Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (known as
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. in European languages) is a title for the
Nintendo 3DS. It is the fourth installment in the
Mario & Luigi series, preceded by
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story from 2009, and succeeded by
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam in 2015. The story follows
Mario and
Luigi's journey on
Pi'illo Island to rescue
Princess Peach from
Antasma and
Bowser and to stop them from conquering the real world with the
Dream Stone. During this journey, they find and rescue an ancient species of the island called the
Pi'illos. One Pi'illo,
Prince Dreambert, accompanies the brothers and
Starlow in order to help them. This game is part of "
The Year of Luigi," celebrating the 30th anniversary of
Luigi's debut. As such, Luigi has a much bigger role in the game than in the previous
Mario & Luigi games. Many of the game's mechanics in the
Dream World center around him, including
Luiginary Works,
Luiginoids,
Luiginary Attacks, and
Giant Luigi.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is a graphically pivotal entry in the
Mario & Luigi series, as its art style has been used in all future installments in the series (
Paper Jam,
Bowser's Minions, and
Bowser Jr.'s Journey). The name comes from the term "dream team", a team composed of the greatest performers of a certain talent.