How 'Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope’ makes the right improvements

Mario and company will have to help the inhabitants of Beacon Beach from the Darkmess energy that has chased the sun away in 'Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope'. — Ubisoft/TNS

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was one of those games that I never wanted to end. The surprisingly fantastic title from Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris put a whimsical and flexible bent to a strategy genre that was stubbornly rigid and punishing.

It was a breath of fresh air that adeptly combined the chaos sown by the Rabbids and the smart gameplay of Mario games into a project that worked cohesively on all fronts. Every encounter could be approached in different ways using novel combinations of characters and strategies.