Rabbids Mayhem at its Finest!!!

 


A Hidden Wii Classic!

I’m a little fond of the Rabbids, they aren’t my favorite little creatures ever, but I always felt like the hate for them was rather overblown. I understand that they phased out Rayman for a good while, and yea that does suck, but most of the games these little dudes had were actually pretty fun, and I spent a good deal of my childhood replaying the 1st two games over and over again. One of the Rabbid games I always wanted to play but never really had the chance to was Rabbids Go Home, a game that I saw advertisements for like crazy when I was growing up, but never really had the chance to pick it up and try it myself. Well, that time has finally come, and I set out to do everything I possibly could in this game, desperate to satisfy that child that lives deep inside me, curious to see if the game was actually good. To just be fully upfront, this is easily the best Rabbids game out there, and a hidden gem on the Wii that I enjoyed immensely.

The Rabbids are sick and tired of staying on earth, and decide that the next best option is to head to the moon. It’s so far away though, and they have no means of reaching it, so what’s their solution? To gather as much stuff as they can into a shopping cart in order to make a huge pile to the moon! They set off to the city to accomplish this task, with the hopes of the moon lying above them the entire time. For the Rabbids, this plot is pretty fitting, and I enjoyed the antics that came along with it. It’s simple, sure, but the game loves to raise the stakes of each level, having you collect more and more stuff in more ridiculous ways. It's hilarious at points, and I found myself curious to see just how the Rabbids make more progress. The way humans interact with them is incredible. It’s the first rush of excitement they’ve gotten in years, and the response is to just panic and run in circles as you destroy every single place dear to them, it’s a riot. I think what works a lot too is the Rabbids aren’t pushed too hard here, they’re really funny in this because the game isn’t constantly making them scream as a way of humor, it has actual clever setup in its jokes and situations, it’s refreshing compared to what the other Rabbid games tend to do. The soundtrack is also fantastic here, it’s mainly composed of a lot of license tracks, but it ramps up incredibly well, and it’s just such an earworm, especially the more original tracks, it’s kinda crazy. Shoutouts to Country Roads just randomly being here, that was such a jumpscare what.

Gameplay is simple here, you’ll be placed into a different set piece for each level, and are tasked with collecting as much stuff as possible before reaching the end and collecting a huge item in order to complete the stage. It’s not really too challenging, and levels don’t really overstay their welcome, and the variety in them is pretty great, the game knows how to change each set piece up really well so things stay fresh, and the wide variety of different challenges helps a lot with the game being fun. Sometimes you’ll be carrying a sick patient and hovering in the air with his quarantine bag, other times you’re riding a jet engine at high speeds down an airport hallway, sucking up anything that stands in your way, and you’ll even race against a cow on a country road, as bombs bombard you the entire time, desperate to put a stop to your antics. There’s not really a single bad level here because of it, and it really feels like the devs squeezed as many ideas as they could into this, fully making use of the rather absurd gimmick this game contains. It helps that the cart is a blast to control here, it has just the right amount of speed to keep your adrenaline up, while not being too fast to the point where you’re constantly losing control. Collecting stuff is satisfying too, each game has a high score of 1000 stuff for you to get, and the challenge comes in trying to keep as much stuff as you can in your cart. It can get rather challenging at points too, there’s a ton of tension in trying to not fall off the edge, and a good few levels had me restarting a bunch in order to obtain the perfect run. There’s also a neat customization option in this game where you can design your Rabbid to look like anything you want, and I had a bit of fun making strange creatures to push around in my shopping cart. This is my beautiful transgender daughter Trucy, I love her more than life itself. Special mention to this utterly insane video too where Ubisoft just made Barack Obama, what the hell was that about???

Rabbids Go Home was a welcome surprise, one I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did, and even now I find myself thinking about replaying a few levels here and there to try and get better times and score. It’s such a crazy premise, but the game manages to do it justice, and every single gimmick here is a blast here to play, it really is nonstop, and it ends right before it could get overwhelming. Kid me really was onto something when she had an interest in this, and I’m just glad I finally got to experience years after getting that curiosity!