The upcoming Mario & Luigi: Brothership will be the first game in the long-running RPG series that is not developed by AlphaDream. Mario & Luigi: Brothership was announced at the big June 2024 Nintendo Direct event. It was, in fact, the very first game shown off by Nintendo, setting the tone for what would be one of the most exciting Nintendo Direct presentations in years.
The Mario & Luigi: Brothership trailer confirmed a huge leap forward for the series' graphics, with the game adopting a cartoony, cel-shaded art style as opposed to the more pixelated look used in previous entries. Even so, the game appears to be retaining much of what made the Mario & Luigi series so popular to begin with, but it's also venturing into uncharted territory.