Ubisoft had announced that they would be releasing Donkey Kong DLC for their surprise crossover hit from last year, Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Now, with Spring gradually approaching its end (it is supposed to launch some time in Spring), they have finally shared some further information on the DLC by way of two new videos.

The first video is a gameplay trailer, while the second one is a video showing off gameplay details for the new expansion. We still don’t have actual release details, but it’s good to see that the game will be doing Nintendo’s resident primate proper justice (not that that was something we should have been worried about after how phenomenal Kingdom Battle turned out to be).

You can check out the videos for yourself below, and whet your hype for the expansion, which can’t be too far out now. Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is out and available now exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.

We already know that third parties are finally finding a welcoming and accepting audience to hawk their wares to on a Nintendo platform with the Nintendo Switch, and it seems that Ubisoft is no different on that count. In fact, their primary Switch showing, the excellent strategy game Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, apparently was the highest selling third party Switch game in 2017.

Ubisoft noted that the game is continuing its success this year, too, with a successful launch in Japan this year, where it has shown surprisingly resilient legs. Ubisoft confirmed that its other Switch games, such as Just Dance, did very well, too.

They also confirmed that they are looking to grow their relationship with Nintendo, promising that more games for the Switch would come- though declining to comment on exactly what they might be either way. Hopefully, their future Switch efforts are as inspired and high quality as Kingdom Battle was.

NOMINEES

Destiny 2: 

Destiny 2 takes all that was great about the original game, while also fixing up its flaws, to deliver one of the standout multiplayer experiences of the year. Yes, there are problems- once again, the end game is lacking, and there are balance problems that need fixing. But Bungie has shown us previously that they know how to maintain a community over the long term- and with Destiny 2, there’s a strong foundation laid down already.

Cuphead: 

This brutally difficult, incredibly stylized and charming 2D action platformer allows you to make things a bit easier for yourself by bringing a friend along in local co-op to take on its formidable stages and bosses. Sorry, did I say easier? Like with any co-op game, the shenanigans make it harder if anything. And that’s the beauty and fun of it- working together, in spite of the urge to work against each other, to conquer a game that is truly difficult, delivers one of the standout multiplayer experiences of 2017.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands: 

GTA with friends- not GTA Online, actual GTA. That’s the pitch of Ghost Recon Wildlands, and, hey, it works! What is a middling and average open world action game is elevated into becoming hugely fun and memorable when played with friends- and throw in Ubisoft’s great support for the multiplayer, for example with the recently added PvP, and you can see why this game has taken on a life of its own.

ARMS:

Fighting games are always great- ARMS stands out because of how unique it is. The game almost plays like Smash Bros. in 3D, with an emphasis on movement and mobility options, but the exceptionally full featured suite of multiplayer options within it, as well as support for motion controls, further makes it a hugely inviting pick up and play multiplayer game that we can’t get enough of.

Fortnite: 

Epic’s newest game launched in early access, and while it stood out right away after launch, it was only when it gained its PUBG inspired battle royale mode that it gained notoriety. Fortnite is hugely fun to play, no matter what mode you pick- and with Epic’s excellent community engagement and post launch support, it is bound to get even better over time.

PUBG: 

Speaking of PUBG- PUBG. Has any other game in 2017 been as much of a sensation, or captured as much of the zeitgeist, as PUBG did? It’s such a simple concept- 100 players on an island, and the area of play keeps contracting. You’re defenceless at first, and must scramble to find something to survive with.  If you die, you die. And yet, it is so infinitely variable and thrilling and entertaining, that it has spawned an entire genre in its wake. 

For Honor: 

For Honor is another one of those games that is so unique, it stand out. Melding imaginative close range melee combat with large scale PvP like in a modern shooter, with an excellent meta game layered on top, For Honor wins points for sheer uniqueness. And while it had issues at launch, Ubisoft has since managed to iron out a lot of them, and continues to work on the remaining ones.

Call of Duty: WW2: 

The Call of Duty series struck back this year with Call of Duty: WW2, the game that took the franchise back to its roots with a new game set in the Second World War. delivering an exciting and thrilling campaign was all well and good- but getting to play classic boots on the ground Call of Duty, with none of the over the top science fiction weapons and perks that had begun to pervade the series in recent years, reminded us all why we fell in love with the franchise to begin with.

Halo Wars 2: 

Real time strategy games should flat out not work on consoles, but The Creative Assembly made it happen with Halo Wars 2, that took Bungie’s flawed original effort, and elevated it beyond what we might have imagined. The true quality of Halo Wars 2 shone in its multiplayer mode- and playing a multiplayer RTS on console was a surreal experience for sure.

Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle: 

Yes, this had multiplayer! Originally just co-op, with more modes added over time, there is a delightful fun to be had playing the simplified chess that Mario+Rabbids presents you with- and the multiplayer, yet again, highlights the Switch’s strengths in the local multiplayer experiences that it, and it alone of all the hardware on the market, seems to so squarely emphasize.

WINNER:

Cuphead

Bet you didn’t see that one coming, did you? There is something about Cuphead- take the feeling you get when you overcome a hugely insurmountable challenge, or when you beat a very hard boss- but now, take that feeling, double it, and share it with your friend, who is sharing it right back with you. Cuphead gets to the spirit of cooperation in multiplayer that so many modern games have lost sight of. In a year when so many other games are about trying to be better than the other player, Cuphead is content to let you revel in simply working with your friend in taking down yet another formidable foe. That is truly admirable.

Note: GamingBolt’s Game of the Year categories, nominations and awards are selected via an internal nomination, voting and debate process. You can check the rest of categories and the respective winners here.

NOMINEES

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 

The Switch started its life with the killer-app of a lifetime, as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild reinvented the beloved action adventure franchise for a new age, while also simultaneously elevating the open world genre, and what we can expect from it going forward. From its incredible, vast scope to the sheer levels of interactivity the game offered, Breath of the Wild stunned everyone, rendering them speechless, as for the first time in 20 years, we felt truly lost in a limitless world of a video game, where anything truly seemed to be – and almost always, was – truly infinite. 

Super Mario Odyssey: 

The other major pillar that propped up the Nintendo Switch in 2017 was Super Mario Odyssey, which saw Nintendo’s mascot return to his sandbox 3D platforming roots. Joyously inventive and imaginative, whimsically fun, and just pure fun, Super Mario Odyssey became a game that it is impossible to play without a smile on your face, and a game that fired the imaginations of millions of players around the world.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 

In the Switch’s early days, there were two games you could assume everyone owned- Breath of the Wild, and Mario Kat 8 Deluxe. Mario Kart may have been a port of a Wii U game, but more than anything, it exemplified what the Switch truly was. Lending itself to shorter sessions of play as much as longer ones, and acting as an incredible demo for the Switch’s spontaneous local multiplayer capabilities, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is also, quite possibly, a modern multiplayer classic, and one of the best games Nintendo has ever made.

Splatoon 2: 

Betraying expectations by releasing not a Splatoon remaster for the Switch, but a full sequel, Nintendo delivered the newest game in their hot new IP with Splatoon 2. And, sure, it is disappointingly safe, and in many regards, retreads a lot of the same ground, mistakes and all, as its predecessor- but Nintendo’s exceptional post launch support for it, as well as jut how fundamentally fun its core gameplay loop is, means that, warts and all, Splatoon 2 rises above its failings to deliver one of the best experiences of the year.

Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle: 

Earlier this year, Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle leaked with some concept art and screenshots- and everyone hated what they saw. How could Nintendo and Ubisoft do such a thing? What was this game? How was Nintendo comfortable treating Mario so cavalierly? And then, we saw the game when it was officially revealed at E3. And then we got to play it. Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle turned out to be an incredible game- a deft mix of Mario motifs with turn based strategy elements, to deliver an addictive and compelling game that, in a year as strong as 2017, especially for the Switch, manages to stand out.

ARMS:

Nintendo’s newest IP turned out to be a fighting game from the makers of Mario Kart- and it turned out to be every bit as wacky as you would expect. A 3D arena fighter, ARMS stands out because of its core gimmick of its characters having extendible arms- which ties neatly into the game’s central mechanic of you curving and swerving them to add another layer of movement to your character’s in combat. It somehow worked, though there were growing pains- but it will be interesting to see where Nintendo takes this burgeoning franchise in the future.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: 

Monolith Soft has already established itself as one of the masters of the JRPG genre, and with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, they were in top form. Delivering a stunning world, unparalleled in its imagination, scope, or beauty, with a philosophically profound and touching story, and an inventive combat system, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of the best RPGs of the year, and one of the standout titles in the Switch’s maiden nine months.

Skyrim: 

Skyrim needs no introduction. It’s Skyrim- an utterly fantastic game that set the course for the entire industry to follow in the years to com. Six years after launch, it remains as compelling as it ever was- and now, the ability to play it truly anywhere makes its addictive gameplay that much more potent, and uniquely married to what the Nintendo Switch really is.

DOOM: 

The fact that DOOM runs on the Switch at all is a marvel- and yet, here we are. Yes, there were many compromises and concessions along the way, but the end experience is unmistakably DOOM. The fast paced 2016 shooter makes it more or less intact on to Nintendo’s system, and, just as it did last year when it first released, stood out due to how incredibly good it was when it did.

Pokken Tournament DX: 

One of the sad casualties of the Wii U’s early death was Pokken Tournament DX, the excellent Pokemon based 3D fighting game that launched last year- and this year, Nintendo put it out on the Switch, too. With added fighters and modes, and support for the Switch’s spontaneous local multiplayer, Pokken is one of those games that truly exemplifies what Nintendo’s new console is really about.

Winner:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Go back to what we said about Breath of the Wild- it felt truly infinite. No game before has managed to capture the spirit of adventure and imagination as well as Breath of the Wild did. One of the rare games that is as proactive towards the player as it is reactive, Breath of the Wild is a monumental achievement that managed to elevate what we thought was possible in games, while also more or less perfecting it along the way. It is truly impossible to know where Nintendo will take the Zelda series next- but for the first time in years, they have everyone’s attention on them.

Note: GamingBolt’s Game of the Year categories, nominations and awards are selected via an internal nomination, voting and debate process. You can check the rest of categories and the respective winners here.

Ubisoft will be adding a competitive multiplayer mode to their surprise hit crossover strategy game Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle tomorrow in a brand new free update, they announced today. Versus mode will take the game’s mechanics, and test their mastery of them.

Players’ actions per turn will be limited, unlike in the PvE modes- but the maps will be littered with boxes containing tickets that allow for additional actions per turn, making them act, no doubt, as control points for games. You will also have to pick from premade loadouts for yourself.

The mode will be playable locally- for now, there is no online support, much like with the co-op modes, though who knows if online functionality will be added later? But for those of you who enjoyed playing Kingdom Battle with friends, now there’s an additional mode for you to try out- check out a video for it below. Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.

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What’s most notable about Kingdom Battle is that despite being a crossover of the Mario and Raving Rabbids franchises, the core of its gameplay doesn’t borrow much from any of the two properties. Mario + Rabbids is a turn based tactical RPG, and for people who’ve become familiar with this kind of gameplay in recent releases like XCOM (or, to an extent, even Fire Emblem), you’re going to feel right at home here. Mario + Rabbids employs a similar kind of grid based tactical combat system, but credit must be given to the game for not just trying to rip off the formula, but putting its own unique spin on it.

Battles in Kingdom Battle are an all around solid and thoroughly enjoyable affair. While not as layered or as long-drawn or even as unforgiving as some of its competitors in the genre, you’ll find that the game manages to always keep things fresh by constantly bringing in new elements and gameplay mechanics throughout the course of the game. Varied enemy designs, each of whom have their own unique sets of abilities and weaknesses, along with excellent map design that challenges you to use the environment to your advantage as much as you would your own weapons, also go a long way in working towards that goal.

"Mario + Rabbids is very, very good, more than it has any right or reason to be, and I for one am glad about how wrong I was in my initial assessment of the game’s concept."

Positioning is quite important during battles in Kingdom Battle for a number of reasons, besides the aforementioned environmental concerns. Sticking behind cover and making sure you keep your characters well defended is often crucial, while being able to plan ahead and make sure that you use all your characters’ abilities at the right time and for the right purpose can also make or break the flow of a battle. For instance, propelling one of your characters off of one of their teammates to launch them to another section of the battlefield can give you an advantage in terms of something like, say, the higher ground, but it also means that that character is going to be isolated and more vulnerable for at least a short period of time.

You always have to keep all these things in mind, while also making sure you stay one step ahead of all that the game throws at you in terms of enemy design, map design and environmental hazards (or advantages, depending on how you use them). Kingdom Battle does a good job of mixing up the objectives of battles, so that you’re never doing too much of the same thing one after another. Not only does this help keep the game fresh, it also makes sure that the game remains challenging, but never so much so that it becomes unfair.

Outside of battle, Mario + Rabbids is as surprisingly good as the rest of it is. No, do not expect a full fledged platformer or even an open world exploration based game- gameplay outside of battles is rudimentary and simple, with its purpose being, for the most part, to guide players from one battle to another. But the developers have still done a good job of making sure those sections aren’t just there for the sake of it. From collecting coins and finding pathways into hidden areas to solving puzzles or traversing across varied environments and landscapes, Mario + Rabbids manages to keep things fresh and without any sense of monotony or boredom. You never feel like you’re just going through the paces, and while the battles are still very much the star of the show, a decent amount of fun can often be had even outside of them.

"From collecting coins and finding pathways into hidden areas to solving puzzles or traversing across varied environments and landscapes, Mario + Rabbids manages to keep things fresh and without any sense of monotony or boredom. You never feel like you’re just going through the paces, and while the battles are still very much the star of the show, a decent amount of fun can often be had even outside of them."

Whether its battles or the areas outside of them, Mario + Rabbids constantly keeps throwing new things and elements into the mix. The game starts off simple and easy, introducing you to deceptively simple mechanics and concepts, but little by little, these keep growing in complexity. And the game paces this escalation almost to perfection, always keeping you on your toes, never letting you get bored, never letting monotony set in, and always keeping you excited about seeing how the game is going to surprise you next. Thankfully, the game provides players with enough tools at their disposal to be able to tackle such increasingly complex issues with panache. Levelling up and upgrading your characters and their equipment is, for the most part, done on a very basic level, but there is a skill tree here, and you can, to a limited extent, customize your characters within some bounds.

On the presentation department, Kingdom Battle is as unexpectedly good as it is in terms of its moment-to-moment gameplay. The game is absolutely stunning when it comes to the visuals. From beautifully detailed environments to fluid animations and charming, emotive character models, everything in Mario + Rabbids looks top notch. Technically sharp and crispy textures come together with gorgeous, colourful art style to make for a game and a world that blend the universes of Mario and Raving Rabbids with great aplomb.

Every nook and cranny has its own unique level of charm and personality, all the characters and enemy units and bosses and mini-bosses (both of which are excellently designed, both in terms of combat and how they look) have their own visual personalities, and no matter what part of the Mushroom Kingdom you visit, from jungles and watery areas to deserts, the environments are just exploding with detail and colour. A few frame rate drops aside, which admittedly are bad and frequent enough to be immediately noticeable, the game is almost a technical masterpiece. On the audio side, the game has an excellent soundtrack, that somehow manages to feel right at home in a game that is about both, Mario and the Rabbids.

"From beautifully detailed environments to fluid animations and charming, emotive character models, everything in Mario + Rabbids looks top notch."

Whether its these audio-visual presentation achievements or its smart, chuckle-inducing writing, its varied map design or its increasingly complex battle system, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is a wonderfully pleasant surprise in almost everything that it tries to do. While a few months ago, no one would have expected this game to leave any kind of a mark in any way, shape or form, there is no doubt in my mind right now that once the end of the year rolls around, we’ll be looking at Mario + Rabbids as one of the best games of 2017.

This game was reviewed on the Nintendo Switch. 

Your primary progression in Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is governed by the weapons you have (though of course, you upgrade your characters, too). As such, finding new weapons can be paramount. In this guide, we tackle the location of the weapons hidden about in the first three worlds of the game.

WORLD 1

• Killer Extinct
  Go through the blue cannon and collect all the rings
• Bwah Blaster
  Activate a yellow switch in order to activate the red ring and unlock a chest
• Gold Weapons
  Beat the World’s secret level.
• Gold Weapons
  Finding Gold Weapons requires you to beat the World’s secret level
• Rumble Bee
  Activate the Red Ring in 1-1, and collect the weapon from the chest after collecting the coins
• Turbine
  After using the first canon in 1-2, use the canon on the right to get launched into a special stage. Complete the special stage
• Rainbow Runner
  Activate the red ring near the stone maze area and get this from the chest in World 1-4.
• Spike Striker
  In 1-5, after crossing the wooden bridges, hit the green switch, and enter the blue cannon. Complete the challenge.
• Bowser Basher
  After collecting the Spike Striker, return to the wooden bridges, and hit all the switches, and activate the Red Ring.

WORLD 2

• Thunderceptor
  From the previous weapon, continue down the path, and activate a yellow switch. A little ahead, go through the blue cannon, and complete the challenge
• Special Delivery
  In 2-8, activate the red ring in the frost maze
• Hog Wild
  Push boxes down a frosty path at Peach’s Castle- this should unlock a Red Ring, which you can activate to unlock a chest.
• Bwahnzai Bill
  In 2-1, push a ball down a slope; this should allow you to activate a Red Ring, and in turn, a chest.
• Brute
  In 2-3, you will come across a cannon and a chest. You need to progress through the cannon and complete the challenge.
• Prickly Persuader
  While crossing the wooden bridges, activate the Red Ring.

WORLD 3

• Royal Rabbid
  You need to pick up the statues and activate the Red Ring.
• Thorn Scorn
  In 3-1, go through a tube to activate a Red Ring.
• Crosshead Orb
  Go through a blue cannon and save Toadette. Once you are down, complete the Challenge.
• No Pity Kitty
  It’s next to the Boo statue.
• Hydrant Hammer
  You need to go through the blue cannon immediately after the boss battle and complete the challenge
• Brunnehildea
  At the end of  3-7, activate the Red Ring.

Mario+Rabbids is, ultimately, a Ubisoft game. You know what this means, don’t you? It means that there are a lot of collectibles for you to hunt down in the game! Thankfully, the collectibles this time around are fun to find, and meaningful to collect- you get in game artwork, songs from the soundtrack, and 3D models to observe.

If you need help hunting all of this down, boy, have we got the guide for you (it’s this one FYI, just in case you were wondering).

SOUNDTRACK LOCATIONS

World 1

• Ancient Gardens – After beating the boss and getting the Push ability, go to the challenge 5 location and push the block out of the way on the right. You will find a canon that takes you to the soundtrack.
• Through The Lawns – In World 1-5, after the mid boss, take the white tunnel on the left to find a chest with the soundtrack.
• Ziggies Battle – Take the tunnel near the washing machine in Peach’s Castle to get to the chest with this music.
• Beep-O’s Lesson – This is in the secret chapter area of world 1- you will find this after beating the battle.
• Grand Opening – After you get the first set of Red Coins, take the path on the left. You will see an an opening between two trees with orange tops- go through that to find a chest with the soundtrack.
• Prologue – Hit the yellow switch and take the white tube on the right. Next, hit the new blue switch, return through the pipe and a new pipe is accessible where originally there was a blue pipe. Take this pipe to find the soundtrack.
• Towering View –In World 1-3, there is a tunnel after the first ‘Escape’ battle right where you came in, that takes you to a chest with the soundtrack.
• Mystic Journey –  In World 1-8, before you take the tunnel up the tower, go to the left and hit the switch to move the yellow sun block away. This will reveal a tunnel that will take you to the chest with the music.

World 2

• A Song Of Ice And Desert – This is in one of the chests after the first battle with the Tornado.
• Rabbid Kong’s Theme – After the first battle with the Tornado in it, take the tunnel up to find a small wall with a mushroom near it. Just go behind the wall.
• Tower’s Puzzle – In the Challenge 7 area, find the statue and cannonTake the statue through the cannon back towards challenge 7 and place the statue on the red platform.
• Hoppers –Right as you are exiting 2-2, there is a path to the left that leads to a cannon and a chest. You know what’s inside the chest.
• At The Towers Feet – In 2-3, go across the wooden bridge and open the chest for this soundtrack.
• Tower’s Theme 1 – In 2-6, after the battle with the Rabbid with the large shield, go back towards where the battle started. You will see a second path has opened up with a chest containing this music.
• Tower’s Theme – Place the two white statues on the two white switches.
• In The Heat Of The Battle –This is in the secret chapter area of world 2- you will find this after beating the battle.
• The Midboss Theme – Upon returning to World 2, go to challenge 2 and take the path on the right. You will a path with a small coin on it- follow this until you get to the chest with the music.
• Mystic Battle –Upon returning to World 2, go to challenge 2 and take the path on the right. You will a path with a small coin on it. Here, grab the statue and take it back to the Challenge. Now take the path up to the left, where you will find a switch to put the statue on. Put it there, a chest will appear, and voila.

World 3

• Spooky Skirmish – When you enter 3-7, there will be a switch that rotates colored platforms. Move the Blue Platform to the left to make a path to the chest with the soundtrack.
• Abbey Ruins – In 3-7, take the right path and follow it to get to the cannon that launches you to a chest with this soundtrack in it.
• Lost In The Swamp – In the chest near the second light puzzle.
• Icicle Golem’s Theme – Near the Challenge 4 Rabbid, take the tunnel to a cannon that launches you to some blocks you can break. Break them, and grab the song from the chest
• The Swamp Battle – Break the blocks near the pushable block outside the canon to World 3 to find the chest with the song.
• Hot Start, Cold Finish – After the first fight, go down the stairs and go through the smaller gate on the left. Follow the path until you see the small area with the coins. The chest is in there.
• In The Cold Of The Battle – Once the gate to the Blue Flame Area is open, go down the stairs and take the right path to find the chest with the song.
• Spooky Village – Halfway down the steps on the right path after the mid-boss battle, go to the end you will find a chest with this soundtrack in it.

World 4

• Exploring The Mine – In 4-5, move the platforms until they line up with the pipes, to access the chest
• Heart Of Darkness – After the mid-boss you will come to another color platform puzzle. There is a chest with the sound track inside it.
• Combat In The Cemetery – Take a right turn before the wooden bridge and grab the music from the chest
• A Stroll In The Cemetery – Follow the coin trail after the first battle
• Phantom’s Theme –Break the blocks in 4-1 near the first Red Coin Challenge

ART LOCATIONS

World 1

• Geyser Goombas – Take the tunnel opposite the drawbridge
• Exotic Ford –Hit the yellow switch next to the World 1 cannon, push the block, and grab the art from inside the chest
• Rabbid Kong –This is in the secret chapter area of world 1- you will find this after beating the battle.
• Baffling Blocks – Return to World 1-2 after beating World 1, go to the second challenge, take a right, and move the block away to reveal a chest.
• Leafy World Location – Take the left path after the second battle

World 2

• Wrecking Smasher –Upon returning to World 2, go to challenge 2 and take the path on the right. You will a path with a small coin on it. Here, grab the statue and take it back to the Challenge. Now take the path up to the left, where you will find a switch to put the statue on
• Hieroglyphic –In the Challenge 7 area, find the statue and cannonTake the statue through the cannon back towards challenge 7 and place the statue on the red platform.
• The Giant Fridge – This is at the end of the secret chapter in world 2. Go back to the start of the last battle and grab the statue. Bring it back to end of the battle and place it on the switch. Have fun, this one is super tedious.
• Archaeo Site – Continue down the path and take a left down to a couple blocks to find a chest with the art, after you take down the Rabbid with the Shield.
• Archaeo Details – In 2-6, it is a reward for completing one of the Red Ring challenges.
• Giant Skeleton – This is in one of the chests in the area right after the first battle with the Tornado

World 3

• Swamp House –fter the first fight, go down the stairs and go through the smaller gate on the left. Follow the path until you see the small area with the coins. Enter the graveyard there and inside the chest, there is an art piece.
• Odd Fountain – Go behind MME Bwahstrella’s podium
• The Spooky Swamp –When you enter 3-7, there will be a switch that rotates colored platforms. Move the Red Platform to the right, activate the switch with the block, and voila.
• Spooky Ziggy – Go down the stairs after the first battle and take the left gate- don’t climb the stairs, because around them, there is a chest with the artwork
• Eerie Little Square – In 3-8 there is a little white statue you can pick up right at the start. Take it through the White Tunnel, open a path to the chest.
• Eerie Little Square – Take the path with the green flames and go right at the bottom, smash the rocks, follow the path, take the cannon, smash more rocks, and find the chest with this art.

World 4

• Mecha Prototype – In 4-5, during the color platform switching section, get the pipes lined up to the left side
• Mushroom Tunnel – After the mid-boss, clear the puzzle, push the block off the cliff near the white tunnel, and on to the red switch
• Bwaaahr Machines – On the way between 4-1 and 4-2 there is some debris with coins circling it. The chest is near there.
• Lava Boss V0 – Follow the tunnels through the rotating platforms section

3D MODELS

World 1

• Sunflower – Mandatory in the story
• Rabbid Luigi – Go to the second challenge area, go to the right, move the block, and take the cannon to the chest.
• White Rabbids – After the second battle of 1-4, go back to the start of the battle area and take the small bridge down to the chest with this model
• Garden Hopper – Follow the maze to the switch that opens the path to the model.
• Toad Friends – Go to challenge 5 and push the block to find the chest.In World 1-6’s Jungle, follow the path on the left to the small crevice.
• Mario – Hit the switch after the first Red Coin Challenge, and take the pipe to find a chest with this model
• Rabbid Peach – In World 1-2, take the tunnel between the third and fourth battles to hit the switch Go back to the third battle, and take the canon to reach the chest.
• Garden Smasher – Go to challenge 8 , push the box near the entrance, take the tube to get to the cannon.
• Toadette – Take the tunnel next to the Amiibo platform in Princess Peach’s Castle.
• Rabbid Kong – In the secret chapter.

World 2

• Sherbert Ziggy – After the ice and dirt bridge with the frozen bloopers on the side, there will be a chest with this model
• Sherbert Hopper – Near a Coin Challenge in 2-1, take the path that leads into a cave and push the block onto the switch.
• Sherbert Supporter – In 2-6 right after you take out the Rabbid with the Shield, progress down the paths, and push one of the blocks on the ice on to the switch.
• Sandy – This can be found near the box puzzle with the multiple colored boxes and the boxes you have to push.
• Blizzy – The same area as Sandy, but up a pipe near the far side of the box pushing puzzle.
• Rabbid Mario – You will see an ice block that is blocked by a red block. Hit the red switch to lower the red block, move the wooden box to the end of the path, to access the chest behind the blue block.
• Sherbert Smasher – Upon returning to World 2, go to challenge 2 and take the path on the right. You will a path with a small coin on it. Here, grab the statue and take it back to the Challenge. Now take the path up to the left, where you will find a switch to put the statue on
• Peach – Put the white statues on the white switches in the Windy Desert
• Sherbet Buckler – In Challenge 8, put the statue on the switch

World 3

• Spooky Ziggy – After the first fight, go down the stairs, and take the left path.
• Spooky Peek-A-Boo – Story related.
• Calavera – After you beat the mid-boss another gate will open up. Take that gate.
• Spooky Valkyrie – Take the left path near the Challenge 9 Rabbid and bust the rocks up there.
• Rabbid Yoshi – Break the rocks near Challenge 9, hit the switch and then take the tunnel, put the statue on the switch
• Spooky Hopper – Break the Blocks near the Challenge 4 Rabbid to reveal a tunnel you can take to a chest with this model in it.
• Spooky Smasher – Cross the bridge near the MME Bwahstrella station to find the chest.

World 4

• Lava Hopper – First chest in the corner as soon as you enter world 4
• Lava Smasher – After the first battle in 4-1, take the path down the cliffside
• Lava Valkyrie – Right before 4-2, enter the metallic object
• Lava Buckler –Drop down the green arrow next to a bridge
• Lava Peek-A-Boo – Take the tube up to the solo blue switch and spin it until you can access the chest.
• Bwaluigi – Hard to miss. Near the start of 4-8.
• Bwario – Same as Bwaluigi.
• Yoshi – Take the white tunnel down near Challenge 4 Rabbid
• Lava Queen – This is in the secret chapter in world 4

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is out now, and it has turned out to be a great game, against all expectations, and beyond the wildest hopes and dreams. The charming take on XCOM in the Mushroom Kingdom has a flavor unique to it- supplemented by the fact that the game has nuanced gameplay that is compelling, wrapped up in an accessible package that evokes the best parts of Mario.

One of those parts includes the spectacular boss battles Mario is known for- of course, there are boss battles here, in this game, too. And they live up to the legacy and tradition of their parent series. They can also be really quite hard to get a handle on- which is where this guide comes in.

You can check out the video below to get strategies on defeating the bosses. A timestamped is provided under the guide- please bear in mind that that this video has spoilers.

• 00:00 Pirabbid Plant
• 09:07 Rabbid Kong
• 27:18 Blizzy & Sandy
• 36:50 Icicle Golem
• 01:01:31 Calavera
• 01:10:26 Phantom
• 01:29:59 Mecha Jr.
• 01:42:34 Bwario & Bwaluigi
• 01:53:40 Lava Queen and Bwario & Bwaluigi
• 02:12:34 Megadragonbowser

Coins are, much like in the actual Mario games themselves, the primary currency in Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. You use them to buy new weapons- and since weapons are how your progression is measured in this game, you want to be able to buy better ones.

This, in turn, means that you want to be able to earn as many coins as possible when playing the game. This guide has some basic tips and tricks to maximize your coin yield:

• Perform your best in battle. The yield is higher for getting through a battle in a fewer number of turns (below the ‘par’ for the course), and for not losing any party members- so, if something is not going your way, consider restarting the battle to maximize your coin yield.
• Collect coins in the overworld. This seems like the dumbest, most obvious thing to say, but make sure that you pick up every coin you can get to while navigating the overworld
• Collect coins during battle. Sometimes, coins show up on the battlefield, or they show up when you destroy cover or blocks, or when you get a Golden Shot on an enemy and cause them to explode in a shower of coins. No matter how, the same rule applies- if you see coins, make sure to grab every last one of them
• Replay existing missions.
• Challenge mode. Challenges are offered by Rabbids dressed as Toads throughout the Mushroom Kingdom- these net coins, and moreover, they can be replayed, too.