#Brothership Add-Ons

[art-tea-chill]

Shoutout to @mysteryman-17 for the idea of Glohm Boss rematches through a simulator Technikki makes

Bonus: An edit of the audio I listened to while making this

(Warning for loud music since metal, also glitching/shaking effects since I wanted to be flashy)

[archvaxe]

The extension corps playing the new Mario-Party.

I don't know why but I think ecks would take Daisy just because of her chaotic personality, because he is just as chaotic.

Ten would definitely take Waluigi and Shun maybe Yoshi?

[bluestrawberrybunny]

So this week’s episode was absolutely fantastic. 10/10. Luigi my man. He deserves the world. Give this man the world!

However, I refuse to believe my man’s cooking is shit. He has to be the best cook of all time. No one can change my mind on that.

Also Luigi and Mario being brothers is so heartwarming. I need more of that… also the Brothership reference. Sad Luigi and Bowser are having a lover’s spat tho- /j

But this has also got me thinking about if this episode happened in the Apprenticeship universe. This entire episode would just have been Luigi accessing his avatar powers the same way Mario can while Mario is out of commission for the food poisoning coma. Might make it be Meggy or Minion’s doing. Minion can cook in this AU but she’s also stupid. So… expect that story after Puzzle Park’s arc is finished cuz this just gave me ideas!

Also I would like to add:

Bro don’t give a flying fuck about Mario damn. Dude, that’s literally your avatar if we’re keeping up with the damned lore. But like why did you even come?? To prove that nothing is gonna happen with Mario and that everyone is worried for absolutely no reason?? Dude, wtf??

No fucks given by SMG3. What a lad.

[emmasvarietyarts]

Beware of user @wisepiratedestiny

I don't usually make stuff like this but I've noticed this person has been following accounts as of recent that post anything Reclusa related.

I urge you people to block them as they are not a good person. In fact, I've had a history with them back in the early days of PMTOK.

BTW their icon is my art. I drew it so they can leave me alone. They never gave proper credit... But anyway. Back in 2021, they stole some fan characters of mine and even role played as them when I told them to stop

Screencap below is by my boyfriend on twitter

The link to the full thing will be here

Also they have a SUPER creepy stalker behavior as evidenced here

Furthermore they harass people to draw stuff for them as they will not take no for an answer. The evidence is in the link but it's also seen in this screencap where they were harassing this account to draw Olly

Someone even in the comments told them to stop and they kept going

The even creepier part of this is that they're possibly a grown woman that have some sort of mental problems. How I know they're a possibly an adult is thanks to their youtube channel

So please, I advise you to block them on site. Thank you for reading.

UPDATE: She has a deviantart account, a main one and an alt. She steals art on the main account. I advise you report the account as well as the stolen art.

Main account

Alt

Update: her main da account’s been deactivated for a while now

So for the time being, we can rest easy. She hasn’t been active on the alt since november.

UPDATE: ON DECEMBER 28 2024, SHE RAIDED THE RECLUSA SERVER MADE BY @reclusafanpage and I got some valuable info on her. I will send it here so people can see what I got.

Will censor names for the sake of privacy (minus theirs)

First here's what happened when she raided the server.

They brought up that they don't know how to draw which is why they stole art

I wasn't able to ban her (despite being a mod) until the owner woke up (they forgot to add some stuff regarding mods but it's now fixed) so i had to time them out. But man, it wasn't fun dealing with her. I will spare the whole incident because it's not important.

Now here's where I'll show off the somewhat personal info she gave out because I think its extremely relevant.

She claims that she's 25 which makes sense regarding the video. However, people in the server didn't believe her so I had to ask her in dms if it was true. So I did so, and the way she sounded serious made me conclude that she was telling the truth.

I then asked who was the person in the "recent" video she has in her channel, and it's confirmed its her sister. But she also gave out who she's living with as well.

I asked other personal questions, but i will not share for the sake of privacy. However after this, I had to "satisfy her" by roleplaying as Reclusa. And out of character too, because she has a tendency to "speak with the said character" if he was acting the way she wanted to see him, which is out right childish. (before, i just RP'd as myself)

And on and on this went. So guys, if you see her in any Brothership severs, ban her immediately. And also, don't forget to BLOCK HER ON SITE.

[mysteryman-17]

THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES, I'M BACK WITH A VENGEANCE >:D My first new AU concept in three-and-a-half years, and it's my longest one by a country mile! This started as @art-tea-chill and I discussing how undercooked Adaphne (and thus her route) is in Brothership, and things spiraled delightfully out of control from there. Was a ton of fun working with her on this variation of the AU, and I hope y'all enjoy!! :3 P.S. Keep an eye on Ari's AO3 page. At some point, there's going to be some *Add-Ons* to this duology of AUs. >;)

Also HOLY SHIT HUGE THANKS GOES TO @yoyosdoodles FOR THE AWESOME CONCEPT SKETCHES I LINK IN THIS WRITE-UP, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB BRINGING CERTAIN CONCEPTS TO LIFE AAAAAGH!!!

[life-one]

Honsetly... I feel like people always mischaracterized Starlow since the very beginning of her being in BIS and its weird to see that only now with Brothership, people are trying to give her a "second chance" even though she always owned up to most of her major faults in most of the games, while never meaning to personally attack Luigi's feelings while also having moments where she cares about Luigi in my opinion. ...But as a character, I'm 100% sure that's she's meant to be flawed in many ways and even snarky and blunt with her thoughts and words but at the end of day, still means well for Mario and Luigi regardless. Like, at least in BIS, if I can recall correctly, Starlow never called Luigi out of his name for the sake of a joke (and correct me if she did actually) like I really do get it if you just don't like her for whatever reason you have, but extremely hating her for mildly joking around with Luigi is odd to me since there are a lot of other characters that have disrespect Luigi before, and they never get smoke for it either? She's really not that bad as people made and still make her out to be and I could genuinely prob make a master post about this but even outside of that - the infamous BIS part where Starlow ragged on Luigi's crying was mistranslated and lost its tone as well in English (in my opinion) anyways to start with and its crazy that no one brought that up (as far as I know) So here actually, not the best at Japanese but I know enough to translate this:

"Hmm? Luigi also helped too?"

"Tee-hee. Anyways, he was only crying, right?" note: ufufu, うふふ is a more mischievous laugh and douse, どうせ, carries a dismissive tone here too!

"Huh? In the end, Luigi defeated that alien?" note: no, の, at the end adds genuine shock or disbelief in this context instead of asking a straightforward question as well - seeking actual confirmation in disbelief!

"Really?..."

"Ah... um..."

"Sorry, Luigi. You’re surprisingly amazing, huh?" note: gomenne, ごめんね is a more casual and empathetic apology then, gomen, ごめん, which can come off as insincere bluntness itself because of the added particle - ね! - while also softening the last sentence too. -

In the JP version... i feel like Starlow was teasingly but genuinely asking a question about Luigi to Mario, despite in a disrespectful and in "am right?" way, about his role the fight with the Shroobs - with her not believing that he could do such a thing. But then Mario actually informs her abut Luigi's win against the Shroobs, with it finally ending with Starlow noticing that she was being a massive jerk to him by saying something like that and genuinely apologizing and compliment Luigi out of some type of actual surprise. VS in the English translation where it just feels like Starlow is plainly just joking about Luigi's crying, while not carrying any real question behind it with Mario jumping in to tell her about Luigi win - with her apology and her even asking really seeming insincere and petty. ...even Mario's bit of speaking to Starlow makes more sense with the JP version rather than the English translation, since I feel like if this scene was originally made to rag on Luigi... Mario would have had a stronger reaction imo

[peanut-tyrug]

A collection of human Extension :)

Edit: Adding this in bc I wanted to add context to their designs (includes minor Brothership spoilers). Design descriptions under cut

Ecks: I realized Ecks doesn’t have legs, so I decided to make him a cyborg. Everything below his neck is robotic. This is the context for the short comic between him and Ten

Ten: Ten has his own lab, meaning he’s a scientist. He’s also fairly poise. I gave him a coat with a suit underneath it (the suit is a different color so it stands out against the coat) since I felt it fit him best. His right arm is used as a cannon, so I gave him a cannon hand

Shun: In the Extension Corps boss fight, one of Shun’s attacks is throwing weights at the Bros., so I made him resemble a body builder or construction worker

[ashfluffys]

Gonna sleep in a minute but kinda wanna rant

I wanna take tim the lord of time so badly and make him like a worshipped god that people don't actually think is real till oops he appears infront of them, I also wanna add things to make him have connection to the things I add onto hk and bow's species (the animal-like features, inhuman strength and all that jazz) specifically the idea of giving him a bird of paraside-esc tail where its two thin loooong tails (idk why I keep thinking of birds with that man)

But holy fuck can I not draw that man for SHIT I so wanna take him and give him a lil bit of ideas, like idk he's a quiet lazy god who keeps the balance of time but is so laid back and tries to let others fix it before he does (such as the absolute stupidity to break a bunch of timepieces and make a lava castle for example), he only steps in if he feels it's REALLY a space-time emergency or it's clear no one can fix the problem before it becomes an emergency, but like fuck he's hard to draw man tim why must you do this to me HSHSHSHSHSH

Edit addition: I think he would take an interest in hk protagonist plot armor blahblah but like also because she's done great feats to keep her timepieces safe and stop any rifts or thieves from affecting the flow of time as best she can, think of like the titan from toh or the grand conductor from m&l brothership, he keeps an eye over her but has never truly stepped in or made his presence known, he finds it much more interesting to see how she'll solve the problems alone especially if it means a fun as hell fight

[rainbogen]

Brief overview of my final thoughts on Mario and Luigi Brothership:

Story: This was a very fun story. But I would not really compare it to the previous M&L games. This story felt more like a multi season anime, with each of the seas having its own story arc. I think that's why I didn't mind the pacing issues, especially with me having played many JRPGs before.

New Characters: Most of the new characters introduced in this game I love, with the exception of Adaphne. I still can't tell if she's supped to be intentionally hateable or if she's just badly written (the ending of her route where she apologies to Technikki and IDLE was good tho). I also like how they have well written dynamics with the main Mario cast; Snoutlet being Luigi's little buddy, Peach becoming IDLE's babysitter and helping them find their footing, Bowser and the people of Offandon Island, and ESPECIALLY Bowser Jr and Buddy's friendship. While I don't have the level of hatred to the whole "generic Toad syndrome" a lot of other Mario fans have, this game and the TTYD remake are giving me some hype as to what future Mario RPGs could do with its story and characters.

Previous Cast: This game handles the main Mario cast pretty well, giving the main ones plenty of moments that let their personalities really shine. The high quality cutscene direction and extremely expressive facial animations add so much. And I do like how it builds on things that were established in previous M&L games, particularly Bowser Jr's storyline about making friends. That said, there were some characters, like Starlow and Birdo, who seemed to be there mostly for gags.

Gameplay: The worlds were fun to explore, with each island feeling like its own character in terms of setting. Luigi Logic outside of battle is something I've seen plenty of people call a janky mess, but I never had a problem with. Skill issue? The route splits give this game replay value, even if not all choices were created equally. The sidequests in this game are excellent, with them also tying into the main story by having clearly indicated expiration dates. They have a solid variety of objectives and rewards. My favourites were the monster maniac ones, which really test your understanding of the battle plugs by giving you very weird enemies to fight.

Battle: I've stated my thoughts on the individual Bros Attacks here. Battles plugs are simple to understand and fun to use, with the game encouraging you to experiment with different combinations by having some very broken combos. Luigi Logic is fun to use against the bosses without being completely broken or an absolute necessity. The bosses themselves are well designed, tho I do wish you got to fight the Extension Corps a bit more.

Music: This is the first M&L game without Yoko Shimomura. And while I can't say which composer I prefer, i do really like the OST. But I think these tracks can't be judged properly when listened to in isolation. You need to hear them in their context in the game, ESPECIALLY the final boss theme.

Negatives: My biggest issues with this game are its lack of a boss-rush mode and not unlocking a sound test upon beating the game. Especially since the previous Mario & Luigi games had both of those things.

Final conclusion: this is a 5/5 game to me.

[art-tea-chill]

Shoutout to @mysteryman-17 for coming up with a really badass way of rematching Brothership bosses (TLDR: Technikki makes a simulator for the bros to fight previous bosses with and it gets infected with Glohm so Glohm rematches.)

Bonus: An edit of the audio I listened to while making this

[dittojellywww]

More MHA/Mario AU! This time with some ideas for a bunch of the power ups/outfits for Tensei

I’m awfully proud of that ice ball in the top corner btw And the boo but mostly the ice ball

If something is too hard to read with my handwriting it’ll be rewritten under the cut, plus a bunch of my other thoughts that I didn’t get to add

Full body: I was playing a lot of Mario and Luigi brothership lately and I noticed that they had little gradients on their hats and sleeves, so I wanted to add that here. I used orange for the sake of an analogous color palette and also ended up swapping the placement of the shine sprite on his hip

Fire flower: Tensei’s fire is particularly red and made much stronger by his firebrand. I think this one has the best color palette

Ice flower: Weaker ice due to stronger firebrand, not much else to say but I wanna add that he doesn’t like the cold very much. Did I mention to look at the ice?

Bubble flower: This flower’s appearance doesn’t seem to differ between users, even with underlying magic. Nothing else, moving on

Past Tensei: Quick break from power ups, I just got a little bored and wanted to do a quick sketch of Pre-Mushroom Kingdom Tensei (He’s about 22 there, maybe older)

Tanooki leaf: I floofed out his hair to more closely resemble the face of a tanooki, as well as gave him claws. I don’t like the bandana very much, if I draw it again I think I might swap the red and orange or remove it entirely

Boo Tensei: I didn’t feel like making space for a boo shroom but I thought this one was cute. Just look at him, stupid lil gremlin bouta scare the living shit out of his brother

[aquillis-main]

I'm so tempted to make a crossover fanfic with Mario and Luigi: Brothership and add in as many Sonic characters as I can for it. Mainly to signify that the bring pulling Mario and friends in tried with other worlds, and both Mario's and Sonic's worlds had the highest amount of bonds needed for it. Can totally see the game that's already there as a Sonic-based one, as well, considering the major themes also tie plants in with technology to help benefit the future, which is what the Sonic series is in general.

Can totally see a load of dynamics coming into play, like Mario and Sonic being competitive rivals, Luigi and Tails talking about their favorite things and getting very into it, Amy and Peach talking about whatever adventure they want to talk about, Big and Birdo...? Hmm. Need to think on that last one, as well as figure out what other characters are in Brothership, though...

I do know Bowser's in it, and thus, he and Eggman would be fighting each other as well as the main villains of the game too.

[kanohivolitakk]

Ok so MK9 has caused a new wave of speculation/wishlists popping up and there's one commonly seen pick in particular that bothers me to the point I can safely say they're my least wanted character for MK9, yes even over another baby or Metal variant. Though not because I dislike the character, but rather because adding them in MK9 would be rather irresponsible at this point in time.

MAJOR BROTHERSHIP SPOILERS BELOW.

Look I want Mario RPG characters to be added to spinoffs as much as the next guy and would die for a Brothership character to be added in MK9 but Reclusa shouldn't be added to MK9 (or any other Mario spinoff for that matter) for at least two years, if not even longer.

Like, the guy is a major spoiler in a story-heavy game due to being the true main villain and a major plot-twist, and thus is a very well kept secret who wasn't alluded AT ALL in the marketing. Having him be playable in Mario Kart would be the Mario RPG equvalient of how Shulks final smash infamously spoils the identity of the final party member of Xenoblade Chronicles, something that was very criticized by the Xenoblade community at the time of this being announced even if XB1 was like, almost a decade old at that point. And given how Brothership would most likely barely be a year old by the time MK9 is released, it'd be even worse.

Yeah one could argue that Reclusa would probably be an open secret by that point given how internet and spoilerculture works but I kinda doubt it. Brothership hasn't really caught on in the larger cultural osmosis on outside hardcore Mario communities, so most outsiders don't know that Reclusa exists. Meanwhile in the Mario fandom people are generally tried to be hush hush about him because of the game sitll being relatively new, though that spoiler embargo seems to be gradually lifting but not to the point I'd classify him as an open secret just then. Even then you have to understand that the online fandom is a fraction of the people who play Mario, and most of them don't play RPGs. As such, showing a major spoiler character would be a very bad move for casual fans. Because you kinda ruin their experience that way. Again, see the Xenoblade situation or how Fire Emblem Heroes has been cirticized by often being very casual with major plot-twists.

Anyways moral of the story they should add Connie, Technikki or the Extension Corps to MK9 instead of Reclusa. Let him still be a secret. Heck, even Zokket would be a better choice due to being the main villain for most of the game who was shown in pre-release material, and the guy arguably is just as much of a spoilermine as Reclusa is due the big twist surrounding him.

[possessionisamyth]

My first Mario & Luigi will be Brothership since I don't have the money to be hunting down all the other ones. I have watched full playthroughs of all the other ones though, and I'm definitely excited. Just hoping they don't add things to Brothership that I hated in the previous games.

Feel free to talk in the notes or replies if you couldn't pick just one!

[emile-hides]

What other enemies (or enemy costumes) would you add to World if you could? Personally I was pretty happy to see para-biddybud, coin coffer, and pokey, but it seems like a small selection considering the sheer number of Mario enemies there are

Okay I'm gonna be a Little Mean and lack whimsy for a moment here but I think this Everyone Is Here Mario Kart roster is Dumb and I Don't Like It.

Don't get me wrong I loooove Mario enemies they're well designed and interesting, but if you asked me if a Pokey could drive a car I'd say No??? Of course not???? That's a fucking Animal????

And also it Looks Dumb

Like.

That man is Not driving. He's not even on the Kart. It looks Stupid.

Like. Sorry to be a hater but everything gone downhill sense they put a Piranha Plant in Smash Bros. That is not a sentient creature that is a Plant. It was a Item just last game who put in a kart.

I think the only one who gave me any sort of whimsy to see driving was Cataquack and maybe Peepa cause they're just so niche? I was also happy about Pianta and obviously Nabbit who I've sung praises about, but they're not No-Name enemies.

Truthfully, instead of this Everyone Is Here Enemies with no personality filler roaster, I would have much rather if they'd put more Shine to Named NPCs who've never gotten to race instead.

Like? Toadsworth and E. Gadd would fit right into a Mario Kart roster to me. If you wanna reference Galaxy so much like Nintendo's been doing a LOT recently, Luba or Prince Luma are Right There and Very marketable.

More niche picks would be like. Any of the Paper Mario sidekicks, Goombella is sooooo popular, Vivian even more so. I'd love to see Parakarry again, and Watt sense we've let babies drive for Decades now. Anyone from SPM is a longshot but I'd still love if they showed up...

And hey! The Remaster of Super Mario RPG was a Hit! so how about Geno??? He's sooooooo popular and already converted to 3D with the remaster! And the Mario and Luigi series came back, so how about some old classics from those games? The Elite Trio, maybe Broque Monsieur? He did get referenced in Brothership (apparently)

Sorry it's all Mario RPGs those are my favorites. Anyways.

I'm sure the Koopalings will Eventually be added back in but it feels so weird they were Excluded at Launch to make room for.... Like just a Fucking Dolphin? It doesn't effect me, I know, because I didn't buy at Launch (or possibly ever) but I still think they're like. Incredibly stupid.

To actually Answer your question though, sense this is the direction Mario Kart is going and it's not changing obviously, I guess I'd like to see Chain Chomp. Always loved Chain Chomp. Let the dog drive. I also think it'd be funny if they let Bullet Bill drive, but also kept it as an Item. Just to be Difficult.

Oh also all the basic townie type friendly NPCs from Odyssey? Like the Shiverians and Volbonans. I say all of them because that does mean they have to make the Realistic Man from New Donk City playable as well and I just think that'd be very funny.

[princessmuffinart]

Got to a certain part in M&L: brothership and i gotta discuss and ramble about it because it was SO GOOD

spoilers under the cut

SO UHHHH HI RECLUSA-

YOU ARE SO COOL. You are up there with the top 5 fave mario villains. Zokket who? His design is AMAZING. I do still like zokket's design too Dimentio is still #1 fave villain but Reclusa is climbing up there-

Anyways, so I got to the part where he traps Mario and Luigi in their dreamworld. And you KNOW I love when a villain makes illusions and messes with the protag's psyche

First of all, psychological horror in my Mario- I LOVE IT

The fact that you SEE the brothers trapped in the flowers too.

I love how it starts out so happy and they seem confused but go along with it. but then as you realize what's going on, the music is the same but with some low tones mixed in. AND THE ILLUSION GLITCHES OUT. And the fact you have to play from TWO angles to find where our favorite TV static jester is.

Now, we all know villains like this who use happy memories and smiles speak to me ("op are you ok?" 🙃) and if you've seen my "let's stay happy" tag in my comfort account, yeaaaah. You'd see why? Haha..

Anyways, the scene that sold me was when Reclusa goes into Peach's Castle and it goes FULL psyche horror. The music is Peach's Castle but slowed down and distorted and yet, she seems so comforting. "Let's go home to where it's safe.." and you have to say no, and she keeps persisting, but not by anger, but trying to stay friendly and cozy.. and say let's stay forever..and ever.. let's go home.

I feel if you answer yes, you'd just get the ending where you see the brothers trapped in the flowers forever..

UGGH IT WAS SO GOOD and Now I am gearing up to fight Reclusa so I'll add onto this once I beat him fully. Brothership takes it's time to get to the meat and potatoes of the story so just bare through the VERY slow first act, it gets GOOD one Zokket is more present and THEN BAM- the TRUE villain shows his face and we got full Super Paper Mario levels of atmosphere!!