Topic: Rayman Legends Delayed to September

[Shaymin]

I would love to see the storm that would erupt if Nintendo released the demo with a $60 price tag and it contained the game as it stood prior to the delay announcement.


Yes, you know what I want. But I enjoy seeing the world burn.

[lolmonade]

Well, this guarantees I don't play the game until it's in the bargain bin.  If it was releasing this month, it wouldn't have any competition from other games in my case, but in September it's going up against Skylanders Swap Force, which it'll lose spectacularly against in our household.

[Ceric]

I would love to see the storm that would erupt if Nintendo released the demo with a $60 price tag and it contained the game as it stood prior to the delay announcement.


Yes, you know what I want. But I enjoy seeing the world burn.

$60 shoot try $30.

[TrueNerd]

Michel Ancel is displeased by the delay.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/02/12/michel-ancel-publicly-decries-rayman-delay.aspx

Probably won't effect anything, but if anyone is gonna get Ubi to change its mind, it's this guy.

[Fatty The Hutt]

ejamer and others touched on this above.
Here is another source that suggests the real reason for delay is due to Microsoft's parity policy on multi-platform releases.


http://www.edge-online.com/news/microsoft-demands-simultaneous-multiplatform-releases/

[Adrock]

Isn't that the same kind of overbearing bullshit 3rd parties (rightfully) hated from Nintendo back in the day? It seems like every company does arrogant nonsense like this when they get ahead. On top of this, with rumors of always online, mandatory Kinect, and no used games, Microsoft seems to keep pushing the boundaries of acceptability until people (hopefully) throw their hands up and say, "Enough!" Sony and Nintendo both got a big slice of humble pie when they tried pushing anti-3rd party/anti-consumer shenanigans. I hope 3rd parties stand up against policies like this in the future (as it doesn't seem like they have this generation), just as I hope consumers stand up against the numerous facepalm requirements Microsoft supposedly has planned for Durango. I hate to see these companies fail to learn a lesson, but they need to be told that some things aren't okay. You can't bully 3rd parties, Nintendo. You can't put the burden of a $600 console on consumers, Sony. And you can't... everything we've heard about Durango, Microsoft.

[azeke]

Wii U Demo will have online leaderboards and no play limits:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151460128936211

That's cool i guess.

[Soren]

But it's not a demo. They're just giving us the Challenge Mode 5 months before anyone else.


I'll believe it when I see it. Ubisoft can say "exclusive" all they want, nobody believes them anymore.

[TJ Spyke]

But it's not a demo. They're just giving us the Challenge Mode 5 months before anyone else.


I'll believe it when I see it. Ubisoft can say "exclusive" all they want, nobody believes them anymore.

Ubisoft never said Rayman Legends was gonna be exclusive to Wii U.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'm pretty sure they did, or at least strongly hinted at it. I don't think anyone believed them, but they were certainly talking like that.

[TJ Spyke]

People assumed it would be exclusive, but all Ubisoft said was that it was coming to Wii U. I remember even when the game was announced people thought it would get ported to other platforms because of Ubisoft's wording (like never saying the word "exclusive").

[Stogi]

Delay and exclusive are not the same word.

[azeke]

Even in that first leaked video, when they showed NFC functionality with figurines  (whatever happened with that) the wording was: "exclusive Wii U features" which implied project was meant to be multiplatform from day one.

[EasyCure]

so why wouldn't they have gotten the other versions some for a simultaneous launch? wii u version has been confirmed completed by ubi themselves, delaying it until september in order to have the other two versions ready. sound like it was meant to be exclusive originally and changed it up lay minute to me.