Most of you know the famous home of Super Smash Flash and the soon-to-come Super Smash Flash 2, McleodGaming, right? Well, I joined the forums quite a while ago, and under "Coder's Paradise > Upcoming Games", I've been hosting a topic to work on a new game. It's a RPG called "Mario & Luigi: Battle of the Shadow Force". The story behind it is that Bowser and his troops have spotted a pure evil army known as the Shadow Force, which is everyone in dark, pure evil clones. Mario and Luigi must stop the Shadow Forces, but they need the help of some friends. Wario, Waluigi, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow were happy to help! The Mushroom Kingdom and Mobius citizens have Shadow Force clones of themselves, so all the originals from both worlds must team up to stop the Shadow Forces. Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, and Professor E. Gadd have connected their laboratories together so they can work on the ultimate Koopa and the ultimate Bandik (who don't show up until the Shadow King challenges Mario and his friends to fight him).

You can play as Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and Knuckles. When you start a new area, a Character Selection screen shows up. You will then select your Hero (in front) and your Sidekick (in back). In a Battle Mode, the Hero you selected will be on the top part of the screen (where Mario usually stands in MLSS, MLPiT, and MLBIS), and the Sidekick on the bottom (Where Luigi usually stands in MLSS, MLPiT, and MLBIS). You can use Item Attacks (like Fire Flower, Cape Feather, etc.), Partner Attacks (like Spindash Bros., Bob-Omb Bros., etc.), or just a normal Jump, Hammer (Mario character) or Spindash (Sonic character) attacks. You can use Items, throw them for the Hero or Sidekick to use, or use some items for both Hero AND Sidekick.

Most of the music will be from the Audio Portal, some made/edited by me, some from other sources. You can check out the URL included at the bottom to see the development of this game (or the forum topic). The topic is locked right now, but it will be unlocked once a trailer for this game has been put on YouTube. Does this sound like a cool RPG or what?

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