The Hermit
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lol@surprise at announcement
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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle key art leaked [Up2: 5 more slides, lots of info leak]
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Yeah. I think it might've been distracting if first revealed at E3. Instead, people can throw their fits now and then say, "Hmm, that actually looks pretty good" upon seeing the actual trailer at E3.
Serenitynow
Member
It's Ubisoft. When was the last time they revealed an Assassin's Creed game without the public already knowing about it?
A lot of people rumored this one.
Hopefully this bodes well for other hot rumors like Pokemon Stars and Smash Bros for Switch.
yurinka
Member
It's an internal document, and clearly written by a non-native English speaker.
AC3 or IV maybe?
Next one to be redeemed is Mother 3 in Q2 2017!
Dark Cloud
Member
Yep. I'm glad this leaked now. Let them get the vitriol out of there system and this will make Nintendo's E3 better.
The Hermit
Member
Dark Cloud
Member
*Surprise Announcement in June*
SomedayTheFire
Member
Surprise at announcement lmao
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I can't believe people think it's otherwise.
I find them extremely off-putting. There's nothing charming about them. I have doubts that they will be more than annoying yelling shit characters.
Other than that I'm excited to learn more.
I just have 2 points to make about this particular pic:
1) Some Mario games, especially the RPG spin-offs (e.g. Paper Mario, Superstar) have always had "humor and self-mockery" by the truckload. It might not be crude humor full of fart/sex jokes, but it's there.
2) Broader point: over the years, I've noticed Ubisoft France's communication style has this notably try-hard quality to it. Anyone remember back in 2006 when this French dude demoed Red Steel at Nintendo's E3 conference? He talked about being able to hold your guns on the side "gangsta-style", which everyone made fun of. It made me cringe, and this slide above is yet another example of Ubisoft trying to look and sound cool. Like that kid in high school who's either really lame or lacks self-confidence but will use crude language to fit in with the actually cool kids. As a Frenchman myself, I feel this is a distinctly French thing to do whenever we're dealing with big worldwide projects, like we're trying to be hip and with it.
tl;dr: the people at Ubisoft France have always sounded like young awkward teenage boys to me. Anyone else feel that way? And if you're French like me, do you think that's a typically French thing to do, or is just Ubisoft being Ubisoft?
1) Some Mario games, especially the RPG spin-offs (e.g. Paper Mario, Superstar) have always had "humor and self-mockery" by the truckload. It might not be crude humor full of fart/sex jokes, but it's there.
2) Broader point: over the years, I've noticed Ubisoft France's communication style has this notably try-hard quality to it. Anyone remember back in 2006 when this French dude demoed Red Steel at Nintendo's E3 conference? He talked about being able to hold your guns on the side "gangsta-style", which everyone made fun of. It made me cringe, and this slide above is yet another example of Ubisoft trying to look and sound cool. Like that kid in high school who's either really lame or lacks self-confidence but will use crude language to fit in with the actually cool kids. As a Frenchman myself, I feel this is a distinctly French thing to do whenever we're dealing with big worldwide projects, like we're trying to be hip and with it.
tl;dr: the people at Ubisoft France have always sounded like young awkward teenage boys to me. Anyone else feel that way? And if you're French like me, do you think that's a typically French thing to do, or is just Ubisoft being Ubisoft?
Magicpaint
Member
Ugh, I can't stand Rabbids, but this could be really cool.
chrisPjelly
Member
Honestly, in spite of the whole Rabbids garbage, this seems like a pretty neat concept. I'd love to see more of it. I'm also relieved that this isn't developed by Retro and that Nintendo actually footed the bill for one of Ubisoft's own studios.
I agree with basically all of this. Mario as a universe has already been demonstrated to be pretty malleable in the past RPGs in ways that I definitely wouldn't describe as "conservative." Self-mocking has been a part of the series since the beginning so even internally Ubisoft acting like this is some new big deal concerns me with what they plan on actually doing. Part of me's also admittedly a little salty because I recall a previous interview with AlphaDream's producers where they admitted to wanting to come up with some really bizarre ideas for the Mario & Luigi games that Nintendo vetoed for going too far with the Mario world...but they're okay with adding damned rabbids to it? That's maddening.
Also, four worlds really doesn't seem like much. I hope those worlds have a lot of variety between them.
wildvine47
Member
This just looks horrendous
ugh
Really hope this flops and we get actual worthwhile games. At the very least their plans to "surprise" people are ruined so I can be comforted by the fact that the people behind this travesty are furious/miserable right now.
ugh
Really hope this flops and we get actual worthwhile games. At the very least their plans to "surprise" people are ruined so I can be comforted by the fact that the people behind this travesty are furious/miserable right now.
UnemployedVillain
Member
Distracting for who??
Skittzo0413
Member
This is a Ubisoft game... This is all Ubisoft internal materials...
Now the secret June announcement is Nintendo bought Ubisoft to stave off Vivendi!
tenderbrew
Member
I'll remain open minded until we see game play & footage although I don't think I've ever played anything with the rabbids in it.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Dark Cloud
Member
???
Turtle shelves? That's supposed to say "shells", right? lol
If I had to guess it's a translation goof from French>English. "Turned Based Combat" is another weird reading.
What? Really? Game Over!
L.O.L.
kekus maximus
KidGalactus
Member
Why does that one graphic day " Turtle shelves "?
Sophisticated fake?
Sophisticated fake?
Quintin DM
Member
I never really doubted that this game was real, but actually seeing it I'm still in shock that it exists LOL. That being said despite how down people are on this game I'm actually pretty interested in it. I'll be attending E3 this year as a consumer and I'm very much looking forward to trying it out for myself
brickarts295
Member
Don't even joke about that.
stan423321
Member
Ah yes, the highly refined French humour, featuring such pearls as "Developed by Ubisoft Paris and Milan" and "Reveal at E3", not to mention "personnalities", tends to be overlooked by them sassy Britons on GAF unfortunately.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
It already says who the developer is.
Sniffynose
Member
"Turned"
Yaaaaa let me get my grain of salt to take this with.
Yaaaaa let me get my grain of salt to take this with.
Everyone is this thread who is currently trying to process this, lol
This game looks like it would be so cool if Rabbids weren't in it.
For almost everyone in the entire world.
This game concept is bizarre.
For almost everyone in the entire world.
This game concept is bizarre.
Retro Studios was secretly absorbed into Ubisoft Paris. Mark my words.
Native French speakers writing for internal use.
Native French speakers writing for internal use.
OrbitalBeard
Member
uhhhhhhhh
why does this look so good to me
and why do I wish turtle shelves were a real thing
why does this look so good to me
and why do I wish turtle shelves were a real thing
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
How about multi-colored Toads?!!?
Finally italian people making a Mario game.
Pretty tired of Toads to be honest! They need a new thing.
isnt the earth or universe or something on the back of a turtle
thats kind of a turtle shelf