Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Unleashes Amazing New Trailer, Images, Details

Ubisoft has unleashed a ton of new Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle footage and assets today, and I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. We have some gorgeous new screenshots, a handful of previews, and a brand new trailer showing off hitherto unseen areas of the game, co-op gameplay, new enemies, and even new bosses! To kick things off, you guys have to check out the new trailer above. It’s been called the “Phantom of the Bwahpra” trailer, which literally almost made me spit out my coffee. Enjoy.

In this new trailer we get up close and personal with one of the more vocal enemies we’re sure to face in Kingdom Battle, and we get new looks at icy and desert worlds that we haven’t yet see in detail. Ubisoft also showed off the “Sppoky Trails” area of the game in a special interview video that you can find right here. Spooky Trails is by far my favorite world that we’ve seen so far; I’ve always loved the haunted houses in Mario games. We have a huge gallery below with all of the new screenshots, but to whet your appetite, take a look at this gorgeous overhead shot of Spooky Trails:

The guys over at NintendoEverything are just as excited as we are (maybe) about this game, and they actually went through all of the new previews to gather the newest, juiciest information about Kingdom Battle. Here’s the roundup:

• Mario + Rabbids’ local co-op mode ups the squad size to four and lets two players take on a series of increasingly difficult challenge battles
• The bulk of the game sees you choosing a three-person squad (always Mario with two others)
• Take them into cordoned-off combat zones, then use a combination of movement, stat-heavy combat and special abilities to fight off an opposing force
• There doesn’t appear to be any ability to revive a downed squadmate
• The game’s combat areas aren’t just disconnected maps, but part of distinct worlds
• Areas include a lush garden, an ice-covered desert, a ghostly-themed area, and a volcano’s innards
• Each combat area has a single, seamless set of challenges
• Combat missions with different objectives
• Missions include defeating whole enemy forces, or reaching an end-zone
• Game has puzzle areas that require no combat
• Boss battles require bespoke tactics to beat
• First world takes 2-3 hours to complete
• Each world takes longer
• Every combat area is turned into a more difficult challenge objective once completed
• Game puts a huge premium on movement, particularly as a team
• Characters can technically only move once a turn
• By using both friends and enemies, that single move can be prolonged
• Running into an enemy performs a Dash melee attack that offers an extra spurt of movement afterwards
• Some characters can Dash multiple times, meaning you could attack three enemies, run through a
• Warp Pipe (another extra burst), run up to a squadmate, Team Jump (an extra-long bonus move) into cover, then fire again at the enemies you already hit
• Different character abilities
• Luigi has the Steely Glare ability that allows him to take extra sniper shots at any enemy moving past him
• Rabbid Yoshi has a move that scares enemies into moving during your turn, setting up Luigi to take extra shots
• Heroes differently to different situations, right down to how they take cover
• Rabbid Mario’s got a toothpick-chewing swagger, Rabbid Luigi is clumsy, Rabbid Peach has pathological sass
• The camera regularly zooms in and out, by turns picking out cinematic little details, then swooping up to turn the whole stage into a tilt-shift toybox
• Second level is from late in the game, called Spooky Trails
• Peach and her fire shotgun, a lethal close-quarters weapon that, if it doesn’t kill, leaves your enemies with a nasty burn
• It’s devastating power causes enemy Rabbids to scatter around the map holding their burned behind
• Enemies have intelligent AI and can outthink and outflank you with ease
• Local co-op mode puts you and a friend in charge of a pair of fighters each
• Easy mode included that heals your squad and boosts their HP count by 50% at the start of a fight

We’re counting down the days until this one comes out. If you already know you want to play this one, don’t forget that you get a 20% discount through Amazon Prime and launch day delivery! Find the game listing right here.