- "It's time to pull together everything you've learned so far."
(sighs) In life or in this game?
- Stay alive. OH! And he slide tackled and ran away!
♪ (upbeat video game music) ♪
- Mario Rabbids + Kingdom Battle? Never heard of this.
- Oh, so they're together.
It's like the little crazy rabbit things with Mario.
- I play the classics, but it's been a while.
Like, I used to have the Gameboy stuff.
- (FBE) So this is Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle,
a turn-based strategy game combining the Mario and Rabbids franchises.
- Okay, a turn-based strategy game. Mario stepping their game up!
- So it's Final Fantasy, but with a plumber on mushrooms and rabbits.
- (FBE) So we're gonna have you jump in
and play about the first 30 minutes of the game.
- Yes. I'm excited. I've been wanting to play this for a while.
- This is cool. I like this.
- (robot beeping) - This is such a cute little game.
I love it. It's so like... - (girl) Can you believe
it's been three months since... - ...innocent.
- (girl) The SupaMerge takes item A and item B...
- This looks so complicated for a Mario game!
- (girl) The SupaMerge could solve the energy crisis, Beep-O.
- Oh my god. - (girl) Watch!
- This is gonna start the chaos.
(electricity zapping) (alarm beeping)
- (girl) Huh? Aw, not again. - What the heck?
- They're overheating. Uh-oh.
(explosion) - Oh shit, dark matter.
- (Rabbid laughs maniacally) - Oh my god! I know those.
- It's-a-me, a rabbit Mario.
- We have to go back, Mario.
♪ (thrilling music) ♪
- Oh, and then Mario gets mixed in there.
Okay, I see.
- This is so weird. I'm so not used to Mario having a whole scene.
- (Luigi whimpering) - LUIGI!
Who am I gonna have for a secondary character now?!
- Wait, where are they all going?
♪ (triumphant music) ♪
- This don't make no sense.
- Wait, what?
♪ (whimsical music) ♪ They turned into rabbits?
- Ooh, we got the gadgets.
- (Mario) Ha! - Is that a Mega Man gun?
That's super violent for Mario.
- "So, are you guys ready to fight back?"
Yeah, let's go! - Learn the basics.
How do I shoot? - "Careful now.
My sensors detect two enemies on the battlefield."
- "One is hiding behind partial cover,
so your chance to hit it is 50%. The other is out in the open,
giving you 100% chance to hit it."
- So, okay. - That was easy.
(gun firing) - Aw, 31?
Oh, wait. Oh, it's completely dead now. Okay, cool.
- So you can move or you could shoot,
like that's... okay, yeah.
All right, let's see if you get 'em with your yo-yo.
Oop! You missed. - Ooh, get that knockout blow.
Oh, that's a KO. - Dead.
- (Mario cheering) - (softly) Yay, we did it!
- (gasps) Sweet! Let's go.
Next one, I wanna fight some Rabbids.
- Learn the basics again. - Look, they're both hiding.
I have no 100%-- "Cowards! Now they're all behind full cover.
We have zero chance of hitting them from here."
- "We'll need to flank them. Move around." Okay.
Now, I have to get positioning in. - We need to get behind them.
Oh! Let's follow the tutorial arrows.
Okay, now we have 100% chance. I like that.
- Hey, buddy.
- (Mario exclaims) - Pow. (laughs)
That only did 31 damage!? Oh shit.
- Hit em. (shot reverberating)
Yay, he's gone. - YOLO, why not? Why not?
Nope. Enemies, oh no. - (disdainfully) Enemies.
I probably should've went behind some cover.
Oh [bleep]. - Go away!
- (Mario) Oh! - I have Mario standing in the open.
I didn't even think of an actual strategy.
I would be a horrible general.
- (sighs) I have to wait until it's my turn.
I can't just press a button and be like, yeah, die, die,
die, die, die! - Is there any arrows
for me to go on this time, or do I have to make my own decision?
Own decision? - I'm gonna go right here,
and I wanna look him in the eyes when I shoot him now.
- Okay, sweet. Okay. Go!
Now shoot him! He's right there.
(gun fires) - (Rabbid exclaiming)
- Is he dead? 'Cause then otherwise--
Oh, great. Oh! Okay, cool.
We still have Luigi.
- I'm just peeking around the corner.
I'm gonna shoot him right in his face.
Look at Mario, holding his little gun.
He's taunting him! All right, you about to get shot, dude.
Sorry, pal.
- Oh damn, okay.
That's a new one. We're going up close and personal?
- Shoot him! - (Rabbid exclaiming)
- Cool. Nobody was killed.
I was concerned for my team there a little bit.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- What do you mean "unlikely heroes"?
Mario saved the galaxy twice.
- We'll see where this takes us, 'cause if it's in the Mario world,
there should be other worlds within this Mario world.
- All right, level two. Ooh!
- "Greetings, sweet golden perennial of the prairie! We are"--
(flower vomiting)
Whoa! - (Rabbids squeaking)
- Why did you do that?
- "After that strange creature with the headset got here,
those guys have been nothing but bad news."
So your default's just to puke on everyone? (chuckles)
- "I assure you, these Rabbids are not like their colleagues."
"Oh. Well, if you can stop them, I'll happily reward you."
- All right, we're back on the battlefield again, it looks like.
- It's about to get real. This is what I've been training for.
This is the big moment. - (Rabbid crashes)
- Wait, what? They didn't even give me a chance to fight!
- (Beep-O beeping)
- "Dear Beep-O, if one is to prevail,
one must practice. Please sharpen your movement skills
so you turn the tables on those rascally Rabbids."
Thank you, strange, omnipotent tutorial messenger.
- "Defeat all." Okay, I got this.
- "You can deal damage while on the move
by performing a dash." Okay. So a hit and run, basically.
- "Also, you can cover more ground with a team jump.
Select a cell with an ally and press A."
- Okay, what I think they're getting at
is if I use my movement to, like-- and I land on an enemy,
it'll be like a punch or a melee attack.
So I'll hit 'em, and then I'll keep running,
and then I'll go behind here.
Oop! Hell yeah! - (Rabbid grunts)
- Do that. - (Rabbid grunts)
- Oh, smart. I was really about to not get any cover.
- Another one, another drive by.
(loud thud) Oof.
Turn around. Oh, he's already done.
- Right there.
But he's gonna shoot me.
Oh, I can shoot him right after I jump.
Okay, cool. - Enemy's turn.
(gun cranking and firing)
Oh damn, almost straight range. Shit.
- Oh, he's gonna shoot Peach, though.
Oh! Peach, stay alive.
OH! And he slide tackled and ran away.
- We have way more health than they do, though, which is nice.
(Inhales sharply) Yikes. Okay.
Yes, our turn. - This is kind of like if chess
was played with rabbits by someone who had never played chess before.
- This bitch. Peach is just gonna slide tackle for the dub.
- (Rabbid grunts)
- Nothing. Peach ain't even phased. Look it, she about to fall asleep.
She's about to take a nap. (smacks hands)
- That was cool. It really makes you have to think.
- It's not over yet, guys.
- Another one. - This looks like a big battle.
Bunch of Rabbids. Oh, shit. There's a lot.
- I got this. I could do this. It's no biggie.
- "It's time to pull together everything you've learned so far."
(sighs) In life or in this game?
- All right, let's use Luigi first 'cause he hasn't gotten hit.
I'm wondering if I can melee you,
but then somehow still run for cover.
- Okay, I'm gonna hide here. Let's see what happens.
- (Mario) Woo-hoo! - Teamwork! Okay, good Mario.
- I feel like my guns have very little effect on them,
but as soon as I slide into their legs... death.
(thuds) - (Rabbid) Wah!
- Die, die, die. Okay. Okay, we're good.
Mario's just the only one we're gonna risk out here,
'cause you know Mario, he a G. He knows how to do his stuff.
- (Mario) Yow! - (Peach) Peach!
- Okay. Some acrobats.
Shoot, boom. Over.
- I'm gonna just play it safe,
and I'll come back to 100% cover over here.
Oh! And then I have a 50% chance of getting this guy.
Do I wanna take the chance? Yeah. (chuckles)
- (Rabbid) Wah! - (gasps)
Nice!
- I won't be able to get close enough to shoot,
so I'm just gonna hide.
- (Peach) Peach! - (Tom grunts)
Nice. Helping a sister out.
Oh, still got a 50% chance of hitting, too.
Oh! Right in your [bleep] face. Peach never misses.
- I really can't tell if I like this game,
but I'm having fun, I think.
Oh no!
(gun firing) - (Mario grunting)
- See? He's fine.
- (Mario grunting) - He's still fine. He's Mario.
- Okay. So he definitely needs to take some cover back here for sure.
- No, I can't. Okay, so what we're gonna do is that we...
I'm like talking to myself! This is so weird.
- I'm just gonna land next to him, and I'm going to shoot him
in his stupid Rabbid face. Goodbye.
- (Rabbid) Dah! - You dead.
- (Rabbid) Wah! - (Rabbid) Wah!
- Ah! Sweet, I think we cleared it. Right? Yeah!
- All right, guys. Let's hit 'em
with the one-two, shoot 'em in the face.
- (Mario) Yeh-hoo! (gun fires)
- They never expect you to springboard off your teammate's legs
over a canyon and shoot 'em with a Mega Man gun.
You would be surprised how often that works.
- I liked it. It was very different than the normal Mario game,
but I liked it a lot, especially the whole strategy-based type thing.
- It's a fun game to play, and it's for all ages.
I don't think it does matter if you're 10 or 21, you can play.
I would play this with my little brother.
- I think I probably am gonna end up buying this game
just because it just started getting harder, so I'm like,
all right, I need to get past this just so I can prove to myself
that I'm somewhat good at this game. I'm into it, though.
I can't let the Rabbids win. I gotta do it for Mario.
- Thanks for watching us play Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
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- Hey, guys. I'm Zach, producer for the React Channel.
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