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Visually, Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a candy-coated affair that fits right in with the series. There's a cel-shaded quality to the models that reminds me a little of The Legend of Zelda ...

Brothership marked the first full-fledged 3D game of the franchise but for that, it never needed "edgier" and "rugged" characters.

The 2,064-piece Lego set is shaped just like the iconic Question Mark blocks from the Super Mario series, and inside of ... with the interactive Lego Mario/Luigi/Peach figures that come with ...