Update: Ubisoft has now undone the Twitter username change, reverting the account's handle from '@MarioRabbids' back to '@RabbidsOfficial' once more. Was the original change all for nothing, or did the company want to hide all evidence until its ready to make any announcements?
Either way, it looks like we won't be hearing about any new Mario + Rabbids games just yet.
Original Article (Wed 27th Jan, 2021 15:25 GMT): Speculation over a potential sequel to 2017's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has started to grow online following a social media username change.
As spotted by Reddit user ThemeParkFan2020, the official Rabbids Twitter account, previously '@RabbidsOfficial', has been changed to '@MarioRabbids'. The account is using an image of Rabbid Mario as its profile picture, and while the name change appears to be recent, its most recent Tweet was posted way back in August of last year. [Update – note that Ubisoft has now reverted the account name back to '@RabbidsOfficial']
Thanks to the spot, fans of the original game on both Reddit and Twitter have began to ponder the possibility of a new game. "A Mario + Rabbids sequel has definitely been on my wish list since the original released," one Reddit user says. "Please!!" pleads another.
So, could the rebranding suggest that an announcement is on the way, or is it just an innocent tweak with no real meaning? Well, the original game launched around three-and-a-half years ago, with its Donkey Kong DLC releasing just a year afterwards. If the Rabbids team has been working on a sequel, the timing does seem to make sense, but we'll have to wait and see if an official announcement comes our way.
Would you like to see a new Mario + Rabbids game? Do you think fans are getting hyped over nothing? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
[source reddit.com, via gonintendo.com]
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I still haven't even continued my Mario + Rabbid since i bought the game on 2017.
I don't know why.
Maybe it got overshadowed by my other hypes on different games. 😅
My main hope for a Mario Rabbids sequel would be to see a Nabbid.
OMG. Yes please!
A name change is weird but it's not THAT weird, however I gladly take a sequel. This is surely one of the best games Ubisoft ever made and also one of the best exclusives (AAA) games on the Switch.
Played it multiple times and also did every challenge on hard.
I would be stoked. I’m not a “Rabbids” fan by any means and never thought they were cool characters created by Ubisoft at all. However, when I pulled the trigger on Rabbids Kingdom it turned out to be one of my favorite Switch games. This game is what actually turned me onto X Com 2 Collection for Switch.
So yeah, bring on the sequel. 😎
Am I the only ones who finds the Rabbid character designs hideous and charmless? So cringeworthy looking with their try-hard wackiness. They're as bad as the Minions and I hate seeing them in Mario clothing tbh... 🤢
So no. I don't like the name change of MarioRabbids...
If there isn't a sequel it'd because Nintendo doesn't want it. I can't imagine the greedy game factory that is Ubisoft wouldn't pump out a sequel to something they already have a framework built for. I love this game. Also I don't think the story finished, right? The stuff with the girl in the beginning and all of that?
@Clyde_Radcliffe Agree with you in general, except I think they work here because they are in the Mario clothing. Nintendo is so precious with Mario being "on brand" (see all the discourse around the new Paper Mario, or how the "New" Bros look) that seeing these ugly things in Mario branded outfits, felt oddly refreshing and delightfully sacrilege. Rabbid Peach was a joy.
Please no. There are a lot of Mario spin-offs I want but not the stupid rabbits.
I would love one so long as they make Yoshi playable again, preferably much earlier into the adventure this time. It was kind of disappointing to have him join so late and then also not be playable in the DLC. It's the main reason I haven't touched the DLC much, I don't care nearly as much for DK so that DLC was unfortunately kind of lost on me.
I used to think a Mario + Rabbids sequel would happen but it feels like Ubisoft is ready to move on to PS5/Series X era and leave Nintendo behind outside of Just Dance and maybe cloud versions.
i thought this was an excellent game and the DLC added a decent amount of content.
I would most certainly welcome a new addition
Kingdom Battle was honestly my biggest gaming surprise. I held off purchasing it for over a year after launch, picked it up cheap and it's ended up becoming one of my most played and favourite titles on Switch.
I see no reason not to.
Ubisoft needs a huge release again, and apparently they love ignoring Rayman.
The same way the original rabbids had a donkey kong country dlc, I would like a sequel to have Wario Land dlc
Brilliant game, even allowing for the Rabbids. Would be up for more please
I would totally love a sequel...but let's have Wario and Waluigi be on the playable roster. Maybe have Daisy, Tatanga, and Wart appear in the game too in some form or another. Bwario and Bwaluigi made me wonder why their inspirations weren't around.
I'm fine with this, Mario + Rabbids was definitely an amazing game and one of my favorite switch games
Bwah... Hum...ah-ehm
Bwaaaah-Bwah-Bwah BwaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Bwah Ahem-har...
Humph!
You think yours is a real moustache?
Who's done me a thousand wrongs
Ever since Donkey Kong?
Slithering down every pipe
Despite his plumb-shaped body type!
Who's gonna run in fear
While screaming 'Mamma miaaaaaaaaaa'?
Who leaves me gray and grim?
Oh, what does Peach see in him?
MARIO!
With great joy in my heart
Each time I watch Mario Kart!
You're first and doing so well
But here comes the Spiny Shell! (Ha ha ha!)
And now you and your Rabbid friends
Have finally met your ends!
Just let me catch my breath
Then I'll 'high C' you to death!
Act 2 (unused):
So that is all you've got,
You didn't hurt me a lot!
I'll help you to recap:
Between you and me, There's a gap!
Mario, you're such a bore...
Your blows just make me snore!
You haven't hurt me a single bit (Ha ha ha!)
Prepare for my greatest HIT!
Act 3:
Who do you think you are?
You should kneel, I’m the STAR!
You are nothing but a parody
I’ll find you a good role in a TRAGEDY. (Hahahaha!)
“It’s-a me!” “Let’s-a go!”
The only words you know!
My art will touch your princess’s HEART
And you will be pulled APAAAAART!
You think you’ll win this tournament?
I’ll send you to retirement!
You’re so NOT worth the hassle!
Your princess is in another castle!
Mushrooms won’t end the pain...
Time for the Phantom to start his reign!
Would be great if true. Absolutely fantastic game!
That game is good but RABBIDS
Rabbid Peach be like: #bwaaaaaaah!
She’s all about that selfie life.
I would welcome it. I enjoyed the first one.
I feel like Ubisoft has been largely quiet lately. They didn't have much out in 2020, besides WD Legion, AC Valhalla and Just Dance. Wonder if 2021 they've got some big things in mind for the Switch, PS5 and XSX?
@Dang69 I was so bummed we didnt get to see more of her story!
PLEASE GOD NO!!..NOO!!.. i have been waiting for years for high quality mario rpg game..this is a total mess
One of the best turn based games on the switch.
Starfox + Rabbids Racing
@pixelpatch I love the game, but it kinda felt like it abruptly ended just as the worlds were ramping up, as well.
I STILL have to beat the first one! Lol
Would love a sequel! The first game was much better than I expected and even thought it out did xcom!
@Adamn at this point were going to get an Mario Mousou game with RPG lite elements...
I actually want to see the Rabbids interacting with other IPs this time around. How about a Zelda + Rabbids?
Oh I hope so, one of my favourite games on the Switch and the DLC was excellent too!
I'll gladly take a Mario + Rabbids sequel. I had been hoping for one ever since I played the original. Such an underrated gem.
Yes please. Great game. Really surprised me. Ubisoft did a great job here.
The DLC was KONGtastic
The grid based gameplay of the first reminded me of Mario RPG, so I want Rabbid Geno in there, as an homage to rabbid Geno fans would be funny. I also want a Rocket Grenade launcher called
"Super Mario RPG"
One of my all time favorite games, and definitely my favorite ever graphics and aesthetics
I'll play as many as they can make
Despite Ubi's pricing antics, I'll happily preorder a Mario + Rabbids 2, or another similar spinoff in that same vein. One of my favorite games on the system. And considering how well it sold, not developing a sequel just seems like leaving money on the table.
If true can we please have Rabbids Rosalina. Please. Its unfair that they didn't have Rabbids Rosalina in the game. 😱
I wouldn't put it past not having a sequel considering I try and fail each time to get past this one level each time. Those darn Rabbits just pound the heck out of my guys right when I am about to win.
You guys really need to get out!.............oh we can’t!
Back to the the console it is then!
I remember a rumor, saying that the sequel to Mario + Rabbids was going to have Rayman, in the first half of the game, he is brainwashed and Mario and the Rabbids have to save him, in the other half, he is playable.
Shame that this rumor was probably fake, I wanted to be real.
I really hope we get a sequel to M+R. Such a cool crossover that sounds odd on paper but was executed well. Just such a refreshing game overall, especially coming from Ubisoft. I believe the game sold over 2M copies, no reason there shouldn't be a sequel.
I need to do the DLC at some point, at least I finished the main game this time even with the major bugs and glitches the game has. If a sequel does happen, PLEASE deal with those bugs and glitches better....like seriously, how do you freakin' miss that major graphical bug in World 3?
Hyrule Rabbids launched just in time for Zelda's anniversary... I'm allowed to dream, right?
Dlc would be nice at least.
@pixelpatch
Lol or a Mario ball Z, swap the dragonball cast with mario characters. 🤣 Would be my nr 1 game.
Just kidding but would love it.
@Anti-Matter I stopped playing it because at the later levels the difficulty spike was absolutely stupid. I think i got to the haunted world and the damn enemies that can just popup anywhere, ignore cover and murder you was stupid.
180 hours in, yes sequel please
I LOVED this game... And then it broke my heart. I was on the verge of entering Bowser's castle (at least it looked like Bowser's castle) so I assuming I was near the end. But then I'd walk up to rabbids and nothing happened. It's clear there is supposed to be a battle, and the rabbids are right there! But I can't trigger it to start. And the gate won't open until you win the battle that can't be entered. So all that work, and I'm just stuck.
Even with the short amount of time spent on Mario + Rabbids, it still hits home as one of my very first Switch games and would certainly be worth it to have a sequel.
@NathanTheAsian
Hello Nathan, I seen your comment to me in the now deleted 3D World article (I wonder why? Probably for trying to circumvent the embargo). Look bud if you have an issue with the way I express myself in my comments just stick me on ignore.
My tone in my comments in that article were clear as day.
Have a good one.
i hope they make a mario + rabbids 2 but they get rid of the rabbids because rabbids suck and they replace them with more marios
This was the surprise game of the Switch's first year, a concept probably nobody (myself included) thought could even begin to work. It's still one of the best turn-based/real-time strategy hybrids available on any platform (though I believe nothing's come close to the Valkyria Chronicles series so far). It just reinforces the fact that a well-designed game with a passionate development team can overcome a risky premise.
I know I'd readily support a sequel. Given the success of the first along with its "world-crossing" storyline, it'd be awesome to see other Nintendo heroes, weapons, and worlds join the adventure (Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, etc.).
Regardless of the update this nowhas my attention now. Curious hopefully somethings to come, ubisoft do love making sequels. Like Assassins creed hmhm
Wishful thinking? More like suspicious reasoning... @_@
Either someone in charge of the official Twitter account was being naughty or they made this change prematurely. We'll see I guess!
@The-Chosen-one Dear god that would be amazing, ridiculous and probably would turn into a pokken tournament, but absolutely hilarious.
I mean we have smash bros but.... oh man
@pixelpatch
Hahah yeah, glag im not the only one 🤣
When i saw the sprite video on youtube i was a fan of the idea lol. Mario bros Z was it i think? I forgot the name.
How about a Donkey Kong + Rabbids Jungle Battle? The Donkey Kong Adventure DLC really make me want to have a sequel to the DLC that includes Cranky Kong, Funky Kong and Diddy Kong. I can already picture Rabbid Funky and the real Funky arguing to see which is more cool XD And Cranky and Rabbid Cranky bickering nonstop! 😂
Still very suspicious that the account's handle was ever changed...
I have about 120 hours into this game playing through main + dlc. It was when I first got my switch and is still one of my favorite strategy games on any system. I don't know why it clicked so much for me but the characters certainly make it a lot of fun. And shooting rabbids just feels good.
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