Mario + Rabbids is a shockingly good Nintendo Switch strategy game
When images of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle first leaked ahead of E3 this year, it felt like a joke. Here was Nintendo’s most important character paired with… a Minion-like rabbit taking selfies in Princess Peach cosplay? Things got even stranger as more details emerged. Not only was the mash-up real, it was a turn-based strategy game in the XCOM mold, complete with Mario, Luigi, and crew wielding laser-spewing guns. But the biggest surprise is that Mario + Rabbids isn’t just some strange cocktail of seemingly disparate characters and worlds. It’s actually a pretty great strategy game, and one of the best experiences to grace the Nintendo Switch so far.
The game starts out with a wonderful opening cinematic that feels a bit like an…
