RUMOR - Ubisoft working on a Rabbids & Super Mario crossover RPG for Switch

This comes from a LetsPlayVideoGames report...

- according to sources at Ubisoft and Nintendo
- Switch will launch alongside a new Ubisoft-developed turn based RPG, with the name suggesting it will be a crossover of the Raving Rabbids and Mario series
- currently under the working title ''Mario RPG: Invasion of the Rabbids'', is being developed under the watchful monitoring of Nintendo
- ensuring that it both hits launch day and that it conforms to Nintendo’s own internal specifications for how Mario characters and iconography should be presented
- title will focus on the Mario universe being invaded by Ubisoft’s Rabbids characters, some friend and some foe
- will feature a new Bowser form based around the design of the Rabbids as a recurring boss enemy
- numerous cameo appearances from the Mario series’ best known characters
- core party will feature numerous, more minor characters
- is a particular focus on Yoshi as a primary party member, alongside a playable Rabbid
- title will have a playable demo ready for press to experience in January
- will feature a quicksave system to ensure that saving is possible on short notice if the battery on the Switch handheld is running low
- part of the planned press demo includes the JoyCons vibrating to imply a Rabbid jumping into and out of them from the TV or handheld screen
- idea is to imply your system is infested with Rabbids, and that they could at any time jump out of your controller and interfere with gameplay
- title is going to be one of the cornerstone trailers shown when Nintendo details the system further in January
- Nintendo intends to pitch the project to consumers as a Mario RPG project in collaboration with Ubisoft, in spite of Ubisoft doing most of the work on development