I’m on to you Nintendo. See, the general public may be unaware, but I can tell you’ve got a team of the weirdest developers around. Take “Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story” for example. Not only is this one of the funniest, and most entertaining RPGs on the Nintendo DS, the story also has more kinks than the alternative board on fChan.

Let me break the story down for you (illustrated, of course).

First, a bunch of the toads in Mushroom Kingdom get suddenly and inexplicably inflated. They blow up all big and round, and end up completely immobile. So Princess Peach calls on the Mario Bros to help solve the mystery.

Meanwhile, Bowser (who is just the biggest dumbass possible in this game), gets tricked into eating some mysterious mushroom by an absolutely bizarre little guy who uses the word “chortle” with no irony whatsoever. He’s the main villain of the game, and the source of most of the zany shit that happens.

Eating this mystery mushroom doesn’t make Bowser strong enough to defeat everyone. Instead it causes him to start inhaling everything around him and swallowing it. And when he heads to Mushroom Kingdom, he sucks up every main character in the game and gulps them down, trapping them inside his body. Somehow they shrink along the way, so Bowser’s body is a huge new world. And this world, of Bowser’s guts, muscles and brain is where the plumbers spend nearly all of their time.

The Mario and Luigi portions of the game should feel familiar to anyone that’s played the previous two games in this series. Turns out Bowser’s insides are laid out much like classic Mario Bros levels. There are some minor platforming elements, coin boxes, and other classic Mario fare. But when Mario jumps on an enemy, instead of flattening him, you’re taken into a turn based RPG battle. A lot of it is based on timing and team work, but it’s pretty standard RPG stuff.

Most of the game actually centers on Bowser, which is a nice change of pace. When Bowser comes to a roadblock of some sort, usually something requiring a boost in strength, Mario and Luigi zip over to the are of his body that needs attention, fighting impurities, or helping jump start his system.

Like the previous game, the battles can jump from the top screen to the bottom screen. Bowser has the ability to inhale his opponents and gulp them down. Once inside Mario and Luigi can beat them up a bit, then kick them back out.

The game doesn’t get stale because every few minutes you seem to be doing something completely different. Sometimes you’re solving puzzles, then you’re punching down walls, then you’re helping Luigi stuff his face until he’s morbidly obese to perform a special attack (there’s another kink!).

But my favorite had to be taking a trip to “Rump Command”. Yeah, that sounds dirty enough as it is, but take a look at the picture there. That’s not where your rump is. Add in the fact that you’re entire purpose there is to shoot lasers around to make Bowser’s adrenaline spike and it becomes pretty apparent that the Bros are right where those freaky cock vore fan fiction stories end up.

Oh and did I mention that when you do shoot his nuts up, he goes into a rage and grows all macro? Because he totally fucking does. And then proceeds to beat the shit out of stuff, Koopzilla style.

Now even if you’re not the type that’s going to need to tuck it into your waistband before you play this in public, “Bowser’s Inside Story” is great. The dialogue is hilarious, the fake Italian voice acting is borderline racist (and awesome), and every single part of the game is a blast to play. It never gets boring, and that’s saying something considering the game is dozens of hours long.

I can’t recommend this game highly enough. It’s a fresh and fun RPG, and it’s practically tailor made to appeal to the entire fandom.