Can you Beat Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Without Mario?

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[@Mr_GrizzSR]

This game is so much better than the original, from the graphics to the gameplay, UI and the story. Oh wait, no Yoshi… oh wait bowser, rabbid Rosalina, edge, Yeah ok, this game is better than the original

[@catfrombowsersfury1654]

R.i.p yoshi

[@bigmight2358]

I wouldn't say so much better but I fo think it's better

[@mariomontaze6349]

What abou multiplayer

[@Driggsdamonstah]

Too bad Yoshi and Rabbid Yoshi are nowhere to be seen…

[@carlas178]

Maybe Yoshi and Rabbid Yoshi might be added as a DLC adventure alongside Donkey Kong

[@SamRegan610]

The one hero/spark combo that basically carried me through the game was Rabbid Mario and Glitter. What's hilarious is that Glitter's effect is the same as RM's Magnet Dance from the first game, but the combo potential wasn't fully realized until this game cause Glitter's effect lasts longer and RM has a much more efficient close-range attack. I was able to solo so many "defeat all" battles with just RM+Glitter by going to a central location, using Glitter, boom-dashing a few times for good measure, and finally getting to a good location and obliterating every enemy in one go

[@peppe_5]

I use glitter on rabbid Rosalinda then i make Bowser and rabbid Peach come closer to destroy any enemy standing, then if needed i put most enemy to sleep its a broken combo

[@Wings_Of_Nightfall]

That's funny, Rabbid Mario also carried me throughout the whole game as well. Except for me I used Ethering for some safe and free damage. I swear they just can't make him be anything other than op if you decide he's worth the investing

[@barrenwanderers5655]

Rabbid Mario's just as broken as he was in KB.

[@scrublord2300]

Yep, totally fair and balanced character, once again

[@galvsparks6295]

@@barrenwanderers5655 he’s even more broken, especially with his new weapon that doesn’t have friendly fire and the skill that allows you to move after attacking which is great to not leave him in a very vulnerable spot

[@Mr_GrizzSR]

I love how Mario is just a meat shield the whole adventure

[@Not_Kaitlyn]

Why "meat shield" though??

[@lolmaster1229]

I find it funny he doesn’t realize you don’t need to use Mario

[@choboy46]

But where’s the fun in that?

[@CR1MSONACE]

@@lolmaster1229 He does, but then says "I'll keep him on unless I have to because it's too difficult"

[@CR1MSONACE]

@@Not_Kaitlyn Would you prefer "flesh barrier"?

[@mrcwillis6970]

This game is so much everything about it is so much better then the first. I feel like I’m doing the opposite, cause I’ve had Mario on my team through the whole game so far (apart from the quest missions that force you to use certain characters)

[@OrangeOctogon]

Yep. My team has always been Mario, Luigi, and Rabbid Mario throughout basically the entire game, sometimes swapping Rabbid Mario for Bowser for certain circumstances.

[@StevenJones851]

I've used Mario for half the game through i used other Characters a lot too

[@StevenJones851]

​@@OrangeOctogon yeah i use Bowser Sometimes he's fun too use

[@darkkirbygod]

My team usually was rabbid mario, rabbid rosalina, and as 3rd i changed through. But thats just my fav team. RM with disconaut is just so op

[@A_Ali173]

This guys work has improved drastically over the years!

[@A_Ali173]

Unlike my grammar

[@StevenPetrieGaming]

U never got ur grammar wrong it’s correct 😊

[@bikr2381]

Your grammar is fine

[@SemiHypercube]

I love "+ Rabbids Sparks of Hope"

[@syrusgrove8682]

6:54 I'm pretty sure that the portals for battles spawn in the same places with the same enemies everytime you do a specific battle.

[@TheInkTank]

Another great video!

[@TheInkTank]

@@asdjasduhj5877 Me, too.

[@FlipMyster]

I love that Mario isn't your 'team leader' so you dont have to use him in every battle like in Kingdom Battle.

[@metalmario1231]

Didnt mind that...its a Mario game after all

[@galvsparks6295]

@@metalmario1231 i mean, I don’t think you necessarily play as Mario in Mario kart or Mario party because it’s a Mario game so here it’s kinda the same thing, the other characters are also here to be played, and giving the choice is always good

[@Fyre234]

Love this game, and your gameplay! Great video, thanks bandy!

[@pokemaster12112]

You can dequip Mario to avoid the entire real challenge

[@rjeda4646]

I actually agree about Mario not being used because he always gets the spotlight as the leader in Kingdom Battle

[@binjimonanimations]

Title: Can you beat [the game] without Mario? Me:wait, I was already doing that...

[@MrJustinoboe]

Right? Consistently running with Rabbid Mario, Rabbid Peach, and Peach,

[@stayuptoolatedog528]

I felt that pain against the 5 riptides too. Took me 6 tries to beat it on Normal mode. Couldn't imagine trying it on hard mode

[@polygonwrangler]

Well, I cleared the 5 riptide battle on demanding mode and it took only one try. You just have to be careful.

[@aldergaming3994]

Yessir

[@cavarianbarnes5079]

The second "without mario" series has returned

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

Good job that you did this! I hope to see more of this!

[@aidanmoore8751]

I'm not going to watch this yet for sake of spoilers but can we all agree that this game is better than the first in every way?

[@EvanSeven20]

Yes

[@m4ri0.mp4]

YES

[@joaneminxy]

Its definitely great but it feels way too short compared to the last game. I wish it had atleast one more world and each world would be longer.

[@kneefreedom817]

Nay

[@damonlam9145]

@@joaneminxy well at least we are getting more dlcs than the first game

[@AwakenedRAGEJustin]

I love the fact instead of doing what most people would do and swapping Mario out of the team and doing it like that, he basically has a null slot on the team where he has to have Mario making him only able to use 2 characters max

[@darkkirbygod]

Well if mario would just be swapped out it would definitely be possible

[@war1011]

I'm trying out instead of Just having useless Mario standing around now he's my tower i have protect otherwise if he's dead I have to restart I haven't continued the challenge for a while but it's possible to get to World 3

[@whisperthecat3863]

This is not what I expected I thought it meant swapping him out with another character but that would've been too easy, either way great video bandy Edit: he found out he can swap out Mario but it would've been too easy

[@hunter-yb7zk]

it would not be breaking the rules to swap him out

[@whisperthecat3863]

@@hunter-yb7zk true

[@alfonsogamer0075]

Actually rabbit mario and Luigui in My oppinion is by far the Best characters and peach is top 3

[@Dado_nastro]

@@alfonsogamer0075 rabbid mario can probably solo the entire game if at max level and with all the skill tree unlocked

[@alfonsogamer0075]

@@Dado_nastro if i could record My Switch screen i would make a video beating Sparky of hope with only rabbit mario.

[@Carlos1PlayerOfficial]

Nathaniel bandy never disappoints

[@willbland981]

I'm glad Nate is back to doing challenges because they are some of my favorite videos

[@ItsAMiiCurrenOfficial]

I can’t wait to get this game!

[@nicholasgianakourosstudent2193]

I tried to do a jumpless challenge, this game is so much fun!

[@Flegz1]

It's been a while since you released a video. Glad to see that you released a video!

[@mediaanchaltoorthevideoedi2553]

Can’t Wait For The Good And Bad Of Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope

[@nathannavarro9165]

Btw, I am pretty sure that you can equip sparks and upgrade skill trees of new characters the same battle you get them

[@DiegoG2004]

New characters, yeah. The only one that comes with a spark pretty sure is Edge, and that one you can upgrade it. On the rest of the sparks, you get them after the battle so sadly not for those

[@lightyoshiman]

really? cause I got to the part where I got rabbit rosalina and there was a lock next to her skill tree while she had a crap tone of points

[@DiegoG2004]

@@lightyoshiman Nah nah, you can do it, the lock is to her being forced into the battle

[@lightyoshiman]

@@DiegoG2004 damn wish I'd known this before hand would have made the battle a bit easier

[@DiegoG2004]

@@lightyoshiman The more you know

[@Stevow_]

I want to say, Nathaniel Keep up the awesome work man. I can see the effort coming up with ideas like these!

[@dmvirus6811]

When he got to the final chapter i realize that this is the closest thing where getting a mario galaxy 3.

[@metalmario1231]

Saddening because while cool, the mechanics of this game are just not mario galaxy you know?

[@biondigiacomo7176]

​@@metalmario1231I mean this game was never ment to be something similar to Galaxy

[@thebananaspeedruns9275]

I have a challenge idea that really makes 3 1) Can you beat Sparks of Hope without Rabbits 2) Can you beat Sparks of Hope only using rabbits 3) Can you beat Sparks of Hope without using Sparks

[@Rattlehead62]

The second one sounds really interesting, I really want to see that now

[@galvsparks6295]

@@Rattlehead62 you got rabbid Mario and rabbid peach, you’re giga fine

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Daphne can kinda be cheesed with Rabbid Rosalina + the Ghost Spark provided you have the Ennui Dash. Rabbid Rosalima can get basically anywhere on the field by just alternating between the Spark and Ennui to make enemies unable to hit her. Once you get to Daphne's plataform, you can endlessly stunlock her with your dashes

[@ginger694]

I must say you have been finding a lot of challenges. keep it up man!!

[@porgchassle2266]

Peach is a god in kingdom battle. I want sparks of hope so bad now lol

[@greenlightning6803]

So glad they made galaxy 3

[@TheMail518]

I love this game. It's one of the best games this year!

[@StevenJones851]

i agree its Fantastic 💙

[@chamoy2307]

Nice work NB!

[@twister5056]

I’m going to do a challenge run for without sparks so seeing other challenges are cool

[@WaluigiPlushBros]

This game is truly amazing

[@garsrandom4358]

in mario kart wii, the scrapped mission mode turned into tournament mode: you had a mission and a deadline, after the deadline the mission gets replaced, you had some bosses that were fun (but one was too easy), the mode isn't playable anymore, except if you installed wiimmfi on your wii.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Red Luigi really is the best meatshield.

[@sirsmug5697]

Im so glad i can now watch videos like these now that ive finished the game

[@epicgaming11195]

so it's just "rabbids: sparks of hope" now

[@creeperswitchgaming]

I just finished the game and yes, this tops Kingdom Battle as my all-time favourite game! I am seriously looking forward to the DLC! In the meantime, I'll be going back to the planets and 100%'ing them.

[@figg9590]

Personally I prefer rabbit Luigi since he would chain attacks together doing roughly 100dmg spread over up to 7 targets given an extended range

[@Grey_Fox019]

To the people who passed on the sequel: You're sleeping on a banger title for Nintendo Switch!

[@hydrem_]

Amazing! Ggs for completing this harsh challenge! Maybe for the next one... Possible to beat Mario + Rabbids sparks of hope without using the main weapons ?

[@robertm5110]

Not watching to avoid spoilers but commenting to say that I believe so. When I started the game, I instantly switched out Mario for Luigi and it’s been great! Luigi’s powerful long range attacks are incredible!

[@Mtell22]

I did the exact same thing immediately lol.

[@war1011]

I gotta tell you. Don't sleep on Mario he can be really broken

[@michaelbond7652]

Now the game is just "Rabbids: Spark of Hope"

[@cartermyler4180]

Wow this must’ve taken forever! Good work

[@aidanmateiko2782]

Mario in this challenge is the equivalent of the kid that picks flowers in the outfield during a baseball game

[@IHatetheCheifs]

Bandy do you think the yoshi's still should've been included in Sparks of hope? 🤔

[@seanandsolothedogsquad4705]

I like how he did not just cheese it and switch Mario with another character to make it more challenging

[@kirme8446]

That fact that he beat this game that came out not to long ago is already cool

[@jameskelly-smith1279]

I don't know if you realized this, but Mario existing, even doing nothing for the first battles, means he is diverting attention, and therefore doing something that can be considered using Mario. That would make the minimum Mario uses 4, as only after the tutorial you can swap characters.

[@jameskelly-smith1279]

"You have just won a price" Nice try, but no.

[@stevenschuitemaker8438]

I remeber the final boss there is this mechanis Spoilers: Where you have to play with every player

[@erichansen8235]

20:23 this is when I realize that Luigi is underrated

[@Helperishere]

He is definitely the 3rd best in the game. Mario being 2 and Rabbid Mario being 1

[@ChaseTPS]

I can't wait for the Good And Bad for this game.

[@desh206]

Iv'e been really intrest in the Mario and Rabbids games recently,so im gonna pick this or the original game someday

[@meetso1233]

People at Ubisoft just decided that its a good idea to just give peach the ability 5 shields that absorb ALL the damage and it will stil be balanced

[@damonlam9145]

It’s a powerful ability but those enemies aren’t pushovers and if you are not careful they can overpower the shield ability

[@pluglyfemsm]

I was laughing how NB is just torturing Mario…

[@dominicbonogofski]

5:19 Yes, you could've. I nearly bashed my head through my wall watching you use your other methods.

[@carlas178]

Maybe you should try beating Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle without Mario next I think it will be harder since you are forced to have Mario on the team at all times so you will probably be using him as a meat shield again

[@micahheyward5342]

A challenge video for a game NB hasn't done a Good/Bad (or mind blowing and triggered) video for

[@pandabloxplays2577]

I really wanna see someone do a speedrun of this game

[@62049]

Punch out switch

[@samiiscool8181]

Even though it's the second game in the series, I still can't believe that Mario and rabbits are in one game.' The game is amazing! And Rayman is coming in the dlc Oooh boy🙀

[@OrangeKirbb]

Title: can you beat sparks of hope without Mario me: yes. In this game you can take him out of your party

[@Estparti]

Finally a new video i can watch because i didn't watch your mario galaxy video because i haven't played galaxy 1 yet and i want to save it for time i buy myself a wii and play it

[@barrenwanderers5655]

I was thinking about doing a No Sparks Run and seeing as doing Sparks with 2 characters is possible, I may just try it! Also, the new Rabbids feel so fresh and new.

[@Dado_nastro]

Did equip them? Cuz they give you some passive boost like not being affected by a element or boosting damage

[@dylanphelan6763]

Happy late birthday Nathaniel!

[@SurgeSurgeSurge]

Haven't even watched the full thing (and will stop once Terra flora is done because of spoilers) but I love how Peach, who sucked in the first game, is actually useful in this game Also, yes, you can swap out characters once you enter Beacon Beach. Also also, The reason the lone wolves didn't shoot at 11:10 is because you're being blocked by the ground. Since they can't shoot through stuff, like how their normal weapons work, they're forced to just waste the ability

[@ghengiroo4143]

Peach was bad in the first game? When I played Kingdom Battle earlier this year I used a team of Mario, Rabbid Luigi and Peach and she was pretty good there.

[@SurgeSurgeSurge]

Maybe not necessarily bad but unoptimal imo, boomshot is pretty good but freeze isn't that good, burn was decent. I don't remember what Grenaduck had but pretty sure it had the same. It's also kinda weak in general. Royal gaze was ok but damage drop off made it very hit or miss, protection just helped Peach die quicker (it works way better in sparks of hope after the revamp). Pretty sure she had like 1 dash that didn't do that good damage and healing jump is situational to risk healing or using the jump to get to safety. The healing is also weak and loses to Rabbid Luigi's vamp dash (or weapons with vamp in general) and Rabbid Peach's heal.

[@andysavs1838]

2:15 Chris Pratt gets crushed by a boulder

[@ChillMode420_]

I just got out of school thanks NB

[@NeonAnimations456]

This is coming from a guy who's beaten the game in 3 days and going for 100% The darkmess eyes in chapter 1 is so easy if you use Rabbit Luigi, his disc hits multiple targets Midnite is SO easy to beat if you give Rabbit Rosalina Ennui dash and have it last 2 turns Chapter 3 ain't that difficult if you plan everything correctly Chapter 4 Wiggler, my Rabbit Luigi was built to hit 6 enemies at a time and sometimes more at random times, just bring one of the Peaches to keep him alive Chapter 5, a good survive team is Rabbit Peach or Princess Peach, Rabbit Rosaline, and anyone else Chapter 6, same as Chapter 2 until Cursa boss, then with final boss you just have to play smart

[@eldartaghiyev8422]

Yes. You can changes Mario to someone else right after unlock the first world.

[@OmegaYeet123]

Next should be can you beat Mario + rabbids Kingdom battle without Mario or the donkey Kong DLC but without donkey Kong

[@TheLegoNation]

Fantastic game

[@Unkn__]

You should do the extra bosses now, that would be cool

[@user-gu2gx2vz8q]

8:00 i remember that stage i used rabbid luigi peach and rabbid mario

[@theenderkirby939]

I am see this new crossover franchise become the new hit of mario spin offs no doubt

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

This is more like “Can you beat […] while using Mario as live bait?” xD

[@legobeylov7470]

Honestly rabid rosalina was a crazy exploit to me like seriously dashing and giving them depression basically it made the dashable bosses like midnight and the plant girl, and the two before cursa. Vamp dash with edge was insane, rabid mario was crazy too

[@pamelapaull-tweed3591]

Can we do more character challenges like Luigi or Edge? Side Note: You have to put them on the team for the whole game and can only use the other characters you have on the team. Well, aside from the tutorial and stages where they force characters in your party like Brothers in Arms.

[@isamelzorrilla5639]

Hi Nathaniel Bendy I love this and I hope you have a good day and you are awesome and I love this game

[@joelplays3032]

Peach wasn't good in the first game, but I'm so glad she is so much better in this one. She definitely the second best, if not the best, because they actually decided to make protection good this time! It's amazing how such a small change made such a huge difference.

[@TheBlackSamurai2708]

Agreed Honestly every character in this game was good. I never found anyone to be downright useless

[@joelplays3032]

@@TheBlackSamurai2708 Same, they really did a great job balancing them in this one!

[@Helperishere]

Surprisingly she is low on the list of busted characters. Only bc her main gimmick is very slow. Same with Rabbid Peach. Both are good defensively but slow. I personally just used Bowser plus 2 summons to keep my team from ever getting hit. I just threw the koopas in a large area to draw aggro

[@joelplays3032]

@@Helperishere Honestly I agree with you on this one. My list from best to worst would be: 1. Rabbid Mario, 2. Rabbid Rosalina, 3. Luigi, 4. Peach, 5. Rabbid Peach, 6. Mario, 7. Edge, 8. Rabbid Luigi, and 9. Bowser

[@Helperishere]

@@joelplays3032 Mario is very strong imo. He can shoot so many times before his turn comes up. I used him with 2 attack buffing Sparks. Bowser I can see why he is low. I do however use him as alot. I like summoning alot of things to destract and use Rosalina to stall if I need to. Either Peaches work good in the 3rd slot with the strategy I use. My team never loses hp bc of the koopas and ennui. Plus Bowser can stall alot of bosses. Too bad his dmg is so very low. My least used is Edge. I just can't get the hang of using her. I'm not entirely sure the strategy I need to implement

[@AakaNacho]

You made Chris Pratt Cannon Fodder…. Beautiful 👌

[@Pizza_Deliv]

Me: looks at the video Also me: looks at thumbnail and the title My brain: Hold up wait a minute, something ain't right.

[@xpro_blazer]

A strat I used for both darkmess copycat fights was abusing Rabbid Mario + Rabbid Rosalina and Rabbid Luigi, both Rabbids have upgrades for their status effects where enemies affected by said status effect take increased dmg, combine this with Rabbid Mario's ability to do 1000+ dmg in one turn normally and the Glitter Spark (pulls enemies towards character) and Rabbid Mario can do a huge chunk of dmg to the darkmess copycats and kill other enemies. and having bowser/edge as well in the fight was just free spark slots, by giving them +defense and/or +attack sparks, i could boost overall rabbid mario DPS or survivability in the first round when setting everyone up in optimal positions.

[@rocktdawg1]

In most mario games: peach is helpless. In sparks of hope: peach AND rabbid peach are heroes!

[@FirstComments]

So much easier just to swap mario out... Even though I personally have him on my team, I find this to be a cool feature.

[@beanos2763]

I can’t get this until my birthday so I can’t really watch the vid for another 9 days. But I thought the original was a blast so I can’t wait to see what this is about. I wonder if you could do this in the original. Still getting used to R.Luigis new design and voice acting

[@rubendariomijaresataya8695]

I love how he struggled so much at bosses when all I did to beat the bosses was to attack with every character except for rabid Rosalina and then after all the attacks use the dash to apply the ennui effect and I did that until victory

[@chatterbox7046]

So nostalgic for me. The without Mario in sm64 ds is what got me into Nintendo and into watching your cids

[@mattgaming6127]

You should try doing this but will all of the secret giant boss battles

[@NotSoggyRam3n]

I feel like the will add online versus of some sort in future updates

[@KitsuneYashaX48]

No lie, Beep-O's reaction at Darkmess Bowser of, "What. Is. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?!" was kinda me when the original Mario+Rabbids was first announced. I never had the chance to get into Rayman, I feel like the Rabbids kinda stole the show from him at some point, and then they suddenly got into Marioland? It felt weird to me. But I do admit that I've since come around, and while I only recently picked up and am not all the way through Kingdom Battle, I am having a BLAST with it, and can't wait to eventually pick up Sparks of Hope when I can. So seeing Nathaniel do something nutty like this with the games is a very welcome thing. ...kinda wish we could remove Mario from the party altogether in Kingdom Battle, though. Far as I can tell, even by chapter like... 4 or so, there's no option. If I'm wrong, please correct me, but I can't seem to figure it out, and he's just not great for some fights.

[@Imaproshaman7]

Wow, this was great. Nice.

[@ANzTy]

He can just change Mario to Luigi

[@MekhiMitchell5410]

Tip:Rabbit Rosalina if u get sleep dash dash the enemy then QUICKLY before it gets ennui shot it I love doing that I also used it on midnite

[@MekhiMitchell5410]

96th comment lol

[@MuzikGamez]

Imma do the same thing but with the first game

[@joncarpenter-smith9801]

Would be nice to see other characters left out to see how much that changes things (with the character on the team doing nothing)

[@Fictionboy16]

So this would actually be Mario's Friends + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope... Interesting.

[@zacharylandrum4789]

Moreso Luigi + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, tbh.

[@mariobroultimate1808]

Bowser's not his friend, though.