A brief change in a social media ’s theme and handle suggests that a new Ubisoft first ed forces in Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, an XCom style strategy game for the Nintendo Switch that saw rave reviews and high sales when it was released in 2017.
However, aside from some Ubisoft-ed community events and a a free-to-play PC edutainment title designed to teach young gamers computer programming. However, there are signs that the delightfully demented lagomorphs of Rayman fame might just be returning to the Mushroom Kingdom in the near future.
According to Siliconera, the official Rabbids Twitter briefly changed its name from “RabbidsOfficial” to “MarioRabbids” yesterday, though it was changed back shortly afterward. Twitter So_Ethereal took note of this change, speculating that Ubisoft could be working with Nintendo on a sequel to Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - a theory ed by the Rabbids featuring images from that game in both its heading and avatar picture before being reverted to its former, non-crossover insinuating self.
This hypothetical Mario + Rabbids sequel would come right on the heels of the Super Mario franchise's 35th anniversary celebration, which has led to several new games, events, and even new (albeit brief) campaign that pits Mario against Bowser's fiery and ferocious new Fury form.
Although nothing official has been set in stone yet from either Nintendo or Ubisoft, the RabbidsOfficial Twitter ’s sudden and brief name change does suggest some kind of Super Mario/Rabbids crossover could be on the horizon, be that a proper sequel to Kingdom Battle, a new expansion or perhaps an entirely different game altogether. In any case, it looks the Mushroom Kingdom might be in for another fluffy invasion on the Switch in the not-to-distant future.
Source: Siliconera, So_Ethereal
