~Brand New~Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story~NDS~

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is a role-playing video game released for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is the third game in the Mario & Luigi series, following Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. As a part of the Mario & Luigi series, the game includes new features such as mini-games and the ability to play as Bowser and use his own unique battle system, which allows players to hold the DS sideways and use the touch screen and microphone to perform special moves.

A mysterious infection called "The Blorbs" is taking over the Mushroom Kingdom. The unknown virus causes the Toads to inflate to many times their normal size and roll around uncontrollably. For some reason, humans like Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach are not affected by the Blorbs disease. A council including the Mario brothers is called to discuss what can be done about the infectious virus. At this time, Bowser enters Peach's castle and tries to kidnap her by force, but Mario fights Bowser to protect Princess Peach.

After his inevitable defeat, Bowser wakes up in a mystic forest, where a mysterious figure offers a Lucky Mushroom to him. Upon eating the mushroom, he unknowingly gains the ability to inhale objects and minimize people into his stomach, and the mysterious figure is revealed as Fawful, a villain from previous installments in the series. Fawful brainwashes Bowser and sends him to Peach's castle, where he swallows all the Mushroom Kingdom council members; Fawful then takes over Mushroom Castle, while his assistant, Midbus, takes over Bowser's Castle.

When Bowser awakens, he proceeds to chase Fawful in an attempt to reclaim his castle. Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi must work alongside Bowser from within his body in order for them to find a way out, defeat Fawful, and rescue Princess Peach.

Ratings

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story received critical acclaim and sold 193,000 copies in its first week of release in Japan. It sold 650,000copies in Japan during the first half of 2009. The first North American critic to review it was the magazine "Nintendo Power", who scored the game a 9.5/10 saying it is "The best RPG-style Marioadventure ever made," and that "Anyone who loves the Mario characters, RPGs, or even action games should absolutely give Bowser's Inside Story a look." IGN awarded it a 9.5 as well as an Editors Choice Award. GameInformer awarded this game with a 8.75 out of 10 and giving it an award for Handheld Game of the Month. GameDaily.com gave the game 10/10!!!!!