Based on its colorful world, beautiful animation, and source material you might expect Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle to be "My first turn-based tactics game." But you're in for a surprise: even for XCOM vets some of its battles are challenging puzzles.

It may look frivolous, but Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle's jokey exterior hides some rich gameplay.

Beautifully structured; Exercises your strategic muscles; Good Rabbids-Mario interplay; Nicely observed learning curve; Decent boss-battles; Builds to a strategic crescendo

Puzzles are too easy in the early stages

An unlikely mash-up, Mario+Rabbids is a very unique game. The turn-based strategy elements aren't going to be for everyone, but for Mario fans this alternative look into the Mushroom Kingdom isn't worth passing up.

There are video games that when I first hear about them I think they have potential. Then I play them, and they are epic. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle on the Nintendo Switch is one such video game. Have you ever had that feeling before

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is the story of an unexpected encounter between the most famous video game character, Mario, and the irreverent and chaotic Rabbids as they join forces to restore the Mushroom Kingdom, which has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex.

Mario, possibly the most recognisable video game character of all time. This game's interaction is perfectly purposed for the switch and it's execution is brilliant fun.

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is a game that sounds like it shouldn't be any good. On the contrary, Ubisoft has crafted a charming adventure for Mario and its Rabbids. The game streamlines the strategy combat experience while still offering surprising depth.

It's easy to imagine the surprise of people when it was announced back in the early 1990s that Mario would star in a game about racing on go-karts, or even that Mario would star in his very own RPG developed by none other than SquareSoft, then an absolute king of JRPG.

I'm probably not the only one who scoffed at the idea of a Mario and Rabbids game as details of Nintendo's Switch leaked. The idea of one of gaming's brightest stars being paired with interactive ente

Sumptuous looks; Rewarding gameplay; The Rabbids finest hour

Not quite ‘Nintendo good; RNG can feel unfair

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is one of the strangest premises for a crossover game that I've seen in recent memory. Take Super Mario Bros, the Raving Rabbids, and XCOM, mix em' all together, and you've got Kingdom Battle.

Easy to understand gameplay with surprising depth; Excellent skill and progression system; Smooth and satisfying combat mechanics; Shooting Rabbids never gets old

The Rabbid humor can be too much at times