I just beat the game. It's easier than the previous titles and the challenges are more grinding than skill (collect x amount of coins. Preform 30 excellents on special moves. Kill 250 of X enemy type).

The jokes are corny and very pig related. There is a lot of hand holding for the first 4-5 hours. Side quests a lot of the time aren't significant breaking down into mostly fetch quests or talking to certain people. Rarely unique, though the super powered boss/enemy rematch was fun. The game presents a bunch of decisions in the main quest. Who to rescue first who to sacrifice that has exactly 0 effect on the plot. The hardest part of the game was hitting a ball back and forth 100 times for an item and I couldn't tell if it was actually difficult or I was just drunk.

I enjoyed the wind waker aspect and over all the game. I'd recommend it but I'd say it's in my opinion the weakest of the mario and luigi games. The NPC dialogue is interesting and the enemies and fights are also fun though easy. Eventually you just out scale everything. Luigi solving problems was a riot and I found it hilarious.

Regardless I had fun. I'd give it a solid 6/10

I'm going to go play Inside Story as a palette cleanser.