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[lt519]

Sure, why not. Rabbids could make for some very goofy/fun environments and enemies. Hopefully the actual game play is fun.

Wait woah, tactical RPG (x-com) style, would be amazing if this had deep game play.

 

[Wandering Robot]

This I gotta see.

Final tweet from Liam

https://mobile.twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/799637973377675264

Basically, it's a SRPG (according to him), but I don't know if he knows exactly what kind of SRPG other than it being turn based. He uses Fire Emblem as an example and later he said a tactical SRPG like X-Com.

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If such a blend is possible, at any rate.

Yeah, I also thought we didn't take Roberston seriously anymore.

 

[PMS341]

If my final team isn't Mario, Waluigi, Rayman, and The Magician, then I riot.

 

[Dark Cloud]

While there will be numerous cameo appearances from the Mario series’ best known characters, the core party will feature numerous, more minor characters. There is a particular focus on Yoshi as a primary party member, alongside a playable Rabbid.

I think it's good to remember this. Yoshi is the primary party member. Maybe Yoshi is the main character and you find other minor characters like a Waluigi or a Professor E. Gadd to join your team. There will probably be some smaller Ubisoft characters too.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Ractical RPG? Yeeees!! Mario and Rabbids? Nooooo!!

 

[LordKano]

I think it's good to remember this. Yoshi is the primary party member. Maybe Yoshi is the main character and you find other minor characters like a Waluigi or a Professor E. Gadd to join your team. There will probably be some smaller Ubisoft characters too.

I really like the idea to feature minor characters. It's probably so they can sell more amiibo but this makes me happy nonethless. I hope Waluigi, Nabbit and Captain Toad are in.

 

[Troubled Bat]

Depending on how things are, I might be down for it.

Hope that Rayman is at least part of it.

 

[CloudWolf]

XCOM-ish? So will Mario be able to die?

 

[wild wild rice]

XCOM-ish? So will Mario be able to die?

Permadeath. If he dies in this game he ceases to exist in all others.

 

[DecoReturns]

I hope it's really goofy.

 

[Machina]

It's gonna be fucking weird seeing Mario and the Rabbids in one game but the sound of a Mario RPG is too good to ignore

 

[Dark Cloud]

I really like the idea to feature minor characters. It's probably so they can sell more amiibo but this makes me happy nonethless. I hope Waluigi, Nabbit and Captain Toad are in.

Yeah. The big guys get all the glory, but I love games where they can bring the smaller characters together.

I think it was brought up before, but if they did a Diddy Kong Racing 2 I would love all the characters to be the minor ones.

 

[spekkeh]

My reaction. I hate rabbids, I like Mario RPG, I'm interested in Ubisoft doing a crossover, I don't know what to think.

 

[Bane]

With Ubisoft developing I'm less excited about this than if Nintendo was but with them overseeing it I imagine it should still turn out at least decent. I've long felt Nintendo was the reason for the highs Rare had back in the day.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

If my final team isn't Mario, Waluigi, Rayman, and The Magician, then I riot.

I like you.

 

[wild wild rice]

If it is more of a SRPG, wasn't Ghost Recon supposedly pretty good?

 

[Linkhero1]

If my final team isn't Mario, Waluigi, Rayman, and The Magician, then I riot.

Waluigi will be a $9.99 DLC character

 

[Gsnap]

yeesh. This could be great or a mess. Rabbids aren't that great and they might clash with the Mario designs. And Ubisoft developing can be pretty hit or miss.

But it could be good too. Especially if the srpg part is true and it ends up playing more like xcom or advanced wars than fire emblem.

And either way I'll probably buy it, so it's the only way for ubisoft to get me to buy a rabbids game, so I guess it's a good business decision.

Smart move.

 

[Arzehn]

This isn't the Super Mario RPG 2 that i wanted...

Quite curious though to see it though, if real.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Waluigi will be a $9.99 DLC character

Worth it.

 

[Kouichi]

If Waluigi is one of your party members, I will be 100% on board with this game.

 

[Mariolee]

What in the hell

 

[Murugo]

This sounds like the absolute worst idea. It's on par with a Mario/Minions crossover.

 

[woopWOOP]

Oh, if it's more of a strategy RPG then I actually might be on board for this.
I can't imagine a crossover like this having any kind of decent story going for it, but if they do like FFTA2 and just cram all the effort into customisation options for your RPG army, yeah sure

 

[Mr. Poolman]

This sounds interesting.

 

[Vena]

This sounds like a game.

 

[Anth0ny]

i also think this game isn't going to do particularly well if released on launch day

who would buy this when there's a god tier masterpiece 3D Mario right there alongside it

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

This sounds like the absolute worst idea. It's on par with a Mario/Minions crossover.

I want that too.

 

[Harpoon]

the core party will feature numerous, more minor characters.

Hmm. Curious about how minor we're talking here.

 

[Machina]

Hmm. Curious about how minor we're talking here.

Drybones

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Not sure how I feel about SRPGs. I'll wait for Rabbids X Yoshi's Story.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Well, this will be interesting, at the very least.

 

[Buttonbasher]

It's a turn based RPG with Mario?? Omg I'm probably going to love this!

Mario and RPG in the same sentence? Fuck yes!

It's gonna be fucking weird seeing Mario and the Rabbids in one game but the sound of a Mario RPG is too good to ignore

Fucking amazing!!!A new Mario RPG!!

A RPG? What the FUCK

Ok, I'm down with this

It sounds crazy but a new Mario rpg? Hell yes!

Okay, what the hell is actually happening? I feel like I've lost my mind. You guys know there have been tons of Mario RPGs in the past decade, yeah?

Sure the Paper Mario games are doing their own thing, but Mario & Luigi are still RPGs.

It's like I'm taking crazy pills.

so Super Mario RPG except instead of Squaresoft developing it's Ubisoft? alright, I'll bite

This too! There's ZERO indication in the article that this is in any way like Super Mario RPG other than it being an RPG with Mario in it, of which there are tons.

What is happening.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Okay, what the hell is actually happening? I feel like I've lost my mind. You guys know there have been tons of Mario RPGs in the past decade, yeah?

Sure the Paper Mario games are doing their own thing, but Mario & Luigi are still RPGs.

It's like I'm taking crazy pills.

They're going to be disappointed when they realize it's not like Super Mario RPG on the SNES. The Mario & Luigi games are fantastic, by the way.

 

[Hiltz]

I got excited a bit until I read the that Rabbids will be featured in the game. They're like the video game version of the Despicable Me minions, but even less amusing. Ubisoft, prove us haters wrong!

 

[Buttonbasher]

They're going to be disappointed when they realize it's not like Super Mario RPG on the SNES. The Mario & Luigi games are fantastic, by the way.

Yeah! There have been tons of solid Mario RPG games since the SNES one. I just felt like I was losing my mind reading posts like that.

It is similar to Mario RPG in the sense that it is not developped directly by Nintendo, and especially not by the usual Mario RPG team (as in : AlphaDream for Mario & Luigi, and Intelligent Systems for Paper Mario), so yeah, there's a reason to be excited : it will likely be very different from the other Mario RPG games.

People may have been bored by having the two Mario RPG brand staying similar the whole past gen.

I mean I get that to an extent. The reaction of people acting as if there haven't been Mario RPGs since that game just threw me for a loop.

 

[LordKano]

Okay, what the hell is actually happening? I feel like I've lost my mind. You guys know there have been tons of Mario RPGs in the past decade, yeah?

Sure the Paper Mario games are doing their own thing, but Mario & Luigi are still RPGs.

It's like I'm taking crazy pills.



This too! There's ZERO indication in the article that this is in any way like Super Mario RPG other than it being an RPG with Mario in it, of which there are tons.

What is happening.

It is similar to Mario RPG in the sense that it is not developped directly by Nintendo, and especially not by the usual Mario RPG team (as in : AlphaDream for Mario & Luigi, and Intelligent Systems for Paper Mario), so yeah, there's a reason to be excited : it will likely be very different from the other Mario RPG games.

People may have been bored by having the two Mario RPG brand staying similar the whole past gen.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

They're very different but I can see what he means. With X-Com you have a view from "behind",

That's not very accurate.

Who was it who made that Ghost Recon SRPG for 3DS? Wasn't that highly regarded?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Precisely nothing about rabbids is appealing to me.

 

[EDarkness]

Okay, what the hell is actually happening? I feel like I've lost my mind. You guys know there have been tons of Mario RPGs in the past decade, yeah?

Sure the Paper Mario games are doing their own thing, but Mario & Luigi are still RPGs.

It's like I'm taking crazy pills.

Are they? I looked at the gameplay of those games and they seems like gimmicky games instead of real RPGs.

 

[LordKano]

Are they? I looked at the gameplay of those games and they seems like gimmicky games instead of real RPGs.

Mario & Luigi has everything a RPG from the 90's had. Paper Mario is a bit different now though.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Are they? I looked at the gameplay of those games and they seems like gimmicky games instead of real RPGs.

They are as real as a real RPG can be.

 

[Buttonbasher]

Are they? I looked at the gameplay of those games and they seems like gimmicky games instead of real RPGs.

They're completely real turn based RPGs

 

[Galactic Specter]

y rabbids tho?

 

[FZZ]

Yoshi RPG with Rabbids?

Gaf my tank of jizz is out

 

[saichi]

didn't see this coming... good to see Ubisoft is on board with Switch though

 

[capylikesgames]

I feel like this is a wasted opportunity, they could've let the Origins team make a Mario platformer instead. :'/ I can't say I have much faith in it if it has no direct involvement with AlphaDream/Intelligent Systems, but we'll see how it turns out.

 

[watershed]

So this is the surprise Ubisoft game that was teased? If the rpg elements and world remain fun, I'd be down for this. Rabbids are looking for a come back.

 

[opticalmace]

Hm, sounds weird and not really my thing. But I guess I will keep an open mind.

At this rate I'll probably get a switch around launch anyway.... Especially if there's a new 3d mario.

 

[Galactic Specter]

Why can't Nintendo team up with WB and make the Donkey Kong: Arkham Asylum game we all want?