Mario & Luigi Logs

[SuperZambezi]

Basically, I will be playing through all three Mario & Luigi games for the first time in the next three months, and I will record my progress and my thoughts in logs that I will post on the main site. These are not videos, they are written logs with images.

The actual logs will be posted on the main site, but I will update here whenever I get a new one out.

Mario & Luigi Log – Entry Log

 

[Brookelas]

I am looking forward to it

 

[SuperZambezi]

First log is in! Let me know what you think, good and bad.

Mario & Luigi Log #1 – A New Adventure

 

[Brookelas]

THATS AWESOME! I havent played the first or second Mario and Luigi, and I cant get it, as I am saving up for all the new games this year. So I am really looking forward to these logs!

 

[SuperZambezi]

Second log! Wish you could play while I played Brookelas.  :-\

Mario & Luigi Log #2 - Land of Purple

 

[SuperZambezi]

Mario & Luigi Log #3 – The Mountain
Mario & Luigi Log #4 – To The Castle!
Mario & Luigi Log #5 – Into the Woods
Mario & Luigi Log #6 – Viruses, and Eekers, and Cackletta! Oh, my!
Mario & Luigi Log #7 – Sunny Days
Mario & Luigi Log #8 – Bean Collecting

 

[SuperZambezi]

Mario & Luigi Log #9 – Collectathon Complete

I've been playing the final boss for a couple of days now. I keep ragequitting and putting the game down. You have to be near perfect to make it past some of those attacks.

 

[Luigidenne3DSGCN]

Now you understand one of the reasons why I don't care about the series as a whole either. Maybe you should just give up and move on.

 

[H-J Kaabii]

Now you understand one of the reasons why I don't care about the series as a whole either. Maybe you should just give up and move on.

Give the man a chance; after all perseverance is a sign of strength surely? If you find M+L hard you're not RPGing right.

 

[Luigidenne3DSGCN]

Give the man a chance; after all perseverance is a sign of strength surely? If you find M+L hard you're not RPGing right.

Let's just say I know second-hand the effects of "overdetermination" all too well.

 

[SuperZambezi]

The final boss is hard, but I'm not going to give up on the game or the series.

But I am temporarily not playing because I'm getting sick of retrying. I'll be at it again soon!

 

[Yoshiman222]

Did you pack Max Nuts and 1-up Supers?
Those are what you'll need the most.
Mostly at least a Max Nut for obvious reasons (if you know what I'm talking about).

Only really use syrups if you're runing out of BP as well.

Spoiler: Final Boss Tactics

1st Form - Just go all out and you'll be fine. I don't think you'd have troubles on this at all.

2nd Form - I'd recommend aiming your hand powers to individual hand (each one has a weakness to one while being able to recover life from the other).
The Head is weak to both hand powers, so go all-out on that with those Bros. moves (mostly the advance versions).
Also, if you can attack the heart, always aim for that, even after the other parts recover. I'd use the advance Hammer Bros. moves myself only, as they can be used repetitively.
If you're impatient as well, use a Red Pepper on each bro. before you destroy the final part needed to make the heart appear, as it boosts your attack a lot temporarily (at least a few turns after the heart disappears again).

Hope you don't retry again with these tactics if you decided to use them.

 

[SuperZambezi]

I'm pretty much following those tactics, save for the use of Max Nuts and Max Mushrooms. My main problem is that there are some attacks that can and do take out all of one of the bro's full health. Once that happens, game over. Is there any item that can ressurect a bro once they have fallen?

Also, i haven't touched the game in like a week and I'm currently focused on Uncharted 2. I might finish these logs in a year or so. Or by the time the fifth game comes out.