Super Mario and Raving Rabbids to team up at E3

Crossover Nintendo Switch game expected to
feature 20-hour story mode

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A teaser image posted on WWG shows Mario, Princess Peach and Luigi
surrounded by wild Raving Rabbid versions of themselves. The
characters sport high-tech weapons, suggesting the game, dubbed
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, will be a departure from the
Italian plumber’s traditional platformer style.

ICYMI: We give you your first look at
#MarioRabbidsKingdomBattle, the new strategy
RPG coming to #NintendoSwitch:https://t.co/Hwh1SP58zP pic.twitter.com/TemniA2piY

— WWG (@WWG) 23 May 2017

Details remain scarce, but WWG says the new title could
take the form of a “strategy RPG” (role playing game). It adds that
more news is expected at E3.

NintendoWorldReport says each
hero will have “unique play styles” and carry weapons that can be
upgraded.

It also says players can expect a 20-hour story mode and a
release date between August and September on the Nintendo
Switch.

This will not be the first time the Mario franchise has
collaborated with game series from other developers.

In 2008, Nintendo and Sega teamed up to produce Mario and
Sonic at the Olympic Games, in which players compete in various
athletics events as heroes from the two franchises.

Last year, Nintendo released a downloadable Mario
expansion to the world-building Minecraft game on the Wii U. The
additional content included a host of Mario landmarks and character
skins. A version for the all-in-one Switch console launched earlier
this month.