Rayman Pirate-Community

Today, Pirate-Community celebrates its seventeenth birthday. While there hasn't been much Rayman news besides the release of the Rayman Mini spin-off, our community is still thriving, with many discoveries being made regarding the early development and the mechanics of old Rayman games, lots of tools being released to mod them and improve them, as well as partnerships such as the one with Rayman Together on Twitter.

Over the last year, 17,104 messages were posted on the forum, adding to a total of 1,336,695. It's not a lot, but it's still very much alive! Most of our growth was fueled by that of RayWiki, with 424 new articles last year, and a total of 5,728 articles in 8 languages today. Both places are still the reference for Rayman discussions and Rayman knowledge, while RayTunes, with the recent addition of the Rayman Mini, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 and the official Tonic Trouble soundtracks, as well as new tracks and FLAC versions from various educational and mobile games, is indeed the reference for Rayman music.

Thank you all for your continued support: you made it possible for this community to keep going for seventeen years, and we will keep going for many more.

Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!

A fanmade game named Rayman Redemption has been in the works for the past three years, developed by Ryemanni. The game will be a complete remake of the original Rayman game, and it will feature additional content, such as new worlds and new powers.



Rayman Redemption is scheduled to be released on June 19th, 2020.

I'm delighted to announce that we are now affiliated with Rayman Together, a vibrant and welcoming community run by James McKenzie that is the one place to go for Rayman fans on Twitter.

Rayman Together also recently launched their YouTube channel, Rayman Together Play, and I'm proud to present their first video produced in partnership with Pirate-Community, a top five of Rayman M race tracks:



Hope you enjoyed it, and stay tuned for more collaborations in the future!

The Pirate-Community would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Of course, this also means that it's time for a new round of the Favourite Rayman Games Survey!

You can find last year's results here, 2018's results here, and 2017's results here.

Pirate-Community wishes you a Merry Christmas! We hope you all got socks, so you won't have to go reinvent the tube sock, and will have more time to enjoy your day.

RayTunes, our Rayman music archive, has just received a big content update!

This one includes the long-awaited Rayman Mini soundtrack, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, and a very rare official soundtrack for Tonic Trouble.

On top of that, the Rayman 1 and Rayman Adventures soundtracks have also received additional tracks.

Enjoy!

Ubisoft have released an announcement trailer for Rayman Mini.

Rayman Mini will have a similar gameplay style to the previous UbiArt mobile games, and it will feature 48 levels, including boss fights. Rayman, Globox and Barbara will be playable characters with unlockable outfits. Teensies will not be playable, and the antagonist seems to be the Flaming Teensy, who is seen shrinking Rayman near the beginning of the announcement trailer.

Rayman Mini is scheduled for release on September 23rd, 2019.

A new game called Rayman Mini has been announced as a launch title for the upcoming Apple Arcade.

In this game, Rayman is reduced to size of an ant. Players are tasked with clearing levels as quickly as possible by jumping off insects and plants.

Rayman Mini will be available on September 19th, 2019.

Today marks the sixteenth birthday of Pirate-Community. It is an impressive figure for what started as a small fan community, and this was only made possible thanks to the loyalty of its members and the dedication of its staff during all these years.

Yet there are many more birthdays to come! Despite the complete lack of Rayman news, the community is still strong, and while it may not see as much activity as it used to, it's still the one and only place for Rayman fans to go. In fact, with only 39,217 messages posted during the last twelve months, this is the quiestest year in the history of the forum, which now totals 1,319,591 posts.

RayWiki, however, has made good progress, with a Russian version being created, the first language addition since 2015. With 5,304 articles in 8 languages, it is the world reference when it comes to Rayman, and while this figure gives us an increase of 138 articles from last year, the real figure is actually between 300 and 400 due to an error, now fixed, in the way statistics were previously calculated.

Meanwhile, RayTunes still sees a lot of visits from music enthusiasts all around the world, and is so complete that it is now difficult to think of new additions to it!

Overall, things have been calm, but the community is still here, ready to boom shall Ubisoft decide one day to revive the Rayman series. In the meantime, we will keep working hard on the websites you love, and make sure that their incredible content is always there for you.

Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!

The 2019 Edition of the Favourite Rayman Game Survey is now up! Whether you participated in the previous edition or you're a new member, we hope you'll share your thoughts on our beloved series.

The results from 2018 can be found here, while those from 2017 can be found here.