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Mario & Luigi: Brothership's first patch is out now with fixes for not being able to receive certain rewards, soft locking issues, and more

by Mikhail Madnani on 19 February, 2025

Nintendo has released the first update for Mario & Luigi: Brothership with many fixes to soft locking, not being able to get certain items, and more.

Today's update, version 1.0.1 for Mario & Luigi: Brothership, addresses soft locking issues in certain situations, being able to acquire the fifth Power Tap earlier than intended, players not earning experience in certain situations, the damage counter for Luigi's Bros. Attack "Jump Helmet" only showing a single number place value, and more. The final install size for this patch is about 131MB.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership launched in November last year for Nintendo Switch as the first entry in the series for Nintendo's hybrid console. Since launching, it has shipped 1.84 million units. Read Adam's review of it here. 

Mario & Luigi: Brothership is now available on Nintendo Switch.

You can find the full Mario & Luigi: Brothership version 1.0.1 patch notes from Nintendo below:

Bug Fixes

  • The player couldn’t acquire Luck Charm DX, even when reaching 100 or more in Hammer Rally.
  • The damage counter for Luigi’s Bros. Attack “Jump Helmet” would only display a single number place value.
  • Killing a Mega Snaptor with “Surprise Iron Ball” while having the Battle Plug “Coinpiler” equipped resulted in the player earning no experience points. 
  • Defeating all monsters with the Battle Plug ”Countdown to Crush” and causing multiple items to drop, while completing a Challenge at the same time, resulted in not being able to receive Challenge rewards, soft locking the game.
  • The fifth Power Tap was able to be acquired earlier than intended.
  • The boss battle in Color-Full Sea Great Lighthouse was not occurring in the intended location, blocking game progress.
  • Attempting to call Luigi back in the cave on Skorcheen Island would cause the process to recur repeatedly, blocking game progress.
  • Players were prevented from progressing further during the IDLE Group's first appearance event on Desolatt Island.
  • Additionally, other bugs have been fixed.