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Title: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: NWR_pap64 on November 20, 2006, 12:35:07 PM: Surprised no one is talking about the game, considering it was one of the hyped launch games.

What do you guys think of the game? Really good? Awful? Disappointing? Better than Zelda?

I heard from S_B that some of the mini games are fun, while others are really frustrating. Is this true?
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: couchmonkey on November 20, 2006, 12:57:18 PM: I wanted to get this one on day one, but they didn't have it at Wal Mart. Seeing as I already spent more than I should have on my Wii, I'll probably wait a week or two before I look for it.

I could definitely see the games being a "mixed bag", that's my only worry about this one. One of the things that I think is clever about Wario Ware is that the pure tinyness of the games makes it hard to criticize any one of them over the others. Sure you will have favourites and you'll play some and think, "That's just like that other one", but you don't get to play any of them long enough to think, "This is actually pretty badly designed"...which is something I think quite often about the games in Mario Party and Feel the Magic.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 20, 2006, 02:25:46 PM: The game is fun but some minigames are way too frustrating, like the ones where you have to tilt the board to get the ball to the end of the maze. My favorite mini games have to be the FPS segments (which seem to controll better than Red Steel) which are a blast.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Ceric on November 20, 2006, 05:33:31 PM: Some would be a lot better with a more sensitive Nunchuk.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Shecky on November 20, 2006, 05:37:11 PM: Laugh out loud funny.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: WuTangTurtle on November 20, 2006, 06:03:43 PM: Light gun styled games are going to be perfect for the Wii. Easily the best mini game so far. However I did enjoy the Dancing mini game that plays like Donkey Konga. I think i caught one of the Rabbids doing the Robot!
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Ceric on January 28, 2007, 05:17:37 AM: Just beat it. The ending is sort of lame and I think they took out all the actual story. Like I never saw the fat emperor rabbid.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Crimm on January 28, 2007, 07:37:35 AM: I was kind of disappointed. There wasn't a whole lot of variety in the mini-games, and the game wasn't really well tuned for multi-player action. Heck, a lot of the minigames didn't even allow for two player at the same time.

I don't think I've seen a racing game EVER require one person go and then the other person go. We've had 2 player racing games since video games came into being!
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: WuTangTurtle on January 28, 2007, 10:33:19 AM: some games can be very competitive in a multiplayer setting though, but yeah as a single player game it is severly lacking. What happend to the princess leia slave scene Nintendo Power talked about.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: couchmonkey on January 29, 2007, 02:29:49 AM: Personally, I think the whole thing felt rather rushed. Not unusual for a launch game, and I actually find it to be quite enjoyable, but a few more months to flesh out the main game and fix weird things like the alternating multiplayer races would have been good.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Ceric on January 29, 2007, 02:39:02 AM: I agree. A few more months to put the actual story in there would have really fleshed out the game. Plus a few escape attempts to play through would have also fleshed it out. Also more variety in the Dancing songs.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: IceCold on May 18, 2007, 09:37:21 PM: Rabbids 2?
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Following the success of Ubisoft's iconic Wii launch title, Rayman Raving Rabbids, which has sold close to a million copies around the world on Wii alone, it's been revealed that the company is underway with development of a sequel.

According to N-Gamer magazine, via N-Europe, the second coming of the Rabbids will see them complemented by a more detailed narrative background, which will tell the story of their training for world domination, which takes place in their own top-secret camp, secretly hidden under a shopping centre. Apparently, Rayman himself will infiltrate for a variety of new minigames, pushing the Wii Remote to its limits once again.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: that Baby guy on May 18, 2007, 10:42:43 PM: I'd much rather forget the minigames, and just play a platformer with intuitive Wii-remote controls. The first game nearly sickens me, with perhaps three or four good modes out of dozens, it was underwhelming, except in character design, to say the least. I'm not picking up the second without great reviews raving about the series rapid turn-around.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Terranigma Freak on May 19, 2007, 10:55:22 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: IceCold
Rabbids 2?
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Following the success of Ubisoft's iconic Wii launch title, Rayman Raving Rabbids, which has sold close to a million copies around the world on Wii alone, it's been revealed that the company is underway with development of a sequel.

According to N-Gamer magazine, via N-Europe, the second coming of the Rabbids will see them complemented by a more detailed narrative background, which will tell the story of their training for world domination, which takes place in their own top-secret camp, secretly hidden under a shopping centre. Apparently, Rayman himself will infiltrate for a variety of new minigames, pushing the Wii Remote to its limits once again.

Awesome!!! I mean... DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Crimm on May 19, 2007, 11:52:59 AM: God, I hope they fix some elements of Rayman. All the frustrating mini-games need to go. I have a hard time believing that some of them passed any kind of focus testing. It also needs more variety and some kind of multiplayer out of the box.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: ShyGuy on May 19, 2007, 11:55:19 AM: Magazine scan of RRR2 on GoNintendo.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 19, 2007, 12:02:40 PM: They need to axe those tilt mini games where you try to get the ball through the maze. I quit the game on the 2nd board, the tilt controls just did not work very well and the game was overly frustrating.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: NWR_pap64 on May 19, 2007, 12:06:18 PM: The first game was more of a concept game with some nice visuals, great characters and an amazing sense of humor, so I don't know how they will keep the charm alive and interesting in the second outing.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Ceric on May 19, 2007, 01:52:27 PM: Re-release the first one with the story, escape sequences, and more varied mini-games like the promised during its development?
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Maverick on May 20, 2007, 11:14:33 AM: Well I certainly would prefer to have a platformer, as I'm pretty sick of mini-game games.

Although, if it is going to be another mini-game fest (pretty much guaranteed), I hope at the very least I'm not forced to play through a single player mode before getting to play multiplayer. That was about the stupidest decision I've ever seen.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 20, 2007, 11:00:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: Maverick
Well I certainly would prefer to have a platformer, as I'm pretty sick of mini-game games.

Although, if it is going to be another mini-game fest (pretty much guaranteed), I hope at the very least I'm not forced to play through a single player mode before getting to play multiplayer. That was about the stupidest decision I've ever seen.

You know what upsets me the most? I can understand why some of the newer developers are making mini-games because they cheaper and less risky. For Ubisoft, who has reaped the rewards of Wii, to not put another bigger budget Wii title on the table is pathetic in my opinion. We want bigger budget, full blown games, and I think the time to "test" the waters with mini-game collections should be coming to an end.
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Kairon on May 21, 2007, 08:15:31 AM: Yeah, but unfortunately, they've seen that they can make money using humor/rabbid-based party/mini games, so ultimately, since they're rational, sane publishers, they'll keep doing it until they can't make money.

I'm on the fence over whether I want to buy Rabbis 2... it had better be REALLY funny or else I'm gonna overlook it. However, I probably would snap up a Rayman platformer or Red Steel 2 without a second thought. (Okay, I'd think for a second before Red Steel 2... but I'd prob pick it up anyways.)

One thing about Rayman is... Ubi prob wouldn't want to launch him against Mario. Could we see a Rayman platformer in 2008?
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Mario on May 21, 2007, 03:13:19 PM: Ubi (and many other companies) are probably waiting for Mario Galaxy to be released to see just how the hell a 3D platformer is pulled off on Wii.
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We want bigger budget, full blown games

Not really
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Maverick on May 22, 2007, 12:21:00 PM: Yes really. I'm tired of all the mini-game collections.

(Wow, me and Phoenix agree on something...)
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 22, 2007, 03:44:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: Maverick
Yes really. I'm tired of all the mini-game collections.

(Wow, me and Phoenix agree on something...)

What have we disagreed on?
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Maverick on May 23, 2007, 12:34:16 PM: I don't know. I haven't been here all that long it just seems that every time I express an opinion on a subject you seem to have the opposite view. Maybe I'm just paranoid, or need to post more to up the agreement percentage. :-P
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Nephilim on May 23, 2007, 02:21:10 PM: The naruto rabbid looks very cute
Pretty much made me giggle

Much better then the sam fisher rabbid
Title: RE:Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: Kairon on May 23, 2007, 02:21:47 PM: No maverick, I think those times Golden Phoenix was just being contrary.
Title: RE: Rayman: Raving rabbids
Post by: that Baby guy on May 23, 2007, 02:28:25 PM: Well, I suppose you can customize and play as Rabbids in the second one, seeing some of those videos. It just doesn't look good yet. More random moving arms up and down.