

"He can also be very goofy, and that's why his presence in the game, along with the Rabbids, allowed us to present different kinds of humorous interactions in the storytelling." "He's not just a powerful character," Soliani explains. And he's a gorilla, so it makes sense for him to have more mobility options."īut it's not just Donkey Kong's imposing physique that makes him an ideal new hero for Mario + Rabbids. "He has big arms, so we wanted to use them extensively through the combat.


"When we first started working on Donkey Kong as a new character for a new story of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, we started to think about how he would impact the battle system," says Davide Soliani, Creative Director at Ubisoft Milan.

As longtime fans of Nintendo's great ape since the release of the original arcade game, the development team knew Donkey Kong would be the right hero to shake things up. The Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle free trial will be available until next Tuesday, July 12.Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is about to go bananas with the arrival of Donkey Kong as a new playable hero in upcoming DLC that includes an original story and a new world. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is set to release on October 20 exclusively on Nintendo Switch. It was received so well that fans are now eagerly anticipating the game's sequel, Sparks of Hope, which will follow up on the original title's story and feature new characters like Bowser, who brings a big honking bazooka to the battlefield. It wound up being much better than the premise would suggest. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was a weird crossover of the two franchises that placed them in an XCOM-style RTS setting with fantasy-based firearms. The Gold Edition, which features the Donkey Kong DLC, is currently down to $14.99. Those who do decide to buy the game can do so right now for a discounted $9.99 USD, which is down from the regular $59.99 price. Any save progress made over that one-week period can be kept, retained, and applied to the full game if the user opts to purchase it. Those who have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership can download Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and play the full game until July 12 at 11:59 p.m. However, what if you're among those who missed out on the original Mario/Rabbids crossover? Nintendo is about to give Nintendo Switch Online members a chance to catch up with a special free trial period that's kicking off today. Nintendo and Ubisoft are getting ready to take Mario back into the cosmos with the Rabbids later this year.
