This rollercoaster ride of a turn-based strategy game starts out almost impossibly strong, but by the end I mostly wished it'd been over three hours earlier.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle2017
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
2017 Ubisoft Entertainment85Great
Playtime
LongIt typically takes about 30 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Available on
- $39.99
Game modes
- 2 players
Details
- Launch
- August 29, 2017
- Developer
- Ubisoft Milan
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
Overview
This is the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids. The Mushroom Kingdom has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex, transporting the Rabbids into the once-peaceful area, splintering this beloved land. To bring order back to the Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi team up with Rabbids heroes in a journey through four different worlds.
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Reception
Press85
Great- Metacritic85from 111 reviews
- OpenCritic85from 92 reviews
While Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle may have been the crossover that no one wanted, it's materialised as a really good one with some interesting systems, despite its smattering of shortcomings. It shouldn't work, but it does.
"Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle" has lots of charmingly frivolous things to think about and it's easy to collapse into its world of tactical antics because its gameplay is so absorbing. In the most complimentary sense, it feels like something Nintendo might have done if its humor was a bit more rough.
Blending strategy elements from popular contemporaries with the sarcastic humor of the Rabbids series and the charm of the Mario universe, Kingdom Battle is the result of a beautiful oddball marriage.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has a special charm to it, which is something I didn't expect to say when first hearing about the project. While the allure of these two franchises coming together may be the draw for many, the surprising depth to its combat and the replayability that it offers are the real highlights. The fact that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom...
