Mario & Luigi: The Owl Duos

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Mario & Luigi: The Owl Duos (Japanese マリオ＆ルイージ フクロウのデュオ Mario & Luigi Owl Duo) is an upcoming 2025 game for the Nintendo Swtich and, developed by Triple Orb Studios, is the sixth installment to the Mario & Luigi RPG franchise. It follows the story of Mario, Luigi, Luz Noceda, and Amity Blight, as they journey throught the Boiling Isles to stop not only Bowser, but a revived Belos.
== Mechanic Changes ==
* Environmental navigation returns to its 3D top-down view
* The camera is more zoomed out, thanks to the higher definition of the Nintendo Switch screen, allowing a greater surrounding view
* There are now three available save files.
* There are two endings instead of one.
* There are now four characters to be controlled (A - Mario, B - Luigi, X - Luz, Y - Amity)
* When switching techniques, just like in Superstar Saga, the order of the party members will be changed.
* The Lumity Duo's luck stat is named STAFF (the sleeker your palisman staff, the higher chance of a Lucky Hit)
* Critical hits will add a metallic effect to the attack rating, Lucky Hits a blue tint.
* Expert Challanges no longer reward just gear, but also items and stat-boosting elixirs
* Coins have been changed to Snails
* The ability to increase a single stat further when leveling up returns
* While the Bros.' ranks are Mushroom, Shell, Fire Flower, Tanooki Leaf, Star, and Rainbow, the girls' ranks are Snail, Abomination, Elixir, Palisman, Glyph, and Titan
* There are only three standalone badges in this game: Goldgreeden, Painbow, and Rage
* The Fury Status is introduced for Mario, Luigi, Luz, and Amity
** If a party member goes down, their respective partner will go into Fury Mode (POW and DEF up by 20%). The Rage Badge will double this.
* The Map can be accessed with the - button
* There is an optional side boss in the Looking Glass Graveyard that can only be fought at Fire Flower/Elixir Rank, the Fawful Illusion (only vunerable if the Mirage Boots and the Illusion Hammers are equipped)
* Bros. Points have been renamed to Star Points (and BP to SP, respectively)
* Save and Heal Blocks will be changed to glyph combos midway through the story
* The Music Player returns, but is in the Bonesbourough Museum after filling it (the Golden Guard's mask, the four glyphs, the inert Collector Spy, and an elixir, along with ten different items and five bits of gear of any type)
* There will be up to five ally groups in the game, usable in battle
** Camila and Vee: Camila will toss her bat at an enemy, and Vee will suck the magic (therefore reducing their POW significantly and dropping their HP slightly) from an enemy if it is native to the Boiling Isles (ex. Fairies, Abominations, Gremlins)
*** They will not appear if Luz is KO'd.
** Willow and Hunter: Willow will summon a large stalk and Hunter will cut through it with his teleportation magic, and the stalk will fall on all enemies, dealing moderate damage.
** Gus and Mattholomule: Gus will use illusions to distract enemies, and Mattholomule will summon a stone pillar to launch a random enemy away from battle or deal minor damage to a boss.
** Eda, Lilith, and Hooty: Eda and Lilith will use their palisman staff's magic to increase all members' POW and DEF, respectively, while Hooty will barrel through enemies.
** King and the Collector: King will use his Sonic Shout ability, and the Collector will use puppet strings to do the dodging for you.
** Only one ally group can only be used once per battle
*There is no longer a Hard Mode...for now.
== Plot ==
After opening a door that sucked them and many others into the Demon Realm, Mario and Luigi explore the forest, soon meeting two girls who introduce themselves as Luz Noceda and Amity Blight. After hearing the bros' introduction and tale of woe, Luz proposes a solution and leads them to the portal door, only for them to discover that it doesn't lead to the Mushroom Kingdom, the realm that the boys originated from. Amity then mentions that Titan's Blood would've worked had it not been untraceable. Suddenly, Bowser appears, and, not having heard the conversation fully, confronts the four, only to lose. Then, Bowser Jr. and Kamek also appear, and the three antagonists head off to the Knee to find the blood, with all four party members (Luz and Amity join after the battle) in hot pursuit, having to fight through enemies of both worlds, and even Kamek and Bowser Jr. themselves. At the Knee, the party confronts Bowser and defeats him again, only for the force of his collapse to reveal the vial of Titan's Blood. Bowser consumes half of it, despite Luz's frantic warnings, and he is suddenly possessed by an old enemy of Luz...Belos. The ex-emperor-turned-monster reveals that he concealed part of his spores in the blood, waiting for someone to stumble upon it. Belos flees, and the blood purifies itself, allowing Luz to use glyphs again. The duos set off for the ruins of the Emperor's Castle, only to find it resurrected and guarded by a force field, with a hole for the Emperor's mask in a pillar beneath the edge. They head off to find the mask pieces (one is in the Simmering Shoals, another at Hexside, and the third in the Conformatorium ruins), confronting old foes along the way. Once all three pieces are found, Mario, Luigi, Luz, and Amity all head off to the castle, but Belos raises it to the top of the Titan's left hand. The duos head back to the Owl House to converse with King, who mentions that only the Collector has that power to reach that area. Once through the Titan's Skull and in the Archive House, they speak with the Collector, who, after a task of dealing with one of his spies gone rogue, aids them in reaching Belos's Castle. The duos traverse the castle, fighting the Plant, Potion, Illusion, Construction, Oracle, and Healing coven heads, and make it to the throne room, only for Belos to capture them and petrify them in stone. Luigi, however, freezes in fear prior to this, somehow fooling Belos into thinking that Luigi was already petrified. Once in his cell, Luigi breaks free and traverses the castle again, to find the Healing Hat's pieces, all guarded by an Abomaton at each end along with the petrified party members. Once all are freed, they make their way back to the throne room, and confront Belos. Halfway through the final battle, Belos releases his hold on Bowser, and fights alone, yet with much more strength. However (with Bowser's occasional aid), the forsaken witch-hunter is beaten once more, and the five escape on Bowser's Clown Car. Back at the Owl House, Luz decides to use the last of the Titan's Blood to send everyone back home, with Luigi stopping to wave goodbye before entering the temporary portal.
== Endings ==
There are two possible endings. If the player completed the game as normal, four years later, the girls manage to find another vial of Titan's Blood (this one being King's), that had not matured until then. The girls use this bit of blood to send a thank-you note with an inert light glyph on it as a memory of their adventure.
If the player:
* Beat the Nightmare Rally
* Uprooted all Lootroots
* Beat the Fawful Illusion
* Maxed out their rank for all characters
* Collected all three badges
* Completed all four party-member exclusive minigames
** Mario will have a minigame utilizing his jump ability (get up to 100 jumps in a row for S-Rank)
** Luigi will have a minigame utilizing the hammer (whack 125 Monty-Moles for S-Rank)
** Luz will have a minigame utilizing her glyphs (choose the right glyph before you ram into an obstacle for a full two minutes for S-Rank)
** Amity will have a minigame that utilizes her abomination magic (surf on an abomination wave and don't get hit by the random fairies and Paratroopas for three minutes to get S-Rank)
* Filled the Bonesborough Museum
** Fire Glyph
** Ice Glyph
** Light Glyph
** Plant Glyph
** Old Golden Guard Mask
** Broken Portal Door Key
** Amity's Training Wand
** Luz's Cat Hoodie
* Redeemed Popple
Four years later, the girls send the note with a bit of the Titan's Blood from King, along with the new light glyph. Once Mario activates it, Luigi gets an idea and, with everyone's help, a new portal door is constructed. After entering, the bros are immediately greeted and hugged by the now mature Luz and Amity, while the remaining characters interact with eachother as though they had bonded with them four years prior. Luz decides to gather everyone around and a picture is taken.
This picture is used as the 100% image, and a gold frame surrounds it if all of the "?" Blocks were hit.
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