Nintendo publishing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in Japan next year
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In North America, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is being handled entirely by Ubisoft. The situation in Japan is a bit different.
Nintendo confirmed today that it will be responsible for publishing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in Japan. Although it’s coming out in August here in the west, the Japanese release is set for 2018.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle dev interview
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle screenshots / art
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle site open
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Ubisoft has opened the official website for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Access it here. It has plenty of gameplay details, information about the characters, and much more.
Grant Kirkhope confirmed to be writing music for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
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Grant Kirkhope was rumored to be involved with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Now that Ubisoft has properly announced the game, Kirkhope confirmed that this is so.
We have the news straight from his Twitter page:
ME writing music for MARIO!!!! ….. beyond excited !!!!
— Grant Kirkhope (@grantkirkhope) June 12, 2017
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle gameplay, behind the scenes video with Miyamoto
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle finally announced for Switch
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Following several leaks, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is official. The game was unveiled at Ubisoft’s E3 2017 press conference today. Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on stage to introduce the game.
Here’s what we know:
– In the works for more than three years
– Tactical adventure
– Rabbids teleported into the Mushroom Kingdom
– Made the world unstable and chaotic
– Turn-based tactical adventure game
– Take on Rabbids that are now bad
– Exploration/battle
– Can desttroy cover to attack enemies hiding behind it
– Different offensive / defensive abilities for characters
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Ubisoft E3 2017 press conference live stream
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Ubisoft’s E3 2017 press conference is just on the horizon. The briefing begins at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM in the UK / 10 PM in Europe.
Ubisoft will likely say something about the next Just Dance game, which will probably be on Switch. Might we hear about other Switch titles though? Like a certain Mario and Rabbids crossover game, perhaps? We’ll find out very soon.
View the conference as it happens below. We’ll keep tabs on any Nintendo-related important news.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Day 1 Edition listed on Walmart
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has been one of Ubisoft’s worst-kept secrets over the past few months. Now the game has suffered from another leak, this time from a retailer. Walmart is listing the Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Day 1 Edition.
We might be hearing about Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle later today. Ubisoft could be unveiling the game during its press conference this afternoon. What’s included in the Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Day 1 Edition should be made known as well.
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Rumor: Ubisoft had internal concept of Mario and Rabbids adventure game during the Wii era
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii | 2 Comments
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle should finally be announced at E3 this week. Before that game existed though, Ubisoft apparently had interest in mashing the two franchises together during the Wii era.
It seems that a formal pitch was never actually made to Nintendo, and it ended up as nothing more than an internal concept at Ubisoft. Nintendo may have shut things down before talks ever progressed in the slightest.
Liam Robertson has the full report on the concept below.








