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Ubisoft says Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle happened thanks to the creative director's "huge Nintendo knowledge and passion"

by rawmeatcowboy
12 December 2017
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The following comes from a Develop interview with Ubisoft Milan managing director Dario Migliavacca...

“It started with a very simple mandate. We had to propose a concept with Mario and Rabbids, that’s all. That’s only possible because of the great relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo over the years. It was a huge challenge put in front of us. Personally, I was sure that only a few people could have been able to achieve that and I strongly believed in Davide [Soliani] and his team because of his huge Nintendo knowledge and passion. I trusted in him, even if I knew it was a dream – sometimes we refer to it as an impossible dream – but it worked. The initial mandate was really simple."

The work Davide did on the initial concept was exactly what needed to happen for Ubisoft to get approval on the idea. Obviously there was still a lot of work to do after that pitch. If you want to read up on the process, check out the full interview here.