Rabbid Rosalina & Spark

RABBID ROSALINA & SPARK

As our heroes continue their journey to Pristine Peaks, they find a young Rabbid girl being held captive by Edge's sister Midnite.

This is Rabbid Rosalina. She was created during the initial SupaMerge incident and had lived out in space, until Cursa attacked and she was saved by the Rabbid Captain Orion. After meeting the team, she agrees to go with them, determined to save her progenitor from Cursa's mind control.

As a fighter, Rosalina will be light and floaty, but a bit on the slow side. She will constantly have a Spark by her side, and her moveset will pull almost entirely from their abilities shown in game.

Likelihood rating: Probably not.

Character Sheet: Rabbid Rosalina & Spark

RABBID ROSALINA & SPARK

With the addition of Sparks of Hope, we now add on five new characters, including:

1. Beep-O

2. Rabbid Rosalina & Spark

3. Edge

4. Cursa

5. Wildclaw

With all of the standard Mario + Rabbids stuff being well-represented by the Rabbid Mario slot, what better way to represent the Sparks mechanic than by mirroring Rosalina's relationship with Lumas with Rabbid Rosalina and the Sparks. Rabbid Rosalina is a lazy, but also sad and lonely Rabbid created to mimic Rosalina, and the Sparks are Rabbid Lumas, each coming with their own powers and abilities.

Across the game, the Sparks came with a number of abilities they could lend to the player, sometimes increasing stats like attack and defense, sometimes with elemental moves like fire, water, poison, shock, ice, and wind, reflect attacks with a mirror, repel enemies with a megaphone or attract them toward you, steal life force, rain down meteors, summon various enemies, and turn its user invisible. On top of all that, Rabbid Rosalina can put those around her to sleep as well.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Elemental Sparks

She will send out a Spark to deal and elemental attack. This has a random chance of being fire, water, poison, shock, ice, or wind, and will dole out the respective damage that element normally does.

Side B: Screech

Screech will come out with its megaphone and fire off a sonic blast, repelling opponents away from Rosalina.

Up B: Ennui

Rosalina will use her Ennui ability to send those around her to sleep, just like Jigglypuff. I figure Rosalina will be on the lighter aerial side to make up for it.

Down B: Reflector

Reflector will appear with his shield and protect Rosalina from attack.

Final Smash: Sparks of Hope

Glitter will come out and light up the stage, entrancing all opponents to stop and stare at it. Meanwhile, the most powerful sparks in the game, such as those ending in -geddon or -quake will come out and wreak havoc with their powers.

Entrance: She will look up from her book, annoyed, and slide off the couch.

Taunts: Up, the Sparks will swirl around her and make her smile. Side, she will slump and toss her hair aside. Down, she will go back to reading her book.

Kirby Hats: Rosalina's hat, but with Rabbid ears

Kart: The clouds ridden by some of the Sparks

Special Item: Screech will act as a more powerful horn.

Spirit Battle: On Darkmess Manta, with Rosalina.

Victory Screen: She will sit down as the sparks fly around her in celebration.

Losing Screen: She will look pouty and go back to reading her book.

Color Swaps: Herself, a yellow dress based on Starburst, a darker blue dress based on Reflector, a red dress based on Pyrostar, a black dress based on Exosphere, a cream dress based on Twinkle, a green dress based on Toxiquake, a purple dress based on Decibel. Also, the Rosalina skin from the old Rabbid Mario swap list could be replaced with a theoretical Rabbid Daisy.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover Edge and her Spark Hunter sisters.

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

MARIO + RABBIDS: SPARKS OF HOPE

Today, let's cover Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, a sequel to the rampant success of Kingdom Battle, this time taking our heroes on a journey across the galaxy to defeat a powerful entity named Cursa who is trying to spread Darkmess across the universe.

Starting with our protagonists this time, we have Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Rabbid Mario, Rabbid Luigi, and Rabbid Peach all returning from the previous game, with brand new players including Bowser, Rabbid Rosalina, and a mysterious individual named Edge. Most of the gameplay is much as you remember it, with each having guns, heat seekers, remote bombs, and the like, with cover they can hide behind and team launches to allow them to leap into the air. They all have distinct guns and abilities, such as Mario being able to attack in his line of sight, Rabbid Peach healing, Bowser having Mechakoopas, Rabbid Rosalina being able to put enemies to sleep, Rabbid Luigi weakening enemies, Peach creating shields, Rabbid Mario having boxing gloves, and Edge having a blade she can throw.

Our heroes are accompanied this time around by Sparks, basically Rabbid Lumas, all with different names, who all grant special abilities to the hero they're assigned to. These abilities include increasing attack power, reflecting attacks with a mirror, give burn effects, increase defense, splash with water, poison enemies around them, shock, repel enemies with a megaphone, freeze, turn its user invisible, rain meteors, create wind, attract enemies to it, steal life, summon an enemy as an ally (including Rabbid Kong), and revive fallen heroes. Three of these also give the robot Beep-O added abilities, including a sonic blast, light that reveals secrets, and the ability to make plants grow. He can also be used as a helicopter now.

As for our allies, we have a new robot named Jeanie, who takes up a bit of Beep-O's role with him being more active, and Rosalina, who can create portals and shields with the magic in her wand. Then there's smaller roles like Augie, Captain Orion, Woodrow, Sullivan, Bea, and Big Momma, who are all relevant in their own stages but don't have much to go on.

Our main villain is Cursa, a fragment of the Megabug from the first game, who fused with Rosalina and corrupted her, using her power to go after the Sparks. Cursa could create portals, reach out with its giant hands, hypnotize people, grab, drain energy, punch, point with a finger, wave its hand, and flash with a blink. Working under Cursa are the Spark Hunters, including Midnite, Bedrock, and Daphne (Edge is also revealed to be a former member). Midnite was a ghost who could warp and attack with a fan. Bedrock was a big bruiser who could stomp around, tussle, and slam a heavy object. And Daphne had power over plants, using vines and poison to attack.

Stooges take the place of Ziggies in this game and are basically the same, just with a different name (so I'll probably just make them color swaps). Scopers are wolf-based enemies that fire ranged shots, Medicians are the healers, and Squashers are the bruisers. Goombas, Bob-Ombs, Magikoopas, and Wigglers also appear in the game. The most notable new enemy though is the Wildclaw, massive tiger-based enemies that can punch, drop spikes of ice, roll around like a ball, suck enemies in with a rubber chicken, and fire off pulses of water. Darkmess, the substance used by Cursa that functions suspiciously similarly to Malice from Breath of the Wild, also crops up in various forms.

As for our stages, we see Peach's Castle early on, only for it to be attacked by a giant manta ray made of Darkmess. We then go to Beacon Beach that leads to the Sunrise Temple, Pristine Peaks that leads to Palette Prime, Terra Flora which leads to Barrendale Mesa, and finally Cursa's stronghold.

That's about it! Here's what we've got:

Characters:

Mario: line of sight

Luigi: line of sight

Peach: shield

Rabbid Mario: boxing gloves

Rabbid Luigi: weaken

Rabbid Peach: heal

Rabbid Rosalina: sleep

Edge: throwing blade

Sparks: increasing attack power, reflecting attacks with a mirror, give burn effects, increase defense, splash with water, poison enemies around them, shock, repel enemies with a megaphone, freeze, turn its user invisible, rain meteors, create wind, attract enemies to it, steal life, summon an enemy as an ally revive fallen heroes

Beep-O: sonic blast, light, plants grow, helicopter

Daisy

Rosalina: wand, portal, shield, crystal

Pauline

Toad

Yoshi

Birdo

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Wario

Waluigi

Shy Guy

Bowser: mechakoopas

Bowser Jr.

Cursa: portals, reach, hypnotize, grab, drain, punch, point, wave, flash

Midnite: warp, fan

Bedrock: stomp, tussle, slam

Daphne: vines, poison

Stooge: Scopers, Medicians, Squashers

Goomba

Bob-Omb

Magikoopa

Wiggler

Wildclaw: punch, spikes of ice, roll, suck in, water pulse

Futbot/Super Team: Hyper Strike, Mushroom, Red Shell, Green Shell, Banana, Bob-Omb, Star

Stages:

Galactic Strikers Federation

Lava Castle

Spooky Mansion

Jungle Retreat

Mushroom Hill

Royal Castle

Desert Ruin

Planetoid

Urban Rooftop

Peach's Castle

Darkmess Manta

Beacon Beach

Sunrise Temple

Pristine Peaks

Palette Prime

Terra Flora

Barrendale Mesa

Cursa's stronghold

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover our five newcomers that we just got, starting with a certain little robot!