The traditional way to view game companies when it's E3 season is to look at what they announce for the future. In that regard, Nintendo had a so-so E3.

Donkey Kong can throw allies and enemies around, making for some interesting new tactics in the expansion to the Mario +Rabbids Switch crossover coming out near the end of the month. I played it and have footage of an early level for you all to watch.

If you're looking for a Switch bundle before Christmas, here's what's available.

You only get to choose between one of the three games, and Pokken Tournament isn't really everyone's cup of tea. But if you've been sitting on the fence with the Switch, now isn't a bad time to jump in.

Seven years ago, a 15-year-old started a YouTube channel called rabbidluigi. He had no way of knowing that in 2017 that would be a real character in a real video game.

The video game gods have been good to us in 2017, but that means there are way too many games to choose from. Take this quiz to find out which one you should devote your precious time to.

It's not often Nintendo lets Mario play with guns. But then again, collaborations like Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle are far and few between.

So much about Kingdom Battle is surprising, but the thing that I still can't get over is that in this game Mario shoots his enemies with a gun. This is Nintendo's mascot we're talking about, and the game wasn't developed internally. How the hell did anyone get Miyamoto to sign off on that?

Mario's power as an icon is defined by his versatility.

Kingdom Battle is a love letter to Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom, and you see this reverence in nearly every aspect of the game, from mechanics to the animations. Even the flavour text is wonderful.

If you would like to fire off exploding ducks and swear at Boos on the train, here's the cheapest copies of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle in Australia.

In what will probably be the first and last time I'm excited for anything involving Rabbids, the biggest release this week is comfortably the unusual cross-over between Mario and Ubisoft.

But the list of big hitters doesn't stop there: the first episode of Life is Strange: Before the Storm drops this week, ARK: Survival Evolved comes out of Early Access, and RedOut gets a well-deserved console release. It's a big week in games, people.

If I had to associate a single word with Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, it would, without a shred of doubt, be this: fuck.

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was one of the strangest announcements at E3 this year, and fearless Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo got a chance to play it for about 15 minutes. Based on what we've seen so far, this mash-up works surprisingly well!

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.

The gaming internet was agog today over what appear to be leaked marketing images of an upcoming Super Mario team-up with Ubisoft's Rabbids characters, despite word of the game's existence having trickled out via various gaming news outlets (including this one) for months.