Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
This series remains the most unorthodox crossover in the world, but they are also some of the most brilliantly accessible tactics games too! Both games are also scored by Grant Kirkhope, a composer most known for his work on classics like Donkey Kong 64 and Goldeneye 007. The Mario + Rabbids games are exactly the kind of weird risks I wish more big publishers would take with their most famous properties. I don’t have a particular preference between Sparks of Hope and its predecessor, Kingdom Battle, but I’ll err on the side of the most recent title, which does away with some of the more rigid and conservative systems of the first to make for a wild strategy game. It’s also the last game to feature Charles Martinet, the longtime voice of Mario, as the character, if you’re the sentimental type. You can give Mario a gun by picking up Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope for $19.79.
