
You can move around as you want, but then it's going to explode." Manzanares said the new mechanic is "completely different from what we had", bring a "real-time element to the mix." He added, " it's changing a lot, the way you play and the strategy." Music " In regards to non-combat enemy encounters, producer Xavier Manzanares stated that, "ecause you can move in this area of movement the way you want, you can dash a Bom-omb, then you have it in your hand. And we were adding Donkey Kong going all over the place, grabbing the heroes, throwing them. He said, "With the DLC Donkey Kong Adventure, we were changing quite a lot of stuff on the structure. This was a change made in the Donkey Kong Adventure DLC which Soliani describes it as "evolving".

One major change to the gameplay is that it will allow players to move more freely in both 'combat' and 'explorable' environments, and removing the 'grid-based' mechanic entirely. Plot Ĭreative director Davide Soliani describes Sparks of Hope as "a new take on the tactical genre". They are "fragile creatures", according to Soliani. They are confirmed to have abilities such as fire and ice powers to assist the group in battle. Sparks, a formation of Luma and Rabbids, are a new species that accompany Mario's group as allies. Bowser also appears as a new playable character.

Mario, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, Luigi, Rabbid Mario, and Rabbid Peach are confirmed to return, while two new Rabbid characters, Rabbid Rosalina and Edge, a goth-like sword wielder, join the cast.

The game will take place in an outer space setting, fairly similar to the Super Mario Galaxy games, which Mario and his teammates travel on a spaceship to "lots of planets", according to Manzanares. It is also expected that enemies encounters, such as red-eye Bob-ombs, will take place outside combat battles. As the successor, the gameplay will be similar to Kingdom Battle, which once more sees Mario and company with their Rabbid companions battling against enemies and Rabbid foes in a tactical role-playing setting.
