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2012 · Simulation

Rabbids Invasion

Rabbids Invasion was a simulation social network game released by Ubisoft on April 3, 2012. The game (which was still in beta production throughout its course) was available for free as an Adobe Flash application for anybody who has an account on social networking site Facebook. On the 28th January 2013, the Rabbids Invasion Facebook page announced that the game was be closed on the 13th February 2013; the reason for this is currently unknown, but the name Rabbids Invasion had since been used as the title for an animated TV series which aired in August 2013.

Released
3 April 2012
Platforms
BrowserPlayStation 4Xbox 360
Genres
Simulation
Developers
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Publishers
Ubisoft Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Themes
Comedy

About

Rabbids Invasion (French: Les Lapins Crétins: Invasion) is an animated television series based on the Rabbids video game series by Ubisoft. It is a co-production of Ubisoft Film & Television, TeamTO, and France Télévisions. The show was developed by Jean-Louis Momus and stars Damien Laquet as the voice of the Rabbids.

The show premiered on 3 August 2013 on France 3. The first three seasons, each with 26 episodes, aired between 2013 and 2017. A fourth and final season aired in 2018 and was released worldwide through Netflix on 1 July 2019. Following the series finale, Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars—an hour-long TV movie serving as a follow-up—premiered in France on 29 September 2021 and was released globally as a Netflix Original on 18 February 2022.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The series tells the story of the "Rabbids" — a group of mischievous, rabbit-like alien creatures that explore the human world with boundless curiosity. Because they know nothing about the rules of human society, they treat their surroundings like a vast amusement park. Wherever they go, they always cause all kinds of unpredictable chaos, destruction and commotion.

Season 1 focuses on a series of fragmented scenes, depicting the chaos that occurs when the Rabbids first come into contact with human technology, public places and everyday objects. Season 2 centres around the Rabbids' recurring, slapstick efforts to assemble scrap materials and construct spacecraft to reach the Moon. In Season 3, the Rabbids mimic various human behaviours, incorporating time travel as a recurring theme throughout. In Season 4, the Rabbids leave their junkyard home and travel to "Pretzel Island" in a flying submarine. Along the way, they make new friends and enemies: Zak and Zoe, who want to help them get home, and Otto Tox, who schemes to exploit their technology.

Development

In October 2010, Ubisoft and Aardman announced a partnership to produce a TV series pilot and several shorts based on the Rabbids franchise. The following year, it was announced that 78 animated episodes would be made by Ubisoft's Montreuil-based studio Ubisoft Motion Pictures as its first in-house production. In the United States, the series premiered on Nickelodeon on 3 August 2013. On 17 December 2013, the series was renewed for a second season of 26 half-hour blocks, with three segments per block. On 16 June 2015, it was renewed for a third season.

A fourth and final season was announced in July 2018. This season was not aired by Nickelodeon, and it instead aired on France 3 and Netflix.

Reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the show two out of five stars, stating: "Rabbids Invasion tones down the violence for the characters' jump from gaming to the TV, but they still have a lot of fun at the expense of each other and unsuspecting bystanders, and a lot of their antics would be frowned upon in the real world (using chickens' buttocks as egg shooters in a mock battle, for instance). Ultimately, though, it's crude and minimally taxing on viewers' sense of comprehension, so for better or worse, it's bound to appeal to the grade-school set."

The show was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Animation at the 50th International Emmy Awards for its TV special/film Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars.

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