Topic: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

If anything, this thread shows us that some people lack any imagination.

Wife ordered this by mistake from amazon. It arrived and I have to send it back. I want no part of this game.

Well, maybe not the GOTY part (yet), but the praise IS nearly unanimous. It's an 85 on Metacritic, and even the reviews that score it lowest have a lot of good things to say about it. "Must-have", "amazing" and "an unexpected delight" are in a lot of those reviews.

I totally expect that it will have some nominations for GOTY in various places. Might not win, but will be nominated.

And the point of this post is what exactly?? To say you don't like something you haven't even played?

@JasmineDragon GotY no but a very good chance at strategy game of the year. GotY is too crowded with 2 (most likely) already being taken by Nintendo games. They usually only nominate 4 to 5 games and I expect Horizon to be in there as well.

@Maxz Wow! Thank you for that very thorough answer!
I'm afraid it might end up being two different versions... that's why I haven't bought it yet as much as I want. But I also was intrigued by that Chinese patch...
I guess I'll just have to wait and hope it gets released early 2018.

Updated: by the way, I'm adding you to my Switch friend list if you don't mind

@maruse I'd be very happy to add you! I'm sorry I couldn't give a more conclusive answer.

I actually find it quite strange how they managed to get a complete Chinese translation of the game ready for Day 1, but it will apparently take a good number of months before the Japanese version becomes available.

I mean, Mario is Nintendo's most famous IP, and Nintendo is very much a Japanese company. It's obviously a Ubisoft developed/published title, but the snippets I've heard from development suggest a reasonably close relationship between the two companies.

It seems unlikely that the game couldn't have had a Japanese version on the 29th, so I imagine there are other reasons for holding the title back that I'm unaware of.

But yeah, it's weird, and unfortunate for people in your (and moreso your kids') position.

@Maxz Thanks again!

Nintendo works in mysterious ways...

Anyway, there's nothing left but a long wait.

@JasmineDragon I imagine the thread must make interesting reading going from front to back. We all have slices of humble pie to eat, of varying sizes. Somewhat unsurprisingly, those being dished out the biggest slices also seem to have the least appetite for it.

To people's credit, most were at least were prepared to hold out forming concrete opinions until more information became available. Reactions to the concept of a Rabbid-infested Mushroom Kingdom weren't positive, and there was definitely an air of pessimism, but at least most people were cautiously pessimistic about the game, and acknowledged that they had seen very little of the gameplay itself (which is a pretty crucial aspect in judging a game's quality).

But there's always one person who wants to be first to have the edgiest opinion in the room, and so - based on little more than a boxart image and a couple of PowerPoint slides - we already had unflinching proclamations of its inferiority delivered unto the thread, with suitably waspish follow up comments directed at anyone impertinent enough to suggest that it might be sensible to "wait and see".

There's no shame in having a inaccurate first impression when only presented with a glimpse of something, but what is embarrassing is not being able to separate first impressions from well-informed conclusions, and not being able to admit your first impressions were off-target in the first place.

Impressions are inevitable. What matters is what you do with them. Lots of us we're wrong, and are now very happy to be so. Some of us were grumpy, and are now just grumpier.

Quick question and apologies if it's been answered but can you replay stages you've completed to improve your rating. I got through a battle with just a good rating rather than perfect and although I'm fine with it I know I can do better.

This game is way more polished and fun than I thought it was going to be. It's lovely.

@BigBadJohn I was wondering the same thing and it so far doesn't look like you can. I'm going to guess we need to beat the game first. Would be crazy if you can't.

@BigBadJohn @Spoony_Tech

Yes. I just beat first boss and it unlocked a washing machine by Peaches castle. It's left of the castle and will allow you to choose to replay chapters in order to try and get that gold.

@Landlord 2 of my kids beat it and I saw the washing machine but didnt know what it did, till now, thanks!

Can you still grind for coins off of completed chapters even if you already got gold?

Edit: Found out for myself. You get only the base amount for replaying chapters you got gold on, still not sure if improving your trophy gets you coins you missed out on.

I dont know what gotten into me, but yesterday I made a quick decision and ordered kingdom battle together with splatoon 2 - probably because I have been sick and at home all the time this week. Didnt really play a lot yet, but I must say it comes very close to the nintendo vibe - I like it!!!

My first Ubi Soft game, in about 12 years, maybe, told myself never to buy their stuff and here I am - quite happy
Probably gonna buy the season pass - but just after the new story content will have been released...

I love the satisfying rumble the controller makes when you go through a pipe. So many good things to like about this game.

Couple of minor complains. Field of vision could be better on some stages and I wish I could turn up the music more, I can barely hear it over the sound effects.

Have you bought the expansion to xcom 2? I haven't played m+r since I got it.

A zoom out would be nice.

wait - I can't earn more coins by replaying chapters? There's a reward of coins after each battle right - I thought that was a way to grind for gear if you wanted... but you don't get coin rewards for winning a battle you replay?