While I appreciate the brief respite from combat, Kingdom Battle’s puzzles feel like filler, as does the need to backtrack through the lengthy worlds to complete the unlockable bonus missions. skill points) from a treasure chest is satisfying, but concept art, music tracks, and 3D models make up the bulk of the underwhelming rewards. Collecting a big string of coins and snagging a new weapon or pile of ability orbs (i.e. While I enjoyed the world themes and silly predicaments you find the rabbids in, the Sokoban-style block-pushing puzzles go from too simple to simply tedious. Ubisoft breaks up the endless series of tactical skirmishes with some light exploration and environmental puzzle-solving. There’s plenty to experiment with – each character has a long list of weapons to unlock, as well as skill trees that you can (and will) respec before any battle. If one of your characters gets knocked out (say, from having their butt lit on fire), you can restart the battle with no long-term repercussions. This opens the door to more experimentation and risk-taking. Kingdom Battle offers strategy fans another attribute that XCOM can’t match: a wacky and light-hearted tone that eschews the genre’s penchant for gut-wrenching decisions, oppressive tones, and squad-wiping permadeath. Additional Mario-themed elements like sewer pipes that transport you around the battlefield and chain chomps that take a bite out of the nearest character offer more wrinkles to the gameplay, and reinforce Kingdom Battle’s unique identity. As such, each battle plays out like an intriguing optimization puzzle, as you swap back and forth between characters’ movements, weapon attacks, and abilities to set up the best team combos and maximize the damage you inflict on enemies. Characters also have their own special abilities (including the aforementioned Hero Sight or enemy-attracting Magnet Dance), giving each of your three characters a trio of maneuvers to perform every turn. Your squad of heroes is more mobile than in most tactics games, and can perform dash attacks and head stomps while on the move to supplement their weapon attacks. Kingdom Battle draws no shortage of inspiration from the genre-leading XCOM series, from the navigational aids and overlays that make planning your moves a breeze to some character abilities like Hero Sight, which allows Mario to snipe a moving enemy on their turn (why they didn’t call it Marioverwatch is beyond me).īut Kingdom Battle is more than a kid-friendly XCOM clone. The madcap adventure plays out across four uniquely themed worlds, each of which offers 15-plus tactical battles against “corrupted” rabbid forces. The onus falls on Mario to clean up the mess, along with some of his old friends, a few helpful rabbids, and a Roomba-esque robot named Beep-0, which you use to plot your moves during battle. A material-merging VR headset falls into the hands of the time-traveling rabbids, who waste no time in accidentally transporting themselves to the Mushroom Kingdom, jumbling up the two worlds in the process. Kingdom Battle mashes up the Mario and Rabbids universes with the flimsiest of storylines. While that may sound like an ill fit for gaming’s biggest kid-friendly mascot, Kingdom Battle succeeds by not only what it cribs from the genre’s leaders, but also by what it adds to the mix. Ubisoft surprised gamers when it announced not only was it working on a Mario title for the Nintendo Switch, but that it would be transporting the mustachioed plumber and friends to the turn-based battlegrounds of the tactical strategy genre. Made For Nintendo Switch - Pick up and play anywhere exclusively on the Nintendo Switch system, even on the go.Explore New Worlds - Battle with an arsenal of weapons through four new worlds filled with enemies, puzzles, and humorous fun!.Solo and co-op turn-based combat is a fresh gameplay experience. Decide Your Experience - Easy to play, difficult to master.When Worlds Collide - Mario & Rabbids universes collide in this new adventure that combines the best of these two worlds!.With an arsenal of hundreds of unique weapons, players will choose how best to equip each of their eight heroes. Turn Based Combat - Mario and his friends will use never-before-seen weapons to engage in combat with their foes.An Epic Journey - Embark with your team of eight heroes on an epic quest to free your friends and put the Mushroom Kingdom back in order! Explore four iconic worlds filled with chests and secrets, solve puzzles, and defeat unpredictable enemies on the battlefield.
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