
  • NA: September 15, 2009
  • EU: October 9, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 – Nintendo DS
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!!)
  • Features Bowser as a playable character
  • Extensively uses the touchscreen of the Nintendo DS



Original release date(s):
  • EU: July 12, 2013
  • JP: July 18, 2013
  • NA: August 11, 2013
Release years by system:
2013 – Nintendo 3DS
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 4: Dream Adventure (マリオ&ルイージRPG4 ドリームアドベンチャー)
  • Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
  • Was created to celebrate the Year of Luigi in 2013
  • Included with a Mario & Luigi themed Nintendo 3DS XL



Original release date(s):
  • JP: December 3, 2015
  • EU: December 4, 2015
  • NA: January 22, 2016
Release years by system:
2015 – Nintendo 3DS
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG Paper Mario Mix (マリオ&ルイージRPG ペーパーマリオMIX)
  • Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.
  • A crossover between the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series
  • Last original game in the series before the releases of Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story remakes.


Mario + Rabbids series

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • WW: August 29, 2017
Release years by system:
2017 – Nintendo Switch
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Original release date(s):
  • WW: October 20, 2022
Release years by system:
2022 – Nintendo Switch


Remakes

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • JP: October 5, 2017
  • NA: October 6, 2017
  • EU: October 6, 2017
Release years by system:
2017 – Nintendo 3DS
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG1 DX (マリオ&ルイージRPG1 DX)
  • An expanded remake of Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance
  • Features new modes and updated graphics



Original release date(s):
  • JP: December 27, 2018
  • NA: January 11, 2019
  • EU: January 25, 2019
Release years by system:
2018 – Nintendo 3DS
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  • Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! DX (マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!! DX)
  • An expanded remake of Bowser's Inside Story for the DS
  • The last game in the series created by AlphaDream before the company declared bankruptcy in 2019



Original release date(s):
  • WW: November 17, 2023
Release years by system:
2023 – Nintendo Switch
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Original release date(s):
  • WW: 2024
Release years by system:
2024 – Nintendo Switch
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