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Genre(s) | Platformer |
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Creator(s) | Michel Ancel |
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First release | Rayman 1 September 1995 |
Latest release | Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope: Rayman in the Phantom Show (DLC 3) 30 August 2023 |
Spin-offs | Rabbids |
Rayman is a franchise of platformer video games, created by video game designer Michel Ancel for Ubisoft. [2] Since the release of Rayman in 1995, the series has produced a total of 45 games across multiple platforms.
The series is set in a fantastical, magical world which features a wide range of environments that are very often based on certain themes, such as "the Eraser Plains", a landscape made entirely of stationery. The core games of the series are platformers, but there are several spin-off titles in other genres. The protagonist is Rayman, a magical limbless being renowned for his courage and determination who, with the help of his friends, must save his world from various villains.
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 1995 - Atari Jaguar, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, MS-DOS 2001 - Game Boy Advance 2002 - Nokia Communicator 2009 - Nintendo DSi 2016 - iOS, Android |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 1999 - Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows 2000 - Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 2005 - Nintendo DS 2010 - iOS 2011 - Nintendo 3DS |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2003 - GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows 2004 - Mac OS X 2012 - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2011 - PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 2012 - Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita 2013 - OS X |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2013 - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita 2014 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2017 - Nintendo Switch 2021 - Stadia |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2006 - Wii, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, OS X 2007 - Xbox 360 |
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| Release years by system: 2006 - J2ME |
Notes: Developed by Gameloft Software Beijing Ltd. | |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2006 - Game Boy Advance |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2007 - Nintendo DS |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2007 - Wii, Microsoft Windows |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2007 - Nintendo DS |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2008 - Wii |
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Original release date: October 20, 2022 | Release years by system: 2022 - Nintendo Switch |
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| Release years by system: 1997 - PC |
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| Release years by system: 1998 - PC |
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| Release years by system: 1999 - PC |
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| Release years by system: 1999 - PC |
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| Release years by system: 1999 - PC |
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| Release years by system: 2000 - PC |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2000 - GBC |
Notes: A Game Boy Color version of the first game. | |
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| Release years by system: 2000 - PlayStation |
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| Release years by system: 2000 - PlayStation |
Notes: UK version of Rayman Brain Games that was split into multiple games | |
Original release dates:
| Release years by system: 2000 - PlayStation |
Notes: UK version of Rayman Brain Games that was split into multiple games | |
Original release dates:
| Release years by system: 2001 - PlayStation |
Notes: UK version of Rayman Brain Games that was split into multiple games | |
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| Release years by system: 2001 - PlayStation |
Notes: North American version of the Rayman Junior games combined. | |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2001 - PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows 2002 - GameCube, Xbox |
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Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2001 - GBC |
Notes: A version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape that was released for the Game Boy Color. | |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2002 - PlayStation |
Notes: A version of Rayman M that was released for the PlayStation. | |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2002 - Mobile |
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| Release years by system: 2003 - Mobile |
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| Release years by system: 2001 - Mobile |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2003 - Game Boy Advance, N-Gage |
Notes: The Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3 that focuses on Razorbeard, the main antagonist from Rayman 2, instead of the Hoodlums. | |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2005 - Game Boy Advance |
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| Release years by system: 2009 - BlackBerry |
Original release dates:
| Release years by system: 2012 - iOS, Android 2013 - Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile |
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| Release years by system: 2013 - iOS, Android 2014 - Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows |
Rayman Adventures Original release dates:
| Release years by system: 2015 - iOS, Android |
Notes: The game servers got shut down in 2023. | |
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| Release years by system: 2019 - iOS |
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Game | Metacritic |
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Rayman | (JAG) 85% [37] [a] (SAT) 85% [38] [a] (GBA) 84/100 [39] (PC) 77% [40] [a] (PS1) 75% [41] [a] (DSi) 66% [42] [a] (iOS) 60% [43] [a] |
Rayman 2: The Great Escape | (DC) 93% [44] [a] (PC) 91% [45] [a] (N64) 90/100 [46] (PS2) 90/100 [47] (PS1) 87% [48] [a] (3DS) 61/100 [49] (NDS) 58/100 [50] (iOS) 53/100 [51] |
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc | (GBA) 83/100 [52] (GC) 77/100 [53] (PS2) 76/100 [54] (Xbox) 75/100 [55] (PC) 74/100 [56] (PS3) 72/100 [57] (X360) 69/100 [58] |
Rayman Origins | (Wii) 92/100 [59] (Vita) 88/100 [60] (X360) 87/100 [61] (PS3) 87/100 [62] (PC) 86/100 [63] (3DS) 71/100 [64] |
Rayman Legends | (WiiU) 92/100 [65] (XOne) 91/100 [66] (PS3) 91/100 [67] (PS4) 90/100 [68] (X360) 90/100 [69] (PC) 89/100 [70] (Vita) 87/100 [71] (NS) 84/100 [72] |
Rayman was named the Best New Character award of 1995 by Electronic Gaming Monthly . [73] Since his debut in 1995 on the Atari Jaguar, Rayman has become a well received, fan favorite and recognizable video game character by countless players and was known for his lack of limbs. [21] [74] [75]
Rayman has been the subject of a short-lived animated television series in 1999, Rayman: The Animated Series , which was produced as a tie-in to the video games, though significantly different from the source material. Only four episodes were made.
In 2019, another animated TV series was announced to be in works at Ubisoft Film & Television. However, the project was scrapped in 2023. [76] [77]
Rayman appears as a recurring character in the 2023 animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix , voiced by David Menkin. [25]
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