Dont care about Rabbids but its nice to see Mario having a fun crossover.
I like a nice RPG too so im excited BUT the Mario & Luigi / recent Paper Mario games suck as RPGs. I really dont enjoy them so i'm hoping the battle system is better than Colour Splash and Dream Team.
Considering that Nintendo is not even the ones developing it: I think one of two things is bound to happen, as history has foretold. There has only been two things that have happened when other companies are given Mario to work on:
Complete and utter trash:
Or completely edgy, and amazing Mario:
I remember the vindication Next Level Games received from being an unknown studio being able to work on the biggest Videogame franchise ever created. But damn was Mario Strikers excellent and amazing. If Ubisoft could do that same thing, and create a completely edgy Mario with Rabbids humor, with deep tactical gameplay. I'm totally in.
These guys at Ubisoft actually are not well known at all, they have barely worked on any games at all. But, Nintendo has an eye of which development teams exude potential, as it means that these devs have a drive to prove themselves.
They don't have the inherent utterance of and lack of thought processes with "Paper Mario is not an RPG guys" nor is it reusing any assets at all like Paper Jam. We are going to see something completely and utterly unique, for better or for worse.
I hope it really turns out well and becomes a success. Because when pronged, I think Ubisoft could become a fantastic developer and partner for Nintendo.