This new relationship between Nintendo & Microsoft is super interesting, and super exciting, but up until now it's largely been a case of Xbox tech and games coming to Switch, but not much on the reciprocating end. Obviously there is still immense benefit to MS for putting Xbox Live services on Switch, you work to loop in a whole new massive audience base. But I feel like there will, at some point, be something a bit more tangible, by way of a couple key Nintendo icons hitting MS' platform.
If any game were to initiate this, Mario & Rabbids makes the most sense to me. It's already got roots in multiplatform with the Rabbids, and it's not so much a core Mario title (which I think will always be exclusive to Nintendo's platforms), but instead a game where the Mario tie in is a bit more tangential.
To be clear, I have no info to back this up, it's purely a prediction on my part. But I just can't shake the feeling that Nintendo will at some point "return the favor" so to speak, and M&R seems like a great candidate to mark a huge shift, while not being too flexible with their most key franchises.
What do you think? Am I totally crazy?
If any game were to initiate this, Mario & Rabbids makes the most sense to me. It's already got roots in multiplatform with the Rabbids, and it's not so much a core Mario title (which I think will always be exclusive to Nintendo's platforms), but instead a game where the Mario tie in is a bit more tangential.
To be clear, I have no info to back this up, it's purely a prediction on my part. But I just can't shake the feeling that Nintendo will at some point "return the favor" so to speak, and M&R seems like a great candidate to mark a huge shift, while not being too flexible with their most key franchises.
What do you think? Am I totally crazy?
