Summary
Anyone who says Nintendo doesn’t play well with others need look no further than the Mario + Rabbids games. An odd series to team up with, but one that has led to two games during a single era of Nintendo consoles. Possibly something Nintendo won’t be in a hurry to do again, and doesn’t tend to do with its other big series, as Sparks Of Hope doesn’t appear to have done the numbers Nintendo might have hoped for.
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The good news is Sparks Of Hope is heavily discounted at the Nintendo eShop. Originally $59.99, the Mario + Rabbids sequel is available for just $19.79. Again, a strong indicator that this game hasn’t sold as well as Nintendo anticipated. Not a terrible game by any standards, but an interesting window into Switch owner consumer habits. Most who bought the original Mario + Rabbids likely saw Sparks Of Hope and wondered why they’d need it, hence Nintendo’s reluctance to release two big games from the same series on a single platform on the same console.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
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The sequel to Mario + Rabbids, Sparks of Hope sees the worlds of Nintendo and Ubisoft collide for a second time in a tactical, tile-based take of the Mario formula.
Most major Nintendo series have only received one big release on the Switch despite its almost-eight-year run. There’s been one new installment for 3D Mario, 2D Mario, Metroid,Kirby,Pikimin,Mario Kart, andAnimal Crossing. The only major exception isThe Legend Of Zeldawhich gotBreath Of The WildandTears Of The Kingdom, and even then, there’s an argument to be made that BOTW doesn’t count as it was a cross-gen release.
