To start off Nintendo’s Summer Game Fest-adjacent Direct, the company debuted a new Mario & Luigi game: Mario & Luigi: Brothership. It’s been nine years since the last Mario & Luigi game, Bowser’s Inside Story, which debuted in 2009 on the Nintendo DS before being rereleased with extra content and a whole new side story on the 3DS in 2018.

In Brothership, the Mario Bros commandeer their own sailing ship to explore an all-new world dotted with islands in their quest to return to the Mushroom Kingdom. The two must work together using their powers of brotherly love to overcome obstacles and beat bosses.

Mario has had a string of big releases as of late. May saw the long-awaited remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which, taken alongside November’s Super Mario RPG remake and 2020’s The Origami King, rounded out the Switch as an excellent Mario RPG machine. Nintendo released a Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake in February. And Super Mario Bros. Wonder was one of the best games of 2023.

And, of course, there’s the juggernaut that was The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned more than $1 billion at the box office. Unsurprisingly, a sequel is in the works, and it’s scheduled to release in April 2026.

You won’t have to wait long to play the newest Mario game as Mario & Luigi: Brothership launches on the Nintendo Switch on November 7th.