Rayman Pirate-Community

It was announced at Ubisoft Forward 2022 that Rayman will feature in the new DLC for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. A trailer was published for the occasion:

Today marks Pirate-Community's nineteenth birthday, one step closer to two decades of existence! While nothing particularly noteworthy happened to the Rayman series over the past year, the community itself has been thriving.

On the research side of things, the discovery of cut Rayman 4 functionality and mechanics in Rayman Raving Rabbids and the release of the source code for the engine for Rayman 2 which was found in a leaked version of Rayman Raving Rabbids for the Nintendo DS led to numerous findings and even paved for the way for new types of potential fan games. Unpublished tunes created for Rayman Junior were discovered too, as well the elusive video "Rayman's training" which is now available in its entirety.

The modding scene has not been left behind, with numerous patches that allow for a better experience of Rayman games, from texture packs to multiplayer support. Many fan games are in development, and while there have been no major releases as of the past year, a lot of content is being created for Rayman ReDesigner.

Finally, we at Pirate-Community had the pleasure to host the second edition of our speedrunning contest, SpeedRay 2022, with shiny cash for the talented winners!

As for the usual statistics, 9,562 messages were posted on the forum, with a total of 1,362,896, and 138 new articles were created on RayWiki, leading to 5977 in 8 languages. To many more!

Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!

Hi everyone!

One year after the launch of our speedrunning section, which came with the first edition of our speedrunning contest where participants won rare items of Rayman merchandize, we have decided to go for it again! Therefore, allow me to introduce SpeedRay 2022.

This time, the prizes will be a combined $200 of gift cards, and there will be only one category, where everyone will play the three main games. How will this work? Click here to find out!

Happy New Year to all! While 2021 may have been even stranger than 2020 in some respects, let's be hopeful than 2022, while it may not come packed with Rayman news, will be the return to normal we've been waiting for for so long!

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! Santa may not bring you a new Rayman game this year, but we hope that you’re pleased with your presents nonetheless and that you’ll enjoy time with your close ones.

Today, Pirate-Community just turned eighteen. While the Rayman franchise is in limbo, and the past year was marked by Michel Ancel's departure from the video game industry, the community is still active and productive, with a strong focus on fan games, reverse-engineering and tooling, and Pirate-Community is at the very center of it. Always providing fans with the best possible resources and discussion platforms, we've extended our coverage with the creation of a new Rayman speedrunning section, which hosted a successful contest in which the fastest runners won rare merchandise, and we've connected further with the rest of the community, as shown by our affiliation with the r/Rayman subreddit

Over the last year, 16,639 messages were posted on the forum, adding to a total of 1,353,334, while RayWiki, with 111 new articles, now boasts a total of 5,839 in 8 languages. RayTunes saw many additions to its already extensive coverage of Rayman music, with new tracks from seven games from Rayman Junior to Rayman Mini.

The Rayman 3 Hall of Fame was also brought back from the dead thanks to our members' expertise, and plans are underway to create one for Rayman Raving Rabbids.

Pirate-Community has reached the age of majority for most countries in the world now, which is an impressive achievement no one would have expected at the time of its creation, and we are more determined than ever to ensure it will still be around for an even longer period of time.

Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!

Hi Pirate-Community,

It has been a long wait, but finally RayTunes has received another update, with the following changes:

• Rayman Educational Games: Added tracks from Rayman CP Disc 1
• Rayman M/Arena: Added medleys uploaded by the composer
• Rayman 3: Added tracks from the newly discovered prototype and from an old gameplay video
• Rayman Raving Rabbids: Added ambient tracks from the prototype
• Rayman Legends: Added beta tracks (thank you ItzalDrake!)
• Rayman Adventures: Added jingles
• Rayman Mini: Added new tracks from the Mr. Dark update
• Various typo fixes

Enjoy the update!

Hello, fellow Pirate-Community members. It seems very unusual to see me here! But, that's because it's really for a very special announcement. As the owner of the /r/Rayman subreddit!

We are happy to announce that the r/Rayman has finally joined forces with the Rayman Pirate-Community Forum!

That's right, you read this correctly! It’s been long time coming, but we have finally made it to this point. Its forum houses the great services from RayTunes, Raywiki and RaySaves. Not to mention, has been a key contributor to all things Rayman and essentially the grandfather of all communities including our own! We noticed we share the same beliefs of making the community bigger and better. So we are very glad to be a part of this change.

It would be very nice if people in this community can support eachother. So we implore you if you can please join and sign up for the Reddit today. It will really contribute to its activity and will be greatly appreciated!

That being said, we have finally opened a Rayman Discord server which has been in the works for a long while now. In addition, to celebrate the week of its return. We are going to host a VC event for the current Ubisoft Forward which will be happening on Saturday 12th June, on 12PM PDT! We are very excited to host this event.

If you want to join the new server: Send a PM to myself, Steo or Hunchman801 to get an invite I hope we can see you there for this upcoming event!

A new update for Rayman Mini has been released, which features Mr Dark, who will offer the player some playable contracts.

It's with great pleasure that I announce the launch of our brand new speedrunning section!

The Rayman series provides runners with a diverse set of games on which they can test their creativity in their attempts to complete them in the fastest way possible, therefore it's no surprise that the Rayman speedrunning community is thriving today, thanks to its active and talented runners but also thanks to all those who support them, whether by building tools or discovering glitches.

In order to provide the community with a great space to share runs, discuss techniques and participate in various events, we are lucky to be assisted by a team of experienced runners who will ensure that we remain on top of the speedrunning game! So far, we have been joined by kronkie10, DarnokPL, markyard44, Lucidruns, Payman, DepressingChild and ScalieDan! Their experience extends across most of the series, from Rayman 1 to Rayman Legends, and even the popular fangame Rayman Redemption. And for those who settle for nothing but perfection, we even have some serious TAS (tool-assisted speedrun) action going on! I must stress that we are still actively recruiting, so if you're an experienced runner interested in moderating this section, by all means please get in touch and let's give the speedrunning community the forum it deserves!

There are things however that no human does better than computers, and that's why our faithful SpeedBot will be posting all the latest runs from speedrun.com in this section, so that you'll never miss an important breakthrough or a crucial leaderboard change!

And of course, a launch would be quite sad without a celebration, that's why we have decided to host a worldwide speedrunning competition with rare Rayman merch for prizes! Surely that's a good enough reason to fire up your games and dust off those speedrunning skills, isn't it?

In the future, we hope to provide you with many more cool events and features, so please stay tuned and let the race begin!