
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a bit of a gem, but beyond its core campaign it's also had a low profile 'Season Pass'. Though it's been available to buy from the front screen of the game since launch, it's had very little publicity.
Up to now the only content available has been in the form of 'pixel' and steampunk weapons, which look neat but are ultimately weaker than late-game equivalents. Now, however, the first 'main' part of the season pass content has gone live (at least in the UK, at the time of writing) - the Ultra Challenge Pack. Its release date is supposed to be 17th October, but evidently the roll-out is underway and it was available to us after manually updating the game.
It includes a couple of things - first up are 'Special Challenges', in the form of difficult maps that you can now tackle from the 'Secret Area' in each of the four worlds. Second up is the 'Cataclysm Kerfuffle' co-op campaign, which consists of five maps (and the unlockable 'hard mode' versions).
We'll be checking out the content to see whether it offers much value as the initial notable addition from the season pass. Perhaps of more interest will be the 'Story Mode' pack that's due on 16th January. These dates are from eShop receipts, as Ubisoft is yet to do much to promote the content.
Are you planning to try out this DLC?
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This sounds all amazing. I bought the game at launch with the DLC but I have not had the time or brain power to play thanks to college. Maybe I'll get back into it when Winter Break starts
Downloading after work!
More interested in the Story DLC but I might jump back into this this weekend, and finally finish up the last few things I had left to do, and try this out. Loved this game's single player, and the co-op is cool on paper, but only really if you have someone also familiar with the game. Trying to teach a friend how to play from scratch is pretty tough.
Hmmm, might wait to see some sort of review or 'quick look' before I commit to this, I want to know that it's enough content to be worth the price.
Also, does buying it mean you get directed to where the secret areas actually are, or do I have to laboriously trudge round the whole game world trying to find the stuff I just paid for?
I'll wait to see what the storyline DLC is like
@dystome Yeah, I'll be doing an article looking at the content, to see whether it's 'worth' buying the pass at this stage.
I hope I will not miss the DLC or Seasons Pass because I will buy Switch on December 2017.
@Anti-Matter There is no reason they would delete the extra content they sell, don't worry you'll have it if you buy it, and anyway the main game has already a lot of content
I have 100% completed all the challenges, but I think I'll wait for more content to come out before buying DLC
Probably getting this game within the next few months. Guess I'll see whether I think it's worth extra content.
I finally bought this game last week and I love it. I'll probably grab the DLC, but I'll finish the main game first.
I'm not usually one to buy season passes but being as I bought my Switch for this amazing game,I picked the pass up at the same time.
@dystome Very good question,as I have only found two secret areas so far and as much I love the game,it's getting tedious looking for the rest.
So there IS more to the Season pass afterall.
The store page made it looked like the weapons are the only thing its offering which is why i have dodged it like the plague.
Well, back onto the consideration list
@Einherjar Yeah, Ubisoft has done remarkably little to promote it or highlight what it includes.
I still need to beat the actual game. I'm about halfway into world 3. I really wanted to play this game with Yoshi in my party a lot but then I learned Yoshi doesn't actually join until extremely late into the game and that's kind of killed my motivation. I should get back to it though... with the DLC, that will certainly give me plenty to tackle still with Yoshi present as well. ...once I get him.
I'd noticed the season pass shortly after getting the game, but have been holding off getting it until I know exactly what it entails... particularly in regards to the difficulty of the new challenges.
I kept seeing reviews commenting about a difficulty spike halfway through the story, but the only real difficulty spike I found was in the post-story ultimate challenges... it went from a fun challenge to virtually impossible... I lucked through one, but gave up on the rest after multiple failed attempts.
If the DLC challenges are that hard, then I am certainly not interested... give me more of the fun challenges I was enjoying.
Im in the u.s. and have season pass before game launched just downloaded the dlc but it hasnt installed. I cant axcess extra content am i being blocked due to its not the right day??
To be clear i got the pixel and steampunk stuff at launch just todays new stuff or well tomorrow depends on how you want to look at it
I'll buy this eventually, but I think I'm waiting for the story pack. Too much else to play right now and in the coming month.
@Wazeddie22 Yeah, I googled one of them, to be honest!
Still working on the main game...I'll get the dlc later though. I'm enjoying this world.
@ThomasBW84 The worst part is, that our german store page simply said "It includes the following" and just listed the two weapon packs, no mention of future additions and with one pack having a price (3€ iirc) and the other with "tbc"...
It was just super confusing.
I love this game. Never ever thought I would like this but I'm on my way to 100%ing this.
Game comes with a lot of content and dlc is most welcome.
Its so odd it doesn't show on the store, it just comes up once you update, so weird!!
I'm hoping this game is like $30 on black friday
bought the game at launch and finished everything 100% some weeks ago. this will shorten the time till the mario release, will download after work!
I hope these challenges are fun. I completed special (black) challenges at the end of the game, but I didn't like them so much. Too long, too tiring.
Ive downloaded update but still hasnt unlocked in game yet
@ThomasBW84 When I first went digging for more info than what was included on the eSHOP, it was not in the place I would have thought to look on their website.
https://support.ubi.com/en-US/Faqs/000027579/Contents-of-the-Mario-Rabbids-Kingdom-Battle-Season-Pass-RKB
I was also kind of flabergasted that at the time of announcement (and apparently as of my writing this) they didn't have a release timeline but then as soon as you purchase the season pass your receipt outlines when to expect the DLC to drop.
@Anti-Matter DLC is digital... You cannot miss it. Maybe if you wait 20 years for the eShop to close down, but not this year.
Waiting for story DLC
I can't find the update. It's not on the eshop
Edit.
Found it. You have to update the software first and through the in game eshop
@ThomasBW84 oh reaaallly?It's ok I won't tell anyone
as much as i loved the main game, i think i got my fill. i'll pass on this now but might pick it up in the future.
@MariOnline my game updated in game shop but didnt install im not seeing any new stuff ideas??
I enjoyed the game so far, but I feel like I'm losing interest in it. The enemies in the third world feel really cheap and I doubt ill continue on.
@ThomasBW84 is this a U.K.early release?? I my system downloaded a update but wont allow me anything new no co-op missions or single. Help please loved this game got 100% weeks ago waiting for more.
One of my favorite games ever. Definitely my favorite on the Switch (sorry BotW). I bought the DLC because I can't possibly get enough of Mario+Rabbids. I NEVER thought I could be so enthused over a turn-based strategy game.
While this is an absolute pipe dream... if somehow the Rabbids wind up in Hyrule, I will lose my mind. Given the care and love they've shown Mario, I have no fears at all about a mash-up with Zelda (particularly if they go to a light-hearted Toon Link version like the one in Triforce Heroes).
@Wckdlink yea. I've updated the software. Went to the shop and the game eshop. It doesn't show you the games new dlc until you buy the dlc. havent purchased the dlc yet as I wanna know what I'm getting
Not at this point. I got to the boss in level 2, which seemed pretty tough just trying it once, then Steamworld Dig 2 came out. Then Wulverblade. Haven't gone back yet & Odyssey is just around the corner.
Maybe sometime in winter when I have time to get back to it. The story expansion pack would be cool.
I have the pixel weapons, but I don't remember paying anything extra for "DLC"? Did I just lose my mind?
@rallydefault When the game (at least the retail version did) first came out it came with a code for the pixel weapons.
I don't do DLC. Not even for fire emblem. I don't do micro transactions either.
I got the DLC early because I love turn based games and figured I'd dive into it. Honestly though, I wish would've bought another awesome eShop title instead.
Hoping for a "Complete Ed." next summer.
This game would be better if it wasn't on Switch.
Lovely game, but I'm good in regards to more content - especially with how the rest of the year looks in terms of releases.
When the review is out, I'd really like to know how the difficulty is with end-game items. I really enjoyed this game, but going back to do the challenges was too easy, but doing them right after finishing the world, some were too hard or impossible. It kind of prevented me from finishing the game. The co-op challenges are also annoying, since you have to play normal before you unlock hard...
Honestly, as much as I love this game, I don't know if I want to fork over the $20 for its DLC. Neither of the DLC for this game seems worth it enough for me to bite (in fact, BOTW's Season Pass is much more worth it to me). I mean, I'm all up for challenge, but I wouldn't want to buy a Map DLC that's basically just a harder map and that's it. That's nearly as bad as paying for difficulty levels. As for the Story Pack...I dunno, I need some info about it before I make a decision.
As of now, I'm holding off on the Season Pass. Hopefully Story Pack will be something...
@ricklongo Agreed.
I got the game day one and it's fun for the first two worlds but then gets really boring by world 3. It gets grindy and repetitive, although the final boss in world 3 is one of the best bosses I played in a long time.
I’m genuinely surprised by how much people are liking this game. It didn’t initially appeal to me, but I guess I should check it out and see what I’m missing
I gotta say, there’s way more cool stuff on the Switch already than I ever expected. I’m struggling to find the game time (three little kids and a puppy steal any free minutes!)
@Yosher ...thanks.I was wondering why I could not include him in my party.
Maybe a stupid question.....but having bought this day one.. does a "season pass" expire after a certain time ??
I still have not beat the game due to a game breaking glitch I encountered at the final boss which has been causing my game to crash during the boss' first move. I contacted Ubisoft and they said I should change the characters in my team. I haven't done that as I want to beat the game using the team I have built my entire strategy around. I'm waiting for a patch to fix this before eventually finishing the game. If anyone is curious the team I use is Mario, Luigi and Rabbid Luigi. The game freezes after I set up both Mario and Luigi's special skill and Luigi takes his third shot during the boss' first turn.
@Wckdlink I had the same problem. The update was downloaded, and the DLC was listed as purchased.
In the end I deleted all the game data (not the save data), and redownloaded. The DLC unlocked message appeared as soon as I started the game.
Ok thanks for the info your the only one to get back to me thanks
I still cant get the damn thing i achived data and redownload i can see it online through the game but still cant get the content
@Wckdlink I deleted, not archived, and then redownloaded from eshop.
I deleted and redownload but i bought the game i cant remove that still gives me nothing now i lost my pixel pack and sreampack
@BJQ1972 thanks again i did get it to work i didnt get the redownload from eshop i do now tho thanks again for getting back to me
@ballistic90
No offense, but youre doing it wrong.
@Savlep99 Mario Luigi and Rabbid Peach are my combo. Works excellent. Mario = Aggressive Frontline, Rabbid Peach = Sponge + Healer, Luigi = Sniper
The pass is definitely not worth $20 with this being half the content. It's a lousy 8 challenges on the same maps you already played on. I hope the next pack has much more.
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