20 Most Anticipated Video Games Still Coming In 2017

5. Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Release Date: 29th August

Another title proving just how on fire (in a good way) Nintendo are this year, Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle sees the portly plumber teaming up with Ubi's Rabbids to tackle a genre he's as-yet never been a part of: Real-time strategy.

Comprising the sort of isometric turn-based combat we associate with XCOM or Fire Emblem, this far more colourful take belies a sense of strategy that emerges when you begin combining your party's abilities together.

Soon you'll be leaping across the battlefield to flank the enemy from behind, receiving battle-saving damage boosts when your plan comes together at the last second, or luring opponents into your own custom-designed kill-boxes, blasting them into next week with all-new plasma guns.

Basically, it'll be the Nintendo level of polish applied to one of the most engaging genres gaming has ever produced.

Perfect.