Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope 2022 Hub

BEACON BEACH

In Deep Water
Come Rain or Shine
Beacon Beach Secret Zone
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Blue Coin Challenge
Green Coin Challenge
Red Coin Challenge
From Bad to Worse
The Darkmess Outside the Lighthouse
The Dopest Catch
The Goomba with the Pot
The Riddle of the Sunrise Temple

PRISTINE PEAKS

Cold Mouth of the Mountain
The Winter Palace
Pristine Peaks Secret Zone
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Hide ‘n Squeak
Igloo Breakthrough
The Riddle of Pristine Peaks

PALETTE PRIME

The Fallen King
Off-Color
Palette Prime Secret Zone
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Bury the Hatchet
A Dryad’s Dream
Where are the Pumpkins!?
The Riddle of Palette Prime

TERRA FLORA

Stay on Track
Uncork the Vulcano
Terra Flora Secret Zone
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Sullivan’s Despair
The Quest for Courage
The Riddle of the Engineer’s Guild

BARRENDALE MESA

It’s an Ill Wind that Blows
Barrendale Mesa Secret Zone
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Tortured Artist
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A “Fowl” Attraction
A Lost Art
Barren Gateway
Be a Depleter Defeater
Blue Coin Challenge
Build Bridges
Cannon Front
Courageous Duo
Darkmess, Uncontained
Desert Highway Darkmess
Gate to the Abandoned Settlement
Generator Investigator
Green Coin Challenge
Launch Site Secrets
Magikoopa Hunt
Red Coin Challenge
Spellraiser Hunt
Stuck at Work
The Brawn and the Brain
Riddle of Barrendale Mesa
Toadette Trouble
Victor’s Barrendale Mesa Invitational
Worksite Hazard

MY IMPRESSIONS

Finally, after five years we get to play the successor of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017) and yes… Ubisoft Milan and Paris delivered a well designed and fun turn-based strategy Action-adventure.
This time, you get to travel to five planets full with “Darkmess”, black goo spread by this game’s nemesis: Cursa and new friends join the fight, each with unique abilities. And I’m not only writing about the Sparks here – which are super cute and helpful!
With two story quests on each planet, I first was a bit concerned that the game would be a bit too short story-wise, but as you arrive on Cursa’s Planet at the end (the sixth planet but not accessible after you’ve been on it), the length of the story just feels right!

Besides, there is so much left to do, that you won’t be disappointed. Each planet has between 20 and 30 side quests and puzzles to solve and most of them are fun and amusing to do. I write “most” since the fights, where you just have to clean an Darkmess Puddles on the planet to remove it as Side Quest, could be a bit of a drag towards the end. But it just needs to be done to help the Kingdom!

I thoroughly enjoyed playing and documenting MARIO AND RABIDS: SPARKS OF HOPE! The characters are cute, fun and helpful. I really loved that they dedicated some of the Side Quests to group the characters up to introduce story depth! But please Ubisoft: Not another 5 years wait! I’m getting old! 😉