Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario and Luigi embark on the adventure of their dreams in a hilarious action RPG that combines the resort world of Pi’illo Island with the wild landscapes of Luigi’s imagination, where anything can happen…

80 12 July 2013

Adventure Platform Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Action Comedy Fantasy

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is an adventure developed by AlphaDream, released 12 July 2013 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 40 hrs to finish.

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What Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is an adventure game developed by AlphaDream and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

One day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi, Toadsworth, and some Toads are invited to Pi'illo Island, which is said to contain a special power that makes people fall asleep. During the flight, a dark pillow falls onto a blimp and transforms into a dark figure who Mario defeats. After defeating him, the blimp malfunctions and crashes into the Pi'illo Blimport. However, it is revealed that it was all Luigi's dream. The group proceeds to Pi'illo Castle, where they meet Starlow. Mario and Luigi go to a room where Peach and Toadsworth accidentally set off a test platform sending them to ancient Pi'illo ruins. Mario & Luigi follow and eventually find Peach and Toadsworth, as…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is the 497th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Kart Arcade GP DX in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 79 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 40 hrs.

What it launched against

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team launched on 12 July 2013, within three weeks of Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World and Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World, Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection.

Cheats and codes

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