Further details for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, a game that seemingly very little people wanted or expected, have emerged. We already know from leaks last week that the quirky title should be revealed in its entirety soon but in the meantime, Comicbook.com have got their hands on even more info from a Ubisoft source. Check them out below:
- Development started three years ago
- Ubisoft was the one that came up with the idea and went through the standard pitching process to Nintendo execs
- Seems like the title may have been in the works for Wii U at first
- Being made by both Ubisoft’s Paris and Milan divisions, with the core creative direction being handled by Milan
- Nintendo is overseeing development and approving ideas, but have been very accepting and quick to approve ideas
- Game features surreal, self-referential gags
- At one point, there was a large Donkey Kong themed Rabbid serving as one of the first boss encounters
- This Rabbid has access to a pile of bananas that it can use to replenish its health
- To beat him, you have to cut off his food supply to prevent him from recovering
- The DK Rabbid will dab periodically if it lands an attack correctly
- When the boss faints, the Rabbid cosplaying as Princess Peach in your party takes a selfie with him
- The 8 playable characters each have an individual skill tree of sorts for developing special abilities
- Each start with a base skill that they can later improve, in addition to learning new ones
- Mario has a passive ability which enables him to automatically fire at an enemy if they enter his field of vision
- Some of these powers are common across multiple characters
- There are unique ones like Peach’s powerful ability to inflate enemies using a foot pump until they explode
- The online suite was being tested several months back, although this mode was inaccessible in the test builds
- Additional mode named ‘Arena’ was spotted in the test UI
- Prototypes feature a mode dubbed ‘amiibo machine’, but the details behind it remain a mystery
- Ubisoft is producing prototype figurines of some of the game’s characters, which may turn out to be amiibo
- this game was originally intended to be unveiled during Nintendo’s January Switch event
- The reveal got pushed back in order to let the game get some more polish
- It will be revealed at E3 2017 and could see release in August or September.
I’m still on the fence with this
I want to keep an open mind, but DK dabbing and Peach taking selfies? I’m not on the fence. I’m fucking over the fence, as far away as I can get
Peach Rabbid, not the princess herself.
DK dabs when doing tricks in MK8 Deluxe, or did you not notice that?
}{ This… is an abomination… }{
Wish this stayed a secret until E3. There would’ve been some crazy reactions and confusion. Some of the best charm E3 has to offer.
I saw “dab” and now I don’t think this game is redeemable anymore
Dk is dabbing since 2014(Mk8) so shush you
||Yes, Donkey Kong, not that rabies infected thing…||
What do y’all know about the dab? For real.
I know that Hillary Clinton did it on the Ellen Degeneras show, which pretty much makes it the least cool thing humanity has ever created.
When black culture gets gentrified. Smh.
It’s a hip hop dance that originated out of the Atlanta hip hop scene. It’s also my favorite way to consume marijuana.
Not to be blunt, but I prefer blunts. Lol
“The DK Rabbid will dab periodically if it lands an attack correctly”
“When the boss faints, the Rabbid cosplaying as Princess Peach in your party takes a selfie with him”
Kill me.
I was cautiously optimistic about this game. Not anymore.
I’m not excited for the game, but I surely would like to play it.
I know it has rabbids but cmon people,give it a chance. It might be good.
I’ll put money down that you pre-order this game Commander.
||I will force someone else to do it for me, just so I can destroy it myself…||
Why are you looking at me like that, Your Grace?
I’m going in with an open mind and a clear conscious.
I’d hate to miss out on a good game because i took it for face value
It’s been in development sense 2014? Mmm i guess they been making more ideas for this crossover. I’m still not interest to this.
I guess they got the dabbing idea from mario kart 8….
Is that just a thing now? whenever a character DK themed/ DK dab when they do good things we saw it MK8D and now this? YUS!
“Mario has a passive ability which enables him to automatically fire at an enemy if they enter his field of vision”
does this confirm that the game is a fire emblem style RPG and not a paper mario style RPG?
Probably not even Fire Emblem- auto-firing seems more in place with Xenoblade Chronicles which does real-time battles as opposed to turn-based.
Getting really hard to stay positive about this game when I read about dabbing and selfie taking Rabbids. What’s next? Is a Rabbids ultimate weapon a fidget spinner? Ubisoft has a talent with being cringy when trying to be relevant, and it doesn’t seem like this game is going to change that.
I played a Rabbid party game on maybe the wii? I remember the game actually being pretty fun with whoever I was playing it with and having a lot of personality. This could be fun but even if it’s not I’m pretty curious about what will be remembered as that time Mario and the fucking Rabbids had a crossover game.
Either this is completely bizarre yet legit, or this is an elaborate hoax staged by Ubisoft employees.
Will be interesting to see if people will end up cosplaying Rabbids cosplaying Mario characters.
cosplay-ception…
Considering i like this kind of Gameplay i’m going to give it a try. I haven’t hated Rabbids since Rayman came back to life.
How come anything with internet or phones makes games crap? Lol
Geese Luise! Not these disgusting creatures again! Battle stations! We must rid the galaxy of these abominations!
Sounds fun… sometimes you gotta lighten up, letting a few insignificant details take away from what might turn out to be a great game.
I feel like this is going to be a game I might get when there is a price drop way later. But also said the same thing about Federation Force and still haven’t played that so…
Dabbing? Selfies? Ugh! These are things only villains should do as a means to make people like me actually hate said villain. You should only do a selfie if it’s to mark a memory or an achievement. Selfies for the sake of selfies is just vain annoying trash.
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