caz-cina:

How come this interaction is never talked about??

They may not have hugged, but they still want to comfort each other in some way after both going through such an ordeal.

It’s cute brotherly love, in a 3D Mario/Luigi title. Make this happen in more installments Nintendo!

It doesn’t matter how many edgy “theories” people try to make–Mario and Luigi are supportive, caring Good Brothers all throughout the history of the canon.

Like… so many things have been retconned to there and back again, like the Brooklyn origins of the bros, their last name, or the nature of the Koopalings’ relation to Bowser…

But that Mario and Luigi are the best, supportive sibling team has never been retconned or questioned.