History YMMV / MarioAndLuigi

* LoveToHate: Bowser and Fawful. The former because, in early games, he's still the Saturday-morning cartoon villain and ends up as the final boss in some form, while later games depict him as a threatening, competent villain befitting of his iconic status. The latter because he ends up wreaking havoc on the Mushroom Kingdom in the third game.

* LoveToHate: Bowser and Fawful. The former because he's still the Saturday-morning cartoon villain and ends up as the final boss in some form. The latter because he ends up wreaking havoc on the Mushroom Kingdom in the third game.

* BrokenBase: While Bowser's depiction as one of the {{Badass}} protagonists in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' is universally loved, fans are divided on how he's depicted in the rest of the series. Bowser goes from an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and ButtMonkey in ''Superstar Saga'' and ''Partners in Time'' to a KnightOfCerebus BigBad in ''Dream Team'' and ''Paper Jam''. Both portrayals have their fans, who frequently argue about which characterization works better for the Koopa King.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: While the gameplay of the series is fun, it isn't as innovative or unique as ''Mario'' is usually known for. Some would argue that the main draws of the games are their plots, characters and humor, which are considered to be among the best in the ''Mario'' franchise.

* LoveToHate: Bowser and Fawful.

* AwesomeArt: The concept and promotional art use a strange, very unique, very colorful style that looks wonderful. The sprites are also some of the most popular in the Mario franchise, to the point that it's popular to customize them.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Despite the sequels developing on and streamlining the gameplay further, many people still cite SuperstarSaga as the best one in the series.

** It's also common to make sprites styled like the Mario and Luigi series sprites, from power-ups ([[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Tanooki Mario]], [[NewSuperMarioBros Shell Mario]]), to characters (Wario and Waluigi).

** [[spoiler:Now that Fawful has been Killed Off For Real]], ''Dream Team'' players have found the Massif Bros as two more characters with hilarious speech patterns, between their Russian accents and their constant mention of BEEF!

* AwesomeMusic: The entire series have a soundtrack composed by YokoShimomura.

* [[YMMV/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]
* [[YMMV/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]
* [[YMMV/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Dream Team]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The games are much more popular in the US than they are in Japan or Europe. The {{Woolseyism}}s probably help.

* AwesomeMusic: The entire trilogy had a soundtrack composed by YokoShimomura.

* AwesomeArt: The concept and promotional art use a strange, very unique, very colorful style that looks wonderful.

* AwesomeArt: The concept and promotional art uses a strange, very unique, very colorful style that looks wonderful.

** It's also common to make sprites styled like the Mario and Luigi series sprites, from power-ups ([[SuperMarioBros3 Tanooki Mario]], [[NewSuperMarioBros Shell Mario]]), to characters (Wario and Waluigi).