When a marketing presentation for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was leaked in May, the internet met it with mockery and bafflement. But now that people have finally seen the game in action at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, the internet has done a 180. Huh.
Mario and Rabbids seemed like like a totally incongruous combination, but given the reaction after Ubisoft’s press conference, maybe they knew what they were doing after all. It’s a tactical turn based combat game — I guess the missing ingredient was XCOM. Combine that with with an adorable surprise appearance from Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and a pretty charming demo, and the internet has mostly turned around from their initial impressions of the game:
Nintendo/Ubisoft: Mario + Rabbids
me: absolutely not
Nintendo/Ubisoft: its xcom
me: pic.twitter.com/9Q1FJYrmND— Kevin Snow (@bravemule) June 12, 2017
Saving this picture forever pic.twitter.com/cB10vRre82
— Fahey@Home (@Bunnyspatial) June 12, 2017
he protec
but he also attac pic.twitter.com/MTtSX5uKLD— Mom (@truongasm) June 12, 2017
everyone: ugh rabbids
miyamoto: [shows up]
everyone: pic.twitter.com/FzfB1hVQcI— dev @livetweeting E3 (@eIectroma) June 12, 2017
im so mad. i was so ready to completely ignore rabbids mario but now im cursed to experience an entire game of “Crazyrabbit’s Humour”
— chess !!! (@videoChess) June 12, 2017
For the first time in videogame history Mario actually shot someone #UbisoftE3 pic.twitter.com/Kv4fUQFLFK
— Nibel (@Nibellion) June 12, 2017
When Mario + Rabbids first leaked I thought it’d be a cheap cash in. Genuinely interested in it. Got such a charm about it. #UbiE3 #E32017
— Lee Beever (@Beever) June 12, 2017
Your tinder date vs her profile pic pic.twitter.com/W3F8g7aTpO
— Jessie Lawrence ? (@hitstreak) June 12, 2017
i am thou… thou art i…. the shadow of the true self pic.twitter.com/GmfnTyAelH
— space☆daddy (@lusamine) June 12, 2017
I KNEW IT pic.twitter.com/DaiDPG2UfH
— Cuboid 64 ? (@cuboid64) June 12, 2017
PEACH SAVING HERSELF
SO MUCH FOR THE TOLERANT LEFT
— Dead from CB2017 lol (@Chindogg21) June 12, 2017
me: i hate the rabbids
ubisoft: heres south park
me: please bring back the rabbids— Crush 420 (@D33Z_N00TS) June 12, 2017
ah yeah I love magritte pic.twitter.com/JyYBwCQYvN
— GoogleDocsVEVO (@vogon) June 12, 2017
same pic.twitter.com/NYcFNWveoV
— Tiny Cartridge (@tinycartridge) June 12, 2017
Comments
2 responses to “The Internet Is Coming Around On Mario + Rabbids”
Looked rather average to me personally. Combat is ok but the rabid rabbits thing was a turn off. They always come across as 5yr old humour, and bad humour at that. But I know adults that love those crazy guys so will certainly appeal to gamers out there.
Not sold. Looks like a kid-friendly cash grab. Happy to be proven wrong, but the worlds looked lifeless. Not a great announcement demo.
Minions were totally a ripoff of Rabbids, so there’s that.