Rayman M

Rayman M

PAL region PS2 box art
Developer(s) Ubisoft Montpellier
Ubisoft Milan
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft Entertainment
Designer(s) Michel Ancel
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
GameCube
Xbox
Release date(s)

PlayStation 2

  • EU November 30, 2001
  • NA September 24, 2002

Microsoft Windows

  • NA August 31, 2002

GameCube & Xbox

  • NA September 24, 2002
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Rayman M, later released as Rayman Arena in North America, is a multiplayer party game developed and published by Ubisoft. It consists of two modes: an arena fighting mode, and a racing mode, both up to four players.

In Rayman M, there are four leagues, with 3 race tracks and 3 battle arenas, (a fifth Bonus league is available via in-game progression, which consists of 5 race tracks and 1 battle arena). In the Gamecube and Xbox versions of Rayman Arena, there are three levels of difficulty: Beginner, Pro, and an unlockable Master. There are also 4 cups to be won in both the Battle and Race modes.

Plot

Eight Rayman characters are fighting to go challenge the great champion of the competition in Rayman M. In the Gamecube and Xbox versions of Rayman Arena, there are nine characters fighting to win.

Characters

Rayman M/Arena features eight playable characters with the PlayStation 2 and PC versions: while Rayman Arena features nine different playable characters for the Xbox and Nintendo GameCube.

Release

Rayman M had been released in Europe in 2001 for the PlayStation 2 and PC, while Rayman Arena was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 and PC in 2002. There are very minor changes between the two versions (intro movie, load screens, etc.). The name change was remove confusion as M means mature in North America.

As there was not a port of Rayman M to the GameCube and Xbox, the development team had made several changes to the game and released it on the GameCube and Xbox platforms. For instance, the menus had been changed; the space theme was gone and navigation was somewhat different.

Rayman Rush

Rayman Rush

North American Rayman Rush game cover art
Developer(s) Ubisoft Shanghai
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft Entertainment
Designer(s) Michel Ancel
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release date(s)
  • EU March 8, 2002
  • NA March 26, 2002
Genre(s) On-Foot Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Rayman Rush is an on-foot racing game developed and published by Ubisoft, based on the Rayman universe. It features conversions of eleven race tracks, a slightly edited introduction movie, seven characters also character theme songs. However, it lacks the battles from its predecessors. It is a 1-2 player game, with the Championship mode and Lums mode having 2 characters running and 1 in other game modes. The game was released 4 months after Rayman M.

Game modes

There are 5 game modes (only Championship Mode has multiplayer support):

Reception

Rayman Arena has received generally mixed reviews. IGN gave the GameCube version a 4.7/10 and gave the Xbox version a 3.8/10 saying that it's not a great multiplayer game, while GameSpot gave both the GameCube and Xbox versions a 6.2 and the PS2 and PC versions mediocres saying that the four-player multiplayer has worn off. However Rayman M has received positive reviews compared to its American version.

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