Hippopuncher12
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Can't wait for this game, and I totally forgot it comes out so soon.
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New previews of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
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Okami Haundo
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Holy wow! Really pleased with how positive these previews are. This is looking like a must-have for me, especially based on the notes about the difficulty. I worried it would skew either too tough, or too easy but it seems like it falls right in the middle.
PapaEmeritus
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Nintendo, unlike Ubi alone, will not alone ANY tarnishes on their IP's. I'm sure they had a heavy hand in the cookie jar during this. Not to say the developers aren't competent, but Nintendo like Disney basically dictates whats allowed and whats not.
Nintendo has quite a few tarnishes on their IPs from outsourcing. During the DS era they were outsourcing their IPs willy-nilly to low budget studios and kept in touch with those companies. This isn't "Mario Galaxy 2 was disappointing imo" but stuff like Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, Hey Pikmin, Wario Master of Disguise, Star Fox Zero, Mario Party 1~8, etc etc.
This one actually had a solid budget.
Ubisoft's crew's passion for this project is tangible, let's not take that away from them...But yes it is true Ninty will have kept a close eye on this (they're not infalible though, many a mediocre outsourced title with their IP on it.) Even though they likely had the final word on the game's events, they seemed to give the team tons of freedom, and apparently had a good enough sense of humor about themselves; how else can you explain the gloriously savage lyrics in the new trailer? I love all about this game.
Not really. This game is being developed by Ubisoft Milan (with some help from Paris), which, apart from some old Game Boy games, has always been a support studio, mainly tasked with porting games to various platforms.
This is basically their first high profile title. It's good to see that they have some real talent, but at the same time this means that until now they really were wasted on some minor releases. Let's hope this is just the beginning for them.
Gotdatmoney
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3 years and a good budget can do wonders.
Lol naw. Mario has a crap ton of poor games and mediocre representations. The answer is Ubi gave these guys a big budget and they know what they're doing.
DecoReturns
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Sounds great. I always knew this game would impress.
Also I'm betting Rabbids are going to get into Smash in a future title.
Also I'm betting Rabbids are going to get into Smash in a future title.
Yep. Those Rabbids best not try to crouch cancel.
peanutbutterlatte
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What are the chances of Rayman being unlockable?
purseowner
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gameovergreggy
Kinda Funny Games
Hey--
I just wanted to thank y'all for including our videos when you do these. Warms my heart.
<3
Greg
I just wanted to thank y'all for including our videos when you do these. Warms my heart.
<3
Greg
Dark Cloud
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Omg so good. And Luigi death stare is here lol
QuixoticNeutral
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Supposing I don't have a local co-op partner, as a turn-based game, there really isn't anything stopping me from playing both roles in the single-screen hotseat co-op mode, is there? As with Snipperclips, I understand this won't be as fun as intended without the element of local miscommunication, but I might just be curious about seeing the maps.
I hope the challenge scales up nicely and hits the sweet spot of demanding/rewarding craftiness, ingenuity, and knife's-edge precision without forcing the player down a few optimal paths. Difficulty is the main question that remains for me, and I don't trust preview/review writers to gauge it on my behalf given how notoriously bad all of them (yes, all of them) are at turn-based strategy. Guess I'll have to see for myself.
So far this game has made me think of SMRPG all over again, but in a genre dearer to me than the old Square-style party JRPG. IntSys flagships aside, strategy is always massively underserved on Nintendo systems to the point that their shops and surveys don't recognize it as a category. Leaning towards the physical release (my first since BotW) unless there's a compelling reason to pick it up digitallyit looks more like a chunky experience I can put away once finished than anything I'll be hopping into for minutes here and there long-term.
I hope the challenge scales up nicely and hits the sweet spot of demanding/rewarding craftiness, ingenuity, and knife's-edge precision without forcing the player down a few optimal paths. Difficulty is the main question that remains for me, and I don't trust preview/review writers to gauge it on my behalf given how notoriously bad all of them (yes, all of them) are at turn-based strategy. Guess I'll have to see for myself.
So far this game has made me think of SMRPG all over again, but in a genre dearer to me than the old Square-style party JRPG. IntSys flagships aside, strategy is always massively underserved on Nintendo systems to the point that their shops and surveys don't recognize it as a category. Leaning towards the physical release (my first since BotW) unless there's a compelling reason to pick it up digitallyit looks more like a chunky experience I can put away once finished than anything I'll be hopping into for minutes here and there long-term.
EdwardTivrusky
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According to this Nintendo Life video there is an easy mode you can select before each battle which heals your team and might give a minor health boost but he's not sure. I don't know how good Alex is at XCOM type games but he says the game is tough later on. He says he doesn't know about length as he hasn't played enough to guess.
The bit where Nintendo Life Alex talks about game difficulty and easy mode..
DeuceGamer
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This looks better and better each time I see it. Was always going to pick it up but now it's because I'm legitimately excited to play it. Going to be a very busy few months with the upcoming releases.
Incendiary
Banned
That trailer has me so excited for this. It's weird that this will be the game that gets me to buy a Switch, but fuck it, all-in!
They mention it in an interview posted earlier:
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/m...aymans-absence-and-mario-karts-influence.aspx
So, unless they want to surprise us, the answer is very, very slim.
GalacticMouse
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Kinda Funny's let's play shows them select difficulty from Easy, Normal, Hard (Hard is greyed out in their build).
The leaked marketing material said ~20 hour length I believe? Not sure they've spoken to that number officially.
Duchess O'Death
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Yes please! My Switch's been collecting dust.
sleepnaught
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Looks really great, love the art direction in this game. Honestly, I prefer this visual style over what we're getting on Odyssey. Switch is starting to get a good library for its first year. Splatoon 2 a couple weeks ago and now Sonic Mania and Mari+Rabbids this month. If we can get those indie titles like Stardew Valley released by the end of Summer, I'll be super happy.
Only thing I am worried about this game is if there is going to be enough content. Looks like a great concept and it is going to be a lot of fun. The rumor that Ubi was going to lower the price to $50 kinda worried me that this was just going to be short and sweet.
I think that this type of game needs a lot of progression and lots of content to keep people happy (me included).
I think that this type of game needs a lot of progression and lots of content to keep people happy (me included).
This makes me sad because it's how I feel :sob:
Well this game looks pretty interesting too so I'll probably grab it.
Looks great, but so much apparent super sampling in that video...
You're welcome !
mocolostrocolos
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This game looks so slick.
Loving every bit I've seen so far.
Loving every bit I've seen so far.
I know it's not a majority opinion but assume it's not just me: I'm way more excited about this than Mario Odyssey. It's the reason I got serious about getting a Switch and I can't wait for the end of the month to do dive in. Two things I'm not looking forward to are balancing time for Uncharted Lost Legacy with this, and the inevitable attempts to compare the two. What is it with Sony and Nintendo scheduling key releases three days apart?
Billy_Pilgrim
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Nintendo are killing it with the Switch, even with all the stupid decisions accompanying it.
This game looks like crack in a cartridge.
This game looks like crack in a cartridge.
James Scott
Banned
Looks gorgeous and sounds like a fun time.
Hope it works out. At least for Crying Ubisoft man and Grant Kirkhope
Hope it works out. At least for Crying Ubisoft man and Grant Kirkhope
ZombiePlatypus
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Ahaha that trailer is just the kind of stupid I want from this game. Cannot wait.
This will be an easy million-seller, and that's being conservative.
Copper
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I got some serious great mighty poo vibes from that trailer. This is good.
Wouldn't this be great if it inspired more 3rd parties to work with Nintendo on games like this?
Wouldn't this be great if it inspired more 3rd parties to work with Nintendo on games like this?
Yeah it's kinda funny. I keep seeing the "It'LL do over 1 million" line, while I'm just here expecting 3 million or so for the title. Maybe I'm overconfident, but 1 million is too low a bar imo.
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