Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio

Mario & Luigi: Dino Trio
Developer(s)	AlphaDream AlpacaSoft
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

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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:

Name	Description	Icon(s)
HP	The amount of health a character has, if everyone's hits 0, it's game over.
SP	These points affect how often Bros/Team Attacks can be used, if they hit 0, they can be refilled with syrup.	TBA
POW	This stat affects how much damage a character does to enemies.
DEF	This stat makes a character take less damage from enemies, allowing them to last longer in battle.
Speed	Speed affects who attacks first in a battle, if the enemy has a higher speed, it fights first.
Stache/Spines	The more Stache/Spines points a character has, the bigger the chance of getting lucky hits or receiving discounts at stores.	TBA

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

An early screenshot showing the very first boss fight against Bowser

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

Picture	Name	Description
	Mario	The corageous hero of the Mushroom Kingdom now must save the Yoshies of Dinosaur Island along with a Yoshi and his brother Luigi. Mario's stats are balanced from the start.
	Luigi	Mario's scaredy brother who must help his brother save the world again. Luigi's stats define him as the speedster of the group, his default speed is higher than Mario's and Yoshi's but he has less health.
	Yoshi	A Yoshi that was told to follow and help Mario and Luigi, he is quite friendly. He is the tank of the team, his HP, Power and Defense are all higher, but his speed is lower.

Supporting Characters

Picture	Name	Description
	Princess Peach	The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom traveled to Dinosaur Island with the Mario bros to try an help the Yoshies.
	Toadsworth	An elderly Toad tasked with taking care of Peach ever since she was a baby.
	Yoshies	The natives of Dinosaur Island, they are friendly critters that will help just about anyone.
TBA	Yesha the Guardian	The guardian of the Yoshies in Dinosaur Island, she is immortal and exists to protect the island and lay the Light Egg every 1000 years.
	Professor Elvin Gadd	The inventor of the Poltergust, the Dark-Light Device, F.L.U.D.D, among other things, Professor E. Gadd appears researching small Rexes in Rex Mountains, later, he is seen in New Yosh, opening a coffee shop. E. Gadd serves as the "hammer upgrader" for the game, in certain points of the game, the player can meet up with him to give them better hammers to proceed.

Antagonists

Picture	Name	Description
	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.
Placeholder	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
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
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
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
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
	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
	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.

Icon	Name	Description	SP Used	Location	Targets
	Egg Bros.	Mario and Luigi are eaten by Yoshi, who makes 6 eggs, 3 for Mario and 3 for Luigi, he then throws them into the air and the player must press the bros' respective buttons to damage the enemies.	8 SP 5 SP (SP Reducer Badge)	Yoshi Town	One
	Super Egg	Yoshi eats a Big Shy Guy and makes a huge egg, Luigi hops on it and Yoshi throws it at the enemy. The player must press B to attack the enemy with Luigi, then Y to pull the egg back then A to hammer the egg back as Mario.	11 SP 9 SP (SP Reducer badge)	Florentine Fields	One
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	Egg Meteor	Yoshi throws a huge blue egg into the air along with the Mario bros, who must hammer it down, causing it to fall faster into the foes, before it properly hits, Yoshi jumps up and the player must press Y to ground pound the egg into the enemies, causing massive damage.	24 SP 18 SP (SP Reducer badge)	E. Gadd's Apartment (E. Gadd's Egg Hunt Sidequest	All

Enemies and Bosses

Normal Enemies

Picture	Name	HP	Stats	EXP	Coins	Location	Notes
	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 Sunnyside Beach	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 Florentine Caverns New Yosh Sewers	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 Bowser's Castle	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 Pokey Tower	A spiked enemy, cannot be jumped on.
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	Koopa Troopa	68	Attack:35 Defense:20 Speed:19	67	50	Bowser's Castle Florentine Fields New Yosh Sewers	Nothing special.
	Koopa Paratroopa	70	Attack:40 Defense:27 Speed:21	75	55	Bowser's Castle Florentine Fields	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
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TBA	Rex	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Rex Mountains Yesha's Temple	Gets shorter and faster as it gets attacked.
TBA	Spiny	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Rex Mountains New Yosh Sewers	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 Floretine Fields	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) Anywhere else (post-Temple)	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
	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.

Icon	Name	Description	Effect
	Mushroom	A simple red mushroom.	Restores 25 HP
	Super Mushroom	A red mushroom that heals more.	Restores 50 HP
	Ultra Mushroom	The ultimate red mushroom.	Restores 120 HP
	'Shroom Drops	Yellow mushrooms that heal all three heroes.	Restores 20 HP (All)
	Super Drops	Yellow mushrooms that heal more than normal 'Shroom Drops.	Restores 40 HP (All)
	Ultra Drops	Yellow Mushrooms that heal the most out of all types of drops.	Restores 100 HP (All)
	Syrup	Delicious syrup capable of restoring BP.	Restores 15 BP
	Super Syrup	Syrup that restores more BP than normal.	Restores 30 BP
	Ultra Syrup	Syrup that restores as much BP as possible.	Restores 70 BP
	Star Candy	Powerful candies that restore all stats.	Restores all HP and BP
	Refreshing Herb	Cure-all herbs that are grown naturally somewhere in the world.	Heals a character from his status ailments.
	1-Up Mushroom	Revives one of the characters if they have fallen down.	Brings back a character with 50% of their max HP
	1-Up DX	Revives one of the characters if they have fallen down.	Brings back a character with all of their HP
	Heart Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the HP stat of a character by 1
	Special Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the SP stat of a character by 1
	POW Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the POW stat of a character by 1
	DEF Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the DEF stat of a character by 1
	Speed Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the Speed stat of a character by 1
	Lucky Bean	A special bean found underground.	Raises the Stache/Spines stat of a character by 1
	Ultra Bean	A special bean given to you by a Pianta.	Raises all stats of a character by 3
	Retry Clock	A magical clock that can turn time back to before something happened.	Takes the player back to the start of a battle if they lose.

Key Items

Items that are required to complete the game, they are usually found through/after beating bosses.

Italics = Sidequest items.

Icon	Name	Description	Found in
TBA	Hammers	Gadd brand hammers that can break stones.	Coddle Woods Outskirts
TBA	Super Hammers	Gadd brand hammer that can break tough rocks.	Rex Mountains (Upgraded by E. Gadd)
TBA	Ultra Hammers	Gadd brand hammer that can break any type of rocks.	Royal Hotel (E. Gadd's apartment, upgraded by him)
	Florentine Daisy	Yesha's favorite flower, use it to wake her up when you find her in the temple.	Hidden Forest
	Shooting Star	The key to Yesha's Temple, use it on the door atop Rex Mountains.	Pokey Tower
	Light Egg	The magical egg capable of stopping the Dark Egg, let's hope it's not too late...	Yesha's Temple
	Green Rex Egg	An egg found in Rex Mountains, return it to E. Gadd for a reward!	Rex Mountains
	Red Rex Egg	An egg found in Rex Mountains, return it to E. Gadd for a reward!	Rex Mountains
	Yellow Rex Egg	An egg found in Rex Mountains, return it to E. Gadd for a reward!	Rex Mountains
	Pink Rex Egg	An egg found in Rex Mountains, return it to E. Gadd for a reward!	Rex Mountains
	Palm Root	Small plants that grow underground and next to palm trees, that Pianta at New Yosh seems to want five of them.	Sunnyside Beach Florentine Beach
	Chuckola Cola	A delicious soda that a pirate Bandit wants, let's go back to New Yosh Harbor and give it to him.	Muldoon Brewery

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

Artwork of Floragore, the first major boss

The fight against Floragore

Artwork of the Dark Star Fortress

Artwork of Dark Yetsi, one of the two final bosses

Quotes

“Shaddap! I know I look cute and cuddly now, but in a while, I'll be your worst nightmare soon!”

— Yetsi, when a Yoshi makes fun of him.

“Mario! Green 'Stache! What're you two doing here? Wait, is that a Yoshi?! Ugh, these little dinos gave me plenty of trouble a long time ago. I guess now it's time for my sweet revenge, baby!”

— Bowser, When he notices the heroes following him around Florentine Caverns.

“Well, Kamek... What was that about this castle being indestructible?”

— Bowser, when his castle is brought down by a Banzai Bill.

“You may be able to destroy my fortress, but now is too late to stop me from breaking the Dark Egg, I kinda had to break it to build this thing in the first place, yah know”

— Dark Yetsi, during the final giant battle against the Dark Star Fortress.

“What? You want something from Wiggler? I know what it is! You pesky thieves want my precious flowers to make your own garden that's better than Wiggler's! Well, too bad, little Wiggler is super duper mad now! Bring it on!!!”

— Wiggler, during the conversation to try and know how to enter the Hidden Forest.

“This pathetic fortress will fall apart and take your miserable lives with it, but if you'd rather be unconscious and not feel the pain of tons and tons of dark matter falling on top of you, I suppose I'll kindly knock you three out before I conquer this inferior world...”

— The Dark Star, before the final battle against it and Dark Yetsi

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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