Hey this is kinda silly but can you convince me to get Brothership?
The art style and animation is so beautiful and bouncy! (I'm a particularly big fan of the Luigi Logic moments in the boss fights.)
You can make a few decisions that will effect what happens in the plot going forward, which is WILD for a Mario game and definitely enhances the replayability aspect.
Speaking of replayability, there are a lot of side quests and new routes that open up as you discover and explore islands. There are so many different little corners to investigate outside of the main game that Brothership is no doubt going to take me a good deal longer than the alleged 30 hour runtime.
I want to see everything.
The gameplay runs smoothly and is a ton of fun, and when things begins to get repetitive it throws in some new tool or ability to switch things up and keep things interesting. Fights are pretty easy at the beginning, but as you go along the game slowly ramps up the difficulty in ways that feel both challenging and fair.
It's a Mario and Luigi game, so of course almost all the characters are brimming with charm. Mario and Luigi's characterization in particular is A+. They are so sweet and wholesome.
I'm only partway into the plot and it slaps. I hear word it's got one of the most intense stories out of any Mario game, so I am super excited to see how things play out.
I say, if you're considering getting this game, go get it! Ever since I got my copy I've been waking up in the morning with my first instinct being to get on my switch to see what happens and what else I can discover.