Rayman

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Rayman
developer FranceFrance Ubisoft
Publisher FranceFrance Ubisoft
First title Rayman (1995)
Last title Rayman Mini (2019)
Platform (s) PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita , Dreamcast , Saturn , Atari Jaguar , MS-DOS , Xbox , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , Wii U , DS , 3DS , Game Boy Color , GameCube , Nintendo Switch , N64 , Windows , Nokia N-Gage , Game Boy Advance , Mac OS , iOS , Android
Genre (s) Jump 'n' run
information first appeared on Atari Jaguar .
Rayman on an Atari Jaguar

Rayman is a named after their playing piece computer game row of Ubisoft . At first title, in 1995 published platformers Run game, followed by two direct descendants (1999 and 2003). In addition to the main series, offshoots appeared in other genres.

The newest title so far is Jump and Run Rayman Legends , released on August 29, 2013 for Xbox 360 , Xbox One , Playstation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Playstation Vita , Wii U , Nintendo Switch and Windows .

Main character

Rayman is the protagonist and mascot of Ubisoft and represents an anthropomorphic cartoon character without arms and legs, but with hands and feet. The character was developed in 1992 by Michel Ancel .

Game worlds

There are two abstract game worlds: Rayman's home and the world of the god Polokus. These worlds are populated by different people and magical beings such as fairies, tribelles and small animals. There are both friendly beings who help Rayman in fights and recharge his powers, as well as opponents such as Mr. Dark.

In the first part of the series, Rayman has to find and destroy Mr. Dark and free so-called Electoons from cages.

chronology

Rayman jump-'n'-run titles have been published for all relevant gaming platforms, although the implementations sometimes vary greatly.

Over time, the brand was also expanded into a franchise, with various other published titles beyond the jump-'n'-run genre.

Main series

ported to: PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Game Boy Advance (as "Rayman Advance"), Pocket PC (there "Rayman Ultimate"), Windows , Nintendo DSi ( DSiWare )
ported to: PlayStation 2 (2001, as "Rayman 2: Revolution"), Nintendo DS (2005, as "Rayman DS"), iPhone and iPod Touch (on the iPad only in "compatibility mode") with Apple iOS 3 to 11 ( 2010), Nintendo 3DS (2011, as "Rayman 3D")
ported to Macintosh . Released for PSN and Xbox Live (March 2012)
ported to: Windows (2012, on Steam), macOS (2013), Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation Vita
ported to: PlayStation 4 , Xbox One (February 2014) and Nintendo Switch (March 2017)

Handheld series

A cosplayer as Rabbid with Klopömpel

These variants for portable consoles take over characters and scenarios from the main series. Content and graphics sometimes differ significantly from previously published titles of the same name.

  • 2000 - Rayman for Game Boy Color - 2D platformer, which roughly follows the story of the 1995 title, but has significant changes in design and music.
  • 2001 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape for Game Boy Color - 2D platformer that follows the story of the 3D parts.
  • 2003 - Rayman 3 for N-Gage and Game Boy Advance (supports the link cable to the GameCube) - standalone 2D platformer
  • 2005 - Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge for Game Boy Advance - Jump-'n'-Run with isometric view.
  • 2006 - Rayman Raving Rabbids for Game Boy Advance - in contrast to the other Rayman Raving Rabbids ports, this is a classic 2D platformer in the style of Rayman 3 for the Game Boy Advance
  • 2010 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape for the devices iPhone and iPod Touch with iOS 3 to 11 (on the iPad only in "compatibility mode") and ported as Rayman DS and Rayman 3D to the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS - 3D Jump- ' n'-run game
  • 2016 - Rayman Classic for iOS and Android

Raving Rabbids

The offshoot Rayman Raving Rabbids takes a different direction than the main series. Instead of a big jump-'n'-run game, the Raving Rabbids are more like party games that consist of many mini-games with a loose framework. A special feature here is the bizarre humor; Rayman uses z. B. a Klopömpelpistole - a weapon that Klopömpel fires as projectiles - to fight the rabbits. Furthermore, Rayman has to complete various crazy games like warthog races or cow throwing for the pleasure of the rabbits. The rabbits do not notice that Rayman can free himself from his prison with the help of the Klopömpel.

  • 2006 - Rayman Raving Rabbids for Wii - one of the few starting titles for Wii, which was designed with the new control via Wiimote in mind . All mini-games can be played with several players; but most of them are only played one after the other; simultaneous play is only possible with a few games.

The implementations for PlayStation 2 , Xbox 360 , PC , Nintendo DS , Game Boy Advance replaced the motion control with keystrokes, which, however, clearly lost the gaming fun of the Wii version, which is why these ports were not so successful.

Further offshoots

Reviews

The Rayman series is very successful and has often received good reviews from critics. The PlayStation version sold over ten million times.

Television series

In 1999, the short-lived British-Canadian-French animated series Rayman: The Animated Series , directed by Laurent Jennet , appeared for the game . Originally, 26 episodes were planned from autumn 2000.

  • Episode 1: The Escape / The Lacmac Abduction (Lac-Mac Napping)
  • Episode 2: Parker (No Parking)
  • Episode 3: Fear of Heights (High Anxiety)
  • Episode 4: Grub's Rendezvous / Rendezvous With Difficulties (Big Date)

The production was sponsored by the government of Québec . But due to lack of money and the bad scripts, the series was discontinued during the creation of the fifth episode (My Fair Lac-Mac) , which has not yet been published . In addition, the series was only published and distributed in a few countries in the world, including in Germany on VHS and in France also on DVD. A making-of is also included. In 2003 the episodes were broadcast twice on Super RTL .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Rayman Legends” makes the leap to the PC ( Memento from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Stern from July 26, 2013
  2. ↑ PS4Portal.de: Rayman Legends - Ubisoft confirms PS4 release date , January 10, 2014 (German)
  3. ↑ iPlayApps.de: "Rayman Classic" storms into the AppStore , February 18, 2016 (German)
  4. ↑ Rabbids 3DS on NPack.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.npack.de  
  5. ↑ Brown: Review: Rayman Jungle Run (iPad) pocketgamer.co.uk, September 18, 2012 (English)

Web links

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