Davide Soliani, the director who helmed both Mario + Rabbids crossover titles for Ubisoft, has expressed interest in collaborating with Nintendo again. The Italian veteran, who currently operates his indie studio Day 4 Night, worked at Ubisoft for over two decades and most notably shipped Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
After an eventful tenure, Soliani left Ubisoft in search of greener pastures in July 2024. This move came less than a year after the final DLC for 2022's Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope rolled out. Despite being critically praised like the 2017 original, the sequel was deemed to be falling behind sales expectations at launch by the French gaming giant. Importantly, both instances offered Soliani, a longtime Nintendo fan, the opportunity to partner with the Mario creator for the development of the Switch-exclusive crossover projects. Recently, the former Ubisoft dev reminisced about the time spent working with the Japanese industry titan and made clear his thoughts about a potential reunion.
Though the hype levels may not have been very high for these Mario entries, Nintendo managed to blow away all expectations when they were released.
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