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New previews of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
So spoil me gaf, with the spoiler tag ofcourse, is rosalina in this game and is she playable
Buggy Loop
Member
GameXplain seemed down on this, weird. They never played XCOM i guess?
Maybe...but they've still been offering 3DS preloads since then. So I'm not sure if that's the reason. Hopefully they'll clarify at some point.
Dark Cloud
Member
They've been more jaded this year. I don't listen to their discussions or reviews anymore.
Weird video for sure.
Can you summarize it? Pretty lengthy video
Don't really want to sit through 37 minutes of people talking about the game when I could be playing it instead
Could you sum up why they're negative about it? Honestly, so far I'd be hard pushed to pick holes in it.
Nekketsu Kõha
Banned
Just a few more days...
This thankfully wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be!
I'm six minutes into this discussion so far and it sounds really positive
Hero-of-Time
Member
Nice one!
I had to do it a couple of times in order it get a perfect. It's a very lengthy level.
Buggy Loop
Member
Wished they could fast forward/skip all animations (there's already a fast forward, not fast enough apparently)
Rabbids humor, on limit of what nintendo would do (who cares..)
Music forgettable, does not stick in head, generic (... wow)
Unusual game by Nintendo standards -> weird
Would not give megaman cannon to Mario
Weird that you can't jump, feels wrong, no action commands ala mario RPG..
And many more, i mean, just off the top of my head.
Seems they can't wrap their head around Xcom tactical Mario+Rabbid merge.
Oh I didn't even notice if I got a perfect or not, I gave up on trying to get all those a long time ago 🤣
sounds like Andre lol
I'm 12 minutes in, and they're super-positive so far.
The Mega Man arm cannon part isn't an actual criticism. It's just them noting how different this game is from past Mario titles. They find it funny.
The complaints about not being able to jump or have action commands are so silly. It's just wishing a game to be something it's not. It's Mario doing XCom and it does it very well.
It is somewhat unusual for a Mario game but I think that's part of what makes it interesting. It doesn't feel forced though, it feels surprisingly natural.
Wouldn't worry about that, sounds like a lot of pointless nitpicks and missing the point. The game does what it sets out to do very well.
These are just the negatives at the end of the video and they say clearly that these are nit-picky complaints. Overall they are very positive on the game.
Hero-of-Time
Member
Yeah, it's a tricky one.
What I done was to get rid of the ice one first as he's got less HP. I also changed my weapons to the golden ones to do more damage to the bosses.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Those of you who have it and played it, do you mind giving me your thoughts on it thus far?
Good? Fun? Easy or hard to get a hang of? Does it punish you like xcom does? Difficulty settings and difference in said difficulty settings.
Good? Fun? Easy or hard to get a hang of? Does it punish you like xcom does? Difficulty settings and difference in said difficulty settings.
Lord of Ostia
Member
You are misrepresenting their discussion. They all said that they liked it, and some of these complaints were really just jokes rather than actual criticisms of the game. The preview discussion is glowingly positive, not sure what you are on about.
Err...no? They weren't positive about everything, but overall the sentiment was that they were having a good time with the game.
The only thing I find a bit irksome is how overprotective they come off in terms of the Mario universe. It's a fun spinoff strategy game not meant to be taken seriously; obviously one doesn't have to find something funny, but loosen up a bit and stop caring about whether some harmless Rabbid toilet joke "hurts the brand", whatever that would even mean.
Dark Cloud
Member
More nitpicky stuff from Gamexplain.
Phew, just done it now.
I think it's time to call it a night, I've spent many hours on this today!
It's been a pleasure chatting to you. Ace game so far
You can skip them.
Are co-op challenges unlocked from the start or do they need to be unlocked?
I'm still quite early in the game but I'm loving it so far, it's pretty great, battles and exploration are tons of fun and in general it feels extremely polished. It's easy to get a hang of it, but the game keeps introducing new mechanics and enemies every few battles, so it's deeper than it might seem at first sight (I'd say it's one of those games easy to play but hard to master). There is only a standard difficulty level, and at the beginning of each battle you can change to "Easy mode" if you want.
In general, initial battles are quite easy but the difficulty starts ramping half-way through World 1. As you can see, there are people having real trouble with some battles in World 2
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Challenge 1-8....
When you on the penultimate round and you realise you are 1 cell off victory
Xcom Mario + Rabbids baby.
When you on the penultimate round and you realise you are 1 cell off victory
but then you check the range of the enemies and you know you can scrap by
Dats
Wait, not sure you understood my question. I'm asking, if I want to see the cutscenes again, so that I can take screenshots the second time, can I access the cutscenes again by replaying missions in replay mode?
For example, the first time I face Rabbid Kong, I'd just like to watch it. But then it'd be nice to replay that fight later, in replay mode, and take screenshots of the cutscenes then.
Jon Carter
Member
How is the anti-aliasing? The screenshots made the visuals look smooth.
Dark Cloud
Member
I believe it's 2.3 - 2.4 GB.
mugurumakensei
Member
You can't skip what doesn't play so I'm pretty sure he's confirming you can rewatch the cutscenes.
Someone posted earlier saying IQ is pretty close to screenshots we've seen.
OrbitalBeard
Member
And yet, they're actually really positive on the game overall.
Wow, just came across the boss track for Rabbid Kong on Twitter. It almost sounds like a rearrangement of Grant Kirkhope's DK64 OST, specifically parts of Army Dillo's boss track.
That's such a blast from the past. I'm a huge fan of DK64's OST and found Kirkhope's take on DK music really novel, so hearing him do this kind of music again in full blown orchestrated quality is so cool.
That's such a blast from the past. I'm a huge fan of DK64's OST and found Kirkhope's take on DK music really novel, so hearing him do this kind of music again in full blown orchestrated quality is so cool.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Did you listen to it? It's weird people are people gravitate toward the negative points when they had far more positive things to say about it
This. One person here says they're "down" on game and everyone believes it, when that's not at all how it actually sounded in the discussion.
Edit: LOL @ "Would not give megaman cannon to Mario" That isn't even close to what they said.
CharminUltra
Member
I'm utterly relieved by that icon art.
In the end I didn't care for sonic or snake pass, so I was ok with kicking those icons to the curb. This game is hype, tho, so I'm happy it didn't let me down on that front.
The game will probably spend a ton of time in the front row (if it's really good.)
In the end I didn't care for sonic or snake pass, so I was ok with kicking those icons to the curb. This game is hype, tho, so I'm happy it didn't let me down on that front.
The game will probably spend a ton of time in the front row (if it's really good.)
Dark Cloud
Member
I'm glad they're overall positive on it.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
That's damn gooooooood.
Steve McQueen
Member
Watched the whole video. They have few complaints but they're positiv indeed.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Missing a single chest in world 1...wish there was more info on where it is.
CaptainSmirnov
Member
Quite hyped for this one, it'll keep me occupied until late October rolls around with all the games