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Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Getting started: the Buddydome walkthrough

Where the co-op mode lives, how the two players split the squad, and which kinds of goals its maps set.

  • 2 parts · 7 steps

Compiled from 12 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • Runs two of the four heroes on the field: one Joy-Con or a Pro Controller each, on the same Switch.
P2 · Player 2
  • Runs the other two heroes. Friendly fire is on, so a stray shot can hit the partner's heroes.

If your skill levels differ: The fights are turn-based, so a newer player can take each move at their own pace; the mode is built around the two players talking through and syncing their turns. How to split the roles

Finding the co-op mode

Part 1 of 2. Start a two-player campaign.

  1. BothCo-op is a separate mode with its own maps, apart from the single-player campaign.
  2. BothGo to the Buddydome at Peach's Castle to pick a co-op campaign.
  3. BothEach story world you finish adds that world's co-op campaign; the first opens once Ancient Gardens is done.
  4. BothPlay on one console: a single Joy-Con per player works, two Pro Controllers too. There is no online co-op.

How a co-op map works

Part 2 of 2. Know what each map asks of the two teams.

  1. BothInstead of one squad of three, each player brings a pair of heroes, so four heroes share the battlefield.
  2. BothEvery map has a single goal: get your team to its marked zone, defeat a given number of enemies, or escort Toad and Toadette to safety.
  3. BothClearing a whole campaign unlocks its Hard setting.

Where people tend to fall

  • Friendly fire is on: a shot or blast can catch your partner's heroes.
  • Easy and Normal are open from the start.
Sources (12)

Steps compiled from 12 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.