I didn’t expect my time with Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope to start with finding Rabbid Mario’s trousers while he was hiding in a bush, but that’s just the sort of humor we expect from this bizarrely wonderful crossover. A little juvenile, yes, but oddly endearing. And yet, it’s one of the only things that has carried over from the original title, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, because everything else has had quite the update. Going hands-on with a duo of the game’s early levels, it’s immediately apparent that this is much more of a Super Mario game than I’d expected.
