Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope is the unlikely sequel to the unlikeliest of hits.
Most shocking of all was that it all worked together beautifully.
Then we started with Sparks of Hope.
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But we also strengthened our relationship in terms of exchanging ideas."
That made the team adopt a philosophy of constantly surprising players with humor and strategic depth.
There are others, but this is the core of our game, I believe."
All of this is complemented by the new movement system, which is now free-roaming.
Free movement is a core essence of Mario games.
“To me, [the new movement system] adds freedom,” Soliani said.
“That’s the perception I wanted the player to have while playing the game.
Nothing wrong with the grid system and the cursor; I love those kinds of games.
I did Kingdom Battle because I love those kinds of games.
But we didn’t want to do just a pure sequel.
We wanted to rework the game from the ground up.
We wanted to bring a new reason and a good reason to buy another game.
So freedom is what I had in mind.
“And this is just within the movement phase.
And to support that, we also created the various types of enemies.
Before they were always moving, attacking, and using the techniques.
Now we have different kinds of enemies.
In the video we saw both a burst of electricity and a huge area-of-effect ice blast.
Those Sparks can also grow up along with you so it’s possible for you to make them stronger.
For example, make it stronger with the Spark that is enhancing the damage output of any given hero.
Mario is not as tough as Bowser.
So all those combinations together is what is going to make the play style of each player shine.
The bizarre crossover experiment just keeps paying off in new ways.
But this time, we aren’t surprised at how fun and engaging the collaboration looks.
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope is coming to Nintendo Switch on October 20.
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