Three Moves Ahead 442: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ever since Troy Goodfellow founded Three Moves Ahead in the mid-60s, the same question has been asked over and over: When will you cover a Mario game? Your emails, faxes, and mimeographed tracts have been heard, and we are proud to present our first Mario-based episode: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch. Rowan Kaiser took over the studio along with guests Danielle Riendeau and Ben Bertoli to talk about Mario + Rabbids and its expansion, Donkey Kong Adventure. Referred to as "Mario XCOM" since its announcement, Mario + Rabbids combines tactical gameplay with the character and charm one would expect from a Nintendo + Ubisoft game. Is this the first Mario game we've covered on 3MA? We believe so. Is it the last? Not likely, given the strategic depth and Cold War undertones of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to three moves ahead. I am Rowan Kaiser, guest hosting this week. With me today is my D.K. crew, first up, freelance journalist, and author Ben Bertoli.
0:13.5	Hi there. Would you like to talk about your books a little bit, Ben?
0:18.3	Yeah, sure. I put out a book last year called 101 video games
0:22.6	to play before you grow up, and it is just a list of different series that I think kids would
0:28.9	really enjoy playing and a little bit of a history background for them as well. And I'm also
0:33.6	working on a Banjo Cazooey history book, which I have been interviewing the banjo team for the last couple of months.
0:40.9	We also have friend of the show and making her second appearance, Idol Weekender and Waypoint Managing Editor, Danielle Riondow.
0:51.6	That's me. Thank you for having me.
0:53.5	And, Ben, I am so excited to hear more about your book.
0:58.3	But Banjo, because I know that's not our topic today or anything, but like, oh, shit.
1:02.2	Like, you shouldn't, you know how I feel about the B and the K.
1:06.1	Banjoa K's very into it.
1:07.0	It's the best strategy game of all time.
1:09.3	Yeah, clearly it is.
1:10.8	Clearly, yes.
1:13.8	As my intro may have made clear,
1:16.6	we are talking about a subject that I would never have expected when I started 3MA
1:24.1	over half a decade ago, which is a little imposing.
1:28.5	But we are actually going to be talking about a Mario game today,
1:32.1	which is Mario plus Rabbids Kingdom Battle and its expansion,
1:37.3	the Donkey Kong Adventure, which is somewhat shockingly falls under the a
1:43.6	age of a strategy game.
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