Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

An evil witch has replaced Princess Peach's fair speech with explosives! Mario and Luigi must once again come to her rescue, but this time they employ the help of Bowser, their sworn enemy. Mario and Luigi…

86 17 November 2003

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Comedy Fantasy

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is an adventure developed by AlphaDream, released 17 November 2003 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is an adventure game developed by AlphaDream and released in 2003. It was published by iQue. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Peach's lovely voice has been stolen by an evil witch named Cackletta! Upon hearing the news, Mario calls upon his brother, Luigi, and his old rival, Bowser. Backed up by Bowser's army, the trio embark on an epic journey across the border of the Mushroom Kingdom to the land known as the Beanbean Kingdom...

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view 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: Superstar Saga is the 300th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Party-e: Wonder Challenge - Spinister Bowser in 2003. Its critic score of 86 is 9 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: Superstar Saga holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 200 votes.

What it launched against

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga launched on 17 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

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