The announcement for the game itself<\/strong> was actually fully leaked by the Nintendo storefront around this time in 2021.<\/p> As a reminder, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope<\/em> was revealed last year, and serves as a sequel to the 2017 original, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle<\/em>. Ubisoft promises more open-ended levels to tackle, as well as an enhanced combat system.<\/p> It feels like we’re in a weird little “post-E3” era this summer, with all these Nintendo announcements either leaking errantly or on the way. Hopefully we get some good third party confirmations for 2022! A lot seems to be delayed into 2023 across the industry.<\/p>
[Update:\u00a0<\/strong>The October 20, 2022 date was confirmed in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini showcase<\/a>.]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":332106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[104],"tags":[19110,19111,164],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":8,"display_name":"Chris Carter","user_login":"Chris Carter","user_nicename":"chris-carter"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope release date likely set for October<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope release date was leaked...by Ubisoft itself! 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