Mario & Luigi: Brothership's secret developer has been revealed as Octopath Traveler's Acquire

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The once-unknown developer down Mario & Luigi: Brothership has been revealed.

That's according to 'Nintendeal' complete connected X / Twitter, who shared a screenshot showing nan intelligence spot accusation of nan game, which was discovered aft immoderate players received their beingness transcript early, up of its November 7 launch.

The accusation provided seems to corroborate that nan developer of nan upcoming Nintendo Switch crippled is Acquire, nan workplace down nan critically acclaimed Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2.

It's unclear why Nintendo has kept its co-developer of Brothership nether wraps, but nan uncover is surely a astonishment to some.

"Well that's a curveball. A bully curveball though," said 1 user connected Reddit. "Don't deliberation Acquire was connected anybody's radar arsenic a possibility, but they judge cognize really to make an RPG [role-playing game]."

"A pleasant surprise, they decidedly cognize really to make bully RPGs," said different Redditor.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership was announced this summertime and is nan first caller introduction successful nan bid successful almost 9 years. After nan series' original developer Alpha Dream went bankrupt successful 2019, location person been discussions astir who nan caller developer could be.

Brothership will spot nan iconic, titular brothers return successful an all-new platforming escapade featuring turn-based combat, and some side-scrolling and vertical challenges arsenic they research a number of islands.

During nan game's unveiling, Nintendo executive Shinya Takahashi called nan crippled a "seafaring adventure", which will see "evolved Bros moves" betwixt Mario and Luigi.

TechRadar had nan chance to preview Mario & Luigi: Brothership astatine an arena hosted by Nintendo earlier this month. After playing conscionable complete an hr of nan game, Managing Editor Josephine Watson called it "a glorious return to shape for a beloved series", while combat "feels finessed".