Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio | ||||
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Developer(s) | AlphaDream | |||
Publisher(s) | Fantendo | |||
Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch | |||
Genre(s) | Platformer, Action-RPG | |||
Series | Mario & Luigi | |||
Predecessor | Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | |||
Release Date(s) | July 2018 | |||
Age Rating(s) | E10+ (ESBR)
7 (PEGI) A (CERO) | |||
Available Input | Nintendo Switch controller |
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Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio (Mario & Luigi: Yoshi's Island in Europe and Mario & Luigi RPG 6! Dino Isle in Japan) is the sixth game in the Mario & Luigi series, it is the sequel to the 3DS game, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. This game is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, since the Switch can also be a handheld, it keeps the Mario & Luigi series pattern of only being on portable consoles.
In this adventure, Mario and Luigi travel to Dinosaur Island to save the Yoshis from the dangerous power of the Dark Egg and a small evil Yoshi known as Yetsi. Bowser also tries to kidnap Peach while they're all at the island.
Story[]
The game is not actually divided into chapters, this is just a simple way to separate parts of the story.
Chapter 1: A Flight Gone Wrong[]
The story begins at Mario and Luigi's house, when a mail Toad arrives with an important letter form the princess, so Mario drags Luigi with him to the castle. Arriving at Peach's Castle, the brothers are greeted by Peach herself, who tells the story of the Light and Dark Eggs of Dinosaur Island. Every 1000 years, the Dark Egg hatches and Yesha, the Yoshi guardian, lays the Light Egg to absorb the Dark Egg's energy and become the new Dark Egg for the next 1000 years. Peach asks Mario to look through a nearby telescope and they see that a dark smog is forming around Dinosaur Island, which means that they must travel there to save the Yoshis.
The team boards the Toad Express and takes off to Dinosaur Island, but, mid-flight, they are attacked by Bowser in the Koopa Cruiser, he takes Peach from inside of the plane and the Mario brothers hold on to her to sneak into Bowser's ship. They make it to the upper deck and face off against Bowser. The Koopa king is defeated and falls down into the ship, causing it to crash and fall, taking the Toad Express with it.
Mario and Luigi wake up at a forest by Sunnyside Beach, they regroup and take to the beach, not before finding hammers with E. Gadd's logo on them. At the beach, there is a large bush around the wreckage of the two aircrafts, Mario checks it, it turns around and roars "Floragore!" at the brothers before fighting them.
Floragore is defeated and the brothers go inside of the crashed Toad Express, they find Peach and Bowser, fainted on the ground, Peach gets up easily but Bowser stays there, fainted. They leave the wreckage and are greeted by a large group of Yoshis, who offer to take them to their village, where they could stay until they were better.
Chapter 2: Into Coddle Woods[]
Arriving at Yoshi Town, there were Toads waiting to take Peach and Toadsworth to New Yosh, leaving Mario and Luigi because they can take care of themselves. As Peach leaves, Piranha Plants come out of the ground and attack the balloon Peach, Toadsworth and the other Toads were on, making them crash into Coddle Woods. Before Mario and Luigi enter the forest, the Yoshi chief gives them the company of a green Yoshi who may help them in their travels, thus, the trio enters the forest to find Peach.
The group quickly finds a clearing with a large, closed flower at the center and two paths to the sides, those paths also split up and all 4 ways lead to a Piranha Leech connected to a large tree. The group defeats each plant and and returns to the clearing, where the large flower opens up, revealing a Piranha Plant with 5 heads, so they engage the Queen Piranha in battle.
Queen Piranha is defeated and spits out Peach and Toadsworth, along with the two Toads who were meant to take them away. The Yoshies fix the balloon. The princess, Toadsworth and the guide Toads then board it to leave to New Yosh. They make it to their destination and send a letter to Mario, Luigi and their new friend, Yoshi. The Yoshi chief congratulates the group in saving the princess and, possibly, Yoshi Town, mentioning that he once helped a kid that looked kind of like Mario.
As they (Mario, Luigi and the Yoshi chief) are talking, a dark blue shadow rushes into the chief's cave and comes out with an ancient vase. The small Yoshi that stole the vase introduces himself as Yetsi, a red Yoshi points at him and laughs because he's so short but acts as if he's any threat. Yetsi breaks the vase on the ground before yelling at him to stop, he then warns them that he may not be a great threat at the moment, but he will be the Yoshis' worst nightmare soon.
Chapter 3: Flourishing Florentine Fields[]
The bros and Yoshi say their temporary goodbyes to the friendly inhabitants of Yoshi Town as they head towards the eastern region of Dinosaur Island. Arriving there, they quickly spot a familiar green, spiked shell moving slowly towards the east, the trio rushes in that direction and see the same shell walking down into a cave, they, again, follow it, and, surely enough, it is Bowser who is limping around the island. Kamek used a magic spell on Bowser to heal him and they continued into the cave, not noticing that the bros and Yoshi were following them.
Going deeper into the cave, Bowser reaches a large room and the bottom, he turns around and finally notices the bros and Yoshi following him, he gets angry and fights the heroes alongside Kamek.
Bowser is defeated and Yoshi reads the murals in the cave, that tell the story of the Dark Egg that they all know, once he's done, they return to Yoshi Town and come across Yetsi, who refuses to move from the way, so they must face him in a battle.
Yetsi is defeated for the first and far-from-last time, the group finally gets back to Yoshi Town and everyone is distressed, the chief reveals that he kept the Dark Egg safe, but Yetsi stole it and ran away, Mario tells him that they had just come across him but he didn't seem to have the Dark Egg. The Yoshi chief asks them to return the Dark Egg as soon as possible, before it can bring the end of the world.
Chapter 4: All Set and Dune[]
Mario, Luigi and Yoshi pass through Florentine Fields and get to Muldoon Dunes. They make their way to Onsen Village, which is being attacked by Sand Bloopers, who have a huge statue of a Blooper on a pedestal, it shoots several cannon balls at the village and some of them almost hit the heroes. While Yoshi is scared, he begins to glow and dust is attracted to him, eventually, pebbles, stones and large rocks form around him and create a huge rock Yoshi equal in size to the Sand Blooper Statue. With his increased stature, Yoshi faces off against the massive Blooper statue.
The statue is destroyed, Yoshi returns to normal and Dooper runs further into the desert, the heroes chase him and he is cornered by the Pokey Tower, he is forced to battle the trio that destroyed his and his gang's massive tank.
Dooper is defeated and the group returns to Onsen Village, they recieve their thanks and return to Yoshi Town to let the chief know that Yetsi is not in the desert. The chief says that he might know where his hideout is, his guess is that it's in Florentine Fields, so the team returns there to find Yetsi's lair.
Chapter 5: Search for The Dark Egg[]
The team returns to Florentine Fields to find Yetsi's hideout, they find a set of rocks piled up in a square, help up with ropes and hiding a big cave, they go inside and explore. After some time, they find Yetsi with the Dark Egg in a large room with a red, circular carpet, Yetsi is surprised and decides to just fight the heroes.
Yetsi is defeated, but he warns them that the only way to disarm the Dark Egg is with Yesha's Light Egg, but he trapped Yesha in her own temple and the trio can't save her without certain items. He also tells them that he blocked the path back to Yoshi Town, so they have to go around the island, pass through New Yosh and then get back to Yoshi Town.
Chapter 6: Koopa Invasion[]
Arriving at New Yosh, the group is greeted by destroyed buldings and billboards, streets on fire and Koopa Troopas everywhere, Toadsworth runs to them to tell them that Peach was taken by Bowser, whose castle is up in the sky over the ocean. He also tells them that Bowser plans on attacking the rest of Dinosaur Island to get his revenge on the Yoshis for the trouble they caused him years ago, so the groups rushes to Yoshi Town to get to the beach, but the Western Path is blocked by a large group of Koopas, who attack the heroes.
The Koopas were no match for the Mario bros and their friend, Yoshi, the barricade was brough down and the heroes could proceed. At the beach, the team saw that Bowser's Castle was, in fact, far above the ground, and there was no way to get there. Meanwhile, at the New Yosh Harbor, a battle ship is seen firing a Banzai Bill at Bowser's Castle, which falls down into Sunnyside Beach as soon as it's hit, allowing the heroes to enter the castle, but before they can go inside, a large statue on the castle walls "grows" wheels and charges at the team, Yoshi uses his power again to become Rock Yoshi and fights the Bowser Tank.
After a tough battle, the heroes destroy the tank and enter Bowser's Castle, there, they see that the door that leads further into the castle has two locks, one with a power line leading to the east wing and the other, obviously, to the west, so they go to each side of the castle to deactivate the switches. When they return to the foyer, Kamek appears and fights them before they can proceed.
The team climbs to the top of the massive castle, eventually reaching Bowser's throne room, where he is keeping Peach in a cage, Marioa nd Luigi are furious, and so is Bowser, so they all fight to get the princess back.
Bowser is defeated, possibly not forever, and some rescue Toads arrive to take Peach back. The team leaves Bowser's Castle and meet up with Yetsi and a new friend of his, Birdo, so the five of them fight right there, on the beach.
Yetsi is beaten once again and Birdo runs away, the trio returns to Yoshi Town, the chief tells them that Yesha must be trapped in her temple, at the top of Rex Mountains, so the group runs to the base of the mountains to start climbing them.
Chapter 7: The Guardian's Temple[]
TBA
Gameplay[]
Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio plays similarly to its predecessor, Paper Jam, Mario and Luigi are controlled with A and B, respectively, while the third character, Yoshi, is controlled with Y. The L and R buttons scroll through the abilities of the party member in the front, Select is used to switch between the bros and Yoshi.
Yoshi can carry the brothers to act as a running action, he can also use his tongue to get items and solve puzzles. Mario and Luigi have the same special actions from Dream Team and Partners in Time, bouncing, rolling, drilling, spin jumping, etc. Along with the basic jump and hammers from all of the previous games.
The six basic stats in this game are:
Stats go up normally through leveling up, but, in a level up, a stat of the player's choice can go up more. Stats can also be raised by using beans collected from the ground.
Ranks[]
There are five different ranks for Mario, Luigi and Yoshi, the green dino's ranks are different from the bros' ranks.
Bros[]
- Shroom Rank - Starting Rank - 1 Equipment Slot
- Shell Rank - Level 15 - 2 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Flower Rank - Level 25 - 3 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Star Rank - Level 35 - 4 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Rainbow Rank - Level 45 - Hero's Badge (Mario), Helper's Badge (Luigi)
Yoshi[]
- Egg Rank - Starting Rank - 1 Equipment Slot
- Flower Rank - Level 15 - 2 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Melon Rank - Level 25 - 3 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Fuzzy Rank - Level 35 - 4 Equipment Slots, Chosen Bonus
- Dino Rank - Level 45 - Yoshisaurus Badge
Battle System[]
The battles are the usual turn-based fights usually seen in RPGs, the character in the field with the highest speed always attacks first and when someone's HP drops to 0, they lose, if all characters on one side are defeated, this can mean defeat or victory, depending on the side. When the heroes beat the enemies, they recieve some EXP, which is used to increse the levels of the characters. The bros take less time to level up when compared to Yoshi, but his higher stats make up for leveling up less.
As expected, Mario attacks with A, Luigi uses B and Yoshi's button is Y, the basic commands for the bros. are:
- Jump
- Hammer
- Items
- Bros. Attacks
- Flee
Yoshi also has the item and flee commands, along with unique actions, those being:
- Ground Pound
- Egg Throw
- Eat
- Team Attacks
For Yoshi to have eggs to throw, he must either eat an enemy in battle, eat berries in the overworld or have the Infini-Egg Badge, which allows him to have six eggs that never run out.
In dodging, Mario and Luigi can be affected by weight, being heavier makes jumping quicker and hammering slower, while being lighter has the opposite effects. Yoshi can flutter jump by holding Y for a longer time and jump normally by just tapping it, his version of the brothers' hammers is his egg throw, but it requires aiming at the attack coming at him.
Rock Yoshi Battles[]
When the team is endangered by a large foe, Yoshi can use a magical power to form a giant stone Yoshi around himself to face off against the monsters. Rock Yoshi has his own battle commands, those are:
- Ground Pound
- Egg Throw
- Special
- Star Finisher (Only usable when enemy is weakened)
Rock Yoshi attacks are usually done with motion controls, to aim the giant eggs, to fly the star in the finisher, etc. Rock Yoshi battles have unique gimmicks, for example, in the battle against the Pokey Tower (Pictured), the sand is constantly pulling Yoshi and the massive Pokey downwards, due to their immense weight (both being mostly made out of stone).
Characters[]
Playable[]
Supporting Characters[]
Antagonists[]
Picture | Name | Description |
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Bowser | Bowser, the king of the Koopas, is stranded in Dinosaur Island after trying to kidnap Peach once again, he is fought a few times along the adventure. | |
Kamek | Kamek is a Magikoopa that follows and helps Bowser as he goes around the island, he is fought alongside Bowser a few different times. | |
Yetsi | The main antagonist of the game, he was constantly teased for being really short, so he trapped Yesha and stole the Dark Egg to get revenge. | |
Dark Star | The true antagonist of the game, the Dark Star hatched from the Dark Egg to cause destruction around the world, it is the very last story boss. |
Locations[]
Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio takes place on Dinosaur Island, which is a type of combination of Dinosaur Land from Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island from Super Mario World 2 and Partners in Time, just to name a few games it appears in.
The trio, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi, travel around Dinosaur Island and visit various different places, below is each region of the island and the major locations found there.
Southern Coast Area[]
As the name says, this region is closest to the ocean around the island, this is the first area of Dinosaur Island that the player explores and Yoshi Town serves as a hub in the game.
Name | Description |
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Coddle Woods | A dense forest inhabited by Piranha Plants and their derivative species, Yoshies tend to be very afraid to go there. When exploring this area for the second time, the first set of hammers is found here. The second time exploring Coddle Woods, the player will also fight Queen Piranha, the first of a few different Piranha Plant bosses. |
Sunnyside Beach | A wide open beach with palm trees and stones where Yoshies often go to fish and relax. The Toad Express and Koopa Cruiser both crash here and are almost consumed by a plant monster named Floragore |
Yoshi Town | A large village filled with Yoshis who are seen running shops, living their lives, generally doing Yoshi things. This place serves as a major hub in the game, like Peach's Castle in Partners in Time and Beanbean Castle (Town) in Superstar Saga |
Eastern Path | A green path leading to Florentine Fields, when the heroes try going back to Yoshi Town after the Bowser fight in Florentine Caverns, Yetsi fights them here. |
Western Path | A long road surrounded by trees that leads to New Yosh, the path is blocked for the first half of the game. |
Bowser's Castle | A castle made to be in the air, instead, it falls into the coast and the bros (and Yoshi) have to enter it to fight Bowser and get Peach back. Obviously, the boss of this area is Bowser. |
West Area[]
The west area of Dinosaur Island is more urban and inhabited by Toads, this is where the Toad Express should have landed, if Bowser hadn't attacked it to capture Peach again. This part of the island is only accessed later in the game, although Peach is taken there early on.
Name | Description |
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Toadster Railroad | The train/subway system connecting different areas throughout Dinosaur Island, from New Yosh to Onsen Village in the middle of the desert to Yoshi Town. This serves as the quick travel later in the game. An optional boss called Giga Mole is fought the first time traveling from Yoshi Town to Onsen Village |
New Yosh | A big city built by Toads on Dinosaur Island, Peach stays at a fancy hotel here until she is kidnapped by Bowser half-way through the story. |
New Yosh Harbor | The harbor of New Yosh, it is another form of getting products from outside into Dinosaur Island, much like Toad Harbor on the opposite side of the island. The sidequest The Pirate's Treasure is started here. |
Royal Hotel | A five star hotel by the harbor of New Yosh, Peahc stays here until she is kidnapped, after the bros and Yoshi save her from Bowser, she returns here and stays at the hotel until the end of the adventure. |
New Yosh Sewers | The underground of New Yosh, access to this area is limited once Toadster Railroad is finished. It first acts as a quick way to go between New Yosh and Yoshi Town, Egg Piranha is an optional boss found here. The Battle Ring is also found in the sewers. |
New Yosh Airport | The airport where the Toad Express should have landed, but it did not make it due to being attacked by Bowser, it only has a few items, a shop and nothing else important. It's only seen again at the end of the game before Mario, Luigi and Peach take off back to the Mushroom Kingdom. |
North Area[]
This region of the island is mainly a desert, it also encompases the center of the island, which is full of mountains.
Name | Description |
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Muldoon Dunes | A large desert covered in sand and cacti, many different enemies live here. Sand Bloopers are found in large numbers here and their chief, Dooper is fought as a boss |
Muldoon Brewery | An abandoned factory in the middle of the desert, the player must go here in the Pirate's Treasure sidequest to get some Chuckola Cola. |
Pokey Tower | A huge tower that serves as the home of the cactus creatures known as Pokeys, it is fought in a Rock Yoshi battle before the player may enter it and fight King Spikey II for the Shooting Star, the item needed to open Yesha's Temple |
Onsen Village | A village around the center of Muldoon Dunes, Yoshies and Toads live peacefully in here. It acts as a hub while exploring the desert. |
Rex Mountains | Dinosaur Islands' large set of mountains, it got its name from all of the Rexes living here, Yesha the guardian is said to rest at the top. E. Gadd is first found by a nest of Rexes on this mountain. |
Yesha's Temple | A large temple that digs into the mountains and serves as the resting ground for Yesha the guardian between the Dark Eggs hatching. The trio must go through here to find Yesha to help them save the world from Yetsi. At the bottom room, Eggolossus is fought before reaching yesha. |
East Area[]
The eastern region of Dinosaur Island is made up of green fields and hills, with a section of beach to the far east.
Name | Description |
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Florentine Fields | A vast green field with flowers, trees and rock formations, a small village of Toads was formed here when they first arrived on the island. This is a major hub-type location in the game, containing four major dungeons and 6 bosses (Including Polluper, the optional one). |
Florentine Caverns | A cave system inside of a large hill, Bowser is found walking into the cave, he is also fought here for the second time. |
Wiggler's Garden | A peaceful garden guarded by a Wiggler, who also knows the way into the Hidden Forest. Said Wiggler is fought as the boss of the Garden |
Hidden Forest | A dense, beautiful forest in the north of Florentine Fields, the Hidden Forest guards the Florentine Daisy, a magical flower that is required to find before entering Yesha's Temple. The flower itself is properly guarded by Peewee Piranha. |
Toad Harbor | A large pier where ships often come in and out to deliver or take away products and such. The optional Blooper boss, Polluper, can be fought here through a side quest later in the game. |
Florentine Beach | A beach under the pier, it has a large pipe that connects back to New Yosh sewers, nothing important is seen here, it's merely a shortcut from New Yosh to the East Area. |
Yetsi's Lair | A set of rocks piled up around a cave that Yetsi uses as his hideout, the team goes here to try and get the Dark Egg back directly. |
Dark Star Fortress | The final area of the game, it is created once the Dark Egg hatches, revealing that the Dark Eggs have contained Dark Stars that were almost created, it is the longest dungeon in the entire game, consisting of 17 rooms. The fortress is also fought as the final giant boss in the game, directly before the player can go inside. |
Sidequests[]
Pianta Plantation[]
In New Yosh, a Pianta can be found that tells the player to find Palm Roots, five small plants found near certain palm trees in the two beaches of Dinosaur Island (Sunnyside and Florentine), upon giving them all back to the Pianta, the player recieves a 1-Up DX and the Ultra Bean.
The Pirate's Treasure[]
At New Yosh harbor, a pirate ship can be found, the player must go aboard it and talk to the captain, who says that he hsan't had a Chuckola Cola in ages, so he asks the team to find the factory in Muldoon Dunes and try to get some over there.
At Muldoon brewery, it turns out that the factory was abandoned, possibly not long after the bros reached the island, there is a reddish goop all over the walls, floor and ceiling. The heroes eventually find an empty bottle with that red goop in it, and not soon after, they find a monster made out of Chuckola Cola, the Chuckolator, whom the team engages in battle.
The Chuckolator is defeated and returns to normal, Luigi puts it back in the bottle and they get what they need, the team returns to New Yosh to give the bottle back to the pirate, who rewards them with 1,000 coins.
Old-School Plumbing[]
In New Yosh Sewers, the player can find a Toad holding a gate that leads further into the sewers. Past the gate, the player must defeat all of the Koopas, Spinies, Piranha Plants and Fighter Flies and collect 9 Attack Pieces before fighting Egg Piranha and going back out to get the final Attack Piece for Mario's "Pipe Mayhem"
This sidequest can only be done before Bowser's Castle is finished, which is when Toadster Railroad is completed, blocking out the way to the extra section of the sewers.
E. Gadd's Egg Hunt[]
After meeting E. Gadd again in New Yosh, at his new coffee shop, the player can talk to him and he'll give the player a mission to get four special Rex eggs from Rex Mountains so he can continue his research on them, they are:
- Green Rex Egg
- Red Rex Egg
- Yellow Rex Egg
- Pink Rex Egg
Once all Rex Eggs are found, the player must return to E. Gadd and give him the eggs to recieve their reward, the scroll for Yoshi's "Egg Meteor" attack.
Poisoned Ocean[]
At any point during the game, the player can talk to a bearded Toad in Toad Harbor, he tells them that there are Bloopers poisoning the water of the ocean with their ink, so he wants the heroes to defeat all of the Bloopers down in the beach.
After they are all defeated, the bearded Toad is happy, until a giant purple Blooper appears and attacks the team.
Polluper is defeated and the heroes finally get their reward, a large paintbrush that allows Luigi to use the attack "Blooper Brush"
Bros/Team Attacks[]
The game has a wide variety of special attacks to use against enemies, Mario and Luigi's attacks are Bros Attacks while Yoshi's, which use all three characters, are Team Attacks.
Bros Attacks are unlocked by Attack Pieces while Team Attacks are unlocked through scrolls found in golden blocks, the only exceptions are some of the final attacks, they are unlocked through sidequests.
Bros Attacks[]
Mario[]
Attacks only usable during Mario's turn in battle.
Icon | Name | Description | SP Used | Location | Targets |
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Red Shell | Mario pulls out a red Koopa shell and kicks it at an enemy along with Luigi, the player presses the A and B buttons for whichever bro the shell is coming for. | 5 SP
3 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Coddle Woods | One, but moves on after one is defeated. | |
Fire Flower | The player must mash the A or B buttons, depending on which brother has the bigger fire ball in their hand, after a while, both buttons must be pressed over and over to finish the attack. | 6 SP
4 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Florentine Fields | All | |
Trampoliners | Mario throws a trampoline at the ground and hops on it with Luigi, the brothers then fall on the enemies and hop back on the trampoline, their corresponding buttons must be pressed as the bros land on their foes. | 8 SP
5 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Bowser's Castle | One | |
Bob-Omb Barrage | Mario throws a large stack of purple Bob-Ombs into the air and must hammer them at the enemies along with Luigi, like with the shell attacks, their buttons must be pressed depending on the bro attacking. | 12 SP
8 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Pokey Tower | All | |
Pipe Mayhem | Mario and Luigi jump into a pipe and other pipes come up around the enemies, the player must press the corresponding buttons as the bros land on the enemies, much like Magic Window from Bowser's Inside Story, it is infinite, the attack only ends when the player messes up. | 20 SP
10 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
New Yosh Sewers
(Old-School Plumbing Sidequest) |
All |
Luigi[]
Attacks only usable during Luigi's turn in battle.
Icon | Name | Description | SP Used | Location | Targets |
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Green Shell | The same as Mario's Red Shell, except it is green. | 6 SP
3 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Florentine Caverns | One, but moves on after one is defeated. | |
Balloon Boo Blast | Luigi hops on a balloon shaped like a Boo, Mario pokes a hole in the balloon and it flies quickly into the enemy, Luigi must jump with B at the right time to make the balloon hit the foe then have him land on them as well. | 8 SP
5 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Muldoon Dunes | One | |
Rhythm Bounce | Mario and Luigi clones will run up to a note block and bounce on it, the player must press A, B, or both as they land on the enemies. They bounce on the block to the rhythm of the battle music, so memorizing it for normal battles will not work when using it for a boss fight. | 10 SP
7 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Bowser's Castle | One | |
Sleepy Sheep | Luigi puts a sheep-shaped pillow down and sleeps, transporting Mario and the enemies into his dreams, there, the player must mash B to form a massive hammer out of Luiginoids and press A at the right time for Mario to smash it into the enemies.
This attack is obviously a reference to Dream Team's Luiginary Attacks |
13 SP
9 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Rex Mountains | All | |
Blooper Brush | The player must press B over and over for Luigi to paint objects above Mario, who must either hammer them at the enemies or do nothing (in case it's an item) | 18 SP
11 SP (SP Reducer badge) |
Toad Harbor
(Poisoned Sea Sidequest) |
All |
Team Attacks[]
Attacks only accessible by Yoshi, they make use of all three characters.
Enemies and Bosses[]
Normal Enemies[]
Picture | Name | HP | Stats | EXP | Coins |
Location |
Notes |
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Baby Wiggler | 10 | Attack:5
Defense:2 Speed:10 |
10 | 5 | Coddle Woods Outskirts | Nothing special. | |
Bushling | 20 | Attack:6
Defense:1 Speed:4 |
15 | 7 | Coddle Woods
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Moves around the arena to mess with the timing to dodge the attacks. | |
Piranha Plant | 35 | Attack:15
Defense:8 Speed:6 |
40 | 25 | Coddle Woods
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Has two forms, if its head is up, it will bite whoever jumps on it to defend itself, head facing forward and hammers and eggs are useless. | |
Goomba | 30 | Attack:8
Defense:4 Speed:5 |
36 | 15 | Florentine Fields
|
Nothing special. | |
Flutter | 45 | Attack:18
Defense:19 Speed:10 |
30 | 30 | Florentine Fields | Flutters are flying enemies, and can't be hit by hammers. | |
Fang | 30 | Attack:9
Defense:5 Speed:20 |
27 | 40 | Florentine Caverns | Flying enemy, can only be hit with jumps, unless it's on the ceiling, in which case, it's invulnerable. | |
Sand Blooper | 56 | Attack:16
Defense:10 Speed:15 |
42 | 40 | Muldoon Dunes | Always come with Shark Bones that hide under the sand with them to trick the player. | |
TBA | Shark Bones | Infinite | Infinite | 0 | 0 | Muldoon Dunes | Only appears in fights against Sand Bloopers |
Pokey | 55 | Attack:16
Defense:10 Speed:15 |
Muldoon Dunes
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A spiked enemy, cannot be jumped on. | |||
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yetsi's Lair | TBA |
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Koopa Troopa | 68 | Attack:35
Defense:20 Speed:19 |
67 | 50 | Bowser's Castle
|
Nothing special. | |
Koopa Paratroopa | 70 | Attack:40
Defense:27 Speed:21 |
75 | 55 | Bowser's Castle
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Flying Koopa Troopas, aside from that, nothing special. | |
File:Bill Blaster SMUS.png | Bullet Blaster | 100 | Attack:68
Defense:90 Speed:59 |
150 | 100 | Bowser's Castle | Fires Bullet Bills from a distance, thus, cannot be countered directly |
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Hidden Forest | TBA |
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Hidden Forest | TBA |
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Hidden Forest | TBA |
TBA | Rex | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Rex Mountains
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Gets shorter and faster as it gets attacked. |
TBA | Spiny | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Rex Mountains
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Spiked enemy, cannot be jumped on. |
Sleepy Bob-omb | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Rex Mountains | Tries to blow the attacking character up if it's disturbed. | |
TBA | Eggling | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yesha's Temple
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Can hide in their shell to heal. |
TBA | Golden Eggling | 655 | Attack:88
Defense:120 Speed:80 |
1,000 | 1,500 | Yesha's Temple (At first)
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Like a normal Eggling, except it can run from battle |
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Bosses[]
Underlined = Giant Boss
Picture | Name | HP | Stats | EXP | Coins | Location | Notes |
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Bowser (1) | 20 | Attack:5
Defense:2 Speed:10 |
0 | 0 | Koopa Cruiser | Nothing special. | |
Floragore | 155 | Attack:14
Defense:10 Speed:19 |
50 | 100 | Sunnyside Beach | Can take away action blocks from the player. | |
File:Big bungee piranha2.png | Queen Piranha & Piranha Leeches | QP:260
PL:160 |
Attack:20
Defense:19 Speed:33 |
75 | 135 | Coddle Woods | Queen Piranha can revive any fallen Piranha Leeches and attacking the main body makes the Leeches do a barrage of attacks. |
Bowser (2) & Kamek (1) | B:355
K:250 |
B:
Attack:24 Defense:23 Speed:40 K: Attack:19 Defense:20 Speed:37 |
100 | 200 | Florentine Caverns | Kamek can heal Bowser and they can do their own team attacks. | |
Yetsi (1) | 395 | Attack:40
Defense:37 Speed:41 |
186 | 245 | Eastern Path | Like Popple, he tries to steal items to help himself. | |
TBA | Sand Blooper Statue | N/A | N/A | 1,000 | 450 | Muldoon Dunes | Nothing special. |
Dooper | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Muldoon Dunes | Can hide in the sand and shuffle himself with normal Sand Bloopers. | |
Yetsi (2) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yetsi's Lair | The Dark Egg in the background can fire black thunder into either party. | |
Koopa Brigade | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Western Path | This fight is almost the same as the Chargin' Chuck Corps in Paper Jam. | |
Bowser Tank | N/A | N/A | TBA | TBA | Sunnyside Beach | Main attack pushes Yoshi into the shore, getting pushed all the way into the water is an insta-kill | |
Kamek (2) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Bowser's Castle | Fight is ajust about the same as the one in Dream Team. | |
Bowser (3) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Bowser's Castle | Bowser can switch between giant and normal sizes, both forms have different amounts of health that are relative to one another. | |
File:Birdo SMUS.png | Yetsi (3) & Birdo | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Sunnyside Beach | Yetsi works the same as the first battle and Birdo can paralyze the brothers and Yoshi with a magical heart. |
Wiggler | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Wiggler's Garden | Plays the same as the other Wiggler fights in the series. | |
Peewee Piranha | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Hidden Forest | After a few hits, it goes on a rampage and cannot be attacked until it's back to normal. | |
Pokey Tower | N/A | N/A | TBA | TBA | Muldoon Dunes | The sand of the desert is constantly pulling Yoshi and the Tower downwards. | |
TBA | King Spiky II | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Pokey Tower | Cannot be hit with any jump-based attacks, just like regular Pokeys. |
Tyrant Rex | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Rex Mountains | Has two interchanging phases, big and small.
Big: Slower but stronger. Small: Much faster but weaker. | |
TBA | Eggolossus | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yesha's Temple | Can heal inside of its shell. |
TBA | Dark Star Fortress | N/A | N/A | TBA | TBA | Florentine Fields | Nothing special. |
Bowser (4) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Dark Star Fortress | Same as the last battle. | |
Dark Yetsi | 8,250 | Attack:205
Defense:190 Speed:200 |
0 | 0 | Dark Star Fortress | Attacks with black lightning and copies of the Dark Egg. | |
Dark Star & Dark Yetsi | DS:18,500
DY:9,250 |
DS:
Attack:300 Defense:205 Speed:188 DY: Attack:205 Defense:190 Speed:200 |
0 | 0 | Dark Star Fortress | DS: Summons dark versions of all previous enemies to attacks while it heals.
DY: Same as the last battle. |
Optional[]
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Items[]
Consumables[]
Items that can be used in and out of battle, usually to recover or increase stats.
Key Items[]
Items that are required to complete the game, they are usually found through/after beating bosses.
Italics = Sidequest items.
Gear[]
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Soundtrack[]
All songs were composed by Yoko Shimomura, a full Youtube playlist will be made soon.
- Adventure in Dinosaur Island!
- Select a File
- Shocking News!
- A Friendly Meet-up
- Watch Out!
- Listen and Learn
- Celebration!
- Rock Yoshi, Charge!
- The King of Koopas
- Master of Trickery, Yetsi
- Come On, One More Time!
- Rumble in Dinosaur Island!
- Strong Foes Ahead, Be Careful!
- Facing the Koopa King
- Battles The Size of Mountains!
- Yetsi's Final Battle
- Darkness' End
- Princess Peach's Castle
- Bowser's Domain
- Down by the Coast
- Village in the Woods, Yoshi Town
- Forest of Piranha Plants
- Flourishing Florentine Fields
- Damp Florentine Caverns
- Sand Blowing to The East
- Peaceful Onsen Village
- Into the Unknown (Yetsi's Lair/Muldoon Brewery)
- The Big City
- Royal Hotel
- To The Top of Rex Mountains
- Rex Summit
- The Beauty of The Hidden Forest
- The Mysteries of Pokey Tower
- Yesha's Dark Temple
- Dark Clouds Taking Over
- Fortress of Darkness
- The Dark Star is Getting Closer
- Last Stretch
- Dinosaur Island is Safe!
- Another Adventure Comes to an End
- Your Final Results
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
Similarities and Differences to Other M&L Games[]
Similarities/References[]
- The final area is the villain's large castle set in a, usually, cheery place, like in Bowser's Inside Story and Dream Team (Fawful's Castle in Toad Town, Neo Bowser Castle after it falls around Mushrise Park and Dark Star Fortress in Florentine Fields, the local grasslands area)
- The final boss is a character that seemed to be a secondary villain that betrays the one who, until then, was the big bad of the game, like Bowser and Antasma in Dream Team.
- Like in BIS, the last boss is some form of the Dark Star, in this case, it's a newborn Dark Star that still has all of its power.
- The Battle Ring is present as the boss rush mode, where the player fights stronger and palette swapped versions of previous bosses to face a final, special boss, which is usually a form or relative of Bowser (Bowser X was the final boss of the Gauntlet, Bowser Jr was in Dream Team and Dry Bowser in Paper Jam, here, the Koopalings are fought back-to-back as the final bosses of the Battle Ring)
- The bros explore a new island with different inhabitants and foes to fight off as they race to get an ancient artifact from the villains who want it to destroy everything (Like in Superstar Saga and Dream Team)
- Yetsi is similar to Fawful in that they seem to be goofy villains but end up being great threats to the world at some point (When Fawful becomes the main villain in BIS and when Yetsi cracks the Dark Egg, transforming himself and creating the Dark Star Fortress)
- He's also like Fawful with the fact that he has an odd manner of speech, Fawful spoke in broken English and Yetsi has a tendency to speak in redundant sentences.
- He's also similar to Popple in how the boss fights against his normal form work.
- Another similarity he has with a Superstar Saga character is that the fight with Dark Yetsi is similar to the fight ith Cackletta in Woohoo Hooniversity.
- Giant battles make a return from Bowser's Inside Story and Dream Team, here, Yoshi becomes a huge living statue to pummel the team's equally large enemies.
- Bowser's floating castle falls down at some point (Damaged by the Zeekeeper in Dream Team, destroyed in Superstar Saga and shot down with a Banzai Bill before it can be a threat in Dino Trio)
- Yoshi can flutter jump, making dodging attacks easier, similar to what Paper Mario could do in Paper Jam.
- A Wiggler is fought as a boss in a green, grassy place (Chucklehuck Woods in SS, Dimble Woods in BIS, Wakeport in DT and Gloomy Woods in PJ)
- The final area is fought as a giant boss, like Super Peach's Castle in Bowser's Inside Story.
- The tutorial boss is Bowser, like in the first three games in the series.
Differences[]
- Optional bosses are more common, instead of being limited to the boss rush. There are, in total, 11 unique bosses that can be completely missed during regular gameplay, those are:
- Polluper (Toad Harbor)
- Egg Piranha (New Yosh Sewers)
- Giga Mole (Toadster Railroad)
- Chuckolator (Muldoon Brewery)
- All seven Koopalings (Battle Ring)
- While Bowser is fought in the Dark Star Fortress, he is not the final boss, unlike all other games in the series where they (the final bosses) have been a possessed Bowser (Bowletta and Shrowser), a copy of Bowser (Dark Bowser) and a powered up Bowser (Dreamy Bowser and Shiny RoboBowser)
- Starlow is not present in this game, but she is promised to appear in Dino Trio's sequel, if it is ever made.
Trivia[]
- Some areas are named after egg dishes, I.E.: Sunnyside eggs - Sunnyside Beach, Coddled eggs - Coddle Woods, Onsen tamago - Onsen Village, etc.
- It is unknown why these references were made, possibly because the Light and Dark Eggs are the important treasures in the game and/or because Yoshi attacks with eggs.
- Also, "New Yosh" is, obviously, a reference to the real life city of New York.
- Dino Trio's release date falls on the year of Superstar Saga's 15th anniversary.
- This game marks the Koopalings' third appearence in the Mario & Luigi series.
- The Yoshi chief is hinted to be the green Yoshi from Yoshi's island on the SNES, as he mentions that he once helped a kid that looked like Mario.
- Bowser also references Yoshi's Island before his fight with the heroes in Florentine Caverns, saying that he will finally get revenge on Yoshi's kind.
Credits[]
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