For many years, it felt like Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time was the redheaded stepchild of the Mario & Luigi series. People criticised it for its more linear structure, overly long boss battles (at least in the US version), having to purchase items to use Bros. Attacks, and slightly cumbersome gameplay, among other areas.

Being released between the two most critically acclaimed games in the series certainly didn't help. It even got skipped over for the remake treatment, unlike Superstar Saga ( + Bowser's Minions ) and Bowser's Inside Story ( + Bowser Jr.'s Journey ). Even if it may not reach the lofty heights of those two, I’d argue Partners in Time is still a fine game in its own right—and even more so two decades later, in light of subsequent entries. Watch on YouTube

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