{"id":366654,"date":"2023-03-02T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=366654"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:42:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:42:14","slug":"a-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-demo-is-out-now-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/a-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-demo-is-out-now-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope demo is out now on Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Give it a try<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-nintendo-switch-ubisoft\/\"><em>Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope<\/em><\/a> kind of came and went for a lot of folks, but it made a good impression all the same. Odds are you were either on the fence about it or just had a lot going on four months ago (I know most of us on staff did with all the games that were being dumped!), but now you&#8217;ll have a chance to check it out for free.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, a demo is out on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The demo itself is fairly meaty, providing a glimpse of the intro to the game, as well as a chunk of the first area (Beacon Beach). This game still has life in it yet, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioRabbids\/status\/1628802039923744769\">the Tower of Doom DLC is actually out today<\/a>.\u00a0More DLC is on the way too, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/seven-full-minutes-of-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-gameplay-boss-battle\/\">including a Rayman add-on later this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you do decide to pick it up as a result of the demo, you also have the benefit of post-launch patches, which have smoothed over some of the game&#8217;s bigger glitches (including a progress-halting bug for 100% completion).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope: Demo Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjpbDzGz67U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Where to download the\u00a0<em>Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope\u00a0<\/em>demo<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/store\/products\/mario-plus-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-switch\/\">Head to this eShop listing page<\/a>, and click the &#8220;download demo&#8221; icon below the title, and above the digital price text<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give it a try Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope kind of came and went for a lot of folks,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":366733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[21471,19110,19111,19127,164],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":8,"display_name":"Chris Carter","user_nicename":"chris-carter"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Mario-Rabbids-Sparks-of-Hope-demo-is-out-now-on-Switch.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Carter","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/chris-carter\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Mario-Rabbids-Sparks-of-Hope-demo-is-out-now-on-Switch.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366656,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366654\/revisions\/366656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366654"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=366654"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=366654"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=366654"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=366654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}