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Any word on a new "proper" Rayman?
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Jaded Alyx
Member
In before John Harker.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Give me Rayman 2 (Dreamcast version), on XBLA and PSN and I'm golden.
It's pretty obvious Ubisoft are too busy whoring the franchise as a mini-game fest to worry about a proper platformer.
Rayman 2 is still up there as one of my favourite games ever. Seriously.
It's pretty obvious Ubisoft are too busy whoring the franchise as a mini-game fest to worry about a proper platformer.
Rayman 2 is still up there as one of my favourite games ever. Seriously.
Sword Familiar
178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
Link said:
I'm sure it won't.
nincompoop
Banned
It would be better on Wii, with IR aiming the combat might have a chance of not being completely awful (unlike 2 and 3).
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Uhh, the last 'proper' game came out 5 and a half years ago. :lolLink said:
Visualante
Member
Because aiming and combat are key compontents of the Rayman franchise...nincompoop said:
nincompoop
Banned
They certainly were in 2 and 3... the game often wouldn't allow you to advance until you cleared a room full of enemies.Visualante said:
Caesar III
Member
Came here to mention Mushroom Men
Just buy this game if you own a Wii at the end of november
Just buy this game if you own a Wii at the end of november
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Ancel is busy and the Rabbids make a good profit for Ubisoft. So yeah, not for a while (or at least until Ancel decides to save the series).
dark steve
Banned
Every so often I listen to the redbook audio from my PC version of Rayman.
Then I stare in bewilderment at this Wikipedia page.
I'm not sure I'll ever get around to playing the later games.
Then I stare in bewilderment at this Wikipedia page.
I'm not sure I'll ever get around to playing the later games.
Once upon a time Rayman Raving Rabbids was known as Rayman 4, and it was a platformer,coming to 360 PS2 (or was it PS3?) and Wii, anyway the developers had trouble making the Wii one use the IR control, so they simply turned it into a minigame collection, the mingame collection sold well and somewhere in their Ubi aquired the "Petz" license and decided that a casual line of DS games targeted for girls called "Imagine" would be a profitable investment. The rest is history.
A Black Falcon
Member
Alphahawk said:Once upon a time Rayman Raving Rabbids was known as Rayman 4, and it was a platformer,coming to 360 PS2 (or was it PS3?) and Wii, anyway the developers had trouble making the Wii one use the IR control, so they simply turned it into a minigame collection, the mingame collection sold well and somewhere in their Ubi aquired the "Petz" license and decided that a casual line of DS games targeted for girls called "Imagine" would be a profitable investment. The rest is history.
Rayman Raving Rabbids is a platformer, and a pretty solid one... but only on the GBA and DS (the two are different games, Rayman 1-style 2d platforming on GBA and a polyagonal 2.5d platformer on the DS). And while the games are okay to good, they doesn't completely replace the real, still missing Rayman 2-style Rayman 4 (and Rayman 2 is one of the best 3d platformers ever, after only Mario 64 and very little else...).
FromTheFuture
Member
I hoped so too, but i know no one will buy that game, and it saddens me.beef3483 said:
A Black Falcon said:Rayman Raving Rabbids is a platformer, and a pretty solid one... but only on the GBA and DS (the two are different games, Rayman 1-style 2d on GBA and 2.5d 3d stuff on DS). And while the games are okay to good, they doesn't completely replace the real, still missing Rayman 2-style Rayman 4 (and Rayman 2 is one of the best 3d platformers ever, after only Mario 64 and very little else...).
I'm aware of the DS/GBA version but the point is the console version was gonna be a platform game, but for some reason they changed it to reflect the Wii game...
I'll be buying it. It looks to me like a really good platformer with a lot of effort put in. If they manage to pull it off well enough, one day people might be asking for a Mushroom Men 4 instead. From little things, big things grow.Caesar III said:Came here to mention Mushroom Men
Just buy this game if you own a Wii at the end of november
Black-Wind
Member
Well, the same could be said for BG&E2 but Ubishit doesn't care.nincompoop said:
Theyz happy with their Wii line giving them only 11% of their profit so they are not going to use logic and say "lets do something worth . . . something on the Wii!"..
A Black Falcon
Member
Alphahawk said:
I know that. Understanding "it was one... but only on GBA and DS" pretty much relies on the reader knowing that the game was originally a platformer on major consoles too...
My point is that at least it wasn't a total loss. The handheld games are fun. But yes, as a definite fan platformers and the Rayman series, I want a major-system Rayman 4 as much as anyone.
â Narayan
Member
Maybe after Beyond Good & Evil 2. Maybe.
Haunted
Member
Rayman 2 is among the greatest platformers/adventures ever made.
Right up there with the greats. Fuck everyone who says differently.
And as other have said, Ancel is busy right now. And it's not even known if he really has any interest in making another one. More importantly, it's not known whether Ubisoft has any plans for the franchise.
Right up there with the greats. Fuck everyone who says differently.
And as other have said, Ancel is busy right now. And it's not even known if he really has any interest in making another one. More importantly, it's not known whether Ubisoft has any plans for the franchise.
I wish they would just cut Rayman's name out of the raving Rabbids series. Is he even in the new one coming out? I don't think anyone who has played the RRR games first even knows what Rayman means. I don't mind the rabbids series being about except that we;re not getting any Rayman platformers as well.
This is just further evidense that outside of Nintendo platforming games are dead. Whenever a new Crash, Spyro or Sonic game comes out, they always have to add gimmicks to turn it into something else like weapons, combat etc. Hopefully Littlebigplanet will inspire studios to make some pure platformers again.
This is just further evidense that outside of Nintendo platforming games are dead. Whenever a new Crash, Spyro or Sonic game comes out, they always have to add gimmicks to turn it into something else like weapons, combat etc. Hopefully Littlebigplanet will inspire studios to make some pure platformers again.
Because each time a Rabbids game has come out, the less Rayman features in each one, and the further away from the style of Rayman 2/3 it goes. If they suddenly released a Rayman platformer now you'd get morons whining that there are no rabbids or pop culture references in it. The only solution is to do a rayman game and the rabbids as their own series.Haunted said:
Haunted
Member
Well, I think the Rabbids game should be - and are - considered spin-offs.Gagaman said:
That the mainline Rayman series made by Ancel is on an indefinite hiatus since nine+ years is another issue entirely, imo. (And had much to do with Ancel being kept busy with minor projects after the expansion of the Rayman franchise failed and Beyond Good and Evil bombed so badly.)
edit: even though I still don't know whether Ubi set Ancel to work on PJ's King Kong or he chose that project.
Dead Man Typing
Member
cjelly said:
Hey! Keep the faith, man with Jet Set Radio avatar! Keep the faith.
Said by a man with a Headhunter avatar merged with a pro-Shenmue logo
Keep the faith! Yeah, I never really got into Rayman 2 on Dreamcast, I played a couple of levels and gave a loan of the game to my friend. He still has it too, I should ask for that back.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
RAYMANZ
(I can't believe I am the first one saying this =P)
(I can't believe I am the first one saying this =P)
Eteric Rice
Member
I think if the next Rayman platformer went to the PS3 or 360, Wii owners would rise up and murder everyone in this thread.
We didn't support that first RRR for nothin' you know.
We didn't support that first RRR for nothin' you know.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Why did you have to remind me about something that will never happen?
MadOdorMachine
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I wonder why Rayman 2 isn't on Virtual Console. As a matter of fact, the only games for N64 are Nintendo games. Does anyone know why there aren't any thirdy party games on N64 VC?
I think another Rayman is doable, especially on Wii. If there's another Klonoa coming out, certainly Rayman has a market as well.
I think another Rayman is doable, especially on Wii. If there's another Klonoa coming out, certainly Rayman has a market as well.
nincompoop
Banned
Do you have Parkinson's disease or something? If not, I'm not sure why you would dispute that IR aiming would be a perfect fit for Rayman. It would allow you to turn and fire in any direction with ease, a move that wasn't possible in 2 and 3 thanks to their clumsy shooting mechanics.Ramenman said:
Guybrush Threepwood
Banned
<2006>Man, Rayman: Raving Rabbids is going to be so awesome. These Rabbids are going to be the most beloved characters of this gen. Here's to another great Rayman platformer!</2006>