One of this fall’s big Nintendo Switch games will be Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, a game that has been rumored for quite some time and does indeed exist, as confirmed by art assets provided to Kotaku. The game will mix Nintendo’s iconic plumber (and friends) with characters from Ubisoft’s popular Rabbids series.

Although the person who sent the assets asked us not to share them, they corroborate the existence of a bizarre crossover RPG that’s currently scheduled to come to Switch in either August or September. Ubisoft is developing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle on the publisher’s proprietary Snowdrop engine, according to the assets we’ve seen. The game’s selling points appear to be a) turn-based combat, b) two-player local co-op, and c) a goofy sense of humor. (The art we’ve seen features Mario and crew wielding guns that shoot laser beams.)

The game will apparently have eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, and, bizarrely, four Rabbids dressed up as Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach.

The existence of this Mario and Rabbids crossover was first reported by Laura Kate Dale, who became infamous over the past year for running various rumors about the Switch, including some correct specifics on the hardware. Although many of her software rumors turned out to be false, Dale nailed this one, and it’s likely we’ll see Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle at E3 (unless Ubisoft decides to announce it earlier).

Nintendo and Ubisoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Source: Kotaku

I really honestly don't think this helps Nintendo much. Seems like a favor to Ubi Soft, but Ubi Soft isn't exactly giving the Switch great support, their president basically said Switch is just for mini-game/family titles, meanwhile Just Dance is selling like crap on Switch. Why not give Square-Enix or someone a shot at a Mario RPG instead? 

Uuugghhh, anything Rabbids is just horrible, i don't understand why Nintendo thought this was a good idea

I have a bad feeling it's just going to be a shitshow but hey, i might be wrong!

So ARMS 16. June, Splatoon 2 on 21. Jul, Mario + Rabbids RPG and Fire Emblem Warriors avgust/septembar games.

More games is always good thing, and this game could be interesting.

skyrim august/september too ( i think will sell well after all is skyrim mobile )

b00moscone said: Uuugghhh, anything Rabbids is just horrible, i don't understand why Nintendo thought this was a good idea I have a bad feeling it's just going to be a shitshow but hey, i might be wrong!

If it opens up a relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo, I'm all for it. Most leakers believe Ubisoft's doing all the development by itself, so it doesn't affect Nintendo at all.

This is how Koei Tecmo made their way to work with Nintendo, hopefully it encourages more devs to do the same.

Awful. I will never buy a Switch now.
(actually, I will)

Slarvax said: b00moscone said: Uuugghhh, anything Rabbids is just horrible, i don't understand why Nintendo thought this was a good idea I have a bad feeling it's just going to be a shitshow but hey, i might be wrong! If it opens up a relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo, I'm all for it. Most leakers believe Ubisoft's doing all the development by itself, so it doesn't affect Nintendo at all. This is how Koei Tecmo made their way to work with Nintendo, hopefully it encourages more devs to do the same.

Well, at least until Vivendi purchases Ubisoft! I don't know what they'll want to do after that.

Let's hope those ugly things won't get the opportunity to pollute a mario game. Stupid cooperation imo, might end up a good game but I'm sure they could do that with some more interesting characters instead,