Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017)

Fun game with lots of room for small QoL improvements (which I understand the second game has). I could have done without all the silly puzzles and backtracking.

Lots of tough battles. I don't like that often it feels like you have no way to fully defend yourself (e.g. when a character can "draw" you out no matter how well you hid yourself).

Overall a pretty solid offering that I'd recommend if you like this tactics style of gameplay.

Managed to finish this last weekend which I didn't plan at the start of the month. It's a very welcome achievement though.

In the process, I realized that I really do enjoy games better when I'm playing without consulting guides. So I guess to achieve that for games that I care a lot about, it would help to play them during release so no complete guides are available yet. That or completely disconnect from the world as I did when I was a child but that's kinda hard to achieve now as an adult with work and other responsibilities.

As for games that I don't care very strongly about, I guess I should just try to not rush finishing them. It probably would help if I don't start playing one when an anticipated game is coming out shortly. It probably would also help not making a purchase whenever something is on sale even if I'm just mildly curious about it.

So I just beat Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle. What a fun game! Colourful and vibrant, with a solid battle system. Dare I say, we even got more story and character development than a regular Mario game!

It's not easy to explain because Rabbids are crude and vulgar and yet, this total mismatch by putting them in the Mario universe is precisely what gave it life! The rabbids shenanigans show us a unique perspective that we wouldn't normally get. It's slapstick, it's parody, it's Mario's nipples. It's a weirdly refreshing take that I'm actually a bit sad is over.

Since I'm moving, I've been getting rid of a lot of old stuff (D&D books, old consoles, etc.) and I managed to save up enough to get a Switch and this game was on sale at Wal-Mart, so I picked it up until Super Smash Brothers Ultimate comes in on Thursday. I think it's pretty interesting so far.

It's weird, but, that's to be expected. I'm conflicted because I truly think the rabbids are stupid, and I am not one of the people who finds Rabbid Peach endearing (I will admit, I sometimes choose where to put some characters in tactical situations just to encourage Rabbid Peach to take extra damage). However, the gameplay is still good, and just another shining example of why the only consoles I buy anymore are Nintendo.

Interestingly, I do kinda like Rabbid Luigi (despite my general hatred of the non-Rabbid version of Luigi).

finished the story mode last night (not 100% yet but i'm working on it) and... i think i really dig this game

it's surprisingly difficult compared to what i was expecting, and i don't know that i'll pick it back up after i 100% the base game (and the dlc later when i play that) but until then i've been having a good time :3

only real complaints so far is that you still can't take mario off your team (which i understand for story reasons but makes some maps kinda frustrating) and that some of the maps have really weird difficulty spikes (im looking at you world 2 boss)

i'd been meaning to try this one for a while now since a handful of my friends said surprisingly good things about it!

i'm a couple hours in now and i'm having a really fun time? i've got a couple nitpicks but they're just that, nitpicks. like i wish i could take mario off my party, for one :(

but also peach has a shotgun in this and im never gonna stop laughing