“Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope” (“Sparks of Hope”) is the completely unexpected sequel to the equally-unexpected Switch launch window title, “Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle” which saw one of the vanishingly rare incidents of Nintendo allowing a third-party, in this case the Big Three Western publisher Ubisoft, to make an all-new game based on one of Nintendo’s covetously-guarded IPs. The result was spectacular, but, like nearly all of Nintendo’s other collaborative games, seemed destined to be a one-hit wonder. Thus, the unexpected announcement and release of “Sparks of Hope” in 2022 brought with it both feelings of surprise and delight.
Unfortunately, in the months since release, this sequel hasn’t exactly set the sales charts on fire, leaving the future of t... |
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