690: Mario & Luigi

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Two Mario RPG brands launched at the dawn of the 21st century, and while Paper Mario had the more immediate gimmick, Mario & Luigi devoted itself to standard RPG mechanics dressed up in Mushroom Kingdom finery. Though the series burned bright in its early years, the back half saw a decline with undercooked sequels, unpopular remakes, and the seeming death of Mario & Luigi—the brand, not the characters. And now that it's back once again, we must ask ourselves: is Mario & Luigi worth celebrating? This week on Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Mike Drucker (author of Good Game, No Rematch), and Stuart Gipp as the crew times out their button presses to deliver you a perfect podcast.

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2:21.5	And this week we were talking about the Mario and Luigi RPG series. Yes, it's the Mario RPG series that never stray too far from its chosen genre. And yes, Paper Mario, I'm looking at you. So after about a decade without a new game, it's back. And though no one really seems to care anymore, we're going to figure out if we should care. That's going to be the point of this episode. Should we care about this series that takes about six to eight years off between games at this point? Before I go on any further, let's see who's with us today. Who was our first
2:26.3	guest? It's Mike Drucker, King of Kings. King of Kings, author of Good Game No Rematch in Stores Now.
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